bryce harper speed debut. >> bryce harper is already a home run in the fans' eyes. >> president obama has an announcement from afghanistan. >> the goal that i sent to defeat al qaeda and the chance to rebuild is now within our reach. >> the chapter is about to close and the new beginning from the president. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> one year ago from a base here in afghanistan, our troops launched the zero operations that killed osama bin laden. >> one year later president obama announces to the nation has outlined to get the bulk of american troops out of afghanistan. the president made this historic address about a war that has lasted nearly 11 years and killed thousands of our sons and daughters. >> the anniversary of osama bin laden possible death, the president arrived -- osama bin laden's death, the president arrived unexpectedly in afghanistan. >> under the cover of darkness, his message is that the dog days are coming to a close. >> we can see the light of a new day on the rise. >> in a surprise trip, president obama promised both ame

but bryce is tough. didn't do anything wrong and walked to first. he was okay. later in the inning, hamels with a throw to first, harper, see ya. at home, safe. first teenager to steal home since may 5, 1964. nats up 1-0. harper with two hits. zimmerman with a runner on. two run shot to left. first of two homeruns. phillies took the lead for good, 6-1. flair to shallow right. werth tries to make a sliding catch, but begins to grimace. watch his left wrist. not good. leaves the game. no update yet on him. phillies score six in the night. nats fall to the phillies, adding insult to injury, 9-3. >>> top of the fourth, orioles and red sox. orioles lead 2-0 on two homeruns. three run homerun to the seats above the green monster. orioles in front 5-0. bottom of the 5th, middlebrook, first pitch, swinging, first career homerun is a grand slam. extra innings. bottom of the 16th, still tied. first base man, went 0-8 pitching for the first time, with a runner on, drives to the gap. tries to score, wow, relay home is in time. going to the 17th. top of the 17th. mcdonald on

harper making the home debut and a soldout crowd is anticipated to check out bryce harper.we'll have all of the details at 10 and 11. brian, back to you. >> and thanks. a last look at the forecast. before, that president obama will speak to the nation live from afghanistan tonight at 7:30 p.m. and i can watch it here on fox 5 news and we'll stream it on www.myfoxdc.com. >>> and how about one word of the forecast? summer-like. a thunderstorm in the afternoon. >> we'll be back here at 10. the news edge at 11. 

this may -- debut of left hand sensation bryce harper.may be the debut, but the season this night was all about andre hawthorne who told us what he'd do with the keys to the city. >> i'd see that all d.c. employees get a day off. >> reporter: how about it, mr. mayor? >> if he was the mayor, he might realize how difficult that would be. >> reporter: but this, this is pretty sweet. in southeast bob barnard, fox 5 news. >> and by the way, we will have much more on bryce harper's big home debut later in this show. >>> the baseball star we called roger clemens' mentor testified against him in federal court. andy pettitte told the court he remembers clemens telling him that he had used human growth hormonal. clemens has previously said let its misremembers -- said pettitte misremembers the conversation. pettitte said the statement was made in passing in what he calls an intense workout. clemens is on trial for lying to congress about ever using performance enhancing drugs. >>> cheri young today on the stand rejected defense questions that she h

bryce harper has no idea where this ball is. he's like where is it? i don't know. it's over his head. lands on the track. two reds score. nats lead slides touchings 5. the nats one strike from -- slides 6-5. the nats one strike from a win. the nats are defeated 9-6. atlanta takes over first in the nl east and afterwards bryce harper was asked about what happened when he loss that fly ball. fly -- lost that fly ball. >> i had no clue. i have no idea. it happened. i had no clue where it was. i was just hoping ankiel saw it and could catch it. i was trying to read danny, but danny had no clue. so there was just -- had no idea. >> reporter: it happens. orioles hosting the rays at the ballpark, a perfect place to spend the afternoon with mom on mother's day. bottom of 9th, orioles trail 9- 7. adam jones two on, two out, high popper to the left side. sean rodriguez with an acrobatic throw to 1st. carlos pena unable to hold on. j.j. hardy scores. runner to third, deficit 9-8. next batter matt wieters down to the left side again to rodriguez, a one-out throw to pena at fir

