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all right, at 6:00, we showed you stephen strasburg hitting his second home run of the s. he also accomplished something he hasn't done since president obama was in the first year of his second term. strasburg shut out an opponent. second of his career. nats win 4-0. we'll be right back. yeah, i just saved a whole lot of money by swhuh.ing to geico. we should take a closer look at geico... you know, geico insures way more than cars. boats, motorcycles... even rvs! geico insures rvs? what's an rv? uh, the thing we've been stuck on for five years! wait, i'm not a real moose?? we've been over this, jeff... we're stickers! i'm not a real moose? give him some space. deep breaths, jeff. what's a sticker?!? take a closer look at geico. great savings. and a whole lot more. >>> we're going to feel the remnants a little bit of harvey. >> just a little bit. not until late friday evening or over friday night into saturday. it will be a nuisance thing. tomorrow is a good day. a good way to end august. mid 80s with sunshine. slight chance of a shower and we're looki

stephen strasburg expected to return from the dl and sda start saturday. he's been on the disabled list since jewel with a nerve in his elbow. returning him to rotation this weekend. >> so while bryce harper is still out maybe get strasburg back a little momentum on the injury front and it's good strasburg was not more long term of injury. he's had a history of injuries shoulder and elbow sgle from day one. >> exactly from day one with strasburg. that's very good news if he goes out and throws well >> we are just about a week. >> all right. >> we'll be right back. >> a big donation in the district to help those in n need. d.c. central kitchen and capital area food bank received 85,000 pounds of food today and it's all thanks to smith field foods teaming up to prepare 5,000 barbeque meals for homes this summer. >> lots of bacon. >> love it. >> that's all forever us here at 5. >> tony and shawn standing by with the newscast at 6. that's now. high, gaze. >> thanks. >> this is "fox5 local news" at 6. >> rights now at 6:00 a retired marine is accused of raping

larry: stephen strasburg, looking good last minor league stint, giving up only one run. doesn't suffer any setbacks, he could be in line to make his next start or the washington nationals saturday in san diego. veronica: and you have got to see this triumphant return in denver with chad bennett back on the field for the first time since finishing cancer treatment. last year they found testicular cancer had spread to his lymph nodes, but after successful helpment he is back colorado get a three nothing win over atlanta. awesome, great story, good for him. veronica has a look at the forecast. temperatures on the rise? exactly. one thing we haven't heard folks say in a while is -- i'm hot. but that could change. we do have rising take a look at the blue bar on the graph, that represent the average. temperatures, average high for 87 degrees, year, look at the numbers, they go well above that. even some on friday, 90 degree warmth coming our way next week. monday, 88 in next monday is looking dry and we will talk more about that day, you know what it is, coming up in just a f

. >> where you know of the most memorable moments he caught stephen strasburg's first mlb start. [applause] >> he meant a lot to the nationals. erin: in annandale, abc7 sports. larry: it feels like a giant warm hudge. >> a wonderful guy. >> great guy. much deserved. >> thank you. next at 5:00, p ticking for some of d.c. finest. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com jonathan: tonight a push for local police officers to get a raise. sam ford explains why th

that's stephen strasburg holding bat. why would we show him with a bat in his hand he's a paper. he's a paper that rakes. seconds home run of season opposite field. who needs bryce harper when you have straws power i'm kidding this teams needs i'm sorry. >> if a pitcher can hit a home run surely i can. he hits fifth of surprise deep to left and spraws did what he did back, straysburg gets second home run of career. and shut out. >> i wept out there and really wanted to compete and count the strike zone. i have good obvious over there sometimes you have to go after them. >> redskins hosted 56 annual welcome home luncheon. largest fund raise her of the year. kirk cousin and ryan harry began, the team took a break before preseason game tomorrow night in cap pa. newspaper of the starters will play tomorrow. kirk cousins says they're plan fog philadelphia. >> we're getting there so close. >> getting colder outside. >> it is. >> feels like football. >> i had my fist pumpkin spice latte. >> is it out don't tease me like that. >> thank you, brody. good fox news at 11 comes up next. >> he

stephen strasburg will also hit a home win against the marlins.iami waiting for-nothing. the blockbuster trade would get nixed because of health issues for isaiah thomas but the cavaliers agreed to terms that will make harry reid irving is celtic, bossa nova dissector from draft but jay crowder to cleveland. villanova basketball coach died yesterday. he was 82 years old losing his battle with cancer. his improbable that jury over georgetown for the national title. tennis, anyone? were we share pose a needed three sets to win her second round match. meanwhile, venus williams also a winner last night at arthur ashe stadium around number three. a lot of tennis played yesterday because of rain the day before. cheryl: maria shara pozo really coming back strong. >> if you were in vegas and you put a couple bucks early couple bucks or leon county public upgrade because she's this wild-card entry. she should be right up there with the top seeds. >> i think it was fair that reduced from two years to 15 months was fair. cheryl: garrett, thank you. fox news

washingtonen without price harper and stephen strasburg all are expected a reason for the postseason against his humid town bad rays and somebody else has been missing from the ballpark. principal owner has not been at games recently a lot of people wondering why not in letter of washington revealed he is recovering from cancer had left leg annual pew dated earlier this month. he's feeling well and healing well and cancer free and looking forward to eventual new prosthetic and getting to the ballpark. >> kevin during respect will not go to the white house to visit trump is nba champs are invited. he said i don't agree with what he, meaning president agrees with so my voice is going to be heart by not doing that. might not even have a chance though because so far golden states has not been invitesed to the whitehouse each though they take on wizards. the parade and steph curry for the young kids too. >> preseason football. raveens and florida taking on the dolphins. took to the field withstanding ovation. played two series. as for baltimore joe black owe won't play until regular seaso

