you informing me on three separate occasions that i am not under investigation. why did you put that in there? >> because he told me that. i mean, he told me. >> he told you, you weren't under investigation in regards to the russian investigation? >> yes, and i heard that from other people. >> was it face-to-face, or over the phone? >> we had dinner and at that time, he told me you are not under investigation. that the one meeting. he said it once at dinner and then he said it twice during phone calls. >> did you call him? >> in one case i called him, in one case, he called me. >> and did you ask him, am i under investigation? >> i actually asked him, yes. >> mr. trump contradicted some of what we've been told by the white house since comey was fired on tuesday. good evening, we have team coverage to break all of this down. we begin with lester holt near the white house. a lot of people wondered if the president would go through with this interview, given the timing. y

with him. what stands out in your mind from your talk? >> we set the interview up about ten days ago. obviously they were true to their word and happy to sit down. a couple things stood out. one you saw some of that, how strong the president came out to denounce jim comey. we began the interview talking about how he could be so supportive of him during the campaign, because he was going after hillary clinton, and the president essentially seemed to focus on the fact that he didn't end up prosecuting her. he was angry at the fact that comey had laid out all that evidence and said, by the way, i'm not going to charge her. he was angry after his second review that he opted again, said there was nothing that was going to change his conclusions. he seemed to be more upset about the outcome than comey's actions in general. >> lester, there have been different accounts about how all of this unfolded this week. tell us more about the president's comments on the process that led to comey's firing. >> well, thehi

recall, a scenario in which the president sat down with the attorney general and deputy attorney general, talked to them, they gave their recommendations and then offered up this memo, a letter. the president said even before that meeting, he had made up his mind, and he was very clear on that. this was a decision that he was making with or without the attorney general's input in that memo. even though the letter states that he had received the recommendation and had decided to go ahead with it. he was insistent that this was his doing. >> and lester, the president also was insistent that he is not under scrutiny in the fbi's roution investigation. yet law enforcement says that even asking that question would be highly unusual. take us through that part of the interview. >> that's getting a lot of reaction. because he said thank you for three times saying i'm not under investigation. you heard me press him on that. and i

calls and a dinner in which this question had come up, including the president saying he had made a call. part of our coverage tonight is, is that an impropriety in itself. but it was an interesting admission that this conversation had gone forth. now the president says, i'm not under investigation, but he said, i'm not talking about the campaign or anything else. so that would seem to leave things where they are, knowing that the fbi director had started this investigation into the campaign and possible collusion with the russians, but the president's standing firm saying that, i personally am not under investigation. >> quite an eventful day for you, lester. we appreciate your taking time to talk with us tonight. >> you bet. we'll have more coming up tonight. >> looking forward to it. >> more of lester's exclusive interview with president trump tonight on "nbc nightly news" at 7:00 right after this newscast. white house officials also explained director comey's firing by saying the bureaad

leadership. but that sentiment was strongly contradicted today by the man who used to be comey's top deputy. acting fbi director andrew mccabe. blayne alexander is at the white house tracking that part of the story for us. >> reporter: it was james comey who was supposed to appear and testify at today's hearing on worldwide threats. it was a previously scheduled hearing before the senate intelligence committee. but it was acting director andrew mccabe who instead appeared in comey's place. and senators today took the opportunity to ask mccabe about those claims from the white house. >> is it accurate that the rank and file no longer supported director comey? >> no, sir. that is not accurate. there were folks within our agency who were frustrated with the outcome of the hillary clinton case and some of those folks were very vocal about th

director comey enjoyed broad support within the fbi. and still does to this day. >> reporter: and mccabe was also asked today whether comey's sudden departure would derail the russia investigation and he was adamant, he said absolutely not. that you cannot stop the men and women in the fbi from doing good work. >> thanks so much. andrew mccabe game acting director of the fbi when comey was fired. comey appointed him to the top job january of last year. mccabe has held leadership positions in the washington field office as well as the counterterrorism and national security divisions. he joined the fbi as a special agent back in 1996. he began his career in the new york field office, investigating organized crime. now to our weather, we're still tracking rain across the region and there's more of it on

