they didn't sell out game in detroit so the detroit fans couldn't even watch it on tv. most of the fans missed their big win which is jufs fine with us here. >>> what do you think it will take to turn the redskins season around? that is the big question of the morning. can anything turn it around in go to myfoxdc.com. we set up a panel for you. can you vent, you can sound off. can you leave whatever comments you can within reason. click on the sports tab and share your thoughts with us. >> we are following some other news stories for you this morning. >>> bridge county police are investigating a deadly home invasion. police say three masked men stormed a home on marley drive in bowie and they killed 39- year-old tyrone richardson. his wife and three children were not hurt. the suspects stole a back mercedes and used it as a getaway car. this is a 2000 f-430 model but the emblems have been changed to say 5-500. >>> the tug of war over roman polanski could escalate today. he is facing extradition to the united states for having sex with a 1-year-old girl back in 1977. the

from detroit, lindsay back to you. >>> more reaction to this unbeevable loss to detroit. >> in this city, i would imagine tomorrow on all the sports radio shows that exist in this city, lots of folks are calling for jim zorn's head. >> yes. they will be pointing fingers. he's on the hot seat. >> it will be interesting to see how this all turns out. >>> folks, see you back here tonight after the game. of course, we have sunday night football here on nbc. join us after the gram for all the latest news, weather and sports. until then, that's the news. good night. get online payroll and put hours back in your day suntrust. live solid. bankolid.

. >>> next we go to detroit, where a funny man went on a serious mission today. detroit's schools are in deplorable condition. students are either failing or falling out. so bill cosby went to detroit today to call attention to the problems, and barbara pinto tagged along. >> reporter: in hard-hit, hard luck detroit where the start of the school year brings little to celebrate, hope came to town today in the form of a standup guy. but bill cosby's visit was no joke. >> at a time when i think education is very, very much ne needed, i'm here for them. >> reporter: the actor, activist and educator, a high school dropout who later learned a dock record at the in education, volunteered to help restore faith in the future of detroit's troubled schools. today, cosby went door to door. >> i like school. >> you listened. >> reporter: you don't need a math degree to tally the sum ofe troit's troubles. a school system hundredsf millimeters of dollars in depth. teetering on the edge ofby byco r corruption, violencend a poor test scores. of the studentsavha disappeared in the

it was an awful loss to detroit. last year, they lost to the rams at home, kept them significantly oust playoffs. who knows what yesterday's loss might be? >> if there is any good news, you said at least they are a playing detroit. tampa didn't have 100 yards against their game against t giants so maybe. >> let's in the panic yet but i think everybody is pan you canning. >> the fans are panicking. this is our man dave ross with the than, tom cruise, not toover shadow you. so let's hold on for the story behind this one. we'll make you wait. >> i'm taller than he is. >> i think he's got you by half an inch. >> that plus a whole bunch more coming up in just two minutes. we'll see you at six.

through detroit, detroit itself is a prism through you can see what's happening in industry, in race relations, in cities across america. and we are investing. we're stake holders like the people of detroit. we bought a house, we have a correspondent there, it's a collection not just of "time" but others, sports illustrated, all of which have a cover about detroit coming out this week. >> the problem with detroit is, we obviously can look at what's happened at general motors and say that was a punch in the gut. you could have said the same thing in the 1980s. you could go back to the riots in '67, '68. a lot of people go all the way back to '68 and say detroit never really recovered from that. >> and by the way, i spent time there recently and you still see some buildings and store fronts that were burned out in 1967 that haven't recovered. in fact, the roots of what went wrong in detroit or even before the '67 riots where there was a separation of the races in that city. the industrial plan that they had actually wasn't very forward looking. i mean, so what happened when detroit sto

i'm going to tell you like that. >> well, i love detroit and i hate detroit. >> detroit and i have a love/hate relationship. >> i mean, i love it because i've been here all my life. >> it sucks. school system sucks. >> there's nothing here. nothing here. i'm trying to get out of here. >> detroit, it's where i come from. >> i grew up here. >> i love detroit because i was born here. >> i've been here all my life. >> i love it because it's where i'm from. >> you love the city because it's all you know or where you grew up and then you might not like it because of the economy or because of the weather or because of crime, but it's your hometown, so you can't help but love what you know. >> i love being here, though. you can't find nothing like it. i tried and, again, i'm here. ain't no jobs or nothing but i'm staying, i'm still here. >> reporter: boy, did she say it. there really aren't jobs here. 29% unemployment in this city. take a look at the house quickly i'm standing next to. timing just bought this house. it is our commitment to cover detroit from the ground up. it will be fully s

