brice harper is only 19. that put the nationals up 1-0.tunately, it was all downhill from there. dc remains in first place, philadelphia is in fourth. >>> some other bad news from last night. jayson werth is going to have his where i have checked out today and it is not looking good. trying to make the cut in the sixth inning no word on how long he will be on the dl this time. >>> the orioles and the red sox played 17 innings sunday night at february way park. both teams had their designated hitters pitching at that point. chris was over eight at the plate but pitched two scoreless innings. baltimore has won eight of his last ten. they are hot. >>> the caps and rangers reassume their play. game five is at madison square garden. the puck drops at 7:30 a. >>> redskins head coach says rg iii will be his starting quarterback in the fall. the coach says that was enough for him to make up his mind. >> he is great. you know, you can see what an incredible athlete he is. i was impressed. i don't think i have ever had that, in any mini camp i have

i think that was huge. >> brice harper on steven straussburg.normally when things with going well in business or sports or really anything, there's stability. well, things have been anything but stable for the miami heat as of late. who knew that chris bauch was so important? without their injured star, the heat have changed they're line-up again. the fourth line-up in four games. they tried to even their series. with indiana played pretty well. heat down by 7. wade with the ball. tried to make something happen here. cuts the lead to 5. then on the inbounds, wade makes the steal behind the back to lebron james. he lays it in. lebron had 40 points, 18 rebounds and 9 assists, almost a playoff triple double in the third. he's down by 2. wade falls down, gets back up, then gets the ball back, then proceeds to hit the 3. he played pretty well in this one. 30 foints for d. wade in the 4th. lebron gets fouled but just too strong going to the hole. 37 straight points scored by either wade or james in the second and third quarters. the heat win at 101-93

brice harper hit his first major league home run, 19 years, 21 days, youngest since adrien beltre did it. sprinting around the bases, took time for the curtain call, a first of money for the rookie phenom. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >> who's joining britney? who said no to the tanning mom. why prince william is about to get millions. your early morning entertainment headlines straight ahead. plus, all these years later, learning an important lesson about friendship after our brutal civil war. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." we are watching beautiful weather conditions out there in the northwest. 75 today, maybe a little too warm for you yesterday around portland, 88. today should be comfortable 80, hot in the desert and we're going to keep it going, cool off a couple degrees in the intermountain west into wednesday, but you know, still looking very dry and there's no big storms heading our way. the fires in arizona would like some wet weather and it's not going to happen any time soon. watching us on kgd in por

the nationals' brice harper was hit by a pitch. you see that there.was the first inning of last night's game against the phillies. and this doesn't appear to be an accident either. phillies pitcher cole hamills admits that he was trying to plunk the 19-year-old phenom. after the game he said, "i was trying to hit him. i'm not going to deny it. it's something i grew up watching. that's what happened. i'm just trying to continue the old baseball." >> good not. >> i've got something i want to say, but i'm -- i might tweet that with stars and hash tag signs. brice harper -- bryce harper advanced to third base on the single and stole home to give the nationals a 1-0 lead. that actually was not quite enough for the game to win it. the phillies beat the nats 9-3. to make it worse, nationals' outfielder jayson werth broke his wrist. no word on how long he'll be out. >> the same wrist that he got in trouble with in '06 that took him out for the season. >> yeah. we hope he recovers okay. >>> our weather for the week -- we've got a little bit of stuff coming in.

. >>> left fielder, number 34, brice harper! home debut wasn't enough as the nationals fall to the arizona diamondbacks. the 19-year-old was o-3 at the plate. he wasn't alone. the nats only mustered six hits, losing their fifth straight 5-1. the teams are back at it again tonight at 7:05. got to get back into winning. >> a fulweek for a home stand. they can turn thing around and get it going the right direction. >> let's check the forecast. tom kierein telling us about rain moving in again. >> you'll need the umbrella. right now storm 4 radar showing light rain moving into washington, fairfax, montgomery, prince george's counties. there's the heavier rain from near olney in northern montgomery county and across the line into western howard county. thunder and lightning with that. a lot of thunder and lightning with a storm that's in southern fauquier county about to move into stafford county. and that's not severe, but has a lot of thunder and lightning with it. here's the day planner. sunrise 6:09. by 9:00, morning showers endi

