to move in with his grandmother. and they hadn't been here long. but for stellan, it was long enough to have made at least one good friend. this neighbor brought her son. she tells me he was playing with 5-year-old stellan lotuno yesterday. stellan was killed in the fire that he himself started yesterday. >> it was a child playing with a lighter, and unintentionally set the garage on fire. >> reporter: two neighbors, a retired firefighter and an off-duty firefighter, trying to get the 5-year-old boy out of the garage. but the flames made it impossible to reach him. >> i'm disappointed we couldn't get him. i really, really feel bad about his mom. she had to stand in the front yard and watch. that's terrible. >> reporter: the child's mother and three men were taken to the

non-life-threatening injuries. two dogs were rescued. two other pets died. the news that stellan was playing with a lighter deepens the sadness here. >> heartbreaking to hear. i'm just so sorry for the family. it's certainly a shock. >> reporter: fairfax county firefighters returned today to canvass the neighborhood, asking each homeowner if they have working smoke detectors and urging them to have a frank conversation with their children about playing with fire. >> we try to hit everything we can possibly think of to give the citizens their best shot of avoiding any type of bad emergency. >> reporter: people who live in this lorton neighborhood have started a gofundme page to help pay funeral expenses for little stellan. that's the latest from lorton. jim, back to you. >> tha

six months after a murder in the district, police say they have arrested a suspect. police arrested 46-year-old herman cook yesterday. he's accused of shooting another man behind the recreation center on georgia avenue back in august. drug enforcement officers arrested cook in baltimore. immigration. transgender rights. and those angry town hall meetings playing out across the country. tonight, the white house is weighing in as new poll numbers show more than half of americans are not happy with president trump's job performance during his first few weeks in office. many fear we could be on the brink of war. tonight we're covering all the angles. we start with julie carey, gathering new reaction to the president's immigration policies. julie? >> reporter: doreen, it was a day of celebration here at mt. vernon as immigrants from some 31 countries became new u.s. citizens. and they quickly exercised their free speech rights, some of them te

to the trump administration's new policy on immigration enforcement. others say they think some tightening up might be needed. among this country's 51 newest citizens, linda came to this country from guatemala 17 years ago. she works in a cafeteria at a woodbridge elementary school. this ceremony left her in tears. >> thank you so much, i'm so emotional and crying. >> reporter: those tears, tears of joy. but linda and some others here today saddened by the trump administration's new immigrant enforcement policy. it broadens the type of undocumented immigrants that can be arrested. no longer will criminals be the sole target. >> i'm very sad because the people come here for better opportunity to find a good job and support their family. >> reporter: new citizen

khan served in the iraqi army as a dental officer before he came to this country as a refugee, joining his wife. he weighed in on the trump executive order that stirred controversy and lawsuits last month, the travel ban on seven muslim majority countries, a policy now being reworked. his experience as a translator for refugees during the obama administration convinces him that some tightening might be needed. >> i was very surprised some refugees were let into the country, because they were the same people i ran away from iraq to avoid. >> reporter: he says he's interested to see the revised plan expected by the end of the week. >> if this is going to make america safer, i am totally with it. i totally support it, you know? but the problem is i don't see -- i don't see the plan. i don't know what is the plan. >> reporter: now, that r

travelers and refugees, that is expected by the end of the week. but omar khan tells me he does have concerns too. he thinks all of the talk surrounding these issues, the hate speech, he said, is further dividing americans. i'm julie carey, back to you in the studio. >> thanks, julie. our team coverage continues now with more republican lawmakers facing angry taxpayers. some voters are worried about changes to their health care plans. others are demanding a deeper investigation into russian meddling in the recent election. tracie potts on capitol hill with news on another major policy change that could ignite even more anger. tracie? >> reporter: jim, the president has been focusing a lot on immigration and security at the border. now the administration also takes a look at a key social policy and reversing that policy already. reaction from the human rights campaign calling it a b

