it could be your saving grace. >> reporter: 9news now. john edwards and children were at elizabeth's side we understand at her chapel hill home. a family friend said just yesterday she was making the announcement the cancer treatment was not going to be continue. elizabeth edwards has died. we have other breaking news from the white house where president obama held a late afternoon news conference trying to convince democrats to get on board with his plan to end the gridlock over tax cuts. joel brown joins us with more on the deal the president struck with republicans. joel, this is going to be a hard sell for members of his party? >> reporter: the white house knew it had a sales job on its hands with democrats. by this afternoon the president decided he was going to make the case for his tax cut deal with republicans. president obama called reporters together so he could send a message to capitol hill. it is time to put politics aside. >> my number one priority is for jobs and for economic growth. >> reporter: the president is having a hard time to get his own party to sign off on the tax cut deal he struck with republicans. it extends unemployment benefits for 13 months and counselors payroll taxes for a year. the administration sent vice president joe biden to capitol hill. >> this deal continues to stick it to the middle class. >> reporter: the white house is doing all it can to win over some of the skeptical lawmakers. >> reporter: republican leaders don't need convincing. they support the compromise. >> this is the way to go forward and the right thing to do. >> reporter: political analysts say by accepting the gop's biggest demands, the president is trying to prove he can bridge the divide in washington. >> he is showing now after the republicans swept to victory in november he is going to try to be a post partisan president. >> reporter: the real attempt to broker a deal will come when the tax cut plan goes up for a vote. lawmakers have to pass it by the end of this year, otherwise, taxes go up for everyone on new year's day. and the president is expected to have a harder time getting the compromise passed in the house than in the senate. today nancy pelosi said the response so far from house democrats has not been very good. joel brown, 9news now. today the redskins did what many fans think they should have done a long time ago. >> they suspended albert haynesworth for the remainder of the season without pay. here's more on what may be the beginning of the end. brett? >> reporter: the only surprise is this didn't happen six or eight weeks ago or six or eight months ago. they have been oil and water from the very first time they met. the official reason for the suspension was conduct detriment al to the team. it would hard to argue albert's behavior over the last six months isn't the textbook definition of that term. he skipped mini camp, he refused to play nose tackle, failed his conditioning test, mouthed off to coaches, this week he showed up late to a meeting and according to mike shanahan, he and haynesworth aren't even on speaking terms. this from that statement quote yesterday, when albert was at redskins park, he told our general manager bruce allen that he, haynesworth, would no longer speak with me. although suspending any player is not a decision a head coach enters into lightly, i believe the situation has reached the point where the club clearly has no alternative. the redskins will avoid paying him his final four game checks, which amount to about $900,000. that is a pittance compared to the $21 million bonus albert accepted from the team this individual when he promised to fall in line with shanahan's requests. that turned out to be a pipe dream. shanahan lays it out in the statement. it continues albert has continued to refuse to cooperate with our coaching staff in a variety of ways. he has consistently indicated to our coaches he refuses to play in our defenses on our first or second nickel down situations. he has refused to physical the instructions of the coach during practice and actual games as well. today is a scheduled day off. the reaction has been hard to come by from players and coaches. you can read the full redskins statement at wusa.com. you can comment on albert's suspension on our facebook page. the comments are pouring in and we will share some of them with you, plus bring you redskins reaction later in the hour. guys? feeling a lot colder right away. >> reporter: you know how cold it is outside? as cold as the shanahan haynesworth relationship. it is unbelievably cold. i know brett is laughing. wind bursts are still over 20 miles per hour downtown. a 29 miles per hour wind gust in frederick, this is important when you get temperatures as cold as we have. this adds to what it feels like. it feels like it is 32 downtown, it is 32 downtown and it feels like it is 22 downtown, and in the teens in most of the suburbs. i mean, that is some kind of cold for early december. for tonight, the good news is, you cleared out the clear to partly cloudy and windy and cold. still with higher gusts but not quite as strong as they were on monday. we'll come back and talk about the weekend storm and tell you where the rain snow line sets up. it definitely feels like winter has already arrived and many residents know the cold weather means more water main breaks. it will take them years to get ahead of this problem. 