widow duct taped in the rear seat of her lincoln continental. a car like this one. >> he drove throughout central maryland and we are not sure what locations he was at, what time he was driving and what counties. >> no one knew she was missing, but last night, a break. when a caller told police he had seen a woman restrained in the backseat of a car at this royal farm store in baltimore county. the caller reported the license plate. police quickly deduced, it was ripken. then this morning close to ripken's home in aberdeen, a neighbor found her in her car. she attracted attention by blowing the horn. >> she was shook up. >> who sat with ripken and her family after she was rescued. >> they were talking, i guess, in general. >> did he demand money? >> i don't think he threatened

her. she said he was very nice, actually, you know. but of course ted bundy was nice, too. >> we don't know what the relationship was. we no of no ransom. >> no demand for ransom. no idea what the motive was according to police. they are not telling us whether mrs. ripken's credit cards or atm cards were used. they are telling us that they are looking for a tall, thin, white man in his 30s. he was wearing a light colored shirt and some camo pants. they do believe he is armed. tonight, mrs. ripken is home with her family and she is okay. but nobody is quite sure exactly what happened. in aberdeen, scott broom, 9news now. >> we are glad mrs. ripken is okay. thank you so much. >> from a villain to real heros. two police officers are talking for the first time this afternoon about rushing into a

burning apartment building and pulling out half a dozen people. bruce leshan reports some of the people they saved had no idea their lives were in danger. >> i think it's human instinct. >> corporal rickie say they will never forget what they found. >> this is the area right here behind us where the dogs were out on the balcony. >> flames roaring across the back of the building from the first floor up through the roof. >> when i got here, i could hear screams of people and i heard blood curdling screams. i really wasn't sure what it was. >> the whole building looked like it was in flames. nobody could do anything. oh my gosh, that dog was screaming and hole larking. >> but the lieutenant tried toe climb up and tossed the pit bull and puppy from the burning balcony. >> you touched it for a second? >> reached out and my handmade contact, and that's how hot it was. >> the two officers rush around to the other side of the

burning building to get more people out. >> a couple times when i banged on the door, they asked what i wanted and i told them their building was on fire and they said, what for. i proceeded to kick in the door and told them they needed to exit the building right away. >> the officers broke down more doors. went back for another man who was still sleeping on an upper floor, but the officers are still haunted that they were unable to do more. >> there's another dog inside an apartment, because i could hear the glass banging. i could see it moving and i was hoping it wasn't a person. come to find out, it was another dog inside. all of those dogs burned up inside. >> sad story. investigators know the fire started on the outside of the first floor, but they are unsure what sparked it. dozens of people are homeless and trying to salvage what they

can. a man drowned has been identified. kalif richardson was just 21. witnesses reportedded seeing someone go into a pond on old stagecoach road just before 9:00 last night. no one saw him or resurfaced. firefighters used a rescue boat, but richardson's body was later found at the bottom of the pond. an investigation is now underway. the first memorial service was held for a victim of a colorado movie theater shooting. teresa garcia was there and she brings us the latest from aurora, colorado. >> family members and friends attended a church service in denver today. the 51-year-old's father of four was killed. he was at the theater with two of his teenage daughters who were not hurt. >> i'm really sad about what everyone is going through. >> his family was seen crying at the makeshift memorial near the theater. one of his daughters wrote on a

cross, dad, it was a surreal, disorienting night. what was certain, your calling to us. i love you. >> he was a great dad and they were great kids and it's an absolute tragedy. >> before the attack happened, suspected gunman, james holmes, reportedly mailed a notebook full of details about how he was going to kill people. a law enforcement source was quoted as saying holmes sent it to a psychiatrist at the university of colorado, but it sat unopened in the mail room until monday. former fbi assistant director and cbs news correspondent says investigators are digitally recreating the rampage. >> takes a ballistic evidence that will show them the trajectory of the bullets. >> police are expected to return control on wednesday. for now, it remains an active crime scene. teresa garcia, cbs news,

aurora, colorado. >> holmes' neighbors were hoping to return to their apartments today, but investigators are still processing evidence in james holmes' apartment. the founder of one of the area's most prestigious swim program is having a sexual relationship with a teenage swimmer. according to the washington post, rick paid the swimmer and her parents to keep quiet about it. the post says u.s.a. swimming requested an emergency disciplinary hearing against the coach, the alleged victim, starting when she was just 13. a car came crashing into an apartment building this afternoon. there were also some reports of gunfire. so far, police have been unable to find the driver of that car or any victim of a gun shot. the crash happened at around 1:30 in the 2400 block of pomroy road.

