when it hits. there's concern about he storm leaves behind. tonight president trump is trying to assure the nation that federal agencies are ready, and even as he defends the government's respondent in puer rico a year ago. blayne alexander has that covethge wit part of the story. >> reporter: the president has a lot to say, not just about hurricane season we're currentll facing, butt year's as well saying he earnea-plus response r his response, even though the death toll was in the thousands. president trump tweeting ining assurances ahead of hurricane flompfl p florence. >> we're fully prered, food, supplies, everything you can imagine. >> reporter: fighting criticism they mishandled thees rnse to hurricane maria last year leaving nearly 3,000 people dead in puerto rico. >> i think that port ree koe was an incredible -- puerto rias an incredible, unsung success. >> reporter: calnng it

omappreciated great job despite, quote, a totally itent mayor of san juan, and that mayor called the president's position despicable. >> i don't know where he gets the nerve to call this a success >> reporter: now another wave of criticism after documenp show the trdministration moved nearly $10 million from fema's buets to help fund border enforcement. those documents released by democratic senator jeff merkley. >> certainly are relevant responding to disasters. >> reporter: fema says that money was for administrative rp es, never for disaster relief. >> that money has nothing to do with what you see behind us. it does not pay for the respse. it is not coming out of the disaster relief fund. >> reporter: bosides accuing the other of playing politics with florence fastap oaching. president trump is also giving frequent updates on twitter. he urges everybo in the evacuation zone to get out and to listen to local orauies.

back to you. >> okay. thank you. we are working for you day and night as the monster storm closes in on the east coast. you see the interactive radar from florence on your phone in our nbc washington app. much more coverage throughout the hour and hurricane's latest track tonight on news 4 at 11:00. ve some breaking developments surrounding the future of the catholic church. a spokesperson for the archdiocese in washington confirmed late today that cardinal donald werle will ask the pope to accept his resignation. ne 4 has a closer look at what happens next. >> reporter: tonight, the mbolic shepherd considering leaving his flock as cardinal donald plans to ask the pope to accept his resignation, these freshmen are starting their utholicversity education amidst another church crisis. >> for me, personally, it's

completely infuriating and frustrating situation. >> i think it's scarythat, you know, i went from there and now here, and, like, oh, i have to face this again. >> reporter: she grew up near what was in pittsburgh, and his leadership position over the es archdiocin washington may soon end. >> i think people want to see some action taken. >> reporter: as is required for a catholic bishop at age 75 he submitted resignation nearly three years ago. >> the holy father, the pope, is not required to accept it. he accepts it at a point in which he's ready and willing to replace him with his successor. >> reporter: the pope now reconsidering the cardinal's resignation begin this summer's pennsylvania grand jury report ating back to when he was bishop of the pittsburgh. the report suggests he did notd nough to protect victims from predator priests. they met privately and seerces in theng say the cardinal broke down into tears, and

several priests gave him a standing ovation showing support emotionally, but sources stress that does not necessarily mean they believe he should stay. >> this is o another one our moments, but we'll move on from this. weck up. >> reporter: as for the future of the church, young catholics keeping the thith pushing ugh another painful fall. >> we fell before and we'll get back up. >> reporter: news more live team coverage of hurricane florence that's now a category 3, but it is sll packing a dangerous punch and aiming at the carolinas. these are 120 miles per hour winds. we are mapping out the storm's path and the impact it could have on our area. > new plan to protect your property as remnants of florence move our way. ng sal the season, the changes tte somea schools are making after a very wet are making after a very wet remmer, and we have mo

