donald trump says dave owens will not be fired. i'm happy, guys. >> i'm glad he has a hat so that hair was hid hidden. >> was it orange? >> it was red today. nick, 16 under. tiger woods second at 1400. >> and watney is the defending champion. he knows this event well. >> when the pros play, they are learning. this is a big mr. speaker practice for them. >> there is no parking on the grounds here at congressional. there are several places you can park, however. it's going to cost you some money. one of them is the gaithersburg fair grounds. also vip parking close to congressional. there's only 125 spots available because that is walking distance to the course. >> they sell out quickly. also, the rock spring parking lot at the corner of fernwood road in bethesda. that's already sold out for friday. so your only option tomorrow is the county fair grounds in gaithersburg. that will cost you $7 a day and that lot is closed over the weekend. plenty of parking available in rock spring for saturday and sunday. again, the price at both loca

all this month our dave owens has been introducing us to veterans using golf to heal. this morning we meet corey. >> i broke three vertebrae in my back, two compression fractures, ten ribs, collapsed lung. i'm just getting by. >> reporter: just getting by. that's right for corey as he goes through grueling rehab at walter reed. the day he was wounded still fresh in his mind. november 13, 2011. >> it's kind of a days at first -- a daze at first. after the initial blast it takes a second to come around. but at that point i was actually more worried about my crew. >> reporter: not surprising it was always his m.o. to think of others. so it's also not a surprise that while he's working to get better, he wants to go back to afghanistan. >> absolutely. absolutely in a heart beat. >> reporter: wow. >> that's actually when i got here to walter reed, the first thing i asked the doctor is when can i go back. >> reporter: ferris won't be rejoining his band of brothers but golf helps divert attention away from the battlefield. >> as long as you're hitting the ball well, you can re

sports is next. >>> and now 9 sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> reporter: back here at congressional country club, at&t getting underway officially tomorrow. we'll talk more golf in a second, but first redskins and robert griffin, iii, of course, most of the news following this guy since he was drafted in d.c. has been relatively squeaky clean, that until today. a man in waco, texas, was arrested for trying to extort the redskins quarterback. fbi agents arrested richard khamir hurd after he took monday friday night from an undercover agent. hurd claims he had embarrassing was in on griffin and threatened to reveal it if he wasn't paid. what the information was, we don't know it. hurd a walk-on basketball player at baylor in 2004 will be in federal court in three days. >>> you guys saw me out on the course today. it was pretty ugly. i suppose tiger woods and the rest of the field will do a lot better than i did, especially woods. of course, he won this tournament in 2009, the last time it was here. lots going on since then for woods, though. something that hasn't chan

mike hydeck and dave owens will have a recap of each day's events. the tournament gets under way on june 25. >>> our time is coming up 06:08. journalist robin roberts says she got a rare disease because of chemotherapy. in four minutes whether other women undergoing chemo should worry. >>> howard says the rain is gone so what kind of weather is moving in? the forecast is next here on 9news now. >>> it will be much more comfortable as drier air moves in. breezy, too. high temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. full seven-day forecast coming up. >>> i'm happy to say on the inbound of i-66 other than the slow traffic inbound at the beltway, task lanes are open on 66 -- traffic lanes are open on 66. in my next report we'll take a look at 95 in virginia at 6:17. >>> gmaco-anchor robin roberts has started pretreatment for mda, a disease of the bone and blood marrow. when she made the announcement monday, she said the illness was a direct result of the chemotherapy she received five years ago to fight her breast cancer. should other women getting chemo

it was a wonderful evening and dave owens, that shirt just fit him so well. tailor made.orgeous that it was. we just had a wonderful time at the howard theatre, a beautiful venue for the event, too. >> the renovations were stunning. >> the first time a lot of us had been there. i heard from a woman who asked what my last memory was of the howard. she was talking about when she saw james brown on stage. it brought out a lot of good memories for loot of people mo -- lot of people who attended and we started new memories for them. jane and barbara, you rock. >>> 6:49. time to get the answer to our question of the morning. the question was one more time, most american couples say this one thing has improved their romance in their homes. is it a, the dvr, b, the smartphone, or c, separate beds? >> i guess this makes sense. the answer is a, the dvr. >> apparently arguing over the remote was a bigger deal than we had known. >> you can concentrate now on knowing it's going to be recorded. >>> jessica is off today but we're still saving you money with our daily deals. to save or n

