michael vick spent 18 months in prison, several more months on house arrest, but today he got the news he wanted to hear. he was told he will be able to return to the nfl this season. good evening. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell announced vick's reinstatement today, one week after vick completed his federal sentence on dogfighting charges. for more on this, let's go to lindsay czarniak. >> wendy, now it's really a question if any nfl team is willing to take a chance on michael vick. the conditional reinstatement means that vick can be signed by any nfl team. he is able to immediately take part in practices as well as preseason games, but he will not see immediate regular season action. michael vick will have to wait until game six of the regular season to play. commissioner roger goodell will evaluate vick after week five. meanwhile, former colts head coach tony dungy will act as a mentor to michael vick. in this instatement, roger goodell said that he had to be

fully sure that events of the past would not repeat themselves. the commissioner spoke a few minutes ago about his conversation with the former falcons quarterback. >> he was disappointed in himself. he was direct about the fact that he lied to me about his involvement in dogfighting. i accept his apology. i understand. i don't like being lied to like anybody else. but this is something that we have to go forward. we have to move forward. and michael understands that i am judging him on his activities going forward and the words that he said to me and the conduct that hopefully will support the seesprdo m texpressed to me .akicic v sepely >>hael vick released this statement through his agent. he said i fully understand that playing fonba ill the nfl is a privil ae,ot n i right. i am truly thkfulor the opportunity i have been given. as you can imagine t l tas twot years have given meewoim t to re malimteuay telife, mature asn individual, and understand the terrible mistesak i've made in

the past andha west type of lifi must lead moving forward. also, roger goodell talked about how thorough the process had been. he said he will make a decision on full reinstatement by week six of the regular season, jim. >> thanks, lindsay. a couple of teenagers were shot in the district this e-ivdrbyly aas drive-byti. police say the two ngngti policeay the two kids were li found on atlantic southern avenue in southern avenue in southeast. they were shot at a gas station a few blocks away. according to the police, one of them was shot in the abdomen. the other was shot in the back. police believe there may have been some witnesses to that shooting. they're looking for a tan suv with maryland agricultural tags. they believehat that vehicle may be connected to the shooting. an elderly woman escaped injury after a tree fell on top of her home in vienna. firefighters said it came down on the house just before 4:00 this afternoon. they're blaming heavy rain that softened the ground. the woman inside was not hurt, but her home was.

today, in massachusetts, the police released the 911 tapes in the case of a harvard professor who was arrested while trying to get into his own house. that arrest sparked claims of racial profiling. >> reporter: the day after the caller came forward to say she's the one who called police about the possible break-in at henry gates' house inca mbridge, city officials reasedhe t 911 tapes. >> they kind of had to barhe in. thnd a ey th they finally got in and i wten litther closer to the house a s already in the house.liwa iotwoiced t suitcases.ed i'm n ur sme if these two rdividuals actulyd wke the -- i mean,ed l ivthere. >> you think they might have been breaking in? >> i don't know because i have no idea. >> reporter: the 911 openle c c race of thewo ten m. the two men. >> they were two largeren. on looked kind of hispanic but i'm not really sure. >> reporter: turned out, gates' front door had jammed.

he and his driver had to unjam it. by that time, police sergeant james crowley was dispatched to where a tense encounter occ he >> the gentleman says he resides here, but keep the cars coming. >> reporter: the cars did keep coming. gates was taken >>away, charged with diaysorderly conduct. setting off a national debate racial il racial profiling with the president in the forefront. crowley, though, denied race had anything to do with the arrest. city officials are satisfied with that, but will establish a committee to review race relations in cambridge's police department. >> while this has been a trying time for cambridge, we are confident that we can ultimately come out stronger and more unified. >> reporter: meanwhile, the white house says the meeting where gates, crowley and the president will sit down for a beer might happen this week. >> the passer-by who reported the possible break-in also told the 911 dispatcher that he was