200 in fact. >> reporter: crews are working to repair this water main break in this bowie neighborhood. as it gets colder, it is only going to get worse. the slow trickle of water and a gaping, muddy hole. water main breaks like this one are an all too familiar scene and while crews can get the job done. >> they were very responsive in coming out and fix it go right way. >> reporter: it is a never ending cycle, because the cold weather simply weeks havoc on the old pipes, causing nearly 1700 water main breaks each year. >> i don't know how old they are, but it happened because of the weather. >> reporter: according to the washington suburban sanitary commission, a quarter of the system's pipes are more than 50 years old. small breaks, called circle breaks, take just a couple of hours to fix. full replacement of the pipes takes several hours of your water being shut off. >> more bad news, the chief of customer care says there is 5500 miles of water mains and only 35 miles get replaced each year. at that rate he says, it would likely take them nearly 200 years to replace all the aging pipes and get your water running without interruption. without the proper funding they'll never get ahead of the problem so in the meantime they are asking residents to be patient. the cold and wet weather is delaying the opening of the intercounty connector. the first section of the toll road will not be open until early 2011. last month we took you for a test drive on this highway. the first part will link 270 and 370 with georgia avenue in montgomery county. it is 95% done but no firm opening date has yet been set. police are looking for a man, wanted for a sexual assault. they say an 18-year-old girl walked into the ladies room all the as berry methodist village around 10:00 this morning, when she was confronted by the suspect and attacked. a promising school principal, was he targeted for murder and robbery because he was gay? or was he just an easy mark? the murder of brian bets was a hate crime. the feds are stepping in. bruce? >> reporter: yeah, gloria allred is famous for tv commentary. today she flew out from l.a., to ask justice department lawyers here at the patrick henry building to prosecute brian bets's killers, -b brian betts killers. >> we believe that a federal investigation should be opened to determine whether this case should be prosecuted as a hate crime. >> reporter: saunders pleaded guilty to meeting betts on a gay sex chat line. he went to his house with a gun and buddies and robbed the popular shaw middle school principal. he says the gun went off accidentally. but the state's attorney in maryland says he has no evidence to show it was a hate crime. and some legal experts say making the case under federal law is a stretch. but not allred. >> if he is targeted because he is on that line, then we say that that would fall, we believe under the matthew shepherd hate crime law. >> reporter: allred says a clear message has to go out to nuggets who might target men who use gay sex lines to hook up. >> gay men using them are especially vulnerable. they are thought to be sometimes wealthy or affluent. in addition they might be reluctant to report crimes. >> >> reporter: saunders will be eligible for parole in 20 years, but betts's family sees a bigger issue here. >> they want protection for gay people. they don't want them to be targets of violence. >> reporter: allred says the justice department lawyers here listened carefully to her request. but she says it is really up to the department to decide whether to prosecute under the law named for a gay college student who was beaten, tortured and left to die, tied to a farm fence. allred said if they decide to take -t this would be the first prosecution under the matthew shepherd statute. the politician accused of hiding $80,000 in her bra from the fbi now had his a fresh set of problems. in her second day on the job, leslie johnson has been effectively iced by her colleagues on the prince georges county council. they did not give her any committee assignments. at today's first meeting the council unanimously elected ingrid turner of bowie as its new chairperson. council members tried hard not to make a show of keeping her at arm's length. the new prince georges county executive praised the police force for its dedication and focus on making the community safer today. he made those remarks just before introducing the interim police chief. he says he will continue the push for community policing. >> i