this story that has implications well beyond penn state university. we begin with chris pallone live from the ncaa headquarters in indianapolis. chris? >> reporter: the ncaa president mark emrick wanted the severe punishment he handed down to penn state to resonate throughout college football. he said he wants other schools to use this as a gut check to make thur sure they're putting football in the proper perspecti perspective. it's not the dreaded death penalty shutting down football entirely, but some say it might be worse. penn state football will be banned from bowl games and any other postseason play for four years. >> reporter: the ncaa hammered penn state university for former administrators and joe paterno's role in reckless disregard in dealing with reports of jerry sandusky's sexual abuse. >> one of the grave dangers stemming from our love of sports is that the sports themselves can become too big to fail, too big to even challenge. >> reporter: the school is compelled to pay a $60 million

fine to endow a fund to prevent child sexual abuse. it will loose ten football scholarships for four years and banned from postseason play. the football team will have its wins from 1998 through last year vacated, knocking paterno from his perch as the winningest and most revered coach just a day after the statue was removed in his honor. >> the penn state case has shaken our most fundamental confidence in many ways. >> reporter: the school accepted hits punishment and calls it a step in moving forward. some fans and alumni are stunned by the extent of the sanctions. >> you can't deny there had to be a punishment, i just didn't think it would be this much i guess. >> to do this to innocent people, players, employees, the community, it's just not fair. >> reporter: emrick say it is death penalty, as it's called, would hurt too many who had

nothing to do with this scandal to begin with. the family of the late joe paterno issued a statement this afternoon saying the ncaa sanctions defamed the legacy of a great coach and educator. that's a story live at ncaa headquarters in indianapolis. chris pallone, news 4. penn state alums in the d.c. area are weighing in on those sanctions today. the reaction is mixed. christ gordon is in our newsroom with more. chris? >> jim, some say the sanctions are too harsh and punish the wrong people, current players and students. other grads say they understand the sanctions are justified, but there are critics who complain that penn state escaped the ncaa death penalty, the loss of its football program. pechb state is family for lawyer rob iceman of rockville. his parents met there, rob and his brothers went there, his daughter just graduated. given his 60-year history, i asked his reaction.

>> i have an awareness now of this problem of child abuse and i'm sorry i had to come about this knowledge through this incident. but i think it's helpful for me and helpful for other people in america. >> legendary local high school football coach bob malloy has had a number of his players go to penn state. i asked malloy how hard the sanctions will make it for penn state to recruit players now. >> personally, if it was my son i would tell him to stay there and finish it up and just try to do the best you can and to have a great career. >> reporter: adrianna rivas wore her penn state t-shirt to work today in alexandria, virginia. she just graduated last year. >> i was really surprised, almost pretty angry about how harsh the ncaa has punished penn state. i think it really punishes the wrong people. >> reporter: the penn state sanctions are the prime topic of conversations at local sports

bars and restaurants. >> i believe they took too much out on the players and athletes that want to go to the school and potential athletes coming the the school. $60 million sanction for actions of the coaches and staff of the team shouldn't be taken out on the students or the players on the team. >> sports radio talk show host lavar arrington of 106.7, the fan, who was a penn state linebacker before becoming a redskin today wrote on his blog about the sanctions erasing the team's record from 1998. he said i have no wins as a starter for penn state. it doesn't matter. the sanctions are a necessary step to continue the healing process he wrote. that's the latest from the newsroom. i'm christ gordon, news 4. >> it's been cloudy outside for most of the day, but we have dodged potential storms so far. doug kammerer joins us with a look at conditions at this hour. >> high doreen, we are looking at those storms right now. they are not around our area.

well up to our north and well down to our south. that's very good news there as far as we go. our current temperature has made its way up to 90 degrees. you can see the temperature there. 90 that last however, that's the warmest temperature we have seen all day long. that's because we've seen some sunshine begin to make their way through those clouds as those clouds have been aund us most of the afternoon. winds out of the west at about 6 miles per hour. want to show you what's happening. storms to our north through pennsylvania around the philadelphia area. storms just south of us down around the richmond area. but no storms around washington, but i want you to take a look back to the west around st. louis. look at the heat building, heat advisories, excessive heat watches and warnings out that way. the heat will move our way. we'll see a better chance of strong thunderstorms and more heat. i have it all coming up in my forecast in just a minute. federal prosecutors say the man who admitted to firing shots at the pentagon and other military buildings in virginia is competent for sentencing. they say there are no indications that he suffers from mental illness.

