there's brian goodwin's home run. the pigeon is sitting right there. who is there to greet him. oh, the pigeon. he's there. some people wanted the nats to let the pigeon hit. pigeon stuck around until the fifth inning then flew away after the nats hit two more home runs. >> i stayed behind home plate the whole time. >> for two innings. >> wow. >> yeah. >> good luck. >> he was there for seven home runs. >> the nats just announced he'll be filling stephen strasburg's slot in the rotation. >> i don't know if he can pitch though. he's going to keep it low there. it's hard to see his release points. it's like the rally monkey years ago in anaheim but that wasn't an actual monkey on the field. [laughter] >> very good point brody. thank you for clarifying that. >> that would have been amazing. >> yes, it would. >> monkey released from the zoo takes in a baseball game. >> thanks brody. >> let's talk about real life heroes. we saw it on full display and they were honored today. >> as t heroes step forward to receive the medal of valor. >> today they were honore

brian goodwin hit a solo homerun to tie it up in the 5th inning. but after that-- it was all braves. atlanta. the game ended at 1:20 am! as a reward for fans who stuck around, washington gave away free soda, water, and ice cream. coming up-- the weekend is almost here, now will you need shorts or an umbrella in the days ahead. meteorologist eileen whelan has your complete weekend forecast, coming up in less than 3 minutes. fios is not cable. and we believe everyone deserves faster internet. so with fios gigabit connection, you get amazing download speeds up to 940 megs 20 times faster than most people have. and it's just $79.99 a month online for the first year. on with tv and phone for $79.99 a month. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years. all with a 2-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. humid; stray evening storm - less humid weekend today: am clouds, pm sun. early morning shower possible. hi

brian goodwin, wilmer difo, bryce harper, ryan zimmerman and anthony rendon all went yard. the nats would hit a total of 8 home runs ...breaking their franchise record. they blow out the at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - flash flood watch this afternoon through saturday afternoon (1-3+" of rain possible) - waves of heaviest rain after noon through tonight - a bit drier saturday night; sunday looks nice - unseasonably cool through monday - back to near 90, as we head into august today: rain likely, steadiest after noon. heavy, at times. flood risk. highs: 79-84 winds: nw to se 5 mph tonight: rain continues. cloudy and cool. lows: 65-69 winds: ne 5-15 mph saturday: showers likely. rain tapering off by the evening. very cool and breezy. highs: 68-74 winds: n 10-15 g 25+ mph deal or no deal? takes an unexpected turn when a driver tries to get out of a ticket. what he offered the police officer.. coming up. of oklahoma. enough to earn a felony d-u-i charge. after failing a field sobriety test--the driver decided to make the police officers an offer so he could avoid jail

brian goodwin would homer later on in the inning and the nationals take the night cap 3 to one ..splitting the double header. it's 5: and time for a check on weather. spectacular start to the week lots of sun with low humidity 90s return midweek (not too humid) today: mostly sunny, comfortably warm highs: 82-88 winds: north to sw 5-10 mph tonight: mostly clear & comfortable lows: 68-73 winds: sw 5-10 mph tuesday: partly sunny, ideal for outdoors highs: 84-89 winds: sw 5-10 mph kidd o'shea in the now.. nicole kidman says she is ready to showcase her funny side? and would love to get offered a comedy. the oscar winner says she's been told she's not funny but she's eager to try anything and isn't nicole is currently promoting her new project "top of the lake: china girl" ? which airs on sundancetv in september. dunkirk stays at number one at the box office for a second week in a row! the christopher nolan world war two film earned just over 28 million to take first place. the big surprise is "the emoji movie" featuring the voices of t.j. miller and anna faris came in second with 25 "girls tri

when brian goodwin doubled down the right field line. that same inning l-a's c.j. cron put the game farther out of reach with a two run homer, extending the angels lead to 4-0. mike trout followed suit in the seventh with a two run blast of his own. the angels win 7-0. up next on the nats road trip, the arizona diamondbacks. first pitch is just after 9:30 eastern. time now for weather alert - high heat & humidity continue through the weekend - heat advisories possible this weekend - relief comes next week today: hot and humid. sunny to partly cloudy. code orange air quality alert. highs: 95-98 feels: winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. warm and very muggy. lows: 74-80 winds: sw to w 5 mph friday: partly sunny to mostly cloudy. still hot and humid. highs: 94-98 winds: nw 5-10 mph amazon has launched a - john mccains health crisis. doctors diagnosing the senator with brain cancer. this morning - we are learning more about his chance for recovery. plus! a father's desperation- after a father's desperation- after he says-- a daycare group- abandoned hi