when the rain is going to move out and whether it will happen in time for mother's day this weekend. doug? >> i think mom can breathe a sigh of relief there and maybe the kids too. because it does look like we see some sunshine. some clouds and rain between them. couple days of rain. you can see the rain over the last few hours. it has moved on through the region. and you notice from the earlier shots, the dark greens, the yellows, now we're just dealing with lighter rain across the area and still it's just about everywhere. but we are starting to see some breaks in most of this. it's on the light side. going to be a wet night tonight but i expect this to continue to move out. the system is right about here. we have the moisture continuing to move through. if you're thinking about the nationals game, probably delayed, but they may get the game in. the boundary is moving to the south. show you what that means for your weekend. one day, yeah, saturday, probably a bit of a wash-out. su l

minutes. >> thank you, doug. disturbing new details about the gang-related murder of a 15-year-old girl. her body was found in february in fairfax county. now ten people, most of them teenagers, facing charges. as julie carey reports now, testimony today pointed to a young woman as the chief attacker. julie? >> reporter: well, doreen, she is just 17 years old, but today investigators portrayed venus romero iraheta as a young woman bent on revenge, determined to inflict the fatal wounds herself. the mother of alexandra reyes rivas escorted with deputies. she listened to testimony about the brutal attack carried out by ms-13 members that claimed the life of her 15-year-old daughter. earlier this year, these were tear

17-year-old girl returned home to her mother. but venus romero iraheta was arrested hours later, accused of the abduction and death. details point to venus as the attacker. the fbi special agent who questioned her after her arrest, said she blamed alexandra for luring her boyfriend to his death at the hands of other gang members. venus and the other suspects took alexandra to an area, forcing her to take off her shirt and shoes and stand in the snow, so she'd, quote, feel as much pain as christian. venus told investigators she stabbed the girl 13 times and sliced off a tattoo. as alexandra lay dying, venus delivered a message, said an fbi agent, she told the victim she would never forgive her, she would see her in hell, she would never forget her name. the driver that night,

also had his hearing. his defense attorney suggesting gang members threatened his girlfriend and baby, that he felt forced to go along with the plan. he told investigators he'd also been green lighted, meaning he too was targeted for death if he didn't cooperate. in all the cases that were heard today, the judge did find probable cause to send them to a grand jury. we showed you the victim's mother surrounded by deputies as she left. court employees tell me they were informed today not to be alarmed if they saw extra security around the building and even up on the roof with this sensitive hearing under way. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. there are an estimated 10,000 gang members in the u.s. there's a rise in unaccompanied minors in the u.s. many come here

gang to get a sense of family. more gangs are recruiting youker members, grooming kids in middle school. social media also recruit members online. in prince george's county, the journey to justice after a good samaritan was attacked in his neighborhood, trying to help the victim of a domestic dispute. today the suspect learned his sentence. tracee wilkins talked to the victims. she joins us live from buoy. >> reporter: this victim is now 80 years old, but he's one of those guys, if he told you his age, you wouldn't believe it. he just had this youth about him. i would have to believe that's because he has spent his life helping others. >> we'll be very disappointed if this is the end of my flying career. >> reporter: a pilot since 1959 and career air force officer. robert has spent his

is can't afford air travel to hospitals that can treat their illnesses. but after a chance encounter with a neighbor last year, that could all be ending. >> i've been very happy. i've been able to apply the skills that i have to help other people. >> 25-year-old robert molette is convicted of entering his girlfriend's home and attacking her. the victim ran looking for help, happened to see her neighbor driving down at the time. she jumped into his vehicle and the two made a right turn, but her boyfriend pursued them for blocks. robert was being a good samaritan when his vehicle was being rammed by the girl's boyfriend. when they got to an intersection, the girl jumped out and that's when the boyfriend opened the door and began punching robert. his here had to be reconstructed. his chin was separated from part of his face. and had multiple surgeries after. but the injury jeopardizing hads pilot's license is his concussion. >> i probably recovered probably

i'm about as good as i'm going to get. >> reporter: today molette got seven years in prison, five years probation, a sentence higher than state guidelines are if second-degree assault. >> i think it's a fair decision. i think that it's important that somebody like that is not out in society. >> the faa is reviewing whether his health is up to flying again. >> i've got my fingers crossed that the faa will decide that i'm healthy enough to fly an airplane again. >> reporter: now, when molette's then girlfriend ran out of her home, she said that her boyfriend was trying to kill her. robert said he also believes this man would have tried to kill someone had he stayed on the streets because of his severe anger issues. reporting live in buoy, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. american university announces a center focused on fighting racism. at 6:00, what the university is also doing to improve diversity on campus.

