nfl but not everyone is sad to see her go. we start with mark segraves. there's a mixed reaction to her announcement, mark? >> reporter: good evening, chris. you know, since she took over as chief, public opinion polls have showed that cathy lanier's popularity far exceeds any official in the district of columbia. today, she said, well, it's all part of the job. >> always be honest and be yourself. people may not like what you say but if you're telling the truth, that's your job. >> reporter: d.c. police chief cathy lanier will step down as the nation's top cop and move to new york to work for the nfl. >> now we will wish well a very talented police officer in wishing her the best in her future endeavors. so the national football league, you've got a good one here. >> lanier joined the force 20 years ago, a single mom who

she hopes young girls today can learn from her story. >> there's nothing that's not possible with hard work. your attitude and hard work will get you wherever you want to go and a lot of young people don't have that confidence, especially if they have that background. >> reporter: she's had a tumultuous relationship with many of her officers and while the chairman of the d.c. police union thanked her for that service, the treasurer blasted her on social media today saying in a statement, "lanier should be ashamed that she's leaving the department in such disarray. 994 officers have fled in just 2 1/2 years and morale has never been worse". >> you can't be the boss and do a job of 5,000 employees and think that there is going to be somebody that is not happy. i have a bunch of people that say thank you and a bunch of people that say why are you doing this? >> reporter: we've been

headquarters and people walking by and people are asking if she's going to coach the redskins and, no, she's going to be head of the security for the entire league. she leaves with a $180,000 a year pension for life. her last day here in d.c. will be september 17th. doreen, back to you. >> mark segraves, thank you. we have team coverage of lanier's big move. tom sherwood has a look at what is next. no question, she's made a huge impact in this community and filling her shoes is going to be a big challenge. >> as mark just said, the chief leaves on september 17th. mayor bowser is gearing up to run for re-election in 2018. that will start next year. she cannot have a new chancellor and police chief fumbling around trying to learn the job. anything like that would be big

politics for her. you think they are looking for an interim or permanent? >> permanent and that is a big deal for re-election. >> how big of a deal is it for a police chief to stay on for ten years? >> her predecessor was there for eight years. police chiefs usually stay for three to five years. it's a very difficult job. >> i admire her life story, dropped out of high school, raising a -- a single parent raising a child. that's a side of her that has hit home with a lot of people. >> the polls show that she's very popular among the citizens. she's met with community leaders and had issues with some council members and all of that. but you know, whoever

appoints, this is going to be a big deal. you saw a report that a lot of officers have left. we have enough money in the budget for 4200 officers. it's closer to 3700. it's not because they are all leaving because they are unhappy, they are retiring. they are old. the chief told me that all of her major staff is old enough to just walk out with her if they wanted to. so whoever the chief is has got to rebuild the d.c. police force. >> a tough time to recruit new police officers, isn't it? >> officers went a long time without pay raises and that didn't set well with many of them. >> nfl security. talk about a dream job. >> i hope she gets a book of tickets. >> thank you, tom. go to our nbc washington app and search lanier. i want to take a turn to the weather. we have seen a few storms in our region but the real story is the

oppressive heat. >> how long will the 90s stick around? doug? >> we had a couple of stronger storms earlier, even a severe thunderstorm watch that was issued even for the d.c. metro area until 11:00 tonight. it's being canceled, though. montgomery county, that will be taken out within a few minutes and i do not expect to see any thunderstorms in our area tonight. so this watch, yeah, it was issued but we're not seeing much. look at the thunderstorm activity that has now weakened. now just some storms and showers around gaithersburg. this shower making its way to the north and east. it continues to die off. high temperature today, once again, mid- and upper 90s. tomorrow, still in the 90s but you'll notice a trend here as we head towards the weekend next week. you'll like it. see you back here in just a minute. >> thanks so much, doug. tonight we're hearing new accounts from neighborsf

killed a man of inova fairfax hospital. we've been learning new details about the minutes leading up to that shooting. julie carey is live near the scene. julie? >> reporter: well, that shooting took place right there at a bus stop. the man who had been a patient was escorted out to that bus stop by security guards at around 10:00 last night and the police chief says that's when he had some kind of an apparent mental health episode. the shooting seen at this bus stop, photographed on the ground, a deadly weapon last night in the hands of a mentally disturbed man. this woman lives nearby. >> i heard the shots from upstairs and i looked through

