>> braden: never. >> parker: no.t that to make me seem like a cruel person, but i'm, i really am just okay with crushing people's spirits. >> alfonsi: in the end, franklin county dominated the state championships. >> mitch ham: what happened is a bunch of hillbillies beat the snot out of a bunch of really highly educated, sophisticated people. so that's what happened. >> alfonsi: mitch ham was among the many parents in starkville. he thinks the victories served as a milestone for franklin county's kids >> ham: that was very sobering for them, to suddenly realize,'i wow, we are good.' so them having the realization of their own potential was a beautiful moment. >> alfonsi: how did the teachers, the other teachers, react? >> bulington: over the course of my career in teaching chess people say things like, i did not know that he could do something like that, or even something as simple and as crass as i did not know he was smart or she was smart, or something like that. >> alfonsi: what does that tell you? >> bulington:

to find ways to do that and make sure my ma versa. >> reporter: how about a little extra love for braden holtby tonight? the fans voting on his bobblehead for his 300th career game. looking for a little love on the hardwood, the washington wizards are on a slide right now, losing four of their last five games, including two straight losses. the wizards still third in the east. two and a half games back of the celtics. with only 12 games left in the regular season including a four-game road trip, this team knows they need to start playing with more consistency heading into the playoffs. >> >> nobody wants to lose. nobody likes losing. we're going to see how to figure it out. we're running out of games. it's not going to get any easier. our schedule is tough. we've got to some wins. >> let's go caps. that's our broadcast for now. >>> tonight, banned on board. tablets and laptops banned on the cabin. new intelligence pushing the u.s. and britain to ban anything bigger than a smartphone. >>> the president's personal appeal to republicans fall short and tonight the gop healthcare plan is on l

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shutout for braden holtby tonight. it was scoreless until the third. caps on the power play.n carlson, over to jake up vrata, nice work. cap seven now won 14 straight at the verizon center. -- the caps have now won 14 straight at the verizon center. it looked like batting practice for the nationals today, three home runs for washington, including jayson werth's first of the spring. bryce harper got in on the action, correcting one to deep center. the nationals power passes the astros, 13-1. the catch of the night, swings and loses his bat, but look at this. the prospect makes the awesome catch, then flipped the bat back. grabbing it barehanded. unbelievable. 8 is the news channel official home of d.c. united. saturday season opener is all new's channel 8, starting at 6:30. and the jets are releasing veteran wide receiver brandon marshall, at his request. for years, fios has been promising fast internet to small businesses. but for many businesses, it's out of reach. why promise something you can't deliver? comcast business is different. ♪ ♪ we deliver super-fast internet with

tough night for braden local pee. it's a funny bounce. it gets tangled up:take a look here on the powerful, past corey schneider, but this one rings off the goal post. third period still scoreless. jacob, nets the only goal of the game, the caps win 1-0. that is 14th straight win at home. a home game. the top of the first, 2, two outs, jason werth see you later. the hits off the foul poll, but has ' the fair pole. a three-homer for werth. bryce harper, drives one to right center. there are people laying on the grass. two-run homer. harper's second of the spring. the nats blow out the astros 13-1. take a look at this little girl here. she has her drinks all lined up for the game. watch. she's done with the sippy cup, now to the water. the mar lance, a big swing and a miss, but he losses his bat. the players scatter, but not lewis key oral, one handed. this could be the play of the spring. justin thomas, third shot, keep it low to get it under a tree, try to get it role all the way in for an incredible birdie. 103 yards out, the ball was ne

back in november the people ofmb washington spokeer and in that close race braden local pee prevailed we have the bobblehead to prove it. the fans vote bobblehead at the verizon center hole pee played tonight in his 300 game.e. i got a bobblehead. look how majestic the beard is. the second period, a break on a 2 and one. michael froly shot. a terrific safe. unreal. later in the s nicolis backstrom crossed ice to alex ovechkin. elliott for goal number 306789 n the caps in front 2-1 in the final seconds of the second period, ovechkin whips it inechk front and deflects it and this shot trickles in. 3-1. this third period in yet another power play, o ovechkin. the caps win it 4 to 2. little tennis, a little hometown action. the 19 year old will play duringng the team forth first week of the season starting on july 18. he is number 36. he is the youngest player in the top 100.0. his team will also feature venous williams and the canadian brothers. you look under the hoop. no, surge buck pushes lopez, knocks the ball away. they're off the races. become has to be restrained by teammates. bot

