with the automatic cuts, federal spending will continue to rise. >> instead of spending increasing by $2.1 trillion over the next 10 years, it's going to increase by $2 trillion over the next 10 years. still a lot of additional spending. >> reporter: but the deadline and its consequences may not be set in stone yet. already, some lawmakers are writing legislation to avoid some of the automatic cuts. and at this point, wall street didn't like what it saw out of washington. all of this uncertaintiy that had is creating. last summer, you remember, one investment house reducing the aaa bond rating following the debt ceiling crisis and there are fresh concerns that the u.s. can face additional downgrades following this failure today, shawn. >> what is next? what happens now? >> congress doesn't like to deal with deadlines and they adept at moving and we're hearing more that already, there are pieces of legislation tonight being drafted up to push off some of the defense cuts. it's going to be hard to see right now if they can't agree on this savings they locked in in august, whether or not the republicans and chems with all of the bad blood and blame will be able to come together and push some spending cuts down the road. >> thank you, tom fitzgerald. that is frustrating for all of the american people to hear. you heard tom mention that wall street did not like what happened today. you saw it on the big board today. we saw that big selloffs on wall street. the result of that failure of the congressional supercommittee to reach a deal to cut the federal deficit. the dow closed down 249 points, ending the day at 11,547. another big story, the man charged with trying to assassinate president obama is ordered held without bond. oscar ortega hernandez appeared in federal court hours ago and is accused of firing an assault rifle on the white house on the evening of november leth. one of the nine rounds fired cracked a window of the first family's living quarters. maureen umeh has the latest for us. maureen? >> reporter: the accused white house shooter was in the courthouse today. the judge ordered he undergo a psychological evaluation before the next preliminary hearing. after ramiro ortega hernandez was escorted into federal court monday handcuffs, his hair and beer were long, looking like the modern day jesus christ he claims to be. he spoke three times during the 15-minute proceedings. once when he was sworn in and then to state his full name and a third time when the judge questioned if he had enough money to hire his own attorney. he answered at the moment i do not. the 21-year-old is charred with trying to assassinate the president the night of november refth. the prosecutors say he drove by the white house and that he fired nine shots from the car. one cracked a window at the first family's living quarters. inside his car, police found a romanian semi automatic assault rifle with a large scope mounted on top and with three loaded magazines, several boxes of ammunition and nine shell casings and brass knuckles. in court, he was appointed the public defender and ordered held without bond. and at the prosecution's request, the judge ordered a psychological evaluation of about the next court hearing on monday and he is from idaho falls, idaho. there is some question about his state of mind. >> were never given a choice -- >> in a 45-minute rambling pitch to oprah, he railed against the government and claims to be jesus christ. >> you see, oprah, there is still so much more that god needs me to express to the world. this is not just a coincidence i look like jesus, i am the modern-day jesus christ you all have been waiting for. >> reporter: there has been no date set yet for that psychological evaluation, but the judged it has to happen between now and the next court hearing, which will happen here at 1:45 monday, 148. >> and stu for the update. the mother accused of plotting a terror attack in her apartment said her son is not who he used to be. that is as the fbi decided not to get involveed in the effort to arrest him. laura ingall explains. >> my way -- >> carmen sosa, fighting back tears as she talks with about her son, jose pimentel, the man police say was an al qaeda sympathizer and wanted to kill cops and u.s. troops returning home. shed her son changed when he converted to islam. despite that change, he doesn't believe her son would have hurt anyone. >> not like. that. >> reporter: new york police didn't feel the same way. officials say that he was in the process of assembling a homemade pipe bomb that would have been operational in just hours. >> the suspect was a so-called lone wolf. motivated by his own resentment of the presence of american troops in iraq and afghanistan and inspired by al qaeda propaganda. >> reporter: the nypd tried to get the fbi involved at least twice as their undercover case progress. the feds concluded he didn't have the predesposition or ability to do anything on his own. the nypd commissioner claims that they worked closely with federal authorities and police in new york had to act right away. >> there is nothing about this whatsoever. >> reporter: the attorney argues that his client's behavior was not that of a spirsitor trying to conceal a violent scheme. he said he was public about his activities and was not trying to hide anything, arguing the client's actions are not how someone would go about planning a terrorist attack in new york, laura ingalls, fox 5 news. a tsa worker is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in monasses. the police arrested this man, harold rodman saying he assaulted a woman yesterday. and investigators say a victim