where members of the force are gathering to support each other. chris? >> good evening, jim. behind me you see officers from law enforcement agencies throughout the region here to show their support for the survivor and pay their respect to the officer who died in today's crash. we are learning from viewers who have e-mailed us that some of the police officers and friends have changed their facebook profile pictures to this, the shield or badge of a patrol officer in prince george's county adorned with a black ribbon and a blue stripe. >> the prince george's county police cruiser crashed into a ditch while chasing a suspect's vehicle in connection with an auto theft investigation. the officers were conducting that in the laurel beltsville area. the officers radioed in that they were on i-95 south. >> the suspect vehicle involved in at least one crime today is described as a silver acura with temporary tags. >> police are looking into

whether the acura purposefully cut off the cruiser, forcing it to crash. the patrol car was reject -- the he was 23 years old. he suffered massive head injuries. he was on the force 2 1/2 years. he was well-known since he was 15 or 16 years old he was a police explorer scout. his partner has been on the force one year. he suffered multiple injuries that are not considered life-threatening. law enforcement officers from prince george's county and other law enforcement agencies are gathering at prince george's hospital center. >> it's a very sad day for me, for my men and women who i represent, for the police department as a whole. i know that everyone will ekeep us in their thoughts and prayers. >> police are asking for those who saw the accident south of powder mill road in the beltsville area to come forward. >> if you know anything, to please call crimesolvers and help us out with this. we also ask for your prayers for

the two officers for their families as they're going through this and for prince george's county. >> this evening, county attorney angela brooks the top prosecutor issued a statement saying our police officer put their lives on the line every day to protect us from harm. and we will be eternally grateful for the sacrifice of this officer made for the citizens of prince george's county. live from the hospital, chris gordon, news 4. two members of the gop are under fire today. the romney-ryan ticket distancing itself from a missouri congressman for his comments to a st. louis tv station. >> if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> that's republican todd akin after he was asked if he supports abortion in the case of rape. after the interview, akin released a statement saying he

his spoke and has since apologized. steve handelsman is on capitol hill with the latest on this. steve? >> wendy, thanks. mitt romney wants to talk about medicare and jobs and the economy, not about rape and abortion. he's trailing in the national polls in the race for the white house in part because he is running behind with women voters. so romney and the republicans know this issue cannot help. >> the issue of abortion rights for the victims of rape exploding today. poses possible damage to the ryan #romney presidential campaign. with women voters. disproportionately weighed in. >> the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. >> it was republican congressman todd akin running for a senate seat in missouri who set off the firestorm questioning if all rapes are, in his words, legitimate. he was arguing against abortion

rights for sexual assault victims. >> it seems to me, first of all from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to shut that whole thing down. >> senate democrat claire mccaskill had been trailing. >> this is jaw-dropping and stunning. >> akin claimed he misspoke and says he has deep sympathy for women raped and apologized on the radio. >> rape is never edge lit mat. it's an evil act. >> mitt romney called the original statement inexcusable. but paul ryan recently opposed abortion rights. it's a double problem for republicans. >> one with women voters spusk specifically and secondly with the a agenda. putting it back on the -- they want to be on the economy. >> president obama claims obama care helps stop male politicians making decisions about women's health. >> or qualifying forcible rape

versus nonforcible rape. i think those are broader issues and that's a significant difference in approach between me and the other party. >> todd akin, he says he won't quit the missouri senate race. but in a clear indication of a worry in the upset of the republican party establishment, karl rove and his powerful crossroads gps super pac today pulled out of the missouri race. i'm steve handelsman, news 4. virginia senate candidate, george allen had this to say. "while congressman akin may have addressed his statement. like many men and women, i disapprove of his original comments and the sentiments behind them. having served on a rape crisis board, i saw how physically and mentally harmful it is for victims. there should be an exception for rape." virginia governor, robert mcdonnell will the criticized the comments saying the comments are in his words, "absolutely