>> reporter: police say the 29-year-old man had been a patient at the hospital but was escorted to the bus stop by security staffers. soon after, they were alerted that he had some kind of weapon. >> some way, shape or form the assault male was suffering a mental episode. >> reporter: when security guards responded, the men struck one of them and a deputy sheriff on guard duty at the hospital was first to respond. the deputy tried to negotiate with the man. >> the adult male came at him with the sign post ready to strike. >> reporter: the deputy fired several shots. first aid was rendered and the deputy involved, an 18-year veteran, now on administrative leave. the woman who

had just stepped off a bus and was troubled by what she had seen. >> he wasn't like waving at them. >> reporter: she and others who work nearby reluctant to judge this use of force. >> i don't know. i wasn't there. >> regular updates will be given as they continue their investigation. one question i have about this, if this patient had to be taken to the bus stop by security guards, why weren't police called sooner? there is a county mental health center. when i asked the hospital spokesperson about that, she couldn't answer. she's barred from talking about the patient because of hipaa regulations. back to you in the studio. >> all right. julie carey reporting from fairfax, thank you. tonight, pepco is working to restore power after a transformer blew.

underground transformer when the firefighters got there. we just checked with pepco and they are not sure when the power will be turned back on. more than 12,000 work in the buildings affected by the power outage. and 911 service is being impacted across the entire d.c. region. sprint says landline customers are reporting trouble with voice and data service. several local governments across virginia and maryland says sprint's cellular service is also having problems. text 911 in many jurisdictions in our area. now to the presidential race and a new survey monkey weekly tracking poll that finds hillary clinton still leading donald trump across the country. in fact, the polls show that it hasn't changed much if at all since last week. clinton is at 50% and trump is falling further behind. hillary clinton has new e-mail issues and steve handelsman

she is facing now. >> reporter: chris, thanks. republicans finally getting their hands on hillary clinton e-mail documents, fbi evidence that they've wanted for years, could definitely affect her campaign and that's what they are going to get. at the same time, if recent polling is correct, clinton has cut into trump's lead with whites and when it comes to women, she has a 16-point lead. hillary clinton went to philadelphia to whip-up turnout. >> we are going after wall street so they pay their fair share! >> reporter: clinton support is diverse, blacks, latinos, city and suburban people, now rejecting the republican nominee. >> donald trump is doing well in rural america but hillary clinton is cleaning his clock in urban and suburban america. >> reporter: the fbi

hand over documents. clinton and trump have giant negatives in today's survey monkey poll. only 19% of republicans say trump is honest and trustworthy. just 12% of democrats say clinton is. on temperament, clinton gets 39% from democrats. trump, just 19% from republicans. including many of the educated women he badly needs. >> they are overwhelmingly supporting hillary clinton now, not donald trump. that is a group that he ought to have that mitt romney did pretty well with and that donald trump is not doing well with. >> reporter: trump headed to milwaukee to support police days after the violence after a black cop killed a black armed suspect. trump on fox today. >> it's called law and order. >> reporter: trump mostly reaching out to the white working-class voters that he's already got. it's a formula for defeat. donald trump himself said today, "i'm going good.

meanwhile, here on capitol hill, the ranking top democratic on the house benghazi committee, elijah cummings, said that the fbi has determined that there was insufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing of former secretary of state hillary clinton and republicans are desperate, he says, to resuscitate this issue and detract from donald trump's sagging poll numbers. >> change in tv's political landscape, long-time host john mclaughlin has passed away. he was 89 years old and an ordained minister and once served as a speechwriter for president richard nixon. you may know him as the host of "the mclaughlin group" and most recently on pbs. just this past sunday, he missed his first show in 34 years. it's not clear yet

still ahead, a top lawmaker gets a firsthand look at the damage as residents talk about the emotional trauma that lingers days after that deadly apartment explosion. big cop, little woman. a disturbing encounter here on h street. 7t

now to the latest in the deadly explosion in silver spring. senator ben cardin toured the site today. news4's chris gordon is in silver spring with the latest. chris? >> reporter: well, doreen, senator cardin met with residents of the apartment complex. what he learned is that many families are asking for psychological help. they are especially concerned about their children who are preparing to start a new school year. senator cardin toured the site of the explosion thanking county and federal crews who are working tirelessly in the intense heat. >> can you imagine working in 100-degree weather. the trauma, first of all, of having to recover bodies doing it day in and day out. >> reporter: the trauma is shared by families in nearby ap

