alex ovechkin except on the board. even the cap's new guy scored. the stanley cup champs showed washington they're picking up right where they left up a. black hawks raising the stanley cups banner before the game. first period, caps down, 1-0. on the power play working the puck, alex ovechkin who puts it in the net. first can't capitol goal of the season. caps on the power play again. mike green fires one and scores. but take another look. he gets his stick in there to deflect second goal in the game for the new cap gives them a 4-3 lead. he finished with three goals later president and now tied at 4-4. chicago with a puck. one right in and he scores off of his glove and in the net. 5-4 lead. they go on to win it, 6-4. >>> every football team has one or two teams they consider rivals, right? for the naval academy it's playing air force and army. this saturday navy is scheduled to play air force. air force in a sold out game. that's in jeopardy because of the government shutdown. the navy football team did practice today. the decision on whether or

alex ovechkin gets his first goal of the year. the game is tied at one. the caps are on the power play. this game is tied at three. the power play again. the caps were patient. he lights the lamp. midway through. three on answered. it was rocking. the empty net call. the blackhawks when it. navy, army, and air force teams may have to stand down because of the budget impact in congress. sports competition has been suspended because the government shutdown. the game is sold out and is scheduled to happen. it will surely be profitable. funds for this game are appropriated by congress. to look at free agents. the redskins had free agents workout yesterday. jed laid in virginia. that is the downside of a bye week. start. they still are in the hunt. they have a very weak nfc east. >> things happened early and late. we had to stay the course. you have objectives and goals. >> major league baseball. second inning, going long- distance and deep. get a new baseball. also martin is in the second inning. look at this. neil walker. deep left field. look out. ! for the

alex ovechkin and the caps making their 2013 home debut... . 1st period... the gloves come off... washington's tom wilson slams lance bouma to the ice... didn't even need to throw a punch... caps, however, fell behind 4-1... . 3rd period... capitals down 4- 3... nick backstrom scores on the power play... his first of the year... this goes to a shootout... . caps up 1-0... ovechkin backhands it in... washington can win with a save... . michal neuvirth clutch stop... capitals win in a shootout... 5-4, their first of the year... that's all for sports unlimited... i'm bruce cunningham... thanks for watching... arsenio hall is next... have a great night.. ♪ i wish i was made of money. i wish you were too. chances are, you're not made of money. so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico motorcycle. see how much you could save. [snoring] arsenio: and it's all fact that i miss her so! if i miss vivica a. fox, i kill myself! >> almost live from stage 6 at sunset bronsance studios on the world-famous sunset boulevard, it's "the arsenio hall show." starring arsenio hall. featuring the

alex ovechkin and the caps making their 2013 home debut... . 1st period... the gloves come off...tom wilson slams lance bouma to the ice... didn't even need to throw a punch... caps, however, fell behind 4-1... . 3rd period... capitals down 4- 3... nick backstrom scores on the power play... his first of the year... this goes to a shootout... . caps up 1-0... ovechkin backhands it in... washington can win with a save... . michal neuvirth clutch stop... capitals win in a shootout... 5-4, their first of the year... that's all for sports unlimited... i'm bruce cunningham... thanks for watching... arsenio hall is next... have a great night.. ♪ ♪ when i'm halfway into your heart ♪ ♪ you have to let me know ♪ so i don't make my worst mistake ♪ ♪ turn around and let you go [ female announcer ] when sweet and salty come together, the taste is irresistible. made with sweet, smooth peanut butter and salted, roasted peanuts. sweet and salty nut bars by nature valley. nature at its most delicious. i'm not a foodie. sweet and salty nut bars by nature valley. i don't... oh, this is too rare. oh,