and friend were walking in the area when a man wearing a tsa uniform approached them and showed them the badge. moments later, the victim said she was sexually assaulted. the former director of the fbi is in charge of the investigation into the penn state sex abuse scandal. >> if we find or run across any evident of criminality, we'll report that immediately. and we will can stem -- ask them for their help in the assistance. >> his investigation will be fair, comprehensive, and relatively quick. he's already brought in former fbi agents and federal prosecutors andings to look into records dating as far back as 1975. the former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky is accused of sexually abusing at least eight children. some of the alleged attacks took place at school facilities. two penn state staffers said they witnessed attacks and never called police. there is anger over how police handled the peaceful occupy protest on friday. the cameras captured an officer calmly pepper spraying a group of students. today, faculty and students rallied on campus to protest the way the police acted. the school's chancellor authorized police action oned from and wants the district attorney to investigate the officer's use of force. >> to a news alert out of egypt. 24 people are there. the third straight day, thousands threw stones and debris at police. the egyptian soldiers fired back with tear gas and is the tents on fire. the prodemocracy crowd wants the military rulers to turn over power to a civilian government. it comes a week before egypt's first elections since hosni mubarak was ousted in february. imagining ending up with $200 after investing $8 million. a charity is forced to rethink expansion plans. also ahead, it's official. the university of maryland announcing deep cuts to the athletic program. we're live with reaction from college park. and the redskins came oh, so close yesterday. against the dreaded rivals the dallas cowboys in the 104th meeting and what mike shanahan had to say and what players taking responsibility. what do you have? >> and what do i say about this? it's ugly out there. the fog and drizzle and this islingerring through wednesday and into thursday? the first look at the forecast is coming up. stay with us, fox 5 news at 5 continues. [ male announcer ] the chicken marinara melt is the featured $5 footlong™ of november. juicy chicken, marinara sauce, and melty cheese served toasted on freshly baked italian bread. get it pronto, cuz this november only, it joins our everyday $5 footlongs! subway. eat fresh. >> well, it took the red skins arch rival the cowboys to bring out the best in the burgundy and goal. sports director dave feldman is here with the moral victory of sorts and that is inex field. there are no seasons. the season is too short and makes losing unacceptable and losing six straight unprecedented for the owner and coach. there was progress yesterday. the final seconds, fourth quarter. the redskins trail 34-17. rex grossman to stallworth. four yards for the game-time and to overtime. the chance to win it from 52 yards -- yards out. watch the body language and that is no good. the eighth of the year, the cowboys possession and from that 49. 26-yards to the 23 and that is a backbreaker of a three. dan bryant hits the game- winning 39-yard field-goal. the redskins fall for the cowboys in overtime and after another slow start, the head coach was pleased with how the offense responded. >> was wondering what direction they were going to go and a lot of teams, when they haven't had success, going against a defensive football team, a lot of time do panic and i was pleased with the way they kept the plays and the work and big drives in the game. >> at the end of the day, you find a way to win and that is what i tell the football team. hey, that is over w. you have to do that and make sure at the end of the game, we were in that football game. >> and the cowboys kicker, the left tackle trent williams injured and in overtime, suffered a grade one sprain of his mcl and that is good news and thought it would be worse. he's not been ruled out for sunday's game in seal. laura? >> and -- . >> you're right. and thank you. we want to put this to our viewers now and that is hard to imagine. is it possible? you can say it's possible. what do you think? text your vote to 29473 and text one for yet yes and two for no. fox 5 reported the university of maryland was considering cutting several sports programs. it's official. the university announced which programs would be dropped. wisdom martin has more. wisdom? >> reporter: we're talking about a multimillion deficit of 4 ms. and that is just for this year. the university had to make some tough cuts. eight of the 27 teams have been cut. and three men track teams, including the indoor, outdoor and cross country. the man's tennis, the water polo and some acrobatics and tumbling. altogether, a total of 166 athletes are affected and 12 athletic coaches and this is that reaction to the tough cuts. >> i want to make it clear that this is perhaps one of the most painful and heartwrenching decisions i have made. over the past two wes, i have met with coaches and who have -- student athletes and communicated with many, many parents and alumni. >> and this is not something we would, any of us wanted to do. >> part of the problem, the fund raising is down and the program are down and that is ona steady decline since 2006 and that is part of a problem. coming up, we'll have reaction from more students and the athletes involveed in this. >> i don't know if you know this yet, but what happens to the coaches and especially to those