they were found in a car hours before they were supposed to graduate. tonight we know what one of the victims was holding in his hand that could be crucial to solving the case. >> pat collins joins us now from reaction as one of the families as one of the teens was laid to rest today. >> reporter: sources say when police got to the scene of that double murder, they found that blue honda car parked on a dead end street. the motor was running. two dead teenagers inside. sources say one of those teenagers had cash in his hand. now as police track down the killer, friends and family members gathered at an islamic center in germantown today for a funeral service. the crowd so large the building wasn't big enough. mourners spilled outside on to the steps, into the parking lot on the grassy areas around. here at the islamic society in germwn

of shadi najjar. his uncle is the imam here. he called for the capture of the killer. >> there are those out there and i hope they get caught whoever is behind this and i will be praying daily that the police will be successful in finding whoever is behind this and bring them to justice. >> reporter: yesterday we played the audiotape of the shooting. we now know there were about 23 shots fired, that they came from two different guns fired from outside the blue honda car with a victims were found dead monday night. >> how would you characterize what happened? >> shocking, tragic and violent. they were shot multiple times. >> reporter: 17-year-old shadi najjar, and 18-year-old artem ziberov, two star students

killed in this honda car in a dead end street. they were scheduled to graduate the next day. it was a double murder that went behind death itself. now it's unclear what the motive was but sources say one of the victims was found dead inside that car clutching a $20 bill in his hand. now if the victims knew the suspects, there's a good chance there's some electronic clues, texts or e-mails that elhelp the cops track down the killer. back to you. >> thank you, pat. >> it's our first look at tomorrow's expected testimony from fired fbi director james comey. in his prepared statement comey describes a dinner with the president that he saul as a pretense for mr. trump to establish himself in a position of pat tri naj to get loyalty. michael flynn was fired in which the president asked comey to let

comey also uses the word implore to describe a conversation with jeff sessions. he asks sessions to ensure that he would not be left alone with the president and the president asked comey to in his words, quote, lift the cloud of the russia investigation. >> and there are reports the president asked other top intelligence officials to publicly push back on the russia investigation. today members of the senate intelligence committee asked whether those reports were true. >> for me to address that in a public session. >> i'm not going to comment on any interactions with the president. >> i'm simply asking did that conversation occur. >> i do believe it's inappropriate for me to discuss that in an open session. >> you swore that oath to tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and today you are refusing to do so. what is the legal basis for your refusal to testify to this committee? >> i'm not sure i have a legal

information to the senators in a classified setting. >> although we now know part of what james comey will tell congress tomorrow there's a lot more to come. blayne alexander is on capitol hill with information on why comey's statement was released today. hi, blayne. >> reporter: hello to you. that seven page statement was released at the direct request of james comey himself a head start on tomorrow's highly anticipated testimony. today a detailed first look at what fired fbi director james comey will say to congress about his interactions with president trump. in his opening statement released to the, comey recounts nine different conversations with the president. he describes the january 27th dinner at the white house which comey says was orchestrated to have him beg to keep his job. the president said, i need loyalty. i expect loyalty. i didn't

my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. two months later a phone call from the president who quote, described the russian investigation as a cloud that was impairing his ability to act on behalf of the country and asked what the fbi to do to lift the cloud. comey confirms news reports that the president asked him to drop the investigation into michael flynn. comey's statement released just after top intel chiefs were grilled on capitol hill about their own interactions with the president. >> is there an invocation by the president of the united states of executive privilege? is there or not? >> not that i'm aware of. >> then why are you not answering the question. >> because i feel it's inappropriate. >> what you feel isn't relevant. >> the heads of the nsa and national intelligence said they never felt pressured to intervene in an on going investigation. >> i have never been directed to do anything i believed to be illegal, immoral, unethical or inappropriate. >> reporter: but they would not answer whether or not