. >>> alex ovechkin and the capitals on the road against the jets. ovechkin had a good game.out. ovechkin shoots and scores. beats pavelec. third period, jets down 4-3. braden holtzby with no chance there. tekd goal of the game. 4-4. went to a shoot-out. chance for the capitals to take the victory. martin erat, five-hole. caps win it, 5-4 over the jets. >> neil young is a winnipeg fan. >> yeah. i didn't know. >> this weekend. rock 'n' roll update, too america. >>> back to you. >>> up next, "the pulse." the results are in. it appears america has a new favorite beer. >>> and riding in style to the edge of the earth. the new idea for space tourism that you just got to see. the intense ache made it hard to do the things that i wanted. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of over-active nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. so now, i can do more of the things i enjoy. lyrica is not for everyone. it may cause serious allergic reactions

marcus johansson beats alex ovechkin. caps came to a 4-2 win.thumb, johansson translates to good. >> the sun has returned, but only during the day. >> we will see some sunshine tomorrow, 70 degrees in the afternoon, 73 on wednesday. a shower chance late wednesday night, thursday morning, then the sun breaks out mid-day thursday. rain showers come back thursday night but by the time the weekend rolls around, partly cloudy skies and highs in the 60's. >> the tonight show with jay leno is next. >> we will see you tomorrow nigh when our little girl was born, we got a subaru. it's where she said her first word. (little girl) no! saw her first day of school. (little girl) bye bye! made a best friend forever. the back seat of my subaru is where she grew up. what? (announcer) the two-thousand-fourteen subaru forester. (girl) what? (announcer) built to be there for your family. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. >> announcer: it's "the tonight show with jay leno," featuring rickey minor and "the tonight show" band. tonight, jay welcomes -- sandra

tonight, alex ovechkin was that player.d off for the dogs and the caps would suffer a loss to their defense early on. his knee gives out there. helped off the ice by ovi and the trainer. flames up 2-0 on the power play. hudler firing and scoring. holtby pulled 37. norvirth in the game. ovechkin nets his second goal of the game. 12th goal in nine home openers. caps down just 4-3. caps on the power play. this is where i felt bad for the caps who left. it was up to noiverth. check this out. the caps get the "w." caps come back to win their first of the year 5-4. >> one team is going to push, the oh is going to push back. give them credit. i think they ran out of gas. niesz win for them. game one of the national league division series between the pirates and the cardinals. it's taken the pirates 21 years to get back to the playoffs. in that same time period, listen to what the cardinals have done. ten playoff appearances and oh, yeah, they're on two world series titles. a sellout crowd in the house tonight. adam wainwright goin

great to see the great eight, alex ovechkin cooking again. their defense is lousy. ady three goals in two games. but the power play is really good for the caps this year and right there, alex hit me with your best shot and i'm going fire away is 4th. dallas on the odd man rush. scores, dallas holds on 2-1. all right, some nfl action here, redskins off tomorrow. and head to dallas for sunday night football. we'll be there all weekend live. baltimore by the way in south beach right now getting ready for the dolphins. and they will try to stop this guy, ryan tannehill, people remember the redskins were considering drafting him. he turned out to be a good quarterback. terrell says the fins quarterback is dangerous. >> when he's going, he can put the ball where it needs to be. he can make every throw, and if you ride him a little bit, you know, you can have some success. he may get skiddish and try to make a play with his legs, you have to prepare for both. >> don't forget tomorrow we roll out a pregame show. we preview the nfl game. the nfl today right afterwards, and th

when i met alex ovechkin --chki >> was he nice to you? >> i have a picture with him.extremely nice. what a nice guy. >> ok.k he is tall, too. >> taller than me? >> i don't know about that. >> you are pretty tall. [laughter] >> i don't know why i askedsked that. >> it's tough to be bigger than -- >> yeah, right. >> let's go to the forecast. doesn't feel like hockey weather. >> no way. >> yeah. you are going to have to turn down the cool on the ice rink. place toly a good be. >> you are right. >> you get close to thites, it's cold.it >> we're going to keep the 80s in the forecast throughhrou sunday then big changes. we'll get rain monday, m tuesday and then coolerr temperatures next week. more like october. 68, does not feel cool this morning. humidity, probably noticed it yesterday, it has beenit h creeping up. 53 lennardtown, 57 manassas and 61 in friends -- fredericksburg.f clouds off to the west and at a system that is being pushed there i as crow the great lakes and across parts of new york and northernern pennsylvania. some of the clouds will get g in here just li