braden hopes to keep it that play. holtby with the huge save. 28 saves in his 300th nhl game. later in the period, caps on the attack. nicklas backstrom to alex ovechkin, findi orb show inside caps up 2-1. final seconds of the sec, caps on the power-play. shattenkirk's drive won't go. finding the back, oshi and backstrom's sticks miss it. first goal as a cap for shattenkirk, caps up 3-1. the flames pull within a goal. on the power-play, alex ovechkin, 11 shots on goal. you knew one of those had to go in. 29th of the soeason. capitals win 4-2. a complete team win that head coach trotts knows will help his team in the playoffs. >> we're getting tested here. it's good. we've prepared all year for moments like this. and there's a good prepares us for what's ahead of us. so it's a great opportunity to raise our game and find out what we're about too. >>> the united states looking to reach the finals of the world baseball classic for the first time. to get there they need to defeat a team who knows a thing or two about winning this tournament. japan's won twice already, undefeated s

that's how braden local pee would need. he stopped all three blue jacket attempts. the caps win 2-h 1 in a shootout. that is good news for uncle ted. grapefruit league, the nats hosting the mets and not a whole lot of offense. anthony rendon ripping one inside the first baseline. scores on the loan run on the rendone double. meantime, it was not slug i day. this one would love the snug is. she's settling for whatever that is. a pitch to scoreless nights for the safes. the mets blanked the mets. opening day just 11 days away. the reptiles are taking over. grill encountered an alligator on the course during the arnold palmer invitational in orlando, but this could be far more terrifying depending on your tolerance of lizard. that is an i guaifenesin a on the scoreboard. the umpire says i have to play. he says i can't concentrate. i wonder why. they try to catch the i began a first by the tail. he schivers down the scoreboard. > they got him in a bag. >> no. i'm done. i would forfeit. he's not that big. he is big. look at him. that's a pretty big iguana. > some of that

has a lot to do with braden holtby. miles wood on the door step but holtby closing the door not once or twice but three times. not all smooth sailing for the goalie. third period trying to clear but the ref wouldn't get out of the way. these two get tangled up. everyone would be all right. kuznetsov looking to pass. gets caught in traffic. jake ub vrana. that's all the caps needed. they win it 1-0-8, even redskins chris baker loving it. >>> now on to the redskins. a lot going on right now. general manager scott mccloughan not there due to family business. they're talking tonight one of those thins they're probably talking about, quarterback kirk cousins, the qb's agent and the team met last night. the two sides are still not close to a deal. reportedly offering cousins 20 million per year with the qb looking closer to 24. to the diamonds, nationals taking on the astros in spring training. first, two on for jayson werth. and werth smashes that ball. and the nationals out to a 4-0 lead. you think bryce harper is going to

and then braden standing next to the officer that saved his life.back in tennessee, that young woman helping to save a life, too. >> so many heros in this country. thanks for watching on a friday night. i'm david muir, i hope to see you right back here on monday. until then, good night. from sony pictures studios, it's america's game! wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of our show -- pat sajak and vanna white! how you doin'? kinda took a funny route, didn't we? [ cheers and applause ] why was that? hey, jim. thanks, everybody. to the puzzle board! look at everybody here. hi. good to see you all. get ready. it's time for our first "toss up." "what are you doing?" is the category. vanna's in place. here comes the puzzle. and here we go. ♪ [ bell chimes ] and it's ian and tanya. just hanging out. yes, indeed. that's it.