tomorrow more pressing questions when comey takes the stand. and the president's personal attorney has released a response to comey's statement saying essentially that he's glad that comey confirmed publicly what he said privately, that the president was not under personal investigation adding that the president feels totally and completely vindicated. >> thank you, blayne. millions of people are expected to tune in and watch the comey hearing tomorrow and for many bars and restaurants in our area, it means it's a chance to cash in. news4 tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: sports the staple for bars all over the region but here in the nation's capital, politics can be hot too. >> we definitely had more people for election night than for super bowl. >> reporter: and now former james comey talking about his dealings with donald trump. you can belly up to the bar for a drink at the union pub on capitol hill. >> startin

time donald trump tweets about the hearing, we will give a free round of drinks to everyone that's in here. >> reporter: you could have a couple hundred people here. >> it'll be great. >> reporter: bars are stocking up but some people will be stuck in the office. >> i won't be drinking. i don't want to miss a word. >> we may get a conference room and have a few people watch together. we'll see. >> reporter: one arlington worker said sports and politics aren't that different. >> pretty much blood sport. >> reporter: in fact, the union pub they're nonpartisan. would you say they're both pro and antitrump? >> yes. >> that's a very political answer. >> yes. about as as far as it's going to go. >> reporter: are you going to watch it tomorrow. >> i'll be driving to the beach. i have my priorities right. >> reporter: perfect answer. tom sherwood, news4. >> all right. how about you at home? are you planning to watch

more than half of you who responded to our poll say that yes you will watch. for a complete listing of the bars that hosting viewing events tomorrow just head to our app. >> it's a message police say many drivers just aren't getting. move over. the national law enforcement offices memorial fund says last year was the deadliest for officers on the side of the road since 2008. it sparked local police to change their approach to get your attention. northern virginia david culver is along the louden county parkway with details on this. hi, david. >> reporter: hi, there. we've got somewhat of a lull you still feel like you've got to look over your shoulder. we spend much of our day doing this on the side of the road. this one behind me, not an actual deputy on duty but just giving us an example of how close they sit to the road. as this car comes here this one doing what the law says you should. move on over. but it was interesting we

folks, check with them. see what they would say if you were to ask them what the move over law is and there was some confusion. >> when i say move over, what would you think the move over law is? >> i wouldn't have a clue. >> when i hear move over and law, what would i think it is, it has something to do talking about roads, maybe moving over when there's police or fire coming behind me. >> reporter: and that's what they often mistake it to be. that is not the case. it is actually to move over when you see an officer is pulled over. the near deadly crash caught on the deputy's dash cam, louden county sheriff's deputy working a traffic stop when they noticed another driver heading right toward them. some of the dep tills had to jump over the concrete barrier to get away. the near misses happening more often than you'd thin

day that you go to work that you may not come home. >> reporter: in his 12 years wearing the badge, he recalls three so-called close calls and one case his rear-view mirror saved him. >> had i not actually looked up he would have collided me and he was going 70 miles an hour. we both would have been killed. >> reporter: louden count deputies enforcing the move over law has some of the deputies are inspecting trucks for safety requirements, others pulling over cars who get too close to them going too fast. you can tell where this white car is coming down right now. you get a feel even as this car's moving over just how close they get to an officer amidst a traffic stop. in this case a simulated one. but really makes you feel uneasy as you're standing on the side of the road. which is why police across the commonwealth and our region are sharing the hashtag

p.a. and in some cases it's true. traffic just too heavy to move into another lane. >> because there might be cars next to you. >> if you can't move over because there's vehicles on the side of you just slow down. >> reporter: and you can expect to see stepped up enforcement when it comes to the move over law throughout this summer and police also reminding you, it's not just about officers on the side of the road, first responders and just drivers who have to pull over to be mindful of them. >> we all need to pay more attention when we're driving. thank you. >> the star witness for the prosecution back on the stand in the bill cosby trial today. we're live as the defense asks why it took months for her to contact police. >> before mgm national harbor opened, neighborhood groups expressed concern about heavy traffic and crime. now that it's been open six months, what has the impact been?

