wait until you see the picture of the gift the secretary of state received from her staff. plus, the republican congressman who says a government shutdown would do us some good. i believe that that government shutdown gave us the impetus as we went forward to push toward some real serious compromises. i think it s about time. and our political panel weighing in on that and today s news nation gut check. the decision to keep rg3 in the game. did the redskins put the rookie qb s health at risk? it s a hot topic out there and rg3, he has tweeted out to his fans and the critics of his coach, join our conversation on twitter.
condolences on last night s game and rg3 s knee. it is a hard day for redskins fans. redskins nation. thank you, alex. coming up live this hour, president obama is about to nominate chuck hagel as defense secretary and john brennan to head the cia. we ll have the announcement just a few moments from now. plus, chuck todd, tom pickering, and one of his chief opponents, senator john cornin. chris alissa, and michael lighter, susan page, look marcus. andrea mitchell reports is next on mshs. not their short-term ag. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do. face time and think time make a difference. at edward jones, it s how we make sense of investing.
star quarterback robert griffin iii reinjured his bad knee in the first quarter yesterday and fell after throwing an incomplete pass and limping and remained in that game and then in the fourth quarter, rg3 falls on the ball after a bad snap and injured the knee again. this time had to leave the game for good. following the 24-14 loss, talk centered around the coach s decision to keep rg3 in that game. i talked to robert and robert said to me, he said, coach, there s a difference between being injured abe hurt. he said i m hurting. i guarantee you i m not injured. that was enough for me. i m the quarterback of this team. my job is to be out there if i can play. the only time i couldn t play is when i went down. i took myself out of the game. i don t feel like me being out there just to tackle the next question, i don t feel like me being out there hurt the game at
all. joining me now, dave zihrn saying many may question, criticize and think they have all the right answers but few have been in the line of fire in the battle. a little perspective. it s not war. it s football. as the children of a military family, i frankly he should know better than to send a tweet like that. robert griffin iii is 22 years old. he is an athletic marvel and conditioned his life to be the person who says, i m going to play no matter what. i was raised on images of michael jordan with the flu an playing hurt. these are where sports memories are made and this is why you have a 60-year-old head coach supposed to step in this moments like this and say, not today, son. it is not your day. you know what he did? he failed both tests, failed the test of the organization and the future by putting rg3 at risk in
fire. we are burning off excess fuel. what snathat is it not normal. dave: talking about nfl post season. set up the match ups. rg3, playoff bound. rookie quarterback leading the redskins to the first nf c title. washington beat dallas. 28-18 . win or take all game for washington in the 7-game winning streak thanks in a large part to the rookie alfred morris. rg3 was injured in the ballgame and threw for about a hundred. he was a beast in this game. what a season he s had . another great game and a thrilling finish for the packers and vikingings. christian ponder finds michael jenkins for a touchdown. ponder had probably his best game of the season at a crucial time. aaron rogers and you the pack