brett haber is live with the ju tee detail. -- juicy details. brett. >> reporter: most people have probably never heard of trent williams. that's okay. most people hadn't heard of kris samuels when they drafted him on the first round. the redskins believe they got a guy from the same mold tonight. the skins resisting the urge to make a last minute trade and they used their 4th pick on the man who will become the chief bodyguard. trent williams and a two-time all american out of oklahoma. he ran an ultra quick 48, 40-yard dash. he should be able to step in as a starter on day one. >> oh, man. i'm very ready to just get into camp. i've got great competition on the team. i feel like they're going to prepare me well for when we get to the season. >> we thought he would fit in very well. the guy has a lot of experience. obviously being a four-year starter. hopefully he'll come in here and compete right away and show us what he can do. >> reporter: chris samuels was up in new york representing the redskins tonight and williams got a chance to speak wit

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i'm brett haber. have a great friday, everybody. >>> the gnats' willie harris celebrated the win by wearing this silver wig home this week while talking with reporters. the wigs will go to whichever gnat is named player of the game. >>> it's 6:24. a look ahead at our region's long-term economic picture and why things are look going. things are not good for some poker players. their game became the target for thieves. >>> more shots of the road this morning. do travel early. coming up, howard? >> shorts and t-shirt yesterday, but the jacket is on today. we have a big change as we head to the weekend. i'll have the friday forecast when 9news now returns. hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> we're back at 6:28 with some virginiaians recreating history. this group of civil war re- enactors are tracing the steps of robert e. lee. 145 years ago this month, lee walked 47 miles to sur

until then, we're live, i'm brett haber, back to you. >> thank you, brett. >>> coming up, the sunshine on efforts to show off solar power on earth day. and topper is back with a look at the weekend aheads where there won't be so much solar power. three minutes away. stay with us. [ bottle one ] oh, great. mr. clean magic eraser extra power. [ bottle two ] i'm pretty sure there's not much we can do about it. ugh. he's not even trying. he is actual magic. not impressed. [ gasps ] no! can we even clean a leather shoe? what do you mean? what is a shooee? he's cleaning things that we don't even know what they are. gloves? brush? chime in any time here. [ male announcer ] effortlessly removes more grime per swipe. with the mr. clean magic eraser extra power. now try our bigger and stronger bath scrubber with a built-in cleanser to easily cut through soap scum. [ bottle two ] that's new. >>> today marked the 40th anniversary of earth day. taking us to the national mall with more on that. >> the mission on earth day, saving air. >> saving electricity. >> the hot and the energy areas. the at&t

brett haber will tell us more coming up. >> and we still have rain in northwest. we'll take you out with live doppler. most of it is 995 east, up toward howard county and also toward baltimore. we'll come back and talk about a strong finish to the week. >>> even though british airports are now open, there's still a major backlog of flights. i'm rita nissan, that story coming up. >>> every dollar raised gets closer to the cure. register today and make a donation at donationforthecure.com. xçxç/p/pg0gpgpq=kwkw >>> the air travel nightmare in europe is getting better. more than 20,000 flights have been given the all clear for takeoff today, but it will take several days to get weary passengers to their final destinations and years for the airline industry to recover. rita nissan recovers from london. >> planes back in the skies over europe are finally giving stranded passengers a shot at getting home. >> we got up this morning and they told us our flights were canceled and they hustled us and said there might be another flight. >> the volcanic ash that kept planes pa

. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> well, if you thought the redskins back field was crowded -- you better scoot over more, because another former pro bowler entered the mix. former steelers runningback, willie parker signed a one-year deal with the redskins, worth up to $3.1 million. parker who went to the pro bowl in '06 and '07 began last season. suffered a toe injury and lost that job to mendenhall. there will be an open competition for the starting job with the redskins. here's what they will be deciding between. a 28, 29, and 30-year-old. all of whom who have been to the pro bowl twice, but portis is the youngest of the three and the most productive. he has the highest yards per carry and the highest total career yards. larry johnson had the best single season in 2006. meanwhile, redskins rolled out the red carpet today for notre dame. the gw will visit tonight and tomorrow. mike shanahan will attend his pro day in two weeks. >>> all right, so what if bob huggins coach is in a track suit. he can coach in a dress if he brought a national championsh

. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber.wn. >>> well, it's more than a hockey series now. it's a case of international -- bruce spotted canadians coach, mortan spying from the stands. prompting gabby to pull his players off the ice. it's been that kind of series so far. spying, trash talking. the caps have now outscored the havs10-2. it has given the caps confidence, but not over confident. >> like any team that is in the playoffs, they are confident you are a good team, but we are also confident that we are playing a really good team. so i mean, there's no reason for us to have swagger, we won two games. we have to win four. and you have to win 12 more after that. >> as for the goalie, no surprise. start for the caps tonight after his 26 save performance in game three. ben roethlisberger has not been convicted of a crime, but the steelers quarterback was suspended for six games for violating the league's personal conduct policy. commissioner goodell following the allegation that roethlisberger sexually assaulted a woman in

. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> given their history, it seemsnlikely that donovan mcnabb and terrill owens would agree to be in the same room, let alone be on the same team. with that in mind, mcnabb has approached redskins management and suggested to them that they should sign terrill owens, who is currently a free agent. who played together in philly in '04 and '05. the two have reportedly buried the hatchet. >> they mended their relationship. they buddies again. certainly terrill would love to play in the nfc east against his former teams, like dallas and philadelphia. terrill was very much like the opportunity to play for the redskins. >> redskins say they have not actively pursued owens, but did not deny the claim that the two sides have talked. meanwhile, the redskins 2010 schedule has been released and the burgundy and gold will open in prime time. the season opener set for sunday night, september 12, at home against the boys. then the big one, week four as donovan mcnabb returns to philly for the first time in week 6, then the biweek aft

. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> when you have been to two pro bowls, you don't join a new team expecting to be a backup. for the moment, that is what larry johnson. convince mike shanahan otherwise, the former chief star is now 30 and after several seasons marked by injury and offfield conflict, he joins the redskins. can he supplant clinton portis as the number one ball carrier? johnson said he intends to try. >> i still have a lot left. people forget i didn't really play much in the first couple of years. really, it's smoothing on out. kind of like the cadillac. it doesn't lose its luster. >> meanwhile, the whining and dining of the quarterback continues. expected to visit the redskins tomorrow and saturday. tennessee safety, eric barry visited the team today. >> all right, if the caps took a vacation between now and the regular season, buffalo won all of its regular games, it would not make a bit of difference. they would not catch -- if the actor says to the director, what's my motivation? the caps have not had much motivation lately, lo

brett haber was all over that story. >> without any further ado, our quarterback, donovan mcnabb. >> reporter: 48 hours ago he was eating his easter dinner as a philadelphia eagle. today his world was turned upside down. >> i think, you know, one thing i can get get ought caught up in is what happened. the most important thing is the fact that it is over. i'm here. i look forward to bringing some success here to washington. >> reporter: it is the unlikely yiftd of trades. it involves two rivals. begging the question what will be like for donovan this fall when he suits up against the eagles? >> i don't look 8 it any different. nothing that i'm going to let go like running my head through a locker or throwing stuff in my house, you know? it is an opportunity to play, i guess, another team. >> reporter: the innocent victim in all of this is jason campbell, starter for four years cast aside in favor of mcnabb. he will set campbell free to start a job elsewhere. >> i wish him well. at the same time if he doesn't have something he feels comfortable with, he knows he has a job here, he wil

. >>> it's time for 9 sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> a 36-year-old receiver with a bad attitude. that's the kind of guy the old redskins would have gone after. but not bruce allen and mike shanahan. they're the guys who highjacked don snyder's checkbook and then we hear the name terrell owens. multiple reports said donovan mcnabb was lobbying to sign the free agent even though they fought like cats and dogs when they were in philly today. they told the whole story is fiction and it ain't happening anyway. >> i appreciate donovan wanting his friend back. but we made a decision as an organization not to go in that direction. but i can understand his relationship with donovan. we will not go in that direction right now. >> here, here, mike shanahan. meantime the redskins schedule out today. how about the opener, sunday night september 12th at home against the cowboys on prime time tv. then the big one week four as mcnabb returns to philly for the first time. the buy week in week eight and then in week nine a money nighter. thanksgiving they host brett favre and the v