believe this is an excellent department. i have been here 27 years. these are great people who do great things every day, heroic things every day that you don't hear, don't make it to the press. it is my honor to serve them. >> he is a former narcotics commander and he succeeds chief roberto hilton. he served as a deputy chief under hilton. a british judge denies bail to wikileaks leader julian assange. he claims it is a persecution, not prosecution. it is snowing rather hard at this hour. we'll also show you the lighting of the capital christmas tree, it is not too far away. we will cover that live as well. the green family in germany would like to wish our cousins in rockville, maryland, allen, jacob, aerial and laura happy hannukah. for the second day in a row, a huge five alarm fire has been racing through downtown baltimore. the flames erupted in the building early this morning on north charles street. restaurants and offices were heavily damaged. hours earlier, firefighters were called to another five alarmer in the city's adult entertainment district, known as the block. the united states marked the anniversary of the attack on pearl harbor today. several survivors attended the ceremony. rear admiral master's son jr. gave the keynote address. his father was on the shore 6 years ago, and watched the uss arizona burn and sink. the national park service and friends of the national world war ii memorial also commemorated pearl harbor day with a ceremony held at the world war ii memorial this afternoon. the armed forces color guard made the presentation of colors and the navy band performed a musical tribute. don't be surprised if you hear jets thundering through the skies tonight. the north american aerospace command is planning exercises between midnight and 2:00 a.m. they are designed to test the region's visual warning system. the coast guard and civilian air patrol will take part in those exercises. it was cold out there. oh, it is cold out there for this capital christmas tree lighting, going on right now. >> we have a young choir there, moving along. let's listen in. ♪[ music ] ♪ [ music ] ♪ [ music ] >> even if there were dance moves, you would have dance moves tonight. all day long it felt like that. a need to move. >> it is cold. i chose one pretty fast. we have cold air, we have winter storm warnings still in effect west of the divide. let me show you cleveland, they got hammered again with snow. you have to admit that is pretty, norman rockwell material there, don't you think and. >> the highway shot isn't talking to me. >> highly overrated. >> okay. >> they are going to continue to get snow through tomorrow, as will our mountains. okay. let's talk about wind chill. this is the temperature you feel when you go outside. you are feeling low 20s. inside the beltway. upper teens in the suburbs up to 70. rock hill, gaither -- gaithersburg, frederick feels like it is 4 below in oakland with a winter storm warning. freezing conditions in fact hard freeze warnings have been issued for the florida panhandle and a freeze warning has been posted all the way down to miami in dade county. that is how told it is. in the meantime. we have a little bit of snow in parts of western maryland. windy conditions slowly and surely they will subside. cold all week, tonight clearing but windy. thursday mostly sunny and cold, sunday a form but not as cold. for tonight, clear to partly cloudy, windy and very cold. wind chills by dawn will be between 5 and 15. winds will gust over 20. lows tonight 21, 2 downtown. everyone is in the 20s tonight. see what clear skies do for you. 20 in leesburg and flirting with the upper teens. mostly sunny in the morning, windy and cold. dress in layers again. by tomorrow afternoon, mostly sunny, breezy and cold. our average high is still like 50 and wind chills in the 20s all day. mid-30s thursday. friday we are going in the right direction. but it is still chilly, highs in the mid-40s. saturday the best day of the next seven, no doubt 50. the storm is well to the west of us. consequently, i think we are going to see temperatures in the low 50s. as we mentioned yesterday no matter which way the storm goes, some kind of cold behind it, it will probably end as flurries or snow showers early monday morning. check out tuesday ladies. 28 for the high. oh, that is the high. >> are you sure you didn't mix up the numbers there? >> that is pretty. the sunset this was a great shot. got the foreground going, the background going, good stuff. go to our website. wusa 9.com, click on the weather tab and follow the drop down menu. thank you, topper. i think we are going to go back out and look at the tree lighting. nancy pelosi is speaking right now. >> crowds from jackson came together to catch the first glimpse of this tree. they snapped photos and took videos. parents brought their children to see the capital christmas tree as it began its journey to 22 cities within wyoming. 