in ashburn diane roberts, wusa9 sports. >>> robert griffin, iii may have practiced on little sleep. five days ago his wife rebecca gave birth to their first girl naming her reese ann griffin, first kid. she's not technically an rg4 but carries the initials. griffin's teammates have advice for the new dad. >> i have four kids. i got some advice. yeah, they're expensive. >> sleep in the other room. he's got to make sure he gets his rest when he can because i'm not going to let him use baby kick as an excuse for falling -- crying as an excuse for falling asleep in a meeting. >> i haven't had much sleep in the past couple days, but i still have to come up and talk to you guys after practice. >>> the maryland's team was one of the four left standing and expect to snag a top five season ranking. their starting point guard lexie brown decided to transfer out of the program. big loss for the terps. brown was their 2nd leading scorer last season, no word where she's headed, but she reportedly wants to play closer to home, which is georgia. >>> finally tonight why is this guy so happy? probab

diane roberts, wusa 9 sports. >> great story, di. >>> cordero had arm problems as you heard. the nats hope stephen strasburg didn't have any more arm problems. stras has spent the last couple days getting checked out by the chiropractor. good news. things seem to be trending in a positive direction who says things seem to be better. he threw a bull pen session today and saysall things were checking out. >> just trying to keep it simple. not trying to alter mechanics too much and let the better range of motion, the better flexibility just kind of get me back on track. obviously there's always room to improve, and i'm just going to keep trying to get better and keep moving forward. >> all right. that is great news there. >>> let's head back out to nats park. holden cushner was there. but first let's talk aboutstras. but he wasn't happy with the way the injury was reported. >> he wanted to clarify that today. but he wanted to make sure the people who covered the team on a regular basis, some of us were asked to announce our names so he knew the people he was talking to today. bu

diane roberts has more on the goat tying cow roping high schoolers. >> oh, yeah.'s go. >> reporter: nicole melbourne is not your typically high athlete, whatever that is. her sport of choice is the rodeo. >> everyone looks outside the box. we're outside the box. i like it because i feel like you're one with the horse. >> reporter: she got interested when a family friend took her and her brother to events. >> we sold all the dairy calve and bought a horse and -- calves and bought a horse and we shared for the longest time. >> reporter: nicole practices several events including team roping with her 15-year-old brother zach. she also competes in goat time, a timed event. >> the speed is everything to us. it's the adrenaline rush. that's what everyone wants. >> reporter: her best events are pole bending and barrel racing. she won a lot of awards riding this guy, rocket, until rocket got hurt. now she rides nova, a younger horse who needs a lot of training, but nicole isn't one to give up and she knows rocket who can't compete because of torn leg tendons wouldn't want

diane roberts will have the story. it's just ahead. >> reporter: this cricket farm is the first of its kind in california. i'm danielle nottingham in los angeles. coming up i'll tell you how the crickets in these bins are >>> we're following some breaking news out of georgia. greensboro police say a man was found hanging in a tree this morning outside atlanta. it's being considered a death investigation. they say there was no other apparent cause of death other than asphyxiation by hanging. >>> more breaking news, this time from the nfl and the fallout from deflategate. patriots quarterback tom brady has been suspended for the first four games of the nfl season. the report said brady probably knew the balls used in the playoffs were not fully inflated. the team was fined $1 million will lose their first round draft pick next year. the four game suspension means brady will miss 25% of his team's games. >>> moving on to campaign 2016, jeb bush saying he agrees with his brother's decision to invade iraq in 2003 and says h

diane roberts has more from kettler iceplex. >> reporter: the last time the capitals were in the playoffs a seven-game series to rangers. they would love to close it out in five friday night at the garden. >> it's our goal. i think everybody knows that and we know it's going to be a tough task. we know what we're up against, who we're playing, what type of team they are. we're going to stick to what got us here so far. >> for us we just want to keep moving forward. we believe in our game. we believe in our team. we just want to go in and all you want toes do players is have your best effort. >> reporter: washington hasn't seen its way out of the 2nd round in 20 plus years. they are poised to do just that friday in new york. >> puck drops tomorrow at 7:00. they can close it out. >> rocking the red. that's our broadcast. >> that's right. the cbs evening news is next. >> i'll be back with jan jeffcoat for your only local news at 7:00. have a great evening, folks! listen up... i'm reworking the menu. veggies you're cool... mayo, corn dogs... you are so out of here! ahh... the complete balance

