killer. good etching, brian. >> reporter: good evening, don. yes, a troubled work history he had at wdbj. he was only here for less than a year. there were run-ins with colleagues, angry out bursts, he was first cited for performance issues a few months into his tenure here and then things got to be more and more ugly as he went along. i talked to a editor here who had worked with flanigan several times in the field. he said he was always on edge when he was with flanigan because flanigan was always angry. one time, they were getting ready for a 6:00 p.m. live report and he said he threw all the stuff on to the ground and stomped off into the woods for 20 minutes. also, jeff marx, the general manager told reporters today of a time when flanigan confronted