r the playoffs this morning. the nationa first playoff game f hou away. go morning, everybodgil. >> good morning to you. i'm e yang. wee at nationa park where it nothing but exciting here. the energy is building. s such a great day for a game. wet to know what the will be like fo pitch goes off at 3:07. les che with tom curran for a check of the weather. go morning, tom. >> good morning. grt to you there at s park. it cool now, but by first h time, partly sunny. bel in the mid to upper 70s at first pitch time. la in the game, a lot of cl. wel have a bright, high ov. may play a role in the pos and high balls. th may get lost in the cloud co 74 and near 70 for the last out

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welcome back. i'm eun yang live at nats park. and you know the excitemen and on for this game is since the nationa such an exciting day for the fa, f the city, just in in general putting their r the first game of the po wew the tickets sold out y but the a lot of tryin to get in line for the standing room only ti ch revenue marketi manager here to tell us what we need w about coming to the ga. wew coming early is im but what's the best pieces of he best experien k your tickets. come early. ma sur the tickets are for do those two things you come to the park, have a good experien. we can't reprint tickets at the

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e infield or fly balls on the ou may be hard to say t a bright overcast. low 70s to mid-70s. fit pitch is at 5:37. we'l be in the low 60s by then and then dropping into the 50s winds will settle down. thl diminish during the ga. wel bek to the mid-50s by e last out tomorrow. les check with melissa this mo e breaking news and friday trc trouble. >> breaking news again in la. 198 b sweitzer lane and n dusen road. you cannot get on 195 off 198. jos be road at connect av. cot ave southbou, some downed wires here. yon see pepco and police on e scene. not slowing down too much but l a warning as you head out

th morning. wed 50 at sully road. wee an overturn car. no injuries but we're down to e lane at sully road. 395 southbod at shirling tom and 95 looking pretty good well. ba in 10 minutes with some time. now we head over to eun yang who at nationa park this g looking good in her red. pued up, right? >> for sure, melissa. i goi to say the same g about you. your red as you tes what's happeni on the of thousan of people will headings m for the game. meo is your best option, and sure to leave early. gi youf plenty of time. itl be very busy and metro asking that fans fan out on e stations themselves the navy yard statione sfeshl b.

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ths n like playing in frt of the home team crowd and jan pugh from news4 sports tell us why home team ag is so importan t experiee in the nts may na but the nationa home advantag if needed. ac will take place at park starting this af >> playi your games at home is sog everybo wants to do. ho we' go from this 2- th play well at their home. we look forward to going there victory. >> i'm expecti it to be very el. m pretty sure the fans will be hyd and on another level, so post-sean baseball >> first pitch today at nats pa at 3:07. st strasburg will make his t ever post-sean start.

>> the home team advanta a big de. wee cer happy that the are playing at home today d tomorrow. exciting, so happy to be he. wee hoping the fans, this crd will be helping the nats t the big win today. aa we'll send it back to you in the studio. >> it' going to be a packed e out there for sure. wet to show you some really video we've come across. the library of congress just this video of the 1927 gas 7. th the last time won the world series when they we called the se. the senators then beat the lion. or follow everythg nats just our free nbc washingn app to your smartpho. for comple coverage for the playing run, you can go to

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short line. 11 peoe are here, includi di. done the standing room thing before.w is it and do yo yo to be? >> i was on the third level. it why come out here so early in the morning? >> i had no idea how long the li woube. the game is importa because a playoff game. >> how do you k they' g to do? >> win. >> and so obvious with such a t line, most of these folks, all of them probably are going get tickets. ba to you guys at the studio. or eun, back to you. >> thankyou, megan. we ima that line is going to gr. limited standing room 9:00 on tickets, trying to get in e game one way or another. s having a fun day aswell

wee goi to talk to the owner abt what this game means not on to his team, his family, bu the entire region as we rally around this s team. ba to you.s for sure out e in nats park. wel see you back there in a minutes. th. 6:48 now. if you're not one of e tens of ths of fans cheering the na ins the park, you may l want to head to d.c. to park is holding a big y today. hog all sorts of events toy and tomorrow before and r the games. th be local bands, food, fa activiti, too. yoll als be able to watch the t yards park. decision 2014 today. re clear politics now calling e tenth congres distric ra a toss-up. re state delegate a comstock running against su john faust, who is . one of them will be replaci

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hi. her fy maintai she ran out of fear by police. key was shot five times. her one-year daughter was al in the car. will ho a silent no t rig in front of the ca we are pumped for the t today. tom and i couldn't make it out nats park so we brought nats to us. wee a live picture of the o we e mov happeni th and it is going to be a day for some ba. >> pinch me, i can't s going on. heaven. wee got the orioles, of co, playing game 2 and then e fir pla game for the nas in the nlds against the giants. fit pitch at 3:07. st strasburg takes the mo going to be an awesome ga. i can't wait. the at nats park, it's going e a bright and nice day.

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da. r that, sun back saturda n with that breezy r mg in. how cold will it get sunday mo d to upper 3h of the re. a ratr cool monday, too, but g milder as we get into week. on a small chance of a shower e on tuesa here with breaking n on the road. >> cho 4 over the scene now laurel we've been telling you abt ts morning. 198 b sweitzer lane and n dusen road. the turni around ea ths because of lines down. volume there.way, seeing some ta a look at 95 in virginia heg into town, you're tu looking pretty good l you get to the city. its a little slow. pr georges county looking at this point this morning.

wee single traffic between spk and grover. th could be a little slow. >> it's 6:54 now, and liberia it plans to prosecu the eb patient in dallas. th all stems from a qu th duncan lied when he said never came in contact with r ebola victims. his hometown neighbo are g how duncan got the di thd duncan helped a sick n get into a taxi. th taxi driver told nbc news took them to four hospita t he never touched the woman hims >> she was not able to walk by he >> did you help her get out of e car? >> no, i did not help. >> now, that woman later died ebola. an nbc news crew is returni to the u.s. from liberia after a can tested positive for eb e cameraman worked with chief dr. nancy snyderma

wel hear from his parents on the "tow right af nbc4 today. t goverr tried to make a sta senator in of. php puckett ended up reg earlier this year. dr. terry mckohlive, chief of st possibly made an offer to pu say his daughter t get a state job if h re in office. the governord make a call about s for puckett's da. >> i'm eun yang live at s park, and this park is ale with anticipn for tos first game of the po and the nats arrive at this day a lot of heart. thu for being with us this mo my pleasure >> fir of all, co te me your thoughts leadi up

to this game. th mus thrilli for you d you family. >> it's pretty amazing. ths the kind of stuff you m about as a young boy and an old man. i'm very excited not only for r family, but our fans and the en organiza. they wd so hard to get th >> and that hes another thing. it not just their arms around the nationa team. >> it's thrillin for 30 years, it's really cool i fan re love the team. th love that we're dedicat making sure that we're e for years to come. >> thank y so much. cos and go, nats for su, right? >> go, nats. >> we ar looking for a win for su, aaron, and before we le we just want to tell you

t the exciteme, the energy th real of being here on beaut day. wel send it back to you in the stud >> we're looking for a lot of n out there. ni look at weather? >> yeah, great baseball weath he and in baltimo for both ga l hav temperas in the 70s. co weather for the weekend d mid-70s next week. >> tha it for us this mo we appre you waking up with us. the up next, of cour we

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