fire fighters responded. mayor vincent gray got into some verbal sparring matches at his weekly news conference. gray appears determined to show his administration is not been slowed nor distracted by the federal corruption probe. >> second consecutive day, mayor gray tried to get reporters to switch gears from the negative press about his 2010 election. got help from a $610,000 illegal shadow campaign. >> routinely would not come to the city or moved out of the city. the technology enhancement act, which is before the council right now, nobody has done that before. >> improvised move, mayor gray revealed he met with the president of pepco, then formed a task force to look into underground wires to prevent future outages. >> my conversation is with mr. rigby, how do we create reliability. >> the planned announcement

centered on a 56 page booklet that touted the mayor's one city plan. >> inside these pages, the mayor talks about jobs, housing, high school graduation rates, you name it, it's all here. but one of the driving questions of this press conference today, will the mayor be around to see this plan through? >> i want to be able to come back in a year and say we have done everything and now we have a new plan. >> part of the plan is to finally rebuild the troubled and often dangerous housing project in southeast. here's the concern of a community leader when told of the news today. >> the vincent gray was standing in front of you, what would be your question? >> why don't you step down? for him to say he doesn't know what is going on with the people that were closer to him, i don't believe that. >> the mayor meets with democratic leaders tomorrow evening. they have concerns as well, as to whether the mayor will

survive the campaign probe. bruce johnson, 9news now. >> for a fourth straight night, protesters and police clash over police shootings in anaheim. >> get out and enjoy this beautiful weather tonight. some changes coming this way. i'm talking some extreme heat and potential for some big storms. talk about that coming up in your full forecast. ♪ i've never felt this way before,

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we have breaking news for you. where police say a child has accidentally shot himself. sky 9 is out over the scene. this is the 14800 block of empire street. it's an active investigation. now police say the child's injuries are life threatening. investigators are not saying how old this child is and they are still investigating the circumstances around the shooting. we'll have more information when it becomes available. >> the streets of anaheim, california, are quiet again after another night of some violent protests. police fired pepper spray balls. the crowd through rocks at officers. lit trash cans on fire and smashed store windows. 24 people ended up under arrest. the protesters are demanding to know why police used deadly force in two weekend shootings. >> our job is to protect

property and life. our job isn't to stand back in the back and let anarchists or rioters damage property and injure people. >> first step is to get to the truth. and that takes some patience and calm. >> the shooting sparked four days of unrest. the family of a man police killed saturday has filed a $50 million lawsuit against the city. the anaheim city council approved a resolution calling for a federal investigation into those police shootings. meantime, the justice department is calling a new plan to reform the new police department, the most wide ranging in its history. the goal is to weed out corruption and put an end to a pattern of descrimatory. the federal government released a scathing report about the new orleans police department. a volcanic eruption showered ash all over the city in southern japan. all over one city in southern japan, i should say. roads were shut down, trains

were delayed and people walked with their mouths and noses covered. the volcano has erupted over 600 times already this year and more eruptions are expected. >> and look another the spectacular pictures coming out of greenland. a tourist captured this photo of an iceberg that broke apart from the peterman glacier. that break caused a tsunami, which damaged the boat he was on. hundreds of smaller icebergs are drifting away from the glacier. a little closer to home, a spectacular site on the eastern shore today. about 140ponies made the swim between the islands. and the ponies were auctioned to raise money for the fire company. they get to roam free for another year. now we bring you a consumer

alert. apple's latest operating system for its mack computers roared into the market today. the mountain lion software sells for $20. new features include closer integration with iphones and ipads and easier access to social media. it is available for down load only and free to customers who purchased a new mac after june 11. toyota may be close to reclaiming its top spot as the number one car company in the world. the japanese auto maker says it sold nearly 5 million vehicles across the globe during the first six months of this year. toyota sales bounced back from production cuts due to the tsunami and massive recalls over safety concerns. as for who keeps the crowd, sales numbers on august 2. and ford has geared up to compete against lexus in the luxury sedan market. the american auto maker hopes its lincoln mkz will roll over.