he's living with teammate alex ovechkin. o.v. is driving him around town. >> how is o.v. as a driver? >> like in a game, you know, always -- a machine. >> thanks. >> did you really think o.v. is a good driver? there's no way. fasten that seatbelt, right? pictures are almost always fierce when they are on the mound. when it's playoff time, sometimes fierce isn't enough. today, pirates started the rookie pitcher in game two. the emotion that worked for the 23-year-old, anger. busch stadium in st. louis. all that excitement is going to be drained out of him because of this guy. top two, two on and two out for cole. his first career postseason at bat, up the center. hustling in for second, not in time. that's a good way to help your cause. pittsburgh takes a 1-0 lead. pirates up. beltran catches him looking. beltran not happy with the call. now who is angry? six innings, five strikeouts and one run allowed. he picks up their first postseason win. the series is tied at 1 heading back to pittsburgh. rhett sox honoring the victims of the boston marathon bombings with boston stro

our very own washington caps player alex ovechkin helped to carry the torch last week. great picture out there. >>> positive part of the government shutdown, at least according to some people in town. >>> and maryland trooper's overnight encounter, driving home the point of the move over law. you're watching news 4 today. >>> welcome to first read minute. i'm dommenico. >> 800 federal workers potentially without a paycheck in less than a week or so, you know, we're already seeing a lot of other costs as well. >> on the foreign policy front, one, president obama canceled his trip to asia, at a time when the united states is trying to have more influence in that part of the world. vis-a-vis china. the office that is supposed to monitor the sanctions hitting iran has been reduced to a skeleton staff. >> shooting on capitol hill, you saw the value of the capitol police going into action. they're not getting paid. fbi agencies, cia analysts, you've got cdc, fema, a lot of other agencies are being hit as well. >> it will continue to go on >>> good sunday morning. do not look

alex ovechkin, scored twice to t give three in the new season. yay!r, michal added tw the games. and is that backstrom, yes, it is and the he helped to seal the deal. they win it 5-4. >> after three nothing, you know, it's a huge come back. of course, we had a little momentum when i scored the goal you know, and they scored back,a but you know, okay. ok. there's nothing happening, youn, know keep playing, and we have our chances. >> do you understand that thatth man has sacrificed his teeth fo this game. >> many, many, yeah hockey players n it's unbelievable. be when you think how difficult iti is. >> when you think, you want your teeth. >> i'm sure has a little due hickey. >> he is all in and that is why we're winning games. >> thank you. >>> bracing for impact, tropical storm karen is swirling toward the gulf coast. >> i know. >> and we are looking at how officials are preparing. >> plus, lifting the spiritsspit with some sweet deals.s. find out how businesses throughout the area are stepping up to ease the worried workforce here in the district and

alex ovechkin says he's noticing an increase in his team's confidence. >> we feel confidence here. of course we were kind of upset about the beginning of the year, how we start the games. we won only one game but it's a good group of guys here and we just have to stay confident and play our way. >>> the washington redskins took monday to hopefully watch films, correct themselves, especially on special teams. on offensive play, calling was suspect while the offensive line really did nothing to protect their quarterback. robert griffin iii was a lot more mobile sunday night against the cowboys. that was because he had to be. the divisional champs are now a dismal 1-4. >> there's no excuses. you're not going to get any excuses from this guy. we lost the game because we didn't play well enough to win the game in all three phases of the game. we have to go out there and win as a team. we didn't score enough points. >> that will come do it for your sports sports. tonight the wizards host the miami heat in some preseason basketball. i'm kristen berset. >>> here is a look at the map of the

