Peterson tore his acl last year and came back for an amazing season this year and our Lindsay Murphy has been on the story and joins us now with more. Lindsay . Reporter yes, scott. Robert griffin 3 story has been the great debate since sunday night. Redskins fans on twitter have not been shy when speaking about the situation. But when news came out he was having surgery this morning, many shared the same thoughts, that they can wait however long as long as robert gets healthy. He was an Unstoppable Force on the football field this season and candid off of the field. We never shared a burrito. For the First Time Since he was drafted second overall last april, Robert Griffin 3 proved he is human as well. Earlier this morning he tweeted this. Quote, thank you for your prayers and support. I love god, my family, my team, the fans, and i love this game. See you guys next season and that was the final tweet before undergoing five hours of surgery on his right knee. To repair damage to his lcl and acl. Griffin had surgery on that same acl in 2009. His sophomore season at baylor. Robert griffin 3. Rg3 reporter he went on to win the high schoolman trophy the next year vikes running back Adrian Peters improved and anything is possible this season eight months after having surgery on his acl and mcl, he nearly set the nfl rushing record. Not every case is simple. The former redskin Tim Hightower tore his acl in the 2011 season and he suffered a setback in his recovery and missed all of the football season. And can you understand the battle robert was having with himself and he felt he had to be out, there even though he knew he should not have been . And that is a tough part. Its easy for people to say, you know, he should not be up there doing this or out there doing that and he has a lot of pressure on him and exceeded every single expectation. And when youre in that situation where youre constantly facing a franchise and you have a lot of expectations and put a lot of pressure on yourself, he came in with a lot of expectations for himself that i think exceeded those around him. Reporter the nose tackle for the redskins emailed me with his response to the news a couple of minutes ago and saying in part the recent success of guys coming back from the serious knee injuries gives you hope that hcan bounce back strong. He will attack the rehab like every other obstacle so far in his career and he doll better than ever in 2013. A lot of people feel optimistic about his recovery. Thank you, m runs ph. We asked our fans on facebook what impact do you think rg3s knee injury will have on the redskins in the future. Latici awhiles i think it will make them pay more attention to when a player hurts themselves and i dont think anyone thought the injury was as severe as it was and chrised rg3 is not going to last long in the nfl if hes playing the way he is and hes good, i would keep her cousins around and writes with technology for 2,000 he is a front runner to win super bowl. Our team is just fine and we have excellent backups in cousins. To share your spots g to my fox d. C. Facebook page. The pressure is on rg3 to do everything he can to heal fast. Scott smith, Lindsay Murphy, thank you. Shawn, over to you. And for what is ahead for Robert Griffin 3, we should let the audience know youre the head physician for the washington capitals. We appreciate you being here. The acl, torn meniscus, tell us what he is going through . And that is in the right knee and we see the cruciate ligament. It prevents abnormal between the femur and the component of the at the time [ indiscernible ] [bad audio] outside of the knee and this is here. No audio ] this is the second time the acl is being repaired. Well, it makes it more technically difficult as the surgeon in terms of the recovery. Its probably not appreciably different. Statistically, the success in place of return and the previous levels of activity is lower the Second Time Around and because its to other injuries to the knee. Sounds like he had a fairly straight forward repair. The acl and lcl. I would expect hes going to recover very well despite the fact its a revision. Thank you very much for coming in. We appreciate it. Thank you for having me, shawn. Thank you. Will. A developing story in new york city tonight. Dozens of people seriously hurt in a crash. The ship was carrying more than 300 passengers from new jersey this morning when it crashed into a manhattan dock. Foxs Rick Leventhal has more. Reporter the morning commute ends with a volt when a ferry the people were on crashed into the pier. The captain called out saying get ambulance here. Reporter more than 300 passengers were on the ferry when it smashed into a dock in lower manhattan. And there was a loud bank and my face catapulted. People lined up on the stairs and they were go thrown forward and people were standing in this area to where they served breakfast. Reporter police and rescue crews were on the scene in three minutes, using the dock as a makeshift triage area. 57 people were injured, at least two critically. And 20 someodd patients were wounded. The National Transportation safety board or ntsb has a go team on scene assisting the coast guard with its investigation. A lot of people used ferry system at new york city every day and, if