i think it's as simple as that. >> dianna, let me give you a response to respond to that. you heard dan talk about the possibility of the p.l.o. retaking some more authority in gaza. you heard ambassador hunter's idea. is this in the offing? are things moving in that direction? >> i certainly hope so and i hope that with secretary's presence here now that he will start pushing on the vital issues, bun the lifting of the blockade and siege, the opening of rafa, relation of prisoners and freedom for palestinians to continue this process is only going to be able to continue violence for a very long period of time. this is why it's important that we get back to basics and focus on the politics, not just on the security side of things. >> you heard the ambassador say that it strengthens hamas when israel's tough on gaza. do you agree with that? quickly, before we go. >> absolutely. i think anything that increases the siege and increases the blockade will end up increasing the idea that their under siege and blockade and need to resist. there is no need for the black cade to be

with more from training camp, here's dianna russini. >> jason, head coach jay gruden told me walking off the field today he wants all these practices have one theme, and that's physicality. he says he wants high tempo offense and high pressure on defense. kirk cousins showing off his arm sunday mornin especially on this play. desean jackso meets second year corner david amerson. cousins drops back and serves deep and high and finds d. jack. it pumped up everyone on the sidelines, including the new redskins receiver who loves the spirit of competition. >> that's t point of training camp. getting on the same page with each other and working at a good speed to be competitive but look out for each other. can't really hurt each other. >> deshaan tracks the ball as well as anyone. >> the starting quarterback rg3 also finding connections with his receivers. it's a different game now that the pads are strapped on. >> a lot of people are good at flag football. that's kind of what it is. flag football with helmets when you don't have pads on. but when you put the pads on, it's a little bit mor

more from richmond, dianna russini on day three. >> reporter: real ftbl started in richmond now thatedskins are in pads. everything on the field is high-end. competition, intensity, even the tempo. you guys are fighting for a spot on this 53-man roster. that's what i'm talking about. the redskins picked up the physical play and tempo in practice. most of the players were excited to put the pads back on after going months practicing plays in just shorts. so how different does ifee >> feels great. you know, out there competing, against each other. you know, feel goods, get a feeling of hitting and a little grind. you know? >> i was nervous about going out and hitting. my linebackers held it down. guys in the secondary didn't have to make too many tackles. >> in the trenches, pads, doesn't matter. now we're able to thuanhit ball carriers a little more. >> what we doing the other day is basketball on grass. know what i xbleen the game for the fast guys. a game for like, i call them the nine tough guys. you know what i mean? put on the pads, it becomes football. >> when the pads are on, y

dianna with how the team looked inspite of the rain. >> this was not the ideal first day of= ? redskins training ca. it was wet and soggy. the second session was moved indoors because of storms coming in. this is football. anything goes and this team is happy to be back together. first year head coach making his first training camp decisions. first, practicing in the rain this morning and moving practice indoors in the afternoon. despite the wet and soggy conditions, robert griffin iii came out ready to go. first, problems on the first day finding receivers. he's confident in his offensive coordinator and head coach. number 10 sounds more comfortable this year in the coaching staff. >> it's really just a good thing to have two coaches that believe in you so sean and jay doing a great job, giving me a lot on my shoulders in the quarterback room. i cherish that. you want to be asked to do more or do the bare minimum. you have to have the fire in your heart that you're going to get it right. >> how is rgiii's knee holding up? we'll talk about that in sports. many believe the comm

let's check in with dianna russini live in richmond. >> day two. happy friday. good weather certainly ensures good football. what a difference one day makes. the field looked absolutely beautiful today after yesterday's rain storms. and head coach jay gruden was much happier with the team's performance today. robert griffin iii was happier today and less problems with dropped footballs on the field. he made his own observations today. coming up in just a few minutes, we'll tell you which receiver stood out and i'll give you a little hint, it was not jackson. so we'll have that. for now, live in richmond, dianna russini. >>> another twist in the courtroom. what is next for the officer on the other side of the law even after prosecutors didn't get what they wanted. >>> a cold case and from th vatican city to the east coast the nearby destination that >>> a d.c. cop accused of trying to kill his wife is in jail tonight his bond revoked just one day after a mistrial. >> samson lawrence violated the conditions of his bond. tracee wilkins has the stor >> they got what