ford even priced the vehicle $175 below its competitor's car. the company will also offer a hybrid version with a sticker price nearly $3,000 less than lexus's hybrid. although you probably just want to walk outside on a day like this, right guys? >> that car looked very cool. >> the grill, pretty nice. pretty nice. but you said it was going to be the best day of the week. >> you can feel the difference in the humidity, can't you? well, you have to enjoy it today and tonight because you have the heat and humidity coming back. here's a look out our hd. we have clear skies, lots of sunshine. temperatures have topped out in the upper 80s. a live look at your weather camera. look at that beautiful shot. mostly sunny skies. dew points in this, os. we like that. we have seen them around 70s, which is why it's been so muggy. right now, 8 it 82 degrees in

gaithersburg. fredericksburg at around 87. all right, the dew points. these dew points are our friends. 50s and that just means it feels really nice. here's our dew point comfort index. usually in the 70s and 60s and 50s, that's when it's nice. i got to open my windows. you can do that tonight as well. the heat and humidity will be returning. but tonight, enjoy it, pleasant. thursday, triple digit heat. heat advisory goes into effect starting until noon, going until 8:00. and friday, it's hot with thunderstorms. i want to show you this risk for severe weather. the moderate risk is up north into pennsylvania and into the northeast. for us, we are under a slight risk parts of the district and points north. the main threat being damaging winds, possible up north of us, according to the storm prediction center. we have to watch the forecast tomorrow. any storms that do bubble up

have the potential to become strong or severe, especially places north of town. here's a look at your future cast. tonight, no problems. a gorgeous night tomorrow morning. and then the afternoon, you can see up north, we'll see some showers and storms forming. so pennsylvania folks need to watch out. here in the district, we are okay for now. just a slight risk for some strong storms and then friday, we have a better chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms, especially by the afternoon and still be hot. get ready for the heat and humidity, especially tomorrow. here's a look at your forecast tonight, partly cloudy and pleasant, great for a walk, get outside. lows around 65 to 74 degrees. 74 in downtown. upper 60s in leesburg and fredericksburg, 69 degrees. tomorrow morning, lots of sunshine, a mild start. moderate, no concerns there. for the afternoon, we are looking at mostly sunny conditions, very hot and humid. a stray storm possible, highs around 100 degrees.

in western maryland, 79. cumberland 93. in downtown we'll go with 100 degrees. check out your next three days. 9 weather alert code yellow for the heat and storm potential. saturday in the lower 90s. and looks like for the weekend, temperatures will be in the lower 90s. still unsettled for saturday. sunday also in the lower 90s. after that, next week temperatures in the upper 80s to lower 90s. again, tomorrow we'll have to watch those storms. looks like they will be well north of us. but these storm prediction center will continue to update things as the models continue to update. tomorrow, it's going to be very hot and want to stay tuned to see how those models change over the next 24 hours. back to you. >> thanks, anny. we are just one day away from the beginning of redskins training camp. coming up, we are standing by live with a news conference. why? because he is rg3, what do you think? >> but up next, just released

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we want to update our breaking news from prince william county, where a child accidentally shot himself has now died. this is sky 9 over this very sad scene in the 14800 block of empire street in dale city. we do not know the child's age. investigators are trying to figure out what led up to this shooting. we'll continue to follow it and bring you updates as we get them. >> you might want to expect some delays. that's if you are planning to take metro. from friday at 10:00 p.m. through sunday, the medical center and bethesda stations on the red line will be shut down. why? you know why. it's track work. as will the stations. they will have those free shuttle buses out there. riders aught to add a half hour to their travel times. it was smoother sailing on the montgomery county ride. the transit system resumed its normal operating schedule.