22 cities within wyoming? and towns, before heading across the country. the entire state produced thousands as the senators, thousands of ornaments. the tree even has its own memorabilia, mugs and magnets, pins and patches, t-shirts and bags that you will all want to have. it is a source of pride for wyoming and a source of joy for the united states congress and for all americans. daniel has been mentioned. his sister, maya, is how old? >> she is 13. >> is here with him as well. daniel is the person that we are honored, all of us, to share the lighting of this tree with. as we are honored by this gift from the state of wyoming, we are honored each day again by the service of our men and women in uniform. with the help of daniel sitter, a sixth grader from fair view, wyoming, we are now going to light the tree. but i want these children to come even closer. you have to be in the picture. this could be on tv. you have come this long way, why have a few steps separate you from being in front of the tree? okay, daniel. here you go, just going to push that up. good job. ♪ [ music ] ♪ [ music ] blab >> that is one majestic tree. >> it is. it has been a tradition since 1964. the house speaker flips the switch along with some helpers and many children who got a chance to be on tv. the holiday spirit is there. >> absolutely. a young mother who gave birth in the middle of the night in her front yard. credits a 911 dispatcher for, getting her through the emergency delivery. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. it doesn't happen often. but when it does, wow. new moms giving birth on their front lawn. fortunately, it doesn't happen often. before they can even get to the car for the drive to the hospital, the latest case in florida. >> please help me. >> are you by yourself? >> yes, i'm in my yard. >> that is whitney wright, talking to a 911 dispatcher, her husband in the house, grabbing their two-year-old. child number two simply can't wait. blaine wright makes it back outside just in time for the delivery. and helping them through it all is the 911 dispatcher. >> can you get some dry towels? >> what do i do? >> he talked me through it. he was very calm and i appreciate how patient he was. if we wouldn't have had him, to tell us the things to do, it might not have gone so smoothly. >> but smoothly it did go. mom is fine, as you can see, dad's fine and say hello to little kelsey, she is fine too. by the way, that dispatcher, a 19-year-old rookie. good for him. coming up next, new at 5:30. >> this is bruce johnson. he spent four months in jail for a crime he never committed and get this. the gps on the work truck got him off. i'll have that story, coming up. right now a gps tracker accused a man wrongfully. the founder of wikileaks is spending his first night in a british jail cell. elizabeth edwards, the wife of former presidential candidate senator john edwards has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. edwards was 61 years old. irks elizabeth edwards was best known as the wife of a famous politician. but she was also a lawyer with an impressive resume, and a devoted mother. in the final years of her life, she became most identified with her private battles. first her health and later, her troubled marriage to john edwards. he was running mate to john kerry in the 2004 election. the day they conceded defeat, elizabeth was diagnosed with breast cancer. she thought the worst was over. >> i seem to be cancer free, knock on wood. >> reporter: yet soon after her husband launched his campaign for the 2008 presidential race, doctors told her the cancer had returned and could not be cured. in spite of the news, she joined her husband in the decision to proceed with the campaign. >> it is important the american people have the opportunity to have a president like him. and i can't deprive them of that. >> reporter: she worked as a trusted campaign advisor, actively participated in public events and didn't hesitate to speak her mind about vai values. criticizing hillary clinton's record on women's issues and calling brohm holier than thousand -- calling barack obama holier than thousand. they lost their child, wade, killed in a car accident when he was just 16. a few years after wade's death, they decided to expand their family. elizabeth was 48 when she gave birth to emma clair, 50 when jack was born. >> i made a very serious mistake. >> reporter: in 2008, as elizabeth battled cancer, her husband admitted publicly what he already confess in private, that he had had an extramarital affair which produce a baby daughter. he denied paternity for more than a year before finally confessing the baby was his. within days, elizabeth confirmed she was ending the marriage, choosing to put that painful chapter behind her as she faced her final months. >> elizabeth edwards died this morning in her home in chapel hill surrounded by her family. she was 61. donnie book heart spent months locked up in jail