scoring four runs in the first, including this brian goodwin blast to center field. washington leads 6-2 in the seventh. 23 years old. two majors and on the verge of a third. jordan spieth at the top of the leaderboard. the young texan is really good at getting into the lead. he is really good at holding the lead, and he is really good at converting that lead into a big victory. spieth struggled early, but took off on the final five holes. here he is. lead. grabs a this, spieth trying to put one away. he has got anoth spieth at five under in the final five holes, finishing the championship at five under. he joins jack nicholas as the only -- jack nicklaus. katie ledecky adding to her trophy. surprise, surprise. two moreing star won gold medals at the championships. she easily won freestyle and the second -- in the second fastest time ever. win six gold to medals this week in hungary. a big show tonight on abc seven sports sunday. tim murray joins me in studio, talking redskins and kirk cousins. all the fun starts at 11:35 tonight on abc seven. football fans, your wai

the offense did their part, scoring four runs of the first, including this brian goodwin blast to center field. nats win 6-2. the british open final round, and jordan spieth struggled early, but took out in the final five holes. on 15, from 46 feet, that is an eagle. spieth with a two-stroke lead over matt kuchar. spieth trying to put this away, another birdie attempt. chirp-chirp. at 12 under, his third major championship. klaus is thek nichol only players to win that many before 24. coming up after the news, abc 7 "sports sunday." we will talk redskins and kirk cousins in about 10 minutes. also, bethesda native katie ledecky adding to her trophy case. e gold medals at the world championships. she is hoping to win six gold medals this week in hungary. jordan spieth good at i need the phone that's where i happen to be... to be the one that rings. i need not to be missed phone calls... to not be missed. i need seamless handoff... canyon software. from reception, to landline, to mobile. i need one number... not two. i'm always moving forward... because i can't afford to get stuck in the pa

brian goodwin, over the wall. the nationals beat the rockies in game two, 3-1. a little history for nationals first baseman ryan zimmerman, in the third inning two on, two out, zimmerman smashing it this to right field and over the fence. that's career home run. why is that important, you ask, well he passes senator legend frank howard. happy to accomplish it in d.c. and happy to have passed howard. >> i obviously respect him and what he did. just not here. but it's a really cool honor of growing up here. and myself and the fan base i think have grown sort of together. to be able to share that with them was cool. >>> certainly a cool night, but a thriller for the u.s. nationals team playing in san diego. the u.s. down 3-1. but here they come. christen press shoots and scores. less than five minutes later, press, great pass up here to megan rupeeno who fires and scores somehow from this incredible angle. they were not done here. juli johnston puts down the rebound, and that is the game winner. the u.s. scored three goals in nine minutes. and they come back to win

brian goodwin comes in to store. defur so excited, he just totally hits the deck.ou belieouble for . nats go on to win 8-5. this is their first home win since july 9th. there it is. >>> the work is just getting started in richmond for day one of training camp for the redskins. the players reported with a recap of the action today, including some unexpected and unwelcomed news. >> welcome back, everybody. >> reporter: ready for camp, redskins coach jay gruden, ready for the grind. >> i should eat, drink, and sleep football during camp. they should try to soak up as much knowledge as they can from their coordinator and position coach and just continue to get better. >> reporter: they'll start without jordan reed. the pro bowl tight end placed on the physically unable to perform list. he'll have to be clear doctors before he can practice. the continuing story line, kirk cousins, playing on a one-year deal again. the guy calling his place this time around, looking forward to at least one more season together. >> that's the thing about kirk, you never worry about his pr