calling on behalf of a concerned neighbor. the disorderly conduct charge filed against professor gates has been dropped. police in montgomery county prs investigating after a body waunfo in a bur unrng morningar on liton road and bradley boulevard in bethesda. darcy spencer has more. >> wendy, montgomery county police have now identifiedhe victim who died in that incident. he was a 45-year-old who lived seven miles away from the scene in takoma park, maryland. police are trying to figure out was this some sort of crash or was he the victim of foul play? it was an unusual sight for workers and residents in bethesda this morning. a minivan on fire, a body inside. >> my girlfriend and i walked down here all the time to use the grocery store and get a coffee and bagel. and usually see families and, you know, everyone out for the weekend. just after a nice weekend and this early in the morning, to

see something like this is pretty shocking. >> reporter: the gold-colored minivan was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived before 4:00 this morning. when they put the blaze out, they discovered a burned body in the driver's seat. >> there were no immediate signs of foul play at this scene. however, our detectives are open to all possibilities at this stage of the investigation. >> reporter: police say t o van was found partially on a median trip on bradley boulevard at arlington road in bethesda. joe mcdonald says witnesses told him the burning van actually came to a stop at his extra fuel station on the corner. >> the vehicle rolled on to the property across the street on fire, on the inside ofhe vehicle. apparently the gentleman was still in the car. when they discovered the body was apparently pretty chard. they pushed the vehicle back away from the gas tank, into the road, and put the vehicle fire out. >> reporter: police tell news4 the circumstances are unusual and suspicious. they're not sure if the driver

died from the fire or some other way. and they're investigating whether the van caught fire because of a mechanical or electrical problem with the van or if there was foul play. >> and right now we are conducting a joint investigation with montgomery county police major crimes detectives for the death, the fire marshal's office for the fire, and our montgomery county police collision reconstruction unit to understand whether or not there was a traffic clision involved in this fire and death. >> the intersection was clogged for several hours this morning because of that investigation. traffic is moving smoothly now. this incident does remain under investigation. reporting live from bethesda, darcy spencer, news4. >> thanks, darcy. police are investigating a suspicious death when they found the body of a 223-year-old woma. investigators say there was no obvious sign of trauma to the body and an autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of her death.

there's some evidence of a rebound in the housing market today. the commerce department is reporting an 11% increase in new home sales in june. that is the largest month-to-month increase in nearly nine years. it's the third straight month that home sales have increased. houses are still selling for much less than they were this time last year. the median price was $206,000 in june. that compares to $234,000 last june. that positive news for home sales and a rally for bank stocks spurred some fairly modest gains on wall street today. the dow picked up 15 points. it closed at 9,108. the nasdaq closed about 2 points higher. the s&p was up three points. when we come back, astronauts from the shuttle "endeavour" wrapping up their final space walk at the space station today. one other thing for the media, our new governor has a very nice family, too, so leave his kids alone.

>> sarah palin with some parting words for the media as she officially steps down as the governor of alaska. we don't t, dical bills wi wipe out theisavings. if we n't act, she'll be denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition. and he won't get the chemotherapy he needs. if we don't act, health care costs will rise 70%. and he'll have to cut benefits for his employees. but we can act. the president and congress have a plan to lower your costs and stop denials for pre-existing conditions. it's time to act.

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crew members from the "endeavour" breezing through their final space walk today. they rewired the tv cameras and installed a porch. they got through the work so quickly, they had time to do extra chores around the space station. "endeavour" will spend three more days in orbit before returning to florida friday morning. the struggle over health care reform has some lawmakers looking for compromises now. one of the options being discussed, the so-called coops. steve handelsman has our report. >> jim, thanks. good evening from capitol hill. the so-called coops might appeal to conservative lawmakers. so concerned now about the cost of insuring the eninsured that they're holding up the process. president obama focused on china. health care reform is off the fast track the president had demanded. no votes until september.