bryce harper got a standing ovation in his home debut against arizona. he nearly threw out a runner and tagged out at third on a deep ply ball. the runner was out but the umpire blew the call. they have now lot of five in a row. here we go. >> let's hope not. >> fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> good morning to you, may 2nd as we take a live look outside right now. you know, a little warm outside. >> a little thick. >> we'll go with thick for today. thick tuesday. >> good morning. i'm sarah simmons. i'm wisdom martin. welcome to fox 5 morning news and tucker barnes here now to talk about thick tuesday. >> it was thick out there. and the mosquitoes were thick. >> it was like they were waiting for me outside the door. they were a like hello, remember us. >> i haven't seen one yet this season. >> hopefully. >> come on by. >> yes, it is thick. it is humid. it is summery air mass in place and we've got some thunderstorms to accompany all of it. so a live look here at your radar f you look carefully, you can see some flashing on your screen. that is s

bryce is a good hitter and rookie. they will hook up again tonight and we'll show you how bryce harper plans to tackle them. and so far, doing good against him. coming up. coming up. . >>> if you have a story idea, call the tipline. shoot an e-mail to fox5tips@wttg.com. @wttg.com.   . >>> pakistani doctor who helped the u.s. government track down osama bin laden has been convicted of treeson and ten sinced to 33 years in prison. he ran a vaccination program for the cia helping to verify bin laden's presence in the compound where he was killed. secretary of state hillary clinton called for him to be released saying his work helped pakistani and american interests. >>> the obama administration, according to a watchdog group, about the bin laden raid, to hollywood filmmakers working on a movie for that mission. jennifer davis has more on the charge and what the administration has to say. >> reporter: presume again, referencing the takedown of the most wanted terrorists. this time at the air force academy. >> thanks to

a great night for baseball, really, i mean, bryce harper's home debut. temperature 80 for first pitch and 74 for the last pitch as we host the diamondbacks. not much wind and no rain. tonight, mostly cloudy and mild. lows between 60 and 65. now tomorrow morning, becoming partly cloudy and warm. look at the temperatures. 60s and 70s and that's to start the day. and then by afternoon, partly cloudy and warm. showers and thunderstorms. high temperatures in the low 80s and winds turn more southeasterly. let's break it down for you. 60s to start, very mild. mild at noon. 76 to 81. warm by evening. but notice showers and thunderstorms possible. pretty much in any of those periods. keep your umbrella handy. next three days, 79 on thursday, a better chance for storms. 84 on friday with a better chance of storms in the afternoon. primarily not so much in the morning. the next seven days, frontal system goes through. mid 80s again on saturday. a couple storms possible next monday and tuesday. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s, which is nice for may. >> sure is.

rg 3 haven't seen him yet, right now i am going from what i have seen and say bryce harper will be the bigger star. >> he is a big deal he will be big. >> he is huge. >> skully. >> rg 3 has the cool dreads. >> all a hair do town. all right i will say just because of that, rg 3 will be the bigger deal. >> because of a trend. >> over the fro hawk. >> if you want to be a star you have to have good hair. >> you think in two years he will be a capable quarterback. >> of course. >> he will get them to the playoffs. >> you set me up with that one. >> bryce harper two years, for today we're out see you next week for another rousing edition of off the wall. >>> it has been a great weekend to be out there, and taking in some of these sports. >> definitely baseball i can't keep up. just can't keep up too many super heros in one week. >> that is true but a good problem to have. >> you know mother nature may be your super hero, because the amount of little drizzle and fog you are see something going to be short lived -- is going to be short lived. rain swept through last night not a lot happening t

i think it will be bryce harper. i'll tell you why. think he is the real deal at 19 and at 21, two years down the road, from what we've seen, the start of this kid, he could be, you hate to throw out the name mickey mantle, but you are hear something comparisons. when you are talking about a legendary player like a mickey mantle or joe dimaggio, i'll take bryce harper. >> i'll say rg iii will be the bigger deal because of the dreadlocks. >> that puts him over the top? >> if you want to be a star, you got to have a good hairdo in this town. >> that's t. >> in two years, he will be a capable quarterback? >> of course, will take them to the playoffs. >> bryce harper in two years. for today, we're out. see you next week for another edition of off the wall. ff the >>> coming up being facebook makes a big announcement about its ipo. how much will shares cost? that is ahead at 6:00. >>> time to say good morning to our facebook fans of the day. notice we did say fans. because today darlene martin and tony thomas are getting married. tony has b

