here's dan hellie with more sports. >>> good morning, everybody.s a pitcher's duel in cincinnati last night. the nationals and reds combined to score two runs, the good news is, both of them belonged to the good guys, the nats shut out the reds due in part to great pitching from garrett mock. he struck out six in six scoreless innings of work. the reds mascot having a good time going go-carting. eh it's nice to have three mascots when you're the reds. this is ronnie beliyard. the nationals take the lead. the bottom five now, paul jannish facing garrett mock. jannish singles to center field, but no fear, niger morgan is here. he's fast and he has a gun, a strike to home plate, aaron harang is out, what a nice play. the nationals shut out the reds 2-0. to baltimore, what night for felix peaia, peaia, good piece of hitting here, finds the gap in right center field. two runs will come in to score as the ball goes all the way to the wall. and pea yeah is thinking three-bagger, going for the triple. gets down, gets the triple. goes 4 for 5 with four rbis

dan hellie joins us now with more on what this means and vick is talking now. >> yes. turnout at the eagles practice facility, largest in years. nearly 100 media members and two dozen cameras soft spoken and remorsef remorseful. michael vick talking about his return to the nfl. vick is back in theame after serving 18 months in federal prison for his involvement in dog fighting. the eagles say there will be no third chances for vick. if he screws up, he's gone. and animal rights groups already set billboards by the stadium blasting the signing of vick and the headline in today's philadelphia paper -- hide your dogs. as for vick he was saying all the right things. >> i was wrong for what i did. everything that happened at that point in time in my life was wrong. and, you know, unnecessary and, you know, to this day, i can't understand why i was involved in such pointless activity. and why did i risk so much at the pinnacle of my career and i was naive to a lot of things. but i figure if i can, you know, help more animals than i hurt, then, you know, i'm contributing, i'm

i'm dan hellie.rybody have a great sunday. ok."next up "reporter's note fobonor ok."te for now, here's pat lawson muse. >>> good morning. welcome to "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson muse. on the note book, a stunning fall from grace. alexandria's police chief has stepped down. david baker announced his res ig neigh and retirement following his arrest last weekend in arlington after a car crash. police say baker's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit and he failed four field sobriety tests. depu deputy earls cook is now the acting chief. at first he said he was not going to step down and then he did an about-face. was there really any other way for this story to turn out? >> when i heard the make talk about it after his retirement, the mayor indicated that this was the right thing so that the city could move on and the police department could move on with the business of saving t se citizens. so as a political choice, he had no choice. what kind of leadership could he exhibit over his h

i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great weekend. >>> what started as a college paper ten years ago has now manifested into an earth-friendly eatery. a strn is the brainchild behind chick's restaurant. when you walk through the door, the motto is clear. eat well and eat responsibly. wendy rieger takes us there. >> reporter: these rotisserie birds keep them coming back for more. the chickens that find their way to your plate at chick's res straunltd are not only good for the paletate they're good for t environment. this generation believes good food is about more than just taste. >> we believe it's about being good to the earth and to the body. so it's about healthy fast food and about being responsible to the earth and to the people in your community. >> they accomplish that by sourcing their food from the local providers. the picture on the wall show the farm in many pennsylvania where they get their chickens. their disposal cups and containers are biodegradable. the restaurant composts 98% of its was

i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great day. >> well, if you haven't been out to the ballpark yesterday this summer, tonight is the perfect time to go. the team is offering $1 tickets for tonight's game against the milwaukee brewers. there are no more $1 seats ailable for purchase online, but the main box office will be selling 1,000 $1 tickets beginning at noon. if you get that early you'll see the news conference at which they will introduce new pitcher stephen strasburg. >>> our time is 5:21. >> it is. time for a check on weather and traffic. we begin with weather. here's meteorologist tom kierein. >> could be a rain delay for tonight's game so be prepared for that. now, for today we've got a southwest flow continuing to pump in the humidity and, as a result, with that approaching front we could have strong storms 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. across most of virginia, all of maryland just about except far, far southeastern part and much of eastern west virginia. some isolated storms could produce damaging wind

i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great thursday. >> 5:21 is the time right now. >> time for traffic and weather. let's go to tom kierein to start us off with a look at our forecast. >> it is a sultry summer morning. good morning. as we look at radar now, we do have a few showers here southwest of fredericksburg. they're slowly drifting off to the north and east. this morning, elsewhere, low clouds. temperatures in the 70s. 75 in washington with high humidity. we'll have a humid day, mostly cloudy to partly sunny at times and maybe an afternoon thundershower. actually a likelihood. highs near 90. more of the same on friday. saturday, maybe a morning shower or afternoon thundershower mainly east of washington, lower humidity moving in sunday and into each day next week. more comfortable weather will be in place with highs in the 80s and morning lows in the 60s. now with breakg inws, jerry edwards with our traffic update. >> tom, good morning. odnggonior,g everyone. expect some big proem,s here along in

