afterward he said he was wrong and apologized, to bryce harper. we have more coming up on "action news" sports sunday. >>> "action news" continues in just a moment. sports sunday is next on channel six, part three of urban trinity: i think it is part two. the the story of catholic philadelphia, airs have after that, at midnight here on channel six. it is very, very good. >>> because of all of the road closures, there is uncertainty tonight about when those road will reopen, "action news" will begin a half an hour early tomorrow, so please join us beginning at 4:00 a.m. for the the entire "action news" team i'm jim gardner good night. >> we just to have start swinging at each other and that is what happens. >> and, he slams him backward. >> eagles are now smacking jets on the ground. >> i love the power that ryan matthews brings to this offense. >> he is a one cut rusher. >> darren sproles, heading up the sidelines, he is going to go. >> there is so many different things he can do. >> it was perfect today. we need to correct but this is a great bui

bryce harper also commenting on the incident. you'll hear from him a little later and while became bone says -- papelbon says the two men are on the same page, wait until you hear what bryce harper has to say. this was an ugly incident. the nats are out of the playoff chase and it just spiraled into something none of us wanted to see today. >> nonsportsmanshiplike behavior. >> yeah. from a group that typically has always said they want to play the right way, didn't happen today. >> we'll watch game on overtime to see what harper has to say. >>> tonight donald trump's closest challenger brought his booming campaign to northern virginia. dr. ben carson who a new wall street journal nbc news poll shows in a statistical tie with trump for the lead campaigned in sterling tonight. garrettmaker was at that campaign rally and joins us live. hey there, garrett. >> reporter: debra, on the stump it's hard to see how dr. carson and donald trump could be any more different stylistically. carson is quiet and soft spoken and never mentions his

pitcher jonathan papelbon attacking star bryce harper on sunday. many fans were angry, some saying the dugout fight was an example of how manager matt williams didn't keep the team united in this disappointing season. so okay, fans, should manager matt williams be fired? >> thumbs up or thumbs down? >> thumbs up. >> thumbs down. >> two thumbs down. >> i would bring him back. >> reporter: quickly, why? >> because injuries aren't his fault. the insanity is not his fault. >> great guy. got to go. >> i think up thises up. keep him. >> reporter: for a team expected to win the world series and didn't even make the playoffs, the fight summed up the entire year. >> papelbon up next year? >> not in my opinion. i think it's papellgone. i thumbs up for matt williams and he was manager of the year last year and he is didn't suddenly lose the ability to manage. he's had a difficult and trying year this year. >> lots of things went wrong and didn't go as well as we hoped and still a nationals fan and will remain a nationals fan. >> reporter: so a mixed decision

and the fifth, bryce harper on base. ryan zimmerman doubles to left. harper hustles from first. his stat line, zero, for zero. with four walks, four runs and an rbi. nationals also rolled the largest margin of victory in nationals history. >>> and always entertaining on the tennis court. notches for skills that dance moves. check out the celebration party day. after the win at the u.s. open. i don't know what is going on there. that is one of his vorite fans down there on the court. letting it loose for the fans at the u.s. open. >> more and more coming out of his cell -- >>> that is our broadcast for tonight. thanks for being here. what did iran's supreme leader get in the nuclear deal? to start with, $100 billion. they keep their nuclear facilities and ballistic missiles. there won't be surprise anytime-anywhere inspections. and after ten years, restrictions are lifted and iran could build a nuclear weapon in two months. congress should reject a bad deal. we need a better deal. (sobs) (shuddered breath) are you okay? what? who are you? i'm a police officer. um, i mean, i'm off

although nationals have underperformed as a team, bryce harper has had a spectacular season.t in philadelphia, the 22-year-old now hit the second home run-ins nationals team history. he even stole the keys to the fanatic's 4-wheeler and the fanatic pretty ticked off about that. mascots have emotions, too. and then bryce said you cannot have back this baseball, a solo blast, home run number 38 on the year. bryce and the nationals up 1-0. pretty good night to be a top overall draft pick. stephen strasburg, he brought his a game. he wasn't slowing down in the seventh inning. cody asche going down swinging to end the inning. he had 14 strikeouts, went eight shutout innings. harper, back. this opposite field, two-run shot. he was 3 for 3 at the dish. two home runs, four rbi and two hair flips and one big hug for his manager. and won this one, 4-0. and matt williams was asked about the hug between hill and the star player. >> we'll keep it between us. i enjoy watching him have success, i enjoy watching all our guys have success. >> matt is great. to talk to him about hitting and wh

a fight in the national dugout involving two of the nats biggest names including bryce harper. dave? >> the nationals lost the division on saturday and now this afternoon tempers loss in the dugout, brice harper and papelbon exchanged more than just angry words. it happened in the bottom of the eighth inning. papelbon seems to be unhappy with harper about something papelb papelbon, lounges at harper's neck and they have to be separated by teammates and coaches. we're going to have reaction and more from bryce harper and jonathan papelbon, an ugly end to a bad weekend for the nats. >> here's the latest on satellite and radar tracking mainly cloudy skies. for most of us it's going to be dry this evening. unfortunately not the best viewing conditions for rare event happening tonight, the super moon lunar eclipse, we might get enough breaks to catch a glimpse. if not, follow nasa on twitter and find me on facebook and twitter, we'll be posting updates. here's what you can expect tonight. the total eclipse is going to begin at 10:11. the moon will appear 14% bigger and have a reddish