braden shen. 21st of the season. and the flyers are within one. third period, all-devils.r hall. steve mason gets hurt her. he leaves the game with cramps. flyers lose 6-2. six points out of the playoff race. >>> nick fowles back with the eagles. he says it's a blessing and he will help carson wentz. he says, embrace it. >> i mean running and being a part of it on game day. and you miss the boos from time to time. it's a special atmosphere. >> here is connor barwin. signs a deal with the rams. >>> sixers traded nerlens noel three weeks ago. and tonight, nerlens, invited anybody to come down to chike and pete's for free chee cheesesteaks. he wanted to say thanks and shows his appreciations for sixers fans. >> no fan base goes through something like that. we've gone through the past few years. and with all of the right intentions. and i think, a lot of great people here, that turn out, going to be great for this city. >> that's a very cool gesture. he knows the way to our hearts. we're right back. this is the silverado special edition. this is one gorgeous truck. oh, did i s

and then braden standing next to the officer that saved his life.back in tennessee, that young woman helping to save a life, too. >> so many heros in this country. thanks for watching on a friday night. i'm david muir, i hope to see you right back here on monday. until then, good night. dear fellow citizen, i know what it's like to want to relax with your family. but enjoying today doesn't mean losing sight of tomorrow. so while i invest in "the now" my mortgage, vacations i still invest in the future, like my children's college tuition and retirement. i can help you piece together your financial journey for today and tomorrow. if you have a question about investing, ask me. sincerely, amanda etheridge, fellow planner and fellow citizen. this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants -- a grant writer from broken arrow, oklahoma... an actuary from chicago, illinois... and our returning champion, a research editor from brooklyn, new york... ...whose 3-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and ap

then braden schenn. the shot is stopped but the new guy is right there.rri, the fin can finish. his first goal in six weeks. under 30 seconds left, steve mason, look at this save. wow. very nice. so we go to a shootout and this score gives the flyers the lead in the shootout. one last chance for florida. steve mason coming up big again. he's given up one goal. flyers win, they're two points out of the playoff spot. here is valterri on creating quick chemistry in just a day. >> i thought i started pretty well and then the second was tougher but in the third i think were able to create chances. >> we played a great game tonight, it's fun the see guys dig in and play together. >> under the eagles, the "enquirer" reported carson wentz's elbow became sore because of his mechanics. >> not true, not true. >> totally not true. there was no issue at all? >> there was no issue at all. >> reports the eagles and titans are talking to the saints about trading for speedy receiver brandon cooks. sixers forward dario sharch won the rookie of the month. aaron nolan makes

sean couturier the puck past braden holtby. 1-0 philly. a minute later washington answers. dimitri orlov with the slap shot just outside the blue line. ties it up at 1. that sends this one to o.t. caps on the power play. nicklas backstrom. that's his 20th goal of the year. that's your game winner. caps on top 2-1. to keep their elusive home streak alive. >>> senior day for george washington. close out the season against a-10 leading dayton. matt cavanaugh playing in his last home game for the colonials. and he made it one to remember. he hits the three, then gets cavanaugh just getting warmed up. knocks down three three-pointers. back-to-back down the floor. colonials open up an 18-point lead. cavanaugh scores 30. george washington takes care. dayton 87-81. >>> maryland women looking to advance to the big ten championship game. taking on michigan state. jones finds walker kimbrough for three. bang bang. maryland takes an eight-point lead. jones was full supernova hot. she connected on 12 of 14 shots for 32 points. maryland takes a 13-point

and then braden standing next to the officer that saved his life.back in tennessee, that young woman helping to save a life, too. so many heroes in this country. thanks for watching on a friday night. i'm david muir. i hope to see you right back here on monday. until then, good night. >>> it is more than 150 years since the last 200-year storm which means we could be getting close to the next one. new at 6:00, find out in california is ready. >>> if i'm not, i'm a trump supporter. >> but he's the man organizing tomorrow's march for trump in the bay area city that is known for the opposite. >>> and we've had opinions and now evidence about the health risks associated with cell phone use. >>> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >>> today finally an acknowledgment from the california health department stating concerns about exposure to cell phone radiation. good evening and thank you for joining us, i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm kristen zse. dan ashley is on assignment. this affected everyone because 95% of americans, including us, own a cell phone of