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today. they were trying to show a meticulous timeline of events leading up to the murders. it wak haunting video in the days after thee murders. irst time jurors got a look inside the home. while many watched i horror, darren, the only suspect charged, showed no emotion when the footage swed the charred bedroom and burnedro coils a box spring. only thing left of a bed where the 10-year-old phillip was found. the prosecution started the day by calling amy's father, james martin, to the witness stand, in what was an emotional start to the day. martin was followed by several other witnesses including the director of reservation that a pet boarding company, a business that the family used frequently to board their two thdogs. woman testified that on may 13th, the day the family and their housekeeper were held e, hoster staff called the home at 3:14 to confirm their upcoming reservation for the

dogs, but theirlandline phone was disconnected. throughout the day, voice messages we left on amy's cell phone, but it was not until n55 thht when amy called the receptionist back. she described amy a snding sleepy. she was rushing. this time, was different. prosecutors say amy was being held hostage at the time of the call. earlier that day at 3:25, a neighbor testified she saw amy walking in a nice outfit nea calvert and cleveland near northwest saying she was in a knee-length skirt, flat shoes, sweater across her shoulder, and a nice leather bag. she had her head down deep in gh hou clearly walking to get somewhere. but the defense team tried to dilute the neighbor's testimony by showing the jury surveillance videof amy and her son, phillip, from six hours earlier in the day. she was wearing a different outfit with a different bag. it was one way the defense tried

tow doubt in the jurors' minds. news 4. back to our coverage of hurricanewhflorence. h is approaching myrtle beach south carolina. here's what that beach lks like right now. things are calm at the moment. it's going to be dferent scene by this time tomorrow. >> you can see the clouds are forming nowatn the sky. when you cover a hurricane, and it's nice and sunny, and then all the sudden, here we go. early first bands come in. north carolina's governor says disaster is on the doorstep, and, today ishe final day to make preps. doug and amelia tracked the storm's path wendy who is in wrightsville beach, north carolina where people are boarding up andou getting wendy? reporter: good evening. this storm has weakened, but it's also -- the track has turned a bit, and even so, it's not the time to let our guards down. >> this is a mdatory

evacuation. >> reporter: the deadline to outrun hurricane florence quickly approaching. >> it's really big and very dangerous. we just need to get out of the way. >> reporter: after living through humpb rricane andrew, t dunns are leaving their home of just five months. >>be material oc can be replaced, people can't. he reporter: joining millions from virginia toarolinas getting out before she comes in. >> disaster's at the doorstep. >> reporter: this scene will be pummelled by mother nature's furry. >> this is going to be, you know, a mike tyson punch to the carolina coast. >> reporter: there are residents all along the southeastern sea skb seaboard who decided to stick 12 out. >> generedor is w in, got quite a bit of gas, and stowoed up on --ridges stocked up on food. we got plenty of water. >> reporter: lines forming at hardware stores as shoppers stock up on essentials. >> i'm not woied. i gotfood. now we got a generator and, you

know, we're just doing the best we can. >> reporter: mary traveling out of town to be with her parents, all safe now inside. >> through good times and through bad. you fow, to be theor each other. that's what isim portant. >> reporter: whether heading for higher ground or staying put, time isut running ahead of hurricane flence. the winds have picked up here on th beach this afternoon. once florence fihelly arrives , it's going to be a marathon, not a sprint. live this wghtsville beach, north calina, wac back to you. >> that's the source of the biggest concern. it's going on for quite some ti a, not 24 hour event. wendy, thank you. so who is impacted, and, by the way, let's be careful using the word that it's "weakened". it's not weak at all. winds, s per hour nothing weak about that. >> absolutely. still a category 3.

it's called a major hurricane at category 3 for a reason. that's when you see major damage to buildings and that's the kind of thing we're expecting to see along the coast from th surge and very heavy rainfall that they see down there. >> areas like wilminroon, north na to myrtle beach, south carolina picking up impressive amounts of rainfall, flooding there will be catastrophic for the areas. >> absolutely. next couple days bad for them. for us at home, we start with recast.al guys, i want to show you this. we have a flood warning now in parts of montgomery county, talking about this for an hour. and that's exactly what's been happening here. i want t zoom in. first off, this storm right here, in and around the d.c. me metro area on6 here to 29 along 16th ue and street very heavy rainfall in the district right now and further north and west around rockville, down to a trican legion bridge and the falls, we saw the rain for the better portion of two hours now because