cruel attack on young children. president trump's administration is taking on what had not been a campaign priority. transgender bathrooms. in fact here is what he said last spring about caitlyn jenner. >> you would be fine with her using any bathroom she chooses? >> that is correct. >> reporter: but today, the president's administration is expected to reverse obama-era guidelines that allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their choice. >> he's a firm believer in states' rights and that certain issues like this are not best dealt with at the federal level. >> eporter: gay rights groups call it discrimination. conservatives argue washington should stay out of it. >> really an abuse of federal powers, to say that it should be one of the attorney general's top priorities, to police bathrooms. >> reporter: policing tax dollars, that's president trump's focus today, meeting with his budget team. >> unfortunately the budget that we're inheriting, essentially inheriting is a

make washington leaner, more accountable. >> we won't let your money be wasted anymore. we're going to run government smoothly, efficiently. >> reporter: congress approves that budget, with republicans under attack from angry taxpayers at town hall meetings. >> raucous. that's all right. we're learning how to be aruba us in t raucous here in the midwest. >> we're going to have to pay attention. >> reporter: and pay attention to a president who says he wants to do more with less. like paying for that wall, that border wall, which even republicans here have said could cost 15 billion taxpayer dollars. jim? >> thanks, tracie. the majority of americans, in fact 54% according to an nbc surveymonkey poll, disapprove of the job president trump is doing. 79% say it's important for congress to c

personal principle. 52% have a favorable view of the affordable care act. that's against 45% who have an unfavorable view. as for foreign policy, 80% of those polled say membership in nato is good for the u.s. and 66% are worried that the u.s. will become part of a major war in the next four years. the conservative political action conference known as cpac is now under way at national harbor. the conference is sponsored by the american conservative union. the annual gathering is attended by conservative activists and elected officials from across the country. white house senior adviser steve bannon will address the group tomorrow afternoon. vice president pence will make a speech tomorrow night. and president trump is scheduled to speak to the group on friday morning. last year, trump angered them by cancelling his appearance a day ahead of time. he said his time would be better spent on the campaign trail.

centered on an invitation to right wing firebrand milo yiannopoulos. his speech was cancelled after a video gained widespread attention because it seemingly showed him defending child sex abuse. the uproar also cost yiannopoulos his job at breitbart news and a major book publishing deal was cancelled. yiannopoulos apologized but says his comments had been misinterpreted. president trump's daughter ivanka and his granddaughterar abel granddaughter arabella were spotted at the u.s. supreme court watching an oral argument at the invitation of one of the justices. boo ao bao is in china, saf and sound. we received this picture after the 16-hour flight that took her there. we're told the p

slept for the entire ride. she will spend the rest of her days at a conservation and research center for giant pandas. she'll spent next month in quarantine, getting adapted to local bamboo and chinese bread. eventually she'll join the panda breeding program. you weup next, improving re times for critical 911 calls while trying to keep you from having to foot the bill if you need an ambulance ride to the hospital. >> reporter: a double daylight shooting. the victims two construction workers on their way home from work. friends are talking, neighbors are talking. you'll hear it all. transforming parking lots into parks. that's the idea in one local city. tonight, a closer look at the plan. we're ending the day on a beautiful note. temperatures today in the 60s. look at this sunset. wow! that is just

and it kind of tells you what's coming your way.

one man is in critical condition, another is recovering after police say a masked man opened fire on them. the person responsible is still out there.