there is an accident, we want to be there to investigation it to investigate it to make recommendations to prevent it from happening again. Reporter c street confirms the ships propulsion system was upgraded and that there is no reason to believe it was the cause ofhe crash. We are cooperating fully with the u. S. Coast guard and new York City Police department and who were on board right now pulling data. Reporter the coast guard said the fiveperson crew have been tested for drugs and alcohol and that so far, they came back negative. Rick leventhal, fox news. More on the ferry crash at 5 30. Meanwhile, seven people were hurt and three seriously when a crane collapsed in queens. It happened this afternoon in the east river. The cause of the collapse is under investigation. Another big story were following tonight. Vice President Joe Biden met with victims of gun violence and safety groups at the white house today. The first of the series of meetings this week as biden prepares to draft proposals. President obama wants congress to reenstate a ban on military style assault weapons, and close loopholes for buyers to skirt that skirt the background checks. He wants to hear through the effort that he assigned to the Vice President from stakeholders of all kinds and that is including gun owners and organizations that represent gun owners. And he hopes and the Vice President hopes that these organizations will bring constructive ideas to the table. Vice President Biden will meet with the nra and other gun owners groups tomorrow. President obama thes the new policy proposals on his desk by the end of the month. And. The labor secretary is leaving the Obama Administration n. An email message, she submitted her resignation let or wednesday afternoon and made the decision to leave after discussing it with her family and close friends. The white house chief of staff is expected to replace treasury secretary tim geithner. White house officials have not confirmed it but sources are saying that president obama will choose this man, jack lou, to lead the treasury department. An announcement could come by the end of the week. He previously led the office of management and budget and oversaw International Economic issues at the state department. More details are coming in now about the president ial inauguration. The inaugural poet is richard blanco. Hes the gay son of cuban american exiles whose work explores his familys experiences and in a new country. The inauguration is monday january 21st. [ singing ] mesh, america. Shes got that song down, doesnt she . Beyonce is so good. The president ial inaugural committee announced a super star performance list for the ceremony. This beautiful woman, beyonce, will sing the national anthem. Kellie clarkson is going to perform my country tiz of thee and james taylor will sing america the beautiful. Going to be great. Alisters for sure. Indeed. Coming up, the National Cathedral makes a big announcement about gay marriage. Capitol punishment, transportation, education and more. Some of the big topics that will be debated in maryland and virginia as lawmakers get back to work. Were live in annapolis and richmond tonight with the latest. And a drunk driving crackdown now underway in the district. Well show you the new technology that officers will have at their disposal. Scare. And not much sunshine today and a few showers. Dont worry, though. Well take a first look at the forecast coming up. amazing. Right . Yeah. Next ones on you. Yeah, okay. Introducing dunkins new Turkey Sausage breakfast sandwich. The surprisingly great taste of Turkey Sausage on a pepperfried egg with under 400 calories. Try it, youll like it. America runs on dunkin. Hurry in for dunkins new Turkey Sausage breakfast sandwich today we dropped the itch, you can too. With maximum strength scalpicin®. 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This years legislative session is not going to be so headline making on the first day of the legislative session, there is a tradition. Bringing families, especially babies, on to the floor. And our newest and my most important constituent, kaitlin maya. [ applause ] reporter although democrats dominate both chambers, michael bush appoint poignantly invited republican participation. This chamber is all about its a laboratory for democracy and everyones views and philosophies are welcome here. Reporter governor omalley wants to find some way to increase highway and transit funding. That idea went nowhere last year when gas prices were over 4 a gallon. The Senate President mike miller said republicans in his chamber would prefer allowing counties to levee for their transportation needs. And in 92, both Republican Leaders voted for it. I think i can and some will vote for it today but they want what mass transit will vote for. Reporter senator miller is not completely closing the door to a gas tax hike for roads and bridges. The House Republican leader said now is not the time. This economy is going to get hurt and its still fragile. What maryland shouldnt be doing now is to raise gas taxes. Seeing Drinking Water contamination and climate pollution and tremors in states like ohio and arkansas. I believe there are enough Safety Measures in place and ongoing that we can move forward with this and