pretty cool for davy johnson. a nice nugget for davy johnson.be tonight he'll get his first win as nats skipper. >> what time is the game, and is the stadium filling up? >> the stadium is filling up. just after 7:00 is the first pitch. the nats lost three out on the road in anaheim. so they want to get davy johnson a win. and also want to turn things around and get the bats going again. >> well, they got a good night for it. nice out there. >> see you back here at 6:00. >> a good baseball night. >>> after the break, another abrupt interruption in the casey anthony case. we are heading back down to orlando. >>> and for all your news, you can foul news4 online. >>> prosecutors getting their last turn with the jury in the casey anthony trial in florida. the final counter argument was delayed today because of more legal battles with the defense team. jay gray has the story from orlando. >> no, i am not. >> reporter: more legal bickering began friday's proceedings and clearly tested the patience of just perry. >> i hope this is a real problem and not

but the big news tonight, davy johnson trying to get his first win in a washington nationals uniform ter going 0 for 3 on the west coast. and davy, oh, yeah, he is ready to go. >> what a great night for baseball. >> it's beautiful. >> sitting out in the park. eating all that nasty food that you got. >> i want to have a good hamburger. >> and who cares. >> and a three-day weekend ahead of you. >> enjoy your work, hakem. >> we'll see you later. >>> coming up next, a pregnant woman who couldn't wait until she got to the hospital, and neither >>> for the holiday weekend, a lot of people like to cook their own food and enjoy it in their own backyard. but trip to the supermarket could cost a bit more. nbc's chris clackum explains. >> reporter: not even the july 4th barbecue is immune from the dreaded economic forces of nature. the national retail federation says the cost of the cookout is up 12%. from $54 last year to $61 this year. all the cookout staples are higher, even the charcoal, lighter fluid and propane to fire up the grill. and yes, even the beer. >> you have these raw materials t

davie johnson sends matt stairs to the plate. batting .132 this season with runners on the corners and the 43-year-old canadian comes up clutch. wa walkoff win for the nats. davie johnson gets his first victory and stairs gets a pie in the face. here's a happy skipper. >> feels great. i've got a great group of guys out there and i thought we were going to score a bunch of runs today. we were swinging the bats better. but it was a great game. loved every minute of it. >> you get in the situation where you want to drive the ball hard and i got a pitch to hit and it was a good feeling. >> a lot of fun at the ballpark. to atlanta, the braves hosting the orioles and, yes, sir, that is one fine hat. super style point for adam jones. no score in the fourth. guthrie delivers to freeman, drives it to the deepest part of the park, but check out jones. simply glovely. he says thank you very much, my friend. bottom six, still no score. jason hayward up with a man on. adam jones not going to catch this one. crushes it for a two run homer. the

it's not the first time that davie johnson was in uniform in washington, it just so happens it was 40 years ago. and now four decades later, davie is back. he'll manage his first home game for the team tonight and still seeking his first win as the boys went out to anaheim. and the fact of the matter is johnson is only committed to manage the nats till the end of this season. did he get the players to buy into him, knowing that he may be a short timer. >> my job is to see that we keep getting better. i answer problems on the field and help guys establish so that whatever happens after this season, there's very few question marks with this ball club whether it's me or somebody else. >> diplomatic answer. >> reporter: one incentive is that he would have this guy back, steven stranberg continuing his rehab. he started throwing curveballs. that will test his surgically repaired elbow. he could make a rehab start next month. and for the pirates in town, that means that tom -- gets to take on the team that he pitched for from 2005 to 2009. he'll face charlie more tonight. >>> to the hockey,

. >> reporter: skipper davie johnson will manage his first game tonight. his thoughts including what the heck is wrong with jayson werth. that is coming up when 9 news now continues after this [ kate ] if this icelandic mud could work wonders on my skin, imagine what it could do for my business. now, i just had to figure out a way to get it back to the states. so i called john, my citibank small business expert. [ john ] kate, how are you? [ kate ] he got me a line of credit and together we made it happen. now, my spa has more business than ever. ...and so does our cleaning crew. [ male announcer ] at citibank, we believe small business is a big deal. what's your story? citibank can help you write it. >>> and breaking news out of the district. this video has just come into our newsroom of a rowhouse fire. the fire broke out in the 900 block of decatur street northwest. and we don't know of anyone that is injured. but we'll continue to follow the story and bring you any other updates as we get them. >>> the fourth of july is deep in patriotism and one that