alex ovechkin gets off on the right foot picking up where he left off taking advantage of the power play. in the 3rd period game tied at 3. poot power -- another power play. the tip-in. caps lead 4-3 but the blackhawks weren't done. tied up again. this one past braeden holtdby. caps tried to get it done but lose 6-4. holtby with his first goal of the season. nine points in nine season openers. chicago with the late empty netter for the number six. what a debut it was for robosky, the 29-year-old second line center hasn't even been around his new team yet for a month but he sure made an impression with three goals last night. grabovski picked up his first hat trick in his capitals debut. the reds return for their home opener tomorrow night. two teams in complete opposite situations. capitals return the jorpt of their roster from last season while the flames are in a complete rebuilding mode. the puck drops at 7:00. that will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great wednesday. >>> here is the the inbound side of i-66 approaching the beltway. volumes are still very li

alex ovechkin named the first star of the week after four goals in three games.he team was in dallas playing the stars and joe ward almost missed the game after getting locked in a restroom stall. ward and his teammates reflected on the great escape. >> how do you do that? >> went to the bathroom and locked the door and then it wouldn't open. >> i picked it up and he said you still at the restaurant. said yeah. all right i'm stuck in the wash room. can you get me. >> we went in there and it was quite a debacle. >> there he was poking his head over. the latch was spinning. >> carl was good about it. he kept me company while we were waiting for help so he sang a few songs to me and told me to sit tight. >> i was in the lobby tweeting making fun of him. >> we should have had him out in 10 minutes into the operation, not 35 minutes into it. >> we were listening to toilet flushes. the luckily the maintenance guy brought the ladder. >> once he did get over that's 210 pounds on the door. >> i'm a little bit of a few pounds so i was thank for for the boys. >> still with

alex ovechkin had two goals, extending his lead as the league leading scorer.will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great wednesday. >>> thank so you much. here's a live look at the beltway in college park. not only do we have wet road conditions but a couple of incidents both on the bw parkway and route 50 inside the beltway although they're on the shoulder. much heavier than normal on both of those corridors trying to get into cheverly. we'll have more on news, weather and traffic in three the washington post praises terry mcauliffe for "stressing job creation and economic development." it's mcauliffe who's "more capable of governing." go to this website to see terry mcauliffe's jobs plan for virginia. terry mcauliffe. putting jobs first. as a small businessman in virginia i'm voting for terry mcauliffe. he's the one that can create jobs and grow virginia's economy. he will work with republicans and democrats to get the job done. that's why i trust terry for governor. >>> good morning. welcome to wusa9. this is a live look at the capit

alex ovechkin had two goals extending his league as the -- his lead as the league leading scorer.an exciting one for sure. that will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great wednesday. >>> d.c. lawmakers will discuss lowering the penalty for people caught with small amounts of marijuana. that story is coming up. >> a couple of companies unveil their competing smartphones and tablets. which one will you get? >> monika? >> if you're planning to head here on the beltway in prince george's county, roads are wet and volumes are increasing here on the east side of town at route 4 pennsylvania avenue. at least the lanes are open but remember to keep a distance from the car in front of you and maybe give yourself a couple extra minutes this morning. we'll be back with more news, weather and traffic in about [ female announcer ] breyers. together making moments. ♪ oh, oh, oh ♪ come on, people, now ♪ smile on your brother ♪ everybody get together ♪ try to love one another ♪ come on, people, now ♪ smile on your brother ♪ everybody get together ♪ try to love one another

alex ovechkin tied it, but then 24 seconds later it's patrick kane putting the hawks back on top. 2-1ks on the power play. brent seabrook as he's falling to the ice, it's 3- 2 hawks. in the third, washington was able to get the lead. tied at 3, mike green lined it up and mikhail grabovski tipped it in, 4-3 caps. but the hawks tied it and then johnny oduya gave them the lead. 5-4 hawks late in the 3rd. they are right now trying to kill a penalty that the washington capitals have. but blackhawks still have the lead at 5-4. the bears enjoying their normal tuesday off. the undefeated saints coming to soldier field on sunday. the bears did work out six punters today at halas hall, obviously not very happy with the production of adam podlesh so far this season. bears running back matt forte meeting with chicago firefighters this morning on the lakefront. forte is partnering with duracell to donate 50,000 new quantum bateries to power critical equiptment for local first responders. of course the only question on the firefighters mind... how are the bears going to beat the saints this weekend

