alex ovechkin disappeared yesterday. robert: you could tell alex wasn't there. why he wasn't there is the kicker. we'll talk about it. why ovechkin was a no-show at morning skate around yesterday. we have all done it. at least i have. could desean jackson be ready for sunday in the latest next >>> now the toyota sports desk brought to you by the local toyota dealers. robert: capitals captain alex ovechkin was missed last night against the sharks. they were shut out 5-0. he was held out of the game for missing yesterday's morning skate. the explanation, he set the alarm for 8:30 a.m. -- 8:30 p.m. instead of 8:30 a.m. we have all done it. don't look at me like that. they said the rules are the rules. >> everybody messes up. but it's the way it goes. >> the interview process started for the nationals in the search for a new manager. according to the post. the former reds manager dusty baker interviewed with the nats today. tomorrow, former padres skipper bud black is scheduled to interview. next week the former manager ron gardenhire. the skins back at work today. d

erin: so it is still unclear whether alex ovechkin will play tonight. he missed this morning's skate due to personal reasons and remains a game-time decision. the caps will try to make it back-to-back wins at home. the puck drops at 7:00 tonight. now moving on to baseball, and that controversial slide that has everyone fired up, including our own leon harris. we are talking about chase utley. that aggressive slide that caused reuben tejada's broken leg. utley is appealing his two-game suspension for that. now the hearing was supposed to be held yesterday. but now it appears that the hearing won't be held until monday, which means that utley will now be eligible to play for the remainder of this series. it makes you wonder how serious mlb is taking that aggressive slide now, guys. leon: all right. good deal. maureen: thank you, erin. leon: see what happens tonight. maureen: and we're going to go back to doug. have you got an update for us? doug: sure. seven-day outlook for you. we have showers and downpours over part of the area. this developing ahead of

alex ovechkin set his alarm for the right time today.was back on the ice with his teammates against chicago. the captain definitely made an impact after getting blown out by san jose. his head coach trotz said every game matters and they played like it. after that one game suspension, first period, no score, capitals on the power play. the newbie, t.j., scoring his first goal as a cap. giving them an early 1-0 lead. second period now, caps on the attack again. this time, defenseman john carlson spins around and sends a laser towards the net. watch this one. great screen by the goalie. caps up a couple of goals. a 3-1 game. alex ovechkin. back to obie for the score, his second for capitals. they pick up a second win. and more importantly, this team is starting to build chemistry. >> it's definitely coming around. a big part of that is i started to settle down a little bit and get comfortable playing hockey and obie has set me up on the slide a couple times with the backhand and it was nice for the puck to find the back of the net. >> capi

. >>> coming up, alex ovechkin >>> jason joined us. ovechkin, on top of the world tonight. >> ovechkin looking great. capitals looking great. alex ovechkin has certainly lived up to the hype and then some since being drafted by the capitals. another milestone. becoming the first player in caps history to reach a mark and the first active player to get to 900. ovechkin and capitals kicking off a three-game road trip in calgary tonight. flames up a goal. takes it away, kuznetsov and feeds andre burakovsky a beautiful pass. tied at 1. bruce orpik sends it up the boards. the great eight. ovechkin's shot gets stopped and follows up with a rebound. the fourth goal of the season for him. caps up 2-1. later on in the period, more from the capitals, justin williams with the puck behind the net, finds nick las backstrom for the one timer and one more goal for jason chimera, caps up 5-2 now in the third period. >>> moving up to college basketball, the only thing worse than high expectations is no expectati expectations. the maryland's basketball

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and what would a caps highlight be without alex ovechkin? how about carolina, turns it over, ovie cash in. they are 3-1. three points coming back tonight. he's so fine. >> ovie, big bumps fan. >>> will it be warmer heading out in the the artificial heart, this ielectric guitarsdoers, and rockets to the moon. it's the story of america- land of the doers. doin' it. did it. done. doers built this country. the dams and the railroads. ♪john henry was a steel drivin' man♪ hmm, catchy. they built the golden gates and the empire states. and all this doin' takes energy -no matter who's doin'. there's all kinds of doin' up in here. or what they're doin'. what the heck's he doin? energy got us here. and it's our job to make sure there's enough to keep doers doin' the stuff doers do... to keep us all doin' what we do. when was the last time you felt... free. it's time to uncover that feeling again. with the compassion and strength of a name... most accepted by top doctors and specialists. and the power of a card... that opens doors in all fifty states.

. >>> moving on to hockey, the capitals leader is not alex ovechkin or nicolas backstrom, it's yevgenyuznetsov. they hope he can continue his red hot start on wednesday. now this morning the youngster's strong start. kuznetsov named the first star of the week thanks to a huge game where he tallied six assists in his first career hat trick. >>> for the nba now, the wizards helped practice. their season opener is just two days away, wednesday night. they're in orlando for the new season. the wizards, they won all four meetings against the magic last year. meantime, after practice just outside the verizon center, quite the honor for john wall. a sightseeing tour bus dedicated to the point guard, honored by the ride of fame. the bus came complete with his own seat. wall now joins fellow d.c. superstar alex ovechkin with this. >> now doug is going to want one. >> i would like a bus. >> with your giant face on one of the seats. >> i don't have to have that. >> i don't have to have that. the bus keller graduate school at dof management.y's you can learn to unlock the leader inside you. so if