he pleaded guilty back in january after a series of shootings in the fall of 2010. his new lawyers requested an exam last month. they argue their psychiatrist concluded he suffers from schizophrenia. he agreed to a 25-year prison sentence as part of his plea deal. in colorado the man who shot down people in a movie theater was in court today for the first time since that shooting. his name is james holmes. he's 24 years old, seen dazed during that hearing today, even closed his eyes at one point. his hair was dyed a comic book shade of bright red. jay gray is outside the courthouse with more on this. jay? >> reporter: i think those who have characterized this hearing as bizarre or pretty much right on here, it was a packed courtroom at the courthouse. in that crowd five family members of victims, each with a victim's advocate and box of tissue by their side as they, along with the rest of the world, got their first glim ms at the man who police say

changed their lives and this community forever. >> you have the right to be represented by an attorney. >> reporter: these are the first public images of suspect james holmes since the attack a picture of evil for so many watching, including family members of the victims. >> he looks demonic or something like that. >> reporter: the 24-year-old accused of plotting for months and carrying out a murder rouse rampage wore a maroon jailhouse jumpsuit, his hair dyed bright red and pink, fitting descriptions from reports after the massacre, that he told police he was the joker. >> i want to see his face. >> reporter: holmes was disengaged during the brief hearing, his head bobbing back and forth, at times wide eyed. others he struggled to keep his head up and eyes open. >> do you have any questions about that initial advisement? >> reporter: the ten-minute proceeding was little more than legal house cleaning. the judge setting rules on what both sides of the case can discuss publicly, allowing the

defense to examine the crime scene and suspect's apartment. charges in the case likely more than 100 counts, will come next monday. a decision on the death penalty will take much longer after discussions with survivors and families of the victims. >> if the death penalty is sought, that's a very long process that impacts their lives for years. and so they will want to have and we will want to get their input before we make any kind of decision on that. >> prosecutors stress this is still a very active on going investigation. >> we're still looking at the enormous amount of evidence and we would never presume that it would be slam dunk. >> today's hearing, the start of what would be a lengthy legal case. >> as the memorials grow and the morning continues, it's clear. the emotional trials this community must now face will be much more difficult and last a whole lot longer: let's get back to the legal side of all of

this. the d.a., carol chambers, says she believes it will take a year if not longer for this case to make it to trial. that is the latest here outside the courthouse, jay gray, news 4. >> thank you, jay. the latest on that shooting in colorado is coming up on "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. there will be live coverage from colorado and new details on the suspect's boobytrapped apartment after this broadcast at 7:00. the presidential candidates have returned to the campaign trail for the first time since the movie theater shooting in colorado. mitt romney attended a roundtable with several business owners in costa mesa, california. president obama went to nevada to address the annual vfw convention. he paid tribute to the four veterans killed in aurora. >> we honor your loved ones. we salute their service. as you summon the strength to carry on and keep bright their legacy, we stand with you as one united american family.

>> we're talking about our respective views, and at the same time our hearts are heavy as we think about the funerals that will be held this week and the families that have been so tragically altered by virtue of the loss of life. >> mitt romney is headed overseas to visit england, israel and poland. president obama is in san francisco tonight and will be in oregon and washington state tomorrow. false e-mails went to voters in virginia telling them they had to register again. that word comes from the virginia state board of elections today. the state does not require its voters to reregister. the board advices voters to check their registration status if they have not voted since 2008, or if they have moved since then. voters may have been shifted to inactive status if they don't respond to an address confirmation mailing. october 15th is the deadline to register or update voter

information for the upcoming general election. coming up, a renewed fight might help people get answers about the flooding problem in a popular d.c. neighborhood. there are new accusations of wrongdoing by d.c. mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. sir elton john shares a personal story of shame at the 2012 aids conference here. >> i felt that shame before. it almost killed me. it's killing people all around the world right now. four little cars