rib ll groups are alarmed this new ad out today. >> now the republicans say congress should slow down? that's because when something goes slow enough, it's easy to kill it. >> reporter: republicans say they're holding out for a plan that cuts deeper into health care costs before anyone's taxes go up or way up. >> but what really concerns me about this plan is washington's history of underestimating costs of expensive plans like this. >> reporter: democratic leaders don't have the votes to roll over the republicans because conservative blue dog democrats still agreet with the gop. >> the amerin people expect us to squeeze every dime of savings that we can out of the current system. >> reporter: government insurance is in trouble. some senate democrats are talking about cocops, insurance exchanges. the uninsured would get a policy in a pool. some conservatives oppose coops and the public option. >> either way, the government is

going to give its program especially advantages that are not available to private insurance. the government is going to increase the cost of private insurance. >> reporter: the white house is non-committal. >> i don't believe that the president has come down one versus the other in terms of denoting coops equal to or above public option. >> reporter: but insurance pools now look like plan "a." the obama health care reform plan moves more slowly now through congress. president obama still steering clear of specics believes it's the outcome that matters. lower cost, better care, everybody covered. i'm steve handelsman, news4, capitol hill. leaders in the senate say there are not enough democratic votes in the senate to get legislation passed. nancy pelosi says there is enough support in her chamber to keep things moving. sarah palin is no longer the governor of alaska. she left office this weekend.

sean purnell was sworn in as the new leader. thousands of supporters showed up to hear palin's farewell speech. she's avoiding petty politics and blasted her opponent as well as members of the media whom she claims have treated her family unfairly. >> one other thing for the media, our new governor has a very nice family, too. so leave his kids alone. >> palin's future plans include speaking engagements and a book. defense secretary robert gates is ruling out a military attack on iran over its nuclear weapons program. however, israel is not. gates met with his israeli counterpart in jerusalem today. israeli defense minister insisted that israel has the right to do whatever is necessary to keep iran from getting a nuclear weapon. he said al options are on the table including a military strike. secretary gates urged israeli leaders to give diplomacy more time. >> try and persuade the iranians

to reconsider what is actually in their own security interest. >> saturday gates said iran will face tougher international sanctions if that country does not agree to negotiations. meanwhile, iran is blaming the u.s. for recent plane crashes in that country. the latest crash killed 17 people in northeastern iran on friday. iran's aging airline fleet is in serious need of maintenance. that country's foreign minister says financial difficulties caused by the u.s. sanctions have made it difficult for the country to make necessary repairs to its aircraft. iran has grown to rely on russian planes, which are old and also more difficult to repair. north korea made an apparent about-face on its decision to hold talks about its nuclear program. pygya pyongyang's foreign minsty wants to engage in talks with the u.s. the regime has not been so

willing to engage in diplomacy in the past. north korea's defense minister says a military attack from the u.s. and south korea would be "unimagable." the u.s. and china have a responsibility to curb nuclear proliferation in iran and in north korea. as today's high-level talks got under way, president obama said the two countries are ready to make steady progress on some of the world's most pressing issues, including the global economic crisis. >> the united states and china will agree on every issue. nor choose to see the world in the same way. this was already noted by our previous speaker. but that only makes dialogue more important so that we can know each other better and communicate our concerns with candor. >> secretary of state hillary clinton and treasure secretary timothy geithner also spoke

optimistically about the possibility of a stronger relationship between the u.s. and china. the relationship between china and taiwan may be improving. the presidents of those two countries met today for the first time in 60 years. that was when taiwan and china split in the civil war. china and taiwan usually communicate onlyhr tough semiofficial channels. the leaders expressed wishes to work together in peace for the best interest of both sides. even though they separated, beijing still claims thiland of taiwan as part of its territory. now details about the sobriety test giving to alexandria's chief of police. there's new research about the link between stomach prps and autism in children.