>> we talked about yesterday how we would be lucky to hit 70 degrees today. we weren't very lucky. only 69 degrees, the high temperature today. 10 to 15 degrees below average and that below average temperatures will continue until the heat wave moves in just in time for your weekend.

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after more than a decade of silence, bill cosby's chief accuser is sharing her story under oath in a courtroom. she was cross examined by the comedian's lawyers. jay gray joins for more. >> reporter: she spent eight hours on the stand, much of that today with the defense team really trying to point out inconsistencies in her testimony during what both sides in this case have called a pivotal day in the high profile trial. the defense cross-examination of adrian constand dominated day three of bill cosby's sexual assault trial. cosby's attorneys aggressively challenging her accusations that she was drugged then molested by the actor. pointing to what they called inconsistencies in her testimony, questioning why she waited almost a year to call police and

records that show constand remained in contact with cosby after the alleged attack. >> i think that in the end when it comes that most of these phone calls were about her job, i think that's the jury's going to be very disappointed that we spent four hours going through phone calls. >> reporter: constand worked at temple university where cosby was a trustee. cosby has denied the allegations and says the interactions between him and constand was consensual. he's been attentive during the testimony at times shaking his head. constand is the key witness. her mother is also expected to testify along with experts on drug use and sexual assault. her mother's just wrapped up brief testimony here and at the end of the proceedings on day three the judge said this trial is moving much faster than he anticipated. there are some who believe it could go to the jury as early as late next week. that's the latest live here in pennsylvania, doreen,

you. >> thank you, jay. >> now to our other top stories today. a jury is considering the fate of an alexandria man doosed of traveling overseas to join isis. prosecutors are arguing that he made the trip to join isis but got cold feet. he maintains that he wanted to see what the group was all about and once he saw things for himself, he had no intention then to join. >> new video has emerged showing a moment the suicide bomber detonated his explosive near a revered shrine during iran. isis claimed responsibility but iranian leaders are blaming united states and saudi arabia. president trump's region is having emboldened the saudis. >> yesterday a man armed way hammer lunged at a police officer. you can see the crowd

in panic as another officer opens fire. the attacker is in his 40z and he left a video in his apartment pledging alone jans to isis. >> tomorrow marks six months since the mgm casino, business has been good but has the resort been a good neighbor. chris gordon spent the day there to take a look at the impact on prince george's county. >> reporter: people are coming to maryland national harbor from far and wide and some casino visitors live right here in prince george's county. are you pleased to have it in your backyard? >> yes, i am. it's bringing revenue and a lot of different guests. >> reporter: mgm national generated more than $50 million in may. of maryland's six casinos, it's becoming the leading money-maker for the state's education system. before it open,

would create heavy traffic and more crime in the area. >> we haven't seen the traffic from the casino except at special events which we can plan around and the crime that we -- the crime that we expected we don't see. >> reporter: prince george's county police chief made the casino a priority to keep the peace and keep traffic flowing. >> we wanted to integrate mgm into our strategies so that all of those interests were respected and i think that's worked well. >> reporter: mgm national harbor has created 4,000 new jobs. >> so about 48% of our team members come from prince george's county county, and that's real careers that people can have to work here. in addition, there's the money that we donate to local nonprofits here in the area. >> reporter: the focus for the next six months at the casino and resort is to be a world class destination and it also wants to be more

prince george's county community. reporting from mgm national harbor, chris gordon, news4. >> a major retailer announcing more store closings across the country and some in virginia. sears is planning to close 72 stores under the sears and k-mart brand names. three stars in virginia will be closing, one includes the rich monday and two in virginia beach. sears already said it was closing 180 stores earlier this year. most of the stores will close in september. >> an unusual crime involving a stolen backhoe and the video evidence local police want you to see. >> metro taking new steps to improve your commute. the changes that could limit delays and repairs. >> why is somebody targeting cars in this community. coming up, we'll tell you the one thing all