wrong and appear to be based on bad science and bad facts." the governor is currently in tampa working on the republican party platform ahead of the convention. others are talking about a skinny dipping controversy in israel last summer. it was first reported by the organization politico. 30 republican members of congress took part in a trip paid for by foundation connected to a pro israel lobby. after a night of partying, 20 people on that trip jumped into the sea of galilee. one of the lawmakers, kansas freshman, kevin yoder, swam nude. house majority leader, eric cantor took part in the trip but was not present during that swim. he scolded the delegation the next morning. congressman yoder has since apologized. a young girl was sexually assaulted as she slept in her bed. police say they have the man who did it. darcy spencer talked exclusively with the victim's mother today. that happened early sunday morning at their home on

allendale drive in landover. police say 24-year-old deron west, who was a neighbor, used a ladder to climb into the house, then walked into the girl's room. the girl's mother says the 11-year-old child awoke to the man touching her. she yelled for help. the suspect then ran away. >> just make me sick to my stomach. why would you climb in my window? why would you do that? just having this play over in my head. what was he going to do to my daughter? >> prince george's county police say they were able to quickly arrest west because he left his wallet at the scene with his photo i.d. inside. the suspect is now facing a number of charges, including sex assault and burglary. the suspect's mother tells news 4 that police have the wrong man. we are just learning that rosie o'donnell suffered a heart attack. she says it's a miracle she's still alive. she suffered that heart attack last week and is now recovering at home.

she talked about it on her website rosie.com. the comedian is saying she was helping a woman out of her car in new york when she later felt pain in her chest and arms. the 50-year-old credited the survival to a quick internet search of sip toms. she took an aspirin that was recommended in the ads. a family in silver spring got an unexpected surprise this morning. a ride-on bus crashing into their house. it was 11 o'clock this morning along avanel road. the bus was making a turn when somehow lost control and plowed into the house. two people were inside, neither was seriously injured. >> i thought it was an earthquake at first. when i seen the bus, i was completely astounded. i didn't think this could happen. >> i thought how in the world could this have happened, why is there a bus in my living room? >> pat collins will have more on what may have caused this accident coming up in the second half hour of news 4 at 6:00.

might be showers tonight. doug, how close? >> they're real close to the metro area. along i-95. if you're thinking about taking a trip up i-95, to the south towards richmond, you're going to run into some rain over the next hour or so. 79 degrees the current number. wind out of the south right now at 12 miles per hour much here's where the rain is. you can see that line. it is a line making its way right across maryland in through portions of northern virginia. some of the heaviest rain in through portions of prince william county to the west of woodridge and quantico. still 20 minutes west of the i-90 corridor. up to the north, montgomery county seeing showers and even a few thunderstorms right around damascus right now. all that moving to the east. i'll show you when it comes through the metro area coming up in a bit. >> thanks, doug. skeletal remains were found in a grassy area along 395 in alexandria. a construction crew found it. it was in a grassy area near the

exit ramp from northbound 395 to east duke street. there's no i.d. that body has been taken to the medical examiner's office in manassas. police are working on a timeline. it happened along north carolina avenue where they found the victim unconscious on a porch a few blocks away. jackie benson has the latest from the eastern market area. >> investigators are trying to fill in the blanks to a very critical time period in this investigation. eight hours investigators say that is the amount of time that elapsed from when 29-year-old tc mass lynn was seen after midnight until he was found unconscious on a porch in the 700 block of north carolina avenue southeast at 8:30 saturday morning. >> d.c. police first direct commander daniel hickson addressed whether mass lynn was a robbery victim. >> we know where the victim was at about 12:30 in the morning.

shortly after midnight. we don't know exactly his whereabouts between that time of 12:30 and when he was found some eight hours later. >> news of the attack has neighbors very concerned. police confirmed street robberies are on the increase in the area. >> the robberies going down in that area. but they did come back up in july of this year. in july of this year, we saw a marked increase in july for robberies as compared to july the year before. >> police caution that most of those robberies did not involve violence. but situations where something like an iphone or an ipad was grabbed from the victim. reporting from the eastern market neighborhood, jackie benson, news 4. coming up, a girl taken from the playground. this crime goes just beyond a child abduction. it was the first day of school for thousands of kids in prince george's county.