top of the eighth, bryce harper goes yard. his second bomb of the game. nats go up 4-0. stephen strasburg tied a career-high 14 strikeouts on the night. the nationals win 4-0. o's and red sox, manny machado smashes a solo shot to center, his 29th of the season. the orioles take the lead, but is not last. travis shaw, same spot. that ties it at 5-5, which is where we stand right now in the 13th inning. redskins news, safety duke ihenacho's season is over. he was placed on the injured reserve list with a broken wrist. peyton manning was on the report today.y he was a full participant at practice today with a back injury. quarterback is coming off a less than impressive game against the ravens. he downplayed the report, saying that he would like to make up the injury list. >> the corporal tunnel from all of the texting of sources, the laryngitis from ripping me all week, the opinions for the travel. i don't hear you guys complaining about it, so i won't complain about it. you guys inspire me. using youre heard of head, but using europe on its head?- but using your's he grab

he goes after his teammate bryce harper there and jonathan paplebon said bryce harper didn't run at a ground ball hard enough. jonathan paplebon suspends for four games. the nationals were one of the favorites and they had a disappointing season. frustration starting to show. >> thank you. >>> tonight on the 10:00 p.m. news video of a high school pe teacherane scuffle with -- teacher in a scuffle with a student. tonight at 10:00 p.m. l) councilwoman dunphy, how do you respond to allegations that you look super sexy in your new suit? i haven't been elected yet. come on, kids! we gotta vote! honey, come on. please stop filming. i'm just excited! after today, you are going to be a councilwoman, and i am going to be a first husband. and if you don't stop filming, you're going to be my first husband. all right, everybody, come on! do you know what you're doing, kids? you guys are manning the phone banks. alex, you're in charge of that. why is she in charge? and what's a phone bank? (claire) hmm. that's why. phil. i got it. i will be driving 50 of our finest senior citizens to the polls, as

after the chokehold of the team superstar bryce harper. >> we were at the game. we didn't see the fight. we heard about it after on twitter. i didn't want to show the kids the video. robert: papelbon is one of baseball's most controversial players. he still has one year left on the contract with washington. >> would you want to see papelbon back next year? >> no. >> no. he and seven others and maybe the manager. robert: despite everything that happened the nats fans today, the washington nationals try to end the seasoning on a good note. i'll show how they tried to do it today. max scherzer man on fire. no-hitter, strike-out and wins it. the nationals beat the reds 5-1. trying to end on a good note. matt williams told us he held out bryce harper for his role in the altercation. that is all for sports. maureen, back to you. maureen: thank you so much, robert. looks pretty out there. steve: really nice. warm out there. it's low 80's. i want to show you this. estimated rainfall total. may be on the conservative side. we could see between one to two inches of of rain

that is bryce harper on the bench a day after it happened.nathan suspended four games after choking bryce harper in the dugout. he was also suspended three games after throwing at the head of orioles first baseman manny machado. that is seven games total, out for the season, not that it matters. here is gm mike rizzo. rizzo: we felt was more at fault based on the punishment. bryce: just being part of what went on, like i said, i don't want to stay out of the lineup, i don't want to be out of the lineup, but something happened in its part of the game. ts had no problems making the headlines tonight for trying --easons, they than they were trying to get in there for good reasons. max scherzer, the kind of performance they neutered earlier in the seasons. nats beat the reds 5-1. scary moment for the cardinals, eighth-inning. peir rookie outfielder iscotty collided with a teammate. here is a replay. fieldty was taken off the on a stretcher, taken to the hospital for treatment. he did wave as he was carted off the field. backup quarterback colt mc

and mike rizzo both addressing the incident yesterday where jonathan papelbon choked bryce harper. >> bryce had some accountability in the issue. we thought that to discipline papelbon the way we did and the bryce was unfair and you could see by the type of discipline that we placed on both players that we thought which was weighed the most and we felt that they're both equal and equitable ways to handle the situation. >> as much as i need him, he needs me, you know. i figure us being a family here and doing the things we need to do to win the world series. he's part of that. i think being able to go into next year and do the things we need to do, we'll worry about next year. if he's going to be our closer, he's got to do what he can to help this team win and the same thing with me. >> reporter: harper said he's yet to talk to papelbon but said he'd like to talk to him in person the next time the two do communicate. i'm holden kushner for wusa9 sports. >> of course, a lot of this stemmed from when papelbon hit manny machado when the orioles were in town and harper after the game was

but bryce harper didn't like that. he didn't like they they left on top of the seventh inning on a holiday. mike carter-conneen live at the stadium with reaction after harper called out the fans, right, mike? mic that is right -- mike: that is right. to have hope for a postseason this game was seen as critical. the nats were hoping to make up ground against the mets that are currently leading the n.l. east. tied 5-5. the tie turned in the seventh inning. after the mets ended washington's five-game winning streak harper turned on the nats fans were leaving early. after monday's 8-5 loss to the division leading mets, national slugger bryce harper was not happy with the hometown crowd. baseball columnist tweeted this photo, red river of nats fans leaving early. >> i left in the seventh. that is brutal. mike: on social media the backlash to harper's comment was also brutal. many echoed the frustration about the fair weather fans, but others called him a cry baby, mocking him. bryce harper 0-4 is more brutal than fans leavin