davy johnson may be 68 but he has the nerve of a 28-year-old. gutsy move that won the nats the ball game. >>> there's the slip >> the yankees don't bunt a lot. when you're the yankees and you hit 8 million home runs, you don't need to bunt, but the nationals need to bunt, and even when they screw up the bunt, they need to bunt again. nats and cubs tonight. you won't see ryan zimmerman bunting much because he can do this. vaporizes the fastball homer. davy johnson calls a suicide squeeze, but wilson ra mos misses the sign, swings away, almost kills michael morris coming from third. davy doesn't like it, so what's he done do? calls it again. this time does it perfectly. the nationals 5-4 win it. in texas, os and rangers and, jeffrey guthry two out and one on. the 0s fall 13-5. really, they've dropped 8 of 9. >>> in the history of the nhl, 2056 players have hailed from the provence of ontario. you know how many came from maryland? four. and only one, jeff haprin lived the dream of playing for his home-town team, is back. he rejoined the team this w

davy johnson may be 68 but he has the nerve of a 28-year-old. the gutsy move that won the nats the ball game. >>> there's the slip 'n slide and you'll see why it neither slipped nor slid, next. [ female announcer ] keurig brews more than just hot coffee. now you can brew over ice for delicious iced coffee or tea. hot or cold, keurig is the way to brew everyone's favorite cup in under a minute. choose. brew. enjoy. keurig. >> the yankees don't bunt a lot. when you're the yankees and you hit 8 million home runs, you don't need to bunt, but the nationals need to bunt, and even when they screw up the bunt, they need to bunt again. nats and cubs tonight. you won't see ryan zimmerman bunting much because he can do this. vaporizes the fastball homer. davy johnson calls a suicide squeeze, but wilson ra mos misses the sign, swings away, almost kills michael morris coming from third. davy doesn't like it, so what's he done do? calls it again. this time does it perfectly. the nationals 5-4 win it. in texas, os and rangers and, jeffrey guthry two out and on

nationals opening up an 11 game home stand last night and davie johnson making his home debut as natsanager. bottom nine, tied at one. he sends matt stairs to the plate to pinch hit. with runners on the corners, he comes up clutch. drives one deep to right. ball game, walkoff win. the nats beat the pirates 2-1 and improve their record to 41-41 and davie johnson gets his first win. in atlanta, jason hayward hit a two run home run. the braves blank the orioles 4-0. baltimore has lost four straight. day one of free agency in the nhl. caps trade varlomov to the avalanche for a first round pick in next year's draft and a second round pick in either the 2012 or 2013 draft. the 23-year-old varlomov appeared in 59 regular season games and 19 postseason games for the caps. varly gone and gordon signing with phoenix. for new guys, halpern return and he brings with him hamrlik and joel ward is signed to a four year deal. elsewhere, former caps forward signs with the flyers. and in tennis, sharapova in the wimbledon final. you can see the match at 9:00 a.m. here on nbc 4. that's your sports minut

yesterday, the nationals gave davie johnson the best gift issue a win in his debut and today back to business, the first double header since the 19th century and that is a log time. the nats and pirates, game one. here we go. the bottom of the 7th and this is desmond, a swing and miss for stroke 3 or not? and johnson comes out to argue with the home plate umpire. the catcher didn't catch it and no dice, he moves on. the next batter, pink for livan herandez and with the ultimate revenge. a long ball to right center and a solo homer, game tied 2-2. in the top of the 8th, the former pirate couldn't keep it tied and would surrender back-to- back home runs including this one by andrew mccutchen, the nationals fall to the pirates 5- 3 and davey johnson weighs in on burnet. >> that has to be his spot and no clip. and i can't, you know, i can't -- on that and subpoena's got to get it doney and i feel confident. >> and we pick up game two in the bottom of the 8th. the nationals trail 3-2 and ramos to bat, a swing and miss. the pinch runner stealing 3rd and that is into foul territory, scoring