he coaches some of the best arms in baseball, gio gonzalez, stephen strasburg and 2016 cy young winnerax scherzer. do you lay in bed and say this is surreal? i can't believe this? >> when i'm laying in bed i ain't thinking of them, that is for sure. >> it's fun to show up coming to work expecting to win. that is what separates them from a lot of players. >> you have teammates behind you. the accountability factor, you are a pitcher and when you look at the box score the next day, the win and the loss next to a pitcher's name. >> any one of the guys that you see yourself in? >> a little something in all of us, you know? we tend to cross over. that is where you connect with them. we find some common line. some common denominator that brings us closer. when you do develop relationships, make it a partnership instead of a coach/player, a partnership. we are in this thing together, i think the guys really appreciate that. i know i do. with coach of the week, i'm robert burton. larry: right now, suspicions are confirmed about a devastating fire. the cause and why nothing could have prevented

stephen strasburg also on the hurt list unfortunately. they have another chance tonight. >>> he is considered the best defensive tackle in the nfl. this preseason, he is making a major life change. details on trent williams' new diet he hopes can be game changing. only news4 taking you underground, explaining why a new construction project is about to disrupt your ride. >>> we are tracking breaking news for you this morning. lanes of indian head highway closed after a deadly fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up t

tonight there's stephen strasburg. the reds try to put their woeful season debut behind them with a better showing in preseason game number 2 at home against the packers. jay gruden says he won't know until right before kickoff how long the starters are going to be on the field tonight. they played just six games going out twice. everyone loves to overreact to preseason results, and why not it's fun. for football fans it's all we have. but let's calm down the reactions to the first preseason game. don't go crazy over a bad result. if they blow out the packers tonight then yeah, let's overreact. >> it's good to get in there and get familiar with each other. and get some standed drives, score a touchdown. and just do our jobs and show that we're doing our jobs and execute. >> you want to improve a little bit. i think going three and out two series in a row is not what we intended defensively did some good things. went three and out starting with our defense group. so i would like them to continue their trend of making pl

after leaving the last start early max scherzer on the mound after as for the nats other ace stephen strasburgion his second since his injury. he shall be back soon. yesterday bryce harper's high school teammate eric fetty. nats offense had his back tied four-four. matt wieters with the home run. that would be a grand slam 'cause the bases were full brings them all home. that's your game winner. nats win nine-four. >> ♪ >> i knew that was a pitch i could get elevated get in the air. didn't get it enough to get it out. if. etty battled for us. he threw the ball great. he battled for us and our bullpen came in and kept us close. we knew we were going to have a shot to make a run and a lot of guys put good bats together and we got closer and were able to break through at the end. guy very popular in philadelphia. darren daulton the all-star catcher who was the leader of the phillies nl championship team passed away. >> injury filled week. redskins no strangers to that. wide receiver josh dotson had a to relieve practice early because of a hamstring injury. >> got to get them ready and there's no

stephen strasburg will be on the mound. >>> update on max scherzer by the way.fore last night's game but dusty baker says let's give him another couple days. he's not going to be ready to rejoin the rotation tomorrow as the team hoped. scherzer battling a sore neck. hopefully he's back on the mound soon. home game for d.c. united playing one of the to that to tt offices in mls that would be atlanta. they ended up picking up one goal and that would do it off the header right there. boop. it w goal but it doesn't matter because it still counts even though at the atlanta player knocked it in. that's the look of when you know you just gave up a goal into your own net. but it worked. that's all they needed. d.c. united ends up winning one-zip. supporters demanded colin kaepernick be signed by the start of the season. >> it's political when the police kill us. it's political when white nationalists act against us and it's political for the nfl not to give colin kaepernick a job. >> the interim president of the naacp has requested a meeting with the nfl commissioner to

stephen strasburg looking pretty good. pitched six scoreless with seven strikeouts.ack at home taking on the mets. >>> this is what everybody is talking about in the sports worlds this morning yankees and tigers throwing down in detroit. this is just one of three brawls, three bench clearing brawls during the same game. tigers miguel cabrera having words with the backup catcher and in the sixth inning and then benches clear, five players ejected including both managers and the coach. you can expect the lead to hand down harsh punishment for some of those who were involved in this brawl. >>> just one day away and now until saturday night's floyd mayweather and connor mcgregor fight this one sure to be big money up until go time. on thursday in las vegas multiple $1 million bets were placed on floyd mayweather but even with those monster bets, the book still faces a seven figure liability on connor mcgregor. one little fan will no doubt be rooting for the underdog connor mcgregor his son connor jack was fitted for his own custom three piece suit. >> my goodness. >> he'

stephen strasburg back and doing well.he fifth how about strauss saying he could do it with the bat as well. watch this one fly. >> well hit and yelich looking up and it's gone. >> second homer of the year. ninth inning he goes for the complete game shut out. the nats win four-nothing. way to go strauss his first complete game shutout believe it or not since 2013. >> what? >> let's switch over to football right now. in case you missed it in all the hurricane news and everything else, the skins are actually playing tonight. they'll play tampa gearing up for the preseason game against the bucs. time to meet the fans before hitting the field. that looked like doug williams and kirk cousins. the team hosted their 56th annual welcome home luncheon largest fundraiser of the year where the team meets with fans. on the menu for the year's luncheon the same on tray that would be a full plate of hope. for the second straight year kirk cousins voted the team's offensive player of the year and ryan kerrigan named the defensive player