alex ovechkin gets off on the right foot picking up where he left off taking advantage of the power play the 3rd period, game tied at three. another power play with the tip- in. blackhawks weren't double. tied up again. the caps try to hang in but couldn't get it done last night. they lose 6-4 in their season opener. here's a look at the numbers. ov with his first goal of the season. rough night for holtby. he allowed five goals. chicago with the late empty netter for that number six. what a debut it was for mikhail, the 29-year-old second line center hasn't even been around his new team yet for a month but he sure made an impression with three goals last night. robosky picks up his first career hat trick in his capitals debut. he also had an assist. the red returned to d.c. for their home opener tomorrow night against the calgary flames. the matchup of two teams in complete opposite situations. the capitals return a majority of their roster from last season while the flames are in a complete rebuilding mode. we'll see if the caps can pick up their first victory. that will do it for morn

. >>> alex ovechkin scored his nhl leading tenth goal. washington beat the edmonton oilers 4-1 for their third straight win. they're looking good. they are now halfway through their four-game swing through canada. >> just this week, a team wanted to see if brett favre wanted to come back and play but now favre is revealing he's suffering from memory loss. the 44-year-old spent 20 seasons in the n.f.l. while he knew the hits would take a toll on his body, favre told the d.c. radio station the blank spots in his mind are something he didn't plan on. >> i don't remember my daughter playing soccer, youth soccer. i don't remember that. so that's a little bit scary to me. for the first time in 44 years, that injected a little fear. >> $165 million was agreed to settle lawsuits filed by players. he wants to enjoy retirement with his family. he had more concussions than anyone. >> he kept getting abused and kept coming back and unfortunately starting to pay the price for it. >>> still ahead coming up this hour, our expert reviews to movies openin

alex ovechkin scored. the story is how nicholas backstrom didn't. disallowed on account of goalie interference. caps fall to the stars 2-1. >>> caps are back at whom this week. carolina hurricanes are up next on thursday. that's a look at your morning sports. hope your sunday is a good one. >>> the political fwrgridlock h in washington gave "saturday night live" folks plenty to work with last night. >> there are plenty of losers and winners. >> winner, canada. senator ted cruz was born in canada. so while we were worried about iran, china and north korea, a canadian shut down the u.s. government. well played, canada. >> rehearsed this with you earlier, teddy. >> host and musical guest miley cyrus poked fun at her controversial vma performance. next week, musical guest katy perry. she's getting a lot of good reviews for her performance, a revie[ male announcer ]ance, a at northrop grumman, we know in the cyber world, threats are always evolving. at first, we were protecting networks. then, we were protecting the transfer of data. and today it's evolv

the caps on the travel play, alex ovechkin would bury the t first goal of the team.f the glove, and the caps fall, and the opener 6-4, another home opener at the verizon center is tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. i predict a better outcome.ome. >> me, too. >> all right, redskins head coach mike shanahan is spending the by week evaluating his team, that includes the quarter back. the coaching staff says robert e grirch the thirrobertgriffin is. here is the offensive coordinator on griffin's progress. >> just all around, there's no exact one thing. i think he has done better job on the last two games, extending some plays, and making some plays with his arm, i don't think we have done as good as we did last year, i think we need to get better. i have seen him week by week, fairly better, i hope we come back after this by week, better. >> all righty. to soccer we go. d.c. united plays westernn conference leader real salt likt with the u.s. open cup championship on the line withne the big break came in the 45th minute.minu lewis neil would score on the rebound. that would be all th