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dianna russini will have complete coverage this afternoon. >>> and grab an umbrella. temperatures in the 70s. maybe a morning shower. smaller chance of an afternoon thundershower. highs around 80. much nicer on friday. low humidity. sunshine, highs mid-80s. more humid over the weekend. getting steamy sunday. maybe storms late sunday. >>> maryland 95, chopper 4 over the crash on the ramp. wider look, typically slow. 270 north at buckeystown, two right lanes blocked. an overturned car there. >> that is the news for this morning. thanks for waking up with us. >> we'll be back in about 25 minutes for a news update. for more information on the breaking news, go to nbcwashington.com. >> make it a great thursday, everybody. without the internet i would probably be like a c student. internet essentials from comcast has brought low-cost internet access to over one million low-income people at home. internet essentials is going to transform the lives of families. together with time warner cable we can bring the internet to millions more. i see myself as maybe an entrepreneur. c

nowhere has the road to recovery been more ridden with potholes than phoenix where dianna na ol takes a deeper dive. >> reporter: julia and mike put their north phoenix home on the market last march listing it at $300,000. >> my real estate agent says it's like fishing. throw your reel in and it's just how deep do you need to get to hit some fish. >> reporter: after 107 days and several price drops, they still had no bites so pulled it off the market. >> we thought, well, i don't want to sell it for a song. >> reporter: phoenix over built and over bought by flippers during the housing boom, it crashed hard. home prices fell 56% from the peak in 2006 bottoming out in 2011. foreclosures were rampid. prices up 45% from the bottom but investors priced themselves out of the market and left it to regular buyers, buyers who can't afford the higher prices. >> they are looking at it from the distressed property mind set a little bit that they should be getting this great deal whereas a lot of the folks like us who have been maintaining properties well, we're not just willing to give them away

dianna magday, be careful over there.amas has been warned and israeli ground forces are ready to roll into gaza. becky is joining us from jerusalem. i take it this ground invasion could happen literally at any moment. >> yeah, he certainly didn't rule it out being imminent although he didn't say when he expect ed it to start. i spoke to a number of people part of the defense force tonight. a spokesman for benjamin netanyahu. there's no sense that there is a definitive time here. i'm in jerusalem tonight and i have to say this is a fully functioning city i drove through today with the interview earlier on. it is quiet. it is 1:00 in the morning. but behind closed doors, there's clearly tension here. this time last night, a barrage of rockets coming into or just outside of jerusalem. three of those were intercepted by the military defense system, but two of them landed just about 20 kilometers away from here. i'm just at the entrance to jerusalem here in the bureau. so clearly some concern. when residents here see the sort

dianna? >> reporter: hey. a 0-0 record sounds good right now for the redskins team, right? this team excited to get back out on the field. but the players just checked in, went through the physicals and the con i conditioning. and the real work starts tomorrow. and nothing will keep rg3 off the field today. he came out to check out teams and he didn't speak. he's going into his third season as quarterback but a first for his new head coach jay gruden. >> a brand new season. and everybody has the same expectation and goals. we just put last year behind us. we're not going talk about that and we're just going to move forward and try to get guys in here that love to play and want to play and they are going to work hard and be great so fans can be proud of when they come to the stadium. they know they are going to get a effort from the players and i think we have a group of guys that will do that. and with great effort comes wins. and that is what we're all about. >>> so much optimism. practice starts at 8:15 tomorrow. you saw robert griffin the third there. why do you think he

what is the latest there, dianna, what are you seeing? >> there were. not cease. it picked up as it tends to do as nightfalls and the early evening. we went 780 meters away from the border. extremely close. you look out through the barbed wire parameters and you almost are face-to-face with gaza. and yet this is a beautiful little oasis of calm compared to conditions in gaza. the skies are ripped up with the noise of explosion, rockets, we had an anti-tank missile come close to us. in fact, it hit a military jeep in the military base next door injuring two idf soldiers there. and the people who live in here sent their children away to the north of israel hoping they would be safer there. the fact of the matter is, we had rockets come over from lebanon. it's questionable how long their safety there will be guaranteed. the rest are constantly going in and out of the safe houses they have to have in their homes. so it's a very strange and sort of surreal situation in the beautiful place with this quite terrifying noise ripping the air above them. and only