that. national weather service issued a flood warning here. stat flood warning for creeks and ams, watch out, remember, turn around, don't drown. we'll continue to se rain here over the next hour or so. all of the boundary moving in. it's not relative or related to hurricflorence, however. hurricane florence now making its way towards the east coast, and, ain, re, only about 400 miles away. the eye looking a ltle ragged at the moment. that's showing you the weakening that it's seeing here.bl that's pos good news, but it does not matter. when a storm weakens like that, it enlarges the wind field just a little bit, and the stronger it is, the tighter the field so you weaken the storm a little bit, the hurricane force winds extend further out. right now, 120 miles per hour storm with windswe moving north at 16, on the track close to wilmington, north carolina and outer banks by friday night or by tomorrow night into the day on friday as a category 3 storm and moving south towards myrtle beach, another pattern, and up and around by monday still out towards the

appalachians down there to north carolina and tennessee. eventually, coming back into our region, but not a huge factor for us. i mean, again, let me rept that, amelia, not a huge factor for us. e t, rain, and wind down to the south. that's something to know.dy needs >> absolutely. this is not an event to rus fto the stor bottles of water and bread for. by no way are we looking at florence to hav a big impact on our area, however, some of the outer most areas of rain might the increase ove few days. look at your rainfall outlook. nt to start off with thursday, tomorrow, just a chance for showers out there, and have themblla handy, similar to today, most of the day dr but you might be dealing with rain and mugginess out there. the rain could be heavy in spot on friday, scattered rain is likely. that would be exactly fro florence on friday with the best chance for rain on washington and areas to the south, looking at your weekend, though, guys, s chance forwers out there on saturday, sunday, looking mhenly

dry, and some moreaiin the forecast likely from the m remnants. weather having a low to moderata . local beaches, it's breezy there with some beach erosion from the stm, but, again, dry time. the redskins' home opener sunday, chance for a shower. it's a bit humid out a there outdoor parties, doug, this week saturday and sunday, you don't want to cancel them. it's like pretty much every other weekend in the summer with rain, but mostly plenty of dry i . >> yeah. you know, for the kids, soccer games will get in, lacrosse, and maybe the baseball games, but depending on the rain so many cancelled. 40% chance of showers and storms tomorrow liketoday, 60% on friday. that's the best chance for rain from florence on friday, and saturday and sunday may be a litt of sun, least chance on sunday. only a 30% chance. the game looking fine. monday and tuesday, a better chance as the remnants of florence move back across the area, and once that moves

through, oh, boy, does it get nice with temperatures in the mid-70s thursday and friday, a nice respite we need. >> what we look forward . it helps adults quit smoking, but has the opposite te effect on agers, and now the fda is cracking down. >> and there's growing speculation over amazon's second headquarters, and some are rely believing that it alis

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we continue to cover breaking news near union station as d.c. police and u.s. capital police investigate a suspiciou vehicle. you're seeing live pictures near the scene. is alon louisiana avenue and northeast. some roads near the capital building are blocked off because of this. it's impacting traffic trying to get to union station. we'll update you as we learn more. more teenagers are using e-cigarettes, but as the usage reaches epidemic levels, health officialsg supportretailers on notice now. the fda threatening to pull

e-cigarette products from shelves unless manufacturers reverse this troubling trend. news 4's amy cho as reaction. >> reporter: this is a jewel, small, looks like a usb drive. they are illegal for kids to millionsthe fda says of students use them every year. >> teenagers using it. not ad idea. >> reporter: nikki's daughter goes to hobroadland high in ashford, and her daughter, lauren, does not use e-cigarettes, but know many who do. >> can't be good, right? d addictive, right? the kids are not bad kids, but teenagers are curious. > reporter: 2 million students used e-cigarettes last year, and 12% used them in 30 days, and 12% of middle schoolers used them in the last 30 days too.tu this collegent did not want to use his name, b uses the jewel every day. he doesn't think kids should do it, b he says for adults like