we're in the desert, unusual suspects getting it done for the nats in the desert like leadoff man brian goodwinat's a good one out of the park getting the game going with the leadoff homer. nats up early and later still up. how about another guy we don't mention off going deep. nats win 6-2 and go 7-2 on this road trip. >>> this is an all too familiar sign. some vended badly. hopefully this is -- have ended badly. hopefully this is just a precautionary move they take with stephen strasburg going out after the 2nd inning for arm stiffness. he will be looked at by doctors tomorrow and tuesday back in d.c. >> we just took him out for precaution and he's had a little stiffns, he was throwing the ball well. so, you know, we'll analyze it when we get back home after he sees our doctors and hopefully we'll have an answer on tuesday. >> yeah. fingers crossed for steven strasburg. >>> a little history in baltimore today, zach britton converted his 55th consecutive save setting an american league record. orioles won 9-7. >>> it was an up and down final round for 23-year-old jordan spieth. could he hold o

brian goodwin led off the inning. nationals up 4-0 at that point.foe, that one is gone too. nationals up 5-0. next batter is bryce harper, he had a home run earlier in the game. here's his second. these all off michael blaisic making his first start after 108 relief appearances and ryan zimmerman with a home run so back-to-back-to-back home runs for washington and tied a major league record with four home runs in a row and tied another major league record and win it 15-2. >>> rays and the yankees. they went to extra innings. bottom 11, brett gardner, that will do it. yankees with a walkoff win in that celebration, though, aaron judge, their big home run hitter got a tooth knocked out. you see there. there's the tooth went flying and judge left in a hurry. yankees won the they did spend some time looking for the tooth on the field at yankee stadium. no word on whether they found it. back to you. >> i bet they didn't anticipate that in their job description. >> they're probably still out there looking for it. >>> up next in "the pulse," the high-profi

brian goodwin, a six inning double. later, a two run home run. followed with a two run in the seventh. angels win 7-0. the nats head to arizona. men's soccer u.s. match getting personal here. a defender from el salvador bites a u.s. player and twists his knebel. i don't know what is happening here or why. the u.s. would go on to win without any writing or nipple -twisting. i just can't. let the jokes go, clear your mind. veronica: we have seen enough heat. it is about the impacts to us and our four-legged friends. quickly, what it feels like on the grass, 106. on the concrete, 143. the blacktop, 167. never walk your dog's on blacktop. today, thes by noon grass 10 degrees higher. 80 degrees at 7:00 a.m. when you can.hade those are the best places where your dog probably wants to hang out. will be the hottest day out of the heat wave. we could see severe thunderstorms. areawide coverage coming in. couldf the latest updates impact the crystal city twilight or. there may be a delay. your extended forecast shows a chance of rain through the weekend. h

brian goodwin, a great catch, tied at two in the ninth inning. solo shot as the nats go on to this road trip in cincinnati and anaheim. than populars governor in the spotlight because of what he did behind home plate. >> a souvenir for chris christie, are you kidding me? how about that? >> you just noticed him. christie snagging a foul ball and immediately getting booed by the crowd. he has caught a lot of heat recently since he and his family were caught lounging on a beach that was closed to the public. to give credit where credit is due, it was a pretty nice catch, and he gave it to a kid. larry: pretty sharp. autria: heat, heat, and more heat. veronica: and more heat, and humidity coming with that and that will make things so bad. along with the overnight temperatures that will stay degrees, a lot of folks do not have a seat in their homes and that is what makes it so bad. homes and that is what makes it so bad. whenever you have a heat wave you get an impact on the rails so we could be getting issues once we wrap up this work week. thursday,

brian goodwin, bryce harper, ryan zimmerman and anthony rendon all went yard. the nats hitting a total of a franchise record 8 home runs in the game as they embarrass the brewers. kicked them out of town 15-2. wow. now, "g has another potomac nationals giveaway. caller 7 winning tickets to tomorrow night's game. good luck. autria: from baseball the football, kirk cousins in the apostle it -- in the spotlight. why people have it all wrong. we have the latest and training camp. the new outlet for people hit -2rd by this week's ef turner. how soon will we be willing with -- dealing with powerful storms veronica: people hit by this week's ef-2 tornado on kent island have a place to go for help. a disaster center opened yesterday and it will stay open to next thursday. you can go there to apply for aid through several government agencies. unfortunate, there is more rain coming our way. you can see at wjla.com for all the latest forecasts. right now we have got very little taking place on greater. light misty sh owers taking place around annapolis and ocean city. woo