southeast dc. news4's pat collins is there with reaction from a friend of the victim. pat? >> reporter: doreen, they were at work. they say they got called home for an emergency. here on alabama avenue, gunfire. right across the street from a church. two construction workers shot in broad daylight on alabama avenue. today i talked to a friend and co-worker of the victim. he asked not to be identified. >> it's depressing, almost heartbreaking to actually just try to come to grips with it. i just saw them this morning. we take the same route to work every day. >> reporter: the friend says he and the victims all work on a capitol hill construction site. he says the men were called home for an emergency. and as they were walking down alabama avenue, gunfire. the two men hit. one of the victims went for

the victim running to a nearby church. it was at the church that he encountered this man, a good samaritan. he asked not to be identified. >> he fell inside the church and said, i've been shot. he told one of the church members to call his mother. >> reporter: homicide detectives are on the case, working the scene and collecting evidence. the shooting happened across the street from the community of hope church. julie taylor is the youth minister and she says she's not surprised by this violence. >> it's not uncommon. it's been happening quite a bit lately, in the last probably six months we've had a few things happen. we've had something happen right in the alley a couple of months ago. so it's not surprising. >> reporter: tonight, the victims are in the hospital. one is sao

condition. so far, no motive. no suspect in this case. jim, back to you. >> thanks, pat. news4 broke the story last night. pc's fire chief acknowledging that response times for the most critical 911 calls have not improved. today, he and the mayor released their plan to improve those times. mark segraves has our report. >> reporter: today chief gregory dean said his crews spent too much time transporting people who are not having an emergency but want a ride to a doctor's appointment. one way he's proposing to reduce those calls is to place a nurse at the 911 call center who can screen calls and determine what is actually needed. the department's medical director led the team that came up with the proposal. >> these calls are neither limb nor life-threatening. these patients can better be served in an outpatient care setting. >> reporter: another proposal announced today is legislation that would require insurance

costs for those ambulance transports. >> it requires insurance companies to cover 100% of the costs associated with emergency ambulance and prehospital services. >> reporter: after today's announcement, macy o'thomas questioned the mayor about what increasing the cost to insurance companies would mean to residents' insurance premiums. >> insurance companies don't like to give away money, generally. i've got this, and i'm going to read it, but i think that's an interesting question. what do you do to protect residents? >> we have an insurance commissioner. the parameters for the affordable care and what insurance companies can spend on services and what they get in profit is very clear. so the affordable care act itself is a protection for consumers. and we wouldn't do anything to disadvantage our

health. and so hearing them talk about reducing the nonemergency calls, i think is extremely important. >> reporter: mark segraves, news4. the cost of the president's frequent trips to florida have drawn a lot of attention. a new analysis shows president trump is on pace to outspend president obama's entire time in office, eight years, in just one year. chris lawrence is here with a closer look, hi, chris. >> reporter: hey, doreen. remember, this is an estimate, so there's still plenty of time to cut back on the cost. but some of these numbers are pretty staggering. let's start with president trump's travel so far in comparison to his pretty assede. some folks have started calling mar-a-lago trump's winter white house. his three trips there have cost the treasury about $10 million. "the post" based that number on the government accountable office and its travel

now, it doesn't include any of president trump's other travel or the overseas business trips that his sons have taken. remember, they receive secret service protection as well. so let's compare that to president obama. his travel expenses varied depending on what was happening in the world. but on average, it cost the government about $12 million a year. and over his eight years in office, it totaled $97 million. if you assume that mr. trump will keep to his current travel schedule, he's on pace to outspend president obama in just one year. now, it's a little ironic, considering that mr. trump frequently criticized president obama about his trips. he once tweeted, "the president's vacations are costing taxpayers millions of dollars. unbelievable." of course president trump's trips have not been billed as vacations. he's not only conducted official business from florida, he's made major appointments and announcements

well. vance? >> thanks, chris. nearly a third of public high school students in virginia are doing college work. virginia has the sixth highest percentage of high school students doing college-level work. nationwide, that number is 2.1%. the most popular ap courses among virginia students are english and u.s. history. still to come tonight, news4's i-team working for you when it comes to your child's safety in school. tonight, what some say needs to be done in maryland. a big project under way in virginia as crews turn back time to give tourists a glimpse into a president's child. >> reporter: next on news4,

i gotta say, doug, today's weather was even nicer than advertised. >> good for you. oh, thanks, man. >> pat yourself on the shoulder. you look surprised. >> we're only at 62. >> if there was a little more sunshine than i thought we were going to have. >> okay. good. you're going to love tomorrow, then.