himself it relieves stress. >> when i looked into it, it was healthier than other options on n e market, so i feel a lot safer with jewel tst, like, a generic vape. >> reporter: to prevent kids from lightin up, the fda is cracking down, fighting stores that sell to minors and gave makers 60 days to prove they can keep kids from smoking. if not, the fda says they may from th pros shelves all together, a move this mom says she'll keep a close e on. >> it' our job to be informed and concerned about anything that affects t health or well being of our children. >> reporter: amy cho, news 4. new details in a tuble-murder suicide tha involves a herndan family. fairfax county police were called to a home finding three people dead. they believe the mother shot her two children and turned the gun on herself. news 4 has discovered a police search warrant, and in it, it

says the children's father came home, made the gruesome discovery. officers were called, started cpr on the kids, but they could not be saved. the warrant says investigators did see items from the home that include a revolver, paperwork, telling where the gun was purchased, a a journal. coverage of hurricane florence continues at 6:30 as we look live at the carolina coastline. doug is tracking the worm's path ahat it means for our area. he's coming up next. >> reporter: the rain we already hadgs comver the banks and filling places like this, and now the new concern is that it could go to parkingra s. and flood carsthere. what's being done about that coming up. and all this rain in the weather forecast, too, having an impact on sports. tonight, the changes local school districts are ting to school districts are ting to saaklv

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now at 6:30, we're tracking hurricane flce. this major category 3 storm about 400 miles away from the north carolina coaht row. >> and in the outer banks, look at this. the boatre docks arey much empty. people moved their boats up to safer waters. food s pantries arecking up. florenceould cut off the w in and out of the islandsor weeks. jim handley spoke with the first

responders on the coast, and getting a feel of who i left and who is sticking around. handley? >> reporter: yeah. you know, some of those firefighters, first responders have been holding get-together dinners this week trying to get a handle on where the need for help may be starts tomorrow and beyond. >> we're telling people you needed to safe, if you are staying, stay inside, no reason to go out and try to get in the water or to cck on people, and you got to keep yourself safe first so when this is over, we take care of each other after that. >> we always hear staying are putting first responders' lives in jeopardy. do you look at it that way? >> there's always, in a storm like this, if there's people here, there's always going to be something that a firponder is nervous about. i think that what we is a voice and something you share you need to be safe here in this storm. you don't need to go outside

when the winds are blowing or get in nasty water. >> reporter: speaking of ocean waters and wds right now, take a look behind us. what a difference. what a different 90 minutes make. doug, you mentioneththis is just taste of what may be blowing in here, starting tomorrow >> yeah, jim, winds steadily increase throughout the night tonight into the day tomorrow. you're right, coming to you at 4:00, it was beautiful out there,o waves, and no cloud cover, and now you got them both, so i know youre going inland, buddy, good thing you are. again, by this time tomorrow orrning, by this time tornado warning tomorrowng, it's a different scene. >> hurricane florence 120 miles per hour category 3 storm, a major hurricane, making its way onshore by about this time tomorrow night into early fridao ing, so making its way on shore with the tropical storm foe winds first. about noon tomorrow afternoon and hurricane force winds ramp up tomorrow night. now, for us, for our region,

this is not related to florencef but we have sooding going on right here, and we got some thunderstormn, acthunder and lightning here in the area, parts of.c northeast and georgia avenue to northwest. be careful. heavy rain here. flood warnings in through parts oftg mery county. turn around, don't drown. never drive through water. how much more rain do we expect? amelia is here in ten minutenk tyou, doug. we already had a lot of rain, as you say, one of the wettest summers on record. the remnants of hurricane florence could be a game changer for high schools team as many are trying to salvage a stormy start to the hrason. news 4 gordon is in fair fax county. chris, how are schools coping with the cancellations? >> reporter: well, they are changing their schedules. they are postponements and delays, but, tonight, mcclain high school hosts edison.