county executive had pulled more than a dozen buses out of service. that was the seventh fire on a ride on bus in the last three years. the buses are being replaced. and the focus was on traffic jams today at a meeting of the leadership. one of the prime topics, the potential for express. other topics of discussion included express toll lanes and rapid bus service on the west side of montgomery county. today's meeting was held at the metro headquarters. >> a just released video at sea world. the disturbing 15 minute video shows a female whale attacking her trainer during a performance 60 years ago. the tape was used as evidence in a recent court case accusing sea world of putting its people in danger. experts believe the whale became agitated by the cries of her nearby calf. >> imagine being a mother and your child is calling for you and you are not allowed to go

comfort your child. you have to perform a show. it might make you angry. >> we pull down to the bottom, then she brings him back up and you think, thank god. she's not going to kill him. and he's trying to remain calm and you don't know what's going to happen next and she decides to go back down. >> frantic rescuers threw a giant net. the manager swims to safety, but the whale comes after him and he barely manages to get away. this close call comes four years before trainer dawn brancheau was drowned in orlando in 2010. just last week, a judge ruled sea world has to keep its whale trainers out of the water until it can adequately protect them. you have heard of the movie, home alone. overseas there's a new twist they are calling, roam alone. somehow an 11-year-old boy managed to get through security at the manchester, england airport without a passport or a

ticket. the boy got on the plane and traveled to rome by himself. when the jet landed, he was put on a return flight back to manchester. in powland, a couple who abandoned their toddler is under criminal investigation. investigators say the parents left their two-year-old girl behind because her passport had expired. then the rest of the family boarded a flight to greece. the girl's grandmother came and picked her up, police say they will interview the parents when they return from their two week vacation. >> okay, still ahead, new developments in the jackson family feud following this fight between michael jackson's siblings and his kids that was caught on tape. >> also ahead, watch your mouth. a new study finds swearing in the workplace can hurt your career. and we are standing by for that live news conference with rookie redskins quarterback, robert griffin iii, they start their training camp tomorrow. we want to know what's up.

we'll be right back.

we got another update from our breaking news out of prince william county. this is a really tough one. this is police say a four-year- old child accidentally shot himself and died. again, this is the scene over the 14800 block of empire street in dale city. we're told the child was a four- year-old boy. police are still trying to figure out again what led up to

this shooting. how he got his hands on the gun. we are going to continue to follow this story. anita. well, all eyes will be on robert griffin, iii, when the washington redskins take the field for the start of training camp and that is tomorrow. the morning walk through is closed to the public. the first official practice will take place at 3:00 p.m. >> as everybody knows, this will be the first training camp under head coach, mike shanahan, where there is no doubt who our starting quarterback is going to be. he is the franchise qb and it did not take long for coach shanahan to name him as the starter. >> we know rg3 is going to address the media for the first time since he signed a four- year, $21 million rookie contract. but he hasn't quite made it to the podium just yet. we anticipate he will be there shortly and we will come back to it because we know you want to hear from him soon. >> we should know they have that golf cart to wisk him

over to the press conference. it hasn't happened yet, but we will let you know. >> meantime, the jackson family appears to be intensifying. sheriff deputies were calling to the home monday after a fight broke out. and the confrontation was caught on tape. christina reports. >> the jackson family drama intensified at katherine jackson's home. surveillance video surfaced tuesday, appearing to show a confrontation between paris and janet jackson. witnesses say janet and her brothers went to the family matriarch's house. allegedly trying to convince paris and her older brother to leave with them. the incident reportedly happened the same day the l.a. sheriff's department was called to katherine's home after reports of a scuffle. deputies say the spat involved randy, jermaine, and their cousin. a battery report was taken, but no arrests were made. paris made light of the situation tweeting quote, got

to love fans. this comes on the heels of a missing persons report filed over the weekend. claiming michael jackson's mother, katherine, had been missing. the late pop icon's 82-year-old mother has custody of his children who say they haven't heard from their grandmother since july 15. paris took to twitter tuesday saying quote, nine days and counting, so help me god, i will make whoever did this pay. a sheriff's information revealed katherine was safe in arizona. but a spokesman says the investigation is on going and so it seems the family drama is, too. i'm christina reporting. >> and a judge appointed tito jackson's son, t.j., as a temporary guardian for michael jackson's children. anita. a photographer accused of tailing justin bieber will face criminal charges. l.a. prosecutors say this is the first case filed under the antipaparazzi law.