dave owens joins us now with what's caused the last minute scratch. dave, so many people so disappointed. what the heck happened? >> shocker, derek. that's the only word i can say. think of the enormous and timing of it because race fans were thinking okay in, about 24 hours we're going to potentially see the first triple crown winner in 34 years. well, that's going to have to wait. i'll have another says i won't have another. that's because after galloping this morning and then she was brought into the stall. the handlers noticed swelling in the left front leg, not life threatening but enough to give everyone pause and make the decision, which nobody wanted to, do to hold him out of the belmont. his trainer doug o'neill trying to encapsulate the emotion and give it some perspective, too. >> so it's far from tragic. no one died or anything like that, but it's extremely disappointing and i feel so sorry for the whole people. we've had such an amazing run. >> yeah, amazing run. of course, we won't see the final leg of that triple down. tendonitis is the

dave owens from channel 9 will not be fired. did you hear that? >>> okay. so here are some key times on day one. dustin johnson, davis love iii hunter mahan tee off at 10:00. kyle receiver at 8:52. kjchoi, nick watney and tiger woods at 12:50 and jason day and jim furyk at 1:02 also on the first. >>> we are going to head out live for the at&t national in our next hour to preview this morning's start of the tournament. >>> plus a company of nearby beaches get top ratings when it comes to allegeness. here's monika. >>> right now it is close to a 10. that is because traffic volumes are light. here's what it looks like if you are planning to head to the university. things look great through silver springs into bethesda. coming up a loo look at -- look at area roads >>> good morning. i'm jessica doyle in for mike haiduk. >>> a good day, but olga breese is going to kick it off with weather first. >> if you have ac, that is going to be a good thing. we are headed for some heat today. we have a little bit of a break yesterday. today's temperatures are going to be a

that was dave owens celebrating the one time he got it into the cup there. every day this week dave and mike will have coverage from bethesda. catch them during 9news now at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. and starting wednesday, we'll have a live report from bethesda every morning as well as tournament specials every night after 9news now at 11:00. >> definitely a good time to be had by all. >>> the time right now is 6:38. howard says we're going to have scattered storms today. >> highs will be in the mid- 80s. straight ahead when the hot and humid weather and some triple ding digit -- triple digits will come back. [ male announcer ] this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now monday morning edition at 6:42. monika is out. i'm beverly farmer checking your ride. we'll start out checking out the ride out of

. >> that was our own dave owens reporting. hernandez serves as deputy director of warrior family coordination center. he helps military members get the behavioral help services they need when they need it. he has also been invited to play at the at&t national. join us for special coverage every night after 9news now at 11:00. mike and dave owens will have a recap of each day's events. our live coverage begins on monday, june 25. >>> this is 9news now. >> the head of the largest bank in the country came to capitol hill today. jamie diamond answered questions about those bad bets that turned into billions of dollars in losses. daniel nottingham reports, now some executives may be giving back their pay. >> capital police escorted protesters out of the hearing room when the ceo of j.p. morgan chase came to explain how his bank lost more than $2 million. jamie diamond apologized. but said he wants congress to put it in perspective. >> no client, customer, or taxpayer money was impact the by this event. >> senators asked diamond why