the redskins lost 19-14 in detroit. they've scored three offensive touchdowns all season and many fans this morning are questioning the coach's play-calling. hall of famer john riggins even called the owner, daniel snyder, a loser. and fans don't have many nice things to say either. >> the coaching has been problematic. zorn's been questionable on the play call. the field call at the beginning he should have taken. lack of confidence from the team. >> just another example of, in my opinion, how the coach is definitely in over his head. poor play-calling, seems like. the only time the team can move the ball is in a no huddle situation. >> next up for the redskins, they take on another one of the nfl's worst teams, the tampa bay buccaneers. the loss had fans using a lot of choice words, some of them probably can't be used on television. the examiner newspaper, though, put it pretty plainly with this headline. it said "we stink." >> mayday, mayday, mayday. >> mayday call. >> you may remember this video from the spring wher

detroit hadn't one since december of 2007. and they got their first win off of us. heart-breaking. >> reporter: fans are at a loss and can't figure out how or why the skins couldn't pull together a win against the lyons who haven't won a game since 2007. >> they don't got no heart. they got to knock somebody on their butt. that's pretty much the only problem. >> reporter: now some fans are turning on the coach, jim zorn. he's just in his second season but some are wondering if he has the passion. >> i think i wanted to see jim zorn have more of a sense of urgency. something's got to give here. we're losing against the lions, that's really embarrassing. >> reporter: others say they think zorn is safe for now but admit fans don't have a lot of tolerance for a losing team. and often it's the coach who takes the fall. >> if they lose next week, i will consider letting him go. >> it's unfortunate. you know? i can't lie. it was more emotion than anything. >> obviously a lot of frustration but many are saying that he remain redskins' fans and they are still hopeful the ski

the redskins lose to detroit. dave ross will be in a little later to talk more about the game, plus we'll have fan reaction and headlines from the detroit papers and the d.c. papers. >>> and school kids, the president has an opinion when it comes to how much time you spend in class, but most of you probably aren't going to like it. i just want to lay that out for you right now. what he wants to see changed a little later. >>> before we get to all of that, let's check on the forecast from our friend, tucker barnes, back from a few

also 76 in the twin cities and 77 in detroit. it's the middle of the night, give me a break. 93 in sacramento. >> i wasn't laughing. josh was laughing. >> they're laughing with me, not at me, right? >> tell yourself that. there may be no need to reinvent the wheel but the bicycle is getting quite a makeover. >> look at the yike bike. it runs on a rechargeable battery, did go up to 13 miles an hour. just don't hit a pothole. you doesn't have to worry about leaving it on the curb either. >> it only weigh 22 pounds. it only takes a few seconds to fold it fet naetly into a carrying case. that green thing, we added. >> remember we did that story about the guy who got a dui on the bar stool. soent drink and yike bike. >> 22 pound, that's not bad. >> pretty cool. >> we'll be right babbling with mor "world news now." ♪ somebody tell me assistance getting around their homes. there is a medicare benefit that may qualify you for a new power chair or scooter at lile to no co to you. stay tuned for this important medicare benefit informatio

the tigers have a 2-0 lead and a very important game for detroit. it's 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth. tigers and bases loaded and two down. and brandon lyon gets luis valbuena swinging so the tigers do hang on to win 3-1 in cleveland. >>> important win for them. twins only 2 1/2 back. they got four games in detroit next week. jeff manship getting the start. crucial spot. down three because of that win right there. there's orlando cabrera. turning on john danks. two-run shot. his eighth of the year. twins on the board early. but here gordon beckham hits this hanging breaking ball like a wild pig with a dump truck. his 13th for the rookie. manship goes just 2 1/3, five hits, four runs. top five we're tied. here comes joe mauer. a shot that gets by the diving scotty pods. scott podsednik. cabrera comes all the way in to score and the twins are back on top 5-4. but in the bottom of the fifth, francisco liriano on, in relief. paul konerko, brings beckham in all the way from first. so now tide back up at five. michael cuddyer, give me that. other way. h

. >>> redskins trying to avoid becoming detroit's first victim since december 23rd, 2007. been awhile since the lions have won a game but skins not playing so well themselves so could this be the week? sara walsh in the motor city with a preview. >> reporter: it has been 644 days since the lions last won a game but the redskins know the clock on that skid is ticking. >> it is only a matter of time. >> reporter: perhaps nobody wants a detroit victory more than the man who spent his first nfl seasons with washington. we caught up with lion's lineman jon jansen at the skins team hotel where he was visiting friends. we asked how it will feel tomorrow to go against them. >> it will be a change. i don't know how i will feel until it actually happens but i can probably honestly answer that one better after the game. >> detroit has lost 19 straight and nobody wants to be that team, the one that ends detroit's curse. >> that's probably the topic of the week, you know, not being that team. >> those guys get up in the morning and say we are going to lose another one? they look at us

