harper is going to be evaluated tomorrow. he puts our minds at ease at the game. >> it's very slippery out there in the rain. the right knee gave out. and then i put all my pressure on the left knee. and my hamstring, didn't feel very good. it wasn't a very good pain. i'm going to see how it feels tomorrow. be smart about it, of course. so try to be as smart as i can. but don't feel right tomorrow, then maybe taking that day off. >> maybe take a day off. i could say i'm definitely out. but pretty amazing after you see that video. >> oh, i'm fine, no problem. >> right. >> i'm feeling good about it. because he walked off. because he says he may take tomorrow off. >>> it's been 15 years to the day that tiger woods won his first u.s. open. today different kind of records the historically bad kind. the three-time u.s. open winner stretching that back before teeing off this afternoon. wasn't striking the ball poorly to start but just couldn't get that ball to fall in the cup. first hole, he is just a little offline. and he is going

but bryce harper out he's irreplaceable. like you guys are. one player that the nats can't afford to lose. but they have lost him. at least for now. we'll go inside the clubhouse to hear from the man replacing bryce harper tonight. how long will he have to do it? we'll tell you next in announcer: now, the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> it seems like every couple of nights someone is going out for curly "w." they are big names, too. fister rindone c'mon! now the spark plug the engine, the team that hold -- the engine that holds the team the league m.v.p. right now arguably is going to miss sometime. bryce harper will sit out tonight with a left hamstring strain. a scary sight last night. harper on the ground after making a throw. obvious pain. holding the back of his left leg. it looked worse watching. the nats can't lose him for long. >> he is an irreplaceable player. we have to do the best we can and fill the gap as good as we can. >> virginia-florida and college world series. u.v.a. advances with a win. bo

. >> chas harper is currently serving his fourth prison term. the first three totalled about seven years for theft and burglary. but when he was caught with 114 grams of meth, the judge threw the book at him. >> i was sentenced to 72 years, which means i have to do 36. that's 12 years more than a murderer. most murderers get 60 years. it's hard for me family to grasp that amount of time. >> yes shares a cell with his younger brother. >> if he decided he was going to do something, i would go right behind him, all right, let's go, then. >> keep doing this [ bleep ], i'll be a domestic battery case. >> no, i got it. >> i'll be out for clemency by the time you figure it out. >> carl has been in and out of prison on minor drug charges. this time, he's in for dealing meth. like his brother, prosecutors had had enough of him, as well. >> they said if i went to trial and convicted by a jury, they was going to give me 85 years and they had just gave chas 72 years. i knew they wasn't screwing around, so i went ahead and signed a plea bargain so i could av

robert: right now, harper is second in the league in home runs with 22.amstring strain, no word on how long he will be out. o's and phillies, day action. ryan howard goes yard, a two run shot to right field. the phillies win and snap their nine-game losing streak, the final 2-1. round one of the u.s. open. one of the leaders, finishing strong with the long birdie putt shooting 65 5 under. i will let this video speak for itself. leon: ooh. robert: he finished 10 over, shooting 80. the problems just don't stop for tiger. and the washington mystics will try to continue their fast start to the season friday, playing tomorrow night at the phone booth. leon: they should not even allow cameras there anyway. robert: it's dangerous, it is a hazard. leon: a big catch by a little girl. coming up. leon: the trust and church shooting suspect back in south carolina to face charges, the top trending story on wjla.com --the charleston church shooting suspect. and read steve's forecast and a lot more at wjla.com. here is a story you really have to see to believe. this 10-