still no permanent school superintendent in place. >> what happened to this house? was it an earthquake? fallen tree? runaway ride-on. i'm pat collins. i'll have the story coming up ziechlgts for the first time in [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work. this bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls. on july 12th president obama quietly ended the work requirement... gutting welfare reform. one of the most respected newspapers in america called it, "nuts!" saying, "if you want to get more people to work, "you don't loosen the requirements --

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phyllis diller, one of the original women of comedy, has died. diller was a housewife at the age of 40. she became a staple of nightclubs and tv at a time when female stand-up ws a rarity. she often referred to her husband as fang. diller suffered a major heart attack in 1999. she retired a couple of years later.

her long time manager says diller died peacefully in her sleep with a smile on her face. phyllis diller was 95 years old. president obama made a surprise appearance in the white house briefing room today just soon after mitt romney and paul ryan campaigned together in new hampshire. the president rebutted accusations regarding his positions on medicare, taxes and syria. danielle lee reports. >> nearly 5.4 million seniors with medicare have saved over $4.1 billion. >> president obama cited statistics he hopes soothes voters' concerns after his opponents accused him of taking billions from medicare to pay for obama care. >> do you think raiding medicare and putting bureaucrats in for it is an achievement? >> paul ryan and mitt romney campaigned together in new hampshire one week ahead of the convention. romney said the plan to tax the

wealthy will hurt the economy. >> what they don't understand is raising taxes slows down growth. it's like a dog chasing its tail. you'll never get to the balanced budget. >> i think it makes more sense and put out a detailed plan for a balanced approach that combines tough spending cuts with asking people like me, millionaires and billionaires to do a little bit more. >> the president explained why his campaign is pressuring romney to release more of his tax returns. >> if you want to be president of the united states, your life is an open book. when it comes to things like your finances. >> mr. obama also addressed the unrest in syria. he said the u.s. position on military involvement could change if chemical or biological weapons became a threat. democrats are putting martin o'malley in the spotlight up and at 'em democratic convention. he'll be a featured speaker. he spoke at the dnc in 2004 when

he was the mayor of baltimore. now he's serving his second term as governor. he's chairman of the governor's association. the 2012 dnc begins on september 3rd in charlotte, north carolina. and stay with news 4 for all your convention coverage. we'll have live team coverage from the republican convention next week. aaron gilchrist and julie carey reporting from pampa. also live coverage of the democratic convention in charlotte next month. a citizens group trying to ban all corporate campaign contributions. the organization called d.c. citizens for public trust committh submitted a petition that had there weren't enough legit signatures to get it on the ballot. the group has gone back over the names. it claims that the elections boarder roared in its count. the group is filing suit in d.c. superior court to get back on the ballot. another first for nasa's mars rover.

it's called curiosity. it leash -- it unleashed its laser yesterday from a rock the size of a softball. within seconds it vaporized it into plasma. each blast had more than one million watts of power. nasa says the goal of the exercise is to test whether the so-called chemistry cameras are working properly. there's hope the lasers could soon provide useful scientific insight such as measuring what those rocks are made of. they're made of rock, right? >> interesting. interesting and confusing at the same time. blow it up to figure out, i don't know what's going on. >> you should understand that. >> i'm trying, wendy. i'm trying. i do understand some rain. right now coming in across parts of the area, the nats taking on the braves tonight at nationals park.

is everyone taking them out tonight? maybe shower activity if you're thinking about making the game in the next hour or so. we have cloud cover now. the clouds preceding a little bit of a boundary. 82 degrees with a low of 69. the average high is 86. so today, once again, below average. the first time with three days below average. in a month we've been well above average. the month of august running above average. which is well above average. 79 degrees the current temperature out there. winds out of the south at 12 miles per hour. those winds may pick up just a little bit ahead of that frontal boundary. you can see where it is. 79 in washington. 66 in gaithersburg. 67 in martinsburg. that's the cooler air coming in. once again, if you're heading to the nats game, bring yourself a sweater or light jacket. here's the rain. you can see thunderstorms associated with this too. heavier rain to the south and up to the north. let's take a couple of stops through prince william county.