and we have a steamy july day. >> yes, we do. >> over the weekend something happened that hadn't happened all summer. two 90-degree days in a row. the first time. >> we had a lot of sprinkles of rain coming through. >> we did. it's still overall a dry july. outside today, here is our sky watch. now showers, no thunder showers around us. get friends out at the beaches for this weekend, they're saying this is not the monday i was expecting. 88 degrees or was hoping for both saturday and sunday. the first time we've had two 90-degree days in a row. it's a reflection of what's not been a very hot summer. we've got the sky out there with clouds getting a little build-up, but nothing on radar.

i'll show you. 85 degrees. the dew point, 66. so the heat index is 87. not too bad. nor is it really hot anyplace around the east. caribou, maine, they've had a wet, stormy summer in maine. buffalo, too. 74çó degrees. even back to our west, not all that bad. the dew points in the mid-60s. when we get into the low 70s, you really notice it. there's not much of a heat index. there's the jet that is off the coast. that's the reason that there have been nasty storms. look at the last couple of days. all the way from maine, wind damage down especially in the eastern parts of the eastern shore. again today, the eastern parts of north carolina, that was a watch which is now going down for you folks in the northern neck, but it's still up for parts of the lower eastern shore where there had been some nasty storms. boy, look at that area of rain that continues north into ocean city and even up near rehoebth.

right around us, not anything going on. look at the ocean city today. over an inch and a half of rain. the temperature right now is 79 degrees. more rain continues. that's newborn, north carolina, where it's been cloudy and wet. over five inches of rain now with some very,eryñi heavy rains, soaking rains. again, down to our east and south. that's where the heat has been. portland, oregon, the heat advisory is out. their temperatures have been in the 90s. they've had nine 90-degree days this month of july while we've only had a couple. so that's where the heat has been, out west. overnight tonight for us, we'll continue to see any of these clouds break up. tomorrow, once again a general southwesterly wind. we'll see the humidity. there is a little wave in the atmosphere that as we get into wednesday, will be moving to our west. with that, it brings the

increasinging risk of showers, thunder showers. by wednesday, wednesday afternoon into wednesday evening. tomorrow, just a hot one. feeling like july. into the low 90s. tomorrow, our average high is 88 degrees and in four weeks it's 85. so for the remainder of the evening for us, it will be just partly cloudy. sunset, 8:24. we've lost about 30 minutes of daylight since way back in june. heading toward the tail end of summer, believe it or not. overnight tonight, the clouds will dissipate a lot. still some around in the morning. warm and muggy. temperatures about 70 degrees as they were this morning. and then tomorrow there's a risk of some pop-up variety thunderstorms. by and large, just mostly sunny here. temperatures near 90 into the low 90s. it will be for your friends on vacation out at the beaches. a bit of a drier day at the beaches. there could be more pop-up variety showers or thunder showers. tomorrow, just a risk of one or two, especially for folks out

toward the blue ridge and spots like this. here's how things shape up. increasing chances to get our own needed -- still needed because many spots are dry -- shouz or thunder showers. especially wednesday and even into thursday and friday. there is that chance of a typical afternoon shower or thundershower with temperatures into the high 80s to near 90. and still no sign, by the way, of any real building heat wave, anything like that. we've had plenty of summers "american ido mid-90s but not yet. coming up tonight, we have new information about the arrest of zaalexandria's pole chief. a car smashes into a house today on a busy road in arlington. there's something big happening at pizza hut.

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on the football fields early as october if he can find a team. he's been given a provisional reinstatement to the nfl after he served a 23-month sentence for his dogfighting conviction. vick expressed gratitude for the opportunity to play again. lindsay will have more on this coming up in sports. two teenagers were shot in an apparent drive-by shooting today. it happened late this afternoon on atlantic street. according to the police, one of them was shot in the abdomen. the other was shot several times in the back. the gunman is still at large. coming up this evening, we'll tell you about how much obesity is costing health care providers in this country. a new study looks at the link between autism and gastrointestinal disoffenders in children. new detail this evening about arrest of the alexandria police chief on charges of ivildrwhg e drunk. david baker w takendrakntak int