psychological help. >> 100% of the family can't sleep because everyone is scared. >> reporter: even teenagers are reliving the nightmare. >> we cannot do regular things. we simply cannot go throughout our day without ever thinking of that traumatic experience that we all had that night. >> reporter: montgomery county executive and senator cardin met with residents at the community center today to hear what they need. >> there are mental issues that need to be dealt with, fear, a lot of things that need to be attended to. one of the services that we're looking at providing is how we can meet those needs. >> a shovel carefully digs through the debris. so far, six of the seven people missing since the explosion and fire have been found. i asked when those who have been recovered will the identified. >> we're hopeful that the identification process will be moving much further forward within the next couple o

>> reporter: atf fire investigators are getting closer to determining the cause of this explosion and fire. >> we are hoping to have it formalized by the end of the week. >> reporter: as you can see in our live picture, the search and recovery mission will resume tomorrow but the hope is that they find the seventh and final missing person that they can identify all of them and return them to their families for proper burials. chris lawrence, back to you. >> thank you so much, chris. floodwaters are rising in de -- decreasing in some areas but rising in others. there was historic flooding and rescue teams have pulled 20,000 people from ruined cars or homes. officials have declared 12 parishes

clears the way for federal aid. and it's the end of the road for a local athlete. >> gary russell lost his bout in boxing but a lot of people feel he got robbed. >> reporter: that's true. a lot of controversy. he comes from a family of boxers in capitol heights. he lost in a fight today but just about everyone watching that fight thought he was the dominant boxer. at one point, he even knocked down his opponent and yet the judges -- and that's what they go buy in the olympics -- the judges decide what you did. that's the judges that decided that he lost there was booing. it was that controversial. tonight, we'll hear from gary russell and hear from his father

mayweather was in the arena and he was not happy about that. you know, it's always fun running into local people here at the park and i ran in to two women from the washington area and they are really enjoying these olympics. they are not here just for the olympics but here to enjoy rio. >> reporter: kelly and serene are athletes themselves, or they were when they were younger, so they need to see the best in their fields. that's why they have the hot tickets. >> it's been a dream of mine to come to the olympics because i ran track in high school. when they announced it was in rio, i was on it. >> i used to do gymnastics in high school so to see simone biles and see her win gold was amazing.

brought me to the olympics, just to see the olympics. >> did you think that was risky to do that? >> well, no. we researched because there is 24-hour security so we did look up locations as far as other main sites and close to the metro. so we figured we were in a good location. so far, we haven't had any problems. >> we've seen the army and police everywhere and then we visited the sugarloaf, a lot of different attractions and we've seen security everywhere. we feel pretty safe here. >> reporter: so far, they love rio and all it has to offer. they are even going to take sam ba lessons. >> it's a dream to be here and embrace the culture. >> reporter: are you enjoying the drink? >> i've had one since i've been here. we actually watched the opening ceremony at my place and i was serving caparinas. the ones here are much stronger

than back home. >> reporter: yes, indeed, they are. you have one or two and you feel like you've been brought down by an elephant tranquilizer. it's tough. but the more you do, the more strong you get and the more resistance you build up. a couple of things coming up tonight. for gymnasts, it's going to be the last day of competition for both the men and women. in track and field, the men's high jump, and then you have women's beach volleyball. that is going to be a big one. it's the u.s. versus brazil. that's going to be hot. >> wendy, thanks for sharing their story. i think when you watch the olympics you wonder what it would be like to see that in person. >> reporter: yes. it's fun. >> i can't imagine what her alcohol tolerance is going to be

rio. >> we'll see you later tonight. thank you, wendy. still ahead, the costly and complicated job of rebuilding the washington national cathedral five years after an earthquake damaged the landmark. busted in a human trafficking sting, the online tool police used to track down the suspects. it's a sport that brings in big money. the recent death of dozens of r one day, history was made. number 21 in the books. a dog, talked. we're decedent from the mighty wolf. a voice was heard. if you build it, he will come. a girl discovered magic. a revolution began.