plus, nats' manager, davy johnson takes the heat for last night's meltdo >>> project maryland really got clobbered today with all of the rain that fell. severe flooding in the downtown streets. a number of road closures there, including market street, patrick street, parts of u.s. 15, too. officials are asking people in that area to stay off the roads. >>> nasa's final shuttle mission is under way now. "atlantis" lifted off from cape canaveral this morning, expected to spend 12 days in space before returning to earth. >>> the latest unemployment report shows that only 18,000 jobs were added in june. the figure is way lower than what analysts expected. president obama blamed a variety of factors, including government budget cuts that slashed nearly 40,000 jobs. republicans say the report only strengthens their resolve to fight tax hikes as a way to reduce the deficit. >>> we're learning more about a deadly crash on the beltway during yesterday's evening commute. >> one man was killed. several other people were injured when a driver veered on to a shoulder in beltsville and then hit a

. >> manager davy johnson and his first win as nats skipper last night. today the nats trying to provide some more fireworks in the first game of a doubleheader against the pirates. let's go to the ballpark. a pirate outfit not complete without a hat and a parrot. lovely. top first, no score. garrett jones at the plate. hernandez ropes it down the first baseline. chase comes around to score. 1-0 pirates just like that. they would eventually take a 2-0 lead in the first. top five, james mcdonald with the bunt. levo chases it down. the flip to first, like it's no big deal, with his glove. we go to the bottom of the seventh. still 2-1. this is what i call fresh. rick takes that pitch to right field and gone. ties the game at 2. and the fans, oh, yeah, they love it, giving high fives. the players high five too. happiness all around at nats park today. until the top of the eighth. sean burnett off in relief. garret jones is up. and this is gone. solo shot to left center. 3-2 pirates. it gets worse. we show it to you because we have video evidence. mccutchen al

all four of davie johnson's wins, the manager has come by one run only. >> and -- believe me. and every decision you make is critical and -- to have a laugher and the old laugher we have, we got deet beat. >>> and the world cup you united states in sweden, beat teams equal tiified for the team, fish -- qualified and deflects off of amy lepelvec. and 2-0 swede. fast forward, the 57th minute and abby womback heads it in and the u.s. suffered a first loss in world cup place and sweden wins. next up, brazil in the quarter finals. last night, the 59-year-old dave the bullet smith loads himself into a canyon and shoots himself out. all part of the promotion with the lowell spinners. the school teacher soars 190 feet over the wall for a human home run and landed in the net and is fine. >>> big names in baseball being motioned as possible witnesses at the trial of former baseball pitcher roger clemons. as it gets underway in washington. he's accused of lying under oath when he told a house committee he never used performance-enhancing drugs. the lawyers for clemons said they may call

at that point, davy johnson. what in the world of wild, wild sports is going on. cubs make it 4-2 and jason worth comes up throwing, and pudge rodriguez and he meet at the dish. they tie it up at the 4th. watch the quick hands of danny espinosa. jason worth, still a tie game, going to steal third in the bottom of the 10th. so you say that's a good move because there's only one out. carlos getting wild in the wild pitch but worth comes in with the winning run. nats win again at home 5-4. about that come-back. >> the thing i like the most is we gave it two runs back to back and that should never happen. it should have gone to nine, and guys bounced back and we won the ball game so it was a big team victory. >> meanwhile, good news tonight on the farm, we've got movement for harper promoted from double a harrisburg and he made a good first impression. there he is taking the field for the first time in double a ball playing left field for harrisburg. on the first ever pitch in double a. just a nice rope up to center field for a base hit. he later comes up for a second

representative in the all-star game and the team goes all-out against the pirates trying to get new manager davie johnson his first series win. lindsey murphy is stepping on to the set next to me with your sports coming up after the break. denny's new tour of america menu. 50 star cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >>> happy 4th of july weekend. i'm lindsey murphy. well setup relievers don't get a whole lot of love, but clipper is the lone selection for the all-star game. he has 57 strikeouts in 46 inning and holding his opponents to a .162 batting average. and he might be joined by mike morris. 8th inning last night and drilled in the forearm with a fastball. within minutes there was a welt and he to be replaced. he was not in the lineup because of the contusion, but he can still make the all-star team as part of the final vote in which fans determine the final all-star. go to mlb.com to help his cause. >>> today's game, jason mark looking for his first win. lyle overbay with a base hit and a surrender of three runs in the first fra