bryce harper, the nats and a harper stunt double hair-do and all. harper is the story of the night. in the 6th inning harper fields the ball, goes to throw on third, but his left knee buckles under him, just looks like something is wrong. you can tell it even more because the throw is way off line, tumbles to the ground holding his leg, a very scary moment. harper does walk off the field. he's been diagnosed with a mild hamstring strain, not the knee. here's harper's reaction after the game. >> didn't feel very good, was in a little pain, was scared at the same time. see how i am tomorrow and go from there. >> hopefully it's nothing serious. >>> before the game young pitching phenom mow mo'ne davis and her monarchs team chatted with the team. they are visiting historic monuments and sites throughout the south. >>> the nationals welcome the pirates tomorrow to town for a three-game series. you can see max scherzer and the gang here on wusa9 all weekend long, coverage tomorrow at 7:00. >>> nationals owner mark lerner some monumental signings and trades over the years, stephen strasbur

the team called harper's injury a mild left hamstring strain. it happened in the 6th inning on a throw home. after tonight's game skip are matt williams -- skipper matt williams said harper played a little catch, still day to day. >> he did some leg work and got some blood flow in there. doc looked at him, poked around and we'll see how he is tomorrow. >> harper's team played on without him and the rest of the injured crew hoping to bounce back from four straight home lossesmeanwhile pittsburgh was looking to improve on their eight game win streak. the nats handed the ball to joe ro ss to get the job done against the pirates. the 22-year-old struck out a career high 11 batters, allowed one run on six hits in 7 1/3 innings. offensively williams said the team had to step up and they it. 3rd inning nats up 2-1, make that 3-1 thanks to wilson ramos' single. washington wins 4-1, their fifth straight over pittsburgh. we have you covered all weekend long. tomorrow's series against the pirates continues right here starting at 4 p.m. >>> you know him as

this is the harper most expected to see. we sat down with mark lerner to ask about his superstar. >> funny, i thought that was a major moment because he really carried the team in the playoffs. he just loves the big stage and i thought he cranked it up a notch there. he's going to continue to get better and better. we just got to watch the journey because it's going to be an amazing one. >>> the young pitching phenom mo'ne davis stopped at nats park today, toured the facilities with her team, met some of the players. we had to ask her does she think she could strike out bryce harper? >> i probably could. it depends where we pitch from, though. >> reporter: 60 feet 6 inches. >> maybe. depends how my pitches are working that day. >> got to love her and her confidence. nats welcome the pirates tomorrow for a three-game series. you can see harper and the gang all weekend long. coverage tomorrow begins at 7:00. i would love to see that. >> i would pay money to see that match-up. she'd either have bolstered confidence or -- >> no

bryce harper comes back from injury and hits a home run.lye: like nothing was ever wrong. >> what a great day. i will have a full recap coming up. kellye: ok. looking forward to that. still to come stunning storm, the incredible show we got tonight. plus zeroing in, the hotspot where authorities are searching for two escaped convicts. the closest they have gotten to finding them. and the new words tonight and who is responsible for keeping the doors open. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 11:00. kellye: sweet briar college will stay open after all. the women's college was slated to close in august because of financial problems. today it was announced a settlement to keep sweet briar open. the agreement will be presented to a judge on monday for approval. and developing in new york, a hot spot in the convicted killers. 350 miles away from the clinton correctional facility. a possible sighting of richard and david sweat had police setting up roadblocks and a search helicopter. there was no other sign of the two. the suits for missing children

♪ ♪ all the hits like a bryce harper ♪ ♪ 92 like bryce harper ♪ ♪ i know what to do bryce harper ♪ >ng, appropriately titled requests bryce harper" -- >> no. >> -- a collaboration from dj chris styles of wpgc and the fat boys, written and recorded in laurel maryland. harper and the nationals are in milwaukee tonight to face the brewers. >>> talk about never breaking character. why this actor is living proof the show must go on. >>> the manhunt intensifying for two convicted killers. the new lead detectives are chasing and why police say >>> from the air and on the ground, the search for the escaped killers is intense fig. >> authorities are combing an area east of the prison where search dogs picked up a scent. people who live around there are being told to stay vigilant. >> jay gray is in upstate new york with the latest developments. jay, are police closing in? >> reporter: chris, pat it sure looks like they are closing in on something. in fact, within the last few minutes, we have seen heavy equipment rolling in with lights and generators. so they will likely be there a while. loo