andrea mccarren was there. >> reporter: alex ovechkin is a gold scoring super star for the washington capitals. >> an empty net, empty net. >> a hero in the eyes of the hockey players who took the ice with him. >> for me it is just to spend time with the kid, you know, to see a smile. i see them, climbing as well. just forget everything else. >> and the asha league was created for players with developmental disabilities. it will give people of all ages a chance to build confidence and skills by playing hockey. >> yeah, that is good. >> i think it is amazing. i think that he accepts that. >> reporter: washington sports teams have their share of super star athletes. but sometimes it is what they do when they are not competing that will make them really stand out. not only does ovechkin rule the ice, but he's also a dog lover. >> watch out. >> reporter: we learned when he met bunce our service dog in training for a wounded warrior. center it doesn't matter who you are. >> reporter: ovechkin wrapped up the states by handing over the league he hosted. >> 20 years. >> reporter: giving the y

could you tell there was no alex ovechkin? he was benched for not showing up for opening skate. he was back playing today. he explained his absence from yesterday's morning skate. >> i messed up with my alarm clock. i set it for 8:30 p.m. instead of a.m. i fell asleep. i made a mistake. robert: okay. the redskins tweeted out if desean jackson doesn't return this weekend gruden expects him to be back the following sunday against the buccaneers. he couldn't be back soon enough. the redskins back at work today. jackson's workload remains limited he is one step closer to taking the field on sunday. >> he wants to get on the field. work to get on the field. hamstrings take time. there is guys throughout the league that have the hamstring issues. it just takes time. >> having him back will make a difference. the key will be to give him a chance. let him make the plays. put the ball in his hands. from there it is on him to do special stuff. which he has proven le can do. robert: jackson would help the much-improved redskins team for the battle in atlanta. coach gruden: we should be per

. >>> we have sports coming up, do you know why alex ovechkin missed that game last night? we'll tell you why, you probably have heard it by now, but you can relate, can't you. >> desean jackson? do we need desean >>> we need him and we need him to play. is he going to play? >> i hope he plays this sunday. he practiced for the first time fully today so he's getting close. if he didn't play this sunday he'll deaf fitly play the following sunday according to coach gruden. >> everyone is playing including vance about how the redskins don't throw the ball deep enough and they don't throw in the passing game and those could come to an end on sunday if desean jackson plays. last season, jackson averaged 20 yards per catch and that was the highest average in the entire league. today in ashburn, jacks is on the practice field with his teammates and he suffered that hamstring injury in week one and he hasn't played since and jackson was the homerun hitter with the skins last weekend and i spoke with him after practice and i asked how that hamstring was feeling. >> i'm pretty good, a

alex ovechkin did this. my goodness. he fed the puck between his legs and scored. on washington the rest of the way, one guy you will pay money to see. on the devil's fall, 5-3. >> he caught a puck at tonight's game. >> and the mets looking so good. how good are the dodgers? >> they are legit. they are good. >> you want to leave with a split oust l.a. they could potentially come back to city field. >> i am watching your phone. we rely on the phones. we have the updated scores and keeping us posted. that's it for news 4. >> the guest is amy schumer. the opening monologue.

alex ovechkin kicks off the c-tac-toe. the caps take the 2-0 lead and they win, 2-1.three of the world series, and it looks like the mets want to play more baseball. right now, the new york's are in the the royals 9-3 night inning. germantown, seneca valley and the math the -- damascus. julian canard to marcus vincent. 41 yard touchdown. mask iswins, 21-3. end roniots tight gronkowski is a big man. when he wasgronk five years old. poor pinata he was a big boy, towering over the rest of the kindergartners. happy halloween. terps willw, the travel to 10th-ranked iowa. backing will be right here on abc 7, kickoff at 3 p.m. and check out all the prep highlights on high school sports final on news channel 8. check out the high schoolers. alison: you will be there. leon: thanks for the invitation. alison: have fun. leon: still ahead, a cinematic landmark. leon: five students and a teacher injured after rain accide at a chemical lab at wtc-asked a beauty woodson high school. oodson high school. and the forecast for halloween. it has been an unofficial years, andr 40-plus now

late game heroics by none other the captain alex over -- alex ovechkin. he put it in. and hopefully this is a sign of things to come. can they do it in the playoffs? that is the question. more hockey, l.a. kings and the san jose sharks. kings center tyler tyfoli. kings go on to win this one. the final was 4-1. yeah! tennessee high school football. look at devonte matthews. makes the beckham jr. catch, with a one-handed grab. he was the man after the game. more soccer. women's soccer. quarterfinals. overtime. liz slatery finds a shot with the two seconds remaining and she scores. florida wins 2-1. you don't see a lot of last-second goals in soccer. wi salveds wrap up -- wizards wrap up the preseason tonight. they are taking on raptors. busy day in sports. hopefully they can pull rabbits out of the hoot. maureen: -- hat. maureen: a big weekend for runners. steve: temperatures will be in the 60's. few showers early sunday. leon: sounds good. maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir coming up next. vo: does hal parrish share our values? as mayor, parrish cut school fu

