you threw two of them away. you've got to come away saying we move the ball all the way down the field on the number one defense on the field. >> people are going to say he's one for seven but it is the preseason. at the same time, we wanted to take some shots. last week, we really didn't thw the ball down the field. in order to back teams off of us a little bit, as a quarterback, you like to get into rhythm. tonight we wanted to take a shot deep and we almost got it. troy made a grade play on the ball. tried to take another shot to santana, great coverage. and tute ta, did a good job of feeling it out. made a smart decision to dump the ball. >> i want to know what your thoughts are on chase daniel's performance tonight. two eeditxc i>> w excited for . i always call him feisty. i was very impressed with him coming out. his first nfl game, had he two

touchdown passes, great ball on the fade to mitchell. i was excited for him and fred at the same time and marco because all thr of those guys have been working really hard in practice. excited to see the younger guys get in there and make plays. >> talking about fred, after last week, he had a tough break fumbling two times in a row. not only did he cause a fumble, he gets to score a touchdown. >> exactly. he calls the fumble. next play, he gets a touchdown. >> jason campbell talking about the second year tight end fred davis who i believe is waiting on deck. he's not smiling right now but he should be. we'll be hearing from fred davis coming up right after the break.

welcome back to fedexfield, everybody. dan hailey, lindsay czarniak and one of the stars of the game, second year tight end out of usc, fred davis. fred, after last week, we just had jason on, you we listening. it must have felt so good not just to cause that you fumble but to get in the end zone. >> i had to redeem myself, man. i had to get me at least two. i'm not -- i just knew i had to come out and make plays. that's what the coaches wanted me to do. put me in certain situations and that's what happened today. i did all right. >> fred, we saw the recovery also and then moving forward to when you got that touchdown. what was going through your mind when you got to the end zone on that play. >> oh, i hope he throws the ball because i seen the coverage break down. i seen the safety kind of jump. i was like please throw this because he's kind of short. >> you had that dance at the end. >> the sacky leg, is that what it's called. >> yeah. >> you look like you belong in

the end zone. i definitely want to get in there a lot more. >> when you were at usc, you were catching touchdown passes on a regular basis. the team is going to be counting on you to be an integral part of this offense this year. you're expecting big things from yourself this season. >> yeah, i expect a lot. like you said, everything, special teams, anything it is, you know, i just want to help us win. i feel we had a great team. the defense was really good. the offense, all these weapons, chris is a great player. got santana. i think, you know, i just want to be a part of that. anyway i can. >> that's fred davis, second year tight end. one of many second year players the redskins will be counting on heavily this season and perhaps maybe that chase daniel, fred davis connection is something we can be seeing a lot of in the very near future. we'll be back with more from just outside the locker

welcome back to fedexfield folks, dan hellie, lindsay czarniak and the quarterback of the night, chase daniel came in as the third quarterback in the game, his first professional game. said he was nervous for a couple of plays. man, you played great. >> thank you very much. you've got those nerves and once you get them out, just go out and play and put the ball and people on the offensive line had a great game. all ran the ball well with me. you've got to thank them, as well. >> chase, two touchdowns. what a relief it was for you when you were able to make that first completion. >> that's the main thing. once you make the first, you block out crowd noise and everything else. you just play the game like back in high school, backyard football and go through your reads. i still made a couple of mistakes. the numbers are good but i still have a long way to go getting

every down the way i want it to be. >> i think one thing a lot of pele may have forgotten if they didn't see you play at missouri on a regular basis which is hard because you got 39 touchdown passes, but you can run the ball. jason calls you little feisty or something. you were running the ball really well. that's nothing new for you. >> i carried the ball over 100 times each year at mizzou. my junior and senior year combined, i carried it 500 times. we carried the ball a lot. i have a feel how to scramble the pocket, and lucky on that one, third man and long. zorn has been preaching to us and it finally worked. >> you can teach jason how to slide. >> we're very much on the same wavelength. chase daniel two touchdown passes. the redskins, 17-13 winners tonight in pre-season game two against the defending super bowl champions pittsburgh steelers. we'll be back right after the

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welcome back to fedexfield, everybody. i would say outside of not punching it in when they had a chance to score on that first drive, this is almost, almost perfect case scenario. had you clinton portis, a couple of nice runs. jason campbell didn't complete nearly as many passes as he would like. but there were reasons why. the offensive line looked good. >> when you talk about defense, we were talking earlier. you watch that defensive line in action, those guys are scary. i mean, they're scary. that first period where they were out there i thought was really impressive >> albert haynsworth, when he's in there he's a man. is he worth every bit that have $41 million guarantee that he

got. 17-13 winners, redskins over the defending super bowl champions pittsburgh steelers. thanks for watching. craig melvin up next with the news. it was a stormy saturday across much of our area. in fact, we were under a flood watch for most of the day, but it looks like we are finally starting to dry out. good saturday to you. i'm craig melvin. we saw heavy rain move through this even. meteorologist chuck bell has been keeping an eye on that radar and joins us now with the very latest. how we looking right now? >> finally, things are starting to get a lot quieter across the area. all the flash flood warnings and watches have now been canceled by the national weather service. the only flood watches left are now in the northern portions of delaware moving out of our area. no flash flood watches or

warnings anywhere in place so that is definitely welcome news. abundance of rainfall today. a lot of spots, prince georges, calvert, two to five inches of rain today. and an awful lot of flash flooding from annapolis into southern arundel. he's a check of live doppler. moving into prince georges and northern charles county. a complete check of the rest of th seven-day forecast which includes a dri with a chance of rain coming up on sunday, craig. back to you. thanks, buddy. a weakening hurricane bill is now churning the seas off the east coast this weekend after a brush with bermuda. waves swelled today from massachusetts to florida. officials warn that strong rip currents or rushing surf can pull swimmers away from shore. many beaches along the east coast were closed to swimmers today. swimming also was off-limits at president obama's vacation spot on martha's vineyard toda as