the yankees want bryce harper when his contract is up. the post in down has done a story.ll the new york tabloids about it. i talked with owner mike lerner about that. >> you know he's here through'18. you can't predict the future. when he says he likes it here, i think he's telling everybody what's from the heart. neither bryce nor i can predict what's going to happen. we'llen joy the ride at least while it's -- we'll enjoy the ride at least while it's here. >> reporter: i'm not going to bother predicting. we will find out four years from now. let the countdown begin. nats and rays here from nationals park. i also caught up with mo'ne davis in town, the little league world series hero, who said she can strike out bryce harper from 60 feet 6 inches. >> thanks much. i like how they are always skirting the issue of bryce harper, but they'll probably have to start saving a lot of money to keep him. >>> coming up we've got more from lerner on bryce harper's coming of age, when he said he knew this would be a great year. >>> new at 6:00 as we grapple trying to make sense of tho

. ♪ make hits like a bryce harper 92 like a bryce harper ♪ ♪ i know what to do bryce harper ♪ >> theg about bryce harper called "bryce harper," nat oil of it, a co-lar bob racial from dj chris styles of wpgc and the fat boys i like to call the plus-sized gentlemen. it was written and recorded in a laurel, maryland. what did you think of the song? >> like it yes or no? >> two words i got was bryce harper. >> we need to hear to get the full effect. >> a good song. you know, say bryce harpary lot. a great song. >>> we are going to move on, someone needs to make a song in baltimore about this guy adam jones. before i get to this story though, i have to take out the bubble gum. this is very unprofessional. someone is going to call in and probably complain. >> try to blow a bubble? >> not going to blow a bubble, do a story. check out this video here of jones from last night. he is one of the best center fielders in the game and he added to his highlight reel against the red sox. on the run, watch him blowing a bubble, making the catch. wasn't done though. that one was in the second inning.

. >> bryce harper though, let's go with bryce harper. >> talk about hitting it out of the park. >> hey >> he's the engine -- very good. he's been the engine that powers the nats offense all season long. today, he did it again with the bat. bryce harper we're talking about with a late-game incidents has his >>> now, wusa 9 game on sports with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. >> all week been telling you about the nats june gloom, but one guy who has been immune to slumps, bryce harper, look at these numbers. second in the league in home runs. second in rbis. fifth in batting. first in walks, by the way. he's done it all and most importantly he hasn't been injured. injury free for the most part. that's important. today, another banner day for bryce. this is what he's doing better than he ever has just going with -- that's great batting here. he had rbis 50 and 51 batting .344 on the campaign. what a great season. fifth inning, wilson ramos adding the power. his fifth of the season opposite field. we talked about injury free. bryce gets plunked. that's a tough one and leaves the game

whole family, happy to see this guy, bryce harper.ottom of the first, harper with a two-run bomb off charlie morton this, his second home run as many games, an upper decker. nats take a 2-0 lead h the scoring just getting started here. it's now 5-0. gio gonzalez, he knocks in a run. michael taylor comes in to score. gio helping his own cause. nates up, 6-0. just two batters later, yunel escobar escobar, himself a day at the park, second time hitting, this time, a three-run home run. nationals scored nine runs in the frame, the most first-inning runs in nationals history. back to gonzalez. he was lights out on the mound today. gets andrew mccutcheon to go down swinging there. tossed seven shutout innings of baseball. the nats saturday new record of 24 consecutive scoreless innings nats bin 9-2. after the game lots of praise to go around this pitching staff. the last three guys we have had start games and pitched really well. that sets our tone certainly. >> that's unbelievable. starting with joe and going into the weekend seeing maxi d