tonight we'll talk about the redskins that are up in detroit prepping for the lions. and highlights for tiger woods at the tour championship. but first, let's look at some college football starting in maryland. they got back to basics in an effort to get back on track. they're 1-2 so far but struggled through each of their first three games and they tried to right the shift this afternoon. they took the field with some enthusiasm for the final nonconference game with the rutgers. this is intercepted with antonio lowery. and like that, the terps find themselves in a 7-0 hold. and this time turner finds williams and he breaks a tackle there and goes 4 yards for the touchdown. third quarter action, maryland has the lead 13-10. chris turner hit in the end zone and rutgers take a 17-13 lead. and the rutgers still up seven. and they take it up the middle. they would rush for 147 yards. maryland beaten by rutgers 34- 14. they drop to 1-3 on the season. >> thing that frustrates me the most because i think over the years that's been a trademark of ours. and it seem like we can

ten catches. 178 yards. 13-7 detroit. but detroit comes right back. moe morris just squeezing in here to make it 19-7. looked like he might be down but the refs called it a touchdown. washington going into speed mode. finding matt cartwright . get it back one last time. no hail mary pass. it is a pass to santana who gets it to randle el who tosses it to bets who runs out of time. game over. detroit gets their first win in nearly 650 days. 19-14 over the skins. >> not many words to say yet. we talked about going into this week, we did not treat this team lightly. >> >> we just have to bounce back. take our hats off to them. they had a good plan. they beat us. >> the sense of urgency is more than it has ever been if you think about it. you don't ever want to be in this position but we really got to push each other now. we really got to find a way to get this thing turned around get it turned around quickly. >> the loss drops the skins to 1-2. next up the buckaneers. winless on the season. a little later we will break down the game more and much more rea

detroit is new orleans a few years ago without hurricane katrina. and i feel a tremendous sense of both urgency and outrage. when you have -- you pick a number, two-thirds of your students, three-fourth of your students dropping out, when you have dramatically more freshman than seniors, that's a real problem. >> what i have argued specifically in detroit is i think, you know there is a mayor election now -- i think the mayor has to take control and to take ownership of the public schools. the problems there are so deep and so entrenched that the public schools by themselves cannot solve it. you need the mayor, you need the sister agencies, you need the business community, the philanthropic community, the non for profits, the religious community, you need everybody rallying behind fundamental and dramatic change, and to get there, you need leadership at the top. >> you have a huge honey pot. you talk about $100 billion, and that really shows a commitment from this president. yet, i think many would be surprised because you have had to, quite frankly

. >> yes. >> might as well stay in detroit. >> if you lose in detroit, stay in detroit. >> let me ask you a question. >> it's a beautiful city. >> if zorn loses in detroit, do you think he gets fired? >> yes. yes. >> i don't know. >> if the redskins lose if detroit, they become the national laughingstock of the nfl. they become punch lines for all the late night talk show hosts. dan snyder will not stand for that. >> if you fire jim zorn, who is your head coach? >dan snyder, gurvir says. >> does vinny cerrato come down from the booth. >> i don't think snyder make that move. >> he has that reputation of being a guy would makes quick moves. i think he actually sits back and lets zorn die. >> if snyder fires zorn he is telling the rest of the city and the fans i'm giving up. >> in a way, that's right. because then you've got an interim coach. it won't go well. mike sellers last week dropped a key pass. >> yes. >> he habeen a solid redskin throughout his career. you are agoing to drop passes occasionally. we tald about this. they were in the red zone 15 plays. they let jason campbell thro

. >> the loss ended detroit's 19- game winning streak. -- 19-game losing streak. it could call into question jim zorn's tenure. we will have more highlights and reaction coming up a bit later in sports. >> did you watch the game? >> i did not. >> i watched the most important part. >> i listened on the radio. >> the reality was bad enough. >>> 5:07, 58 degrees. >> the end of the road for a fugitive hollywood director. what is next for the famous filmmaker? >> we are tracking our next call from. it could bring some gusty winds. we have an early backup on." . so, what comes to mind when we switched the tv from cable to fios? tv looks like new. much better. awesome. i wrote 'dark magic'... actually, it's the 100% fiber optics that makes the tv look new. (cable guy) i was curious why we're listening to customers? oh. boy. seems dumb... (announcer) it's not the tv; it's what you put in it. and unlike cable, fios uses 1005 fiber optics straight to your home. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v >>> welcome back. it is another mond

lions. >> one of their own former teammates is waiting for them in detroit. dave feldman joins us with more. >> it's a reunion that has some bitterness because when jonian seen was told to leave, dan snyder flew him out. ian seen spent the first ten years of his n.f.l. career in washington, but was released in may because the skins felt he was too injury prone and was on the down side of his career. the same day he was cut, he resigned with his hometown lions. he was enactive for the first game. hardly played in the second and doesn't figure to be a factor in t thirdut jansen says it will be fun to face his former team. >> it will be until they blow the whistle and throw the ball out there. then there's no friends out on the field. it's us against them. but before that, hey, i've got a lot of friends. i spent a lot of time there. i'm looking forward to seeing some of them. >> each week at this time we give a redskin a little quiz on the upcoming opponent. the skins are playing the lions and we quiz michigan native devon thomas. >> reporter: this is old school

