we'll hear from redskins general manager bruce allen tomorrow about the team's draft plans. >>> alex ovechkin is the face of the capitals franchise but the kid who could almost do no wrong but nicholas backstrom has also racked up four goals in the playoffs. this is dropped off to john carlson. the 20-year-old scores to tie the game and force overtime. in the ot, backstrom took center stage. 31 seconds in he completed his hat trick scoring the game- winning goal to even the series at one game a piece. earlier in the week backstrom was ill and had to miss practice. the coach was asked about his center. >> he looked better. sorry. no, he had a great game. nick is a great player. great players come to the floor when you need them. >> it feels like we put the pressure on them and we got the momentum back. i mean, that's -- even if it's just one minute left, we never give up. >> the penguins on the road taking on the senators. game three of their series. the pens on a power play leading 2-1. sydney crosby with the steal. he goes in front and beats brian elliot. that's crosby's second of t

you have to think bruce allen and company the fourth overall pick since mcnabb is here. right, bruce? >> there's going to be a nice cheer that we selected donovan mcnabb this year. we've evaluated the players based on the redskins board. >> i feel like i have been saying it about that man since he got back in town. he is the master of saying nothing, you know, but he can do it for an hour. and that's exactly what they have to do in the situation. they're playing poker. >> you can't expect him to tip their hand right now, not with the draft coming up. >> talking nascar right now, folks. denny hamlin loves monday finishes. hamlin wins a rain delayed race on monday. to make it more impressive, he wins this one after having surgery for a torn acl. let's go down to texas motor speedway. both postponed until today. once things got started it was hot. he blows an engine and his car is engulfed in flames. 18 laps to go. gets really interesting. if you try to go four wide in nasc nascar, good things generally happen. a bunch of guys involved. jeff gordon, joey langano. i just didn

mike shanahan and bruce allen are being very quiet.dskins are trying to work out a deal for an offensive tackle from the saints. the redskins may have a chance to get sam bradford with the fourth pick. he is smart and has a cannon. we do know that the redskins have vetted every one of these guys. the redskins need an offensive tackle badly. a tennessee safety has been mentioned. a fourth pick for a db is not going to happen. there was wild speculation about the st. louis rams for the number 1 pick. >> history will tell you there is not much trading in the top four picks. we looked at it and number of different ways but in reset years, there is not a lot of movement up there. >> because of that fog, the capitals did not arrive at bwi until the wee hours this morning. they got home about 5:30 a.m. and cancel practice. take a look at what they are talking about in canada. alex ovechkin was being booed and he sprayed a little kid holding the montreal canadiens's flag. the capitals get these huge went to go up three games to one. >> i am ha

reporter: the redskins can't just give away their draft day plans and if you can't be honest at least bruce allen. >> i'm going to attempt not to lie to you all. >> reporter: allen wouldn't talk specific players of interest for washington, though many have tagged lineman russell o'come from oklahoma state as an choice for the skins' first round selection but offensive coordinator kyle shanahan is not getting his hopes up. >> depending on getting player in the draft you're going to be disappointed. >> reporter: it's no secret the redskins need a defensive lineman but they will take whoever they deem most valuable at number four overall. >> can we rule out his team selecting quarterback in the draft? >> no. you really couldn't. >> reporter: with just four total selections in a draft that's three days away, acquiring more pick is a welcome possibility. >> we have a listed phone number in case someone wants to make a trade. it's hard to project what's going to happen. >> reporter: a jason campbell trade could go down but the redskins continue to deny multiple reports they want albert haynesworth gone

general manager bruce allen. not all about the redskins tonight. three local players could hear their name called in the draft. joe hayden, bruce gallon bell, ben. all projected in some mock drafts to go in the first round. ben is widely considered the second best receiver in the draft after playing just thee seasons at illinois. ben headed to the big ten after an darg everything career at dunbar high school and he continues to find success on the next level playing extensively as a true freshman in illinois and racking up over 1,000 yards as a sophomore receiving. followed by injuries. confident. very confident. looking forward achieving his dream of just getting drafted. >> it will mean everything in the world to me. a dream i always wanted to do since i was 6 years old. i have been playing football in the backyard with my brothers as long as i can remember. for me to be draft asked playing the next level is a big, big, you know, accomplishment for me. >> reporter: how confident are you thinking about going in first round? >> i feel very confiden

