>> a man is fighting for his life after being stabbed by someone trying to steal his car. richard jordan is at the scene now. >> reporter: doreen, this comes on the heels of a recent up tick in violent crime. a 31-year-old man was sitting at his office and sees a man trying to break into his car. he goes down to try to stop him. he chases him over to this parking lot here across the street. arlington police collect evidence outside a mast food restaurant. the driver-through turning into a crime scene at wilson boulevard and jackson street after a carjacking victim is stabbed. >> a guy leaning against the wall. i guess he was stabbed. >> you saw some guy that got stabbed? >> yeah. >> was he bloody? >> you could see the blood. lots of blood over there. >> reporter: the victim confronted a man attempting to break into his car. that's when things turned violent.

the two getting into a fight. the investigators believe a knife was used to stab the victim. a screw driver was also found. the police say while only one man went to the hospital with stab wounds it looks like both were seriously hurt. >> there is some indication that there was a blood trail that may not be the victim's. so it is possible he was injured. >> those who work in the area say the violent carjacking is cause for concern. >> real quiet area, really, for that kind of stuff. you never get violence like that here. >> but it did happen here. and the police chief is trying to reassure residents. he says they are calling up on some promising leads on the double homicide from earlier in the week. and some good leads here looking for this carjacker. they say they believe he got away in what could be a getaway car, a construction van. again, they think he was hurt so they are looking for someone that might have also been injured in this altercation. as for that victim, he is listed in stable condition over at a

nova fairfax hospital. richard jordan, news 4. we've been following some rough weather out there this evening. flight cancellations all over the country spiked tonight because of the storms. that includes a couple dozen cancellations at national airport. and the next 24 hours could be really stormy. doug kammerer tracking all of this for us now. >> already really stormy out there for some people, jim. not around the immediate metro area. western montgomery county, western portions of loudoun and central loudoun county. now this is the area that we're really watching back toward the west. let's zoom in first to the district. you can see what i'm talking about. big time storms around columbia, maryland, around baltimore. then back toward the west. this is western portions of montgomery county. poolsville and places like that. winchester right now. we're looking at a flash flood warning that is now in effect for frederick county, virginia, and morgan county and berkeley

counties in through west virginia. a lot of storms. a lot of very heavy rain and this scenario will be playing out here over the next couple of hours. let's show you what's going to be happening here as we look -- or zoom out. look at all of the thunderstorms back to the west. we're going to see a lot of storms over the next couple of days. and i think tomorrow we could be seeing severe weather. we'll update you on that and let you know how the rest of the weekend looks in just a couple of minutes. presidential politics now. president obama campaigning in colorado for the second straight day. he started the day at a campaign event at the state fair grounds in pueblo and then moved on to another event in colorado springs. mitt romney getting ready for a tour bus across four swing states today. today "the wall street journal" sparked new speculation about romney's vice presidential selection. the paper ran an editorial urging him to select paul ryan. ryan is currently the chairman of the house budget committee. virginia is just one -- is one of just four battleground

states that are seeing more presidential campaign advertising than anywhere else this week. colorado, ohio and iowa are also the most saturated markets. mitt romney and his outside backers are spending about $20 million on ads this week alone. that's compared to about $11 million for team obama. members of the republican convention platform committee huddled in washington tonight with virginia governor bob mcdonnell leading the group. as julie kerry is here to tell us it offers a high-profile reward and plenty of risk. >> reporter: it's just an initial get-together. the real work takes place in tampa in about ten days, shortly before the convention. governor mcdonnell sat down with news 4 to talk about how he hopes to create a document that will unify republicans while still appealing to the all-important independent voter. >> the goal is to lay out the heart and soul of the vision of the fiscal conservative and social conservative party in america.