custody after he w h invved in a crash inrl aoningt late saturday. wviheinri d arkn maituned criy vehicle.ed car spoke jue cey spoke exclusively today with baker's lawyer. >> reporter: within hours of his dwi arrest, dave baker issued a statement to his police force telling officers he was disappointed and angry with himself. this afternoon, baker met with the alexandria attorney who will defend him in court and make his case to the city manager who must decide whether to keep the chief or fire him. >> we would ask the community to keep an open mind and, you know, just not to judge chief baker by the worst 30 minutes of his life. i don't think anybody would like to be judged that way. >> reporter: new details about the ca. it was just before 10:00 saturday night when arlington police were called to an accident on the ramp from north fairfax to westbound i-66. the man behind the wheel of the green suv that hit another vehicle, alexdria's police chief dave baker. this is the account written by

the ficers.'s it says they observed a strong odor of alcohol. the chief told him he'd had two ers 20 minutes before the accident. the officect cduoned four d sobriety tests. the ief failed all four. baker's blood alcohol level registered .177 and just after immedia midnight, a .19, twice the legal limit. >> i would hope that he would have the same, you know, benefit of the doubt and the same presumption of innocence that anybody would have when an allegation like this is made. of course, she the face of alexandria law enforcement. and dave recognizes that. he realizes that he hasn't put the best face on the city of alexandria by this allegation being made this weekend. >> reporter: yesterday city and w enforcement officials said they were stunned, disappointed and saddened by the chief's arrest, calling it completely out of character. the chief is now on paid administrative leave. a city spokesman said the chief

had been on vacation last week and had returned to pick up the city-owned suv because his police vehicle was in the shop. it is not yet known where the chief was immediately before the accident. chief baker is expected in an arlington courtroom later this week. the city manager will make a decision about maker within a week to ten days. julie carey, news4, alexandria. >> the deputy chief is serving as acting chief during this investigation. benita jacks is the woman accused of killing her four children and her fate is now in the hands of a judge. this after prosecution and defense both squared off for the final time in this quadruple murder trial. pat collins reports. >> reporter: an impassioned closing argument today by prosecutor michelle jackson. she talked about benita jacks' house of horrors and she asked for a verdict of guilty on all counts. the prosecutor said benita jacks' daughters had their own prison of tortu are that it

wasns i aide their home on 6th street southeast. the prosecutor says the girls' jailer was their own mother. 35-year-old benita jacks charged with murdering her four daughters ages 5 through 16. the decomposing bodies of the girls discovered january 9th, 2008, as marshals came to evict jacks from that house. the prosecution says that jacks lived in that house for several months after her daughters died. the prosecutor says jacks stardad r erheughts. tortured her daughters.ug made her teenage daughter live like an animal. because of the decomposition, the exact cause and time of the death are in dispute. but the prosecutor says there's evidence one girl was stabbed and three others strangled. defense attorney says in this

case, the official cause of death is undetermined. he says there's evidence of neglect, but no evidence of child abuse, no evidence of child cruelty. there's no jury in this case. benita jacks' fate will be decided by judge frederick wiseburg. no there are se spectators who have been in the courtroom for the entire trial. this is what they had to say. >> is this hard for you to watch? >> yes and no. i felt sorry for the kids, the way the kids suffered and died. >> it's really hard for me to get my head around the fact that there are four dead girls and they're really gone because she just sat there the whole time and i kept thinking, well, who is going to -- where is the justice for the girls? well, they're gone. >> reporter: benita jacks says her four daughters were possessed by demons. and that they died in their sleep.