a 23-year-old man pleads guilty to first-degree murder for breaking into this home in wheaton, maryland, and killing the elderly woman who lived here. ahead why home invasion has been made a separate crime in maryland. how could the doors on a metro railcar open on the wrong side of the platform? it happened recently and now we know

it's a local case that got national attention and put a spotlight on race relations across college campuses. tonight the u.s. attorney's office in the district is joining the investigation into last week's hate crime at american university after bananas were found hanging from nooses around the campus. it comes as the school announces plans for an anti-racist center. news4's kristin wright has more. kristin? >> reporter: au says plans for this new center have been in the works since october when dr. ib ram kendy came and spoke on campus. he's the one that's going to lead this new center. one of the administrators told me today that dr. kendy really wishes he were already here so that he could help this campus move

making progress in diversity, increasing the number of minority undergrads from 31% of the student body to 33 this coming fall. the dean is proud of steps forward after the hate crime last week and the protests that followed. >> the events of the recent weeks have been incredibly difficult for everyone on this campus. >> reporter: this is the man au says can tackle difficult issues of race on campus. the university announced they hired university of florida professor, dr. ib ram kendy to lead au's brand-new anti-racist research and policy center this fall. >> so we've had racial progress. >> so he is one of the definitive experts about campus activism during the '60s and early '70s around black issues. >> i think the point of establishing it as an institution is that the work that they'll be doing is long-term. >> black lives matter! >> reporter: last week, student protesters want au to hirre

minorities to teach at the university. the dean says that is happening. >> 44% of our hires this year are persons of color. and 26% of the total are african americans. >> reporter: students are pleased about the new center but say it must be a long-term commitment. >> you can't advertise yourself to be one thing and when we come to the facility, you're not. because we're going to hold you to it. >> reporter: right now, dr. kendy is a professor at the university of florida and he'll be here in d.c. at au in august. back to you. >> kristin wright reporting, thank you. all this comes after another disturbing incident. some parents got an e-mail from the principal at crofton middle school today about a noose found hanging in front of a window outside the school. police were called ask that noose was taken down. the school principal said they cannot ignore the intolerant message that this act

to a coffee with the principal event this saturday at 9:00 a.m. at the school. leon harris with late word of a developing story. the feds have raided a maryland political consulting firm in connection to the 2013 virginia governor's race. the fbi confirmed it served a search warrant at the gop office in annapolis this afternoon. the president of the firm says the investigation relates to the work the strategic campaign group did for former virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli lost that race. now, according to ur sister station in baltimore, the firm has been sued and questioned because of alleged actions by a political action committee linked to the firm. that pac has been accused of using candidates's names to raise money without their permission. a report from the

inspector general says former schools chanceular kaiia henderson unfairly gave waivers to the schools lottery system. young has proof he went through the lotly like any other parent. the ig said it will amend its report, but the overall conclusions remain the same. the mayor is making sure waiver rules are clear going forward. new clues in the search for a man who snuck into a luxury condo and assaulted a woman. he made it in not once, but twice. first through the parking garage around 8:30 sunday morning. detectives tell us he knocked on random doors, pretending to be a maintenance worker. a woman eventually answered, he forced ha fo

left. minutes later, he returned to the same building through the front door and left again after seeing police. detectives are looking into reports that same person tried to get into other buildings in arlington. >> i'm just hoping it's a one-time thing. these things do happen everywhere, so just hoping that now everyone knows what's happened, everyone is going to be safer. >> the surveillance images here from the condo building are so clear. police are hopeful someone will recognize this guy and help them break this case. sidelined by controversy and now a change in the rules to stop what some considered gender discrimination in local recreational sports teams. it's a popular diet touted by celebrities and parents alike. but tonight a new report looks at the possible down side to a