scholarship athletes? >> well, far as this year, meaning this semester and the following semester, they're wifer -- covered. they can remain in school under scholarship and the coaches, the contracts will be honored by the university and they're good story this year. after that, they can stay on their own or the university will help them transfer and, of course, the coaches are free to go at the end of the year and that is a sad story a lot of others, other athletes in high school were looking to come here and that is the situation now. the money is not there to support everyone right now. >> thank you. wisdom martin, thank you. and i want to let you know the game-of-the-week is set. we're traveling to gaithersburg. the team takes on the orchard and lindsay murphy will have a preview on fox 5 news at 5. >> and in case you're underneath the cover. >> and this is that live picture and that is meting all day. >> and that is seems like sunset is this there -- is there and how long do we have do togo through the swampy stuff? >> until wednesday. >> okay. >> and there is debate on wednesday. and is that going to shut off in the afternoon? and that is going to help the travelers. there are some skin rareios we're watching and nothing is changed for thanksgiving and on to friday. it looks beautiful and this is our radar. it's drizzly and yucky and can you see from the live pictures that that is maying for an awful eve thing thing commute and to the larger radar picture we go and there is more rain coming for the leave nit and on through the day tomorrow. that is where we're going to have the heaviest rain around here and into that and you basically see some light rain and other than that, everyone is getting a drizzle and temperatures in the 40s for some and into the 50s for others and at 9, showers by ref:00 and with some temperatures into the mid-50s, the big great getaway on wednesday, too and we're trying to figure that out. laura? >> and -- . >> that is shawn, if i look her picture. it says laura. >> and i understand what you're saying here. >> i'm going to look at shawn. >> thank you, we'll be there in a few. and investigators say improper disposal of materials caused this fire. the flames broke out early and two people had to be taken to the hospital. more than a dozen apartments have fire and smoke damage. more than $2 million in damage. and in nevada, the wildfire that forced thousands to evacuate is fully contained. the flames burned about three square miles and destroyed more than 30 homes. yesterday, they were dousing the hotspots repairing areas where vegetation was burned and they're repairing hillsides in an effort to prevent mud slides. the officials suspect arcing power lines may have caused the fire. emotions running high in north carolina. a woman goes on a shooting rainfall age. we're learning what sparked the violence. and a mother of three vanishes without a trace. police want to know if her disappearance is connected to a court show on television the. >> and a fake doctor arrested in florida. what was injectd into a woman wanting a curbyier backside. that is income. >> three people are dead and four others are hurt after a north carolina mother upset after a affair that ended bitterly went on the shooting spree. she shot her two sons, the son's girlfriend, her niece and nephew and the married man she had a affair with. she left two notes apologizing for the shooting and taking spotlight. >> this is a tragic event on many levels. for example, not only the victims, the families of the victims, you also have the community as a whole. >> holder's letter didn't explain why she shot five children all under the age of 18. the police say she did not target her ex-boyfriend's wife. >> investigators want to know if a missing orlando woman's disappearance has anything to do with her appearance on a tv court show the same day. michelle parker was on the people's court with her ex- fiance and a dispute over her engage metring. on the show, she said herex could be violent. the mother of three vanished the next day, her suv found empty. this florida woman is under arrest and accused of injecting another woman with cement and flat tire sealant in a botched implant job. the victim wanted a curvier back side. the miami police tracked down the fake doctor after a year of looking for her and used a mixture of cement, mineral oil and fixer flat for the injection. she's out on bond charged with practicingmed without a license and causing serious bodily injury. how awful is that? >> oh, my goodness. crazy. and more than a billion dollars messing from customer accounts. find out which major investment firm is under federal investigation. this building was supposed to be the new home of a non- profit that helps children. but, they're out of money. no not because of the economy. they say somebody took millions of dollars from then. en. and another staff shakeup. why d.c.'s mayor is revamping his communications team. eam. ñ >> it's called a ponezy scheme, taking someone else's money with the promise of investing it but a fraud that ends up with someone losing cash. federal investigators say it happened in the d.c. area. among the victims, several non- profits. fox 5s beth parker is here now with the story. beth? >> reporter: well, the securities and exchange commissioned there are 130 investors that lost $127 milliony that trustd this man and company with their money investing $8 million. what is left? $200. >> this is heartwringing. >> reporter: juanita price is in the business of helping children. she's the executive director of hillcrest children's center in d.c. >> many of the young people that