unable to convince anyone he did not rob a home last summer. a common piece of technology that could be in your car, proved he couldn't have been in two plays at the same time. bruce johnson has the story you will only see on 9. they were going to put you away for life you know? i just got a new grandbaby. >> reporter: donnie book heart has been trying to do the right thing since a brush with the law many years ago. until last june he was working as a driver. he had a car and apartment. he lost all of that after dc police investigating a serious crime, showed up at his job. >> they told me i was under arrest. i said for what. >> reporter: witness at a home in southeast. picked his picture out of a police file. >> they told me i had committed a burglary one while armed. i told them i was at work it couldn't have been me. >> reporter: he was arrested and cuffed and brought here to south washington. he was held here for a total 121 days norman four months for a crime he never committed ehe had been driving this truck on the day he was arrested. turns out he clocked in to work at 7:00 that morning, one hour before the assault and burglary across town. >> reporter: that is the truck he was driving? >> right there. >> reporter: does it have gps on it? >> gps is on top of it. >> reporter: the construction company would not allow the supervisor to talk with us today. but last month, while he was still in jail, the same supervisor told prosecutors the company gps record show he was on the job, operating his truck, at the very time the crime was committed. >> when i leave my truck got gps. >> reporter: on november 18, inside a dc superior courtroom, prosecutors announced they were dropping all charges. the judge said he was a free man again. >> i am kind of bitter. you know? they messed my livelihood up. i had a job, just bought me a car. i was doing the right thing. >> we have been trying to reach the assistant prosecutor in the case. meanwhile, donnie is out of work and out of a car. he lost both while locked up. tonight he is hoping somebody will give him a chance to drive trucks again. >> four months, bruce. this gps could have given them the answers four months prior. >> that is police work. >> absolutely right. we don't know the answer to that. donnie can't explain why it took so long. but his co-workers did come forward with the records. the man needs work. >> maybe somebody will see this and help. thank you, bruce. meantime a british judge has put wikileaks founder julian assange in jail while he fights sex crime charges. talk about a media circus today outside the hearing. >> reporter: just a few hours ago here this place was insane. tonight julian assange is spending the night in the prison 20 minutes outside of london. a spokesman for the wikileaks website said they are going to continue leaking the documents, that have caused such damage and anger and outrage in the united states and beyond. the media chased a police van carrying julian assange as he was whisked away. the wikileaks founder is fighting extradition to answer sex crime charges in sweden. a british judge denied his request for jail. he appeared calm in court as prosecutors claim he assaulted two wikileaks volunteers in sweden. charges he denies. his lawyers call the case a political persecution. >> reporter: the case has an impact whether you want to try and discount it or not. his website has leaked hundreds of thousands of secret united states documents. government officials say their release puts national security at risk. >> there is information that fully deserves confidentiality and classification. >> reporter: he has been hiding out here in britain for the past several weeks. he will be back here in court next tuesday for another hearing. wikileaks supporters say nothing will stop the flow of united states diplomatic cables, even though visa, mastercard and pay pal are no longer accepting donations to fund the group's website. to prove their., they released new documents, including details of a nato defense plan for eastern europe. authorities are opened a criminal investigation, but so far they have not issued an arrest warrant lawyers say they had every hope that their client would be released on bail today. they said without sundaying cocky, they are still confident he won't spend much time behind bars but again, they'll see him back here next tuesday. anita? charlie d'agata, thank you for that report from london. coming up next, a plane makes an emergency landing in pittsburgh. because of a dog. we'll explain. and don't forget, we are always on at wusa 9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. v@ a giant leap of faith for a neighborhood cat stuck astop an arizona telephone pole for two days. a tucson electric power worker was just about to rescue the cat when it jumped dozens of feet to the ground. the cat appears unhurt, but she is being checked out at the vet, just in case. now a head tailed hawk perched