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this has been the deadliest day in iraq in more than two years. attacks in a dozen cities. at least 100 people were killed. 16 soldiers were killed and three car loads of gunmen pulled up and started shooting. car bombs exploded in several

cities including in bagdad. yesterday al qaeda's leader in iraq warned that that group is reorganizing and plans to retake areas it once controlled. that group has not claimed responsibility for this latest round of violence. government leaders in syria acknowledge for the first time that they possess chemical weapons. that information was disclosed today by a government spokesman. he said those weapons would be used only in the event of an attack by foreign powers. many observers saw that statement as a rather thinly vailed threat. it comes after a week of fighting that's been described as the bloodiest since that conflict began nearly a year and a half ago. america's first woman in space has passed away tonight. sally ride lost a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer today in california, widely considered a trail blazer and pioneer, ride became the first american woman to fly into space. she became a symbol of breaking

barriers and a hero to generations of young girls. after retiring from nasa, she used her high profile to champion science education especially for young girls. sally ride was 61 years old. more questions about mayor vincent gray's 2010 campaign. the mayor is denying reports in the "washington post" that gray's campaign improper by li used official lists to boost votes. at the opening of the international aids conference mayor gray was surrounded by reporters. but reporters were not just asking about the aids conference. "the washington post" citing unnamed sources reported that gray's 2010 campaign recruited voters off official lists of public housing residents to boost totals. mayor gray unlike his silence on the federal probe aggressively reacted monday saying he knew of

no such list and didn't need it given his long a career in housing issues. >> i can go through and name you leaders in virtually every public housing area in the city. i wouldn't need a list. i didn't know a lits existed. we trust each other, we work together. >> the post also noted gray's son carlos has a management job at the d.c. department of housing where such a list would be kept. the housing department monday announced it would review the allegation and promise strong action if any wrongdoing is found. carlos gray declined to speak to news 4 but told the post he was not involved with maintaining the list. mayor gray defended his son. >> any thoughts about your son being mentioned in the story. >> i believe my son. i've been with him all my life as you can imagine. he's hard working, a young man of integrity and committed to the city.

>> gray's 2010 campaign is being probed over a $650,000 shadow campaign to help elect him. but a campaign never reported by gray's team. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. doug is back from vacation and brought a little improvement in the weather with him. no? >> today was great, doreen. today was fantastic. >> trying to look on the bright side. you always do. >> that's right. tomorrow looks great. every day from here through december 25th. we'll get snow on christmas. it's all going to be great except for tomorrow and thursday. other than that, looking pretty good. high today 90 degrees. it did not get as high as we were looking at over the past couple days. that was all because of the cloud cover. today was kind of nice. 90 degrees, partly to mostly cloudy skies for about everybody. temperatures above the average high of 88 degrees. as far as the rain goes, be eve

seen a lot over the last couple days, still nearly seven inches below average. we still need to make up. stim over an inch below average for the month of july. 90 degrees the current temperature with the dew point of 99. winds out of the west at six miles per hour. temperatures at 90 at this 6:00 hour. the warmest we've been all day because we've finally seen breaks in the clouds. where we have seen more cloud cover, temperatures have been cooler, 84 in martinsburg, 82 in winchester, 88 in fredricksburg. 90 towards pa tucks anti river. 70 here as a result of the rain oovps across parts of that region. nothing around the d.c. area. all the rain is up towards the north, in through philadelphia, big thunderstorms there, severe thunderstorm watch in effect for that region and also big storms down into southern portions of virginia and into the carolinas, a lot of severe thunderstorm warnings there. once again, we're right in the middle of that. once again, because of the cloud cover, that's why we didn't see the storms. here are the clouds rolling

through the area. you can see here cloudy all day long, just now starting to see breaks. we will see mostly clear skies by about 9:00, 10:00 tonight. out there today, a little on the warm side. just a few showers mostly to the west of our region, partly to mostly cloudy skies all day. tomorrow we'll see partly cloudy skies with sunshine early. it's going to be hot. tomorrow we get back into the mid 90s, maybe 95 in washington. that will add to the fuel as far as the thunderstorm threat goes. with a cold front coming down, i think we have a chance of strong to potentially severe thunderstorms during the day tomorrow. then on wednesday, here is the nice weather doreen was talking about, just gorgeous on your wednesday with plenty of sunshine as that front moves down to the south. but then notice the warm front, the warm front is moving back this way. guess what's down here? even more hot air. i think we get close to 100 degrees as we move into the day on thursday. and yet another chance for strong to severe storms thursday, too. this evening mostly cloudy. isolated showers.