>> reporter: in short, that's governor bob mcdonnell's view of the 50-page-plus gop platform he'll hammer now the tampa with 112 committee members. but it's a task filled with challenges as mcdonnell tries to satisfy competing interests and loud voices within the party. supporters of representative ron paul, for instance, are making a controversial demand that the platform call for an audit of the federal reserve. they have threatened trouble at the convention if the idea is rejected. mcdonnell didn't close the door. we're still looking at all those ideas. you'll know in a couple of weeks. once that final document is approved in tampa. >> governor mcdonnell makes it clear his platform priorities are focused on economic issues. >> a lot of the ideas that i put forward and i'm asking to be put in there have to do with economic development, jobs and free enterprise. >> reporter: on the convention website, platform ideas are solicited around the clock. while the categories of jobs and economic growth and government

reform get the most attention, others sound off about social issues. one stating, same-sex marriage isn't an option. mcdonnell says he doesn't expect any change in the party's stance in the 2012 platform. >> i think you'll see an affirmation of traditional marriage as the best circumstance in which to raise children. and i don't see any deviation from that. >> steven farnsworth says mcdonnell's challenge will be to craft a document that keeps the focus on mitt romney and doesn't provoke interest groups to create a convention scene. >> it seems the governor is politically savvy enough to figure out ways to give people what they want so that the ugliness doesn't appear before the cameras. so the party doesn't look divided. >> governor mcdonnell will arrive in tampa on august 19th with the platform draft in hand and then he expects doens if not hundreds of proposed amendments as the interest groups weigh in. after two days of debate, a final document will be produced. >> julie carey, thank you.

the hottest ticket at the olympics today might have been for the women's soccer match. it was the u.s. against japan. mark barger joins us from london with the latest. >> good evening. an electric atmosphere at wembley stadium today. the u.s. women's soccer team out to avenge their loss in the world cup final last summer to japan. they wasted no time getting down to business. >> morgan has got it. towards the back post and there's the opening goal! >> reporter: the u.s. women scored first in this match and never trailed? midfielder carly lloyd scored both u.s. goals. one in each half. >> it's all over. >> a third straight gold medal won before a sellout crowd at london's wembley stadium. >> the united states never stopping. >> reporter: the u.s. women's basketball team also has gold in its sights. they rallied in the second half to get past australia today. 86-73 to reach saturday's gold medal game. on the track, u.s. runner maneo

mitchell broke his leg during this heat in the men's 4x400-meter relay. but he still managed to finish his portion of the race helping advance the u.s. to the final. in a different heat of that same event, this collision between runners from kenya and south africa appeared to derail medal hopes for amputee oscar pistorius. >> it's just disappointing. it's a pity. >> reporter: on appeal, south africa was reinstated to the final. the kenyan team was disqualified. and after nearly two hours, the open water marathon came down to a sprint. hungary's eva ristov taking the gold over american hailey anderson by just 0.4. it's an event so gruelling the swimmers actually eat and drink while competing. and one other event that just wrapped up in the past hour nepu.s. women's water polo team won the first ever gold medal for this country.

8-5 winners over spain. maggie stephens scored five goals in that game. coming up tonight in nbc's primetime coverage, usain bolt back on the track trying to add the 200-meter gold medal to the 100-meter gold he won a few nights ago. >> thanks, mark. lots of good stuff at the olympics. but a lot of folks in washington have been waiting for this day. tonight, we finally get to see rg3 in action. he's making his preseason debut as the skins take on the buffalo bills. carol maloney is up near buffalo now at ralph wilson stadium where anticipation is building. is that fair to say, carol? >> that is so fair to say. this could be the moment that begins to change everything for the washington redskins or this could be the moment where we learn that rg3 is human. most likely, it will probably be both. rg3 may wear superman socks, fly around the football field but he's still a rookie. and the number one goal for him

tonight in buffalo is that he comes out of this game healthy. 12 to 20 snaps for him. griffin in warm-ups looked focused and ready to go. earlier in the week he joked a couple of 70-yard touchdown passes and a win, well, that wouldn't be bad either. no matter how he performs, though, there's sure to be plenty of overreacting. we do know that for certain. later in sports, we are going to hear griffin on how he is handling the attention and how the coaches are going to try to make it a bit easier on their rookie tonight. we'll see in just a few minute rg3 can kick off his career on the right foot. live from ralph wilson stadium, carol maloney. back to you guys. coming up, a new battle in court in colorado. the man accused of one of the worst mass murders in u.s. history faces a judge again. not everyone is ready to gamble on a plan to bring a vegas-style casino to prince georges county. but we're getting a better idea of which maryland lawmakers are

ready to roll the dice. google is ready to pay up big time for secretly tracking consumers on the internet. and a woman fell into a manhole and then made the call for help trapped seven feet below. >> are you injured? >> i think i scraped myself a little bit. i got the chance to start my own business.

i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves.