the loss to detroit. a team that heads up here, and they play our guys yesterday and they have been a study out there. now, what went wrong, well, jack and all of them say it is just a matter of chemistry. the personnel for them along with the joe gibbs and now they have just been unable to put together a team that delves, it's the combination of players. not any one person. maybe they will gel for the rest of the season, or maybe it will not happen. what you're really saying is that the team has been poorly managed. but you say like it is a force of nature that cannot be tamed or predicted. i would say you just need better managers. >> what are you and the rest of you saying isn't the address is mailbag@wusa9.com. i'll be back with anita brikman. don't forget to log on any time on wusa9.com. we'll see you then. bye. just as we promise 100% fresh produce... and rancher's reserve beef, guaranteed tender 100% of the time. at safeway, we have a new promise. a commitment to thousands of new everyday low price

well, if you're watching wdiv local 4 in detroit, see a&experience detroit 100 years ago through a series of photographs and newspaper articles and images from the past. that's at the detroit historical society. that's your eastern event of the day, christina. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> the show's producers have responded with a bold and surprising move. talk show queen, comedian ellen degeneres has been named the show's fourth judge. she dances daily on her talk show, which she will continue. nevertheless, admits to having no musical background. the move ends speculation that the show's producers plan to bring abdul back using the controversy surrounding her contract dispute to refire interest in the show. >>> elsewhere, paris hilton's former b.f.f., nicole richie, has given birth to her second child, a boy named sparrow. >>> katherine heigl and husband josh kelly are adopting. radar online reports it will be a 10-month-old little girl from korea. >>> robert de niro, bruce springsteen and mel brooks will be celebr

justin verlander on the mound for detroit in the dome. after the twins won on friday, here's mauer, bottom one, his 28th. 1-1. >> last time he faced verlander, he hit a home run off of him in that game too. >> and gerald laird throwing out base runners. this time, bernard span. carl pavano facing everett. brian buscher and e.y. that one went off his foot. >> i can tell that's the breaks are you going your way. when it goes to your particular play, he's able to make the play out. >> that's why you see the pitchers stick their legs up all the time, looking for the deflection. >> why is gerald laird so great at throwing them out? >> he moves his feet well, he's athletic. he's one of the top three or four throwers in baseball. >> cabrera left field, don kelly put out there. got that white ceiling at the dome in a day game. kelly said once it got above the lights i lost it, i had no clue where it was. >> i know how you feel out there, kelly, because that's happened to me and a lot of outfielders out there that's been playing the game in the me

two plays later, they'd score. 19-7 detroit. the redskins have time to get back into position. they go no-huddle, which seems to work for them. touchdown, 19-14 lions. the redskins get the ball back with one chance to win it. a lateral play, he is tackled. the redskins lose, 19-14. >> is a tough loss. got away from us. the game just seemed very strange. more than any time, there is particular urgency for us to pull together. >> the washington nationals closed out their series with the letter grades today. -- with the atlanta braves today. tiger woods, $10 million on the line. phil mickelson on the ninth sinks a birdie putt. tiger takes away the big prize, he finished second and wins the fedexup and the $10 million. a horrible crashed today. it flips over and over again. jimmy johnson brings it home and wins at dover. finally, some preseason action to watch at horizon center today. >> thank goodness for the capitals. >> thank goodness for the capitals. while i was building >> tmy friendships,or the capitals. my family, while i was building my life, my high cholesterol was contri

there was a penalty against detroit. they could have opted to neglect the penalty, made it 4th and 4 and the lions would ve been forced to kick a long field goal. zorn opted to take the penalty, give the lion another play. that play cost them. matthew stafford made a great run for about 21 yards and went on to score a touchdown. two critical decisions by the head coach and he addressed both of them. >> on the 4th and 1 call, we drove all the way down there. i didn't think we'd be denied getting in the end zone and we were. and then on the penalty, jason hanson was in field goal range. i just had to pull him back out of it. >> rationale you can understand and i had no problem and i don't think anybody had a problem going for it on 4th down. maybe the play selection is another story. but the other call was a little more curious because they had really a tough time getting the lions off the field all day. why give them another opportunity and that decision ultimately led to the seven points. they could have held them to thr

detroit finally won a game. stafford hits johnson for a 21 yard touchdown to give the felines an early lead, and they never look back. lions beat the redskins, 19-14. and that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> thank you, mario. >>> a picture is worth a thousand words. how about several hundred thousand dollars for one reality tv star's wedding pictures. your early morning enttainment adlinesre straight ahead. >>> plus, when some men in oregon take the phrase, walk a mile in her shoes, well, they take it quite literally. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday morning. some of the worst weather out there is rolling through ohio. cleveland, it's raining. some lightning strikes to the south of you. one cell near canton. from columbus to pittsburgh on 70, storms. be careful on that drive. other areas are dry. summer through georgia, florida, up through the atlantic. new england, a very warm full day. if you're watching nbc 6 in miami, study newton's law of motio