the suspect is a 30-year-old freelance photographer, he is charged with reckless driving with the intense to capture pictures for commercial gain. the chase happened on an l.a. freeway on july 6. they stopped the teen pop star for driving over 80 miles an hour while trying to get away. >> let's take you back to the franchise play. rg3 at the podium, going to be talking to you in just a couple moments. he signed a four-year contract worth $21 million and everybody wants to know how this year is going to go. here's rg3. >> for ota's, does it feel different and if so, how? >> you know, it's all business now. we are getting down to the season time and i think everybody came back in great shape, as you can see from the run a little bit. everybody is just ready to go and compete. i am, too. >> what kind of nerves you have, that you didn't have at some of the other camps?

>> i think i was more anxious, maybe a little nervous for minicamps and ota's, but now been through the offense and you know, had a trial at it, got a taste of how fast the game is and just what i need to do as a quarterback to help this team win. felt comfortable. so it is more relaxing and you know, there's nothing else going on outside of football anymore, you know, we are in training camp. we are on lockdown. for a guy like me, it's a good thing. >> you have a comfort level with the teammates. >> it's all smiles in the locker room. so when you see guys you haven't seen in a while and you have that comradery, it is good. we have built great relationships and the leaders are stepping up, trying to make this successful. >> the receiver is knowing the guys. >> throwing with the guys over the break and doing those types of things to get you more familiar with them and you can really see who is truly

dedicated and you know, who you have to continue to stay on to make sure they can show the team they are dedicated. but aside from that, just working with these guys is a great thing. >> so much made about what you have to do to be successful. how will you define your success as a rookie? >> that's what i have to ask you. it's like me asking, who are you? why are you you? it's a difficult question to answer, so you know, success for us is winning football games. how many that is, i have no idea. definitely more than one. more than two, more than three. so we want to go that way. >> for you individually, though? >> i don't set individual goals. everything i do is based on the team. if we are winning, i'll wait. [ airplane sounds ]

>> how do you balance all the celebrity and getting ready for your nfl season? >> i mean, it's great and easy to balance that now because the team doesn't look at me that way. they don't look at me like a celebrity. i'm the quarterback and i'll lead them to victory, but there's no celebrity. there's no autographs in the locker room for the most part. and you know, i'm not rg3 to them, i'm just robert. so that's good to be around those guys for these next, you know, couple weeks and into the preseason. it's going to be really good to bear down and focus on football. >> how about outside of football? you saw award shows, do you put that completely on the back burner? >> i'm not going in the award shows and doing commercials during the season. all that is done, you know, i did my work in the offseason, whether it was with marketing or just football work, making sure i stayed in shape and

stayed on top of the play book. i made sure i did all that, while making sure i handled my business. >> was there any reluctance to put yourself out there, considering you are an unproven product at the nfl level? >> you are only unproven if you think you are unproven. i'm not proven, but i don't think i'm unproven either, it's a hard way to answer that, but i get what you are saying. the only thing i made sure i stayed with was companies i truly believe in and not just doing things to get money. so you know, it was a great experience doing all those things, you know, everybody wants to be in a gatorade commercial. i enjoyed that, but aside from that, it's all about football. >> did you talk to a guy saying, hey, if i'm out doing that stuff, how is this going to be perceived in. >> we wanted to make sure i

wasn't, you know, doing too much before i had played. but the situations that arose, you know, seemed fine and i mean, if it wasn't good, i would have felt it in the locker room. but when all the guys showed up, most of them were laughing or just saying they were cool. i think it rubbed the team the right way and the biggest thing is, it's not just about me, it's about the redskins and they definitely realize that. >> you said you had your play book with all your trips when and whatnot. i know you had the ipads. how did you stay mentally sharp night in, night out, just you on your own and making sure you didn't forget about a lot of the stuff. >> we didn't have ipad until we got back. i was carrying around that pamphlet, that big book. so i just made sure i spent the right amount of time in the play book, but didn't try to kill myself with it, either. you know, you either know