>> we're predicting 74 degrees and sunshine. then we get to even warmer on friday. the weather has been amazing. spring-like weather. in the last couple of years, we've gone from winter right to summer. now it looks like spring has come early and wants to stick around. 54 degrees at 9:00, 53 degrees at 11:00. on the cool side tonight, but not too bad at all. as a matter of fact very nice for this time of year. the average high temperature is 49. we may not even get there tonight. 61 degrees the current temperature in leesburg. 60 in charlottesville. notice annapolis right along the water, always colder because of the chesapeake bay water being cold. that's the one cool spot. no rain or snow to talk about. we did see shower activity to the south earlier today. but it was all to the south. around fredericksburg, st. mary's county,

sprinkles, that's about it. all part of a much bigger system that is just bringing us the cloud cover. we saw one pass to the north, one to the south. this one to the south, it's a monster of a storm system, down to the gulf of mexico, wrapping itself up, giving florida tremendous amounts of rain. we would love to see the rain. this is normally their wildfire season. and we've actually seen quite a few wildfires here due to the fact that we are now in a moderate drought. we have a chance for showers overnight. not many. here we are around 1:00 a.m. a few showers, 6:00 a.m., no problem there. notice by around 11:00, again, we're seeing some sunshine tomorrow. that helps us to warm. but then we're going to track a little system back to the west, a little frontal boundary will bring shower activity well west of i-95 towards the blue ridge. it won't amount to much. any rain is good rain right now. high temperatures right now, 64 st. louis. 71 nashville. 70 in raleigh. the warmer air will be moving in our way. high temperature tomo

partly sunny, nice and warm. a few showers or sprinkles off to the west. as we move on through the next couple of days, one thing we need the rain for is pollen. we're talking about it in february, high as far as tree pollen is concerned. wednesday through friday, a little bit higher. saturday coming down a little bit. it will come down on sunday as we'll see a good chance for rain on saturday afternoon and evening, maybe even a couple of thunderstorms. three more days in the 70s before the 50s come back in. we're not done with the 70s yet. we're done with them at least for the month of february. and i promise, these days will be just as advertised, doreen. 100% beautiful out there. >> all right. it's good when it's a little nicer than advertised, doug. >> yes, that's the way to go. >> thank you, doug. are you looking to make the most of this mild weather in february? take a look at the top ten road trips, all less than 100 miles from dc. just open

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now a suggestion. when you gamble, use your game sense. that's the message from mgm resorts. >> game sense helps people to recognize their own financial and mental limits when it comes to gambling. tracee wilkins is at national harbor with more on this message. tracee? >> reporter: this says something that the british columbia lottery commission has been doing for some time. there the government actually works to deal with gaming addiction within its casinos. mgm says, hey, it's a good idea. and they want to start doing it in america. they made the announcement about two hours ago. as you said, this is a program that is called game sense, that already exists in canada.

mgm casinos across the country including here at national harbor. they're also going to be contributing $1 million in gambling addiction and research money as well to see if they can try and figure out where all of this comes from and to help the folks who have been studying this for some time. when you go into an mgm casino, they'll have kiosks there, people inside of the kiosks to answer questions about gaming addiction and to help gamblers figure out when they're going too far. they'll ask them questions like, are you here having fun or are you now doing it for other reasons? this is something that surely some of the organizations in maryland looking into this will be happy to hear about, considering that the state has often been criticized for not having the resources that some gamers need. just in january we got the report that more than 1300 people have signed up to exclude them