autumn is is an exciting time for detroit's big three, a season for rolling out their brand new cars to the acclaim of eager buyers. this autumn, however, the only u.s. auto maker with much to be excited about is ford which leads to an obvious question. could it be in the words of its old ad campaign that ford really does have a better idea? martha teichner will report our cover story. >> reporter: the famous ford blue oval. what do you think it's worth? in 2006 in order to stop a hemorrhage of red ink, the ford motor company borrowed $23.5 billion and hired a ceo who had never worked a single day in the car business. crazy? maybe not given that ford didn't go bankrupt and didn't ask for a government bailout like g.m. and chrysler. later this sunday morning, ford. out front on detroit's rough road to survival. >> mason: getting straight to the point is one approach to high stakes diplomacy and one veteran of america's foreign policy battles knows just how to do it with style. this morning she talks to katie couric. >> congratulations, madam secretary. >> couric: as our nation's first

howard turns back georgetown. >>> a lot of the experts are picking the detroit lions for some reason it over the washington redskins later today and a lot of it is fueled by herm edwards. he looked right into the camera and he said, get your tickets, the 19-game losing streak is ending sunday against redskins. the redskins' defensive coordinator knows that the lions will be dangerous. >> they look at us as a team they can be. we went to detroit last year, if santana did not take the part back at the end of the game, it would have beat us. we stand up last year. >>> nationals-braves. it started bad, got worse. chipper jones into right, watch this, right off dukes' glove, beating the nationals, 11-5. >>> tiger woods, $10 million on the line. this would be long. it goes in. 42 feet, the ball had eyes, right into the cup. he could win the fedex $10 million prize to. kenny perry is the leader. on 12, tiger starts the round in second place. bank of the st. louis cardinals clinched tonight a playoff spot -- >>> the st. louis cardoza clinched a playoff spot tonight. it gets an epa estimated

detroit finally won a game. stafford hits johnson for a 21 yard touchdown to give the felines an early lead, and they never look back. lions beat the redskins, 19-14. and that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> thank you, mario. >>> a picture is worth a thousand words. how about several hundred thousa dollars for one reality tv star's wedding pictures. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, when some men in oregon take the phrase, walk a mile in her shoes, well, they take it quite literally. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this monday morning. some of the worst weather out there is rolling through ohio. cleveland, it's raining. some lightning strikes to the south of you. one cell near canton. from columbus to pittsburgh on 70, storms. be careful on that drive. other areas are dry. summer through georgia, florida, up through the atlantic. new england, a very warm full day. if you're watching nbc 6 in miami, study newton's law of m

well, if you're watching wdiv local 4 in detroit, see a&experience detroit 100 years ago through as sieer of photographs and newspaper articles and images from the past. that's at the detroit historical society. that's your eastern event of the day, christina. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> now here's a look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. >>> the show's producers have responded with a bold and surprising move. talk show queen, comedian ellen degeneres has been named the show's fourth judge. she dances daily on her talk show, which she will continue. nevertheless, admits to having no musical background. the move ends speculation that the show's producers plan to bring abdul back using the controversy surrounding her contract dispute to refire interest in the show. >>> elsewhere, paris hilton's former b.f.f., nicole richie, has given birth to her second child, a boy named sparrow. >>> katherine heigl and husband josh kelly are adopting. radar online reports it will be a 10-month-old little girl from korea. >>> robert de niro, bruce springsteen and mel brooks will be celebr

. >> yep, detroit, no le, this win by detroit gave the lions their first win after losing 19 straight. on the skins' first drive they miss this opportunity to put a score on the board from the 1 yard line. detroit, then, took the ball and scored two touchdowns befe the half. in the second half, the skins came back with more energy. managed to score twice, but that still wasn't enough. in the end, the skins fall, 14-19. head coach jim zorn says it's all about attitude. and says it is not the end of the seon. >> as we've lost two games and there are high expectations for us, we have high expectations for us. i think that creates a little bit of a issue. we have tremendous talent on this football team, and what we have to do is make sure we're putting our guys as coaches in the right spots giving them an opportunity, and then when they have the opportunity, they've got to go out and make the play. >> despite sunday's loss according to a source close to the team, the organization is not expected to make any drastic staff changes. >> stay tuned. it's not just the coaches and plays who are

tigers and twins both remain so detroit's lead remains at 2 1/2 games in the a.l. central. twins, 12-8 this month, that's just one game better than the tigers. >>> cardinals in a bit of a lull. they've lost 6-10. albert pujols, top three, two outs, two on, he singles. skip schumaker scores.