and then braden standing next to the officer that saved his life.back in tennessee, that young woman helping to save a life, too. >> so many heros in this country. thanks for watching on a friday night. i'm david muir, i hope to see you right back here on monday. until then, good night. >>> i don't think my dad ever realized how many lives he touched and how many people he -- and how many people he helped feel safe. >> a moving tribute today to alameda county deputy michael foley. good afternoon and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. larry beil is off. today family action friends and law enforcement officers from all over the state honored his memory. >> sky 7 was above the funeral procession as officers saluted as the hearse drove by. the deputy died in an accident last week. >> leslie brinkley was at today's service and is live in concord with the story. >> reporter: an emotional tribute certainly. it was quite a spectacle to have a thousand law enforcement officers as well as 800 to 1,000 members of the public coming

braden holtby and washington a having their 15-game home winning streak snapped by the dallas stars lastht. up next the three-game road trip to california starting thursday in san jose. >> most importantly just to kind of get on the road with each other. these are going to be really hard games, always is going to cali. it will be a good test for us and good bonding time. >> going on the road, it will be good for us as a group. you know, playing in some hostile environments, san jose is not an easy place to go into and neither is l.a. and anaheim. >> it's going to be tough for us. we're going to have to play well to get wins out there. that's what we need. we need to be pushed and push each other to get the wins. >> now a blast from the past. the nats former last pitcher last was in with the mets. max scherzer throwing to live hitters. scherzer recovering from a stress fracture in his ring finger. as for today, betts making himself very welcome in more than one way. top of the first, he's taking joe ross deep to give boston a 1-0 lead. very next batter hramirez back o back home runs for t

and one of the stars of this team braden holtby is going to be trying to do something he's never donee. live from verizon center, carol maloney. >>> by the time i was a high school senior, if you asked me what i would want to be if i had any talent god could give me, the answer would be i'd great diva. as i'm monotone, there are only two places i sing. one is in the shower and the other is in my dreams. >> aw. >> how sweet. something you probably didn't know about one of the most talked-about justices on our u.s. supreme court. our own barbara harrison recently sat down with justice ruth bader ginsburg to talk about her love of the opera. we'll also hear about her friendship with another washington star soprano denise graves. >> she's a legal diva. >> she's not rocking that hat that denise is. that's a hat. >> i was just telling pat and chris earlier, what do you all want from the weather, because we have it in our ten-day forecast, snow, rain, heat, we're going to get all four seasons like we generally do in the d.c. area. we are warming up. today was a little warmer than yesterday.

braden holtby is going to have to do something he's never done before in his career.t is beat the dallas stars. you guys, the puck drop is at 7:30. it's like a half hour extra time to wait. the fans are getting into it as we speak. >>> speaking of winning, winning your third consecutive conference championship is no easy tasks, rewriting the big 10 history books is just the cherry on top. the maryland women are the only program in big 10 history to win the regular season and tournament titles in the terps taking down per dueur last night's title game. selection monday a week from today. this afternoon at the student union on campus the team had a celebration rally. they signed autographs for all the fans. on the men's side, announced late afternoon trimble led md nasd in scoring and ranged sixth in the league averaging just under 17 points per game. he's win of five players in maryland history to record 1400 points, 350 assists and 100 steals. maryland opens up big 10 tournament play at the verizon center on friday. and we have officially from the redskins that jay gr

ward makes the initial save but braden, the rebound and the score. the hurricanes get beat by the fliers, 4-3 the final. >> played a good game tonight. we got a lot of quality shots and quality chances that we wanted and just overall, i think it was a good game couple mistakes, but that's going to happen during a game. >> we were disappointed with the way we played in jersey low energy, we weren't there mentally too. so it was a tough outing. and tonight, you know, few days of rest and we got prepared for a big game against carolina and we needed these two points. at wells fargo center in boston going for the season. haven't beaten since april of 2014. already doing it all, one man recking crew. look at the pass cross court to robert. this ain't the same sixers team on the force. minutes ago on the charge. takes al to the cup, muscles his way for two of the team high 23. sixers up five celtics cut the to lead three, t.j. mcconnell hits nick far side sixers get the w. their first win over boston in their last 11 meetings. >> i want to meet them. and m