casinos because of gaming addiction. we know there are well over 150,000 people in maryland with gaming addiction issues. this is something that mgm is hoping will help out for issues for folks across the country and here in maryland. it should all take shape by the end of this year. live in national harbor, i'm tracee wilkins. jim, back to you in the studio. >> thanks, tracee. a final fiery show of defiance. protesters evicted today from the encampment at the dakota pipeline access site in north dakota. they set fire to tents they left behind. they were given a choice, there were a couple of free busses, one would take them back to bismarck or another would take them to jail. most people decided to go back to bismarck. some chose jail, though. demonstrators have been at that site since august trying to block the pipeline. they say the project threatens water resources and the

land of a sioux tribe. president trump in his first week in office ordered work to resume on that pipeline. think it's tough to park in downtown bethesda right now? well, an effort is under way to turn hundreds of key parking spaces into parks. our transportation reporter adam tuss looks at what could happen if those spaces go away. >> reporter: okay. you take your pick. on a beautiful day like today would you rather have something that look like this or would you rather have something like this? this -- or this? here in downtown bethesda, debate over parking spaces versus green parks. >> i actually like the idea of more parks down here. >> a lot of people drive around here. we need places to park. >> reporter: amanda farber is leading the charge as part of a grassroots effort to turn parking spaces into parks in bethesda. >> we need more fields for kids to

dog park. >> reporter: she calls bethesda the brick oven, because there is so much paved-over space here. but to get green space, you have to lose hundreds of parking spaces, 500 to be exact. there are four county-owned lots off bustling wisconsin avenue that this group wants to change to parks. that would translate to five acres of new parks. montgomery county councilmember hans reamer explains why. >> if you're waiting for the value of property to be so low that they can afford to buy it, they'll be waiting a long time. you have to look at what land you have and make the best use of that. >> reporter: if the parking spaces end up going away, the county says they could be replaced, possibly putting parking under new parks that are created or relocating the parking in bethesda. the next step, finding the funding to make this a reality. in bethesda, adam tuss, news4.

fascinating stories of this day. scientists have nasa and some in europe say they have identified seven earth-size planets orbiting a single star. among those planets, they say three of them are in what they call the goldilocks zone. that refers to the sweet spot, if you will, of an orbit, where a planet could potentially support liquid water, an essential key to life on our planet. >> this is our first chance at actually learning about a potentially habitable system. and the closest step we have to finding a true earth twin. >> those planets are nestled in the constellation aquarius. that's about 40 light-years or 235 trillion miles away. it would take a little while to get there. scientists are hoping future telescope launches will

analyze the surface of those planets. we'll have more on that on "nightly news," right after this broadcast. george washington called this place home as a child. decades later, an incredible discovery. the powerball climbs past $400 million. the drawing is tonight. doug, kind of looks like we hit the jackpot with this weather, huh? >> yeah, but you don't need to buy any tickets for this. we're all on board this train as we make our way through the next couple of days. thank you for reminding me to go get my powerball ticket.

on what would have been george washington's 285th birthday, we're getting a first look inside his boyhood home. it's in frer

county, virginia. as northern virginia reporter david culver shows us, you'll soon get a chance to stand where mr. washington once played. >> reporter: open land along the rappahannock river. what do you envision here? a subdivision of homes? maybe a big box store? a few years ago both of those were being considered. >> because of that, local preservationists banded to it and preserved this land. >> reporter: most historians always believed this to be where a young george washington came of age and where legendary stories might have happened. but for years, no physical proof, at least not until the george washington foundation took over, and archeologists started digging. >> i couldn't breathe. because i knew my life was going to change. this from here down -- >> reporter: in july of 2008, david and his team confirmed this to be the foundation of the washington family's home. >> he l

age 22. and so the formative years are here. >> reporter: today it's a construction zone, or rather a reconstruction. >> they made sure that everybody in the town of fredericksburg could see it. >> reporter: crews are about a year away from finishing, working patient. every detail considered. >> there's only a certain number of craftspeople that can work on the house, that know the 18th century techniques, that can make it work. >> reporter: they'll build the nearby structures like slave quarters, all aimed to recreate what was. >> there are not many people able to do such work. >> reporter: those working this project, absorbing its significant. >> when i put my hands on those stones and know that a young george washington probably did the same thing, it sends a little chill down my spine. >> the more i see of him as a person, the more i admire him. >> reporter: in stafford county, david culver, news4. it's enough mone