north schedule as the vikings in detroit to face the lions. favre making his 271st straight start setting an nfl record. by the way, 13 in the last 15 starts against detroit with a win but he's struggling early on, the exchange between raidry an peterson leading to a fumble and favre going down. jason hunter, how about the lions defense bringing it? peterson to a loss, held to 41 yards in the first half. larry foote, former steeler, sacking favre. the defense, looking good. remember, detroit, they haven't tasted victory in 18 games. matthew stafford, number one pick overall, first career touchdown. plenty more between this connection to calvin johnson. lions were up 10-7 at the half and up twice geps the vikings last year and won both games. adrian peterson, the man can finish. check out the oldan

all of this as the redskins prepare for the detroit lions, a team that has not won a game since 2007. >>> preseason hockey at verizon last night, caps hosting the blackhawks. new capital mike knuble scored

begins with detroit, top sixth, miguel cabrera feasts on that, his 28th of the year. tied at 1-1 at the trop. we go to the bottom of the seventh, tied at 1-1, two outs, justin verlander, 98-mile-per-hour heater gets evan longoria. verlander eight innings, one earned run, seven strikeouts. in the ninth, adam everett. tigers scored three in the top of the ninth. go up 4-1. gets interesting in the bottom of the ninth. fernando rodney gets willie aybar to ground out. tigers hold on for a 4-3 win. detroit ends a four-game losing streak at the trop. justin verlander gets his 16th win of the year. that ties him with cc sabathia of the yankees for most in the american league. here is your a.l. wild card picture -- the red sox lose, the rangers win. texas two back. tampa misses a chance. they are six back and fading fast. >> yankees looking for their eighth straight win, taking on toronto. roy halladay -- he's been struggling as of late, lost five of his last seven. wouldn't know it, though, watching this game -- a complete-game one-hitter. he struck out nine, did halladay --

after yesterday's 19-14 loss to detroit. and they had not won in almost two years. you know, the redskins, they didn't seem to have a lot of fire in the first half against the lions. traditionally, he was brought in as the offensive guru, it has not panned out. 16 points last year, 13 this year. that is the head man under the intention scrutiny. >> we have high expectations. and losing creates you know, it just creates thoughts. no one in our locker room are coming up with those questions. it's really, i think, it's really all outside. >> we're not even talking about that job security. you guys are talking about it. i mean, well, you know, i have not heard anything about the job. >> okay. as for albert, the big fellow not at the facilities today. getting an mri on his flex hipster. they did not expect it to be serious. well, only time will tell if a loss like yesterday will turn them apart. when asked, if the players could still do that and they said, well, i don't think everyone has the same opinion, put it that way. kind of interesting. that was the major line of

detroit was very game but in the end, it dissipated. brett favre actually threw for more yards than peterson ran for. so for this one, minnesota wins it. we all know tampa bay lost 26 in order to start their career, if you will. but now 19 losses in a row tie a chicago cardinals squad in the 1940's and an early 1960's oakland raiders squad as second most. they used to beat minnesota all the time. they just can't win. >>> all right. chicago and pittsburgh. these two teams scream defense. low-scoring game. jay cultler to johnny knox. he finds gold for a touchdown. we're tied at 14-14. jeff reed missed two makeable field goals. 43-yarder. no. now robby again. so fort knox is gold and robby is solid gold. the bears win it 17-14. after a heartbreaking loss. one of the stories of the day, the teams that lost the heartbreakers last week by and large won this week. >> it means a lot. means a lot to this team. we've had a lot of pressure and expectations on us since i got here and since orlando got here and since the defense has stepped it up. i

. >> look, the way i see it, the only way we're going to recoup money we lent and gave to detroit is if we cut down on the regulations that are choking these companies, and it was a failure for the obama administration to double down after that. this is something that is going to take a long time to fix or we can cut our losses now and get government's hand out of the till and learn a valuable lesson that this kind of government intervention does not work. >> is this going to be a great object lesson, steve? >> no, because government doesn't learn, otherwise we wouldn't have fannie, freddie and medicare and penn central in the '70's when the government took over conrail, and they had to lose a ton of money before they realized get it back in the private sector and deregulate the railroad industry. they are slow at learning. you think our students have a hard time. in washington, they never learn. it takes decade. welfare reform, it took 60 years to get that. >> steve, do you agree with him on this one? >> i try. it is like the military. is that a good expenditure. they keep blowing u

those are the headline as the redconditions is prepare to take on the detroit lions in motown. they have shown life despite losing the first two games of the season and led the lions. and peterson took over. today i asked jim zorn about the team. >> they have a young qb and he has tremendous talent. it takes longer. >> we're desperate for a win. >> jim -- [ indiscernible ] good point. i bet you wonder when the lions won again. week 16 of the 2007 season. since then, the lions lost 19 in a row. the redskins are well aware of the losing strike and -- streak and don't want to talk about it. >> you can't discuss that. it's -- not an -- an nfl team to play. the record, it doesn't matter. you can't focus on that. when you do, that is when you become a team. >> i think any team's dangerous. whether they're 0-no one the past few seasons or they're 19- 0, their nfl team, we have to respect them, they're talented, we're talented andave to be on our a game. >> former caps goal tender kolzig is calling it a career. he is retiring after 14 seasons in the nhl and 13 of which were spent in wa