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our own dianna russini sending in exclusive video reports and blog posts. you can check them out on nbcwashington.com and just search training camp. >>> a wanted man now caught in maryland. the taunting post he left for police on facebook and how they caught him just a day later. >>> and we are staying on top of breaking news. backups stretch for miles on interstate 270 near old hundred road >>> welcome back. this next story is one you you don't want to miss. >> an edge waterman is arrested after taunting police. anne arundel police posted a picture of roger ray island on facebook as part of their wanted wednesday campaign. shortly after, ire land commented on his own picture about saying, quote, y'all will never catch me. after getting a few tips from other, plus did catch up with ire land. >> he got pulled over. traffic stop in baltimore. look at that picture. >> you are so dumb, you are really, really dumb. >> you went way back for that one. >>> breaking news on the roads. things getting better, though. >> this is clarksburg. looking a lot better. we are

dianna russini is with the team in richmond, she will be live starting this afternoon on news 4. >>> officers use gps devices to track convicted murderers and rain pists released on parole, some officers found asleep at the switch. you can see the investigation coming up on "today." >>> 6:56 now. your four things to know. take a second check of your stub hub account. investigation fwaors say hacker breaking in and purchasing tickets. stub hub believe they are gaining access through personal xhi computers. >>> and a proposed land swap will be discussed tonight at 6:00 at the re chreeves center. >>> and a flight had to make an emergency landing in columbus, ohio after crew members found smoke in the cargo area. you can see passengers having to slide down in order to get out. >>> metro transit police need your help to find a 15 month old girl. her father took her from her mother at the southern avenue metro station last night. >>> "7-day forecast," 94 today. showers and storms likely late afternoon into this evening. beautiful weather coming our way for the weekend. >>> beltway at new h

. >> 9-year-old dianna summed up how she feels to be back with her mother. >> i'm happy. >> their troubles are not over. both girls have orders to appear in immigration court. carolina herself is an undocumented immigrant. >> what would you do if your daughters were sent back? >> i will go with them. now that we are together, i can't bear to be separated from them. >> for now, the family is safe and they are adjusting to life in the u.s. as they wait for others to decide their fate. >> rob reynolds, aljazeera, los angeles. >> a vigil and a funeral are planned for the stanton island man who died after put in a choke hold by police. the nypd said officers were trying to arrest him for selling untaxed cigarettes. video shot by a bystander shows the officer putting the 350-pound man put in a choke hold and taken to the ground. he is later heard saying "i can't breathe." >> i can't breathe! i can't breathe. >> he died moments later. the officer who appears to put him in a choke hold is now on desk adult pending two investigations. we've been seeing reaction on social media to this. >> there are

dianna is on the sidelines and will have the highlights this afternoon. >>> today our celebrating summerries is in woodbridge, virginia. we spent the morning at fitzner stadium. it is 30 miles outside d.c. right off of prince william parkway. the stadium is home to the potomac nationals, which is the minor league team of the washington nationals. they are proud to tall woodbridge home and they say they're not going anywhere. the plan is to move into a new, much larger stadium in woodbridge in 2016. >> we've enjoyed a lot of good times here and we've really outgrown our facility. so we're in the makings right now of moving over to stonebridge, which is obviously a flourishing retailer here in woodbridge. >> the potomac nationals just made it to the playoffs. their next home game is tomorrow night. >>> things started off aittle wet today, but drying out now. >> yeah, gradually. we're getting lower humidity moving in from the north and west. looking at the storm team 4 radar, you can see the radar history goes back over the last three hours. those very strong storms that swept through virgi

. >> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] >> and i was randomly seated next to dianna agron.ous. and -- so, and i didn't think the people would be taking pictures. i just didn't think about that. you -- there's a picture of it, right? >> jimmy: yeah. >> like, you can tell, she knows that people are going to want her picture. but i'm just, like, drunk. scowling. [ laughter ] like, look at -- like, look at -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: oh my gosh! amy, what's wrong with you? >> i don't know. i just didn't think about it. >> jimmy: yeah, i know. >> and she knows people -- like, she's keeping up -- and i don't have a chin where you can just, like, see what happens. i have to keep it at sea level or my face doubles itself. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: have to keep it at sea level, yeah. >> but she knows! i was drunk. i was eating popcorn. and you know when you start eating popcorn, you're like, "oh. like, i'll just have a little popcorn." and then, eventually you're just like -- [ laughter ] get in, right? and -- and all the pictures were so sad -- i look like her if she were like stung by

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with more on how the offense has fared we send it to dianna russini with more from richmond. >> reporter: the good news coming out of redskins camp is the fact that there are no major