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a little bit gray and cool but not too bad overall. who have predicted you need a sweater in june around here. >> better to enjoy this while we can because it's about to change. >> that's what you do. >> i timed it pretty good. i wasn't sure if you were talking about the gray hair. i know i need to do something about that too. very gray today, very cool across the area and yeah, you needed the jacket, maybe the sweater across the region today. it was quite chilly. high temperatures so far only in

temperatures dropping through the 60s, down to about 60 degrees in the 11:00. upper 50s by tomorrow morning. cool start to your thursday. so heads up for that. 62 degrees right now gaithersburg, 64 manassas. the rain has been all down to the south and west. we saw showers around the metro but it's all south and west around rappahannock county, culpeper county and orange county continuing down 15, 29 here, seeing those showers coming through. they'll be moving south of culpeper in about the next hour. culpeper still seeing shower activity down there and plain rain. farther to the south, i don't normally show you florida. take a look at what's been going on. florida is under a severe drought. but boy have they gotten the rain. over the last two to three days, upwards of five, ten, 15 inches of rain into parts of south florida. this is around the plantation florida area, just to the west

somebody that's driving right on through flooded roadways. we tell you all the time never drive through flooded roadways. the rain continues to come down. my brother lives in this area. calls me every day saying when is this going to stop but they are going to continue to see that rain again. it's needed but it's coming too fast for that area and you can see it there. they are definitely dealing with the flooding in there area. that storm system is way south of our region. we're seeing a storm move in from the north. that's very odd. we don't normally see that. that system was up towards canada yesterday and it meander across our region. only 61 in columbus, 66 in d.c. it's warmer in buffalo right now than it is in the washington area because of the clouds and shower activities as well and it's cool all across the east. temperatures tomorrow, better. 74 degrees, clouds, sunshine. nice afternoon. tomorrow will be a very nice afternoon. nice to get lunch outdoors if you're thinking about doing that. the cool air,

out of here. staying for tomorrow, cooler than average tomorrow and the hot air moves in and i'm talking hot. the heat waves we're looking at, five day heat wave, saturday hot but not too bad. 87 on saturday. a trio of 95s. 92 degrees on thursday. and the heat index could be close to 100 monday, tuesday and wednesday as well. >> oh, my. thank you, doug. all eyes on james comey as the former fbi director testifies before congress tomorrow. we'll take a closer look what he's likely to say and what he'll avoid. >> adding insult to injury, thieves target several cars in a northern virginia neighborhood but the crime didn't end there. >> flying high in chopper 4 tonight to give you a look at i-66. take a look at it tonight and the changes that will be coming. are you aware that tolls are going to start relatively soon. i'll explain how all t

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first at 6:30. imagine walking out your front door ready to go only to see all of the wheels on your car gone. >> thieves are targeting one neighborhood in fairfax county. it happened twice this week. and mark segraves reports, the thieves seem to have a

target. >> reporter: this is what neighbors here in the community came out to find when they woke up this morning. several cars with all of the wheels stolen. it's the second time this week that it's happened here. fairfax county police say they received three reports this morning of cars having all of their wheels stolen and the cars left on blocks. >> obviously very upset, very worried, very disturbed that this could happen in our neighborhood. >> reporter: all three cars hit last night were new honda accords that all have expensive black rims, worth thousands of dollars. news reports over the past year show thieves have been targeting those same rims in new jersey, massachusetts and florida. >> it's probably in the dead of night i'm guessing and we live -- it's pretty quiet neighborhood, so again i'm shocked. >> reporter: police are also investigating similar thefts that happened in the very same neighborhood over

he woke up sunday morning to find the wheels on his new lexus were stolen. >> the cost of repairing the car is around $5,400 because it's considered a luxury car. >> reporter: add insult to injury, not only did neighbors find their wheels stolen but in each case the culprits tore out the landscaping bricks in the neighbor's front lawns to prop up the cars after they stole the wheels. >> this is -- this is a stunner. i never heard of anything. >> reporter: one neighbor did provide police with security camera video that may show the suspects vehicle. another neighbor tells news4 she chased away a suspect who had started taking the wheels off her luxury car. in northern virginia, mark segraves, news4. >> thieves at prince george's county used heavy machinery as they tried to steal cash from an atm. they stole a backhoe last thursday, then drove the thing five miles to a bank on