bryce harper pops out to left field. and doesn't bother to run quickly to first. >> something going on in the dugout. >> reporter: at the dugout, his teammate, relief pitcher jonathan papelbon, takes issue with that. after a heated exchange, papelbon attacks, grabs harper's neck. masn interviewed the players. >> like brothers fighting. that's what happened. >> the next day, you give each other a hug and say, hey, look, i'm wrong, you're right. >> reporter: but the team evidently sees it differently. >> we've suspended jonathan papelbon for four games without pay. >> reporter: earlier this season, papelbon beaned orioles third baseman manny machado. papelbon is out until next year. david wright, abc news, new york. >> and i've got to tell you, i'm a personal friend of bryce harper. i've met bryce at his most raw. i was there, i was there when this shot was taken in las vegas for the espn body issue. he's actually a very, very nice guy. maybe because he didn't have clothes on and didn't have much protecting him. >> are you

top of the seventh, here's bryce harper with a man on. that is home run number 40 on the year.nats get 16 hits tonight and go on to sweep the phillies by a final score of 12-2. >>> earmuffs, kids. the os did not look good tonight. taking on red sox, boston, top of the third. mike wright pitching, dustin pedroia sending that out of the park. red sox 4-1 lead. different pitching, same result, ped destroy, this a three-run shot now a 9-0 lead, boston, they go onto win by final score of 10-1. baltimore is three games und under .500. >>> over to the redskins now, a lot of people very upset the team released kicker kai forbath on monday, the most accurate kicker in history. head coach jay gruden said forbath was not made the scapegoat for the loss from miami. they had a new kicker in the locker room after parting ways with forbath. he was drafted by the bills in 2013 and spent the past season with saints and waived during final cuts. while waiting for a call from another team, hopkins had to practice his kicking skills at a public park in new orleans. >> my wife was helping me hold.

monster bryce harper's season with the nationals continues, his 41st home run, and as he crossed home plate, the fans started to chant "m .v.p." jordan zimmermann, kristin yellen scores, 2-0 marlins. bottom of the fifth, still same score, tyler moore deep to left center, solo shot. sacs score two more on a fly. seventh, harper comes through again, blasting one into the second deck, his 41st home run and the nats win 5-2. college football, a great story for the terps. just four weeks ago, the third , but afterterback some big plays at the start of the season, he overcame three interceptions. picking it up in the first, he throws a dart, hitting him in stride. jacobs takes it to the house, 70 yard touchdown. 14-7 terps. third, 21-10 terps, over the middle, hitting edwards with the 12 yard score. his coach has a couple things to say about that. the young tight end learned his lesson. in the fourth, he finds edwards again. another touchdown. this time, yeah, not going to spike it, give it to the wrath, learn his lesson. -- give it to the ref, learned his lesson, maryland wins. virginia te

. >>> the national league mvp front-runner bryce harper choked in the dugout.re live at nats park with the new punishment just a nouned for his teammate. >>> director for the prince georges county schools health system has been placed on admin str straightive leave this as thousands of students have not had >>> i'm scott mcfarland at the live desk for the second time in a week, facebook has an outage and you may be seeing it as you try to get on to the website right now. the second time since september 24th, you've seen this message on facebook. a lot of users, a lot of advertisers relying on facebook this time of day and it is down and the website promising it will be fixed as soon as it can. social media users will have to stay on hold for a while in the meantime. at the live desk, i'm scott mcdonald's farland. >> we know from experience we can't get on facebook. >> only it's a story you will see on news 4, we've learned thousands of students of prince georges county have not been immunized more than a month into the school year. the health director for the c

meantime, bryce harper, he's also receiving some punishment.t in the lineup although he was ske you willed to have an off day already. matt williams taking a lot of heat for allowing papelbon to stay in the game after the fight and admitted he did not have all of the information and he would not have allowed that to happen. williams, adamant and there was no place for that on this team? i was upset and i was appalled and i think the punishment we've announced today fits and reflects the feeling we have about the tolerance of issues such as this, and what we can do is at this point, not let that define us as a team and as individuals and go play. that's what we're paid to do and that's what we must do and fix it as possible. we'll bring that to you shortly on news 4 at 6:00. for the fan reaction, let's head over to tom sherwood. >> thanks, carol. let's be honest. for the fans this nats seasonal ready was a huge disappointment and then there was the dugout fighyesterday. it was the choke seen round the baseball world. and here at nats park today

in the bottom of the 8th in sunday's game bryce harper pops out, doesn't run it out.nathan papelbon having words and all of a sudden papelbon lunges at bryce harper, grabs him by the neck. teammates and coaches split them up. he's been suspended for four games, that plus his three game suspension already for hitting manny machado. he's done for the season. here's matt williams today on yesterday's incident. >> it's been a very difficult 24 hours for the organization and incidents like that in the dugout is not the way we want to play our games. so that being said we have other games to play the remainder of this season and we have to come toke as a team and move past that. >> so -- together as a team and move past that. >> so everywhere you go people are talking about the skirmish in the dugout including out at redskins park. frank shanahan has their talk on the -- frank hanrahan has their talk on the drama. >> that was pretty weird to see, the mvp getting choked out. those kind of things happen, i'm sure, especially in baseball. especially when you're around the guys