cosby has made a commitment to helping detroit's troubled school system, which is one of the nation's worst. >>> detroit's schools have a very long way to go, but by some measures, eve successful american schools are behind the times. asas rachel martin reports, som schools are taking the radical step of moving into the computer age by doing away with books all together. >> reporter: for generations, school meant books. lots of books. >> seah for information beginning in his civil ickes book. >> reporter: not anymore. >> we're going to copy that. then we're going to exit out of that. we're going to do to dictionary.com, wait until it loads. >> reporter: around the country, from high school to grad school, books are getting harder to find. no more back breaking backpacks. now, an entire library can fit in the palm of your hand. this private school outside boston is going bookless. >> we decided we could best use our resourceif we decided to go with e-books, and e-resources. >> like it says right here in photograph four. >> reporter: at this virginia school, may's english class is tryin

cosby has made a commitment to helping detroit's troubled school system, which is one of the nation's worst. >>> detroit's schools have a very long way to go, but by some measures, eve successful american schools are behind the times. as rachel martin reports, some schools are taking the radical step of moving into the computer age by doing away with books all together. >> reporter: for generations, school meant books. lots of books. >> search for information beginning in his civil ickes book. >> reporter: not anymore. >> we're going to copy that. then we're going to exit out of that. we're going to do to dictionary.com, wait until it loads. >> reporter: around the country, from high school to grad school, books are getting harder to find. no more back breaking backpacks. now, an entire library can fit in the palm of your hand. this private school outside boston is going bookless. >> we decided we could best use our resources if we decided to go with e-books, and e-resources. >> like it says right here in photograph four. >> reporter: at this virginia school, may's english class is tr

she calls her web post debacle in detroit. hers reads the redskins have become exactly who they didn't want to be, that team, the one that ends the lions skid. check out the redskins facebook page. thousands of comments are pour pouring in. i want to share two with you this morning. one wrotes, i have been a redskins fan 30 years and i can't watch anymore. i'm tired of being more emotional than the guys out there playing. there are a ton of comments if you want to see the postings, i will have them on my blog at wusa9.com. >> remember the steelers had a 30 year drought before they became a power house. >> how about all of those super bowls they didn't win. >> and then the coach goes to the next team and, a little phase. >> we must. >> we have to watch out for some rain -- not rain. but wind. wind is going to be the major thing later this afternoon it will stick around tomorrow and a little on wednesday, as well. bus stop weather this morning. all is clear for the kids. temperatures in the 50s and winds are not out of control y

charlotte, cleveland, cincinnati, kansas city, detroit. morning fog possible, chicago in towards san francisco. the fog, chicago, that's because they beat the steelers last night, they're still in a fog. how about that? >>> a guy who practiced putting in his yard -- you know, putting, would wake up each morning to find the golf balls were missing. turns out this hairless fox was taking the balls off the green. the golfer, who set up the surveillance camera thinks the fox mistakes the balls for eggs. >> i think he's thinking they're going to hatch. and he just is giving them a little time. >> this little fox has an obsession with golf balls. >> wow! overall, the golfer says, the fox has taken about 100 golf balls. no wonder he's not gaining any weight. nothing to eat. >>> here's a touching story. a young man with down syndrome was a hero for his football team. ÷%%%%%%%%%%%% eyewitness. this video was recently posted on youtube. already over 200,000 people have watched it. this young man has become a bit of a celebrity in his h

. >> the redskins are still a favorite over the detroit lions. a lot of the so-called experts are now saying the alliance losing streak will end. they believe detroit will beat washington. >> how many of those experts play football. they don't make you experts until the other guys start saying it is. you're not experts. you are idiots. >> abouhow about herm edwards? he says the streak ends. this is the top of the eighth. rafael furcal, the first and rope to right. the dodgers beat the nationals. preseason hockey, the capitals and rangers. gaborik, bingo. the goal by christopher higgins. the rangers beat the capitals. this play had net -- this game had a playoff feel to it, fights. this turns into united win after intermission. moreno, and united wins it. tonight our high school athlete of the week is david nibbins. >> i believe in myself. >> he and his teammates took a beating courtesy of another team. the final, 48-3. >> the score is not what matters. it matters that they keep playing hard. >> no one personified that better than david. he played

they get the tigers, yanks and red sox in succession, beginning with detroit. sixth inning, miguel can a barrera. initiating launch sequence, yeah. his 28th of the year. we're tied at 1. bottom 7, justin verlander and evan longoria with the 98 mile per hour heater. top nine, tie game, adam everett, lines it to left. the tigers score three in the top of the ninth. go up 4-1. bottom nine. rays with two on. aybar grounds to first, detroit hangs on 4-3. the tigers end a four-game losing streak at tampa. justin verlander now 4-0 in had i see career against the rays, he's won he three straight overall, and ties c.c. sabathia with his 16th win. that is the most in the american league. >> so, in the american league wildcard race, the red sox lose. the rangers win. so texas now within two games of boston. tampa cannot gain any ground. they are six back, and fading fast. >> yankees looking for their eighth straight win. taking on toronto and roy haladay. he's struggleling lately. lost five of his last 7. wouldn't know it watching this game though. mark teixeira take a se