in the day ahead, washington capitals star alex ovechkin will host a skating session for teenagers with of disabilities at kettler capitals ice plex in arlington. taking part is edwards of montgomery county. an autismently named ambassador for the montgomery county police department. theen: absolutely beautiful rest of this columbus day, temperatures in the 70's. a few light showers -- clouds. cooler temperatures later in the week. jummy: thanks for j >> 14 questions, 3 lifelines, $1 million. it all boils down to six simple words. "who wants to be a millionaire"? [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ hello, everybody, i'm chris harrison. welcome to the show. are you guys ready to play "millionaire"? [cheers and applause] i am too. our first contestant works in a library and has quite the rolodex of information right here. from framingham, massachusetts, please welcome jon baril. [cheers and applause] jon, how you doing, buddy? >> very good, sir. >> welcome. >> all right. [cheers and applause fade] >> so you work in a library. >> yes, i do. >> tons of knowledge. obviously you love to

hockey, but some alex ovechkin was out, personal reasons. we still don't know what's going on there. i guarantee he was not at home watching this vi >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. ovechkince -- alex missed the game tonight, and also did not attend the personal skate around before the game. head coach barry trotz would not elaborate, but said he would play thursday. they could have really used him on the ice today. brent burns with the wrister, 1-0 sharks, and that was just the beginning. san jose shut out the caps 5-0. >> we could have used him tonight, he is a great player. there is no question come he is our captain, he is our leader. he makes everything go offensively. we do not have him today, and that's no excuse. we still have to play in our game do not stack up. nationals have reportedly conducted their first interview to find matt william'' replacement. according to "u.s. ta. today," phil nevin met with rizzo today. cubs fans shouted for joy today, the cubbies blasted three homer thest

alex ovechkin, and they have added two forwards. they have one of the strongest top six forwards in the entire nhl. center brooks laich is excited. we have had a hurdle trying to get past the second round, but this team is very deep, very solid, great goaltending, and deep up front. we should be a competitive team this year. erin: what do you do when your favorite song comes on? you dance. that is what these peewee players did. they do not even care the ball was snapped. they break out the whip and n ay-nay. geon is doing the stanky le right now, you just cannot see yet. that is a popular song, and the peewee players enjoyed it. right now, the astros lead the a.l. wild-0 in the card game. the winner will take on the royals thursday. that was adorable. leon: good stuff. still ahead -- taking first-class to a new level. sure, tv has evolved over the years. it's gotten squarer. brighter. bigger. thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience

the capitals and hurricanes, did not take alex ovechkin very long to break the ice.n the second, the caps on the snapk, the feed, and the shot is good for the lead. carolina would eventually when this in a shootout, 4-3. it does not really matter because these games don't count. the games that do count start up when the regular season begins jersey, against new october 10. leon: right around the corner. record-breaking stunt in the sky. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. an incredible feat in fromornia, 200 skydivers nearly 30 countries came together for a record-breaking stunt. all of them loaded onto nine airplanes, jumping into a massive formation, shattering the previous record of 109 people. it happened in front of a crowd of amazed spectators. leon: they made the one formation, then broke up and made a second formation. now they are g

alex ovechkin getting into regular season form, scoring twice. win easily, 6-2.efully they can carry all that momentum into the regular season, which starts this saturday at home against the new jersey devils. nba season.will be we will have most of the sports going all at once, the best time of the year. a piece ofing up -- "star wars" history at auction. baby! mom! i love that we're spending the weekend together. oh i know! hey, why don't you turn off your phone and all yoyour stuff. good idea. it's off. mom? oh my inteet is so slow when anyone else is using it. did you like want to do something? i am doing something. leave slow downloads behind. it's good to be back. the 100% fiber optics network gives you the fastest internet available for all your devices. get out of the past. get fios. when a wildfire raged through elkhorn ranch, the sudden loss of pasture became a serious problem for a family business. faced with horses that needed feeding and a tetexas drought that sent hay prices soaring, the owners had to act fast. thankfully, mary miller banks with cha

. >>> coming up in sports alex ovechkin in or out of the caps lineup?missing from morning practice today. jason is live from verizon with latest on his status. >>> first here's lester holt with a look at what's ahead on "nbc nightly news." >> the topics that could provide flashpoints when hillary clinton and bernie sanders face off in the first democratic debate. >>>s final moments for passengers and crew of an airliner shot from the sky. the official investigation stirs up blame and loud denials. >>> learning to stand up for yourself. actress jennifer lawrence offers >>> this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity. your home for the most live sports. >> game two for the caps. jason down at the booth. ovy, will he play or not take the ice? >> reporter: jim, ovechkin will not play tonight for the capitals. it's only the 23rd game he has missed in his entire career with this organization. he missed the morning skatearound, so he is out today. his teammates will have to do it without him against the sharks tonight here at verizon center. the

lucky bounce to alex ovechkin. 3-1 break and finishes it off for oshie. capitals beat the blue jackets 2-1. >> good teams don't lose three in a row. we want to see how good we can be this year. we want to do well on our ice and don't want to go on a lull we lose two or three in a row. >> there will be losses but we want a good team that can recover well. it was not the start we wanted but followed up. >>> to the hardwood, wizards and milwaukee bucks. gets things started, drive, contact, gets to the bucket. 23 points in the game for sessi sessions. wizards within five. later, two point game. wizards come back, take a one point lead. ba beal just could not miss this time, out to beal, drains other, 5 of 6 from three, 26 in the game, of course, you will smile. 14th in the fourth. five point lead for wizards, john wall showing off, pulls up for three, knocks it down. wizards beat bucks 116-108. first time in 10 years, wizards start 2-0. >>> high school football. at seneca valley. kennard to vinson on the short pass, goes 41 yards, 6-0 for the lead. second qua