something or you don't know something. it was refreshing, seeing what i liked. writing down questions for the coordinator and quarterback coach and making sure that i asked about those things. i think it paid off for me, definitely going to do things that i like, the receivers like, and that's what you need to do, because players play, coaches coach, but we are the ones that have to make the plays and a will the of the guys are going to like what they do. >> the players playing, what was the routine when the guys were down? how many days did you do it? >> we went twice a day. i wanted those guys to get a feel for who i was, you know, sometimes you can try to explain to somebody where you are, who you come from, it's best to show them sometimes. i wanted to get down there, go through a workout with the bailor team and see how we worked and those types of things. you can ask santana about it. he really liked it. you know, felt like it was something we should definitely,

certain aspects bring out here to washington and you know, i thought it was a very productive as far as throwing and productive as far as us being able to bond. >> you hadn't signed yet, who paid for dinner? >> well, i was going to pay for all the dinners, but i think a couple other guys covered that. they said something about tax breaks and business stuff. so you know, i let them go ahead and take that burden. you know, i just don't want to say how many guys came down, for the guys that didn't come down, out of respect for them. >> back in april, even before you were drafted, you kind of knew that you would be the face of a franchise. now that it is this franchise with these playoff starved fans and the three first round pix that were given up, how much do

you embrace the idea of being the face of this franchise? >> it was really only two, because i'm here. that's the other pick. but it's a blessing, you know, nobody gets a chance to come to the capitol city of the united states and play and be the quarterback in that town. i definitely look at it as a blessing. the fans are definitely starved for success, but i think the players in the locker room are starved for success as well. they want to show people what they are made of and whether we are ranked first in the poll or fourth in our division, whatever it is, i don't think anybody that locker room really cares. we know what we have to do and we have to play and let your play dot talking. so i'm very proud to be a part of this franchise. >> do you like the idea of the face of the franchise? >> i mean, there's no true face of the franchise, because if we all had faces, we would all be dead. there has to be a heart, has to be some legs, arms, some skin.

so i'm just the mask. those guys are the ones that make up the body of this team. >> how much contact have you had with kyle over the last six weeks? >> enough contact that we didn't get in trouble, i guess. you know, we talked. i tried to keep it to a minimum just because, you know, i knew this was coming and guys can get burnt out. if you are constantly calling your coach and asking questions, he can get burnt out as well. i try to respect the fact that those guys are on vacation, but if i needed to ask a question, i called him up. >> do you know the play book better now than you did when you left here even though you haven't been on the field with the coaches? >> oh yeah, i mean, we are going to go over and do days the same way we did in ota's. i think from that aspect, i know a little bit more because i'll hear it and i won't just hear the basis. i can dig deeper into it now.

but you know, when it comes to knowing that play book, no one knows that play book 100%. it's about knowing what you have to do. our job is to stay on the field and score points. >> robert, has a good bit of the play book been models what you do best? and put you in a familiar situation where some of what you do will look like what you did at baylor? >> that's the market of good coaching. they will help you do things that you are used to doing. put you in situations that you are used to being in. of course i never played in the nfl, so that will be adjusting. they will do the things they feel i do best. it's not just me. every year is a different team. different players and those players do things differently and do things well and some things not so well. whatever we do extremely well, that's what we'll run with. >> always enjoyed coaching and the technical aspects, that type of thing? >> yeah, i definitely do. i respect my coaches, you know.

i know as a professional, some guys look eye to eye and that will take adjusting, too, but i respect coaching and i like to have that, but you know, like kyle told me the other day, he said he's here to help me, not necessarily to coach me. i already know how to play football. he is just here to help me find my way through the nfl. >> have you upgraded yet since you have gotten the contract? >> unfortunately, my dad sold my chrysler pacifica, so i don't have my college anymore, but i have a nissan and an audi. i didn't have to spend any money on those, but it's a good deal to have two free cars. >> of the attention, rub your teammates the right way, do you sense it motivated them? >> yeah, i mean, i was talking to bring twitter into the playing field. i was talking to miles on

twitter and he was laughing. i think it was the gatorade one. i told him, i'll keep throwing him the ball and one day he'll have his own commercial. it's not about being in the spotlight unless you are doing it for the right reason. it's less about myself and more about helping this team getting back to where they want to be. they want us to be in the forefront. they want us to be talked about in a good way, not a bad way. i think those guys look at it as, we have our chance to have a spotlight. >> robert, you said something earlier in the press conference, that you are just robert, not rg3, is that who you want to be? >> you can't be. you can't be approachable if you are larger than life or they think you are larger than life. you have to be able to talk to them, you know, be real with them. i think that's the biggest thing and i try to be real with all my teammates. and if they want to call me rg3, they can call me whatever