diane roberts introduces you to the man paving the way for others in his field. >> reporter: this postson navy head coach rick sole is watching instead of doing. >> tied rather be on the sidelines, but maybe next year. >> reporter: the navy midshipmen lost to their rival army in the conference finals. sole is in his fourth year as navy's head coach. >> i just like what it brings. it's a combination of skill, of course, but there's athleticism. i want gabe coming out. >> reporter: sole is the eighth head coach in navy's 100 year lacrosse lift and the first african american. in fact, he's -- history and the first african american. that. , he's the first ever black coach -- in fact, he's the first ever black coach and seeing an african american in a coaching role can only help. >> it just shows african americans are having more impact in the game. it's spreading further, getting different ethnicities involved. >> reporter: now he's coaching and influencing players of every race. he doesn't think about the path he's clearing. >> i'm sure at some point i'll look back and go that was kind of

diane roberts with the northwest part of the city and a story about special delivery. >> reporter: gonzaga lacrosse players bustled through the halls wednesday on a mission, prep and pack 250 care packages full of comforts from home to the soldiers in afghanistan. >> it's so nice to see how much people care and want to do good. that's part of the jesuit mission and the catholic faith. >> reporter: players brought in supplies from home to pack up for military machine and women, items -- men and women, items ranging from toiletries and dvds. in eight years in working with different units overseas, the eagles have received letters, certificates of appreciation, coins and flags. >> we've had two flags flown for us, one over iraq for nine minutes and 11 seconds. >> reporter: the service day didn't end there. >> just showing up for tour is very easy. >> reporter: later in the day seniors went to children's national medical have to spend time with oncology -- medical have to spend time with oncology patients. >> service to others and treating others well is one of the most important things you ca

diane roberts, wusa9 sports. >> good for them. twice is nice. it's a big sports night here in wusa9. in about 30 minutes the nats coming up on 9. we'll see stephen strasburg a little later. >> hope he can pick it up. >> yeah, turn it around. he struggled, just hasn't been himself. that's a key for them. we'll see. >>> emergency bridge work now underway on the arlington memorial bridge. at 6:00 we'll tell you about the businesses affected by these closures. >> reporter: a former republican house speaker is indicted and mystery surrounds why am i so awake? did you know your brain has a wake system... and a sleep system? science suggests when you have insomnia, the neurotransmitters in your wake system may be too strong, which may be preventing you from getting the sleep you need. talk to your doctor about ways to manage your insomnia. or call 877-241-luna. >>> a former lawmaker who was once second in line to the presidency tonight charged with lying to the fbi and violating banking laws. >> federal prosecutors say former gop house speak are dennis

diane. her defense attorney was robert weinberg. >> how is she doing? eedom. to say it's a shock is an understatement. >> reporter: according to diane's attorney, kody was part of the group that killed gonzalo. but diane was only at the shop because he forced her to be there. >> kody tran was a very, very difficult character to live with. very volatile, violent. >> i would say that she was subject to his commands. come to the shop. come with me. we are going. >> reporter: in other words, diane's story was much like patricia's. she says she was an unwilling participant, a wife who went along out of fear. >> diane had nothing to do with this at all. >> reporter: so, when patricia esparza turned down her plea deal and refused to testify, a door opened for diane tran. >> and you're willing to plead guilty to the new charge and the enhancement and receive a possible sentence of up to four years in prison? >> yes, your honor. >> reporter: diane made a deal with the prosecutor, pleading guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter. in exchange, she agre

tahoe's this happened on may 5th vera diane williams a pre k teacher to my left at the early education and teacher anothers rosa parks and maria a second grade teacher at robert louis stevenson and karen a physical education teacher and hydra a 12 grade plus attraction at the arc can i please ask for a round of applause for our teacher we know that leadership matters i'd like to recognize our principals candice lee at early education and sophie lee at sunset elementary school and kenneth lee principal at freelance middle school and barney by principal at abdominal high school how about a round of applause for the principals of the year on behalf of the entire board of education i want to congratulate our wonderful teachers and principals and extend a special recognition for the recognition of our teachers and principals i've got to tell you they received quite the gift bag a brand new laptop evenings and hotels with significant others of their choice and gift certificates to restaurants but they all deserve it i wish we could do that important all educators thank you for those who support our teachers and principals as an update as i mentioned a few weeks ago

diane's interview with brenda tonight at 8:00 eastern. >>> tom brady has declined to talk about the investigation that tied him to using underinflated footballs at the afc game. robertft says the report lacks hard evidence. >>> alex rodriguez has now passed willie mays on the all-time home run list. the yankees say they will not pay rodriguez for the milestone because it is not marketable with his steroid allegations. thanks for watching. i'm stephanie sy. the news continues next live from doha. ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ >>> and this is the al jazeera news hour with me david foster coming to you live from london. these are some of the stories we'll be looking at in detail in the next 60 minutes. saudi arabia warning civilians to leave a northern province of yemen as it sets a new deadline for a wave of air strikes. >>> david cameron defies the polls to win a second term as britain's prime minister as three main rivals