fairfax county. stafford county. fairly heavy rain. very close to i-95 here. if you know somebody who is making their way from washington through i-95 in the next 15, 20 minutes, give them a quick heads up. let them know they're about to go through fairly heavy rain that will last a while. the next hour or so, that's when i expect the rain to hit burke center. quantico -- the next 57 minutes. to the north, other showers and a few thunderstorms here making their way to the south and east. around gaithersburg and only seeing some of that rain in through howard county around columbia. this hour making its way close to i-95 in about the next half hour and here's the area that's going to come through the district. this is the lightest rain that's out there. around reston. herndon, sterling saw some of that rain. fairfax, falls church, this will make its way through the washington area in the next 37 minutes, fairfax the next minute

or so in an nonedale. you'll probably need the umbrellas for 15 minutes to half an hour. that rain will move out of here. i think we'll be a-okay. this making its way over i-95 in the next half hour towards the north. what are we going to be seeing? one frontal boundary moves to the south. this is actually a little trough coming through right now. that's helping to cool our temperatures down. an area of low pressure to the south tomorrow. that's where most of the shower activity should stay. on wednesday, it moves a little bit to the north. we'll see a better chance of showers, more cloud cover on wednesday. temperatures still in the lower 80s. we're going to stay on this cool trend right on through the end of the workweek. i don't for see any 90s at all any time soon. partly cloudy, scattered showers. 68 to 76 degrees. most areas x though, already in the mid 60s. partly cloudy, cooler with areas of fog tomorrow morning. 56 in some of the coolest suburbs to 69 in the city. tomorrow afternoon, a mixture of sun and clouds. warmer, still below average.

temperatures 80 to 85. can't rule out a shower. right now, i think most everybody should be on the dry side. better chance of showers on your wednesday with a high of 84. 87 coming up on thursday. friday, a high of 89. so we could top out around 90 there. but on the cool side, saying 89. the they can weekend, 87, plenty of sunshine, beautiful weather no matter what you're doing. it's looking very, very nice. >> excellent. still ahead, diana nyad. she wants to be the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark stage. she has to overcome a setback. apple has reached a new milestone. coming up in sports, the nationals getting ready for their biggest series of the year. the redskins prepare to wrap up the pre-season without two of their defensive starters and the two rookie quarterbacks talk about their very different about their very different

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fairfax county an abduction and sexual assault of a child. the victim is a little girl who was grabbed at a playground over the weekend. >> police are searching the area for a suspect. julie carey joins us with more from the lynn cone i can't area. julie? >> that police canvas started a few minutes ago. the officers are around the corner out of sight. they've started their canvas. few residents it seemed had heard about the attack that took place here this evening. now they're coming home tonight to the startling news that the man who attacked this little girl could still be in their midst. at these apartments, several mothers kept their kids entertained on this playground unaware that a day earlier iman

grabbed a little girl off this equipment. the 5-year-old was playing alone between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. had a man took her from the playground. he brought her into the basement of a nearby building and sexual lay salted her. the attacker let the little girl go. not long after she went home, the police were called. >> come home from my job. i saw the police here. >> jose has a 2 1/2-year-old daughter. but he didn't know until we told him why police came to this area near the corner of manitoba drive. >> very bad. so dangerous here. >> he and his wife never let their daughter out of their sight. this young woman lives at the complex with her 7-year-old brother. >> it's surprising. i'm speechless. i don't know what to say. like, wow. we let our kids, like my little brother go over there and play by himself. >> she'll be keeping a much

closer eye on her brother and the other children now that she's learned of the attack. the management company that runs the apartments tells us that they were asked by police not to notify residents about the attack. officers are informing residents themselves, passing out flyers and looking for information that could lead to a suspect. >> now, fairfax county police spokesman disputes what apartment management told us. they say they did not instruct the apartment managers not to notify residents. we know because of the police canvas going on inside the complex right now, residents will be alerted this evening and start helping supply police with information. reporting live from fairfax county, i'm julie carey, news 4. today, a prince george's county police officer was killed after a high-speed chase on i-95. it happened near the powder mill road exit. another officer was injured. they were chasing a car they thought was stolen. the officer who was driving lost control of his cruiser. he was ejected. controversy is providing

some money for a new breast health campaign. by planned parenthood. the organization raised about $3 million in donations last year after the susan g. komen for the cure group briefly stopped funding them. planned parenthood announced it would provide mammograms, ultrasounds. some money will go to outreach efforts. >> apple is now the most valuable company the world has ever known. that is because of a huge rally of company stocks this year. the creigh a for of the ipod, iphone and the ipad is now worth 6 -- more than $600 billion. that's higher than microsoft's peak back in 1999. a ride-on bus made an unexpected stop inside a home in silver spring. the bus was turning on to avanel road when it lost control, slammed into the house. pat collins has reaction from the people who were inside.