. >>> to the ice, the caps in a red hot start to their season, alex ovechkin with five goals on the yearring ever in every game he's played in looking for five in a row. barry trotz despite that, still pacing behind the bench. kuntz scores his first goal of the season. pretty passing from the top line. they take a 1-0 lead. in the second, tied at 3. john carlson sends the puck in the air, it's chased down. goes one-on-one with the goalie. you know who's winning this one. caps up 4-3. later in the period, caps not done, the russian center not done. great pass from kuzy. caps up right now, 6-4 in the third. >>> to baseball, game six of the acls, blue jays taking on royals, kansas city fans fired up. top of the eighth, royals up, 3-1. make that two. no bat slip there, ties the game at 3. literally raining on the royals parade and then this one ending in a rain delay, for the girl scout meeting. okay. for the soccer team. for the girl scout meeting. how many meetings are you having? giant just dropped prices on thousands more items. which makes the checkout lane, victory lane. my giant. it's

under three minutes left, alex ovechkin ties it with the wrister. the caps win in the shoot out in overtime, 2-1. steve cubs fans -- bartman will not be returning to wrigley field anytime soon. he became public enemy number one in 2003 when he interfered with a ball that many felt caused the collapse of the cubs. a group of fans were hoping to toe ammends by raising money bring steve bartman to the wild card game. espn.comerson told steve bartman will not be accepting the offer and is not planning on attending any of the games. and don't forget to tune in to high school sports final on news channel 8 for all of the high v.hool action around the dmv favorcoming up, a wedding faux pas. what were they thinking? oh, well that's a good price. seriously? i'll grab two. get ready to save. love the honey nut cheerios. the safeway stock up sale is on. stop in and stock up on all your f favorite products. produce and more, save big at your local safeway store. honey, can you bring the truck? the safeway stock up sale. it's just better. everyone is saying, "he

getting a bonk on the head from alex ovechkin and why not?his first career hat trick, third goal coming on the power play. again, top of the circle, fires and scores. ended 7-4, 23-year-old becoming a perfect fit on the top line. going to keep that puck for history and get ready for the traditional postgame celebration. after that. >> how they played last year in the games and it was just -- >> we can do a lot of damage in different ways. as a great passer. the skating skills are exceptional. got a little chemistry, so they're a good line. a good one-two punch for us. >> last night in kansas city, the rain came down, but the night ended with a flood of champagne for the royals. game tied at three. casey on first. eric drives that ball to right field. kane is going to be waved around. he comes home and that's your difference. the royals beat toronto 4-3. uncork the bubbly. they're going meet the mets in the world series game one. saturday night, you always like to add with shchampagne. it's a new tradition. >> i love that. are you buying? >> i

nothing gets the caps fans more fired up than a showdown between alex ovechkin and sydney crosby. they know what the rivalry means and with pittsburgh looking up to washington in the standings this is a great chance for the caps to put pressure on the rivals. >> it's always fun to play against the guys. erin: i think he said how old are you? he didn't like the question very much. world series game two tonight. it will be the mets' degrom versus the royals' cueto. leon: after last night you might set your alarm clock. erin: exhausted watching that. maureen: rain is still falling. doug: for more showers through the evening. maybe another thunderstorm. the thunderstorm in frederick county, maryland. maybe more tonight. steve rudin will keep an eye on that and talk about warmer weather. maureen: "world news tonight" is next with breaking news on the run-away surveillance blimp. leon: see you at 1 is 1:00. have a good and a dry night. see you then. narrator: for state senate, who shares our values? jeremy mcpike - supports school funding. thinks women should make their own health care

alex ovechkin turning 30 years old, they're trying to make a move before his window closes.is 11th season in the nhl. niclaus backstrom still recovering from hip surgery w r wearing the no contact powder blue jersey. he will be evaluated next week and expected ed ted to miss th few games next season. capitals team like the team they have right now. >> i think we're a very deep group, possibly the deepest group we've ever had. every position seems to be solid. i don't think our team has any weaknesses. that being said it's on us to execute and win hockey games. >> it's a good attitude in our locker room, not just a joke around kind of fun, a fun you develop only from a sense of trying to accomplish something together. >>> in the american league wild card game, yankees lost to houston and houston goes to face kansas city. kansas city. here in vineland, new jersey, home of progresso, we love all kinds of chicken soups... but just one kind of chicken. it's white breast meat chicken every time. because white breast meat chicken releases its flavor into the broth and absorbs more

tonight alex owe very much ken and -- alex ovechkin. coming out with the bruins. adam mcquade gets lit up clearly mcquade unhappy. he let's out his aggression on his face. some nice upper cuts. manny paki ow eat your heart out. we know how the bs are in shoot youths they're not very good. bruins would lose in overtime. week four melrose and watertown with melrose losing out nearly last week but thankfully this week the school rocked vote giving fox 25 and myself our condolences. no doubt the red raiders in watertown that community all with heavy hearts. melrose of course playing like a team posed. on the ground specifically mike padirni. watertown has its own slick runner. dionne smith the quarterback he's a lefty. he looks like mike vick he looked like mike vick intercepted by who? padrini the kid who is a runningback he will put this thing away. with the interception then with another touchdown. it's okay, it's still a score. melrose wins this thing 28-7 over watertown. >> we kind of older one from last year. we just came out flying. >> they beat us last year a