they want. i think that persona of rg3, as far as a fan doesn't really, it's not the same feeling for those guys in the locker room. >> you have known you would get a good contract. when you got it, was it overwelm to see the bonus payment and all that? >> you know, my parents brought me up pretty good and i got a lot of faith in god, so i try not to let anything affect me too much, but it was exciting to sign. you know, not for the money, but it's the final sign that i have definitely made it to the nfl, not made it in the nfl, but it was exciting. so i was very excited, very proud of that moment. >> robert, asked about you. i'm sure you have seen it. but this nickname, we call him bob, he hasn't done anything yet. by october 21 when you guys meet, do you think they'll know who you are?

>> one of my coaches at baylor called me bob. nobody really calls me bob, but if that's what he wants to call me, it's fine. he doesn't have to call me rg3 at all. i have not other than the pep rally after i got drafted. we'll have rookie shows soon, doing some skits. we'll see what happens. >> you are going to shut down your twitter account, once the season started, do you plan on doing that? >> as far as getting rid of it, probably not. as far as tweeting goes, probably not too much tweeting because you know, we don't plan on losing any games, but you can't tweet when you win and not tweet when you lose, so might as well not tweet all together. >> from a competition standpoint, how receptive are you to coaching? in the heat of it, you are playing, how do you handle coaching during games? are you even no matter when the

score is high or score is low, that type of thing? >> you have to show emotion, you know, it's just about being able to control your emotion. so i play. i'm an emotional player. i know how to control my emotion. if we're down and the team needs a jolt of energy, i know how to do that. if we're up and we need to execute, i know how to do that. it's about knowing how to manage multiple situations and when it comes to coaching on the sideline, sometimes you see coaches and players get into heated arguments. sometimes it's more pretty than other times, but as long as you are both fighting for the same goal, you can overcome anything. >> this offseason hire a wild ride with the attention and all that. and has it been, i know -- has it been hard at times to stay grounded the way you want to? >> i don't know how to answer that. i try to stay grounded the whole time and just, we live in

a right now world. it is mostly, what have you done for me lately? right now, the only thing i have been good for for the redskins is fan popularity and the fan base being really excited to come out and support us through this season. so i just try to make sure i stay focused, continue to work, and act like i'm not undrafted free agent who is trying to make the team and just go out and perform that way. >> last year, cam newton put up video game numbers, 4,000 passing yards, 700 rushing yards. when you look at what he was able to do, did you think in your mind that that's the kind of numbers i might be able to put up as a rookie in the nfl? >> you know those stats pretty well. i don't really pay attention to them. i was never a stats guy, don't really believe in them. just feel like you have to do to help your team win. cam is looking to do big things

this year. i don't try to compare myself to anybody else. >> get back to the past couple of weeks, has anything been overwelming to you? have you been able to handle it? the endorsements? have you -- at any point feel overwelmed? >> no, not overwelmed. just extremely happy that everything is going smoothly. try to stay even keel and now that it's football time, all that stuff can be put behind, it's fun to do the commercials and all that type of stuff and definitely fun to sign a contract, but you know, now it's about playing football. >> what is the first speech if you haven't given it already for your teammates, what is that going to be like? >> i mean, right now the speech duties are going to london fletcher. so i'm not going to try to trump him on those. but if i ever had to just sit back and tell those guys

anything, you want to be certified, you know, one thing i have talked to the rookies about before, if you're the baddest guy in your group, then you have a problem. you don't need to be hanging out with guys that aren't as certified as you are. we have to make sure that everybody on this team is certified and by that, there's a word that comes after it, but i'm not going to say it in front of this mic. you have to be certified and that lets everybody know, he is going to take care of his business, so that's what we have to do. can't just be a one-man show. i'm not going to try to make it a one-man show. it's about all of us going out there and executing football. >> did you talk about going through the play book and taking notes, having questions, is there a particular aspect that you are looking forward to hitting hard when you are out there on the field? >> i mean, just you know, getting productive plays. you know, i thought the defense