i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great thursday. >> all right. let's take a look at what kind of thursday it will be as far as the weather goes. here's meteorologist tom kierein. he is up in storm center 4. tom? >> hi. we had some nocturnal thundershowers that have sce temperates.edur erndaround the region o i arlow0nto the low 70s. montgomery,s.70n m arlington, fairfax,ri nt whehe i ttesies. n thehefa the west in the 60s. utsorn maryland, around baut eastehorn sow rey, l easbarn shore low 70s. mid-60s out in the mouns.tain unwethtahors awendhoho srs have moved to the north and east, are tending to dissipate. as the day progresses we'll have nunshine this morning a a thonhe few clouds building this afternoon, may produce a passing rsder.ho highs in the mid-80s. il wstay rather humid, too. il n early a deunthrsisweunthr evening and may interrupt ttht skins and ravens. ot herwise, patly cloudy for the t.onhtig tomorrow, saturday and sunday,h cloudy, rather humid, highs by 90 by sunday. a small chance of an isolated thundershower each days we on mas

i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great day. >> 5:21 is our time now. time again for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein up in storm center 4. good morning, tom. >> hi, eun and joe. we've got a jewel gleaming in the eastern sky, a live picture from our city camera. that bright spot is venus, super bright this morning. jupiter is in the western sky. temperatures now in the mid-70s. i'm going to show you a dramatic view of jupiter taken by a local astronomer showing the moons of jupiter and their shadows on the surface of jupiter. that will be coming up in the next half hour. stay tuned for that. mid-70s in washington, near 70 in the suburbs, rural areas west and north in the 60s. weather watchers checking in from southern maryland, northern neck reporting temperatures near 70. we have some clouds just to our north along a weak front that will drift to our south today, bringing in clouds, highs in the 80s. it's going to be rather humid. humid into the weekend. pretty good chance of passing showers on friday, a s

i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great friday. >> 5:21 is our time. time again for a look at traffic and weather on the 1s. >> let's check in with tom kierein upstairs. good morning, tom. >> heavy rain and lightning been passing north of washington since around midnight. as we look at radar it's still up around the pennsylvania border. some heavy rain in parts of washington, frederick, carroll county s and north and east of baltimore where there have been some reports of flooding up that way. elsewhere we don't have any precipitation. temperatures are in the low and mid-70s. 60s shenandoah valley and into the mountains it's in the low 60s. cloudy today, highs reaching low 80s. a likelihood of afternoon and evening thundershowers. small chance on saturday. then drying out sunday into monday and through much of next week. i'm back in ten minutes with anher update. how's the traffic? >> take a live look along i-95, route 17 in fredericksburg. no problems here. however on route 17 at plantation parkway a

we'll be back with more from just outside the locker >>> welcome back to fedexfield folks, dan hellie, lindsay czarniak and the quarterback of the night, chase daniel came in as the third quarterback in the game, his first professional game. said he was nervous for a couple of plays. man, you played great. >> thank you very much. you've got those nerves and once you get them out, just go out and play and put the ball and people on the offensive line had a great game. all ran the ball well with me. you've got to thank them, as well. >> chase, two touchdowns. what a relief it was for you when you were able to make that first completion. >> that's the main thing. once you make the first, you block out crowd noise and everything else. you just play the game like back in high school, backyard football and go through your reads. i still made a couple of mistakes. the numbers are good but i still have a long way to go getting every down the way i want it to be. >> i think one thing a lot of pele may have forgotten if they didn't see you play at missouri on a regular basis which is hard becau

i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great monday. >> paul mccartney fans stuck in traffic got an apology from fedex field. there were a lot of frustrated fans saturday night because of long delays getting to the n last night, washington redskin officials apologized for any inconvenience the traffic backups caused fans. the team says part of the problem was that many of the concertgoers were unfamiliar with the stadium. most used only one exit -- entrance/exit. the redskins plan to work with state police to direct fans to different entrances in the future. >> say once they got there, they had a great time, though. >> i bet they did. especially if they were big fans already. >> time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> let's go to tom kierein now for weather. tom, good morning again. >> hey, barbara and keith. good morning. starting off this mob with a mostly clear sky. temperatures are pleasant, now 72 in washington, near 70 in the suburbs of montgomery, fairfax and prince george's counties. we cleared

i'm dan hellie. have a great thursday. >> coming up on 5:21. time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> we'll check in with meteorologist tom kierein in storm center 4. good morning. >> hey, good morning. the nationals and marlins are playing an afternoon game at nationals park, may be interrupted by some showers. we have some showers around this morning, so grab an umbrella before you head out the door. we have some scattered showers around northern virginia, west virginia, maryland, the district of columbia. where you see these areas of yellow and orange where it's coming down harder. on the eastern shore, some thunder and lightning, too. that's dissipating. temperatures are in the low and mid-70s around the region. now 74 in washington and on the eastern shore, low 70s, but it's cooler out in the mountains where the sky is beginning to clear out a bit. it's in the mid-60s there. all this rain associated with a weak area of low pressure heading north and east of us and may cause some minor flight delays around new york, boston, portland, main