warm and humid, 79 to about 83 as we move through the morning tomorrow. a few clouds, a nice start but a little bit on the muggy side. high temperatures in the upper 60s to around 76 inside the city. that will be the warm spot as we move through the day tomorrow. looking at partly sunny skies. hot with possible thunderstorms. some of those will be strong with potential for severe weather, especially into northern virginia and southern maryland. temperatures 92 to about 96 degrees. if you're heading down toward the beach -- i just came back, love to go back. 93 on tuesday, 86 on wednesday, 94 on thursday. the heat will try to build down there. tuesday, the storms will be late in the afternoon towards the beaches. here is the next couple days, showing the 99 on thursday, 92 on friday. things get back into the upper 80s as we move into next week. best chance for storms will be tomorrow afternoon and again during the day on thursday. >> okay. you only brought a little good

weather back. >> at least there's some. glass is half full. >> thanks doug. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords taking on a new challenge. >> there may have been signs of trouble before the first murder in berwyn heights in the last two decades. the nats turn the table in

police are investigating the beating of two men in d.c. over the weekend as a hate crime. >> a group allegedly attacked a local yoga teacher and his boyfriend leaving one of the victims in the hospital. pat collins has our report. >> reporter: inside howard university hospital 29-year-old

michael hall, junior, operated on today. they say he has a broken jaw and a fractured cheek bone. mike and gail hall are from colonial beach, virginia, very proud of their son mike junior, an accomplished yoga instructor. but when he moved to washington nine years ago, they worried for his safety. >> every morning, get up and turn channel 4 news on and see if he was alive or not, who got >> worried about him? >> oh, my god, yes. >> my biggest nightmare was the fact that this would happen eventually. >> sunday morning the halls got that phone call that they always feared. it happened at the eckington section of northeast washington. mike hall and his boy friend had been to a restaurant. they were on their way home. they had just gotten out of one of those town cars. they were whackialking down the sidewalk when they were ambushed by five teenagers. >> four or five kids came out of

nowhere without any warning. we didn't think it was a robbery because they didn't immediately ask for anything. they came out swinging and hitting. >> reporter: a woman and her boyfriend got the two men to safety. later an ambulance came and took mike hall to the hospital for treatment. >> do you think you were attacked because you're gay? >> i don't know. i can't think of another reason other than that we got out of a fancy town car and walking in a not great part of town at a late hour. you know, we were probably holding hands. it could have been because we were gay, but i don't know that for sure. >> it's so unnecessary in this day and age when everybody could just get along. >> reporter: police say they're investigating this case as a hate crime. in northwest, pat collins, news 4. today the public got its first look at james holmes, the man from colorado accused in that deadly theater shooting on friday. he was many court for a brief hearing today.

his hair was dyed bright red. he was arrested shortly after the shooting. 12 people killed in that event. dozens wounded. formal charges likely will come next monday. another sentence handed down today in a sweeping corruption scandal in prince george's county. a judge gave former police officer richard delaber 46 years in prison for his role in an extortion scheme, a scheme that cost local governments nearly $3 million. delaber covered up illegal shipments of illegal cigarettes to the tick tock liquor store. there's a murder investigation in one prince george's county time for the first time in decades. police found a woman stabbed to death in her home. they've arrested a suspect, a man accused in another attack on the victim just last month. darcy spencer has the story. >> reporter: police say 36-year-old amber shen naumt

knew the man now accused in her murder, her ex-boyfriend. police say she had gotten a stay-away order against him after an assault last month. >> you can get an ex-parte, but it's the mind frame of the person. they may not be concerned with an ex-parte. if it's something that they want to do, they may not care about having a paper in front of them saying stay away from this individual. >> reporter: chenault was found dead in the basement of her home on 57th avenue in berwyn heights around 3:30 sunday afternoon. police responded to the home after receiving a call from someone who was concerned about her welfare. >> they discovered the victim in the basement suffering from lacerations to her neck. >>. >> reporter: police developed 37-year-old andrew kuglor as a suspect, her ex-boyfriend. police spotted him this morning and followed him in his car to the college park metro station three miles from the crime scene. police say when the suspect got out of his car, he had already slit both of his wrists. he was taken to the hospital