whim a nationals jersey. >> nice. >>> tonight nats' fans will get to see the debut of rookie star brice harperharper joined the team during their trip out west and had two hits in the first two games in the big leagues. the nats are looking to snap a four-game losing streak. and harper got extra batting practice. check out the video posted on youtube. apparently a group playing slow pitch softball offered the rookies a couple of hats while he was doing a promo shoot last night. look at this -- ooh. wiffs on the beach, then ultimately hits the deep flyball. the description on the video said harper was a good sport and good guy for accepting the offer. what a treat for them, too. >> i bet you the -- the people in risk management were sweating, though. that ball hits them -- done something to his arm. >> a professional, though. all right. >>> we've got a lot of rain this morning, wet pavement. allow yourself extra time off to work and school this morning. the rain coming down pretty hard now around the region. some thunder and lightning in southern maryland. small chance of an additional thunders

. >>> belies harper steals -- brice harper steals home but would it be enough to sweep the phillies? we'll show you, when we come back. >>> we have a cool start this morning and in some cases jackets may be necessary. some sunny breaks, notice our day planner, we have temperatures which will start in the 50s, low 60s by 9:00 and mid-60s by noon. i'll be back in just a few minutes, we are going to talk about our increasing rain chances for tomorrow and wednesday. >> reporter: southbound of i-27 0 things are fine coming out of frederick pass here at route 121 here at clarksburg. staple same story on route 556789 coming up, another look at maryland roads in a few minutes. >>> making news now at 5:10, actor george lindsey, best known as gobber on the andy griffith show, has died after a short illness. george lindsey was 83 years old. >>> today investigators may learn the exact cause of death of a groomer at churchill downs, the man's body was found after the kentucky derby inside a barn at the famous racetrack. police believe the death is not directly link to the derby, but they do belie

it will also be the home debut for star in the making brice harper. ad two hits in his first two games in the big leagues. go, nats. >>> the magic of science helping the spring mating season at the smithsonian national zoo. last night, staff artificially inseminated may jong for a second time. apparently her natural mating with the giant panda tien-tien is not working. she last gave birth to a cub in 2005. that cub now lives in china. >> the national zoo's live tweeting the artificial insemination. i felt bad for her. >> some things are supposed to be private. >> she's under the microscope. all the pressure to have a baby. i'm feeling bad for that girl. >> maybe tien-tien needs a different cologne. try the old-fashioned way. five minutes -- go ahead -- before the top of the hour. >>> another reason to get extra shuteye. coming up, why a good night's sleep could help you keep those unwanted pounds off. >>> first, paying more to get out of town. how much plane tickets are right now in the district and why area airports will cost you the most to fly out o

maybe it's because of one of the young guys, brice harper, now on a home run streak.s the first teenager to homer in back-to-back games since ken griffey, jr. in 1989. but brice's bomb was the only run the nationals could muster all day. combine that with a rare sub par performance from s. steven strasburg and it was not a good day at nationals park. strasburg trying to go 4-0 this season. the first batter, will venable lifts one to shallow left. who has it? does anybody have it? desmond -- what are you doing? professionals looking like little leaguers there. later in the inning, padres up 1-0 with bases loaded and the skies open up. strasburg set to deliver the 3-2 pitch, the umps say all right, we're going inside. after an eight-minute delay, play resumes. the home plate umpire calls time. why? i don't know if the guys are playing cards. i don't know if they were stuck in the bathroom but his cohorts weren't there. maybe they went to ben's chili bowl. right up the middle, two runs score and the padres take a 3-0 lead. fast forward to the bottom of the fifth now. bri

. >>> brice harper is just 19, but already a superstar in d.c. >> left fielder, number 34, brice harper! >> must have felt good. harper making his home debut last night. but the nationals fell to the arizona diamondbacks. harper was 0-3 at the plate but wasn't alone. the nats only mustered six hits, losing their fifth straight 5-1. the teams are back at 7:05. >> put a lot of pressure on young guys. they come in, make them superstars. >> only 19. a lot of pressure. >> cut him a little slack. got, what, five more games i think this run at home. got time to turn it around. >> first home game, they call out his name, announcer. >> they'll keep calling your name, don't worry. >>> 5:26. coming up, a deadly day in afghanistan. the message from the taliban following president obama's visit. >>> plus, new developments in the secret service scandal. what we're learning about the investigation as agents prepare for new training. >>> line of storms rolling into the d.c. area. what makes the sleep number store different? you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they sa