it was scheduled for friday night originally, but moved up to tonight because the fairfax countyublic school system i concerned that the weather could be much more severe this weekend. here at mcclain high school parents supported the decision to move the game to tonight to avoid heavy weather in the forecast, even if it means missing the game. >> booster clu apparel, so i can't attend it,t' but twhy i'm laughing. it's just because i won't be there. >> reporter: public high school in montgomery county maryland are also juggling their sports schedules forward third week in , ro moving games tofi aral turf fields like this one because the rain has saturated many of their grass fields. >> we coined two new terms, "the penta-header" and "hexa-header," five to six gamesamn thee field in one day.n

>> reporter: o september 1st, friday before last, this fairfax county f high schotball game was suspended because of lightning. the friday night fans who came toatch westfield play south county had to evacuate the stadium because of the lightning. the players and some of thetu fs rned saturday morning to finish the footballgame. >> get down, go! >> reporter: mcclain hosts edison tonight rather than friday night as scheduled to gel the game in keeping students and fans safe from the weather. >> this weather's disrupting ev ything. ai i'd rather go to a game on a good night than a night like you're talking about. >> reporter: now, because of the threat of hurricane there's been a lot of changes. the university of virgini has moved its saturday game. viinia tech's game has been ca elled. howard university's game has been postponed, but here at mcclain, the ndhighlanders

eagles will be kicking it off in 20 minutes. wendy, back to you. >> they look good out there on the field, thanks, chris. this just in, virginia's governor says evacuation orders will remain in place for the tidewater area and hampton roads area in stheast virginia although the track sihirted south. for breaking news alerts and updates on florce'sen

now to the search for amazon's second headquarters known as hq2. speculation close o in our area because jeff besos and amazon's board of directors are reportedly in town. nitomorrow t, he'll sit for an interviewosted byhe economic club of washington on september 19th, he'll be the speaker at an air force conference at national harbor, a and his company, blue

origin, intends to compete for pentagon contracts. on friday, he visits "theash post," he owns the paper, but he told post reportersl he wil not answer questions about blue origin or the new headquarters. in the ameantime,zon is taking aim at a holiday tradition. the onlineil re giant changed some aspects of american life, and r some of us like browsing a bookstore is still a cherished tradition, but others are just as hap t get books in the mail or through digital devices, and come november, amazon starts shipping fresh full-sized christma trees to your door. the national christmas tree association estimates 27 million live christmas trees were sold last year. fewer than 2% were purched online. there seems to be room for growth in that market. ing to be interesting to see how many shoppers are willing to give up buying and just buy a tree and see.

>> no more walking through the mud and sizing it up and how it fits in the>>iving room. aybe there's a generation of young people who have not gotten to really do that. they just buy it. >> just buy everything with the phones. >> yeah. up next, dramatic video from inside the storm as hurricane florence barrels towards the carolina coast. htdoug? >> r now, tracking rain around our area, heavy rain, flood warnings in effect for parts of montgomery county and a good storm right now in towards prince georges county at the line, and college park. much more on what to expect here locally, well, that's an ominous shot there. how about that? latest on florence andpa it has on our area this weekend. get to the ross fall fashion event... ...and get the brands you want... check this out.

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millions of people dealing with mandatory evacuation orders as hurricane florence closes in. >> lester holt and dave guitierrez are looking what's coming up on nightly news. >> why hurricane florence threatens more communities and ewhy people hav a difficult time making the choice to leave their homes issue and storm surge, what's it lik to be in the middle of one when we see you back here tonight. >> this is one of the many evacuation setters set up in the carolinas as the hurricane barrels towards.she east coast. many under mandatory evacuationg orders, and ternment declared a public health coergency for the carolinas. among the biggestern? one of the most vulnerable populations, the elderly. family members trying to get them to safety. coming up on nbc nightly ws, we'll speak with a hospital that's she wantering in place.