in a south boston subway station. as specialists tried to help it escape the hawk flies into a window twice and knocks itself out, before nose diving onto the sidewalk. it did survive and the bird will soon be released back into the wild. a dog on the loose forced a u.s. airways jet to make an emergency landing in pittsburgh. an 89-year-old new jersey woman was traveling with herman chester terrier named mandy on a flight to phoenix when the animal got angry. a passenger tried to calm the dog, but the dog bit the passenger and then broke out of the cage. then the animal bit a flight attendant. >> the dog was being carried in a small container and they said the dog had bitten through, maybe it wasn't authorized. and the gentleman next to the woman tried to help out. he was bitten on the hand. >> the pilot landed the plane as a precaution. that flight did continue without the woman and her dog. she will not be charged. odds are albert haynesworth has played his last game as a redskin. suspended for the season today. we'll discuss where they go from here. coming up in sports. topper? >> reporter: right now, we'll talk about toys for tots. putting smiles on faces. the toy drive continues through the 22nd. drop off a new unwrapped toy. has to be new, and you can't wrap it, at any area fire department. see if we can't get some smiles on kids' faces. up next, i-pad alternatives. they cost a lot less, but are they just as good? we'll have some answers, after the break. i'm lieutenant colonel tom fay, welcoming you to camp leather neck afghanistan, i wanted to say hi to all my friends and family, especially my kids thomas and kelly, back in stafford, virginia. i love you guys, happy holidays. we kickoff the toy pick of the day with two dolls that are sure to please in very different ways. first we have one of the monday sister high dolls. the offspring of the world's most famous monster. they are close to $39 for ages six and up. fix it up, could be a bit of an interesting thing to put under the tree. also baby alive. a poopless baby alive. they don't poop any more. they drink. >> that is convenient. >> all gone. delicious. and you can even feed her. see. see that? that is just precious, isn't it? >> little girls will like that. $19.99. sure to please. well i-pads are also expected to be hot sellers this holiday season. the handheld device i know made quite a splash when it came out earlier this year and has dominated the market since. now there are several new tablets and the competition is heating up. >> reporter: liz bought an i- pad as soon as it came out. >> i have the i-phone, a mac book pro, i love it as soon as i heard they were making this, i wanted it. >> reporter: for awhile, the i-pad stood alone in the tablet computer arena. now the companies are starting to offer tablets too. several of them were tested, including the samsung galaxy tab, and less expensive devices, including ones sold at walgreens. it is priced from $5 to more than $800. on the i-pad, you can create documents, browse the web and play plenty of games. the less expensive tablets cost about $100, and consumer reports finds, you get what you pay for. >> one of the less expensive tablets is you don't get access to android market, where you get your third party happens from. >> another big draw back, the touch screens on some are less sensitive. but the samsung galaxy tab has a lot to offer. it costs less than i pad, anywhere from $400 to $650, it is small and lighter too, so it is easier to hold while reading books. and tests show the galaxy screen quality is comparable to the i-pad. while the galaxy's small screen might make it less appealing for watching movies and tv, it definitely gives the i-pad some competition. >> your only choice really are the galaxy and the apple i-pad for a tablet computer. the one you choose depends on what is most important to you. >> consumer report's battery test show the i-pad has more staying power. its charge lasts a full ten hours. the galaxy tab battery, just seven hours. big change in prices. remember the old walkman? it lasted about half an hour. >> are you married to having an i-pad? >> the commercial made me want one. but i don't know what i would do with it. >> oh you know, you would have fun with it. >> movies and music, of course. we are looking at winds continuing tonight. check out the wind chills, if you are going outside, hat, gloves, scarves, the whole bit. feels like it is in the teens. mid-20s down in fred ricksburg. -- in fredericksburg. mostly sunny. sunday's storm still on track, but not nearly as cold. for tonight, clear to partly cloudy, windy and very cold. wind chills between 5 and 15 by dawn, lows in the 20s. look at the lowston. everybody will be in the 20s. even downtown 29 and 28 in arlington. mid-20s in the suburbs and 25 toward bowie. next three days, 5, sunshine on wednesday, 36 on thursday. remember our average high is still 5. still chilly on friday, but we