did a good job of limiting us to certain things. you know, we had our big plays and great days, but i felt like they did a good job. for me, it's about making sure we go out every day and when we walk off the practice field, we feel good about what we did. there were a couple days we didn't feel good about what we did. that's a good time for our defense that they are playing so well. i know as an offense, our job is to put up points, stay on the field and give that defense some rest sometimes when they have those long drives. >> do you know how much you'll play in the preseason games? >> i don't know. that's up to coach. >> a will the of people are worried about you getting hurt when you run the ball. are you going to take off? are you a slider, step out of bounds guy? lower your shoulder every once in a while? >> i told people this from the get go. if i need to slide or run out of bounds, i'll run out of bounds. if it's 4th and 1, i don't care who the linebacker is, i'm going to try to get in that end

zone. if it's in the first quarter, i'll be sliding and running out of bounds with the best of them. if the game is on the line, don't expect me to try to slide or get out of the way. so i don't look at sliding or running out of bounds as a shot to my pride. i've done it before, you know, it's a matter of, this is the nfl, guys are faster, bigger, stronger, they hit harder. so you know, i'll respect that. i'll respect my teammates by making sure i stay healthy and make sure the fans stay happy as well. >> what part of your game translates best to profootball? >> i don't know. the ability to lead. i think guys, i have said it before, to people i talk to, if you are a good player in high school, you can be a great player in college. it's just about what you do to make sure you are successful. don't let anybody tell you that your game doesn't translate,

you know, they might have told darren that and look what he is doing now. same thing goes for drew brees. so i just try to make sure i don't listen to too much and hear people say, well his game doesn't translate and just go out and play and show people, not show them up, just show them hey, it doesn't matter who you are, how tall you are, you can play in the nfl if you take care of business. >> do you you are used to a will the of attention at baylor. is there anything about the coverage or expectations that may have surprised you? like wow, i didn't realize it would be this big? >> i mean, to me, it's a similar situation to the one i was at in baylor. the program had been starved for success for a long time and we came out, made sure we took care of business and got the program back on top. so it's at a larger scale here in d.c. and i realize that, but

i'm not going to put unnecessary pressure on my shoulders when i know it's more of a team thing. all these guys are professionals. everybody was somebody at some time. it's about making sure they are that person, you know, when we play on sundays or mondays. >> did you really get sticker shock when you were looking for a place to live? >> yeah. i'm not a spender of money. i don't like to spend money that much. the prices was ridiculous, but we handled that. and then it's nice out here, it's like a jungle. a will the of bugs. a lot of trees. a lot of allergies, but it's definitely fun. i'm a chill guy, so i don't usually do too much. it's definitely stuff to do whether you are here in virginia or in d.c. >> do you have allergies? >> no. yeah, i have allergies, okay.

>> you said d.c., it has the bugs and you haven't felt a d.c. summer with its humidity. how are you going to keep everyone motivated day in and day out? >> i take this d.c. humidity over texas heat any day. so you know, i feel comfortable out here. but it will be fun. as long as you don't pay attention to the elements and let them play a factor, then you should be okay. i mean, if it's cold outside. i have seen guys do it before. i probably won't, but they play football with no shirts on when it's 20 degrees outside. it's about your mind set. if you come outside saying man, it's hot, you're probably going to have a bad day. >> you lifted at 217, did you intentionally lose a couple pounds? >> no, i'm actually 225 today. but it doesn't matter to me what my weight is. one of the vets told me, in college they tell you to weigh a certain weight, but in the pros, you play what you are

comfortable at. as long as i'm 218 to 225, i should be fine. >> it sounds like staying humble has helped you gain the trust and respect of your teammates. are you the first guy in, last guy out kind of a player? >> i think they see how hard i work. how hard a lot of these guys work. i talk about little things, whether it is picking up on what fletcher has done to last so long, or conquer so long in the league. league. >> as good natured we have come to expect, that is robert griffin, iii. one day prior to the start of training camp. he told us he has enjoyed the whirlwind of fame, all the endorsements and promotional opportunities, now it's time to bare down and get ready to play

football. the best news out of that press conference is, he has gotten rid of that chrysler pacifica and has a new audir8. we have to go.

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