we'll speak about they stocked up on supplies to keep the population safe. >> with the ground alreadyo saturated from days of rain, the concern is that anymore rain we pick up c lead to flooding. as transportation reporter shows us now, one area of focus is parking garages. >> reporter: take a look. a lot of the rain we've already had is causing rivers to e overflow lhe river here at the park, and now the concern is if w getore rain, that is an underground parking garage could get flooded, and that has car owners a little bit worried. >> what happens is when this heavyrainfall, this ceiling will leak, and over top the car, it's a huge crack. >> reporter: sherry henry lives here, and although the parking garage is brand new, there's been water sues. >> when it rains just on a normal day, it -- aer lot of wat gets downbelow.

>> reporter: management advising residents to seek higher ground because o standing water in lower portions of the garages. >> i want to hide my car in my apartment. if i could. >> reporter: she ss instead, she'll just park on a higher level. take a look, this is what it looked like outside bwi marshall airport awhile back after heavy rains drenched low lying parking lots, and this is a con in flood prone areas across the region like old town alexandria as well and transportation departments say if you are arked in ana that floods, higher is always better. there are no guarantees once the water rises, and be aware all of thce could be a c as we keep our eye to the sky over the next week. in the district, news 4. re and we worrying about thdiflecowng oau b ef se florence. these are just what we've seen over the past couple days with humid itions. we got the rain out there right

now. not everybody's seeing it, but where we are seein it, it's heavy. >> get used to it. it's tat samern for the weekend and early next week. >> florence rains do not start for us really until late tomorrow into the day friday. >> right. >> this is something we've seen r betteart of the week. >> all summer. >> that too. yes. look at that shot, out there right now,t's one of the clouds that is makes its way across the city with heavy rain lothere. ing off in the distance, though, the sunset, some of you seeing sun right now, but take a look at the radar picture. you see that rain coming through montgomery county through the district as well, and that's i something tha only going to continue as we make our way through the restf the evening now. prince george as county too seeing heavy rain, right there, right around college park, zooms in and you can see, montgery coun lessening a bit, but heavy in the poolsville area and rive road and weston and great falls. look here. around parts of d.c., you see it right there along on29, 16th street and georgia avenue.

right on down towards dupont circle and across the bridge and gw parkway, and over to berlin and east riverdale as well. lightning associated with t t aswell. this lasts for a couple hours. flood warning in effect for the next cou te hours for creeks and streams. watch for that. now, of course, all eyes on hurricane florence making its way towards the carolina coastline. waiting to see what happens here it just went through what we call an ey rawall replacement cycle. we could see strengthening in theext couple hours. we'll wait and see. current forecast at 120 miles per hour current winds, 120, comingonshore by friday morning, and into friday afternoon as a category this is going to be a major rainmaker in this area, but because it's further south, not so much for us. >> yeah. exactly. it continues to be good news here in our area overall, and, of course, the main ways we get informabout the hurricanes, about florence, is with the hurricane hunter. i want tohow you amazing video

we have of this aircraft actually flying through florence getting the latest information, take a look at this. just unbelievable. and then, well, it's in the center of the. hurric in the eye wall. whenever i go to the school visits, i always read "inside a hurricane," and this is the real life thing, guys, look at how amazing that is. the stadium effect, doug. it.ove >> awesome. >> absolutely. >> heading back to the graphics now, take a lookalt the rai amounts from this storm system. i'm going to stop thistuhere, day, because that's really when we allow our rain chances u in the forecasil tuesday. after that, we dry out, but regardless, look how much rain is falling in the caroli.s from floren we're talking 25 inches in wilmington with higher amounts there, t9 inches in charlotte, and 10 in raleigh. ramounts this high, massive