or do what bryce harper does, we'll read the best responses later in the show. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, may 2nd. a lot to tell you about, including news that the escaped blind chinese dissident has now left the united states embassy and china has some tough words for the u.s. on the matter. >>> plus, jon stewart imagines what kind of dancing there would have been if george w. bush had been the president to get osama bin laden. that clip later in the show. >>> first, let's get to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. >>> a new suicide attack by the taliban this morning underscores the long-term challenges that face afghanistan, challenges president obama addressed from kabul last night in the trip to the war zone to lay out what he called a new chapter in the u.s. mission there. at least seven people were killed by insurgents today, just hours after the president left the country. marking the one-year anniversary of the mission that killed osama bin laden, president obama met are u.s. troops on that

. >>> everyone loves bryce harper. maybe not everyone. >> up next, hear how one member of the baltimore orioles went off when asked about harper. plus, dave ross, who looks like he is ready for the masters will join us for sports breakfast you just don't have the green jacket today. >> i know, will.   we gotta sell the car. where would we even start? get the car. hi howard. get in. hi, good to see you. start with an actual written offer when selling your car, no strings attached. carmax. start here. >>> a little protection on deck. >> 19-year-old bryce harp he has made a big splash with the nats. but not everyone in the major leagues is ready to heap praises on him. >> take a listen to orioles star center fielder adam jones responding for a question about harper before the start of their weekend series. >> are you looking forward to taking a look at bryce harper. >> why are you asking me about other people hike that? are you asking them are they hooking forward to see me -- are they lookin

the biggest story line to come out of cincinnati -- bryce harper.ou can see a little bit on his face, he had a battle would. he was 0-5 last night. a reason to be upset. but not this upset. he swung his bat at the wall hit him in the eye. he required 10 stitches. but the manager says it is part of the game and he is used to it. >> bryce made out. i heard him come in. he swing and hit the wall with his bat. was frustrated he was not centering on the ball. that is what ballplayers do, break bats. throw helmets. >> well, tiger woods finished with a 72 at the players championship today. matt kucher is the lader at 12 under part. >> the >> a few pet owners decided to do more than take their dogs for walks today. >> they decided to try out some dog yoga. [laughter] it was one of the activities to celebrate the washington humane society's mobile adoption center. it will help find pets good homes. >> downward dog. >> nice. >> -- whether for a little yoga. >> perfect weather. temperatures for mother's day around 80 degrees. showers will hold off until the af

bryce harper goes to opposite field, base hit into the corner.esmond scores the game winning run, harper's fourth double of the season goes 1-3. nats edge the d-backs 2-1. they've won seven of eight series this year. >> just trying to get paetsch up that i could drive to the outfield -- a pitch up that i could drive to the outfield and try to get that run. in everybody played great tonight. detwiler threw a great game and henry came in and really shoved it. he did good. >> harper means rodriguez retired three straight batters in the 9th. >>> to hockey last night's epic battle against the rangers marked the caps he alongest game in their 15 year -- caps longest game in their 15 year history at the verizon center. it took three overtimes to decide the winner. in o.t. alex ovechkin with a steal in the rangers zone. he beats the king, but it's off the post. 54 plus minute into o.t. marian gaborik left alone in front beats braden holtby through the hole. it's the game winner. caps suffer a 2-1 loss in triple overtime. caps have played 10 postseason ga

and bryce harper at it again. we'll show you what he did last night as the nats face the diamondbacks. >> i can't wait to find out. yes, we've got a shower or thunderstorm moving through down across the low are eastern shore this morning. we'll look into sunshine to start your day. i'll have details on the friday forecast for you. julie wright is in. she has a look at the traffic right after the break.  >>> in sports, two huge injuries. first, let's go up to the road to baltimore. terrell sugg has a partially torn achilles tendon and could miss all of next season. he insists he will be back by late october or november. >>> a huge injury last night. mariano rivera tore a ligament in his right near while -- oh, my gosh, can tell he is in pain. he was shagging fly balls during batting practice. he fell for the warning track and immediately grabbed his knee. . >>> another big night no bryce harper. he moved up to number three in the batting order and it paid off. he hit a tie-breaking rbi double in the sixth