the orange and black, flyers down a gold under a minute travis shawn couturier stays in, denied but braden schenn got his back. the rebound and score. flyers escape with a 4-3 victory. good thing, they gave up a two-goal lead. >>> four years ago the sixers and the sell ticks were two of the worse teams, boston is now the second best and the sixers are still trying to figure it out. the guys played in south philadelphia jahlil okafor miss the second half. 13 point deficit. dario saric 23 points be under a minute. nick ask you to kiss. the sixers end an 11-game losing streak. win it by six. coming up next in the sports zone, what position should the eagles address in the first round of the nfl draft want effect did carson wentz have on alshon jeffrey. we'll talk birds and much more. >>> a lot to chat about. coming up after the break an explosive venture >>'s it's an incredible landscape. >> google this, check out what it's like to be inside an active volcano alongside some of the most just to see their faces in the morning when i wake them up. the first thing you think about is your wife and

thanks, braden, thanks mom, thanks for helping us out with this, thanks for going there thanks for beinghank you. >> yes, give him a round of applause. if you have anyone that you know of half as good as this guy go to my facebook page and nominate them and we will surprise them too are you going to be okay for rest of the day. you look surprised. >> yes. yes. >> i love it. another great you go there surprise. nominate more people in the community because these people deserve recognition for what they do each day. >>> my little child has just arrived all children from our building, our staff, that works here just started showing up because character from paw patrol are here, folks and they are getting ready to perform. so who is your favorite, chase , rider, the whole gang. they have live performance coming up in a couple minutes. >>> we have been talking about everybody how is reminiscing about our favorite tv shows as a kid. rachel brown likes speed racer just like star jones. carla buck says how about captain kangaroo, i loved him too. this from tina page i used to love jozy and pussy

yet there's braden opening bottles no problem at all. >> easy. >> reporter: in fact, every single childoup opened at least one bottle. olivia opened two within minutes. how'd you open that? >> i did it all by myself. >> reporter: really fast. >> i am really fast. because i'm a big girl. horror. >> i was frightened. you buy these items expecting them to be child proof and my little 4-year-old sat there and opened it. >> reporter: one after the other after the other. >> easily. >> reporter: these caps don't have to be child proof by law. just child resistant. are the regulations tight in you have? >> i think they are. we don't want to make it impossible to open something. what we want to make sure is that kids can't get to medicine. >> reporter: she says it comes down to us as adults. we leave medication in our bags, on counters as a reminder to take the em. that can also make them easily accessible to small kids. for francesca's dad, our play date was a wakeup call. >> got it! >> i got to go home and check the house of all the medicines and make sure they're put away. >> it was easy. >>

braden holtby stopped all three columbus attempts. ties the tra and choice record. next up caps at verizon center tomorrow night taking on arizona. >>> georgetown looking for a new basketball coach this morning. georgetown confirmed john thompson, iii is out. what a good run though. 13 seasons as head coach at georgetown. comes after back to back losing seasons. the first time that's happened since 1972 and 73. >>> march madness picked up again last night. half of the elite eight now set after an exciting night on the h off tonight. this the biggest upset of the night xavier pulling off the biggest surprise of the series so far. they beat number two seeded arizona came down to the wire ooh. a short basket with 40 seconds left. wildcats had a chance on a 3-pointer at the end no good. xavier wins 73-71. they'll face top seed gonzaga on saturday. gonzaga won against west virginia. a go ahead 3-pointer with under a minute left. mountaineers had three chances to win. they couldn't get the job done. now all of our teams close to d.c. offici

braden, you have some questions to answer about why the people who work for you are not here. you will get to that. as for mr. kraft, when you work agassistant u.s. attorney, are going to have to have some hard discussions with the department of justice because they are not above oversight either it they will be here in the future as well. i am well over my time. i recognize miss maloney from new york for her opening statements. >> i want to thank the chairman for holding the steering and -- holding this hearing and him for his sensitivity of the sacrifice of law enforcement and the pain of families. this is an important hearing. when special agent jaime zapata was shot and killed in mexico in february of 2011, he was only 32 years old. he was as enthusiastic and hard-working as any law enforcement agent can be. six years ago, this remarkable young man was murdered in an ambush while working in service of his nation. his partner, special agent victor avila, was gravely injured alongside him. examining the circumstances of agent zapata's death and the requiredof agent avila a t