bryce's throat. the two are quickly separated. harper spent the rest of the game out paand pelbon went back in the 9th giving away a go ahead run. papelbon said it's what brothers do. >> i can't take anything back. bryce and i are good. >> i mean, he apologized so, whatever. i really don't care. >> twitter blew up over this. "u.s.a. today"'s for the win wrote jonathan papelbon found a perfect ending for the nationals' embarrassing season. annaid sa should have put baple bon on the next plane out of -- papelbon on the next plane out of baseball. according to nats skipper matt williams, this is a family issue and it will be handled accordingly. nevertheless, it's an ugly ending to an ugly season for the nats who started the year with a question, where's my ring? >> as nick said the nats were knocked out of playoff contention for the weekend but they'll try to leave nats park on a winning note this afternoon. the first pitch is set for 3:05. >>> showers could be moving in tonight or tomorrow. howard is up next with the forecast. >> a lot of

john than papal pawn telling bryce harper rin -- paplebon telling bryce harper -- teammates try to break up. back story here, a few days ago the closer pegged a player in the box and harper said man -- now they are going to come after me. don't hit guys. that was the back story -- [ talking at the same time ] >> whatever he said to make him respond like that, my goodness. >> so in the post game they were telling reporters, in the house. like a brotherly fight. today the nationals suspended john than paplebon. >> that is not normal -- [ talking at the same time ] >> giants long time ago, back in the day. it happens. [ talking at the same time ] >> back then four games, yeah. who is already appealing a three game suspension. >>> a new over sight rolling out at district attorney's offices all over the country and one in the bay area, we will explain how they are trying to eliminate wrongful convictions. babies who are talked to from the time they're born are more likely to have a successful future. talking and reading to children in their first years has a huge impact on what they do with t

candidate in bryce harper. we'll have more in sports. back to you. jonathan: thank you for that. that is the question of the day. what do you think of the fight in the dugout? share your thoughts on our facebook page. we'll share the comments later in the newscast. >> i claim this planet in the name of mars. alison: well, lots of speculation over the weekend about nasa's big announcement about a mystery solved on mars. would it be alien? water? well, suzanne kennedy is here now because we have the answer. suzanne: this is a little more legit than the cartoon, alison. we don't know if there was or if there is life on mars but we know more than ever about mars. today science announced that mars appears to have frozen water but there is evidence of flowing streams of salty water, at least in the summertime. images show, some of them you can see right there, the dark narrow streaks grow in the warmer month and fade the rest of the year. this comes from the large reconnaissance orbiter which has been circling mars for nine years. >> the more we observe mars the more information we are

bryce harper with punishment as well for his role in the incident not playing on monday. matt williams explains. >> well, again looking at it brief out of the corner of my eye initially, it was very quick. you have arguments in the dugout, didn't get a chance to see the full altercation until after. >> every player acquisition we make, makeup and character are a big portion of the evaluation process and we felt that what happened in the incident in the dugout was unacceptable and we acted accordingly. >> reporter: as for matt williams the jury is still out whether or not he'll even be the manager of the nationals in 2016. from nationals park i'm holden kushner, wusa9 sports. >> now the nationals trying their best to put this behind them, a makeup game against cincinnati, max scherzer pitching another gem. he took a no hitter into the 8th inning, finished with 10 strikeouts, so close to his second of the year. the nats offense had some fire behind them. nats win their final home game 5-1. >>> now the burgundy and gold return home with a chance to get back to .500 this week

the 12th, bryce harper, the nats win, but they needed the mets to lose to stay alive.on them. didn't happen. new york beating cincinnati. and you see the celebration there. so that eliminates the nats. back to the nats, needless to say, disappoig ntinend for the ball club. >> sometimes the game isn't fair. and you know, every single one of those guys competed all year, and you know, we dealt with some adversity, we battled through it and that's all you can do. >> everything going for him. they win it all, because they are from the east and you want that in your division. >> on a college football now, not a more important position on the football field than quarterback, got to have that dude at qb in order to win. here's maryland's problem. they have been flip-flopping guys, none of which, have worked. so bad news for randy. yeah, look at his face right here. that's bitter beer face. right there. west virginia in town. west virginia hosting, i should say, and wearing the bumblebee uniforms. later, shelton gibson, look at this. i don't think you would have been tackled i

closer jonathan papelbon has been suspended four games without pay for trying to choke teammate bryce harper. now the public and players in and out of baseball weighing in on the big brawl. >> let's bring in kristen berset. what does this mean long term for the team? >> of course, it's going to be interesting to see if they bring papelbon next year despite having an $11 million contract and more importantly, matt williams, will he be back? was this the nail in the coffin for him? there will be a lot of changes in the offseason, this a far cry from what we'd expect to be talking about regarding this team. the washington nationals disappointing season went from bato worse in 24 hours. this newspaper headline sums it all up. the washington nationals have gone from world series favorites to laughing stock. the sight of their closer with his hands around the neck of their franchise player sent the nationals into damage control mode resulting in a four-game success pension for jonathan papelbon, one game sitout for bryce harper. gm mike rizzo explained the punishment. >> you could see by now he we