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a just reward for braving elements and traffic for getting here. now the traffic just getting out of here. tailgaters are nothing if not resilient. heavy rains meant improvisation. no problem for this pair. the covered bed of this pickup came in handy, though it's not what gordon comb had in mind when he bought it. >> i didn't have tickets to the redskins when i bought this. >> now it got almost all the comforts of home. >> i've got ni daughter with me. we're both fans and i wanted to tailgate and cook out. and the rain made us come inside the truck. >> others saw the more conventional shelter at this strip mall adjacent to the field. >> steelers fans come whatever kind of weather it is. >> and numbers that almost rivaled the home team fans. >> my sister drove 4 1/2 hours to get here for the steeler game to visit her sister. >> the game came on a day when the nats and d.c. united were at

home. metro added extra cars to trains to accommodate an expected surge in fan rider shipp. redskin fans were urged to take metro and wal the mile or so from the nearestizati esest sta avoid the traffic jams but the early bird tailgaters were not that happy with the new parking lot designations when they got here. >> it's not right. >> go steelers. >> thousands of sports fans from our area are probably on the roads right now. remember, be mindful of them and the road conditions because they still are wet. we're live outside fedexfield. back to you. >> derek, thanks buddy. when we come back, we just told but the strong storms moving through our area. now authorities believe lightning may be to blame for an apartment fire. plus, michael phelps makes his first public appearance since he was involved in a car crash last

week. tonight, some are concerned what the swimmer is wearing on his foot. we'll show you that. and it's time for a number of kids in our area to head back to school. coming up,he tt asnu lmite

attach triggered a fire at an apartment complex this morning in the 1900 block of rochelle avenue in district heights. when firefighters arrived, flames were shooting from the top floor of the building. one firefighter was hurt. several families were displaced. damage is estimated at about ar lldos. dollars. olympic swiing star michael phelps is wearing a walking boot. you can see it right there in

that picture. he was hurt in a car accident just over a week ago. the boot covers his right foot and geese almost to his knee. the public got a look at it when he appeared in ui aqshe ll shaquille he will swim tce he will imce tswwissw a aars o'neal for shaq's new reality series. the swimmer says he has been training despite the ankle. many students will head back to school on monday. when they get there, they'll find a more welcoming environment thanks to volunteer who's fanned out at schools across the district today. they tidied up the grounds and buildings. 114 city schools are set to open monday, each spruced up by a group of volunteers. the school chancellor michelle reeth believes it makes a big difference. >> when i talk to kids about coming to school, one of the things they often say to me is that the environment that we create for them, the facility itself makes a big difference in their perception of their schooling. >> four d.c. schools were open today for students to get free

vaccinations. several new shots have been addsed to the lights of required immunizations. when we come back, meteorologist chuck be

>> we saw lots of rain today. what about tomorrow. >> we got a boat load today. there's a chance for more tomorrow. good news. not going to be a repeat performance of your saturday. so a lot of folks are just about sick of the rain for a little while. here's a check outside. mostly cloudy saturday night in the tion's capital. 74 our current temperature. dewpoint still a steamy 71 with

a light northwestly wind. national airport 1.29 inches of rain, our rainiest day in over two months. last time we had more jas was june 3rd when we had 1.5 inch of rain. here's a check of live doppler across the area. not much coming on here in the district. a couple of showers down south of fredericksburg along i-95 and a few more showers up into portions of northeastern maryland. by and large, the lion's share of the rain is now pulling away from our area. so not much in the way of rain for us to worry about here for the rest of the evening. you can see the heavier rains now into portions of philadelphia, new york city and moving away. a little bit of a dry patch coming our way for much of the overnight hours. can't rule out a couple of passing showers, just about it for the rest of the evening. 72 down the road in richmond. plenty of clouds around. as the sky is trying to clear out by morning, may lead to

patchy dense fog. also on the weather maps and of great concern for folks on the eastern seaboard, hurricane bill. there's the islands, martha's win yard and nantucket. the storm is continuing to race into the north and northeast moving north-northeast at 22 miles per hour. still a category 1 hurricane. it's 195 miles southeast of nantucket. not going to make a u.s. landfall but may graze much of the canadian maritimes over the next 24 to 36 hours. we'll say good-bye to bill during the day tomorrow. for us tomorrow, we'll s ff with a few breaks of sunshine. that will destabilize the atmosphere and lead to a chance for showers and thunderstorms. more of the isolated to scattered variety tomorrow as opposed to to the widespread soakers we had today. improving weather moves our way on monday. tonight, mostly cloudy, foggy. mid 60s in the western suburbs to low 70s in town and by the

bay. during the day, morni le leads to afternoon clouds and a scattering of showers around. highs tomorrow generally up into the low and mid 80s. i'd say about a 40% chance of rain for tomorrow and drier weather monday, tuesday and wednesday. another pattern comes in late next week. >> thanks to you. we'll be back here tomorrow., tt titil l ewenenthat the new