we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> lawyers for a man accused of shooting up a colorado movie theater say their client is mentally ill. a thirgsatch was supposed to focus an a gag order. it also included a discussion about the suspect's mental state. >> given the nature of the charges -- >> reporter: it's been two weeks since this initial televised court appearance. cameras have been barred from proceedings now as james holmes returned to court today for a hearing to determine just how much the public may get to know about the accused killer and the

ongoing investigation into the aurora movie theater massacre. lawyers representing at least 25 news organizations including nbc news are asking chief district judge william sill vester to unseal key court documents and loosen his gag order on the case. a motion filed by media attorneys says, quote, the public has an obvious and legitimate interest in knowing on a timely basis the actions being taken by the government officials, law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and judges responsible for the investigation, prosecution and trial of the defendant. but prosecutors warn releasing details of search warrants, evidence and witness interviews could jeopardize their investigation and prejudice a potential jury pool. >> the chief judge wants to make sure that this man gets a fair trial. that's clearly his goal. and what he has to decide is whether a blanket ceiling of all the affidavits and the register of actions is appropriate.

>> while the struggle to survive and try to move on is much more difficult for victims and the scarred community. >> at the end of today's hearing the judge says he'll take into account all the hearings and rule at a later date. the arguments from the defense could provide insight into their long-term strategy. they referred several times to holmes' mental illness and said they need more time to understand and assess what that illness might be. jay gray, nbc news, centennial, colorado. there's a major leadership shake-up at the nati's largest breast cancer foundation. the susan g. komen for the cure foundation. the president of the group is resigning next month and the organization's founder nancy brinker is shifting roles. she's moving away from its day-to-day management to focus on fund-raising and planning. at least five other high-ranking executives have resigned in recent months. earlier this month komen was criticized for cutting off its

funding for planned parenthood for three days. it reversed that decision following a public firestorm. doug is here with a check on our weather. we've got some iffy weather out there. >> oh, big time especially west of washington and west of i-95. this will be a very stormy period for just about all of us in the next 12 to 24 hours. so get ready for it. make sure you have your umbrellas all prepared. and bring anything that can float away outside or maybe blow away outside. you might want to think about bringing those things in. always a good thing. i think we're in for some severe weather over the next couple of days. this will not be a repeat of the derecho we saw. don't worry about that. a lot of people asking is this going to be another day where thousands of people are without power? i don't think so. tomorrow we're still going to have chances for severe weather. high temperature today, 95 degrees. a low of 76. today was the 27th day of 95 degrees or higher. that is second all time the number one year that was actually just a few years ago. 28 days. and i think we could get there.

so this could be yet another record. 93 degrees the current temperature out there right now with the heat index at 94 degrees. so a very hot and humid atmosphere. all you need is a trigger to enlist those thunderstorms. and that's exactly what we have out there. numerous triggers around. 91 in gaithers bu sgaithersburg. winchester, martinsburg, hag hagerstown. a lot of activity closer in towards the beltway. we'll continue to watch these storms form. one area here in towards southern portions of howard county around columbia, maryland in in the northern prince george's county. this storm not moving a whole lot. now extreme southern frederick county and extreme western portions of montgomery right along the river here. right along the potomac traversing in toward loudoun county. this is the biggest storm around winchester. a ton of lightning and a lot of rain. flash flood warning for you

folks around winchester and to the north. look at all the lightning with this storm. this one dumping a ton of rain. do not drive through any flooded roadways. we'll see that potential for some flooding over the next day as well because of the fact these storms are going to be moving in with a lot of moisture. look at all the moisture down to the south. this is the actual boundary. watch these storms fire off right here. and that line will make its way our way. this will be a widely scattered severe thunderstorm outbreak. i do not expect it however, to be like the derecho. not talking about millions of people without power. just get your plans in order. partly cloudy storms to the west. some of those will be strong tonight. temperatures 83 to 88 degrees. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy with storms possible. we could see some severe weather in towards tomorrow morning. and overnight tonight. temperatures 68 to about 76 degrees. and then we move through the day on your friday. mostly cloudy. storms cloudy. strong toer is ve er ier i er e.