. >> reporter: dave owens, 9news now. >> oh man, you know, we should play the game that went faster than what you could do. that sums it all the way up. by the way, a very early day for them, finishing just two under. they had an up and down day. he was at even par. >> man, you know, it will go to the mild here. and that's right, we have the at&t national clubhouse report coming up right after 9news now at 11:00. join me and all of us from the washington post. we have highlights, a lot of the player interviews and a look for tomorrow's round. >> in the meantime, the heat is playing a role in what is going on here today. we'll talk about how it is affecting the fans who need to struggle so much more than the players do. we'll talk about it. >>> eric holder is voting largely along the party lines to the republicans voting for the citations and the democrats were all voting against it. now, it all stands from a dispute over the documents that the house would like to review and that ericed holder, he has refused to turn over. but the documents, they will relate to a botched gun tracking oper

and the word on the streets is the caps are ready to make a >>> and now 9 sports with dave owens, thet sports in town. >> battle of the belt ways has been trending northward lately. baltimore lead the all time series. both teams have far exceeded expectations. first place nats versus second place orioles. didn't think you would be saying that. there is our first sighting of a bryce harper clown question t-shirt. second inning, reynolds tells zimmerman that is a clown pitch. 1-0. it's only 1-0. but zimmerman doesn't get a lot of runs. mark reynolds, uh-oh, the orioles have committed the most errors in baseball with stuff like that. score is tied. in the 5th, tardy masked man. it makes it 2-1. jim johnson good save and a beauty. baltimore taking game one of the beltway series 2-1. >> he's been doing that all year long. he's pitched great. we just haven't been scoring for him. i mean, we hit the ball hard with runners on and just game up with zel of. >> let's talk a -- zilch. >> let's talk a little hockey. the caps coaching search has been quiet. it's been more than a month since dale hu

. >>> and now, 9sports with dave owen. the best sports in town. >> been a record setting year for the nats franchise, best record through the month of may. best record through 61 games and fans have responded as well. you remember take back the park. fans have come and taken back the park. tonight, yankees in town. this thing is huge, folks, especially for franchise that hasn't had a lot of success. they have another chance to showcase how much they have improved. this is that chance. tonight is the night. the yankees are in town, which means big stage, bright lights, national exposure. >> tops the al east, top of the nl east and i feel like those are the two best divisions in baseball. so you know, it's fun for everyone. >> it's fun coming in and playing, hall of fame caliber guys and you know, just a blessing to be out here playing these guys and it's going to be a will the of fun. >> that's bryce harper, he has been the talk of this team. the talk of this town, ever since he came up from the minors. 7 for his last 13, i

. >> every day this week dave owens and mike hydeck will have coverage from bethesda. you'll be able to see their reports on 9news now at 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and then starting wednesday we will have a live report from bethesda every morning. and a tournament special every evening after 9news now at 11:00 p.m. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, tropical storm debby is causing problems for arizona and florida. we're going to take a look at some of the damage when we come back. >>> we want to go back to one of our top stories today. the supreme court issued a major ruling this morning in the case of arizona's top immigration law. and so with me now is immigration attorney tonight moores to talk about it. >> justice roberts joined justice kennedy along with the three left leaning justices as they're so known so for a 5-3 decision and justice alito agreed with the majority on two of the provisions as well. so really there is a 7-2 decision on most of the cases. justice scalia came out with i'd say a fairly bizarre dissent where he says that the congress does no

dave owen introduces us to a way to change that trend. >> here, the uniforms aren't always uniform. there are also stark reminders. they made their share of mistakes. >> they are convicted of crimes. some of them have done time. >> they are getting another chance. he is helping them. he create add sports league for alternative education students with his own money. >> i just feel like it's my purpose in life. >> the only one of its kind in the district. >> just giving hope. >> an idea born out of pain and suffering. his good friend and talented athlete couldn't stay out of the streets and he died because of it. so cornish pledged to save as many souls as we could. he recruits on the street. >> this is where i do street league. >> some of the toughest neighborhoods. >> and talk about how you use this to bring in the youth. >> the street league as a recruiting tool to link and enroll them in a program. >> and they can't play unless they keep up attendance standards. he says when he's on the court, any troubles he might be having off the court just quote, go away and for antwan jackson