bryce harper and the nats taking on the diamondbacks all the buzz bryce harper is the man.ing wilson ramos with a ground ball heating up the seconds baseman. check him out knocks the ball out of the catcher's hand that means you're safe my friend. 9th inning that's down one bryce on second ian desmond says let's do this. two runs walk off homer that's win 5-4. i like that. all right. nfl handed out more suspensions for the bounty gate thing this time players getting punished not the owners not the coaches. four players suspended including star linebacker jonathanville man he's out for the whole season without pay. the players union will fight but usually they don't win. >> still 1-1 at the verizon center. >> we'll be back in a minute. . >>> is it possible to heal people just by looking at them? a crow asian man who claims to do that are in gateersburg. we sent kristin fisher. >> reporter: hundreds of people are lined up to see the man with the magical eyes. he's called many things around the world a healer, a prophet a guru. >> he is someone who is transmitting this silent

bryce harper making his home debut tonight. something else that's a little >>> welcome back, everybody. temperatures today nearly 20 degrees warmer than they were yesterday. high today at the airport 83. right now 79 degrees the current temperature. winds out of the south at six miles an hour. we are really in for a nice evening tonight. get out and enjoy it. i don't expect any rain across the area this evening. 84 in rockville. huntingtown, current temperature there 82. the cool spot annapolis along the bay at 72. what are we seeing now across our portion of the nation? you can see around the mid-atlantic big time storms to the south. also to the west. i to think we'll see a chance for some strong storms tomorrow. the severe storm prediction center out of oklahoma has us in a slight risk for severe thunderstorms as the storms should make their way down from the north and west across our area tomorrow. we do have a chance for some severe weather during the day. i don't think we'll see too many of them. watch out out there. star

take a listen. >> number 34, bryce harper!old a standing ovation but like all of the nats hitters, he struggled at the plate a bit. he went 0-3 with two ground- outsen he did shine in the outfiled though. he made a perfect throw and nearly tag a runner tagging occupy a deep ply ball. >>> a special thank you for a local man who put himself in harm's way to protect some kids. >> you maybe this dog attack caught on camera recently. the man put himself between the kids and the attacking dogs. he was longrd by the nats -- honored by the nats and d.c.'s mayor. >> hot dogs! peep us! >> welcome to nats park. >> this was not just any tuesday night at the ballpark. no, welcome to andre hawthorne night. >> it's great day. i feel good. >> reporter: that is andre still nursing serious wounds on his left arm. >> i'm just glad i got an arm. >> reporter: you see, eleven days ago, mr. hawthorne was mauled by two dogs. andre had stepped in to distract the dogs from neighborhood children who were literally running for their lives after jumping o

bryce goes down swinging. the nats lose for the second straight day in miami, 3-1 the final. >>> o's in toronto and drama in the 9th inning, a monster night for adam jones with a 20 game hit streak. this two run shot closes the gap. later time runs on board for wilson betemit. that's a routine play and a comeback shot. that's the o's fourth straight loss. >>> don't go anywhere, tim duncan and the big fellow and the spurs looking for a little nba history. we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the all-new rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx. this is the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created an icon and quite another to have done it generation after generation. to the long line of legendary mercedes-benz sl roadsters... ♪ the 2013 sl. >>> the san antonio spur were going for their 20th straight win tonight and only three other nba teams had accomplished t

of course then i've got to thank bryce harper. aim' 50-year-old man and he made me a little kid again for one minute of time. >> that is cool. that is his son scott and daughter shelby with him. they were actually going to switch seats and move to another area. i would say that was a good move on their part. >>> let's talk horse racing. the prevailing thought was bodemeister. the runner-up was the favorite. it was a perfect day. absolutely gorgeous at pimlico for the 137th running. let's get right to the stretch run. 11 horses wide coming down the stretch. it looks like bodemeister leading again. they get to the 200 yard mark and looks like he might have enough to hang in but with a hundred yards to go, the kentucky derby winner kicks in the reserve and he nip bodemeister again. i'll have another just by a neck, a long neck and knows how to use it. great stuff. >> i never know when you see a young horse, what they're going to develop into being. he's got the heart of a champion, the stride of a champion and the mind of a champion.