very heavy rainfall. as we move through the next couple of days. saturday things start to really calm down. after about 10:00, 11:00 in the morning. we will see some shower activity early but then much better in the afternoon. sunday and monday, very nice. 88 on sunday. 91 on monday. we stay in the low 90s as we make our way in towards next week. we're not talking about oppressive heat. and another chance of some storms on tuesday but another big chance we have to watch out tomorrow. that is friday. today, however, is thursday. you know -- our backyard weather. veronica is out there right now in rockville. >> hey there, doug. i got a chance to go running off today. the smoke wafting off the grill right now. take a look at that. our last hit we showed you the koi pond. we said congratulations to alisa

on graduating. now i'm joined with a man who knows a lot about food. he happens to be proprietor and owner of a lot of the ming wa restaurants around d.c. this is a different kind of backyard barbecue here. what do we have on the grill? >> we have beef. we have the baby ribs and we have shrimp and then the chicken wings with -- mandarin chicken wing. and then the rib with the lemongrass and then the oyster sauce base for the steaks. and then the curry shrimp. all grilled. and we do that for catering a lot. >> exactly. i've been to your restaurant before. i know your food is so good. this is the real deal here. there's actual orange slices mixed in with onions. give us something secret. >> oh, wow. this is the gingers and the orange and the soy sauce base

there. and that is what we put together. and you have to marinade 24 hours before you can serve. that's probably the main thing. >> that's the main thing. marinade. over here we've got more food. what's over here? >> this is the rice noodles for, you can eat with that and some of the beans, vegetable and some of the fire rice. and some salads here. >> well, we are going to be tasting this in a couple of minutes. we're going to talk more about food. and i understand you are going to take me on in ping-pong. >> yes. we can do that. >> we're going to take that table way over there. that table where everybody is eating and we're going to turn it into a ping-pong table. be back in a couple of minutes. >> you know -- >> that's like a resort over there in their backyard. >> it is like a resort. and veronica, she's not coming back after that tonight. >> i wouldn't blame her if i were her.

i'd be doing the same thing. sit back. have a nice meal. enjoy the koi pond. >> send us pictures at weather@nbcwashington.com. coming up, a dramatic rescue of an american scientist in t theath thearctic. and another report from buffalo. rg3 getting ready

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firefighters are doing today in response. tracee? >> reporter: they are calling this an accidental fire. but now what prince george's county officials want everyone to do is to go into their own homes and make sure that they are safe when it comes to their electrical hook-ups and that they are doing what they are supposed to do. it's the sound that can save lives. today prince george's county firefighters went door to door making sure people in this community had working smoke detectors and a plan in case of a fire. >> make sure you can get out of your house okay safely in the event of a fire. >> reporter: this follows the tragic death of 5-year-old jade and her 15-year-old uncle. fire officials say the little girl and teenager were killed in a house fire that started due to an overloaded residential extension cord that was carrying a window ac unit among other items. >> manufacturers instructions must be followed and in this particular case the window air

conditioning units it states that it cannot be plugged in to an extension cord or power strip. it must be plugged in directly to the wall. >> while fire officials say the family had a working alarm it wasn't enough to get everyone out safely. the 5-year-old's father is now in critical condition. fire officials say her dad was badly burned trying to rescue his little girl and brother. >> he's burnt pretty bad. and he looked as if he was trying to go back in the house but just couldn't do it. and kind of passed out. >> reporter: today fire officials reminded residents they not only need a working detoerkt but an escape plan that everyone knows and has practiced. it all means that much more to greta draper after hopelessly watching her neighbor's home burn. >> just saw flames coming everywhere. smoke. and i was worried about the people inside. >> reporter: this is the kind of tragedy that makes everyone want to check and make sure that they are being safe in their homes. that's what prince george's

county fire officials were suggesting to the folks in this neighborhood. and they are hoping others will do that as well. we just spoke with a funeral director and owner of a funeral home in our area who says he is going to donate funeral services to this family and he is working to get in contact with them now. reporting live in capital heights, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. activists are gathering to support a gay couple. he and his boyfriend were attacked in northeast washington. in about a half an hour, supporters are expected to rally and hold a safety march in that same area. a proposed casino for prince george's county is part of what brought lawmakers back to work in maryland today. they are holding a special session to talk about a gambling expansion bill. the debate is far from over. derrick ward has our report. >> reporter: with that, the special kegs of session of the