we provide services to are foster kid children. we provide services to homeless adults homeless families. >> reporter: that job got tougher. the securities and exchange commission charged garfield m. taylor and his company gibraltar asset management with running a ponezy school. >> we came -- ponezy scheme. >> he came across as someone who was very professional, astute and competent. caring, presenting that he had a mission to help charities, a mission to help children and families. >> reporter: the board took a lot of precautions before hiring taylor and associates to manage the money. after a trial period, they handed over $8 million, half of the hillcrest endowment. according to the sec, it was not the conservative investment strategy that taylor promised. >> he would tell people that there their principle wouldn't be touched and promised them 20% on their money. >> reporter: instead, hillcrest lost nearly $8 million. we knocked on the door of the million-dollar home in mont groomery county, no word for him. hillcrest would love to hear from him. their plans to renovate a new facility are on hole. they're still providing some support to low-income families. >> all of the plans and hopes and things we wanted to do to hundred dollars our children we're not able to do. >> reporter: they learn something lesson the hard way now, who you are begins with what you do. >> reporter: there are two different court cases, hillcrest filed suit against garfield and his colleagues and the securities and exchange commission filed a separate complaint that is in federal court in washington, d.c., civil cases and not federal. >> thank you. and another member pleaded guilty to fraud. he admits he falsified business records to produce fake trades dating back to the early '70s and that convinced investors the trades happened. he will also admit to bank fraud so they can buy multimillion homes. the failed investment brokerage mf global is in the hot seat, missing as much as $1.2 billion from customer accounts, twice the amount that the company reported to regulators. the feds are trying to figure out if mf global took money from the client's accounts as their own finances went south, which is illegal. and the investment group that wants to buy a troubled online poker operation has a plan to get money back to gamblers whose assets were frozen. the justice department is investigating full-tilt poker for the suspectd ponzi scheme. the group reached an agreement with prosecutors to broker the sale and free up the assets of those gambling. we're waiting for the money. in an effort to get the message out to the public, mayor gray announced a new communications director and chief of staff both joining the city after leaving their jobs on capitol hill. matt ackland has more. >> reporter: the mayor believes his office can do a better job of getting information out to the public, especially the good news he would like the district residents to know about. the mayor announced that his head of communications, linda wharton boyd, will transfer to the health department and two fresh faces would join his administration. sheila has been hired as the deputy chief of staff and will focus on community engagement. she has worked for congresswoman eleanor holmes norton for many years and served as the chief of staff. and also pedro rivero, serving as deputy chief of staff and communications director for congresswoman zoe lofgren of california. >> i believe some of the things we have condition have -- done have not gotten out there as quickly. >> people are asking me and not because i asked him. >> when it comes to hiring in d.c., salaries have been an issue recently. the mayor said that sheila bun will be paid $150,000 a year and ribera, $120,000 a year. by the way, laura, both are district residents. >> good to know. thank you. >> uh-huh. it could go a long way toward easing the traffic congestion in our area. the second leg of the icc is going to open up to commuters. respect his face. we'll tell but a newical pain to keep undeserving drivers -- new campaign to keep undeserving drivers out of handicap parking spaces. ces. ? not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know w what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at carmax because each car is carefully selected, inspected, thoroughly reconditioned and backed with a five-day money back guarantee so come find the one for you today, at carmax. >> today's a special day for commuters in prince georges and montgomery county. this morning was the official rebop cutting to mark the opening of the second segment of the intercounty connector. the new segment will connect georgia avenue to i-95. the last one connected i-teest is to gaithersburg and georgia avenue south of olney. baker said the icc will be a big economic boost for the region. >> more jobs in prince georges county, the quality of life. people being able to get back and forth in a timely manner. that is what is going to help move the region forward. >> the new segment of the icc will officially open to the public tomorrow as you know, the icc is a toll road. no tolls will be collected during a test drive period, which will add sunday december 4th and the tolls will be collected after that. >> respect the space. it's a new campaign in montgomery county, maryland. the county executive isaiah leggett kicked it off in silver spring. the goal? to encourage drivers not to park in spaces reserved for people with disables. all too often, people who are disabled have their spaces taken. police are cracking down on violators to make sure the spaces are for people who need them. and seeing less pain at the