i'm pat collins, news4 washington. a fir today in a classroom at the anacostia senior high school. investigators say it started on the second floor just after 1:30 this afternoon. firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke coming from the classroom. all the students and staff were evacuated from the building. fire officials are looking into the possibility the fire was electrical in nature. nobody was injured. a 46-year-old woman crashed her car into a home in arlington today. police say she veered off the highway and into the house. the driver's air bag deployed. she's expected to be fine. no one was home at the time. there was a lot of serious structural damage to the house. inspectors have to determine if it's safe for people to inhabit it. a public meeting that had been highly anticipated on a proposal to bring a walmart tco

located near thed.elfi l r lettd.el hngriri tonight inal st step before the board of supervisors there took up the proposal. the meeting has to be rescheduled because proper legal notice has not been published. the proposal store has sparked a firestorm of protest among preservationists and historians. the store is located a half mile away and it would not harm the historic battlefield. when we come back, there is a new study that looks at the link between autism and stomach sickness in children. police say they busted up a bird-fighting ring that involved 150 canaries and finches. he was a big one. 14 feet long. he was a python and he's now been caught.

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good evening. nothing around us on radar. but here's something that you don't hear and see every day. it's a choir creating the sound of rain. and a storm. just by their feet and fingertips. this was put together and it's all the rage on youtube. it really gets better and better, too. as the storm builds. how about that? for us, overnight tonight, none of those storms that we're creating, but there may be the pitter-patter of raindrops or the rumble of thunder, too. tomorrow an isolated chance, but

a better chance on wednesday and later in the week, sort of typical hazy sunshine. a risk of an afternoon thundershower as we, ready or not, move into august. first weekend of august looks like it will be pretty good. back to you. >> thank you, bob. coming up tonight at 11:00, for the 9,000 americans waiting for a heart transplant, the chance of ever getting a new heart can be quite small. tonight at 11:00, a new typef artificial heart that's giving people more time to live. >> reporter: it was last october when doctors told freddy morris that he probably would die if he didn't get a heart transplant soon. the 60-year-old virginia man had spent the last 23 years suffering from cardiomyopathy that causes the heart to slowly stop working. >> it was pretty bad. i was so far gone, i'd get up in the morning and i'd take a shower. i'd dry off and i'd try to get dressed. i was so worn out, i'd have to go back to bed for a couple of hours to get enough energy to go

downstairs. >> reporter: doctors didn't think he had enough time to wait for a new heart. the next best option, a new kind of heart pump. >> really what this does, it takes over all the pumping function or just assist the heart if it's only got some of its pumping function left. >> find out how thertea h pumps are helpingsateantieiv lnt longer. it's a change of heart. that's tonight at 11:00. authorities in connecticut have broken up an alleged bird-fighting ring. 150 finches and canaries were seized from a house in the southeastern city of shelton yesterday. the owner of that house is accused of organizing fights between those birds while people placed bets on which bird would win. spectators were reportedly caught in the act when the raid happened yesterday. many of the birds taken from the house were injured. some hurt so badly that they'll have to be put down. authorities also seized $8,000 from the house. 19 people including some from massachusetts and new jersey

were arrested. a rather large python has been roaming a florida neighborhood, and now he's captured. residents in bradentonay they've seen the python hanging out for several months. animal control thinks it was eating ducks at a nearby pond to survive. someone finally spotted it in the storm drain on saturday. the guy is 14 feet long. he was trapped by a snake trapper and he has been placed in a wildlife preserve. coming up, the obesity epidemic in this country is affecting more than just people's health. it's also costing them plenty of money. what's going on? >> this decision has been a long time coming for the nfl commissioner. michael vick given a second chance to play in the nfl. jim zorn can't wait to see he much better albert haynesworth makes his defense. and the castles bring home a title. ñcñwoóm

so is -- >> i think there's no question, no. not at all. >> you think there is? you're talking about michael vick. >> yeah, i'm talking about michael vick and i'm thinking about all those other guys. >> the question is going to be where is michael vick going to end pup. >> you're sure about that? >> yeah. >> okay. let's talk about it. >> i'm going with her. >> moving on. here we go. roger goodell has made the decision to conditionally reinstate michael vick. this means if he signs with a team he is eligible to play for the first time in the regular