. >>> the capitals had the nice off but honor for their best player, alex ovechkin surrounded by family and loved ones, the honored guest at the russian cultural center and promoting the olympic games in russia, something ove is very proud of. everybody knows i love my country and proud to be russian. obviously, i have a good relationship with everybody. with the people in russia. it's a huge honor for me. >> finally, we go to the diamond. a couple nationals in the running for awards. the gold glove awards with eight outfield assists this season tied with major league right fielders and manny machado is the only one going for his second gold glove and won his first in 2013. the gold glove winners will be announced on november the 10th. >>> and looks like the redskins >>> and looks like the redskins will be playing the patriots keller graduate school at dof management.y's you can learn to unlock the leader inside you. so if you want to own the room, not just be in it. you're our kind of different. keller graduate school of management. learn more at keller.edu narratorjeremy mcpike -ate,

alex ovechkin missed the second game of the season due to personal issues. sat out 23 games his entire career. how would they look without their two most productive players, ovechkin and nick las backstrom still recovering from surgery. now with sharks in d.c., with his good buddy, gets a nice ovation from the home crowd. it was ugly for the capitals. sharks already up, 1-0, he will stop this first shot here. mike brown is there for the rebound. sharks are up 2-0. later in the period, they're threatening once again, this time, thomas puts on the follow-up. sharks up 3-0. and caps head coach isn't very happy about it. a few minutes later, demetri orloff sends a laser into the goal, his first this season. new this year, coaches can call for review and this one was looked at and ruled jay beagle interfered with the goaltender. no goal. and caps go on to crush them 5-0. >> here's trotz. >> sometimes it's good to get a wake-up call. we need a wake-up call. i didn't like our first game and obviously didn't like the first part of the second game. the only ones that

series lead against the rangers and that's familiar with the club. 10 years ago this week, though, alex ovechkine his debut with the caps. since then, he has won pretty much every award he can except for the stanley cup. the capitals have never made it to the stanley cup finals with ov on the roster and are 3-6 in game 7s during that time. but this year, they hope to get another shot and the journey begins saturday with their season opener against new jersey. capitals say they learned a lot about themselves and became a closer unit during that post- season run. that made the elimination hurt even more. >> not nearly as frustrating as it has been in the past request realizing we didn't do -- with realizing we didn't do enough things well enough to give ourselves the best chance at winning and i thought has year we made a big step forward in doing that. so it wasn't as frustrating but it hurt more. >> it should hurt. it should hurt to the point where you don't want it to happen again. you don't want to lose you know -- he was saying to our guys we'll probably look back and maybe it wasn't our time

alex ovechkin scored in the 3rd and then evgeny kuznetsov gets this game-winner in the shootout as the cap swing to dovers brian -one. murphy was one of the lineman in the game. homecoming at unh tomorrow the wildcats host elon. >> they have improved their physicality on their side. >> they look good. good on defense. they have some athlete. haven' t been giving up too many jamie: dartmouth on the road. the state at home. for newsnine tonight at 11 tt2watv# 1d bt@qdrh tt2watv# 1d "a@qt^, tt2watv# 1d bm@q_u tt4watv# 1d " dztq ]dd tt4watv# 1d " entq -@$ tt4watv# 1d " gzt& 4g\ tt4watv# 1d " hnt& $i0 tt4watv# 1d " iztq n h tt4watv# 1d " jntq \p(

. >>> caps open up the season tomorrow on alex ovechkin going to be featured here on wusa9, part of the interview series. he sits down with ovechkin about a myriad of topics including ove's rivalry pittsburgh's sidney crosby. >> the comparison which was our first year was great for fans. was great for media, but right now it's still a little bit, you know, challenging. still a little bit war but it's not like the first two years. >> here we go, nba preseason, wizards nicks, kelly ubray, the sprinkler head haircut. that's carmelo anthony commandeering, is he healthy? yeah. i'd say he's healthy, dunks on cliff to have poor sink gas. the rookie kelly human being ray 047. all right. i like the ladies there at blair high school. high school football, but first a shoutout to my man topper shutt who told us earlier high school games would be affected by storms, and what happened, high school games were affected by storms. here's a little piece of advice. don't doubt tenacious. never. game of the week, duval. i want you guys to look at this young man, this is the puma's c. j. rainy. i'd say thi

the caps missing alex ovechkin. he was scratched for personal recent. they really missed him.ing out in front. 2-0. tomas hurdle put in a rebound. i wish i had a caps highlight for you but they got shut out 5- 0. >> you can't control your emotions. you go out there, go gung ho and forget your position. you just run around. a lot of things to clean up. no perfect game. you know. >> the washington redskins are trying to change the football culture around this team saying they are different and betterment inside the locker room. they may truly feel that way but the public and fans are not quite sold just as yet. espn rankings of all teams, fans voted redskins 120 out of 122 teams across all four major sports actually dropped 11 spots from last year. they did get praise for some of the players that mccloughan brought in but it's going to take times for others. as for the other teams: >>> as heartbreaking as the burgundy and gold have been to their fans, the chicago fans have been as frustrating thras. they have only won four post season series in franchise history and never at hom