dan hellie with more on this story. man, michael vick in nfc east, huh? >> it's surprising. to turn out at the eagles practice facility was the largest in years. nearly 100 media members and 200 camera hearing a soft-spoken and remorseful michael vick out on the field. he's back on the field after sevening 18 months in federal prison. the eagles say there will be no third chances for michael vick. if he screws up, he is gone. animal rights groups are already set to buy billboards next to the eagles stadium blasting vick and the headlines, "hide your dogs." as for vick, he's saying all the right things and very eeg ar to resurrect his career. >> i was wrong for what i did. at that point in time it was wrong and unnecessary and for the life of me to this day i can't understand why i was involved in such pointless activity and why did i risk so much at the pinnacle of my career. i was naive to a lot of things but i figure if i can help more animals than i hurt, i'm contributing. i doing my part. i think everybody deserves a second chanceknow, we all have d deal with certain thi

i'm dan hellie.ve a great friday. >> we're following a developing story out of northern california this morning. a wildfire that's burning near redding, california, has doubled in size. it's called the goose fire and it's now burning across 6,000 acres. firefighters say it's about 10% contained. in all, nearly 23,000 acres have been burned so far. more than 3,000 firefighters are battling this blaze. it that happens time of year out in california. we see a lot of those fires that -- they can probably use some rain out there, hmm, tom? >> another dry day there. here a dry day. there's the sunrise over the potomac river. right now temperature 65 in washington. our clock is stuck, by the way. it is 6:21. don't be alarmed. it's in the upper 50s in prince george's county and montgomery counties. near 60 in fairfax county. points west upper 50s. near the bay it's in the 60s. look at the dew points. they're just in the 50s. that is comfortably dry. dew point in washington now 56. highs today mid-80s with lo

. >>> let's check with dan hellie. he is le at redskins park. hi, dan. >> hey, eun and jim. it is almost over, believe it or not. training camp almost in the books. tomorrow officially the last day of camp. preseason game number two, though, right around the corner and it will be our first chance to see albert haynesworth. i don't know if nub said this yet but they are looking at him as perhaps the magic johnson of their defense. they say he can make every single person on that defense better and with that huge new $100 million contract, he should. i have got a chance to sit down with big alberta couple of days ago to talk about his contract. and a whole lot more. >> just a contract. and it is -- what i can make, you know, in seven years, it is not guaranteed. it is not handed to me. it is not in my bank account. so people who have my number, please don't call me asking me for money. >> tampa bay, true or false, offered you more to go there? >> they did. >> why didn't you go? >> because it ain't all about the money. i made good money in the last seven years. and, you know, i

dan hellie joins us live from redskins park. dan, i know it's so hot for you out there.i guess the heat wasn't too much for one inred wide receiver. >> yeah, lindsay. i believe you're talking about devon thomas. jim zorn is always good for at least one great quote a day. continues to see that devon thomas is ahead of malkin kelly for that number two receiver spot, which, of course, is the starting spot. not necessarily because he's better talent-wise, but because he is a better route runner right now. the problem is devon thomas has not been able to get back on the field at full sprength. this has been very interesting for devon thomas and santana mauz. both of them missing practice because of hamstring issues that have been bothering them for several days. thomas ran on the field for about half an hour after practice, all by himself, in the brutal heat. he says he wants to play against the ravens on thursday. he's not too worried about falling behind in that race for a starting receiver spot. >> i'm not concerned about that, man. you know, my main thing is to get back h

. >>> dan hellie joins with us a preview. big night, dan. >> michael vick says he can now move on with his lif with the bankruptcy hearing behind him. vick can focus on playing the game and repay the creditors. tonight vick will play in an nfl game for if first time since 2006. fresh from his hearing vick landed in philadelphia this afternoon where he will make his eagles debut in a preseason game against the jacksonville jaguars. vick will play and he will play early. how much he plays according to eagles head coach andy reid depends on how he actually reacts to real live game action. otball fans around the nation, very eager to see michael vick 2.0 has the same electricity as the original version. >> thanks, dan. >>> coming up on "news4 at 5:00," he is not answering. find out what topic d.c. mayor adrian fenty says is definitely off-limits. >>> a traffic trap. we will tell you when to avoid a closure on i-95. >>> i'm liz crenshaw. heading into trouble with your mortgage? how to deal with frustration of difying your mortgage.