flooding, and up into our area, that is just a great number. you don't have tonomuch about weather, but 1.8 inches through tuesday night is good news. not a direct hit at all. the weekend is not a washout, but the remnants of the storm brings showers monday and tuesday, and, again, doug, showers out there on friday, and maybe into the weekend, and from orence, but it's definitely something we can manage, l, overal looking at a low impact from the event. >> yeah. you mentioned the ekend, everyone wondering about the red skins game there. i think the skin's game i fine, the home opener looking good friday is the best chance to see florence's rain, 40% chance saturday and 30% chance of afternoon showers sunday. and then monday and tuesday, tracking florence again moving back across our region with showers and thunderstorms before we dry out, and, boy, we have weather next week. we need it, guy, so wet for so long. a nice dry streak for a while. >> right. and no humidity either.

nonef that swamp that we've been living in. >> i'm getting rid of it all. >> thank you. >> thank you, doug. coming up, redskins prepare for theome opener, and w wh no idea on the star's going to be. >> terry is up next with why

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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> who do we need to look for on game da >>everyone. offense, defense. we're not sure who is going to be thestandout. we'll explain why. it's a good thing for the redskins because they are looking to carry the momentum from the season opening win to their ohome opener. next on the schedule, colts on sunday players , agreyeah, they played well against arizona, but this is justg a startin point. the redski back to work today trying to build up impressive comebacks. chris thompson turning heads coming back from a broken leg, andea 33-yr-old peterson proving doubters wrong with 166 total yards, and tight end jordan reid

showing whyn hea he's not to be stopped. so many weapons if the offens w be the next to grab the spotlight, and you know what, redskins know that's a good team approach each week. >> throughout the week, you prepare to have a sound game plan knowing that, you know, we don't know. we don't know whose turn it will be ahe who has moment in the key situation, and i think goods offenses prepare, every single do their job, t when the number is called, you make the play and accountable to the other guys. you piece it together through play makers and schemes, and you can't stop us all and that mentality, develop it and work at it. >> reporter: a couple guys, alex smith, throws to put on injury reserve today. wide receiver and punt returner undergo surgery after suffering a high ankle sprain sunday against the cardina and simms,te

undraf rookie that made a splash in the preseason with a high ankle sprain had surgery as well. the skins bring back familiar face, brian quick, part of the final cuts last month, and he played an 11 games for t r redskins last season. they are just starting this season, but for theystics they are up front on the line. washington needs a win, or seattle wins this year's title, and that tips off at 8:00 at eaglewe bank arena wherave chris miles. mystics' backs are against the wall tonight. >> reporteyeah, i know, they are facing elimination, but theg have been warmp behind me for the last hour, and this team seems loose. you would think they were ahead in the series, in fact, it has not dawned on them yese the on is coming to an end possibly. the mvp was out here hitting almost every shot ishat it seemed like, and now kristi is out there warming up.

down two games to none in the series, their backs aregainst the wall after a owout by the storms in game one. mystics played sunday to have seattle win by two points. fight backthe team before incoming overcoming that injury. she says the team is ready for the moment. >> i have show them the importance of the moment, then they are not the people i think they are. they are all ready. everybody is loose, not too tight and worried. stick to the a routinend do your thing. >> resilient group who continues to play, and when you plashfor a champi, there's a lot on the line so we'll come out punching. >> david and goliath, in tough spot down 2-0, but everyone believes we can do this and can come back. win a game right now. and then you worry about the next one later. if you win one game, that's a new series.

, it should be noted this is a banner year for the mystics. first time they appeared in the conference in the actual championship, also, mostin for the franchise in the first time they had back-to-backse winning ons. >> well, chris, looks like things are picking up a little bit in there. are the fans excited too and trickling in do i see? >> reporter: that was the concern, right? in seattle you know 14,000 strong came out to support the storm. fans just got here. u can hear them in the stands behind me on the left and right. when alana came out, they were screamin >> thank you. tipoff at 8:00 tonight. >> good for them. rooting for them. >> ye >> thank you. thank you for joining us. cnbo here'se stair takers, breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures.

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