bryce is pretty good out there. bottom of the 3rd, phillies leading 1-0, shane victorino with two on, no outs. edwin jackson goes seven innings allowing seven hits and three runs. cole hamels had a no hitter through five innings. top of the 6th, a base hit to right and espinoza tries to score. hunter pence's throw home is in time. nats fall to the phillies 4-1. afterwards high praise for hamels who pitched eight scoreless innings. >> we just couldn't get fog going against hamels. you have to -- nothing going against hamels. you have to give him credit. by the time we get something going, they made a great play. you tip your hat to hamels. he's tough. seven wins, pretty good. >> this afternoon orioles hosting the red sox bottom of the sic, o's trail 5-2. nick -- 6th, o's trail 5-2. nick johnson gets a two-run home run and earlier hit a solo shot. orioles down 5-4. bottom of the 8th, orioles trailing 6-4. wilson betemit with two on, two out, a fly to shallow right. nick march markakis tags and scores. >>> don't go any

early ice drop saturday. >> let's talk about bryce harper and nats better news nats park, hot bed of sports these days, here is bryce and people know, don't run on this guy see that arm. >> already. >> didn't take long. pro hawk, mohawk not sure what it is. almost got his first home r right here, but high off the wall missed it by 2 inches. >> very close. >> and then here is wilson ramos with bryce on 2nd. this isn't far away here comes harper young, 19 doesn't know better knocks the ball out of the catchers glove and has presence of mind to go home and touch home plate. doing everything, on second, led off the 9th with a double down by 1, desmond, 2 out, did he get enough of it? oh, you bet. walk-off 2 runs, game winning homer and celebrate like you just won the world series boys, that is the way you break a 5 game losing streak, nats win 5- 4 just fun to watch this team feel the energy bryce harper brings it is contagious. >> this team has turned things around i know it is early but this team turned things around. >> caps, d.c. united. >> thanks. >>> good stuff. >> moving along, as

doesn't come home but still, a good night for bryce. more hot bats in the 6th.ctly followed by davey nady. here is geo. a season high 10 strikeouts tonight. to jump stephen strasburg for the stop spot. nationals take it 7-4. >> we got some pretty good pitchers over here. you know, when you have that, it keeps the pressure off your defense. >>> orioles not kansas city taking on the royals. top of the 9th o's down one. j.j. hardy with the single to center right. flaherty going to try to score all the way from 2nd. he just beats the throw from jared dyson. what a throw to tie the game. it's 3-3 in the 12th. >>> d.c. united is going through a similar situation as the nationals, in that they have 9 people on their injured list. thankfully they have a long break coming up giving players time to heal. nonetheless, though, united seems to have figured out a way to compensate in the time being. d.c. united hosting the colorado rapids in the 25th minute, d.c. united on the rush to wayne de rosario. finishes that one 1-0 d.c. united. second half, ball goes into the box. fr

bryce harper made his major league home debut tonight. the nats and their fans hoped for a stephen strasburglike debut when the nats pitcher struck out 14, june 8th , 2010. harper is not a pitcher. he's known as a hitter, though. >> the left fielder, no. 34, bryce harper! [ cheering and applause ] >> standing ovation from the home crowd for the 19-year-old, sadly like all nats hitters he struggled against the d-backs. first bat strikeout, went 0-3 at the plate. didn't help that the d-backs trevor cahill took four shutouts into the eighth. we know this, hammer can play deep. deep fly ball, that was a cannon! he was called safe. he might have been out. either way it's a throw maybe no one else makes. the game was not close. arizona wins 5-1. nats have lost five straight. >> you go through spells, but i have a lot of confidence and talent and i keep looking first to kind of break out -- for us to kind of break out. so tomorrow is another day. >>> orioles in the bronx taking on the yankees tonight, top 6, two on for the orioles, fly ball to t

it wasn't enough to beat the pirates. >> bryce harper is getting there. he makes the running catch. >>> the nats and the pirates, bottom of the first, bryce harper shows off his defensive skills way nice running catch. in the third inning, pittsburgh took a three-run lead on a road to home. the teams wrap up the series tonight. >>> the match between la montreal peterson and emirkahn was canceled. peterson was turned down

bryce harper has a cannon.of young bryce. >> yes. >> what do you think of the hair though? >> we'll talk about that. that is a whole other show. utah first home run and happening right here. >> almost. >> another double. kept the batting helmet on that time, drove in a run. and then this is wilson ramos. watch harper's hustle. do you like this? probably ill-advised but he comes in. knocks the ball out of the catcher's hand. the kid's got spunk. >> he's got swagger. >> he's got swag. >> for way to go back to the minors. >> no, he want doe back. he will double to lead off the ninth. here comes ian desmond, game, set, match. walk it off, nats. that is the way you break a five-game losing skid right there. then you celebrate. >> that's right. >> like you just won the world series. >> back on track now. >> even though you haven't. it is bryce harper, baby. i don't like agreeing with you this much. he cannot go back to the minor leagues. >> that's okay. >> we get along sometimes. every once in a while. >> are you buc