bottom of the tenth, bryce harper, ryan zimmer on base. michael taylor, the a for awesome, leaves no doubt. a three-run walk off homer. now easy, don't hurt him. enough injuries as they mob him at the plate. another reason for taylor, and the nats the smile because with that win, the mets, they lose and walk off fashion in miami. game tied at five. bottom of the 11, two outside. martin prado lines it down the right field. christian yelich, keep coming. the marlins beat the nats 6-5. so now the nats five games back of the mets in the a.l. east. you got that? >> yeah, we got it. >>> north of the border we go. khris davis. the orioles and the toronto blue jays. davis with already one home run in the game. in the sixth inning takes drew hutchinson to left center. 40th of the year. 4-2 orioles. now the very next pitch, davis barely in the dugout when matt wieters out near where the hotel is in the skydome. off the glove of ben live revere. the final 10-2. big win for them. >>> to soccer and the united states men's national team. they hit town t

. >> nationals fans heard the call from bryce harper.sed every ounce of optimism they have left to cheer on the curly ws, but after yet another blown lead you can't blame them for calling it a season. stephen strasburg on the mound tonight throwing like the old stephen strasburg. the almighty righty finished with a season high 13 strikeouts. bryce harper doing his part in the first homer to the right to put the nats on the board first. they led 2-1 leading into the 8th, but cue the bullpen, more specifically bruce storens. second pitch, second batter, nats mess up, 4-2. storen can't believe it and strasburg like every nats fan shaking his head. mets completing the sweep. nats down seven with 23 games to go. >> well, i want to do everything we can to win a baseball game. i look at it every morning i get up and i look in the mirror and say, you know, do whatever you have to do today to help us win a game. so can we all do a better job? sure. >> yes. >>> the day is almost here, redskins fans. the regular season for washington begins this su

bryce harper hoping to find the national league mvp. monster two-run shot to right. nationals beat the marlins. with the mets loss, that's seven games back in the n.l. east. davis on second base. jones at the plate. jones rips the ball to right center. that proved to be the winner. a big congratulations to the orioles you a fill@for winning the eastern heeg championship. >> that's great. >> keep winning. and the weather is going to be nice? >> breezy, temperatures in the mid to upper 70ed. >> saturday night live is next. [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome back to "the kelly file." later in the program, undeniable proof that the historical figure blackula was in fact white. but first, it was a long week for new jersey governor chris christie. first he placed nurse kaci hickox into quarantine even

and bryce harper was asked about the crowd. >> it was a tough loss. and a guy who wears his emotions on his sleeve. and a guy that doesn't give you cookie cutter answers and a person that speaks from his heart. >> reporter: so the general manager defending his player there. there's some bigger news though. ryan zimmerman is going to miss more time. this time it's an oblique. >> he took a swing yesterday and hurt himself on the left side. so he's got some oleak soreness. right now he's day to day. >> reporter: a must-win situation coming up. we'll talk about mike rizzo's comments and hear from him again. live from nats park, wusa 9 sports. >> thanks so much, holden. a very, very important game as they lost last night. they need to at least take one of these against the mets. >> they do the same thing at verizon center . >> it was very loud, and they were very supportive. but this is like playoff baseball right now. so they do need the fan support. >>> a kentucky clerk held in contempt for refusing to issue marriages to same-sex couples celebrating her

tempers flared between bryce harper and john papelbon. harper flies out against the phillies.not doing what every little league coach yells about, you always run to first base. run it out. run it out. looks like some words not suited for basic cable were exchanged. possib papelbon shoves him into a wall. his season is over. there is a solid chance bryce harper never strolls leisurely to first again. the cold truth is, there's no easy way to do your job when you're sick. tough symptoms need alka-seltzer plus cold & cough it's four cold symptom fighters put you back in control. stay unstoppable. alka-seltzer plus. >>> new 2016 polling. it could get the clinton camp more concerned about joe biden. check out these head-to-head matchups. clinton is now leading jeb bush by one point. leads donald trump by ten points, but she is one point behind both ben carson and carly fiorina. take a look at this. joe biden who is not in the race faring far better against republicans. he leads bush by eight points, trump by 21. carson by eight. fiorina by six. all of this comes as clinton faces ne

bryce harper pops out to left field. and doesn't bother to run quickly to first. >> something going on in the dugout. >> reporter: at the dugout, his teammate, relief pitcher jonathan papelbon, takes issue with that. after a heated exchange, papelbon attacks, grabs harper's neck. masn interviewed the players. >> like brothers fighting. that's what happened. >> the next day, you give each other a hug and say, hey, look, i'm wrong, you're right. >> reporter: but the team evidently sees it differently. >> we've suspended jonathan papelbon for four games without pay. >> reporter: earlier this season, papelbon beaned orioles third baseman manny machado. papelbon is out until next year. david wright, abc news, new york. >> david, thank you. >>> we have new reporting tonight after that duck boat tragedy in seattle. tonight, state authorities have now suspended that company's tour operations. it comes after that duck boat slammed into a charter bus, four students were killed. tonight, word a fifth student has now died. now, the