the final 42 in detroit. prior to tonight's game, harwell visited with the tigers to thank them for their support. then he addressed the fans inside coamerica park. >> in my almost 92 years on this earth, the good lord has blessed me with a great journey. and the blessed part of that journey is it's going to end here in the great state of michigan. i deeply appreciate the people of michigan. i love their grit. i love the way they face life. i love the family values they have. >> that's some great stuff. boy, tigers 4-3. winners tonight. harwell called tiger's championship, 1968 to 1984. much as we mentioned, an institution in detroit had a that has detroit getting the 33rd save of the season by fernando rodney locking it down. maintaining the lead on the twins in the a.l. central. bears quarterback disappointed ine his new start. cutler threw four picks sunday night. he faces the steelers in week two. with more on that, here's george smith. >> no one around here is worried at all. >> after an opening night di

begins with detroit, top sixth, miguel cabrera feasts on that, his 28th of the year. tied at 1-1 at the trop. we go to the bottom of the seventh, tied at 1-1, two outs, justin verlander, 98-mile-per-hour heater gets evan longoria. verlander eight innings, one earned run, seven strikeouts. in the ninth, adam everett. tigers scored three in the top of the ninth. go up 4-1. gets interesting in the bottom of the ninth. fernando rodney gets willie aybar to ground out. tigers hold on for a 4-3 win. detroit ends a four-game losing streak at the trop. justin verlander gets his 16th win of the year. that ties him with cc sabathia of the yankees for most in the american league. here is your a.l. wild card picture -- the red sox lose, the rangers win. texas two back. tampa misses a chance. they are six back and fading fast. >> yankees looking for their eighth straight win, taking on toronto. roy halladay -- he's been struggling as of late, lost five of his last seven. wouldn't know it, though, watching this game -- a complete-game one-hitter. he struck out nine, did halladay --

the detroit lions spell danger for the redskins. find out if the nationals can stav >>> police say a teenager arrested for dealing drugs. the students use text messages to set up drug deals. the 18-year-old was arrested yesterday. officers say they found marijuana, ecstasy and $1200 cash in his suv. he's a former walter johnson student. police put him under surveillance after getting a call from security. they suspected he was dealing drugs during the school day. >>> a teenager suspected of making homemade bombs plead guilty today. they found it in july of last year. they alleged the 19-year-old had a fake cia id and a map of camp david. the bomb making chemicals belong ed to a russian immigrant. >> when you are in possession of something, you are in possession of it. it doesn't matter who they belong to or who purchased them. it's an event he participated in by the mere fact he possessed them. >> he'll be back in court for sentencing january 7. he's facing up to ten years in prison. >>> an international hunt for the criminals who p

so detroit now has a two game lead, those two teams head to head in the next few weeks. we count down to >>> it's a diamond big enough to make friends with hundreds of girls. this 500 carat was found at an african mine. it was found with over 200 other diamonds: the value of the stone, has yet to be determined. >> kind of hard to find a ( band playing "late show" theme ) >> from new york, the greatest city in the world, it's the "late show" with david letterman.

in detroit, 51, cincinnati too, a little breezy there, as well. your forecast today, very nice down to the south and east, a mix of sun and clouds, like the low 70s and upper 60s here along the east coast. now, of course, you have to check out our eastern event of the day. and if you're watching us on whdh 7 news in boston, be brave while getting up close and personal with the beehives. you can see the amazing insects at work. that's at the bee exhibit and that's your eastern event of the day. >> and good to remind it's glassed in. >> right. so there's no problem there. >> sign the waiver as uh you enter into this exhibit. thank you, ginger. >>> now an early look at this morning's headlines and entertainment. the "tonight show" host conan o'brien is back at work after a scare during friday's show. while he was taping his show, o'brien was racing teri hatcher when he slipped and hit his head so hard he suffered a minor concussion. he's already, though, doctors checked him out. he managed a few laughs last night from that whole ordeal. >>> well, did

in detroit. >> they need to at least score some touchdowns. that would help. one person's expert is another person's idiot. 6:43 is your time. 65 degrees. >> the latest on the health ca fight. this is your captain speaking, we are fourteenth in line for take off. looks like it's bumper to bumper on the interstate. i gotta get to cleveland! remove your belt, your watch, your shoes. i wonder what gas costs today. seven dollars for a pillow! an extra bag costs what? i hate traffic! the train is now arriving. (announcer) the train has arrived indeed. new low one-way fares on northeast regional. advance purcha required, restrictions apply. details at amtrak.com >> you are watching abc 7's "good morning washington," with doug mckelway, alison starling, meteorologist brian van de graaff, weather, and lisa baden, traffic. this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> 6:46. >> we begin with the potential showdown at the g-20 summit. president obama and the leaders of france and britain will accuse iran of building a secret facility to produce nuclear fuel. pollu