bryce harper's first career home run. nats went 4-1. top of the 4th still 4-1. orlando hudson with a base hit to the gap in right center. there's a score and danny espinosa throws home. chase headley bowls over the catcher and is safe. leone mauking his major league debut forced to leave the game with a sprained right ankle. the padres built a 5-4 lead. jesus flores relieves him. bottom of the 6th ian desmond two on, drivers one right center. just short of a home run, rick ankiel scores followed by jesus flores. nats over the padres 8-5 back in first place in the nl east and harper was asked about his home run curtain call. >> it was pretty cool. i'm actually -- i was pretty excited about that. i wasn't sure. i should have went up there, but all the veteran guys were like go, go get it. so i did. it was pretty cool. >>> next monday the redskins begin otas and running back tim hightower will be one of 90 players participating. he signed a one-year deal to return. last year he rushed 84 times for 321 yards before being injured and the orioles fall to the yanks 8-5

bryce harper put on quite a show. but it all came down to the final batter. >>> live look outside on this pre-friday. whatever you call it. >> friday eve. >> thank you, floor director. >> that is the tower cam, northwest d.c. and on this pre- friday, let's celebrate. a huge night for nats rookie bryce harper. this guy he drove in a run and imposing force on the bases and in the outfield. he even made a tumbling catch with his bare hand. the nats were down by arun in the bottom of of the ninth. ian desmond steps up and belt a two-run homer, a walk-off homer. nat go on to win this one 5-4. stephen strasbourg was named national league pitcher of the month for april. >> something to celebrate. >>> angels pitcher jared weaver threw the second no hitter in the maimers in less than two weeks. the angels beat the twins 9-0. weaver is the tenth player to throw a no-hitter. >>> all right. a whole lot to celebrate. >> bryce harper, there is no way you can send him back down. he is up replacing zimmerman. there is no way you can

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bryce harper, batting. nats up. good things happening during this at-bat.k hundley tries to get, bernadina at third. and comes in to score. the nationals are up 3-1. the very next pitch to harper, was pulverized to dead center field. in his 15th major league game. harper hits his first career home run. at 19, he is the youngest player to hit a homer since 1998. nats up 4-1. curtain call. and top four. more injury troubles for the nationals. orlando hudson. right center. alonzo scores. and chase headily. and leon gets his ankle caught up in the collision. just called up from harrisburg yesterday. making his major league debut. he has a high ankle sprain. goes to the 60-day dl. unbelievable. and nats up by. and he already walked two, walks another. load the bases. davey johnston has henry's back. forced to make a change. in comes the vulture. sean burnett. trying to bail the nats out. faces jose guzman. double play ball. first save of the season. nationals hold on to win it 8-5. they are now 22-13 on the year. perhaps, burnett could be taking ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male ann

. >> we're supposed to have a great soundbite from gm mike rizzo talking about bryce harper.ss we'll roll that. oh, wait. dave ross says hold on. >> wait for it. >> all right. they said something really great about bryce harper and i wanted everybody to hear it. >> this guy is performing admirably in the big leagues. we feel he's got a chance to really impact the ballclub. he's a special talent. so you have to throw ordinary developmental curves out the window and believe me, if bryce harper is performing hike he's performing now, there's no -- like he's performing now, there's no way in hell i can get davey johnson to get rid of him. >> got to love live tv, gm mike rizzo saying what a lot of nats fans wanted to hear. tonight harper and the nats tried to take back the park against the phillies. over 35,000 fans were on hand. it was about 70/30 nats fans, hard to tell because both teams wear red and white. phil skimmer, charlie manuel, not showing a -- phil skipper, charlie manuel, not showing a very good natitude. jesus flores with a diving shot to the left. that allows chad