watch this play right here, alex ovechkin, is he sweet or what? more where that came from. he's going to score here actually they credit it to marcus joe hanson. caps win 5 puff 3. >> the atmosphere of the first game, you are just excited and a little nervous and of course sometimes it's -- you know, you have to -- more tempo. >> look at that move. that guy is amazing. >> filthy. >> the first game. he's sick and felony. >> he was great. >> they looked good tonight. >> 80 to go. caps one down. >> we'll be here. if you like today, howard says if you like today, howard says tomorrow may be we live in a pick choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number. don't miss the columbus day sale. sleepiq technology tells you how well you slept and what adjustments you can make. you like the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good to great to wow! only at a sleep number store. right now save $600 on the #1 rated bed, plus 24-month financing. hurry, ends tuesday! know better sleep with sleep number. the artificial heart, this ielectr

alex ovechkin as they go on to win in a shootout starting the real season a week from tomorrow. >>> you music means is a lot of high school that decided to postpone games to play them yesterday. figuring that mother nature would need to win out tonight. and that you could see more water at niagra falls. man was it wet out there. the show went on for the southeast cup. let's take a look there. taking that on. look at that rain right there. he is going to need some ben- gay tomorrow. this guy will be sore. he was saed multiple times tonight. it'll be the touchdown maker. for the touchdown. winning 12-0 and that it is the start for hamilton with a pick six. >> it felt great for them. and for buchanan and even though that they knew they could get them to come out to work hard. >> this is your 4th year playing in the special annual game. now, what has each experience been like for you? >> and just to go up for me. and that it will be bigger and bigger. to do their best. >> congratulations on wednesday jofor g ininus. >> thank you. all right, back to you guys. >> there you go. great job right

. >>> also alex ovechkin hosting players from the hockey federation. it's the second year in a row he has helped out with the practice session with this group. he spent time with drills and presented the asha with a check for almost $30,000 for head coach barry trots whose own son has downs syndrome, see him out there means a lot. >> he sees the beauty in kids with special needs. a lot of them don't have a mean bone in their body. and they just want to be love and want to be accepted and all that i think ovi recognizes that and he gets a kick out of it. he is as we say, he still has a lot of joy in his game. so he is a big kid inside. >> great job by the ovi a >>> check out this great pumpkin. the winner of the half moon bay pumpkin weigh off outside san francisco. 1,969 pounds, almost a ton. how do you even ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- clive owen, gabrielle union, si

. >> and the washington capitals off to great start because of the grace ace alex ovechkin.er one of his trademark unbelievable goals against the devils. 5-3. next up the sharks come to town on tuesday. that's a look at your morning sports. hey, hope your sunday is great one. >> all right. >>> so think cinderella for tleetss. adeda, they're working on a shoe with the perfect fit. it's called future kraft 3-d. imagine going into adidas, walking on a treadmill, walking out with a shoe prints to fit your running style. that's custom. the experimental style is intended to protect the midsole, the main bottom that provides the cushioning and support. they say it's a prototype. not available for purchase just yet. >> i'm seeing dollar signs already. >>> president obama is in california this weekend trying to rally the democratic party. he spoke at a fund-raiser in san francisco yesterday. he took the time to give a little advice to kanye west who has expressed his desire to run for president. >> who's going to elect a man from the south side of chicago with a funny name for presid

(alex ovechkin/wash ington capitals captain)yeah i love the dogs obviously. i have 5 dogs in russia so i am kind of a dog guy. (nicklas bckstrm/w ashington capitals center)it's a little different than being on the ice but it's a good thing. homeward trails is holds adoption events at their facility in fairfax, virginia, -- helping prospective pet owners spend time with pups like grace and parksley, before deciding to take them home. adoption center director mark goodhart says no matter how cute that face is -- it's important to look at how that dog, fits into a household. (mark goodhart/hom eward trails adoption center director)many people come in very interested in puppies without realizing the full commitment that entails, in terms of what a puppy needs and the amount of care that they prospective pet owners about work schedules -- and time they can devote to a pet's needs. they ask about small children, and any allergies. and for those in rental units -- they'll contact landlords to make sure a dog is within a property's guidelines. (mark goodhart/hom ewar

still to come at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- caps stanes are -- caps fans are stunned after alex ovechkinat out a game against san jose. coming up at "abc7 news at 5:00", he tells us it's about his alarm clock. jonathan: story from a popular mall. search for a cross dressing man spying in the women's bathrooms. we will have the latest coming up at 5:00. alison: do you remember lauren hill? the college basketball player that died of cancer last year. hill realized her dream of scoring a basket in a game. on november 2, she will be honored a it a basketball game. named in her honor with a special give-away. >> for her it would have been great to remember her. and the kids that leave it up on the drawers and remember who she was. not to give up on their dreams. use hill used the last month to raise money for cancer research and remind people that life is precious. bobbleheads are reminder fo everyone getting one. jonathan: amazing woman. diane's mother says she hasn't seen her daughter smile in two yearsince she was diagnose knowed with stage four hodgkin's lymphoma. but something she did br