gas pump. the new survey shows the prices have dropped 5 cents and the nationwide average for a gallon of regular is $3.38. in the district, $3.54. $3.31 in maryland and $2.25 in virginia. millions and the prices go down. >> i get excited. >> i know. small victories, right? from the pain at the pump to the agony of defeat. >> the back of the one. [ laughter ] >> that one? >> yeah. >> who did you want to live? -- win? [ indiscernible ] >> oh. >> a viral video after a vehicles fan taking the loss hard as you can see here. we -- after a vehicles fan taking the loss hard as can you see here. and president obama expected to step to the podium in five minutes here to talk about the vailure of the congressional supercommittee to reach a deal. we'll have more on that and the president's live message, his reaction coming up. >> it's an overused phrase. there is a fine line between winning any losing. yesterday, this was the -- that was the case for the redskins who came up short to the cowboys in overtime. dave feldman has more on the players reaction. feldy? >> reporter: you know, dan snider's done a lot of whacky things since buying this in 1999. he never lost six straight games until now. the same goes for mike shanahan. in his 18 years as a head coach. up chartered waters for the two most powerful men running the powerful washington redskins. we have breaking news first, laura. let's go back to you. >> we're going to go to the white house to listen to presume a. thanks, feldy -- presume a thanks, filly, as he reacts to the failure of the supercommittee and light listen to what the president has to same. >> by cutting spending, the growth of medicare error error and medicaid and asking the wealthiest americans to pay their fair share. in addition to my plan, there were a number of other bipartisan plans for them to consider from both democrats and republicans, all of which promoted a balanced approach. this kind of balanced approach to reducing or deficit and where everyone gets a little bit and everyone does their fair share is supported by an overwhelming majority of americans. democrats, independents, and republicans. supported by experts and economists from all across the political spectrum and to their credit, many democrats in congress were willing to put politics aside and commit to reasonable adjustments that have would reduced the cost of medicare error error as long as they were part of a balanced approach. despite the broad agreement that exists for such an approach, there is still too manyies in congress who have refused to listen to the voices of reason and compromise coming from outside of washington. they continued to insist on protecting the $100 billion worth of tax cuts to the wealthiest 2% of the americans at any cost, even if it means reducing the deficit to things like education and medical research. even if it means deep cuts in medicare. so at this point, at least, they simply won't bum from that negotiating position. and so far that refusal continues to be the main summit block preventing congress from reaching an agreement to further reducer deficit. now, we are not in the same situation we were in in august. there is no imminent threat to us defaulting on the debt that we owe and there is 1 trillion worth of spending cuts locked in and part of the law stated that if congress could not reach an agreement on the deficit, there would be another wo$.2 trillion of automatic cuts in 2013. the budget -- divided equally between domestic spending and defense spinning. one way or another, we will be trimming the deficit by $2.2 trillion the next 10 years and that is going to happen, one way or another. we have $1 trillion locked in and either congress comes up with $1.2 trillion, which they have failed to do or the sequester kicks in and the automating spending cuts will occur that will bring in the wo$.2 trillion in deficit. the -- $1.2 trillion deficit. the question is if we can reduce the deficit to help the economy grow, operates with a scalpel and not a hatchet, and if not, whether congress is willing to stick it to the painful deal that we made in august for the automatic cuts. some in congress are trying to undo the automatic spending cuts. my message to them is simple: no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts domestic and defense spending. there will be no easy offramps on this one. we need to keep the pressure up to compromise. not turn off the pressure. the only way the spends cuts will not take place is if congress gets back to work and agrees on a balanced plan to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion. that is what they need to do and that is the job they promised to do. they still have a year to figure it out although congress hasn't come to an agreement yet, nothing prevents them from coming up with an agreement in the days ahead. they can still come together and around a balanced plan. i believe democrats are going to do so. there will be some republicans interested in preventing the automatic cuts from taking place and, as i have from the beginning, i stand ready and willing to work with anybody that is ready to engage in that effort to create a balanced plan for deficit reduction. and in the meantime, we have a lot of work left. we have to work to cut taxes for workers and small business owners across america before congress goes on break. if we don't act, taxes will go up for every american starting next year and i am not about to let that happen. the middle-class americans can't afford to lose $1,000 next year because congress won't act. i can only hope that members of congress who have been fighting hard to protect tax