. >>> the left fielder, number 34, brice harper! [ applause ] >> brice harper's home debut wasn't enough as the nationals fell to the diamondbacks from arizona. the 19-year-old was 0-3 at the plate but wasn't alone. the nats only mustered six hits, losing their fifth straight 5-1. the two teams back in action again at 7:05. >> almost said nats, but i meant that, too. go, nats, go, caps, all of it. >>> time for weather & traffic on the 1s. tom? >> good morning. we've had some thunder and lightning and heavy rain passing over washington the last couple of hours. heavy rain in stafford county and lightning in king george county, now again in southern charles county. this is the second wave for charles county. heavy rain, thunder and lightning there from waldorf down la plata, port tobacco. farther east, getting a lot of lightning in st. mary's county. solomon's down to pax river, lexington park, a lot of lightning, heavy vain moving across the bay and heading east. farther north, getting moderate showers. this area in dark orange, that

in the fourth, brice harper. no. oh, my gosh. kind of a fakeout job there. there's a home run. standing on second base there. nats trailing in the ninth, down to their final out. harper on second after a double. ian desmond gives them the walk-off victory 5-4. harper had his best in the majors yet, three hits and nats snapped that losing skid. >> i don't want to call h himelerly, 41-year-old jason giambi, gives rockies 8-5 win. the fourth oldest player in the expansion era to have a walk-off home run. 40-year-old chipper jones still getting it done. 11th inning, chipper breaks a 13-13 tie with phillies and braves win 15-13. what a game in atlanta. in case you were wondering, yes, this is the first time in major league history two players 40 or older have hit walk-off home runs on the same day. got to love chipper jones. >>> to the pucks, caps and rangers, what a game, series was even at 1, probably not counting on playing a 4 1/2 hour marathon. this one started at 7:30 and didn't end until after midnight in the third overtime, yes, third overtime. marion richards feeds it to ga

brice harper continue to impress.his sixth inning double scored what turned out to be the winning run. the nationals host the philadelphia phillies this weekend. steven straussburg taking to the mound tonight for the nats. and go, nats. we hope this is going to be a good weekend. play through sunday. high hopes. >> we all hope it doesn't rain on them, right? >> always in the back of everybody's minds. >>> 4:41. tom kierein, we put the question to you. how are we going to do this weekend? >> there may be a rain delay tonight. be on the lookout. we could have thunderstorms developing later this afternoon. storm 4 radar showing thunder and lightning. that moving color there in eastern kentucky, southern west virginia. it's moving northeast now, but does look like it's had it gets toward pennsylvania, it will turn to the east and come our way. this yellow zone, chance of severe storms from norfolk to washington. from washington to philadelphia to new york. and that would be later this afternoon into this evening. here is

. >>> brice harper is young, just 19, and proving to be one of the most electric players in all of baseball. >> he's coming home! safe! [ wild cheering ] >> you sure this kid's 19? >> he stole home during the first inning of the nats/phillies game, giving the nats the 1-0. that didn't last long. they didn't have enough offense to win. philadelphia scored three runs in the fourth inning and another six in the ninth. it was painful. 9-3 by the end. >>> and the nats also lofts more than just the game last night. right fielder jayson werth broke his wrist yet again trying to make the catch. he'll be seeing a spift to figure out how serious it is. manager davey johnson says he will be out for a while. he says it was a clean break, but werth missed the entire 2006 season when he broke this wrist back then. sorry, not broke it but injured it then. >> ouch. tough to see that video. hope he recovers well. >>> barring an injury, and we're all hoping that is far from even possible, it appears that robert griffin iii will start for the redskins next season. mike shanahan said he was impressed with rg3

. >>> phillies pitcher coles ham ills is paying the price for welcoming brice harper to the big leagues is suspended for five games and will pay a fine for drilling harper in the back with a fastball in the game. hamills admitted that the pitch was intentional and just an old-school way to welcome the rooky to the majors. harper is taking the high road. >> you know, hamills threw a good game tonight. you got to give the props to him. he came out and threw the ball well. you know, there's -- nothing we can do about it. you know, we can't take anything away from him. he threw very well. he's an all-star. eight innings. you know, he really threw the ball well. >> the phillies -- phillies say they fully support the suspension and do not agree with how hamills handled that incident. i'm in that boat. i don't agree with it. i understand it's how they welcome the new guys in, but it's not high school. let's behave like adults. >> he could have gotten seriously injured, as well. >> exactly. >> good for bryce harper for being a gentleman about the whole thing. >> indeed. >> 4:51. >>> time for we