man on friesing bryce harper. bryce with twos strikeouts on the night. fourth inning, gavin werth with a man on goes down looking. he walks away. he dant believe it either. fifth inning moore swinging to end the inning. seven strikeouts. five shoutout innings for fernandez. his offense coming through for him. bottom of the fifth, two on, two out for justin. base hit over the glove des monday. marlins take a 2-0 lead on the rbi single from bore. nationals last chance. man on third. jayson werth the last hope. he is caught looking again. marlins beat the nationals tonight, 2-0. fifth straight loss fortunates. 29 1/2 games behind the mets. we've seen mother nature wreak havoc around the area today. college park was no different. maryland and bowling green sat through nearly an hour lightning delay this afternoon. the terps probably wish the game had been called. maryland has not lost to a team from the mid-american conference since 1997. end of the first quarter, bowling green punting. will likely back to receive. last week set the big 10 record. looked lik

. >>> and last night bryce harper, he hit his 40th home run of the season.oming up in today's inside pitce'h, hll weigh in on the milestone achievement. >>> after the break using your smart phone to take cash, out of the atm. [ horn honks melody ] well, well. if it isn't the belle of the ball. gentlemen. you look well. what's new, flo? well, a name your price tool went missing last week. name your what, now? it gives you coverage options based on your budget. i just hope whoever stole it knows that it only works at progressive.com. so, you can't use it to just buy stuff? no. i'm sorry, gustav. we have to go back to the pet store. [ gustav squawks ] he's gonna meet us there. the name your price tool. still only at progressive.com. >>> but i do have my card with me, go up there and get my mine. >> reporter: they eliminate the security threat of the skimming, where thieves would detach an advice to read and steal a cad -- a card number. but there are some concerns. >> what if you lose that phone or somebody wants in that phone bad enough, just takes time. >> as

a scary moment for bryce harper. jayson werth would ground out. may the return towards third. collides at second. harper was down for several minutes. he hustles around second. looks like he banks on d church. matt williams said he was ok after the game. now 9.5 games behind the mets. some sad news to report. the nba losing a legend. moses malone was only 16 years old. back to you in the studio. kelly: thank you so much. kelly: it included a 40 k bike course and a 10k run. proceeds benefit leukemia and live from a society. the adams morgan day festival feature plenty of food as well as art and music. time for so many events. >> wasn't tocold to be a party. maybe just a right day for you. i was told that brees was perfect today. thought it may be a bit too breezy today we will start with that tonight. temperatures reaching about to mid 70's. we start off chilly tomorrow morning. that is the main facet. we could be down lower to mid 40's. even mid 50's downtown. we'll start to warm up. it starts to feel a little bit more. very much foru joining us. we will see you at 11 right af

robert: they are holding bryce harper out of this game for the altercation. but they are trying to finish the season strong. four up over the reds right now. max:00er with a no-hitter through seven innings. so some good to take away from this. jonathan: stampedes in the annual pilgrimage claims hundreds of lives. how the hospital and the volunteers work to sidefy the victims. that's coming up. >> what donald trump would do if elected that would frustrate some voters. jonathan: typhoon makes landfall in taiwan. you won't believe how much rain is expected to fall. alison: around the world now, hundreds of taliban fighters launched early morning attack today in afghanistan. the fighters stormed the strategic northern city. battles with government forces were still underway in at least four locations. a taliban spokesman said they seized the city and searched the hospitals for wounded government troops. jonathan: the death toll from last week's hajj stampede risen to 769 people. according to the saudi state-run media. 934 others reported injuried. some country qu

. >>> to some baseball, bryce harper is having a special season.ill it be enough to make him the first mvp in nationals hiory? holden kushner gives us his take in tonight's inside pitch. >> reporter: bryce harper must win the national league mvp. he's put up numbers in rival joe dimaggio and albert pujols. leads in batting average, most runs and getting on base 47%. almost every other time he's in the box he's on base. harper is in the midst of a historically great season statistically. his 2015 season is among the best by nun his age. when he hit his 40th -- anyone his age. where they hit his 40th home run this year, he was one of a small number. he did talk about his accomplishments. >> i'm pretty proud of myself to be able to have the games, have the walks, have the ability to stay in games and do things i can to help this team win. >> reporter: the fans want yoenis cespedes, but he was recently bad for lack of effort. harper literally kept his team above .500 by may, something first baseman clint robinson won't forget. >> the conversation for l

top 7, two on, two out for bryce harper. bryce goes down swinging. he struck out three times and stranded four runners. and not just bryce harperling. the last chance for the nats with a man on. nats lose their fourth straight, 2-1 the final. >>> all right. brace yourselves for this one. one of the wildest games we've seen. orioles hosted royals. bottom of the 8th, bases loaded. swinging for the fences. the foul pole, whatever you want to indicate, it goes off the top of it. grand slam. the orioles take an 8-6 lead. now later in the inning, franklin morales facing khris davis. morales, that's not a strike. crush is not happy about it. crushes the bass. he is also upset about serena losing he gets tossed. the picture should have gotten tossed. but the birds have the bucks' back. bases loaded. >> another one? >> another one. two grand slams in the eighth inning. the eighth time this has ever happened in the same inning. the orioles won a wild one, 14-8. >>> at the u.s. open, serena williams confident in her quest for the grand slam. but unseed roberto