season week six. he can take part immediately in preseason workouts and the final two preseason games if he is signed by a team. michael vick has missed the last two nfl asons. he would miss a third of the season if a team signs him. vick will have a mentor to reach out to in former colts head coach tony dungy. commissioner goodell had to make a decision quickly, a week after vick completed his sentence. >> i am not here to punish anybody. we're here to extend players' careers rather than limit players' careers. and that's important for us to do if they recognize the standards by which we're going to hold them accountable for and everybody in the nfl. i believe michael understands that. i believe he deserves the opportunity to earn his way back on to the field. but he will have to earn it. it's up to him now. and we will support him the way we hav >> michael vick released this

statement through his agent. he said i fully understand that playing football in the nfl i a privilege not a right and i'm truly thankful for t he oprtunity i've been given. asxd can imagine the last two years have given me tim to reevaluate my life, mature as an individual and f tly understand he terrible mistakes i have made in the past. andhat type of life i must lead moving forward. the redskins, i believe, will not go after him because they do not have a need and the pr storm that is going to follow him is going to be tremendous. players have spoken out in support of vick's reinstatement, including jason campbell who feels he has already paid his time for the crime and lost millions, so he shouldn't be punished more. the skins are banking on the hope that they'll get what they paid for in defensive tackle albert haynesworth. it has been a very busy offseason for the redskins. defensive tackle albert haynesworth is the biggest addition. the redskins gave him $100 million, $41 million guaranteed.

everybody expects big things from this guy. the defense ranked in the top ten last year. jim zorn says the sky is the limit when it comes to what haynesworth can bring to this team. >> i think he's a wild player. he probably does more -- more things to wreak havoc on an offensive line blocking scheme than most people will see. or even understand during the football season. you'll see brian orakpo get a sack this year, but it will be albert haynesworth who didn't allow the quarterback to step up in the pocket. you'll see andre carter make a move and he's going to have a better year, but it will be because albert is pushing the pile inside. >> jim zorn ready for his second season as head coach of the redskins. again, training camp opens up on thursday. moving on to baseball. austin kearns hasn't been an everyday starter since really

the first month of the season. that is why when he drove in the game-winning run yesterday it meant so much more to the entire team than just a game-winning hit. we're at nationals park. start in the bottom of the seventh. the nationals are down 1-0. here's josh willingham, who has had a lot of power behind the plate lately. he clocks the pitch to deep left field. that one soars high, out of there. into the stands. a solo home run for willingham. the crowd goes crazy and game like that is tied at 1-1. a big play for a guy that's really been coming up strong for this team. bottom of the tenth, here's nyjer morgan. he uses his speed to start a rally here. they're not going to get him out. morgan with the bunt single. and that cealciru crucial because this guy, austin kearns, is up at the plate. he's got two runners on. austin needs to make it count. slaps one into the gap in rit center. because of that, nyjer morgan would come in to score the game-winning run.

look at that celebration. they hope this starts momentum heading into the milwaukee series tonight. >> milwaukee is a good ball club. you know, we're going to have to play well on both sides of the ball. but, you know, i think -- we feel we've underachieved as a team. hopefully in the second half we can get some momentum and get some bright spots. >> we're going to two tough places to play and two really good teams. and, you know, it would have been a very tough loss if we would have lost this today. our spirits are high. we're looking forward to getting to milwaukee. >> we've just got to get to the point where we feel like we're going to go out there and win a ball game. i think our guys -- our hitters know we can hit. i think a lot of them know that there's a lot more left in the tank, a lot more to produce. and we know we can put a run together. >> jim riggleman and the nationals open up their series in milwaukee tonight. moving now to tennis news.