>> brice harper is making some history. the 19-year-old became the youngest major leaguer to hit a home run since 1998. he helped the noots an 8-5 win over the padres. there were two other home runs for the win. the nats now 22-13 and back in first place in the n.l. east. how about that? >> big night for him for sure. >> 19 years old. >> he's going to do that so many more times before that's over. >> exactly. >>> let's look at the rain coming down, tom? >> this morning, we have got some more rain than we had yesterday morning. so prepare for a complicated commute, let us say. probably going to be a snarled commute with rain in prince william, stafford, spotsylvania, southern fauquier county, south and east of fredericksburg. getting closer to the metro area now. getting some moderate rain in bethesda, northwest washington. pockets in montgomery county. the really heaviest rain now is in sound loudoun county from leesburg to -- in southern loudoun county from leesburg to sterling, across western and central fairfax county. a

watch brice harper. he could have walked five steps over and made the catch. calls him up.arper that rookie is getting it down. the orioles up 3-0. national's chip away against wei-yin chen. 4-3, nationalist take the lead. in the fourth, stephen strasburg at the plate with the bat. that is his first career harbor on. 9-3, orioles lose. the red sacks in town tonight. on to the nba. gary neil had 14 points last night. san antonio sweeps the clippers. they are 8-0 so far in the playoffs. miami is struggling. great play, end to end. 76-70 indiana. the bride james answers the challenge -- lebron james. 40 points, 18 rebounds. the series is even at two games apiece. on to the belmont stakes for i'll have another. the stable was cleaned out yesterday at pimlico. a race and won a day on saturday at pimlico. a sensational stretch run against bodemeister. he wins the second leg of the triple crown. 121,000 fans turned out at pimlico, that is a record, and wagered over $80 million. beats him with about 5 yards to go. how lin-credible was that -- how in a crecredible is that? >> that b

brice harper sparked the come back for the nationals. they lose 9-3 but take the series. >> now boston. >> again . >> they don't want to see us coming. swept out last time. >> i understand. >> they're on a roll. no team in baseball wants to play the oriels right now. rerack that tape. let's listen to that again. no team in baseball wants to play the baltimore oriels right now. we haven't said that. if you were born the last time they had a winning season, you'd be a junior in college right now. if you started first grade last time they had a winning season you'd be a junior in college. >> got you. >> live in the present look to the future. they are rocking the orange. >>> it's a great day. it's kind of merky. we have some shower activity around. day part shows occasional showers will be with us through the day, tonight and tomorrow. 72 at lunch on a way to -- on the way to a high of 74. ron matsz is with us right now. >> reporter: one of the reasons we do manic monday is to give you a smile. you guys said you always wanted to come down h

. >> brice harper is living up to expectations. he scored the vetgame winning r.gnats' second straight win. he now has a .375 averages with three runs batted in. >>> here's a sight redskins fans have been waiting for. the newly drafted quarterback is suited up in his new burgundy and gold threads for the first time yesterday. the redskins posted these pictures on their websites. going through a couple of balls for the rookie photo shoot. they drafted the winner with the second overall pick in the nfl draft last week. a local film maker is bringing a popular urban legend to the big screen. the maryland film maker is getting buzz for his new horror movie, return of the goatman. it's based on the myth of a violent goatlike creature, rumored to be the product of a bad experiment of the usda research center. he says the hardest part about making the movie was the special effects. >> the biggest thing is budget. if you're working on a shoe string budget and trying to put together a class "a" movie, it's an extreme challenge. but we came into this project with a business

and baseball suspended philly's pitcher five games for deliberately hitting rookie brice harper in theis a ball up and made the catch of. he's got it. he took away a home run. that is unbelievable. last year we profiled san jose's arielle shing youngest woman in hist troy win national table tennis championship this, year she's accomplished another goal. >> arielle shing is a table tennis phenom. and accomplished yet another goal. >> going to the olympics so i'm excited about that. >> she's so focused in the finals she didn't realize she'd won. >> just one point at a time. so what i did win it wasn't sure i won. i checked to make sure i won. >> her parents can't believe it. >> this is a dream we're not sure would come true or not. now it's time to believe it at 8 years old she wrote down a goal of being an olympian. >> i convinced myself if i opened it my wish come true. >> pressure is off now that she's made the team. >> i think she's going to play with more joy and abandon then she normally does. and i think she'll go out swinging. >> the chinese dominate but areiie faced them. >> tha