top of the fifth now, bryce harper is at the plate. and harper, he just crushes this ball to center field. heading for the tank. thankfully no rays fans injured by that home run. 22nd homer of the season for harper. ties his career high. later on in the eighth inning wilson ramos is at the dish. he had two home runs off position players tonight. that's just too easy. the nats they scored -- a franchise record with 23 hits in the ball game. they win this one by a final score of 16-4. so 16 runs for the nats. the o's decided to raise them three. taking on the phillies. manny machado. showing off machismo in the second inning here. his second home run of the game. fifth career multihome run game for him. the birds just starting to get started here with the home run party. second inning three home runs later, khris davis. this is his seventh career home run on to utah street. fourth homer of the season for crush. and the birds are running -- are rolling here. they're not done yet, though. chris parma making his oral debut. second home run

bryce harper gets plucked on the left leg. harper would leave the game. update on him tomorrow.ats winner, 7-2. the skipper is pleased with the starting arm coming to play today. coach: it was good to give the bullpen a respite it has been taxing lately. good lengthy start from joe casey came in there and kept his pitches down, too. so freshen up a little bit. lou: those -- o 's win seven of their last. headley scores. that is r.b.i. 2000 and 2001 putting a-rod and hank aaron is the only players in baseball to hit over 2000 rbis. manny machado brings home j.j. hardy and ryan flaherty. machado goes 3-5. 9-4 is the final. the college series from omaha uva was the runner-up, taking on national and a solo jack to write, 378 feet. game tied in the eighth. kenny townes doubles to deep right. daniel pinero scores. they will play the winner of florida-miami on monday. florida is winning their game 15-3. so it looks like they will play florida. the best-of-seven is now to down to -- now down to the best-of-three. in order for lebron and the cavs to win the title they will have to win one

no official word on how much time harper will miss. it all stems from an injury suffered in last night's game. harper slipped he's planted his right into to throw home. his left leg buckled, forcing him to leave the game. matt williams saying it is too early to predict how long harper will be out. >> we want to be cautious and make sure that we are taking the appropriate steps. but for today, we are going to see how he feels and then if we have to take -- get further tests, we will do so. >> careful with the best play other the team. we are going hear from harper's teammates about missing him on news4 at 6:00. >>> the elevator at the washington monument it just keeps breaking down. >> now, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton wants to know a question we are still asking, is it safe to ride? up next, we are getting some answers for you about the safety of one of our most popular landmarks. >>> and a movie and then a date came to a violent end. we are going to find out what police claim a teenager did outside of the montgomery county cour

robert: safety say the month of may was good for the nats especially bryce harper and max scherzer, harper taking the national league player of the month, max scherzer picture of the month -- pitcher of the month. tonight, the jays up, top of the fourth reyes with a single to right. harper's throw was too late, the blue jays win 8-0. o's trying not to drop five straight, three straight against houston. miguel gonzalez and chris carter, gone. disappears into the night. 1-0 astros. bottom of the fifth, it is that guy again, the center this time. i don't think this has land it yet. astros win 3-1 five straight losses for baltimore. tomorrow wraps up the second session of the redskins ota's. desean jackson knew that he could not avoid the cameras. today was the first time he talked about his absence from the week one workouts. desean: my head coach, my teammates, the people here in this building knew about my whereabouts. any criticism from the media, i don't play for them. robert: cannot wait for the reality show. stanley cup finals blackhawks-lightning, in tampa. blackhawks trailed the entir

bryce harper also homered. herrera to center.enard span with the throw, it's a good throw, to the wrong side. too late. nats lose 4-2. matt williams is impressed with his rookie starter. >> the situation we're ready to hit, try to get back in the game. he could have gone another one, but all in all, i think he threw the ball well. he was unfazed by the magnitude of it. >>> indians buck showalter, gang, i promise you he is not sleeping, right there. manny machado not sleeping either. into the wind, too. that's a huge shot. that's his ninth of the season. but cleveland's half of the third, they get the equalizer and they tie it at 1-1. right now, this game's got a ways to go, into the 7th inning, tied at 1-1, cleveland and baltimore. >>> so if you're so inclined to watch college baseball, you rode the wave of emotions yesterday. if you root for maryland, your team had game 1 of the superregional locked. then you lost it. you root for virginia, your team was on life support and then popped back to life. all that and they still have