pike and used the backhoe to try and break into the atm. it didn't work. but they did do about $10,000 worth of damage to the atm. >> oh, man. by the end of the month you will no longer be riding in one of metro's original railcars. that's several months ahead of schedule. every one thousand and four thousand series rail car will be permanently removed. new, more reliable 7,000 series railcars are arriving and they are six times more reliable than the cars they're replacing. >> you probably notice new electronic toll signs have started going up on the road. tolls will be charged in rush hour directions on i-66 inside the beltway. adam tuss is in chopper 4 to give us a unique look at how all this is going to work. >> flying high in cho

how 66 is going to change in a big way. you may have started to notice these signs all along the 66 corridor and a lot of people are starting to wonder what are those signs. they're not lit up yet. take a look at the proximity to i-66. this right here is i-66 where it hits route 7. there you see 66 and here's route 7 in the falls church area and those signs are starting to get put in place so that testing can start on a new toll system that's going to happen all along i-66 inside the beltway. yes, folks, new tolls are coming on the eastbound side in the morning and the westbound side in the afternoon. this is entirely vdot project that is happening here. if you are hov 2 you'll be able to use those lanes for free. single occupancy drivers will now be able to pay a toll to use 66 inside the beltway. there are big changes coming and guess what? these tolls a

expected in december. we talked about it all today with vdot. >> right now it's 5 to $6 a trip. that's what we've been showing our models are showing. if they don't want to pay the toll they need to understand where their alt ter nat routes are. >> reporter: big changes on the way in the coming weeks and months. you should be expecting to pay a toll if you're planning to use 66 inside the beltway during rush hour periods start not guilty december. if not better get your carpool ready to so that you can start using that road when you want to. back to you. >> all right. anticipation is growing ahead of james comey's testimony tomorrow. the four things the former fbi is going to be telling -- preparing to tell on his side of the story. >> gambling addicts banned from casino. what the i-team showed how they were still able to get in. new efforts to toughen

state's program to keep them out. >> things are going to be changing over the next couple of days. we'll explain as those temperatures are going way up. narrator: the washington post endorses dr. ralph northam. mr. northam would make the better governor. and virginia progressives agree. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. dr. northam led the fight to stop the republicans' transvaginal ultrasound law. ralph is a leader for education, expanding pre-k for thousands of families in virginia. ralph northam: making progress means taking on tough fights, and as governor, i won't let donald trump stand in our way.

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technology. there's no way to know if the pump you're using has the device. police say you can protect yourself by not using older gas pumps and they say you should always pay with a credit card and not a debit card. >> it's always something. there's now a proposal in the maryland state letting legislature to change our local casino hand problem gamblers. scott macfarlane continues now. a week long look of government changes proposed. >> reporter: 1.5 million casino players pass through the doors of maryland's casinos last month but a investigation revealed some people inside shouldn't have been there. >> i lost $2,500 in ten minutes. >> reporter: michael is an admitted gambling addict who banned himse

he enrolled in the state's voluntary exclusion programs. if he goes in he fashions a trespassing charge. that hasn't stopped michael from getting in or from gambling. >> i'm made at myself and i also feel disappointed that the program that i thought was there to help me isn't. >> reporter: the program was required by state legislatures when they voted to permit local casinos but the i-team found the program is largely self-policed. we discovered i.d.s aren't always checked in casinos nor does the state require they be. the 1,400 problem glam blerz on the list won't likely be stopped unless they win big. >> is that program functioning the way it needs to. >> to the 1,600 or so folks that say i've hit rock bottom, never allow me back in, there's limited follow-up. but more importantly there's no way to detect if they're entering