brice harper is living up to expectations so far. the 19-year-old phenom's double score -- phenom doublerun over the diamondbacks last night. it was the nats' second straight win. harper has a .375 average with three runs batted in. >> all right. 6:21. >>> let's get to tom kierein for an update on the forecast today. tom? >> i'm loving that pink and gold sunrise behind you. the live view from our skywatcher city camera. showing a beautiful sky in the wake of thunderstorms that came through overnight. they have dissipated now. there's another cluster of some thunder and lightning and lightning with heavy rain here in this area in yellow and orange, coming down pretty hard now, west virginia into kentucky. this is going to ride northeast and take a turn and start to move down our way. does look like by later this afternoon. in fact, by noontime, may be moving into the shenandoah valley. right now, temperatures are in the 60s all around the region. 66 now at reagan national. hometown forecast, poolesville, northern montgomery county, by noontime near 80, partly cloudy. after that, we could

brice harper stole home plate. that gave the nats the 1-0 lead.nately, they didn't have enough offense to win, though. philadelphia scored three runs in the fourth inning. another six in the ninth. they won the game 9-3. if you get squeamish easily, look away now. the nationals' right fielder jayson werth broke his wrist trying to make that catch. manager davey johnson says it was a clean break, but he still thinks werth will be out of the game for a while. werth will see a specialist to figure out how sawyer the injury is. it looked pretty awful there. he missed the entire 2006 season with a wrist injury that threatened to end his career. we hope that is not the case this time. >> that was the same wrist back in '06. >>> more pleasant news for you. redskins fans are going to still be giddy about robert griffin iii. he's going to be the skins starting quarterback is next season. the coach says he was impressed with rg3 at the rookie mini camp this weekend. >> i was impressesed because the first day we didn't have one bus with a formation or play c

brice harper has the key hit. a double in the sixth inning that gave the nats the lead. the first place nationals are now 16 and nine on the season. they host the phillies this weekend. steven strassburg pitches for the nats tonight. >>> and mayor gray wants nats fans to pack nationals park for all three games of the series. he's declared this nat-itude weekend and wants washingtonians to show support for the home team. the front office has budget focused on this -- has been focused on this all weekend. they blocked single game ticket sales from outside the region in hopes of keeping philadelphia fans away. philly fans have been notorious for flocking to nationals park and cheering on the road team in past years. >>> one of baseball's best pitchers may never step on the mound again. new york yankee closer mariano rivera tore a knee ligament before the game against kansas city yesterday. rivera was catching a flyball during batting practice. and he twisted his we do and fell to the ground. the 42-year-old will most likely be out for the rest of the year as he recovers fro

tell also be the home day paw for star brice harper. harper had two hits in his first two games in the big lesions. >>> it's going to be tough to get to the nats/phillies game or caps game this weekend. metro is planning major track work that will affect all the train lines. metro closing four stations on the green line including greenbelt, college park, prince george's plaza and west hyattsville. as a result, yellow line trains will operate between mt. vernon square and huntington only. there will also be single tracking on the red, orange, and blue lines. all the track work will start friday night at 10:00. make note. >> uh-huh. >>> 5:26 is our time now. coming up this morning, responding to allegations of cheating. what an area school district is saying about report it broke the rules to boost scores. >>> plus, hold off on your party plans. the latest roadblocks facing a plan to extend bar hours in the district. >>> we're watching a line of storms as they move into the region this morning. >>> looking at stories at 5:29, police are o

brice harbor. he played two games on the road. first time, but harper gets a hit in arizona.lost five games in a row. football news? ravens coach jim harbaugh didn't mean the make the news, but he issued a statement that clarified comments he made about the new england patriots. he said the patriots super bowl title have an asterisk and are stained. he said he didn't mean to discredit belichick. he called him to set the record straight. they play the ravens in september. it is kentucky derby week, but her ride has been pulled from the race. the horse, mark, was taken out by larry jones that said the horse isn't ready. that was the best ever finished for a female jockey last year. there will be something in the ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie optio