he's a head coach and never totally satisfied, and thanks in large part to their captain alex ovechkin who score individual five games including last night's game winner, but you take a closer look a young star has emerged and yevgeny coming off a strong performance last season and coming into his own this season and now the center on the top line with ovi and cushy has six assists on the year and impressing his head coach. >> he's not even the same person. his skill level -- we always knew he had the skill and his pro game, his north american game is coming along and he's not afraid of the big moments and he's not afraid of the top players in the league and he wants to be one of the best guys in the game, and i think he can be. >> puck drops in end montton tonight on comcast sport ois net and the mlb playoffs game six between the blue jays and royals in kansas city and they lead 3-2 and both teams fighting for the right to play the mets in the world series and you may remember new york beat the dodgers in the nlds and one california congressman had to make good on a bet on the house f

fresh off a winning season opener, alex ovechkin is taking time to help others.ngton capitals captain spent time on the ice. not with the teammates but rather with developmentally disabled children and adults from the washington area. his relationship with the special hockey association started last year with one of the skating sessions. this is the second one he has held with the group and he says this will be a long-term relationship. jonathan: well, picture of a detroit police officer comforting a child warming hearts. wait until you see this. the image showed an officer lying next to an injured 10-year-old boy after a cash car crash he had with his family. joe tucker said he was off-duty when he came up on the crash. the 22-year veteran said he followed his instincts and a father and a man. >> the neighbors were tending to the other children. the young man was still alone. he was crying and nervous, so i laid down next to him. >> he said, "are you okay? do you want to watch a motorcycle video?" i said yes. jonathan: e.m.s. took the family to the hospital. the

. >> alex ovechkin completed a special milestone.his goal for the capitals against the calgary flames was the 900th of his nhl career, coming in his 764th game. that is all the sport for now. more later. >> many thanks indeed approximate a south korea pianist won the top honor in the piano competition. the contest is held once every five years in poland's capital, warsaw. we have this report. ♪ the winning performance for the 21-year-old south korean. >> first, i couldn't believe it, and now, i feel a little worried, because about the future concert. i don't want people left disappointed. being famous is also good, but i just want to make a -- >> he outplayed 77 other contestants to sweep the gold medal and the $33.5000 prize. the prestigious competition is named after the polish pianist and composer, one of the very few contests in which few significances play pieces by a single composer. canadian artist came in second place, the only finalist who suggested the concerto in f. minor. running since 1927, the chopin launched many class

. >> extra practice time for alex ovechkin this afternoon skating with players from the american specialassociation. it's the second straight year and ovi helped out. they presented the check for the beard-a-thon for $30,000 and he's always looking forward to this day. >> you never get tired to help the people especially with the kids and it's a good thing. >> oh, this is big for them. i mean, they look up to a lot of the player, but to be able to come out here and skate with ovi is just amazing for them. this is the biggest day of the year for a lot of these kids. >> ovechkin and the capitals and some baseball news for you before we get out of here. the nationals made coaching changes a few days ago and randy assumes the role as senior assistant to the general manager mike rizzo and player development. >> also, vance, remember, losses are bad no matter how close you come, losses also abound. >> watching the offensive line give that boy a lot of protection yesterday. >> watching that defense hold the points that they had. >> reason to hope. >> and you take that against lat year and >>> t

caps hosting the black hawks and alex ovechkin benched tuesday after he missed the morning skate and that was not the case today and today's skate around, expect to see him back in the usual spot and hopefully giving a boost to the team and trying to establish his identity. >> there's obviously a skill of players in the lineup and i just think it takes time to gel, and i think for us it will be time to get back to the basics and not trying to be too cute out there. >> have you seen combinations on the top two lines that you like? >> yeah. i mean, in my fantasy hockey that i put up my magnets and that, they look really good, but it matters what happens on the ice if there is the chemistry and the production from the groups. >> caps and the defending stanley cup champions on csn at 7:00. college basketball's best may be right here in the d.c. area. the big ten review day and the maryland terrapins ranked third in the country in the pool. you know the terps they don't want to talk about where they are in the year, but they do appease us with the expectations. >> we can't have expectatio

alex ovechkin on the edge of history. ove just one point away from 900 career points. >> wow. >> already three goals and one assist in just three games this season. >>> baseball now. game four of the alcs. the blue jays hosting the royals. toronto, they broke out the bats last night. today it was k.c.'s turn. ben zobrist, he hits this ball to deep right center. this is a two-run shot. the royals go up a pair of runs early. later on in the second, more from the royals. this time it's alex rios with a solo shot. k.c., they are up big right now in the eighth inning. score is 9-2. >> mets/cubs game? >> it's going to be after 8:00. it's a must-win game. not an elimination game but a must-win game for the cubs if they want to win the series. down 2-0 to the mets. >> i want to know what's going to happen when ove gets 900? >> i'm sure he'll celebrate. >> there will be a party. >> there will be fireworks. something big. right? >> afterwards hopefully he doesn't oversleep after the celebration. >> we're sure he's got that figured