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nobody's been in a very good mood since the games last night and this weather is not helping one bit. >> no, feeling grumpy. >> does that mean i have to talk now? >> yeah, and smile too. >> i'm grumpy, not that grumpy. but it's raining out there for sure. kinda soaking those feelings after that loss last night. now, just dealing with light rain across muc

storm team4 radar tracking that rain, and you can see it's right across the bulk of our area where most of our viewing area lives. down towards warrenton, culpeper, still showers in that area, winchester too. but the main area right through the d.c. metro region. zoom into the beltway, slow go on the beltway, 95, route 50, heaviest rain. let's do another zoom. district heights, going right over to upper marlboro. total rainfall today, how about these numbers. inch in d.c., close to an inch and a half in pax river. inch and a half at dulles. everybody picking up some really heavy rainfall. beneficial rainfall, though. no longer in a drought across our region. 53 degrees. 53! yesterday it was 76. right now it's

winds at 12 miles per hour. not only is it cool, but that wind will bite through you. 51 in gaithersburg. 55, culpeper. the heavy rain we saw earlier today, that's now out of here and take a look. we are seeing some breaks. but i think we're going to continue to see showers for the next few hours. and if you're thinking about the nationals, i bet they delay if not cancel, but i definitely think there's a delay. could they get it in? yes, it is possible. tomorrow, a break between that system and this system. and this system is bringing severe weather, tornado warnings in oklahoma. we see that move in here tomorrow night into saturday. overnight tonight, shower activity around 11:00, but not a lot. boy by 8:00 tomorrow, just cool. cloudy and cool. 4:00, notice showers moving into our southern zones. and for the most part, staying in our southern zones, before it all comes in

again, especially early in the day. so watch out for that. you'll need the umbrellas. tomorrow, 56, cloudy and cool. a few showers possible. but most of us should stay on the dry side. especially d.c. north ward. but to the south, could see some showers. 56 on yo ur saturday. rain early in the day and some shower activity later. not a nice day. 56 degrees. sunday, mother's day, 73. 30% chance of an afternoon shower. and look at next week. a big pattern change. again. but this time for the most part, it's good news. i'll show you that and talk more about it in about 20 minutes. >> thank you, doug. a law designed to help protect renters is being exploited for profit. tonight the i-team digs deeper to tell you how it's happening and why it could drive up housing prices for the rest of us. it's primetime for construction projects and there are several that could slow down your commute. what you can do to avoid wasting time in traffic. >> plus a simple twist

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woman stabbed to death in her bedroom by a man who broke into her home trying to steal her car. >> that man pleaded guilty today to murdering 74-year-old linda johnston last year in wheaton. the suspect could spend the rest of his life in prison. >> news4's chris gordon has details on why more charges were added in this case. >> reporter: in court today, the judge asked 23-year-old quasi sadler, are you taking any medications. he said yes, he's bye polar, has schizophrenia and mild adhd. but he says he knows what he's doing pleading guilty. >> there's no way to describe this attack other than savage. >> reporter: a neighbor called 911 and asked police to come immediately. he said linda's family couldn't reach her for days and they were worried. linda was found in her bedroom, stabbed multiple times. prosecutors she

after his friend of evicted. sadler returned to steal johnston's car, breaking in through a pad locked door. he took a knife from the kitchen, went up to her room and killed her. >> there were multiple stab wounds, multiple cutting injuries. this was a brutal, brutal attack. >> maryland lawmakers have created a law making home invasions a separate crime, because they are so terrifying. >> it gives the judge the additional tools necessary to impose the appropriate sentence. >> quasi sadler will be sentenced in september. he faces the possibility of life in prison. reporting from wheaton, chris gordon, news4. a warning tonight for homeowners in the district. you might not be able to sell your house when you want to, and your renter could be entitled to chunk of your profits, as discovered by the news4 i-team. jody fleischer has more now on wh