>> reporter: maryland state delegate says he will propose new law including additional money for the treatment of problem gamblers and he plans on adding security staff to spot and stop voluntarily exclusion program participants. >> reporter: does it surprise you to hear that participants in this program are the ones most frustrated? >> not at all. i've had a chance to talk to gamblers, folks that have said i have a gambling problem and they've talked about the lack of resources. >> reporter: maryland's lottery and gaming control agencies says it will study possible usage of license plate readers themselves to bolster this program. we've been checking find 45 problem gamblers stopped and arrested inside maryland's six state casinos. >> that's progress. >> they are stopping some people just a mte

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testifies. >> we're going to start hearing testimony around 10:00 in the morning and sources tell nbc news james comey will lay out a pattern showing what he believed to be inappropriate conversations with president trump. based on comey's prepared testimony here's what we know so far. the former fbi director recalls nine one on one conversations with president trump over the first four months of this year. compare that with two private talks with president obama in the span of eight years. comey says he felt compelled to document what was said between him and president trump and he describes how the president asked for his loyalty and then for the fbi to drop its investigation into former national security advisor mike flynn. what you won't hear is any details about the investigation into actual russian interference. comey will discuss the classified matters in a closed door session after his public testimony is

doreen. >> all right. chris lawrence a lot of anticipation about these hearings tomorrow. >> um-hum. since we're all going to be inside watching television here's hoping it's going to rain all day tomorrow. >> what do you say, doug? >> if they have outdoor seating tomorrow, they may be okay. many of those places have tvs outdoors. today on the cool side. high temperatures only in the 60s across our region after normal high temperature this time of year, average high, 82, so we're really starting to work the temperatures up there as far as that's concerned. 66 degrees right now. it's definitely cool. it's cloudy and on the breezy side. we are tracking some showers. down to the south. most of the showers far to the south and west. and down towards just to the west of the hampshire county as well. culpeper county seeing some of that rain showers, most of them down towards orange and

still dealing with shower activity. zoom on down towards the culpeper region. downtown culpeper it has been coming down for the last one to two hours. we have seen some moderate showers across our region. the ten-day forecast showing the heat that's building. 74 tomorrow. 80 degrees on friday. 87 saturday and here's that five day heat wave, 94 sunday, a trio of 95s, monday tuesday and wednesday where the heat index could approach 100. a lot of events going on the next couple of days. 80 degrees on friday. high temperatures in the city. back toward the west, fauquier county 77 degrees tomorrow. the oldest horse show in the country. 84 on your saturday. 90 degrees during the day on sunday. now, sunday inland, d.c./metro area, 94 degrees. pretty good. the nationals coming back off a great road trip. they'll

you want to go to the game. 88 at 11:00, 94 by 3:00. so make sure you're drinking plenty of liquid clear, clear beverages down there at the ball game. you need to make sure you stay hydrated there and for the pride events going on saturday and sunday. looking pretty good there. sunday events going to be on the warm side. hot and humid. 86 degrees noon to 4:00 p.m. food trucks will be out there, bounce houses and we got tents from different decades too. i'll be out there as well. there is your ten-day forecast. clear beverages all the way around. >> clear beverages, the kind that have no calories and are actually water is what you're talking about. >> thanks. >> we've been talking

throughout the broadcast about the james comey testimony tomorrow. we continue now with nbc's pete williams. a lot of the things that came out in his statement today have been reported already but anonymously sourced. did anything in his testimony surprise you? >> yes, a couple of things did. first of all, i think it's worth noting that mr. comey's statements does confirm something that president trump -- president trump had said in the letter when he fired comey which is that three times mr. comey told him that he was not under investigation and that's basically one of the takeaways from comey's prepared statement. secondly, we did not know about subsequent phone calls that the president had with mr. comey in which he kept saying, can't you say something to clear me -- to clear my name, to make it clear that i'm not under investigation, to get that word out. he was especially concerned about some allegations made about the presidentnv