dan hellie is at redskins park. don't tell me there is a quarterback controversy. >> oh, no, not even close. i was enjoying what you were doing there. >> i'm sure you were, dan. >> vance's pocket, square, o. that looks perfect today, mr. vanc >> i will lend it to you any time. >> we can talk about that again at 6:00. yes. last day of two-a-days out here at redskins park for t guys in the rookies -- rookies may be putting in a little extra time after practice. 12 of them taped up and doused with ice water so the feeling very good out here. at least from the players. big question is how does the head coach, jim zorn, feel? i recently got a chance to sit down with the head man and we chatted about everything. especially the man who counted on to lead his offense, jason campbell. that pair of second-year wide receivers he's counting on heavily this year. is it fair to say that this team will go as far as campbell will carry them? >> he's absolutely a key ingredient. you know, i would never rest a whole season on the one

dan hellie is at nationals park and that's where we join him live now. got to be an exciting day down there for you, dan. >> certainly the buzz of the ballpark now. very tense moments last night as they head to negotiate this contract down to the wire with the super agents scott boris who can be extremely difficult to work with at times. the man standing to my right is chuckling. this stan who is responsible for signing strasburg. noticed, stan, a skip in your step today. >> some people call me difficult, too. to be fair. it is a great moment for us. you know, the continuation of what we think we have been achieving this year, building blocks, we see the results now starting to come with a lineup we put together and young pitchers that are maturing and getting better and better. this, of course, has the potential to deliver us the rotation starter which every team need we couldn't be happier. >> i know this is perhaps the most hyped college baseball player of all time. there's month way, stan, that he lives up to the hype. however, he could be an all-star

a big team out there, dan hellie. >> you are right. the final dress rehearsal before the regular season starts. any time you play the patriots, a team that's won three super bowls in the last eight years, you know, it is going to be a tough game. the third game always -- closest to a real regular season game. so you can count on the fact that the starters will be in there for at least a half and maybe even a little more. offensively, the redskins searching important some consistency. and the end zone. they would love to score in this game any. something they have not done in terms much finding the end zone. wh the skins scored a point the whole gal. the second preseason game was better with the first team offense putting together a nice 15-play drive on the steelers. but the skins weren't able to punch it in. they had ttl sooreet a f field goal. now in preseason game number three, jim zorn would like to see his starters at least have the opportunity to do a touchdown dance. >> we controlled the ball a little bit last week. which was --

"news4 at 6:00" cont >>> dan healthy -- dan hellies that news of today. >> the dreaded two-a-days are almost over. tomorrow is the final official day of training camp. friday walk-through as they get ready for the game against the pittsburgh steelers. a very short special teams practice this afternoon. this morning, a practice that chris cooley missed because of back spasms. it is just the second practice he had missed since 2004. he is a warrior. phillip daniels missed practice because they drained fluid from his surgically repaired right knee. they wille ready to play on saturday. we are going to see all of the big dogs out there on sat kay and haynesworth will play against the steelers. portis will play against the steelers and santana moss will be playing against pittsburgh as well in that game at fedex field you can see right here on news4. we all know that portis will be fine watch prosecuting the sidelines in the preseason. the same cannot be said for his buddy santana moss after missing the ravens game as a precaution. moss will play with the first team offense and unlike for

. >>> let's go to dan hellie. she at redskins park. final day at two-a-day. >> everybody out here is so happy that the two-a-days are over. including a lot of people in the media. one short walk-through tomorrow and that's the final practice of training cam and then the steelers game is on saturday. the good news, no major injuries. the bad news, still waiting for the offense to get into a rhythm. jim zorn says in that saturday game against the steelers which is the second game of the preseason, he's going to play the offense until he sees productivity. that could mean they will be in the game until the second quarter. meanwhi meanwhile, the theme out here today, positivity. >> you come out in the morning, man. you see the sun. we had clouds this morning. really sad. it is the last two-a-day. so -- we have to get up and get going because the last -- last practice this afternoon. then we can say bye-bye for two-a-days for a whole year. it will be great. we are ready to go. >> do you crack open a nice big lemonade or beer, sit in the hot

we begin with dan hellie. he is in baltimore. big dogs. >> hey, guys. monotony of training camp over for at least a day or two as the redskins open up the preseason here in baltimore. we are going to get a quick look at the starters on offense and defense. some of the big guns on both sides of the ball probably not going to play. clinton portis, albert haynesworth, santana moss. all probably going to sit this one out. they are not going to be seeing the field at all tonight. albert haynesworth, the redskins new $100 man is going to play in the preseason but will be used sparingly. blatche giving him the night off. blatche very anxious to see his rookie, brian orakpo the he looked great during training camp despite learning a new position. playing in a game, even a preseason game for some of the young guys, going to be a whole lot different from practice at redskins park. >> you mess up thursday night, the announceler talk about it for another 10, 15 minutes. the fans are going the talk about it and talk about it at the barbershop the next day. cost you