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well, the heatwave continues and the really hot heatwave continues, too. seven days in a row, including today, of 95 or higher. today, we hit 97 degrees and even had three days at 100 degrees over the last couple of days. we're going in the right direction. we're going back down. we saw a couple of shower and storms earlier. now, take a look. nothing is left. the severe thunderstorm watch as expected, i tweeted this out, around 4:30, 5:00, the watch would most likely be canceled after 6:00 and it canceled that watch. that's what we're seeing here. the only game in town. this one is right here. a shower that was severe earlier. now it just has some showers associated with it around the sandy springs area, really, again starting to die as it moves towards off to the north

stronger storms up towards the north. those are dying off, too. severe thunderstorm watch around philadelphia. i expect that to also be canceled. back to the west, more severe thunderstorms. this line is moving our way and by the time it gets here, it will also start to die out. not worried about severe storms tonight or tomorrow. we'll see the boundary move across our region. also, just like today, temperaturewise. 94 degrees. winds out of the southwest, 14 miles per hour, still on the hot side. especially where we have not seen the rain. 93, fredericksburg. you notice where we have seen the rain, gaithersburg, leesburg, all in the 70s. nicer weather there. not much of a heat index. it's over 100 across our region for i-95 down to the south and east. tomorrow, we're staying below 100 in most locations. a tad cooler. still a high in the 90s. still talking about the heatwave. 93 degrees for a high tomorrow. still hot and humid.

maybe a couple of afternoon storms but, once again, not expecting much. around the area tomorrow, upper 80s to 90. 94 in fredericksburg. a little cooler tomorrow than it was over the past couple of days and the trend is a good one. they say in weather, the trend is your friend and that's exactly right. 90 on thursday. 92 on friday and then look at this, some pretty nice weather as we head into the weekend. highs in the upper 80s on saturday and sunday. we go to 92 on monday. but whoo, beautiful weather in store for next week. i'll talk much more about that at 6:45. >> thank you, doug. a controversial confrontation is going viral. what we're just learning about this heated exchange between a young girl and a d.c. police officer. a new twist in a decade's old murder mystery. who is now

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still working to repair a d.c. landmark. >> despite all of the time and money we spent, there's only been 13% of the exterior work that has been done. >> concerns on the track. local horses being pushed too often. >> thead like to know what is going on at this track and some of the other tracks that has high mortality rates. >> tonight, the i-team investigates. >> we begin with a dramatic video where a police officer holds a woman up against the police cruiser. >> reporter: big cop, little woman. it was caught on camera and a lot of people saw it. >> it looks abusive to me. he's way tall and she's little. she's like a little kid. >> report

chance to see what happened, people were upset by what they saw. >> brutality. >> take a look at this video posted on twitter. the police officer has the woman pinned against the suv. her feet is dangling below. then, he let's her go. >> it's upsetting because he shouldn't have to use that much force. >> reporter: it happened near a bus stop at 7th and t streets northwest. it's unclear what prompted the officer to do this but there was an exchange of words at the beginning. in the end, no charges filed. the woman released. >> it stirs up feelings because that could be me or my sister or my mother. >> reporter: on twitter today, she had this to say about the encounter. >> it's harassment. either way you look at it, it's harassment. i'm a school teacher. i work out here and help these kids all day every day. there's no reason to assume that i'm out here

thing. >> reporter: police officials know about this we are waiting to hear what they are going to do about it. >> pat collins, thanks. a new twist in the lyon sisters' case. the man charged with killing them as pleaded guilty to perjury. lloyd welch was charged with the murders. patricia welch is her aunt. her husband, richard welch, has been named a focus of the investigation but has not been charged. prosecutors say she told witnesses not to cooperate with the investigation. and then lied to the grand jury about it. patricia welch entered a plea today and that does not admit guilt but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence to obtain a conviction. welch was given a two

suspended sentence. police have solved a human trafficking case. tracee wilkins takes us in. >> reporter: their ad talks about hard work and following dreams. in reality -- >> they use it to recruit women to sell their sexual services for profit. >> reporter: these two are charged with trafficking women since 2013. the maryland attorney general and prince george's law enforcement were at the press conference today. >> at least two of the women who are mentioned in the indictment were teenagers when this started. >> we are vigorously prosecuting both pimps and their customers and we will continue to bring them to justice. >> reporter:

to $1,000 a week to escorting. >> once they removed the women from their homes and their familiar surroundings, they would control and direct the location and movement of the victims at all times. >> prosecutors say they relied on backpage.com to build their enterprise. >> it was used to recruit the young women and then, second, it was used to recruit their customers. i don't think they could have -- they could not have engaged in this enterprise without backpage. >> reporter: there are other suspects associated with this sex ring but no word yet on if they are expecting more indictments. tracee wilkins, news4. >> metro gm