world team tennis, last night the castles barely making the playoffs but finally bring home a title to d.c. let me take you out to the court. we start with the men's doubles match. he's the men's league mvp. look at that celebration. look at the wner for him. mow to the women's doubles. the far court, the two teams have a great exchange at the net. hits the backhand winner. so finally that means that the women's singles match will determine the title again. the pressure is on olga. the women's mvp. in the far court, they exchange ground strokes and in the king hits the long shot and that is it. the castles win 23-20 to claim the championship and the team's second season in the league. every monday, nascar driver walk pablo montoya spends time with his family in a warehouse in miami that's filled with bikes, cars, rock-climbing

walls. yesterday he was served the most expensive speeding ticket of his life on the racetrack. it wasn't just the money that hurt but the fact that it cost him the race. follow me to indianapolis. the brickyard. juan pablo montoya led 116 laps. he took a pit stop with 35 to go. before he hit that pit stop, it was deemed that he had sped on pit lane. nascar penalizes him and here's what montoya said inside the car. >> there's no way. i was on the green. green light all the way from before, maybe 30 yards before the line. thank you, nascar, for screwing my day. i swear on my children and my wife i was not speeding. that's the second time this year. they mad a mistake and they admit it afterwards. >> juan pablo montoya had been first. he ended up finishing 11th. it was jimmie johnson who takes the checkered flag for the second year in a row. mark martin was second.

tony stewart was third. there's johnson and his crew kissing the bricks in celebration. it's johnson's third win at the brickyard. man, back to montoya. >> could they have made a mistake on that? >> they can, but i'll tell you this. i know everything is now done digitally and by the system that they have. so it really is very difficult for nascar in that sense to make a mistake. everything comes down to timing and scoring. >> you seem so sure. >> well, yeah. the bottom line is it's tough. >> okay. thanks, lindsay. when we come back, we'll tell you about a new study that examines a link between autism and gastrointestinal illness. there's something big happening at pizza hut.

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auti autism. obesity is not just a health problem. now it's becoming an economic problem. it's putting a heavy burden on the nation's wallet. medical experts gathered here in washington today to talk about the problem and they came up with some solutions. brian moor has our report. >> reporter: obesity is costing our nation big-time. that's the finding of a new study released at the first-ever weight of the nation conference by the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention. >> the bottom line is about 9% of annual medical expenditures are caused by obesity. >> reporter: that's about $147 billion spent every year on treating weight-related illnesses with diabetes topping the list. the cds director is hoping to turn talk into action. >> obesity is the only major health problem in this country. it's getting worse rapidly. >> reporter: as congress wrestles with health care

reform, supporters of wellness and prevention programs want lawmakers to consider obesity's hidden costs. but former president bill clinton in the conference key te address said change has to start closer to home. >> in the homes, the schools, the restaurants, the doctors' offices, the communities. this is a social issue. we are trying to turn the titanic around before it hits the iceberg. >> reporter: some suggestions include preventative medical checkups, community exercise programs, healthier menu choices for students, and encouraging more grocery stores in low-income areas. how much all that might cost, no one can say. >> someone is going to have to foot the bill. as we already see from our study, it's not free to do nothing either. >> reporter: obesity, a growing problem with many hidden costs and no easy cure. the study says health care costs for obese americans average 1,400 sdlz a year more than those who are fit. in washington, i'm brian moor,

news4. let's get it check on our monday forecast. >> we've got clouds out there. here's where the rains continue, out on the eastern shore. lower eastern shore and around the beach areas. here's you see what it looks like in ocean city. the folks out there having to put up with one rainy rain. we'll be seeing our temperature drop into the low 70s in town. some spots will be in the mid-60s. a bit on the humid side. tomorrow, 90, 91, 92 degrees, a risk of a scattered afternoon thunderstorm. but tonight after temperatures in the 70s, we're more likely to see showers in the middle of the week. back to you. >> thanks, bob. several hundred pilots broke a world record yesterday in northeastern france. these are not average pilots, though. they were flying in hot air balloons. nor than 300 of them to be exact. they all lifted off at the same time. that must have been so cool. it was the largest ever mass la