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this video of a former school resource officer in south carolina slamming an 18-year-old student to the ground before handcuffing her shocked and angered a lot of people in 2015. that student refused to leave her seat after she was accused of disrupting her class. that deputy was eventually cleared of criminal wrongdoing. but the incident did bring attention to how common classroom discipline problems could quickly escalate to a police response. it's also led to calls for stricter guidelines on what law enforcement officers should and shouldn't be doing in our schools. the news4 i-team found thousands of local students are in schools that doesn't have clear guidelines for how officers should interact with children and teens. scott mcfarland takes a look at how a national group wants to change that. >> good morning, guys. how you doin'?

>> reporter: school resource officer steven radke starts his days at school with a lot of hellos. >> we mayor many hats in this job. the majority of this time when there's an issue going on, you walk in and de-escalate the situation and it goes through pretty easily. >> reporter: radke says for him arrests aren't common while he's on duty in frederick county public schools. >> i've never had to put handcuffs on a student in a school setting or anything like that. it typically doesn't reach to that point. there's so much intervention before that were to even take place. >> reporter: but it does reach that point in other schools. thousands of times a year. the news4 i-team pored through the most recent numbers available from the u.s. department of education and discovered 65,000 arrests in schools nationwide during the 2013-2014 academic year. a lot of those arrests are happening in maryland.

19th in school enrollment size, maryland was 10th in the nation for the number of students arrested. that's a problem according to the head of a national group that trains officers to work in schools. >> we have to make sure that our officers understand that the way a schoolhouse is policed, it is far different from those strategies that you use on the street. >> reporter: don bridges works as an officer in baltimore county schools. it's also president of the national association of school resource officers which holds courses to teach officers how to serve as mentors. >> if there is something of a criminal nature that occurs within the school, we handle it. but that does not mean that that has to lead to criminal charges. >> reporter: bridges also says schools and their police departments have to have clear guidelines for what officers should and should not be doing in schools. >> they have to have what is called an mou, a memorandum of understanding. that becomes your playbook. >> reporter: an example of an

mou from bridges' organization includes guidelines that call for friendly contact with youth and educating students about law enforcement and letting the schools handle school discipline issues. >> if you don't have this stuff done appropriately, it is a disaster. and that is what you don't want. >> reporter: last ought, the obama administration issued this memo to schools nationwide, urging them to get some sort of mou in place. we asked more than a dozen of the largest districts in our area if they have an mou for officers. these districts do. but prince georges county public schools couldn't provide such documents when the news4 i-team asked them preempted. they're working to draft a memorandum of understanding that will be in place this spring. >> do you feel bad about what you did? were you just angry and didn't know what to do? >> reporter: officer radke says he went through specialized training to work in frederick county public schools, one of the districts that does have an mou. >> i'll check in with you later,

the kids don't see you as just an enforcer. you're putting a hat on as a counselor, a friend. >> reporter: bridges says those hats are just as important as an mou. >> we work together for the good of kids. that's the bottom line. >> we have a much deeper look at policing in our schools. see how many arrests were reported in your school district and how it ranks nationally in our nbc washington app. if you or your children have had an experience with a school resource officer you want to share with us, tell us about that too. all is under "vexinvestigations jim and doreen. >> surprising information. >> big numbers. >> thank you, scott. doug is back with more about our weather, and more on good trends for us. >> yeah, if you like warmer weather, these for sure. if it's not going to -- if it's going to be cold -- >> it's not going to be a nice snow. >> if it's not going to be cold or snow, it might as well be warm, right?