safety surge currently under way on the red will be extended through sunday and there will be seven new weekend shutdowns on both orange and blue lines. this is happening to do work on the interlockings. more changes are expected to be announced next month. you can see all of the changes over on our nbc washington app. next, a political shakeup after a local mayor is arrested in a sex for drugs sting. what we're learning about his replacement. five years and millions of dollars later, what still needs to be done to fix the national cathedral after the extensive earthquake damage. we're looking at the south and west from northwest d.c. you see clearing out there. it looks like a nice sight tonight. a very nice forecast. the days after that, wait until you see wh i have coming. at

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tonight, we could find about the timing for a special election to replace the fairfax city mayor. scott silverthorne resigned after charges that he gave an undercover officer meth in exchange for sex. tonight at 7:00, the city council will meet to approve a date for a specs election. jeffrey greenfield is serving as the acting mayor right now. as for silverthorne, he's due back in court in october. this week marks five years since an earthquake damaged the iconic national cathedral but only about a third of the needed repairs have been completed and the main reason is money. the quake caused more than $30 million in damage. right now, they are still trying to raise the 22 million that they need to complete that repair work. the other reason is the sheer amount of renovations

80-year-old stones and cracked walls and stones that can weigh up to a thousand pounds. it's a story that the news4 i-team has been tracking for years. tonight, a closer look at charlestown and its connection to the death of more than 100 racehorses over the last few years. >> there's no reason for a at safeway, it's our anniversary! but you're the one who's gonna save some serious money

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years now. >> why some are questioning whether the horses are being pushed too hard. >> reporter: for leslie, it's moments like this that make it so special to be a horse owner and trainer. she delivered this foal named good loving. >> it's like a little kid. >> reporter: moments of heartbreak, also. good loving was sired by a thoroughbred. >> we thought he was special. >> reporter: loving quickly made a name for himself in charlestown, virginia. >> his attitude. he had the right mind for the job. >> reporter: last march, you could see his strength halfway through the race before he was sandwiched. >> they took his legs out from underneath him. >> reporter: he crashed and dislocated his ankle and she made the painful decision to eutha

suffering. >> reporter: that was your first instinct? >> to end the suffering as quickly as i can. >> reporter: it may seem like a freak accident but at least 160 horses have been euthanized in west virginia after races in charlestown. >> there's no reason for a horse to die though we know it's going to happen in horse racing. >> reporter: keith is with the human society. >> track officials said the rate of horses dying is the same as the rate nationwide but something is different at this track. much different. our investigation found, of the nearly 35 major thoroughbred horse racing tracks nationwide, only one has as many races each year as they have here at charlestown. at least 220 race days are required each year, winter

whether there are enough healthy, qualified horses to run all of those races. >> it costs a lot to maintain these tracks. >> reporter: and the racing commission has asked legislators to reduce the 220 days required to run each year but new law to do so has stalled at the gates and horse owners have lobbied for the longer schedule arguing fewer races could cripple them financially. the humane society says it could put horses at risk at the tune of pain masking solutions, allowing horses to run even when injured. >> we know that the use of race day drugs is ubiquitous. >> reporter: there are drug tests required to reduce the use of pain meds and reports show that only 30 horses failed charlestown last year out of the thousands that raced. but under west virginia law, only the winners must be

tested immediately after each race. in neighboring maryland, each of the top two must be. and the man who manages charlestown races is out of the tracks control. >> we don't medicate or train the horses. we don't do preraise exams or anything like that. there are other folks not under our direction who handle the other stuff. >> reporter: leslie says her horse died because of a freak accident, not because he was raced too much. >> it was human error. >> reporter: racehorses are some of the best cared-for animals. >> basically, a padded room. he gets a bath every day and gets groomed every day. >> reporter: and even she wants the longer 220-plus racing day schedule. >> there's a risk in everything we do. >> reporter: but the i-team uncovered another possible problem. a turf battle happening behind the scenes, the people who stage horse races and the government