bryce haprer - harper took some time to take some slow pitches by the washington monument. he already has some impressive numbers. >> nice >> coming up tonight, the lowdown on how to save box of the gas pump. we will tell you which destines give you the best bargains tonight at 5:00. >> sign up for a chance to win one of our facebook contests. you could win a new ford fiesta. i go to wjla.com/free car and follow the directions. we had a first finalist yesterday and will pick another one at 5:00 this week. we will pick one lucky winner from the final 15 next month and a good luck. i hope it has air-conditioning because of what we will be dealing with the next couple of days. >> we are in the 30's in the morning but now it is much be out there. low 80's, high humidity, and we could have a shower late in the day for the next couple of days. maybe 90 degrees on friday and possibly saturday and a cool down sunday into monday. >> will we be back in the snow zone? >> i doubt it. thank you for being with us and we will see you here in the morning. >> make sure you keep it to underw

back to bryce. what happened in this one? ? >> bryce made out. he came in. the runway and just take it he swung and hit the wall with his back and evidently the bat cut his left eye. but after he came back i saw the blood coming down his face and he'll probably need a stitch or two so he'll be down for a couple days. >> upset. he hit the wall. the bat hit him back. glory days. orioles in first day. 0 hr 2 -2 years when it comes to homers. finally gets one. 4-3 tonight. they're in first place. we turn to hockey drama, it ain't getting no better than this series. how close has this series been in rangers 13 total goals. caps 12. neither should be a 7th game either. both teams enduring one in the last round. they like it so much, they'll do it again. the winner moves on to play new jersey who is sitting around waiting. they just beat the flyers. here is how he describes what is going to happen tomorrow. >> we continue to chase your dream. i mean, it's a tough thing to do to eliminate teams. because their dream is to win a stanley cup. and it's a very tough thin

to bryce?t: it was february 16 of '08 is actually when it was. >> gahl: oh, you remember it exactly. >> tara bennett: yeah, i remember. >> gahl: and why is that that you remember... >> tara bennett: because that was the first, like, time we took him to our local hospital, because i knew that it was definitely a seizure then. >> logan: while dr. gahl and his team work on finding a diagnosis, bryce and all the patients get help with new medicines, treatments and therapies. after 30 years at the national institutes of health, dr. gahl can call on a network of specialists who volunteer to help solve these cases, a process that could take two years or longer. when sally massagee met dr. gahl, she didn't have that much time. what can you tell me about her case? >> gahl: well, sally's referral letter is sort of interesting. it came from an endocrinologist at duke, who said, "in my 38 years of practice, i'd never seen a case like this." and so, that got my attention, and then the pictures caught my att

bryce harper hit his first big league home republican as the nats beat the san diego padres.me the youngest major leaguer to homer since 1998. chad tracy and xavier nadey also homered for the nats. after the game, harper was asked about his home run curtain call. >> it was pretty cool. i was pretty excited about that. i wasn't sure for i should have went up there but all the veteran guys were like go so i did. it was pretty cool. >> very exciting. out there yesterday and it will be today too because our fox 5 weather team is hoping to hit a home run with the kids today at nationals park. tucker, tony and sue palka will be there for the second annual weather day. school children from around the region will be treated for a special weather presentation at 9:45 this morning. after that, they will meet the weather team and stay for the game against the padres. they will get a lesson in rain. >> it sounds like hawaii 5-0. >> you'll be dancing out there in the rain trying to get the raindrops to miss you out there. >> a little difficult to do that because it is coming down and it w

this bryce harper experiment working out so well that nationals general manager mike rizzo looking likeonals scraped together all of four hits tonight but thanks to harper's timely double the nats once again streaking in the right direction. harper moved up to third in the batting order against the diamondbacks tonight. bottom of the first, he's up with two outs. and harper's going to hit this chopper back to ian kennedy. kennedy waits to field the ball, throws it away. harper takes a wide turn and hustles into second. hold on a minute. they're saying that he missed the base. but look here. bad call. he got the corner. the umps rule on the appeal that he was out. no good there. then in the sixth harper going the other way. is it fair? is it foul? it's fair. harper's fourth double of the year. third rbi. and the nationals up 2-1. same score. in the bottom of the ninth, henry rodriguez. he can be a little wild trying to close it out. the 0-2 pitch. flies one to right. and jayson werth races over to make the catch. nationals win 2-1. and skipper davey johnson, color him impressed with 19-y