payouts. >> the news4 i-team has uncovered loopholes in a decades' old law now being exploited to create a booming new industry. this attorney has converted his entire law practice to handle only topa cases. the tenant opportunity to purchase act. it gives renters the first right to buy the place they live when it goes up for sale. but the news4 i-team found even if renters aren't interested in buying, they can auction off the rights to other buyers and hold the sale hostage to get paid. >> you want the buyer to walk away. if the buyer walks away, it clears the deck so the tenant can assign his rights to a developer and the seller has no one else to sell to. >> why some experts say it's driving up costs for everyone. jody fleischer, news4, i-team. a win off the field on d.c. recreational sports teams. district officials have scrapped r

can be on the field during co-ed softball games. under that rule, only three women could be on the field at one time on a ten-player co-ed softball team. some players starting a petition demanding the change. they said the rule was discriminatory by suggesting women made teams less competitive. after news4 called to ask about it, they changed the policy. no maximum number of women for co-ed softball, starting today. several headlines today for metro. a plan that will cost the agency 150 to $160 million. we also learned that there will be no more surges once the current safetrack maintenance plan is complete. metro says it's gotten positive reviews about new air fresheners on some of its railcars and the agency says it's now focusing on increasing customer satisfaction, which has been falling in recent years.

a scary incident where a door opened on the wrong side of the tracks. transportation reporter adam tuss explains what happened. >> reporter: scary moments for sure as the doors on a metro railcar open on the wrong side of the train. >> and here's what it looked like from cell phone video of the incident. it would have been a two-story drop to the ground. only a small fence standing in the way. kelsey hamilton is the rider who took this video of the incident. she said she couldn't believe what she was seeing. >> i thought about it, if this was a businey train, somebody cd have easily stepped off on the wrong side. >> if something like that happens and the doors open on the wrong side, the train operator is supposed to notify central command, walk all the way around the train to make sure no one or nothing fell out, and then he can continue. none of that happened. in fact, kelsey says she rode the train all the way to silver

incident didn't seem to register with the train operator. metro says the train operator has now admitted that the incident was his fault and is out of service pending an investigation. sources say the operator will likely face a bigger penalty not for the incident itself, but for not reporting it in the first place. meanwhile, general manager paul wiedefeld said they're trying to find a computerized fix to make sure these kinds of incidents don't happen again. >> we need to get the technology, because there's always that human element, so as much as we can use to prevent it, is where wree wae want to g. >> definitely looking now and i want to tell everyone standing near the doors, be careful because it could happen to anyone. >> reporter: at the rhode island heavy station, adam tuss, news4. here at the live desk, we just got an update on a story

6:00. we just got some photos of the young men that police think put a noose on a middle school in anne arundel county today. take a look at the two individuals, both in black toms, one with a baseball cap and glasses. around 11:00 this morning, a teacher spotted the noose hanging from a light fixture at crofton middle school. they called the police, the police came in, the custodian took down the noose. in the process of the investigation, the police were looking at surveillance video from the school and that's how they captured those images. the school did send an e-mail out to parents explaining the situation. and again those are the two young men that police are looking for right now. >> gluten-free foods may not be as healthy as some people think, especially for kids. we'll break down the results of a surprising new study. >> plus, construction chaos. the top four

slow down your commute and what you need to know to navigate around the delays. but first, here's doug. >> picture of a very rainy rockville right now, across our region. and this is the kind of picture we'll see for the next couple days. but how does we just got the keys to our new house! we got the keys! ahhh! wooo! this is exciting we've got our own house! yeah! i'm sorry