. >>> good morning i'm brett haber with your wake up sports.ver the course of a month most teams will win a game or two by accident. it takes real effort to go entire calendar month without whipping at all and the wizards were on the verge last night. in new orleans, trying to avoid going 0 for march, whiz up five. miller and his one -- they did their best to give it away. they turn it over, james lays it in. it's a two point game. hornets get one last look to send to it overtime. rims out. and nobody, i mean nobody beats the wizards 17 times in a row, 96-191 final. team releasing preseason schedule. three of of the four opponents will be from a year ago. jets and cardinals on the road exact dates still to come. w wf has a rich basketball history it happens to be distant history. 19529 last time they went to final four. that half sepry ordeal ended yesterday. bob huggins and the squad departed morgantown for indi. it marked huggins first trip to the final four in 18 years. he does it with his alma mater in his hometown. lair nay ga extended thr

in three minutes brett haber separates fact from fiction. stay with us. >>> good morning, everyonism i'm bret mayber with the wakeup sports. a 36-year-old receiver with a bad attitude. that's the kind of guy the old redskins would have gone after but not bruce ail and mike shanahan. they are the guys that hide snyders checkbook when he has an urge to sign a guy like that and then we heard the name terrell owens. mcnabb was lobbying the redskins to sign the free agent even though they fat like cats and dogs while in philly. shanahan said it is not going to happen. >>> the redskins schedule coming out on tuesday. how about this for an opening game, sunday night, september 12th at home against the cowboys and week four mcnabb returns to philly for the first time. that's going to be fun. the bye in week >>> baseball last night, nats hosting the rockies. scott olson was the pitching victim. troy hits them deep. olson two innings, six runs allowed. you knew it would be a rough night for the nats when the opposing pitcher got him. a double scored.

i'm brett haber with the wakeup sports. what's the matter with ovechkin ? that's what people were asking after game one when the two-time mvp was held without a single shot on goal and the answer of course, is nothing. as evidenced by his four goals, three assists and ten shots since then. game four, last night, similar onin goal as good as he was on monday even better last night. watch him rob mike at point blank range. 36 saves. tied at two in the second. this is ovechkin. this is his second of the game. puts the caps up 3-2 and 52 seconds after that matt bradley trying the wrap around here. jason waiting on the weak side. shoves it in made it 4-2. it they added a pair of empty netter and the caps lead the series 3-1. >> finding ways to win is what we have done all year. there's been so many games -- not so many but games where it is tied in the second period and we just keep going and getting a couple of goals in the third period and i think that's made our record this year what it is. >> reporter: game five tomorrow at verizon center. we will have live

our own brett haber is here. >> it's a pretty easy decision. he pretty much sealed his own faith. that's why gaby will go with simple varlamov. >> quite frankly after trailing 4-1 in saturday's game two, the caps are fortunate to not be in an even deeper hole as one reporter suggestperhaps they have awoken the sleeping bear that is the capitals. >> i don't know if they awakened the big bear. if i'm montreal i'm angry because we should have won two games because they're thinking the they're the better team. >> much more coming up at 6:00. plus why in property israel hockey isn't a sport, it's a religion. that's coming up next hour. for now, send it back to you. >>> coming up, armed with loaded weapons, guns rights supporters are rallying next door to reagan international. >>> the winds will die down tonight. we'll take about that and milder air tomorrow and we'll talk about when you're going to need your umbrella next. >>> toyota agrees to pay a multi-million fine but is not accepting responsibility fo of vehicles. we'll be back. [ sneezes ] ♪ music plays ♪ [ sneezing ] ♪ ♪ [ male