chris and doreen, that part of our story tomorrow night right here. >> a lot going into this. >> yes. >> thank you, scott macfarlane. you can see the coverage on horse racing injuries and death, including a full list of what's happened to every horse at charlestown since 2014, in the nbc washington app. just open the investigations section. boy, at exactly this time last night, this screen was completely dark and we've seen the lightning popping up everywhere. >> really intense thunderstorms last night. damage, people without power, thousands without power. tonight, we have a severe thunderstorm watch and there's nothing out there. >> and that's the case. that's what happens sometimes when you see the storms roll through. but this was expected and what i was talking about earlier. the watch would be canceled. that's exactly what has happened. take a look and we'll show you the watch going on for the philadelphia area. it's canceled up there, too, ca

they have died as they've moved through the last couple of hours. you can see them coming through frederick and loudoun counties. even a few trees down around frederick county and up towards carol county with one strong storm there. the latest storm is up towards the north and east. back to the west, a stronger line has developed but this will die, too, as it moves our way. the heat, another issue. high temperature today, 95 in dulles. 93 in manassas. d.c., we hit 97 today. the seventh day in a row at 95 degrees or higher. the heat index was advisory-type criteria. between 105 and 110. yes, it was hot. currently, 94. winds out of the south at 14 miles per hour. temperatures start to cool and it's going to be a nice evening. 87 degrees and clouds out there. night quite as muggy. still rather on the humid side. but not bad around 8:00, 9:00 tonight. 84 at

getting hot again tomorrow. not as hot as it was earlier today. we head right to the ten-day forecast. 93 on wednesday. 90 on thursday. 92 on friday. we start to see some 80s in place. saturday and sunday, highs of 89. monday, a good chance of storms, 92. and then look at this. beautiful weather. do you see this right here? gorgeous. >> wednesday. >> 84 degrees. >> all right. thank you, doug. news4 is working for you in the community helping students in need to start the school year right. news4 today anchors were among those stuffing backpacks with school supplies. you can join the effort, too. search backpacks for kids. well, coming up in sports, call it a rocky road to

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well, when doug and i get a stiff neck, we hobble around the newsroom for weeks. >> and complain about it, right? >> actually, to get back into the line-up, he's like, please, can i please -- please is the magic word, apparently. now he's back and looking like bryce

the press release from the nats, he's back. bryce harper who returned to form last night in colorado. meantime, his teammate, jason wirth, is still who we know him to be. a machine. he has a chance to pass ryan zimmerman's record for consecutive games. huge two home runs last night. it's now 43 straight games. he's looking for a number 44 tonight. and great news for the nats bryce harper. here he is. he's looking like bryce harper. missing five games because of neck stiffness. he didn't complain. he got back in and went three for three for an rbi, the most hits since june 8th. first pitch tonight at 8:40 p.m. in case you were up late last night, the pirates josh harrison with a high foul ball. no one seems to

about it. but you saw this. he still makes a catch. more impressive in slo-mo. might want to move to the bullpen, just a suggestion. who is ready for some college football from college park? maryland hosting media day today. wait until you hear what the players had to say about their new head coach. d.j.derkin and maryland is the first head coaching guy for the 38-year-old coach. he has them practicing in the middle of the afternoon. peak heat time. if we've learned anything, the d.j. may stand for daniel john but it's more like for drive and juice. >> he's a high-energy guy. it's definitely true. >> it's like nothing i've ever seen in c

>> there was a lot of shock but in a good way. >> no matter if i'm sick or sleepy, he comes with high enthusiasm. >> that's our program. we go meet, eat, we have energy about it. >> we have music blaring at 5:00 in the morning just for breakfast. so it's fun. it's something different. something i've never been a part of. >> getting them fired up, that's for sure. maryland opens up the season against howard on september 3rd. olympic news, we have the amazing and ugly from today. the good from the track, matthew sen centrowitz and finishes fifth in his heat and qualities to thursday's semifinals. he finished fourth in london in

"sports illustrated" cover, the amazing swimming star and maryland native michael phelps and katie ledecky and simone biles titled "the greatest." quick reminder on friday, olympic coverage at 7:30 p.m. the preseason game against the jets on friday. catch it on comcast sportsnet and cozy-tv. finally, to the ugly. this is the shocker in diving today. did you see it? reigning gold medalist. i don't mean to be a mean girl or anything because he's been reigning gold medalist. >> bad move. oops. >> epic fail belly flop and ends his olympics. but there's a lesson, i think. >> what is that? >> dive headfirst. >> and if you do -- >> nobody here

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