are going in the right direction. mid-40s. next seven days saturday very nice, sunshine and 50. a deal. sunday not so nice but warm. again the storm goes west of us. right now it appears it is going to be in the form of rain here. if you want snow go to detroit and chicago and cleveland. upper 30s on monday and the rain could end in snow briefly. tuesday temperatures in the upper 20s. and that seems really early. >> it is a wee bit early. but remember our forecast. howie and i said it is going to hit hard early. december is going to be tough. you might like january a little better. we did our own unscientific poll here yesterday and we believed that by wednesday we would know about the future of the round mound of ground. >> we got it a day early, didn't we? >>able released a statement. he said he was surprised by being suspended. really? really? he would be the only one in this entire city. if you ever wonder what happens when you pair an authority figure coach with a player who cannot stand authority figures, this is what happens. a six month battle of wills, that ends up with nobody winning. albert haynesworth has been suspended for the rest of the year without pay, and barring something unforeseen, he has most certainly played his last game as a redskin. was shanahan too rigid with his star tackle? forcing him to play in a system that didn't accentuate his skills? or was haynesworth simply an insubordinate jerk who took over $40 million from the team and refused to follow basic instructions? we sampled fan reaction around dc today. >> tough. the $100 million man. i think he should have done better you know? >> i think he should stop being so lazy. if he played better, they'll put you in a better spot. >> i don't know what to say about him. really. >> i don't think he deserves to be in the city. >> i think a lot of people feel that way right about now. reaction pouring into our facebook page on the haynesworth suspension. terry says yes, this should have been done a long time ago. i think she said yes, this should have been done a long time ago, like during the please soon when he failed to show up for practice. mike mills, not the one who is the guitar player for r em, said what a waste. i guess the u fl, will have an mvp next season. and david sums it up by quoting dean wormer from animal house, saying fat drunk and stupid is no way to go through life. son. i didn't say it. that guy on facebook said it. >> redskins fans are tough. >> they are tough. >> you know what though? redskins fans are fair and they probably believe if we are going to give you $100 million, listen to the coach play in the defense we ask you to play in and shut up. >> what do you think? >> what do i think? >> shanahan too rigid? >> no he was stubborn and displayed his ego, but he should have done this ten weeks ago. up next, how the death of a student athlete is raising the awareness of risks of high school sports. and coming up new at 6:00. never before seen video of the shooter who took over at the discovery channel. that story is coming up. a mixed closing today on wall street. the dow finished the day down three points to close at 1135. the nasdaq was up three points and the s&p 500 rose a fraction. the unexpected and sometimes deadly aspect of youth sports. sudden cardiac arrest, concussion, heat streak are all in the spotlight at a conference in washington, d.c. today. athletic trainers say youth sports injuries have become rampant in the united states. friends and family said goodbye to 16-year-old thomas adams today. the all-star high school baseball catcher was killed during practice when a pitch got by his glove and slammed into his chest. >> why him? >> reporter: adams was wearing protective gear, but doctors believe the ball hit him at a precise moment in between heart beats, causing cardiac arrest. >> it is one of those one in a million situations. >> the way thomas adams died is rare, but deaths including heart attacks in student athletes, are not that uncommon. there have been 50 sports related deaths this year. >> sudden cardiac arrests from a heart problem is the number one problem we are looking at. >> reporter: overexertion and dehydration can contribute to a heart attack. experts believe kids are pushing themselves harder than ever. every day about 8000 children are taken to the er because of sports injuries. >> they are playing harder, training harder, kids are bigger now. >> reporter: what do we do about this? rule changes in professional football to prevent concussions, many coaches now remove a player at any sign of concussion and require doctor's permission for play to resume. many states looking at different laws to make youth sports safer. 9news at 6:00 starts right now new at 6:00. only on 9. never before seen video inside the discovery channel during the september standoff that left gunman james jay lee dead. tonight it is your first look at footage inside the discovery channel lobby ase