breaks for the wealthy will fight as hard to protect tax breaks for small business owners and middle class families. we need to put construction workers back on the job rebuilding our roads and our bridges. we still need to put our teachers back in the classroom educating our kids. when everyone is back from thanksgiving, it's time to get work done for the american people and all around the country, americans are working hard to live within their mens and meet their responsibles, and i know they expect washington to do the same. thanks. [ indiscernible ] >> you have been listening to president obama. they're reacting to the congressional supercommittee's failure to come up with an agreement to cut $1.2 trillion from a budget over the next 10 years. you heard the mayor blame the gop in foot -- for not willing to compromise. >> this is a back-and-forth, this is a supercommittee made up of members of congress charged with the responsibility of trying to find cuts for the budget but they were unable to do that today. the president was saying that it will not have an imminent affect on the defaulting on the debt that we owe; however, we saw that it's having a huge effect on wall street and i think it continues to have an affect on american's confidence in congress, what is left of it after all of the issues continue to go on. >> and he said one way or another, we will trim it over two years, congress will do it or the automating cuts will kick in and he said if congress tries to do away with the cuts, he will deter them. and right now, we want to look at the gleamness outside. >> and -- . >> that. >> i will take it for them outside. >> you're bright and cherry. >> and just know we're going to get better and thanksgiving is going to be gorgeous. >> okay. >> and on friday after thanksgiving and there is a couple of issues with sunday as well and some drizzle out there. let me show you the radar right now. nothing too heavy and max hd radar and that is to hagerstown and along ask. most of it is drizzle, though and in terms of temperatures, some places are downright chilly out there. north and west of town and that is 48 for gaithersburg and frederick. in town, 54 and to the south in fredericksburg, 63. we managed to get into the 60s. 56 degrees at 7:00 and some drizzle and some shower at 9:00, the temperatures don't fall off much from where they are now. the temperatures at 54 degrees and farther to the north and west, that is much cooler. big rains through texas. the reason i show you this, not only because texas needs the rain, but this whole area is coming out of texas and we have to get this all of the way through, that has to move across the tennessee valley tonight and through the day tomorrow and on wednesday and once we get all of this through on wednesday we will dry out rapidly into wednesday evening. again, thursday and friday look as good as you can get around here for thanksgiving. and in terms of the future cast, look at 7:00 tonight and notice that is showing a lot of light rain and in places. not everyone is getting this, obviously, but if you're not getting the light rain, you're getting the drizzle. in through the overnight and that is still rainy and drizzly. five, 6:00, good, moderate rain across and things will break up and into wednesday morning, a lot of people and traveling through mars, too and at this point, i think on wednesday afternoon, wednesday evening, that is trick. where we dry out and have showers in storms and stay tuned for that and there is nothing too heavy, going to be wet, swampy and going to slow your commute a bit and temperatures into the mid- to upper 50s and this is the next five days and tomorrow, gloomy and rainy and nasty and with 64 on wednesday. a frontal system coming through and we may have enough energy to get the thunderstorms popping up and look at thanksgiving. >> determineeous. >> 58 degrees and that is gorgeous. friday, 62 and a lot of people playing golf. i got e-mails on friday. and on side saturday nice with the temperatures in the mid- 60s. >> like it. thanks, gary. we'll be right back. >> we heard there is no crying in baseball, right? a parentally not so when it comes to football and look at the viral video of the girl taking it hard when her favorite team lost. >> why are you crying? >> because. >> why? >> the packers won? >> yeah. >> who did you want to win? >> the vehicles. >> oh. >> i'm sorry. >> and the packers won. >> you know what? make the vikings will win next time. >> it's not the same. [ indiscernible ] >> yeah. >> so far, the girl's youtube video has been viewed by more than 1 million people, more be that a million times, anyway and very popular. >> and i think redskins fans can relate to that, too. >> i think a lot of redskins fans can relate. the news continues. thank you for joining us at 5. >> the news edge at 6 starts now. -- right off of the top, a superfailure by the debt supercommittee of the panel tasked with cutting the deficit is throwing in the to you -- towel saying they can't reach an agreement. tom fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: a lot of this is breaking the last few moments. at the white house, president obama announced he will veto any efforts to undo automatic spending cuts that are going to kick in in between the 13 as a result of the -- in 2013 as a result of the supercommittee failure. they announced an hour ago they would not be able to reach a deal before wednesday's deadline. what that means instead of trying to find the $1.2 trillion in savings they were looking for, more than 1 trillion cuts, automatic spending cuts will go into effect targeting healthcare, transporting a,