. >>> now, 9sports with dave owen. the best sports in town. >> heat indexes up to 109 degrees today. players hoping they are in the morning session so they can take advantage of some of the cooler temperatures and some of the slower playing conditions. tiger woods, one of those guys kicking it off in the am. had a nice eagle on his front nine, but his back nine didn't start well after missing the fareway. he couldn't convert this put for par, so he fell back to even. he did rally in the stretch. a birdie on his 17th hole. one of two on his back nine. wood shot a 68, finished two under on the day. man of the afternoon was hunter tearing up the course in the afternoon. birdie 5 holes on the front nine. finished up seven under. so let's hear from some of those major players. fellas, speak. >> just one of those days where just be patient. choose something, that would have been a good score and shot 68 today, which was, i thought was a very good score. >> i thought it played yesterday. i think the fareways were slower yeste

. >> dave owens joins us as we put together the pieces on this one. >> reporter: these court documentsd affidavit detail a series of exchanges between a former baylor student athlete and federal investigators. now, those investigators say richard hurd was attempting to commit a crime against robert griffin, iii. robert griffin, iii's name is now being leaked to an unseemly case involving a former baylor basketball player. richard hurd was arrested friday for attempting to extort the quarterback. according to a sworn affidavit, hurd contacted griffin's agent and told him he had, quote, derogatory information about one of his clients. the affidavit does not mention griffin by name, but authorities confirm it is the heisman trophy winner. hurd said he intended to release the information to the media unless griffin paid him a substantial amount of money. surprising? one says not really. >> when the guy's in a public eye like rg3 has been and he's been in as public a position as anybody in the history of sports over the course of the last year, who went from relative unknown to heisman trop

. >>> and now 9 sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> think about all the things that havesince 1978. soviet union collapsed, berlin wall fell, first black u.s. president, lots going on in 34 years, but no horse has been able to win the triple crown in that time this. year looked like a good chance until about, oh, 4 1/2 hours ago. after a morning gallop i'll have another experienced swelling in the front and left leg and was put into a thorough inspection and doctors recommended the horse not run, tendonitis the official medical diagnosis dashing the hopes of this year's triple crown. >> we did an easy gallop today. i thought he looked great and then cooling out you could tell that welling was back and at that -- swelling was back and at that point i didn't feel very good. it is a bummer but far from tragic, but it is very disappointing. >> i'll have another is the first horse since 1936 to win the first two legs of the triple crown and did not run the last leg. close calls happen a lot. this is the 12th time a horse has won the first two legs but not the last big round in

. >>> and now, 9 sports with dave owen. the best sports in town. >> well, all this talk about the nats having arrived, davey johnson was asked about it today. his answer, we haven't done anything yet. we have to show fans we can win games consistently, like that team in the other dugout. that team in the other dugout, they are the yankees. pretty good. 41, 406. third largest crowd of the season. first inning, bryce harper hash tag, get your shirt dirty and rob mark teixeira. how about that? first inning keeps it scoreless with beautiful work. alex rodriguez does damage with the small ball. jeter comes in to score. rbi number 1954 for a-rod. 9th inning, curtis granderson, that's big ball. solo shot, yankees roll. explain why. >> that's what happens. we had opportunities, we just didn't capitalize. on base early in the ball game. i guess didn't deliver. it's baseball. >> it is baseball. baltimore still hanging in, in the al east. 6th inning, simmons from the netherlands. i think this ball is headed to the netherlands. gone, a

. >>> and now, 9sports with dave owens. the best sports in town. >> after rory mcllroy made a congressional eat dust at last year's u.s. open. you had a feeling they would go to work on this year's field. they did. how tough is this course? less than half the field. the first six holes are playing 950 over par. put that in your mind. tiger has been good in that stretch. not today. first hole, bogey. third hole, bogey. watch this shorty. the announcer said, you've got to be kidding me. woods went from the lead to three strokes back. here's a great story. beau is an amateur. the guy has braces on, he's 18. tied for 8th. it's a wide open field, ernie els, he likes birds, but eagles. watch that, pops it up and drops it. he is tied for 4th. john peterson, i'll tell you, this course has been so tough, we had to show you this. 23 years old, tip of the cap to you young fella. hole in one, then the fist pump. the tiger of old, steady as he goes. back to tiger, 75 assessing the damage. >> i just didn't to make the pars. i kept leavin