moscow three years ago. something the president is denied and he kept asking comey, can't you get the word out about that. we did not know about those phone calls. at one point, the president said i understand that if satellite associates of mine were involved with the russians in the campaign it would be good to know that but can't you get the word out that i wasn't involved, that i'm not under investigation. it's important to realize what this statement is and what it is not. it is not purely a document of every conversation he had with the president because he also talks about frachlt going to officials at the justice department and telling them about some of these meetings and even asking the attorney general jeff sessions at one point can't you prevent me from having any more private meetings with the president. these are uncomfortable and that mr. sessions didn't respond. it says nothing about what mr. comey thinks about all of this, presumably those are the questions that members will ask

did he think he was trying to pressure him to end the investigation? did he think was obstruction of justice? >> what is your take then on why he felt compelled to take these notes and with such specificity? these letters -- at least what we heard today seem to have a lot of detail in these notes that he was keeping? >> he says that he decided to start doing this after his very first meeting with mr. trump at trump tower and that he came out of that meeting thinking he better document his meetings with him because the meeting and the conversation was so unusual and not the usual conversation between a president-elect and fbi director. he actually started taking notes out of the conversation as he drove away from trump tower on a laptop in an fbi vehicle and decided he better transcribe or make notes of all his conversations. you're right. there is a mixture here of purely dry recitation of i said this, he said this. he used the door by the grandfather clock and what his

to him at the dinner, you know, can't you lay off the flynn investigation. so some of is quite vivid, you're right. >> a lot of people will be working up all night i bet working on the questions. pete williams always good to hear your take on these things. for complete coverage of comey's testimony be sure to watch "nbc nightly news" with lester holt right after this oadcast. br

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> this afternoon a pitching matchup fans have waited almost a year to see. steven straussberg and clayton. the two were supposed to face-off but neither pitched that night due to back problems. nationals/dodgers game highly anticipated. who will outpitch who? her shaw entering today's game, strosberg 7-1 so a heavyweight battle here and the nats strike first. top of the second. red hot ryan zimmerman at the dish and batting over .300 in his career. takes some yard here. 17th homer of the season for zimmerman. most since 2013 and we are only in june. to the 6th tied at one after a pass/fall on a strike extends the inning makes a -- ryan almost had that but gonzalez scored to give l.a.

that is the difference. strosburg, eight strikeouts in six innings. three hits and two lunz runs kershaw a little bit better. striking out nine over seven innings, dodgers win 2-1. nats back home tomorrow to host the orioles. >> the kurt cousins contract count down continues. the redskins have five more weeks until the july 15th deadline. contract talks have improved as owner dan snider is reportedly getting involved making it known how much washington wants to re-sign cousins and most of his teammates working out again today at redskins park sees organized team activities a good chance for the some of the new guys to get acclimated with the skins. our carol maloney caught up with the safety about his ties to his new team. >> what's the value of a number on the jersey for redskins

the number 36 cost him $75,000. he signed with redskins this off season. he's a long time shawn taylor fan. taylor wore number 36 so d.j. bought it for 75 k off cray vens. he's feeling right at home saying this is where easement to be. >> when i got drafted i wanted to come here from the start. i actually got some family out in this area a lot. so it's always been a team i've watched growing up watching shawn taylor and to finally get here it's a blessing. to see all the talent that this team has i think we can have a great year. >> reporter: he's called the group's flight marshal. i asked john for his reaction. >> we'll work on a few things. it's like right

middle. >> stunning news out of college football today. oklahoma's bob stoops is retiring. he's the longest tenured head coach in football. he won them to the championship, ten big 12 titles over 18 seasons in norman. the 56-year-old said the decision is not health related. >> now to matches postponed matches due to weather. team took the first in the second. he's in the far court. joker plays one close. they're for the return and joke covich follows down. know vic not looking good. team had it on cruise control serving with match point. team ends it with the back end. 7-6 in 6-0. now he might actually take a break but

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