bryce harper has been named national league player of the month.arper's performance has him leading the league in home runs, walks and slugging percentage. joining harper is max scherzer, the national league pitcher of the month with the best record and lowest e.r.a. in may. this is the first time in nationals' 10 year history two players swept these awards in the same month. congratulations. >>> the oakland a's taking on detroit. a young fan catches the ball who is all excited until he realizes that ball just gave the other team the lead. he's like my team is losing now, the range of emotions. >> but two weeks from now he won't care about the loss and he'll still have the ball. >> this is true. that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. >> we're back in 30 minutes for your only local news right now veriiszon offering unlimited talk and text. plus 10 gigs of shareable data. (yeah, 10 gigantic gigs.) for $80 a month. and $15 per line. more data than ever. for more of what you want. on the network that's #1 in speed. call. data. and reliability.

in 2009 harper hit a 500-foot home run in high school. >>> i thought i'd go galavanting with the swedeseir world cup watch party. found out taylor swift's song blank space was written by a swede. the swedes also know how to throw a party, too. the u.s. were a little outnumbered tonight. >> reporter: how many abba songs have you had to play tonight, man? >> i played like four or five. ♪ ♪ you can dance ♪ ♪ >> reporter: having the time of my life. >> i believe that we will win. >> reporter: we know what you meant. i think this dog is as tall as i am. do that again. >> whoo! >> reporter: that didn't sound enthusiastic. sweden wins t, i will do something. the united states wins tonight, you will have to do something. >> you thinking about that? >> reporter: i think she's got a good idea. we shall see. >> jumping into the tide? >> we both had to jump in. >> did you jump in? >> that's next week. >> or you could say neither one of you. >> dip a ♪ i am never getting married. never. psssssh. guaranteed. you picked a beautiful ring. thank you. we're never having kids. mmm-mmm. breathe. i love it

harper appears to beat out the throw but he's called out. nats, they trail this one 2-1 right now. this game taking place. it's in the seventh inning. let's go out to houston. o's facing the astros. never trust adam jones with the pie in his hands. mascot learns the hard way. to the game now, eighth inning tied at two. adam jones hadn't homered since may 11. changes that. it's all pie. sole ore home run right there. seventh of the season and the o's, they have a 3-2 lead. bottom of the eighth now, zach britton on the hill. jonathan millar representing the go-ahead run at the plate and can't handle the low heat. o's snap a five-game losing skid and they take this one by a final score of 3-2. for the last few years around this timeoked forward to pierre gargson's annual all-white party benefiting the boys and girls club of greater washington. tonight players coaches and leaders around the community

. >> bryce harper had a really good night. everyone else stunk it up. the nationals are back to playing bad baseball, the same bad baseball they played to start the season. manager matt williams, he is not happy about it. this team has lost three in a row. and they haven't won a series in over two weeks even with max scherzer on the mound. the nats didn't have enough offensive firepower. bryce harper plenty of power tonight. first career game at yankee stadium. and he proved a point. harper grew up a yankees fan in the fourth inning here, doing his best bronx bomber impression. that is home run number 20 on the season. the hair flip. not what it used to be. but still pretty good. scherzer on the hill. bottom of the sixth, and trouble on the corners. here he gets to go down swinging. on the night. bottom seventh, alex rodriguez going to short. desmond hits the runner on that play. the yankees that. >> score a run. probably should have gone to first on that one. later on ryan mccain off matt thornton that would play too. the yankees. that would go on the

i currently work at hamper -- harper collins. i publish book biz conservative intellectuals intellectuals and political figures and i have been at harper for six or seven years and i work at other places in the industry. i work at doubleday for seven or eight years. 0 work at simon & schuster. smarted my career at a small intellectual academic crossover imprint called the free press and so when i started out i was really an academic editor and my job was to go to academic conferences and visit another departments and talk to political scientists and historians and social scientists and try to sign up their book. >> host: what are some of the authors you have worked with. >> guest: over the years i have -- some of the people i've worked with include james q. wilson whose book -- one book i'm proudest of having published, jim wilson is one of my intellectual heroes a great social scientist criminologist. his book was called "a moral sense" and when he died and i read -- one of his former students said that the moral sense was his f