. >>> and now 9 sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> steven strasburg goes to boston.sounds like a movie. sort of ironic, though. premiere pleasant day flame throwers visits the house of the best power pitcher of the previous area. talking about rogers clemons. legal troubles notwithstanding. take a look. there is the hurler right there. harper in the 4th. he rocked them. oh, oh, oh. uh-oh. there goes the hammer. [ laughing ] >> his 6th of the year. strasburg cruising to the 6th. he wins again. season high 19 pitches. nats win their first game ever at fenway park 7-4. good stuff. orioles with a tough one too. phillies in town. 4th inning shane victoreno getting the ball to hawaii. that's a solo shot. orioles a game out after losing this one 9-6. derek mcginty is going to love this one. redskins players out in the community visiting various locations. today's stop in chantilly. the running back hung out with chris neil. but no matter where you go, no redskins can escape an rg3 question. a rookie was asked whether he gave griffin any advice on acclimating to the pro game

. >>> and now 9 sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> tampa bay rays will leave town after tonight's game and good riddance, guys. it's been a couple days of glove inspection espionage to the highest degree. not really, but it's provided for some weird and sometimes even funny antics. we all know about the incident from a few nights ago. last night right before stras was about to pitch the home plate ump walked out and asked for the ball. so you're thinking oh, oh, here we go. turns out rays didn't ask for an inspection. instead the ump simply wanted to change out baseballs after stras threw a warm-up in the dirt. davey johnson got a laugh out of it. >> stras was getting ready to undress. he took his glove off. he had everything. no, i just want the ball. tim came in and everybody was making -- he's taking everything off and search him. >> good stuff. speaking of joel peralta, he was suspended eight games by major league baseball because of all that good on his mitt. batters can use pine tar to keep the bat from slipping, but pitchers cannot. >>> in five hours a particular

. >>> and now 9 sports with dave owens, the best sports in town. >> the washington wizards are to basketballhat the nats were to baseball up until last season, not good, not relevant. so how do they change that? wizards gm ernie grunfeld has recently said the wizards are on track, but it's maybe his way of saying we need to week you're plan a little bit. little bit. rashard lewis was traded for okafor and ariza is a good defender. youth is nice, but grunfeld says you got to have experience, too. >> there's a lot of discussions at this time of year about a lot of different things. we felt like we needed to add some veterans to the roster and we were able to do that with this move. >> we're taking the discussion to the web. join us after the newscast for a 9 sports web chat. tweet your reaction to at daveowens wusa. a. >>> when a guy throws a baseball, you put your fingers in certain places and cork your wrist a certain way all so the ball can do stuff like this. better the grip, the more the ball does that. at least that's what wikipedia says. what was joe peralta up to last night? last night

tonight dave owens introduces us to sergeant dewitt osborne. >> we always talk about our friends that killed or us getting severely wounded, but we never talk about the guy that we killed. >> reporter: few can man dewitt osborne's mental -- imagine dewitt osborne's mental anguish. >> it haunts me every day. >> reporter: couple that with the physical injuries sustained in baghdad when a vehicle he was driving hit a roadside bomb. >> six titanium anchors in my right shoulder, a plate in my pirate foot and two prosthetic vertebrae -- right foot and two prosthetic vertebrae. >> reporter: it equaled pain and depression. >> i ballooned up to 218 pounds. >> reporter: because he couldn't exercise, something he says killed three of his friends who were trying to recover with him. >> something told me i needed to do something. >> reporter: a friend of his introduced him to golf. >> i never had a club in my hand. >> reporter: but he kept swinging and swinging and swinging. >> it gave me a sense of accomplishment. so i started to slowly come out of that dark depression. i had something in my hand