where he remains under police guard until he's well enough to be taken to jail. >> reporter: this is a photo of the victim on a local car dealership website where she used to work. police and neighbors say the couple had a history of domestic problems. police say kugler was arrested for assaulting chenault after a bizarre incident where chenault jumped on the suspect's car. police say her finger was severed after being caught in the wiper blades. >> just too sad that police couldn't get here before it happened rather than after. >> reporter: officials say this was the first murder in berwyn heights in 21 years. >> this is an isolated case. usually situation like this does not occur in berwyn heights. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. virginia officials are asking for federal disaster assistance after the powerful storm that killed 15 people and left more than a million without power. state and local governments spent more than $27 million recovering from the storm. it happened back at the end of

june. that does not include the cost of damage to private property. if the request is approved, virginia could be reimbursed for activating emergency crews, opening shelters and removing debris. d.c. council member kenyon mcduffy wants an all hands on deck approach to fixing the flooding problem in the bloomington section of the city. mcduffy is calling for an emergency town hall meeting in august with city officials, utility companies and the department of public works in an effort to address this problem. d.c. waters says the flooding is because of the city's outdated sewer system and they say there's a multistage project under way to repair the system. they say it should be completed by the year 2025. things back to normal on busy south courthouse road in arlington this week end after a water main break there shut that road down for hours this morning. the main broke in the middle of

south courthouse road between 6th and 8th streets near the naval support facility. crews detoured traffic while repair ts were under way. we're told the road opened up again at about 3:00 this afternoon. sir elton john is here in washington. today he delivered the keynote speech at the international aids conference. the music legend said he felt ashamed of his own risky behaviors as a former drug addict. he argues that getting rid of aids won't happen until the stigma is eliminated. >> i hope and pray that we will all discover a vaccine, we all do. but we won't get that vaccine to those in need if governments shun their most marginalized citizens. that is why compassion is critical. that is why love is the cure. there are an estimated 34 million people living with hiv and aids worldwide. having the aids conference here in washington is especially significant. the city is struggling with an alarming rate of infection with 3% of adults here living with

the disease. derrick ward reports. >> reporter: just yesterday at an event for the aids memorial quilt the director of the d.c. department of health highlighted some of the progress made in dealing with aids. >> no baby has been born in the city in the past three years with hiv. >> reporter: those numbers are indeed encouraging for the district of columbia. but like this aids quilt which is folded up now because of the weather, if you look at the details, there's another story there. d.c.'s mayor vincent gray says the rate is high. but the number is higher because of other advances. >> life now is being preserved much longer than it was earlier in this epidemic. >> reporter: for many at the international conference, there's a sense that factors beyond medicine come into play. nancy bernstein is with the national aids housing coalition. >> there's powerful research that documents that when people are stably housed they engage in

less risky sex behaviors and can adhere and access to treatment. >> there's still shock from abroad, even from places like uganda where the rate was 7.3 for 2011. executive director of the aids support organization of uganda limited. >> it's an honor to have 25,000 people worldwide to be in the city of d.c., one of the cities hit hardest. take that moment and say, okay, it's here, too. >> what we have here can help us improve our fight over there. the lessons over here can help you because we keep planning as well. >> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. coming up tonight, first united airlines raised its prices. now other airlines are following suit. london rolls out the welcome rug for the world's best athletes. >> the weather there is always tough. for us it's been tough as of late. how about the next couple days? [ male announcer ] where did all the obama stimulus money go?