>> reporter: imagine you're standing in front much your house, along komts comes a runaway bus. there you are helpless as that bus, into your home. >> i said this guy not going to stop. i went back to the car. >> boom. right in front of me. >> all of a sudden without warning, a big out of control montgomery county ride-on bus goes barreling into the home on avanel road with such force, well with such force all that's left in the living room a lamp and a tv. now when this happened, the man was in this toyota car here. he saw the bus cut right in front of him over the lawn into the driveway, into his cab and then into his house. you saw the whole thing? >> i saw it. >> scary? >> very, very. i'm lucky. >> everyone? >> yes, i'm very, very lucky.

>> two of his sons were inside the house when this happened. uninjured. but boy, were they rattled. >> i thought it was an earthquake at first. when i seen the bus i was astounded. i didn't think something like this could happen. >> when you saw the bus in your house -- >> i thought how in the world could this have happened? why is there a pus in my living room? >> this happened around 11:00 this morning. bus 5352 on route to silver spring. a runaway. nine passengers on board. some treated at the scene, some taken to the hospital. their injuries said to be minor. not so minor the damage to the home, stripped of its front, condemned by the building inspector and his cab, his cab yet another casualty of this bizarre accident. >> it's beyond my imagination right now. i'm shocked. >> so what happened here? was it brake failure? was it speed or something else?

>> the investigation is under way. in montgomery county, pat collins. news 4. this accident raises new concerns about the safety of ride-on buses. just last month 30 were taken out of service because -- nearly a dozen had caught fire. the bus involved in the crash is not one of those buses taken out of service. a 19-year-old woman who has already been charged with dui and felony hit and run could face even more charges in a deadly crash. virginia state police say 19-year-old carol rude johnson hit a man in fairfax county early saturday. the man's name was clarence austin. he lived in d.c. they say he was standing outside his car stopped on the side of road when the other car plowed into him. police tracked down johnson later saturday morning. they say she could face even more charges as their investigation continues. 125,000 students in prince

george's county headed back to class today. the first day came amid changes in the school leadership. superintendent william height stepped down. he's going to run the school system in philly. dr. alvin crawley, a high ranking administrator has been named the interim superintendent. the prince george's county school board president says the permanent position is still very much open. >> dr. crawley can very much apply for the permanent position, but we want to make sure we have the right amount of community engagement, make sure it's a transparent process and our community is engaged in helping to select the next person. >> parents will have an opportunity to weigh in because there will be a moving forward forum tomorrow at bowie high and another one on august 30th at northwestern high. both will be starting at 6:30. coming up in the broadcast tonight, history made on the green in augusta. >> a surfing dog is being celebrated for a lot more than

doing that. how are we looking, doug? you. >> watching the rain tonight. take an umbrella with you. i'll let you know when the i'[ male announcer ] you paid in to medicare for years. every paycheck. now, when you need it obama has cut $716 billion dollars from medicare. why? to pay for obamacare. so now the money you paid for your guaranteed healthcare is going to a massive new government program that's not for you. the romney-ryan plan protects medicare benefits for today's seniors and strengthens the plan for the next generation. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message.