dave owens, 9news now. >> hurd was in a texas courtroom monday afternoon and released after an initial hearing. a waco television station reports bond was set at $25,000 but hurd was released without posting it. >>> at 6:14, let's get a check on some other news making news this morning. more than 35,000 customers in the tampa bay area are without power because of tropical storm debby. it's parked itself off the florida coast and could dump two feet of rain by the end of the week. >> search and rescue teams will begin sifting through the ruckle of a -- rubble after mall in ontario, canada. one person is confirmed dead. 22 others were hurt. >>> we're just getting in these live pictures from reston, virginia. this is gate hill place. a three-alarm fire there has forced dozens of people out of their apartments. fortunately no one was hurt. that is a lot of damage. >> look at the structure on the right hand side as you're looking at your screen. completely gone. >>> howard bernstein is here. he has some better news for us. today's forecast is delightful. >> it is. earlier i said it was the

dave owens got actually a one on one look. what do they do? >> reporter: tiger woods himself said this course was going to be incredibly demanding. 7,569 yards worth of challenge, so we in the sports department decided what exactly are those changes and what if a normal stiff like me wanted to play it, what would be it like? well, take a look. so you're a hack golfer like me and want to play the blue course on the at&t national at congressional. good luck. >> is it challenging. >> reporter: oh. some of those challenges put in place from last year's u.s. open. for example, 523-yard finishing hole. >> for the average golfer it's pretty narrow and it's visually intimidating. >> reporter: intimidating, that's for sure and this one here on 18 isn't even one of the toughest. you go to the 6th hole and that fairway pretty narrow, less than 20 paces wide. so let's go there. what's 20 paces wide mean for a below average golfer like me? >> if you hit it in the rough, you've got absolutely zero chance. >> and we're in the woods. >> reporter: golf course

. >> dave owens was braving the heat today. he got a very nice hat. you get that hat and these shorts, you have yourself an outfit. >> tracking down tiger who had a nighs day. >> it could have been better. this hat will make an appearance in this story. tiger woods keeping saying this course is u.s. open-like. so who got the better of it today, folks? tiger or the course? the answer, a little bit of both. that's the sound you heard a lot on woods' day two. he was close, he was almost. >> it's just one of those days where, just be patient. >> he strolled to the first t box, his 10th of the day, with an eagle in his pocket. he immediately gave that back. >> i have gotten, maybe two or three lives where i felt good about it. the rest, i have been trying to figure out, do i lay up or take a chance? >> two birdies, including this shorty on the 8th. >> 68 today, which was, i thought was a very good score. i'm only 3 back. >> for now. weather will play a factor in where he stands. today, woods went out as part of the early group when conditions were cooler.

dave owens was there. there's derek looking wonderful in the pink ties you had. we really had a wonderful time. it was so good because the purpose was not just to be there and be seen but raising money and awareness. we did that last night and we thank everyone who came. we even had a guest jeff neil from the national breast cancer foundation who came from texas to join and celebrate and to meet some of the other people in the washington, d.c. area. so it was great. just mark your calendar for all of next year and be ready to come. >> if it gets any bigger because it's gotten bigger every year, we'll have to move it to the verizon center because it was packed. some of the redskins were there. the food was great. don't miss it next year. >> a good time and a good cause. >>> nats manager david johnson gets -- [indiscernible] >>> one of the miami heat's lesser known players comes through in the clutch. highlights next in sports. >> let's take another look at the question of the morning. most american couples say this one thing has improved romance in their home. is