brian goodwin scores. the nats seven in the eighth and will go on to win 8-5. larry: a key member of president trump's staff fuming. the leaks anthony scaramucci is tried to track down only a week into the job. closer to back-to-school time, abc 7 joining forces to stuff the bus. bring backpacks and school veronica: a beautiful day for a summer swim. not people, ponies. they took a full advantage. about 200 ponies into the water yesterday morning for the 92nd year. it is all to get the ponies to the other side for today's auction, which raises money to help care for the wild ponies. let's take a look at this image. ocean city this morning. this is a live look. you can see a little wave action. notice the clouds. this is not looking like it is going to be a great weekend for heading to the beach. 72 with the more easterly wind, picking up the water temperature. on the cool side this weekend, especially saturday and sunday. today is probably one of the better days. afternoon thunderstorms are a possibility. 81 to the mid 70's saturday and sunday. the water temper

brian goodwin, love it. shooting up the reads 5-0. as sports vapz we don't like roughs. as a call goes against your team they were wrong to call it and if need aid flag to top the other team refer res missed it. >> none of us have been as this canadian woman today. karen kohls awarded one million if two kickoffs were returned for touchdowns in the same game. blew bombers worseing win peg. second quarter, mar tease jack sop goes through traffic and gets opening and he is gone. 109 yards for touchdown and one million dollars for -- oh, no. flag on the play yeah. negating a million on that a block in the back. it should not have been ca called. weak call. negating the return and her payday and consolation and home inging center and tickets to great cup canada version of the super bowl. worst part broadcastsers thought it was touch down and thought it was national contest. they flashed on screen she had won $1 million. >> did we see her face. >> she was not live there thankfully. >> probably a good thing. >> at least in my audio sync. >> she's in okay spirits about it. but,

one out later brian goodwin with another home run. he's playing great.t, edwin jackson got hit hard last time out but last night allowed only four hits over seven innings struck out six. jackson signed in june. he's gone seven innings. dusty happy with that: >>> speaking of texas rangers adrienne beltre doing something free have done before. right there, that is hit number 3,000 for adrian bel beltre. only the 31st player in major league history to get 3,000 hits and he does it with a double. >>> fifth major league player born outside the u.s. to do it and the first dominican born player to get 3,000 hits in the major leagues. congratulations to him. >>> women's soccer right now wow, you can call it a comeback. team u.s.a. taking on brazil in the tournament of nations down three-one in the 80's minute. didn't have much time left on the clock like 10 minutes down two goals and then they scored three in nine minutes. capped off in the 89th minute to julie ertz who came off the bench with a game winner. megan with the goal there. three goals in nine minutes

goodwiners later, brian to almost the same spot. that is his 11th of the season. nats take the night cap, 3-1. game one, a special major league debut for eric. his mother is proud come in tears. a former first-round pick by the nats. bottom of the third, 4-1 rockies, ryan zimmerman drives it opposite way, gone. he surpasses frank howard is the all-time d.c. home run leader. eric struggled in his debut. nats drop game one, 10-6. of course, much more tonight on "sports sunday." erin hawksworth sat down with jarrell prior and josh norman. -- she sat down with terrel prior and josh norman. and u.s. women's soccer team scores three goals in the final nine minutes to beat rizzuto 4-3. those highlights tonight as well on "sports sunday." -- the u.s. beat brazil, kimberly: an austin barber spent the afternoon under a bridge come a tribute to the less fortunate, giving away free haircuts to the homeless. he spends every sunday with them. lopez says his goal is to let them know there is hopeful stop barber who did something similar. a big thank you from the humane rescue al

trapped in the path of the goodwin fire as of saturday afternoon the goodwin fire burned more than 25,000 acres. now a nearby brianutah evacuees of the brian head fire finally allowed to go home after nearly two weeks away. the brian head fire. >>> ed more than 59,000 acres. firefighters are fortunately continuing to contain those flames. >> welcome back. the home. world famous ringling brothers and even a community used to clowning around when an 8,000-pound elephant got loose. according to her handlers kelly the elephant and another elephant worked together to unlatch the gate to her enclosure on friday morning . >> [laughter] >>> kelly took off. >> there's not a lot of places where elephants would be on the loose. just another day in circus city for us. >> very fun sort of playful personality mischievous in way. it was sort of out of the box for her, out of our grounds of course. >> kelly had a partner in crime in her escape. the directors of circus world say an escape like this has only happened one other time in the early 60's when they first old. kelly is still on the move. i guess. hard to miss if you see h