maryland legislature got under way in annapolis. the big order of business, a sixth gaming license and expansion of existing games possibly to national harbor and prince george's county. now this seems like an issue that just won't go away. just remember a successful run for this gaming bill near annapolis just starts another process, according to one high-ranking official. it's a process that we should get ready for. >> if this bill passes, what you are seeing in the obama/romney ads are nothing compared to the ads you're going to be seeing in prince george's county if this bill passes because people in west virginia do not want this bill to pass. >> hurdles remain to getting to that place in this game. the opposition remains strong. >> because it's morally bankrupt. when you think about the fact that in prince george's county right now we've got the second highest level of foreclosures. and even though the argument is that the so-called clients and the customers of the casino will come from other states if it's right there in your backyard,

the temitatiptation is going to too great. >> reporter: there's the revenue, $40 million to $50 million for the state. for education and public safety and thousands of jobs. >> i think this sends a message that prince george's county and the state understand how you do business. and it's competitive. >> some of that competition could be among counties. anne arundel county executive john leopold worries a prince george's casino could hurt revenues at live! >> when you talk about harlless, what does that mean? it means there's harm being done that has to be addressed. >> reporter: if the gaming bill passes muster here in annapolis it will ultimately be up to the voters in maryland to see if a bet on more gambling pays off for the state. in annapolis, derrick ward, news 4. kaccatching a flight out of

dulles or national airports is going to get a little easier. a program at dulles calculates and posts wait times for security. it's in place at the main terminals east and west check points. travelers at national airport can now use tsa precheck to get through security faster. frequent flyers of delta, alaska and usairways and active military are also eligible for a faster screening lane. we're just a few minutes away from the first preseason game for the redskins tonight in buffalo. news 4's tom sherwood talked to fans eager to see how robert griffin iii is going to perform. >> reporter: at the crystal city sports pub thursday, the workday afternoon crowd was taking in 100 tv sets. tuned to all sorts of sports and games and contests. surrounded by hits of history in washington sports and this year's posted redskins schedule, big enough to be an eye chart. but all eyes now are on the new

skins' quarterback rg3 who is exciting long-suffering fans. >> first pass tonight, you'll be there? >> definitely. >> are they going to beat the bills? >> most likely. >> somebody has to light a fire under them. >> it's got to be more than a spark. >> yeah, it's got to be a whole bonfire. >> that team has needed a lot of help. he seems to be the guy that at least has a chance to do it. i hope he does. i'd love to see the redskins have a good season. >> reporter: the pub was laying in lots of glasses. ready for a sports night that includes another big night for the olympics in london, and the nats playing houston in what could be a storybook season for washington. what are you going to watch? >> i think i'm going to come here and sit at the bar and watch all of the screens. >> seemed like every year, they are very hyped. have a lot of potential. do well in preseason. and then things don't go so well.

>> reporter: back inside, the bar co-owner jim madden says it's a big night for sports and rg3 and the crystal city sports pub is hoping for the best. what would a winning redskins season do to your bar business? >> i wish i could tell you because it's been so rare that it's happened. but i know it would bring more business especially when it comes to the playoffs. >> tom sherwood, news 4. coming up, a woman fell into an open manhole but she handled it pretty well. google is willing to pay the price for breaking a privacy promise. how are we looking, doug? >> big-time storms out there right now. some of which in through western montgomery county, southern frederick county. another storm back around winchester. this has hail report with it and a new severe thuerstorm warning until 7:15. once again, a lot of storms going on. and we're just getting started.

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6:00. >> it was a cool head and a cell phone that helped in the rescue of an elderly woman who fell into a manhole. it happened yesterday it a suburb of chicago. that woman was walking near a shopping center when she fell seven feet into the sewer in an uncovered manhole. the woman was 76 years old. she couldn't remember exactly where she was. but she remained calm and dialed 911. crews were able to find her using her cell phone signal. >> you don't know how you got down there? >> no, because when i look up, there's just a little narrow opening. >> the nice thing about this whole story is how dispatch working together with our fire and police crews actually located her. >> firefighters dropped a harness down and then lowered a rope to bring her out of the hole. she only had a few scrapes. no word on why that manhole was uncovered in the first place. an american scientist suffering a medical emergency

has been safely evacuated. they requested the evacuation from the mcmurdo research station in antartica. the scientist needed immediate surgery. it is risky because ant ark ka is in the middle of its worst weather. and it's mars like we've never seen it before. nasa's curiosity rover captured this panoramic view of the red planet. these pictures were just released today. it's part of the mission to study whether mars ever had conditions that could sustain life. curiosity will be there for two years. >> that's exciting. sports is next. nationals continue to just do great things down in houston. up in buffalo, rg3 hoping to do

the same in his preseason debut. we've got

you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> hello, everybody. welcome back.