. >> dave owens is going to be pretty in pink. >> and of course andrea is always pretty in pink. >> so come on down. >> very exciting. >>> the time right now is 5:07. president obama is having side meetings with his russian counterpart as -- at the g20 summit. >>> jerry sandusky could take the stand in his own defense against dozens of child sex abuse charges. >> pitcher roger clemens walked out of court a free man after cleared of charges that he lied about using steroids. >>> we've got temperatures this morning in the 60s. we will have a sprinkle or to this morning and maybe a shower or storm this afternoon. it's going to be much warmer than it has been, at least yesterday with highs in the mid to possibly upper 80s. we'll have full microphone and seven-day forecast the next time i see you. here's monika samtani. >>> getting word of an accident on the southbound side of the bw parkway after route 202 and an ongoing accident with cleanup in mt. rainier at route 1. i'm have more on that situation coming up in my next report at 5:17. >>> making w at 5:10, today the g20 world leaders are

it's all part of our coverage of the at&t national golf tournament and our own military veteran dave owenss here to tell us more about ramone padilla. >> that's right, ladies. this is the third profile we've done. some of the themes we've seen include golf empowerment and the importance of family support. padilla embodies all that and more. did you know he once stood side by side with the world's no. 1 golf player and outshined him? pa hill da's journey is quite a story. padilla's journey is quite a story. it was almost three years ago, but he remembers it well. >> it was unbelievable. >> that's ramone padilla teeing off with tiger woods in the 2009 at&t national. >> i still remember, hit it right down the middle and my claim to fame was outdriving tiger woods while he looked a little bit left in the rough. technically i was in the middle. >> technicalities aside it was the culmination of a comeback. padilla's arm was severed by an explosive round in afghanistan. he sustained also a brain injury. the man who prided himself in taking care of others all of a sudden couldn't do it for himself

dave owens explains in our morning sports. >>> good morning. denver, colorado where pitchers' eras go to die. high altitude affects the flight of the ball. it's been scientifically proven that baseballs slide 10% further in denver than at sea level. so you learned something this morning. the high altitude wasn't hurting stephen strasburg. he was cruising still this scary incident in the 6th. >> it sounded like -- >>-- >> strasburg nailing scutaro with a fastball. he remained conscious and was able to walk off. you could tell stras was shaken up. colorado tacked on another run in the next inning. rockies beat the nats 4-2. >> at&t national, all eyes on tiger woods of course today. he was the 2009 champion of the event, itself last time the tournament was here. woods says he loves congressional and the d.c. area. jim furyk will be here. interesting side note. his caddy is a member at congressional so we will see if jim furyk can show his stuff as he has done here before. of course, we're going to be wall to wall with tiger and at&t. live team cov

our dave owens just might know. that's right. we here in the 9 sport department had to go through family circles to do this. turns out if success has anything to do with comfort, then griffin has a leg up. that's because part of his inner circle lives nearby. sifting through newspaper clippings and magazines -- >> thank god to let me see this. >> reporter: -- proudly showing off her grandson's presidential picture. >> he always said one day he was going to be go. >> reporter: julie allen, robert griffin, iii's grandmother who lives in richmond said she'll gladly answer to the nickname rg3 g. >> the whole attention family, everybody is proud of him and i love him to death. >> reporter: griffin is donning burgundy and gold made possible by a blockbuster trade of draft picks to the st. louis rams. rg3g says she knew then her grandson would be living close to her. >> i walk like i own the world. >> reporter: with his newfound fame as the face of a football franchise comes responsibility and most likely fortune. grandma jokes that she

here's dave owens with the rest of your morning sports. >>> good morning, everybody. no more glove espionage. down to the business of trying to win a series last night which prior to the yankees coming to town was something the nats did with regularity. so a rubber match beckoned the last evening. check this out, guys. redskins fans will like this. darrell green is a flamethrower. the minister of defense looking good. then in the fifth, ian desmond says no, no, no, i'm the minister of defense. how about the glove work and spin. 2-1. later joe piralto, he played last night after serving a suspension for using pine tar. nats take the series with the 5- 2 win. they're in first place by three and a half games. good news also before the game g.m. mike rizza said -- [ inaudible ] -- yesterday we found out that storin is going to face hitters tomorrow at live batting practice. he said, quote, i'm making problem every day, no pain. congrats to d.c. united ben any olson. he was selected to lead the mls all-stars against the champions on july 25 in chester, pennsylvania. he had