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open ceremonies to kickoff the 2012 london olympics only four days away now. the unpredictable british weather may, in fact, give the games a break. after weeks of rain, the forecast is turning just a bit more optimistic over there. the host city says the public transportation system is ready for the crowds. because of safety concerns, visitors also can expect to see one of the largest peacetime security operations in british history. thousands of troops standing by. >> i hope the olympic games does have an added tier of security. there is no appetite for risk. i don't think anybody would be surprised, but no, this is what our teams are working on, to make sure we minimize that type of disruption. >> of course, you can watch the

olympic games here on nbc4, and be sure to visit nbcwashington.com for a list of the important events to watch. coverage begins this friday. the opening ceremonies are at 7:30. former arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is reefing knew heights on her road to recovery. today giffords along with her husband, astronaut mark kelly traveled high into the french alps. she rode a cable car to a station more than 12,000 feet above sea level to take in the sights. this is giffords's first trip outside the u.s. since she was shot back in january of 2011. that shooting left her critically injured and ultimately caused her to leave congress to focus on her recovery. coming up on sports tonight, harris in for dan. we have all kinds of cool stuff, two very different fates at the british open. did you see that? that was a bummer when that dude miss thad shot. venus williams, an early taste

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we've seen a lot of cloud cover across the region today. some of us have broken out into sunshine. the temperature reached 90 degrees at the 6:00 hour. you can see the clouds moving back in across our region. humidity 50%. we are dealing with a little bit of a heat index today. but it's going to get a lot worse during the day tomorrow. the rain has stayed mostly to the north and down to the south. the clouds we saw today actually inhibited any rain from forming during the afternoon. that's some good news for us even though we do need to see some rain. we saw some on saturday and sunday. a lot of people wanted to see a dry monday. that's what we've seen. across the nation we have that little boundary here and back to the west, a little cold front and then the heat, back towards ohm harks kansas city where excessive heat warnings are in effect. that heat will start to build our way during the day today. it will really get here, this heat, during the day on thursday. tomorrow is going to be a hot day, too. talking about temperatures around 95. overnight tonight down to about

69 in gaithersburg, 70 in culpepper. those skies will be clearing by the time you wake up tomorrow morning. tomorrow afternoon going for a high of 95. our heat index could be close to 100 tomorrow. it's going to be very warm and very humid. there will be a good chance for strong to severe thunderstorms, best chance for severe weather northern virginia and southern maryland. that does include areas around the district. leesburg coming in around 92 degrees. 89 on wednesday, 99 on thursday, 92 on friday. aisle have the weekend forecast for you and most of next week coming up in just a few minutes. amber thee other harris, i thought it was fascinating what lavar arrington had to say, i guess none of the games i won -- i guess i never won a game while i was there but it doesn't

matter. >> put it into perspective. there's a bigger issue going on right now. he's one voice. there are other players that are pretty upset that all their wins have been wiped out. the ncaa has spoken. the price to be paid for members of penn state's football program covering up a child abuse sex scandal is pretty heavy. sanctions against penn state's football program were announced to day. they include a $60 million fine. the football team must vak kate its 112 wins from '98 to 20116789 that's what lavar was talking about. that drops joe pa from first to eighth on the all-time wins list as far as coaching is concerned. the school will not be able to attend a bowl for four years. ten scholarships a year will be cut for each of the next four years. the players that are currently there may transfer to another school and play immediately. in addition the athletic department is also on probation

for five years. let's go to something lighter. to baseball. nothing says queens new york like jersey shore star snooki who is from up state she claims she's a mets fan. that's why we saw her at citi field this afternoon. do you think david wright was enjoying being between her and her boyfriend there. i'll go out on a limb. i bet davey johnson has no clue who snooki is. the mets are playing the nats tonight. he probably had to wonder who that chick handing out jello shooters on the mound, probably wondered what was going on out there. he's old school. yesterday the first place nats wrapped up a huge weekend series with second place braves, ryan zimmerman, named nl player of the week batting .400 in july. two-run homer, his 13th of the season. nats up 2-0. in the bottom of the third,

zimmerman again with the second at-bat, his tenth career multihome run game. the nats win 9-2 splitting the series. after losing the first two games it was a big bounceback for the team. >> split is fun. a four-game series to split is good. like you said, with as much baseball as we played this weekend with the weather, all the other things we had to deal with, the first two games the way they went, for us to come back and win the next two games i think shows what kind of team this is. >> to be down two games in a four-game set and come back and win the last two and kind of stay where you're at as far as division, that's a good feeling for us. it's a tough challenge right there to -- you don't give up. it's tough to not almost fold. we just played well and continued to battle. we got our last two wins. the nats list of key injured players is growing. today shortstop ian desmond ends