seeing some strong storms to the north and west of washington. the metro area high and dry right now. i think we'll stay that way. most of the activity should stay off to the north and west. still have some storms forming, including this one storm right here just to the west of chantilly. we're going to watch out for that storm. more storms in through montgomery county around poolsville. here's barnesville. seeing some fairly heavy rain. back toward greenville mills, right along 28 you are seeing that storm. then this one up toward balinger creek and it's moving towards buckystown. now let's go back to the west into frederick county, virginia. winchester seeing a sister stro -- very strong storm. i wouldn't be surprised to see two inches of rain falling. they have a flash flood warning in effect in that area. if you live here, please drive safely. yet another severe thunderstorm warning. this one for hamster county.

this one making its way to the west. all of that activity to the west of i-95. i do not think it will affect our backyard weather. that's where veronica is right now. no rain over your house. >> no, and i just took a look at the radar. it looks like it is going to skirt just to the north. we just hurried up and put all the food away. i'm in rockville, maryland. i've been talking with larry la. why don't you give us a little bit of a tour. that's one thing we haven't seen about your backyard and what makes it so tranquil. >> we have the pond back there with the water coming through. good luck. and then we have some different flower for different -- the summer and then the spring. >> it smells really good back there. >> and this is a good time to come. thank you for coming. >> and the guests are here. the guests have come out to come and see us. everybody say hi. >> hi, everybody. >> somebody come from new

jersey. austria. austria. and silver spring. everybody here. >> as promised come on. we're going to play. you get on at the other end and you have to serve to me. this is what you do after dinner, right? hit it. doug, that's it for backyard weather. of course, i am going to bring you become a little something-something. >> that's what i'm talking about. vance is about to do some sports. first thing you said when you saw veronica holding that paddle. >> when i saw him pick up the paddle. when you see a guy pick up a paddle like that, you're in trouble. >> that's what i mean. >> except for veronica is at a disadvantage trying to hold the mike and play ping-pong at the same time. not easy. >> true. >> not easy to figure out what to watch tonight. i guess start with the redskins,

though, because rg3 -- it's going to be over soon, right? >> actually something else. under armour. have you seen pictures of him? i hate those guys that can do that. >> they put the muscles in the shirt for you. >> no shirt that i've ever bought. >> they come like that. >> i hate those guys who put those shirts on and then they are like -- because i will never, ever in my life ever be able to do that. oh, well. never mind because football season has arrived. are you ready? skins facing the bills tonight. preseason opener. of course, the much-anticipated debut of that rock solid quarterback rg3. carol maloney, she appreciates what they look like in those shirts, too. she's up there in western new york. hi, carol. >> hey, guys. we get to see them in uniforms out here in pads and ready to go. it's the rg3 show. nobody knows what to expect but robert griffin iii does have his personal mission statement written out on his cleats.

seize the day. seize the moment. and everyone hoping he does just that out here in buffalo. griffin looked relaxed and ready as he arrived at ralph wilson stadium earlier this afternoon. he has an unusual rookie challenge. he's not trying to win a job or win over coaches. but as they say you never get a second chance to make a good first impression. with the football world watching, griffin does not want to have any growing pains. they've tailored the program. griffin wants to mentally and physically play like a veteran. >> a lot of times you can make a mistake as a rookie and everyone is going to say, hey, it's a rookie mistake. rookies are going to do that. but the way i look at it, you just have to not take that and say all right. they'll give me a pass because i'm a rookie. sometimes you have to be hard on yourself and make sure you don't do those types of things. i don't want to be the one to go out there and make rookie mistakes quote/unquote and say, it's all right. it's fine. i am just a rookie. >> you can't put the quarterback

in all those situations. you have to take the pressure off him. how do you do that? usually it's by running the ball and doing different things in the pass game. it's not asking him to do everything. you have to make some plays easier for him. when you do that you have to rely on other people. you get someone else has to make a play here and there and make it relaxed for him and you guys know he can make some plays, too. >> rg3 can only make plays if he can stay on his feet. here's the situation on the "o" line. three starters are out. jamal brown, corey lichtensteiger and chris chester. we're going to keep an eye on that. as far as the rung game, evan royster gets the start. we'll see a lot of roy as well. tim hightower is out. they are just keeping him moving slowly and keeping him out limited practice because of his acl injury. lots of expectations for everybody. most importantly, rg3. lots of questions. and we're sure to get a fuf those answers tonight. guys? >> thanks, carol.