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she had a setback overnight. but diane nyad is said to be swimming strong today. she's trying to be the first person to swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage. she left havana saturday. she's now in the straits of florida. her team says a storm blew her off course last night and she was stung severatimes by jellyfish. but she's back on course. conditions have improved and if she makes it to key west by wednesday, she would be the first -- she'd be there in time for her 63rd birthday. for the first time ever, two women have been accepted as members at the augusta national golf club in georgia.

former secretary of state condoleeza rice and a financier named darla moore from south carolina have each accepted invitations to join that club in the fall. their invites and years and years of controversy at the club where the membership has steadfastly refused membership to women. former club chairman said he would not be pressured about ten years ago to change the all-male membership there. >> they liked what they had and didn't want anybody to change it. they wanted to keep it the way it was. they were wrong. they're admirable people. they've done wonderful things and they will be an asset to their club. >> in a statement, condoleeza rice says she's visited augusta national several times. looks forward to playing golf and forming new friendships there. dan, you ever played on that course? >> i have not. that's on my bucket list,

advance. >> the invitation is in the mail, right? >> one day i'll get to cross it off maybe. out here at redskins park, rg3 not the only hot quarterback in the locker room after practice today. also an injury update on brian orakpo and meriweather. [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work.

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oh, the rain moving in right now. you can see the darker clouds coming in over the city right now. a lot of dark clouds. yes, some rain beginning to make its way in across the region. currently, 79 degrees at the airport. wind out of the south at 12. these temperatures will drop here's that line going right down 95. nothing severe here. there are a few stronger storms. once again, not too worried about those. i-95 corridor down in virginia. prince william county, southern fairfax county through stafford and spotsylvania county in

fredericksburg. that's where the rain is now moving to the east at 20 miles an hour. quantico, heads up over you right now. indian head, 13 minutes, waldorf in about 45 minute for you folks. up to the north, this is through howard county, eastern portions of montgomery county and in through the district and the alexandria area soon. about 14 minutes in washington. that's downtown. bowie coming in in about 42 minutes too. we'll watch these showers go over nats park. taking on the braves. there will be showers at least early in the game. temperatures around 70 degrees. maybe in the upper 60s. you may need the umbrellas quickly and to take out the jacket just in case. now to sports with dan hellie who got a fresh haircut. i'm not going to talk about dan's haircut. i do want to talk about the fact

that one of the inevitable fact of life in the nfl and unfortunately, is the fact of injury. that's part of our problem down there, right? >> well, it is. it's not as bad as we thought it was going to be when you're talking about brandon meriweather, they both got hurt in the game and orakpo. i would be remiss if we didn't start with baseball. the nationals probably have their biggest series of the year to date. the braves who were five games back. the nats have a chance to pad that lead or the braves could chip away at it just a little bit. and also good news there. young outfielder brice harper playing much better as of late. he was struggling for a long time with this 19-year-old rookie. brice harper starting to feel pretty good. harper had been three for 32 on the nats recent road trip but started to turn things around on friday with a homer. then yesterday, his second at-bat, he drills one to right center.

a score on the play. harper end up at third with a triple. this was his sixth three-bagger of the year. he was just getting started. fast forward to the fifth. harper getting ahold of one. a bomb off of jeremy hefner. this goes into the upper deck. his 12th home run of the year. the nationals win 5-2 to take the series from the mets. now it's on to a huge three-game set against the braves starting tonight. >> you know, of the braves are a good team. they're going to play good baseball. you know, we're playing pretty well right now too. we've got good pitching coming up. it will be a lot of fun going to the series. good for baseball, good for us. >> it's a good series. i like them all. i try to keep on the kind of a level keel. not get too excited, not get too bored. all of them are important. but it's the atlanta braves. they've always been one of the best teams in the league.

we know they're pretty good. they know now we're pretty good. it's going to be fun. >> hopefully the weather holds out. there should be a pitching duel. tim had you had ton 14-5 in his career. but 0-2 this year on the bump for the nats. perhaps their best pitcher this season, jordan zimmerman an e.r.a. of 2.38. the lowest, the best in all of major league baseball. why we're here, we're talking redskins. there is a little quarterback news to get to. rg3 played okay in the second game of his nfl career. his backup, kirk cousins and fellow rookie played very well. almost led them to a comeback victory and it was a coming out party of sorts for kirk cousins. let take a look at what went down in chicago. cousins threw for 264 yard and three touchdowns. almost leading the skins to a fourth quarter comeback against the bears. the rookie fourth rounder out of michigan state in front of a slew of family and friends and

made a three hp hour drive from his town of holland, michigan. griffin the iii sacked three times. he had a costly fumble. five of eight for 49 yards. three starters. the good news, the kid is healthy. so far, nothing has really surprised us. >> i think it's as expected. i don't think it's more difficult than i thought it would be. i didn't think it would be easy. you know, i certainly didn't think that it would be hard ear. it's as expected. it's right there in between. there's a fine line between playing with fear and taking bad plays and playing with no fear. >> i treat every day as important. every rep in practice, i'm fighting for a job each and every day. they're trying to find the best quarterbacks in the world to come here and play that are available. i got to be on top of my job every day. pre-season games right now are my super bowl. i need to do as well as i can in every one i get a chance to play in.