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all week, we've been bringing you gridlock game-changers. today's tips are about the construction that will impact you this summer, whether you driver or take metro. adam tuss shows us the four things to know about summer construction projects. >> reporter: hey, construction is never easy. take a look here. and with that in mind, here are the top four construction projects to watch out for. in the district, beach drive has been the most disruptive project. the entire road surface being replaced. the trail next to it, enhanced. the work on the first section of the project has been

meaning that the closure between tildon street and rock creek park way in northwest will last all summer, unfortunately. in maryland, indian head highway, 210, construction there that will impact plenty of drivers. a new interchange coming to kirby hill and livingston road. >> obviously we needed to do something. the governor identified that has a huge project. >> reporter: the traffic on indian head highway expected to grow to over 125,000 vehicles in the coming years. now in virginia, get ready for new express lanes on 395. work will pick up significantly in the middle lane, the current. had ov lane. and on metro, the system changes its hours to a new maintenance schedule, late night, weekend rail service goes away. service will stop at 1:00 a.m. on the weekend. the system will close at 11:30 on weeknights. on sundays, trains will run from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 p.m. adam tuss, news4. >> if you've missed any of the series o

doing a live chat on twitter tomorrow morning at 8:00 to help solve your commute problems. family, friends, reunited, still ahead the chance encounter at a local retirement community htat broug them together after

now we are happy to share an amazing story that has some asking, is it a coincidence or fate? >> a 93-year-old woman living in an independent living residence in bethesda has known one of the servers there for years, but six week ago, the two discovered their connection was in m

news4 meagan fitzgerald explains. >> reporter: if you're familiar with the fox hill residents, you know it's like a family here. daniel james knows that well, because his customers love him. >> dan has been downstairs as a waiter for the last two years. >> reporter: mexico city is a place sherry and daniel have always had in common. >> my husband was a foreign correspondent. and we were based in mexico city for "u.s. news & world report." >> reporter: sherry has a house filled with memories that span a lifetime. >> this painting is haitian. and i'm sure that jesse saw it. >> reporter: jesse was sherry's best friend. they lost her decades ago,

something she found out in march was something she never could have imagined. daniel is sherry's best friend jesse's son. >> i had given him his baby shower. >> reporter: they made the connection here at the restaurant inside the fox hill resident. >> somebody said to daniel, who is our waiter that evening, you were born in mexico, weren't you? >> reporter: but when he mentioned where his parents were from. >> my father was born in liverpool and my mother was born in haiti. >> reporter: sherry knew who he was. >> the feeling of, there's a link, there's a strong bond that was missing for a while and now we have it. >> reporter: decades have passed by, daniel's parents have passed on, but these two spirits managed to find their way back to each other in the most unusual way. >> it is useful, i think, to talk to people and kinda get a little sense of what they are and where they're from and who they are, because these coincidences are

when they happen. >> reporter: reporting in bethesda, meagan fitzgerald, news4. >> had what a sweet, small world. >> and what a wonderful connection for both of them to make. love that story. in news4 your health, there's an interesting new study from european pediatricians that finds that going gluten-free could lead to nutrition deficiencies, especially for growing children. the study looked at more than a thousand foods, half with gluten, and half without. the study found gluten-free products did not have as much protein as some of the products with gluten, by bread, pasta and flour, although many had less sugar. researchers also found gluten-free bread had more lipids and saturated fats. >> interesting. doug just hung up the phone after ordering -- was that a gluten-free pizza? >> yeah. my dad went gluten-free for a while. it helped his digestive

>> did you get enough pizza for us, though? >> no, i don't share. i have four brothers. five boys, you take whatever you can get, you run out the door. you know what there's never enough of? >> what? >> mashed potatoes. anyway, the rain is coming down. temperatures wise, we're on the cool side. a cool, rainy evening, but you notice not a lot of rain out there, most of this on the light side. but we continue to watch down to the south. anywhere in the region, we're seeing light rain, some drizzle. that's the camera from outside right now. that's city cam. see the rain hitting the lens right now. there we go. there's your windshield wiper. 53 degrees, winds out of the east at 12 miles an hour. we are seeing that wind and that wind is going to be increasing tomorrow into the day on saturday. so that's going to continue to make things kinda nasty out there. you see what's happening now, we still have shower activy