. >> bryce harper adds insult to injury, calling out the fans after this one. nats find themselves on their own roller coaster of a ride. this one today included maximum height and a steep dropoff, but it's the ending that has bryce harper shaking his head. lines of fans were leaving the park early today. max scherzer, he was hoping to turn things around, hasn't won a game since july 30th. in trouble early. second pitch of the game. granderson to left. worth a battle with the sun monster and the sun monster wins. but scherzer would get out of the inning unscathed. not so much in the second. michael con for toe leading off the inning and the rookie takes scherzer yard. one of flee home runs given up today by scherzer. he has now given up 11 homers in the last six games. bottom of the fourth, fans, finally a reason to get on their feet. wilson ramos, bases loaded and he is going for it. the buffalo delivers. a grand slam off john niece, the second of his career. nats take a 4-3 lead. but the good times would not last. top seven, now tied at 5. janssen pitches for

he thought bryce harper wasn't running the ball out. he said something the day before about throwing at hitters. mike, what are we looking at? >> fan appreciation day. you're looking at one of the best every day players in baseball, bryce harper, who didn't have to play but played in order to please the fans. jon tan who has been out of his mind for six years puts a choke hold on bryce harper for not getting a base hit. that team is a disgrace, they're a disgrace for sending him out to pitch. >> that manager who sent him back out there who got shelled and they lost the game, is matt williams and had a terrible year and going to get himself fired obviously, do you think he comes back next year and why is matt williams even the manager this morning? >> why is papelbon on the roster. he has $11 million coming to him next year from the nationals and going to be impossible to move over the winter. you got to eat the 11 million and say see you later. >> matt williams said he didn't realize what had happened. >> and then stop it again. kind of

. >> that bryce harper. >> that bryce harper.ut the players pranked the philadelphia phillies mascot. bryce parker stoeld the fanatic's keys. you can see he was hot about it. apparently he called security and the police. the team eventually gave him back the keys. >> i didn't think mascots could talk. >> you saw the tongue come out. >> is that an ant eater. >> what's going to happen to the president? >> bad enough. >> we've been liking this. the weather moderated from the really, really, really hot stuff we had. >> it's september hot instead of august hot. we'll be ten degrees warmer than average around here for the rest of the week and on into the weekend. luckily our averages are back into the upper 70s. 10 degrees above average. keeps us out of the 90s but just barely. we may have a shot at a 90 degree day or two. most will spend the next seven days with highs in the 80s. outside there's the jefferson memorial nestled into downtown washington. beautiful morning outside. skies once again crystal clear. not much of a wind either

and bryce harper pounds the braves pitching. dave >> it's a win.here we go again, kind of like every time i talk to you, dave, there has to be a common injunction. >> what she's talk about is the braves aren't very good. but it's still going to count in the standings. how about we add #september surge. that's what the nats need. at the start of play tonight, down five games to the fist place mets but hosting the team with the worst road record in baseball. that's what erica was talking about, the atlanta braves. why not pole magic in the house. also the home run going. this one to his 500th career hit. bounces the pitch off the plate. christian betancourt, coming home third, now he tries the throw. that gets away. ian desmond, why don't you come on home, and he does. he didn't know what happened. all right, gang, what happened? there's possible heads there. it might be the nats fans. three homers on the night for the mets. they beat the marlins 7-0. i can't even look at this. they're strapped on a tower. only going about 400 plus feet. ho hay bauti

bryce harper from second. the throw, safe. harper is fired up. nats lead 4-3.eljason pat lenehan -- lead, we go to extras. jayson werth, say. nats win 5-4. then it is time for chocolate celebration. you know what, hope is still alive in washington. playoffs, game one of the best-of-three between the mystics and new york liberty. with a fewdown 3, seconds to play. boom, nothing but net. that ties the game, overtime. , drive,conds of ot draw, the dish. she gets the lay, forcing a second overtime. the mystics pull out the win, 8 5-83. game two is sunday at the verizon was center. the nats win, the mystics win. redskins, on to the gearing up for their showdown sunday against the rams. the key injuries are jordan reed with a quad injury. several players are gametime decisions. stadium, the annual battle, the pirates score early. he finds thomas allen all alone. loan coverage, 21 yard t.d. thet now, hampton leads in fourth. and for all of tonight's high school football action, or to high school sports final on new's channel 8. i will be hosting and it starts in five

robert: that was bryce harper. he is not only upset about the fans leaving early in this one but because they are five games back from the mets in the n.l. east race. go inside nats park and pick it up in the fourth inning. it was fun early, the mets lead 3-0. ramos, crushes one to deep left field. out of here. the crowd goes nuts. nats take a 4-3 lead after the grand slam. but the mets took the lead. cespedis gave new york insurance. david wright, he is going to try to score from first. he is safe at the plate. mets score three in the eighth inning and go on to win. 8-5 was the final. the nats are five games back off the mets with a disappointing clubhouse. >> even thinks they could have done better today. starts with me. i know i can pitch better. i give them credit. i am not here to shy away from that. i'm sure everybody in the clubhouse thinks they could have done something better today. robert: switching things up here. big night in college football. virginia tech hosng the number one team in the country. ohio