>> cousins vying for that backup job battling it out with rex grossman. no quarterback controversy. rg3 firmly en frtrenched as quarterback. >> the key word here, in pre-season, they're trying to get them ready for the regular season. they don't need surgery on injuries. meriweather hurt his -- orakpo had a scary moment when he hurt his shoulder. it looked bad on the field. we caught up with him in the locker room today to get the lowdown. >> i'm very optimistic about it. the injury wasn't that significant as we originally thought. i'm very thankful for that. >> what did they say the injury was exactly? >> you know my pecs, it popped on me on the field. i was scared because i thought it was retorn. the good thing is it didn't come back this that way. i was able to just scar tissue built up in it. that's all it was. but it had the same reaction as

when i tore it. that's what scared me the most. that's why we had to do the procedure out there on the field. >> just some scar tissue. that's the good news. remember, folks, nbc 4, your official redskins station. you can see their pre-season home opener against the colts right here at 4:00. after the game, we'll have complete post game coverage with highlights and reaction from the locker room. the colts coming to town, they're led by number one overall pick andrew luck who will always be linked and compared to rg3. rg3 picked after him with the second overall pick. luck was in action last night as his colts were taking on the pittsburgh steelers. their second game of the pre-season. luck did not duplicate his debut when he had two touchdown passes. things tougher against the steelers. reggie wang picked off by ike taylor. he goes 49 yards for the touch. it was a mixed bag for the top pick. he goes 16 of 25 for 175 yards

with two interceptions. he did run for a touchdown. like the skins, the colts fall on a late field goal 26-24 was the final. one final note, vance, if you want to try out for the terps football team, they're going to hold open tryouts for walk-ons. it's on september 3rd. this is a little odd. we can all go out there. >> walk on and crawl off. five minutes later. that's like a death sentence. >> yes, it is. my friend. >> thank you, dan. >> you also have to be a full-time student to do that too. coming up, an important lesson on courage from a dog who loves to ride the waves. >> for all you, we invite to you >> for all you, we invite to you follow news

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rattled the east coast damaging two towers of the cathedral. it knocked over gar goils and other statues. it has taken a year now just to stabilize the grounds. for the first team this week, some stone masons will be able to go in and start their work. the national cathedral hopes to raise $100,000 for renovations by thursday. for more information about this, you can -- on how to help, go to our website, nbc washington dm. tonight at 11:00, we're staying on top of that deadly crash on i-95 and beltsville. a very young police officer was killed and another critically injured. rosie o'donnell recovering at home after she suffered a heart attack. why the comedienne credits a tv commercial with saving her life. the national zoo is watching and waiting. how long before we know if another panda is pregnant? that's tonight at 11:00. still watching some showers. still watching a few thunderstorms. right now coming right over i-95, including the downtown

area of the district. take a look and show you the radar picture. you can see what i'm talking about here. the radar showing the rain just to the west of i-95. if you fllive in maryland. the heaviest is to the east if you're in west virginia. these are heavy downpours through the area. the heaviest through eastern portions of montgomery county. also parts of northwest washington. through fairfax county and down to the east. alon the potomac. quantico and woodridge. southern maryland, you're going to get this next. through the next couple of days, 84 degrees tomorrow. can't rule out a shower. most should be dry. better chance of shower activity on wednesday. high of 84. 87 on your thursday. 89 on friday. what i think could be a beautiful weekend right now. still way out there. looking very, very nice. >> something to look forward to. thank you. >> it seems that there's always a new way somebody is coming up to use a dog. this is the first time that we

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