the west. this has been that boundary that i've been telling you about for days. it was way up to the north, now it's to the south. because of that, that's why we're on the cold side. our next storm system, way back here, and providing oklahoma, arkansas with severe weather, even tornado warnings. that system moves our way, but late day rain, after 4:00 for sure. 56 degrees on your friday. 56 on saturday. rain in the morning on saturday here. so rain likely, the heaviest will be early. even showers in the afternoon, breezy and chilly on your saturday. what about sunday, 73 degrees, it will be breezy, maybe an isolated chance of a shower during the afternoon, but mother's day looking much better. and look at this, guys, the pattern changing. 85 wednesday, 90 on thursday. we're finally getting into some warmer weather. >> all right, we like the looks of that, thank you, doug. news4 is working for you in the community, helping

future broadcasters. news4 today anchors watched from behind the cameras as montgomery blair high school students taped their newscast. then they sat down with the class about trouble shooting on the fly and keeping up with the 24-hour news cycle. >> i wish somebody had talked to us about that. >> i think we better watch out. those guys look pretty good. coming up, the wizards, don't stop believing. plus -- >> another disappointing end for ovechkin and the caps.

this is the xfinity sports desk. >> all right, dave's back from bean town. not any prettier up there. >> no, quite ugly. >> by the way, thanks for rearchling the rain. nice touch today. >> i figured we need it after last night's debacle. >> and i volunteer to have my taxes autditted today and got a root candle, just to get into the mood. tough 24 hours we've had around here. in this town, divided by politics, we are united by sports around here. and today after the capitals elimination, united in disappointment and despair. while the window of opportunity with alex ovechkin with the capitals has not shut, it has another crack in it. we're less than 24 hours removed from the end

with the capitals. he's helped make d.c. a town that cares about hockey with a passion. but stanley cups have not followed, and his latest quest for a cup might have been impacted by pain. russian hockey federation says ovechkin was receiving pain-numbing injections for a lower body injury and now will not play in the world hockey championship. ovi, certainly he'll be back, but the capitals are going to look different going forward. you can bet on that. key players set to become free agents, including t.j. oshie and justin williams and defenseman karl alzner and kevin shattenkirk, just came to town, all going to be free agents. they also have players due raises. other than that, not much to do in the off season. you want some happy news? >> yeah. >> in happy news today, the redskins announced they've signed nine of

draft picks, including jonathan allen and ryan anderson. we love people getting employed. now that that has been put to rest, time to go to work. redskins will have the rookie mini camp starting this weekend at redskins park. football season is here already. maybe the wizards, think about it, thrive on adversity. we learned in the regular season, the wizards know how to do things the hard way. >> do they ever. >> 17 times they staged double-digit comebacks for victory. but that was in the regular season. this is in the postseason. last night, the wizards couldn't get the win and now are facing the ultimate adversity, elimination by the celtics. game five didn't make sense. in the previous two road games in boston, losses as they were, the wizards were competitive. they dominated the celtics at verizon center, but in game five, the wizards slipped in old, bad habits, letting offensive struggles affect their

breakdown, head coach scott brooks is confident ahead of friday's game six at verizon center. >> i will tell our guys tomorrow going into the season, if you have to win two games to get to the conference finals, would you take that, and all of them will say yes. and every coach and everybody in our organization will say yes. all we have to do is win a very tough home game and then go on the road and win another game. it's a great challenge, and we've always stepped up to the challenge all season long. >> oh, my god! oh, my god! >> having some fun with a new teammate. three-time all-star for the mystics. also new on the team, kimbrel, as well as kristi tolliver, one of the

championship team. the mystics head coach giving the down in the dumps fans, something to believe in right now. we need this. >> the wizards still, their window is open. so i don't think anybody should give up after last night. the caps' fans, i can't help you today, but the mystics, we're going to be out there competing for a championship. >> mystics season is right around the corner. smile, it's going to be a great year. >> see. smile. >> with a smile like that, she's smiling all the time. >> don't forget, the nationals and orioles tonight. >> that's right. >> but the start is delayed a little bit by weather. >> and what about that, doug? >> i wouldn't be surprised if they get it in, after about 8:00, i think they're going to get a little bit of a break. but there will be a couple delays too. so it wouldn't be bad if they canceled it. it really wouldn't. >> all right. >> what's there to talk about at 11:00? >> i d

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