it was an ugly end to an ugly season for the nationals that began with bryce harper of course saying te fallwards, where's my ring. he was saying something else to papelbon after flying out in the eighth inning yesterday. pap wasn't loving it. eventually he grabbed harper by the throat. they say the issue has been squashed. >> it happened. i can't take anything back. you know, bryce and i are good. >> yeah, i mean, you know, he apologized. whatever. i really don't care. >> manager matt williams called it a family issue and it will be handled accordingly. >>> 6:36. here's another family issue. will skins coach jay gruden start feeling pressure to change quarterbacks yet again? that's ahead in the red zone. >> which oscar nominee is asking for forgiveness for what happened while he was with pope francis. >> it's a humid start. tefers in the 60s. -- temps in the 60s. patchy drizzle. a little bit of a frizz alert. perhaps a shower or two today. highs around the 80-degree mark. >> south capitol street at suitland parkway, we're doing well with no issues there. it's further south between ma

bryce harper is back in line-up tonight for the nats as they kick off a three-game series with the braves in atlanta. leon: great halloween costume is a tie. maureen: let's hear about wet weather. doug: doppler radar, we have plenty of rain. this is in the blue ridge. plenty of rain and shower for the next few days and then the attention will turn to tropical storm joaquin. this squiggly lines are the individual computer model solutions as to what will happen track wise in the next few days. we will get rain. as i enjoy my dinner tonight steve rudin has the job of tracking joaquin and monitoring the heavy rainfall and the cooler temperatures tonight at 11:00. leon: you will be walking out of here. doug: in the rain! [laughter] maureen: "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: all right. folks, see you a >>> tonight, we're tracking two storms. one set to become a hurricane. the major system hitting. flash flood alerts stretching 1,000 miles. d.c., philly, new york and new england in the path. and then, the tropical storm strengthening at this hour, swirling off the coast. >>> th

matt scherzer goes into the 7th inning as a no hitter and ultimately bryce harper ends up talking aboutpapelbon and i quite, i'd like to talk with papelbon in person if possible. we can't be fighting as much as i need him, he needs me. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> i'mi'm delia goncalves live in northwest d.c. we've been following breaking news now this morning. a double shooting around 2:00 this morning that happened about to blocks away from the 4d police station here on georgia avenue. we're told two men shot at each other. that is confird by police. sources are telling us one man was a security guard at a nearby apartment complex but that hasn't been confirmed. we can tell you that a gun was recovered and both are expected to survive. but it happened on a deadly night. six shootings overall, one person killed. the death rate now stands at 119. nikki? >> reporter: prince george's county parents, you'll want to pay attention to this. if your child does not have the right shots by close of business tomorrow, they will not be allowed in school on thursday. there are several round of shots you need to know

. >> reporter: the incident between jonathan papelbon and bryce harper sunday came to a head right here dugout. papelbon will not be around the team for the rest of the season. the next question is will papelbon be invited back to play for this team in 2016 or is he on his way out? general manager mike rizzo will have the final call. while he says he'll evaluate the situation after the season because papelbon is an important member of the team. >> papelbon fit in nicely in the clubhouse and bullpen. i think it's an isolated incident. i think that jonathan will learn from it and i think that he'll react differently the next time. >> reporter: as far as bryce harper goes, i'm told that his representatives are not happy that their client was made unavailable for yet's game. they feel jonathan papelbon is -- yesterday's game. they feel jonathan papelbon is the only one at fault. >> i'd like to talk to him in person when it's possible. i just want to worry about the next six games because i think we got a lot to play for the next six games. >> reporter: harper and papelbon still need to put

harper do? he belted two home runs and four rbis. >> any doubt this is bryce arp he's teen? >> his town. >> okay. all right. that's it for our news at six. "cbs evening news" is next. >> we will >> pelley: show and tell takes a twist and turn after handcuffs from the police-- >> made me feel like a criminal and terrorist. >> pelley: a pat on the back from the president. also tonight, round two for the g.o.p.'s sweet 16. how many will be standing after this debate? at least six hikers are killed by flash floods and the search goes on for victims of the wildfires. and below the sidewalks of new york, the wait for a train nearly 100 years late. >> we are about 84%, 85% done. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: an alarm clock that went off in irving, texas, got the attention of the entire nation today. because the proud young

another guy who enjoyed the series, bryce harper, two run shot in the seventh. that was his 40th homer of the season. leon fist pumping, the nats win big. as the nationals are winning, the mets have dropped two straight to the marlins. martin prado gets his 800 the season. the mets lose to miami 6-0, which means the nationals are 7.5 games back. the boston red sox on fire against the orioles. with his second homer of the night as the red sox beat the orioles 10-1. the redskins were back on the practice field, gearing up for the rams at home sunday. they want to work on special teams after giving up a 69 yard punt return for a touchdown to the dolphins last week. think gets more difficult this week as the rams have a guy twod austin scored touchdowns against the seahawks last weekend, including a touchdown all the way to the house. coach gruden: we have to do better in all phases. he took one back last week. he is a dangerous there, both as a returner and receiver and running back. meantime, the wizards and mystics will have a new state-of-the-art facility in sou