try to help out the economically depressed areas, particularly allegheny and garrett county. Reporter another issue that will likely a rise here, the Death Penalty. Governor omalley wants the Death Penalty to be abolished. Some legislator agree with them and other legislators and some from each otherra want to reserve capitol punishment for those committing the most heinous of crimes. They expect a fight over the Death Penalty. Shawn, back to you. Thank you for the update tonight. The virginia General Assembly gaveled into session today in richmond and it comes one day after Virginia Governor bob mcdonald proposed eliminating state gas tax raising the sales tax and Tom Fitzgerald live with more. Lets start with how the governors proposal is being received out there. Reporter as expected, republicans today said the governors idea to do away entirely with virginias gas tax and raise it and replace it, rather w a nearly 1 hike in the states sales tax is an idea in the gops view that deserves merit. As quickly, the democrats dismiss this idea, one leader saying the governors proposal n his words, was a stunt. For the first time in 2013, the Virginia House of delegates. The house will come to order. Reporter and the virginia senate. Senate will come to order. Reporter return for the General Assembly session and quickly the it turned to the 3 million transporting a plan. Tuesday, the governor proposed changing how virginia funds transportation. He wants to, eliminate the states 17 1 2cent gas tax and raise the states 5 sales tax by. 8 dedicating the money to transporting a. The Virginia Republicans say the idea has merit. I spoke to people in the more rural areas where the income tax does not amount to much and they say hey, that is fine with us. You look in areas in Northern Virginia where you have a higher income level overall, and there is concern. Reporter democrats are widely dismissing the governors plan, which includes a 15 hike in virginias car registration fees. The springfield democratic senator Richard Saslaw said the plan will receive no support from democrats. And he could get the money he wants by raising the gas tax 4, 5 cents a gallon and this whole thing. This is the most absurd thing i have heard of. I have seen screwed up bills in my life and this takes the cake delay. Is concern over the governors plan to impose a 100 fee on all alternative vehicles in virginia. Mechanic said by using less gas, the vehicles dont contribute the gas tax revenue to rhodes, others say it discourages drivers from buying energyefficient cars. And they going to say they dont buy gas or pay gas tax. If yew about were going to eliminateinate, that i dont know why we would have the fee. Abortion stands to be a big debate as a build a grant personhood brights to fetuses and seems to be a major battle between prochoice and prolife forces in virginia. Clearly if the debate was any indication the transportation aspect of all of this is going to be a major focus of the General Assembly getting underway in two hours. And let the games begin. Thank you. Today seemed like a spring day to me and that is gray, sprinkled a bit and it was not that cold. It doesnt feel like, you know, january. Yeah. And more like shawn said, a crisp spring day. If all things go as planned, shawn yancy for the weekend, it will feel like spring. Woohoo. And youre going to think the birds are chirping and the leaves are popping and were going look for blossoms. I heard birds yesterday. I was trying to figure out what in the world was going on. And did you see robins. Temperatures out there now and in cumberland, 52; winchester, 50; fredericksburg, not a mistake, 63 and 63 degrees and maybe shawn it was south, that was springlike down there. The front is moving on through and into the evening hours, cool clouds around, 46 and clearing is happening between 9 and 11 and that is when we will be mostly clear tonight and the sun is shining tomorrow and again, wait for the weekend. All right, bring it on. Thank you, gary. Coming up on the 5, a fun day on the ski slopes turns deadly. And its all caught on camera. And its not the wedding day they hoped for. Find out what happened to this couple who exchanged their vows in a hot air balloon. Caught on camera, a popular winter ride turning deadly on the ski slope. Two men trade ride down a mountain in the plastic ball called the zorb. It bounced off the path and rolled over a ledge into the gorge. One man later died. A spokesman from the company said safety rules were there. A romantic wedding aboard a hot air balloon took a sudden twist. Yeah and a bride and groom finished exchanging their vows when a strong gust of wind caught the balloon causing it to sway over a san diego neighborhood. The couple and 14 others on board. It was obvious a big hot air bronx made a crash landing into a fence behind the house and one turn suffered a minor back injury and no one else was hurt. Thank goodness. And that is a wedding they will remember for sure. Coming up tonight, d. C. Police are doing breathalyzer tests again and this time with new machines. Why Officials Say acrace is not an issue anymore. Plus, the lawmaker accused of causing a boat crash while drunk confronts his issues with alcohol. 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