doug and i want to make it clear that we want to see the very first play down the field bomb go long. let's see what happens. you can watch the redskins game tonight on nbc nonstop. that's at 7:00 p.m. baseball now where the nationals are living on the edge. three games in houston. three wins. by one run margins. but a win is a win, right? and the nats are getting it done. tonight, they are going for their sixth in a row. last night they kept things going thanks to a complete effort, total game by gio gonzalez. gonzalez with just one win in his five previous starts. but he sure did help his own cause last night. top of the second. man on first. there he is. blasted one left field. two-run shot. first career home run. teammates obviously are loving it as is he. nat nats up 3-1. bottom of the sixth, watch this. comebacker from carlos. boom.

quick reflexes. he's fired up but he's not done yet. johnson sticking with him in the late innings. scott downs up. sit down, boy. game is over. nats win, 4-3. afterwards, johnson loves the way his pitcher is working out. >> gio couldn't have been any better. he pitched an outstanding ball game. we hug a lot. i'm going to hug him more. my whole bull pen should hug him. but it was a great effort. great effort. >> hope that's whipped cream and shot shaving cream. golf now -- how would i know? no one ever did that to me because i never did anything. we've reached the final major of the year. pga championship just three wee weeks ago, the british open end ed in a surprise. what kind of drama might we see in the pga this time? down in south carolina, seeing

some great golf today. tiger woods on the 18th with the birdie putt. you know what he did? he sunk it. tiger finishes 3 under, three shots back of your leader. and that's him, carl petterson on the tenth. crushes this one. comes down. rolls to a stop just feet from the hole. look at that. wouldn't you love to do that, doug, just one time? >> just one time. >> he tapped it in for the birdie. he sits atop the leaderboard at 6 under. and finally an olympic spoiler alert. actually we're not going to tell you about the alert. you'll have to wait and see for yourself at 7:00. i hope they don't get into the water down there. that schwart like 90 degrees. it's like jumping into your bathtub. but what they are going to -- >> you, the person who likes it about 95 degrees in the studio. >> yeah, but not in the water. i want cool water when i jump in. >> just wondering. >> i'm just saying. bears are caught in some very unfamiliar surroundings. and for all your news, follow and for all your news, follow new[ male aouncer ] in 1996,

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up in just a few minutes. nbc 4 is your official redskins station. you can catch the opener against the bills tonight at 7:00 on nbc nonstop. we'll have complete highlights on news 4 following the olympics. and that graphic will tell you where to find nbc nonstop on your cable system. google will pay a steep fine for breaking a privacy promise. the federal trade commission hand down the $22.5 million fine today. the penalty settles allegations that google broke a privacy agreement and tracked millions of people who use apple's safari browser. it is the steepest fine the ftc has ever levied against a company. google acknowledges that it tracked people but says it was an accident and that it did not collect personal information. one more check on our weather. >> take a look at the radar. starting to fire up around the metro area. a strong storm right over tacoma park has some lightning associated with that. that's going to be very close to

the silver spring area. another one firing up right around the airport and then more in through montgomery county. we've got a lot of storms if you are traveling between the district and 270 up towards frederick. a lot of storms. some very heavy rain associated with that. tomorrow, i think a very stormy day with a high temperature of around 89. looking good sunday into monday before next week turning back into the low 90s. but tomorrow is the day to watch. stay right here with us. we'll keep you posted. bear sightings are not all that uncommon. but out west this week, the bears have been coming inside. in new mexico, a bear wandered right into the angel fire resort hotel. >> whoa. anybody there? >> a bear walking around the lobby. >> service, please. >> workers called police but the bear decided to leave before the officers got there. a different story at a candy store in colorado. the bear figured out how to get the door open and then went right in and ate an assortment of candy. we're talking winnie the pooh.

the bear visited the candy shop seven times. you think they would have changed the lock. the store owner says the lock was broken. it has been fixed. they haven't seen the bear since.