on a disabled liss with the a torn left oblique, out at least two weeks. a pretty big blow considering desmond has been the nats' most consistent hitter, also nasty at shortstop. he played through pain since mid june but sunday said it felt like he was hit with a bat in his side. >> at the very beginning it fet like this, then it loosened up a little bit. i was able to play through it up to the all-star break. went home and rested. first initial batting practice back, and then kind of came back a little bit. i was waiting for it to go away like it did the first time and it just stayed. next page. >> despite all these injuries, the nats have a 3 1/2 game lead over the braves heading into the series with the mets tonight. let's go to golf. some says ernie els backed into yesterday's british open win thanks to adam scott's collapse. if you saw the big easy on the

back nine, his fourth easy championship win was anything but easy. adam scott was on cruise control, four-shot lead through 14 holes. after bogeying 15, he goes on to bogey 16 with that missed putt. we have drama because ernie els was coming on 18 for birdie to move him one behind scott. that was a heck of a shot. you got it right, jim. els goes to seven under, going for his first major in over a decade. after scott, has another bogy on 17. here he is on 1. he barely misses that put that would force a play-off. it was an epic collapse. he looked sick. ernie els, he wins, he now has two u.s. opens, two british opens. els the title of championship golfer. meanwhile last night after winning her women's doubles and singles matches for the kalss, venus williams got a big sendoff from the crowd as she is headed off to board a plane to go to

london for the olympics. today venus at wimbledon carrying the olympic torch. a five-time singles champ at the all england club. andy murray also carrying the torch at center court. maybe bittersweet because he just lost to roger federer in the wimbledon finals a few weeks ago. a final note that it's extremely important that we get this in. >> this is heavy-duty. ochocinco is no more. the dolphins wide receiver has officially changed his name back to chad johnson. he just got married. his wife evelyn probably preferred mrs. johnson rather than mrs. ochocinco. >> what i hear, she said to him, honey, i am not a number. >> that ching. >> thanks amber. coming up a ferrari collector's prize possessions

the price of an airline ticket is going up again. friday united airlines announced it will raise base fares by $10 on all domestic flights. it took hours for most major airlines to match the move. delta, american, us airways and jetblue are following suit. southwest and its air tran subsidiary will raise fares on flights longer than 500 miles. this is the fourth price hike so far this year but the first one since march. >> why do the others have to match it? why can't they say, you go $10 higher, i'm going $10 lower. i'm flying on you. >> sometimes the other guy doesn't follow and the other guy changes it back. >> for us it's a change back to the heat. today temperatures did reach 90 degrees across the region.

i think tomorrow we'll be back into the mid 90s. i also think tomorrow we'll see a heat index close to 100. right now the current numbers is 89 in washington, 90 in richmond. a lot of cloud cover, showers back there. 92 in columbus, ohio. that's the heat that will move our way tomorrow. yes, it was a little warm today if not mostly cloudy, all cloudy across the area. tomorrow we'll see a hot day with temperatures in the 90s. we will see a frontal boundary move to the south tomorrow. that will lead that showers and thunderstorms. some of the storms could be strong, maybe severe. well eel watch out for that closely. wednesday, make your plans now for wednesday. wednesday looks like a great day. highs in the upper 80s to around 90 but with very low humidity and plenty of sunshine. i think wednesday is going to be a great day. you can see that hot weather just down to our southwest, it will return during the day on thursday, and here is what we're doing on thursday, high of 89 on wednesday, but 99 on thursday. the heat index potentially above

105 on thursday. 92 on friday and i think at least a chance of showers saturday, but right now most of the weekend is looking pretty good. >> thanks, doug. sherman wolf was a man who loved him some ferraris. he's been described, as a matter of fact, as a ferrari cell lot. mr. wolf died earlier this year. now his collection of ferraris and others is going on the auction block. one of those cars going up is -- one of his ferraris is thought to be worth $9 million. i forget which one that is. i think it's the '69 -- anyway. altogether the collection is expected to sell for more than $20 million. >> wow. >> now, here is the important part. the auction takes place next month in pebble beach, california. so you have plenty of time to go to your banneker and get your stuff together and make your reservations. >> and get yourself out