and gm, bruce allen, is playing his cards close. if we can do a great job and find a player who falls to the fourth or the fifth round, who could help the redskins, you know, we'll consider a great draft. >>> meanwhile, there are trade rumors swirling around here. most of them surrounding the disgruntle attack. and the team insists that they are not looking to deal him. otherwise a report in the tennessee newspaper today, they would say that they could try to make a move for albert, before they pick 16th tonight and also the lions are said to be offering that first-round pick for them and others on the trading block as well. we'll be here throughout the evening and the first-round pick when he is announced. 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 e

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 vikings if he comes back. they close at home against the giants. if you're a nationals fan, try to look at tonight as a

one funny thing about this press conference, when they opened up the floor to questions, bruce allenirst to chime in and said point blank to trent williams, are you going to sign on time? and williamd, of course, so, feldy, we know it's important to have that top draft pick signed by the time training camp comes around. back to you, feld. >> and i like the questions. a preview of the caps and canadiens, washington can clench the series and go to philly if they win tonight. coming up. >> and thank you very much. everyone wants to know if the weather is going to head out tonight. >>> tonight,," tomorrow, sunday, not so much. >> okay. >> and -- coming our way and i hinted to this earlier, i hope you enjoyed the weather today and yesterday, too. the evening is holding up as well and stays nice. we'll have clouds increasing and we will stay dry. there is some rain back out to the west and we'll talk about that here in just a second and the man headline is, what you need to grass sunwe head into an unsettled pattern this weekend and beyond, too. week end up not seeing much of the sun until

. >> and do you think this is a true sign that shanahan and bruce allen are in command and will put their stamp on it and by doing this saying there is a new sheriff in town and new front office and this is new for the redskins. >> u want to build up competition so no player thinks he is safe, and it's competition. and then say you will build up team unit and then at the end you say we're going to build leadership in the team and so you'll get a quarterback to make possibilities. it wasn't -- last year some of the talent was there and you saw glimpse of it but it never manifested itself. but i think this year you have enough forces from outside to say that you have to do something or i'll sit you on the bench and i will. >> and now before you played here, you played in arizona. when you played the cardinals again, it wast just another game. >> no. it was another game to make them wish and may, man i want to redo -- to every time the hit had the quarterback i would like up at the stands, just because. so i think the question is when they play philly, oh, man it will be a big time. but i th

and general manager bruce allen at the helm.f you turned away because all you cared about was if they addressed the offensive line, here are the other selections. in round four through seven. let's take a look at picks. the skins took perry riley from lsu, a linebacker. in the sixth, it was dennis morris, a tight end out of louisiana tech. in the seventh round wide receiver terrence austin from ucla was there and eric cook out of new mexico and selvish capers, an offensive tackle from west virginia. to baseball now. nationals catcher ivan pudge rodriguez is probably rethinking a move he made yesterday when he tried to beat out a throw at home plate with the nationals down by one run in extra innings against the dodgers. we're at national park where joe torre was making himself at home just watching the game. bottom of the eighth, nats trail by a run. >> nyjer morgan sends that to left. adam kennedy scores to tie the game at three. but the game goes to extra innings. now we're in the 11th inning. russell martin lifts that one to

here is redskins general manager bruce allen on campbell's situation. >> hard to predict that -- yould think that -- common sense that might happen. there's -- been some conversations with people who are interested, you know. jason is a known commodity. and -- a proven player in the league. but -- nothing is -- nothing is imminent. >> nationals also trying to improve to 8-6 tonight. very good record for them this time of year. they will the taking on the colorado rock zblees thank you, >>> i remember dorothy height as a wonderful friend. very concerned human being. i would never, ever forget how kind she was to me as an individual and to so many others. >> final word now on dr. dorothy height. she died of natural causes early this morning at howard university hospital. dr. height recently turned 98 years old. and in the near century she spent on this earth dr. height moved with the energy of a force of nature. she was one of only a few women at the very forefront of the civil rights movement. for her, the quality went skin color. she was on stage with martin luther king when he gave