. >> bigger numbers are always better and for alex ovechkin hitting number 900 last night was historic ovechkin in calgary notching point number 900 of his career just 30 seconds into the second period in the game against the flames putting a rebound of his own and it's a goal! and it's becoming the first player in caps' history to reach 900 points and at 479 goals he's just 21 away from reaching number 500. the caps are off today, but ovi will try to add to his numbers when they take on the vancouver canucks tomorrow night. 7-1 and it's the blue jays right now over the royals and the royals are trying to eliminate them and any of the cubs trying to avoid elimination. >> desean jackson's off-season program. >> here we go, was it brought up at all? >> the first gaming, he pauled a hammy off-season workout, my friend. it hasn't been brought up. >> get him some gummies. >> "nightly news" is coming up next! >> see you at 11:00. >>> major political news tonight. biden won't run. the vice president finally ends the drama and sends a message to hillary clinton. what it means for her path to t

been ten years almost to the day since alex ovechkin made his caps debut. crazy, right? as for his buddy nicholas back str nicklas backstrom recoveringsur re-evaluated midweek. he's only going to miss up to five games, not ten. familiar faces gone but new faces like t.j. oshie expected to help the team go big. starts with thinking and knowing it's possible. >> this team believes that we have a really good group. that's a little maybe different than last year. i think last year we were not sure what we were. i think this group has a confidence. s4s the wizards opting to make a giant impact this year by embracing small ball. heard nothing but good things about this offense. players, they really love to spread it out, run the ball. had success with this in the playoffs. preseason debut tonight versus the 76ers. we're excited to see what the first round draft pick out of kansas can do. kelly ubrai jr. tweaked his ankle in practice yesterday. he's still sore. sitting this one out. the rest of the team ready to go battle tonight thankfully against another jersey. >> very exc

alex ovechkin and letang. he goes crashing into the wall and they were not too happy about that and tried to retaliate against ovi and he sits there and smiles and says that's the best you've got? no stranger to this rivalry. >> i've seen it. since i first came in the league, and it was crosby and ovechkin. i think i'll feed off the emotion in a positive way. i'm excited for the talent. >> there say dislike between the two organizations and that's a good thing. a fun thing and i'm all arc board now on this. it's fun. i really enjoyed playing with those guys last year and we want more of that. >> and we want more local sports tonight and we get it, the good game on the pitch and the knockout round for the playoffs for d.c. united black and red hosting united and the loser goes home. >> i'm hoping they get that game in there and it will be rain at the start and i'm taking a bit of a break. >> no umbrellas there, by the way. >> "nightly news parker: my daughter alison and her cameraman were gunned down on live te

getting ready to play their second game of the season and could be without their captain tonight, alex ovechkin. he missed the morning skatearound due to a personal issue. his head coach said he's a game-time decision but has not been seen in the building thus far today. this capitals team very good. a lot of people picking them to win the stanley cup this year. and that is perfectly fine with jason. >> rather be picking us than not picking us. i think you want to -- it's not any more added pressure. we know what we got in here. we want to win. we want to win a stanley cup. so we got people here to do it. we just got to -- cliche sayings, take it one game at a time, but you do. we know what we got. it's nice that people are picking up. rather be picking us than not picking us. >> reporter: what do you think it will be like skating against your old friend? >> we actually found out we're brothers, kind of weird. like, we went through ancestry.com and figured out we were brothers, so it was different situation when you find out it's your brother. that's why we got along so well. it's kind of weird

alex ovechkin ties it. beating jeremy smith here, the bruins lose 2-1. they open up the regular season thursday against winnipeg at the garden. celtics held the final practice in waltham before taking off for the preseason opener next week in italy. a tote am of seven preseason games before opening up against philly at the garden. >>> a little rest and relaxation for the 3-0 patriots as the bye week comes here. the pats play a week from tomorrow against the 2-1 cowboys and visit the saints tomorrow night. we've got plenty of action for you. it should be a lot of fun starting at 9:00 a.m. with the jets and dole fins. from there, the nfl at noon, and we'll wrap it up with sports final at 11:35. >>> how about women's college hockey last night? bu tied at one and the terriers rebecca russo puts it home with .3 seconds left in regulation take their season opener. what a start to the year. >>> finally in college football last night, harvard topped georgetown 45-0 to move to 3-0. it was tim murphy's 150th of his harvard career. big milestone and great career fo

alex ovechkin scored in the first and caps win 2-1. hey shall it's homecoming at unh this weekend. the wildcats play elon and that is sold out. >> a much improved football team, defensively they've improved, and fizz cattle that they didn't have last year, size and where they're playing. >> they look pretty good. definitely good on defense. they've got some athletes, you know, haven't been giving up too many points this year. >> college football. uhn is home at j30, dartmouth at penn at 3:30. eric fairweather first start as quarterback and plymouth state home with the owls at 1:00. if you want to watch football on channel 9 today at noon, you get texas at tcu. ohio state, indiana coming up at 3:30. notre dame at clemson under the lights. those are the games here on channel 9. >> thank you, jamie staton. ahead news 9 this morning. it's an accomplishment few students attain. one teen in california managed to do it twice. the and you do your part, you should be able to get ahead and stay ahead. v v the super wealthy call the shots. they don't stand up for they don't support they don't