nobody likes that. if you look outside -- i finally got there, didn't i? >> you did. >> took me a while. all right. out there right now, looking pretty good. temperatures in the 60s across the region. right now sitting at 56 degrees. we're not going down all that much. the wind's out of the south, cloud cover across the area. temperatures will not fall that much. riv riverdale coming in at 60 degrees, bladensburg, cheverly. 60 towards leesburg, 58 towards centreville, chantilly. reston looking pretty good there too. rain? no. storm team 4 radar has been dry. we've seen showers, a couple of sprinkles overnight. we still have a storm system over the region right now. tomorrow we clear out during the day. we see some sunshine, a mix of clouds and sun at times. that sun is going to do a lot to warm us up. it will actually give us a chance for showers, back to the west tomorrow, back towards the blue ridge. i-81 to about5

think we'll go. they may try to come farther east then they'll die out as the sun goes down. if you catch a shower, count yourself lucky, we do need some rain. noon, get out for lunch. it's going to be beautiful. 74 at 4:00. record warmth. we could set a record at dulles airport tomorrow, 69 degrees with showers to the west around that 7:00 hours. the highs tomorrow, this is ridiculous, this is may-like temperatures in the 70s. 74 in dc, 76 in culpeper. the next few days, 74 in your thursday, 72 on saturday. saturday is the day to watch, could see storms to the north of the dc metro area. that whole system cools us off sunday towards monday. >> thank you, doug. we got sports coming up. some people might consider bryce harper a living legend. so why would he be talking with carol maloney about the walking dead?

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weather. particularly down in florida. tray turner having to do jury duty today before coming back to practice. but it has been a full week of spring training now for the nationals. today we finally got to sit down with nationals star bryce harper. there's been chatter about his future with the ball club. but today harper focusing on the present, speaking with carol maloney. >> reporter: i asked dusty what he knows about the difference with you coming into spring training. he says you're a man now. i know you're 24, you're all grown up, we watched you as a kid come into this manhood. >> you start at 17 years old, being able to grow and do things in this organization that are possible, it's been a lot of fun. there's been a lot of fun times, a lot of good and bad as well. that's part of the process of growing up and

you are as a team. i've had a lot of fun. hopefully there will be more in years to come. >> reporter: if you could make the last out in the world series, how would you like to do it? >> probably the easiest fly ball i could get. i think just a little pop fly to me would be great. no topspiners or anything with a gap. if it's a gap, i ain't trying to go there. >> reporter: do you dream of a moment like that? >> i think everybody does, you want to win a trophy to take back to your city. you always dream that. >> reporter: the barbed wire bat got a lot of attention. i know you said "walking dead." >> i don't really watch it. it's heavy, it's like a heavy bat. i have a heavy bat at home in vegas that i use

this one just has barbed wire around it. i'll take it. >> reporter: he's swinging around a zombie-killing bat. >> any zombies coming to nats park, i got 'em. >> he probably gets to keep his space safe in the clubhouse. no one will go near him. wizards are back at practice for the first time since the all-star break. the team will look a little different. the wizards making roster moves ahead of the deadline. the team has traded for nets. bogdonavich is number 44, he's averaging just over 14 points a game this year. he and mccullough will help the team get off the

three games in a row once this season. they want to keep it that way. they take on the flyers after losing two. they're looking for their first "w" since the bye-week. since january 1st, the caps have scored 50 more goals than their opponent. yes, 50. the last two games much closer, both losses. while many cap fans enjoy it on cruise control, justin williams thinks this team benefits from the battle. >> i'm liking and enjoying that we're in a couple of tight games before the break, winning by two goals, three goals sometimes. it's not really ideally what a playoff game is going to look like. getting us accustomed to closer games i think is good for us. >> that game tonight against the flyers 8:00 p.m. on nbc sports. >> the harder the fire, the harder

you don't want to peak too early. >> that's true, we're familiar with that. we've done that in the past. >> the team getting hot at the end -- >> those are the ones that ride it in. thanks, sharon. "nightly news" coming up next. >> we hope to see you for news4 at 11:00.

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