davy johnson with the double steal. beautiful thing. still in the eighth. two on, two outs for pudge rod rhee division, pinch-hitting against watson. pudge comes up big. lines one into right. rick ankiel around third base. here comes the throw. and he's in there. and then watch pudge's reaction. yeah. the nats win 4-3. and, yeah, the fans hope the fireworks will continue through the rest of the home stand. they will try to win the series later today at 1:35. elsewhere, the braves beat the orioles, 5-4. baltimore lost five straight. day 2. capitals continue to make big moves. last night signeding thomas vulkuhn. he turned 35 yesterday, provides a solid receipt ran presence for novert. he played for two different teams in 12 full nhl seasons. last year with the florida panthers. six shutouts tied for sixth in the league. meantime, matt bradley will play for his old club. he signed a two-year contract with the panthers. 33-year-old veteran forward spent the last six seasons with the capitals. the month of june was tough for d.c. united. last night against firs

johnson? the field of candidates is already lining up. among those expected to run derek davis and arthur turner. both are democratic candidates who were defeated by johnson last november. council member dean might be interested too. he lost a bid for executive. we have covered every part of this corruption scandal and will continue to follow the latest developments. for up to the minute details any time log onto our website wjla.com. >> we are following two developments tonight the first coming out of fairfax, where there is a major traffic backup. this all started when a tractor- trailer loaded down with hay caught fire. the driver was not injured. right now the westbound lanes are still closed. >> knew it 6:00, another bombshell allegations against former imf leader dominique strauss-kahn. a criminal complaint has been filed by a woman who says that in 2003 he tried to rape her during a book interview in his apartment. he denies the accusation. he is currently facing charges in the alleged sexual assault of the new york hotel house people. >> tonight, a tough words from repu

you got that, 114 different smiths in congress, the next most common surname is johnson and then after that a tie, davisd wilson. sorry, folks no joneses in there in the top three. 65 u.s. house members named johnson and 54 each for davis and wilson. there's one to grow on. we'll be right back. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. [ male announcer ] this is the network. a network of possibilities. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. especially behind the wheel. nothing wrong with that. in fact, allstate gives them a bonus -- twice a year -- for being safe drivers. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. uh oh, sesame stir fry from lucky dynasty. oh, me too! but mine's lean c

more familiar names of davis love the third saying here steve marino quillan they are all tied for second after hitting a seven under sixty for. the shot of the day though johnson with a sixty four chip in three strokes off the lead after the opening round. while world number two lee westwood shares the lead of the scottish open if he wins here he will as fellow englishman luke donald is world number one but for the moment he's tied in first place with mark to lead from chile that both had a sixty five scott colin montgomerie needs a top five finish to qualify for his own major for a twenty second time in a row he's currently two shots back with a whole host of plays including lee donald afterwards westwood said he was happy with his day's work. you have been playing well since the masses really. practice over the last couple of weeks. ago it was nice to refresh and looking forward to the next two weeks and sixty five was a good way to start those who is today now noticeable absentee from the tournament is us open golf champion rory mcilroy he's decided to rest the head of the british open however at twenty two the no norrish prodigy could still be playing in t

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davis, arthur turner, and bethea. another mentioned, samuel dean. dean lost his bid for county executive last fall. there will have to be a special election after johnson'sesignation goes into effect at the end of the month. >>> the police have identified a pedestrian -- i'm sorry, dorene, go ahead. >> police have identified a pedestrian hit and killed after an accident hit in landover this morning. the crash happened along landover road near firehouse road at 5:30 this morning. prince george's county police say lelia witfield was killed crossing the busy street. the driver stayed on the scene. police don't believe speed or alcohol were factors in the crash. so far, no charges have been filed. >>> maryland state police hope a new description of the armed man on the baltimore washington parkway yesterday will help them find him. police believe the man armed with a shotgun and a hammer attacked a speed camera vehicle about 11:00 yesterday morning in ligament acouple. the contractor wasn't harmed. the suspect is described as a white man in his 50s or 60s. he appeared to be 6 feet tall and 220 pounds with a pot belly. the suspect was wearing clear glasses, a