desmond delivers the base hit to score bryce harper to go up by two runs. the nats go on to the 2-1 victory. gonzalez notched his fifth win of the season. >>> stay with us. more weather, traffic and awful your top stories. >> fox amorning news at 4:30 starts right now. ight now. >>> good morning. a live look outside for your tuesday, may 22nd. the washington monument. skies looking pretty clear this morning. yesterday, it seemed like visibility was so reduced but a lot of you may find some showers in the skies. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. let's get you started with your first look at weather and tucker barnes. good morning. >> good morning. >> showers still sticking around. >> very huge you had out there. >> it is humid. we'll see a few rays of sunshine as well. it won't rain all day but it won't be the best looking day either. >> all that humidity is kind of sticky. a lot of people waking up turning on the ac. >> yeah, i think they'll have to use it the next couple of days. we'll show you the shower activity. we picked up enough rain in parts

bryce harper just on fire lately.first major league triple and came around to score the first run. gio gonzalez pitched seven solid innings giving up four hits appears three runs while striking out a season high 10 batters. with the win, the nat are back in first place in the in the league east. >>> let's head north. the orioles were actually in kansas city against the royals. the os tied it in the ninth n the 15th inning, adam jones hits his 12th home run of the year deep into the seats in left field. baltimore wins 4-3678 the teams wrap up that you are series later on tonight. >>> we still have plenty ahead. we have more weather, traffic and all your top stories. >> fox 5 morning news continues right now. -- baltimore wins 4-3. wins 4-

fiber one. >>> cole hamill drilled bryce harper in the first inning.rds, he admitted that he purposely threw at harper. the phillies win 9-36789 jayson werth will be out if a while. he broke his wrist trying to make a sliding catch. >> what is up with hamill. knock that stuff off. >>> to hockey now, the washington caps are back in new york tonight for game five of their playoff series versus the rangers. the caps won 3-2 to even the series at two games apiece. >>> 62 players showed up at redskins park for rookie mini camp over the weekend. surprise, surprise, surprise, all eyes on one player, robert griffin iii. >> the media got their first chance to see him in uniform. it didn't take long for him to be named the starting quarterback. he impressed the coaching staff with his athleticism, footed work, arm strength and accuracy. mike shanahan says griffin is his starting quarterback. >> robert is going to start out with the first team. we didn't move four picks and give up two number ones and a number two to have him as not the guy. if you give up that m

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bryce harper had his first major league home run. at 19 years the youngest player to go deep since bell trade did interest 1990. the first of many. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> who is joining brit any? who said no to tanning mom. why prince william is about to get millions. your early morning entertainment headlines straight ahead. and learning an important lesson about friendship after our brutal civil war. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." the eastern seaboard is where the heavy rain is especially north carolina heavy rain moving through northern virginia. if you're near i-95 d.c. area rough next two hours with the heavier rain. eventually that will push up towards new york city. tomorrow the rain begins to ever so slowly inch out of here from new york city northward are the only locations that have to worry about significant wet weather. if you're watching us in green bay, wisconsin, a few fossil, gems, asteroids and crystals at more at geology rocks. that'

that's where bryce harper was. he's in center now.nd the nationals will come with their fireballer -- you are talking 97 to 100 here, henry rodriguez. three blown saves, all on the road. as home, he's been pretty effective. strikeout total pretty normal for him. but the walks have been too much. he walked two batters last sunday in cincinnati. that got him to joey votto who hit a walkoff grand slam, the third of homers in the game. rodriguez, 22 strikeouts in 17 innings. >> yeah, i think when you have this good of an arm, you don't want to put the free passes out there, give teams opportuniti there is one thing about guy who is throw hard, when somebody does one into one, it dens to go far. >> especially joey votto. >> yeah! >> he walked before votto hit one 418 feet. here we g. top of the ninth, xavier avery leads off. another good night for this young hitter. a walk, a run scored. 1-2 with a double. >> hopefully, i think that in that situation, i thinkt avery's looking at possibly just seeing the ball. i don't know if you want to bu

bryce harper had his first major league home run.19 years the youngest player to go deep since adrian beltrade did it in '98. the first of many. that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> who is joining brittany? who said no to 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." i got a beautiful day in store for your if you're in the middle of the country. around chicago about a 20% or 30% chance of late afternoon thunderstorms on strong side with large hail with a cold front coming through. that includes areas of southern wisconsin. very warm in the intermountain west. phoenix 106, desert southwest is very warm. nothing changes throughout the middle of the country. if you're watching us in green bay, wisconsin, a few fossils, gems, asteroids and crystals at more at geology r