. >> did you their latest about bryce harper? did you see it? we'll hear from the woman >>> more than 50 shipments of live anthrax have been uncovered across the u.s. and three foreign countries. the pentagon now says kits containing live anthrax samples were sent to 51 laboratories in 17 states and three other countries. that is double the number previously announced. the defense officials say they do not believe there is a danger to the public. but it is not known how many laboratory workers were exposed to the anthrax spores. >>> the family of the man who died after firefighters refused to come to his aid are suing the district. they want leaders to change the law. current law only protects the city against any claims. >> the public duty doctrine needs to be altered and changed. i'm not saying it needs to go away but the city needs to be held accountable. the peel who failed to do their jobs should be he told accountable for the lack of action. >> the children are suing for nearly $8 million. >>> the man from virginia said his son dies in uni

how its bryce harper?e is the clay's new king and puts the best weapon on display at the french open. former redskins' great daryl green, talking rg, iii. >> dude get this done. and races as he joins us for the >> did you hear there. instead of hitting the fairway, an errant shot hit someone's head. justin rose on the 18th hole at a golf tournament this evening when he shanked the shot. he went to check on the spectator. luckily the fan is going to be okay. collective awes heard. all around the world. and on social media. after these adorable pictures came out. kensington palace tweeted pictures of prince george holding charlotte saturday. so far retweeted nearly 50,000 times. we have only seen prince george a handful of times. william and kate are fiercely protective of their family. as we report, the world won't have to wait a lot longer to fawn over the official family ctly posed. a smile. a kiss. and a proud mom behind the camera. kate snapped the four photos herself at the couple's country home two we

. >>> bryce harper, fan favorite, right? at tonight's nats game a fan threw her cell phone on the field. harper picked it up and this was the result. harper took a selfie with the fan's phone and threw it back up in the stands during the game. >> that was bold. >> that was very bold. a bold move. >> did she catch it? >> she caught it. she has got it. it is posted on instagram. >> she said i want a selfie, here, bryce, take it yourself. >> she could have been escorted from the park but instead she got a nice memento. >> he had done seung-hui cho already on the field. (music) hey! let me help with that. oh, thank you! (music) introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder... ...whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients... ...who've had no prior treatment. it's the one an

as we have seen, bryce harper is playing like an all-star.r the nats. it's his 20th home run. that matches his 2013 total and puts him two away from a career high. again it's only june 9th. there's plenty more baseball. let's get to the game tonight against the yankeesful first we had quite -- yankees. first we had quite the pi tchers' duel between scherzer and tanaka. scherzer had seven strikeouts but he was charged four runs at the end. to the top of the 4th here is the lone nats' run. bryce harper, his first game ever at yankees stadium, sends one deep to have to tie the game up at one run apiece. the score would stay that way until 7th inning. errant throw to third. scherzer done after that, but matt thornton would allow three more runs. nats lose 6-1 in their first visit to the bronx since 2009. >> didn't really mean anything for the game, but not a great game and should us down pretty well. definitely not happy about it, but it's not good when you lose ballgames. >> nats go for the split tomorrow. >>> we had another great pitchers' duel

it was during the sixth inning last night when harper was making a routine throw from the outfield when his back foot slipped in the wet grass. the team reported it was mild hamstring strain, but we'll find out more today on his injury. hopefully he recovers quickly. >>> local swimmers are now awaiting word on whether they made history. now, the young gainesville swimmers are among thousands around the globe who took part in the world's largest swim lesson yesterday. they hope to raise awareness for swim safety and make it into the guinness book of world records. >> we're here promoting water safety. it's summertime kids are in the pool. we want to make sure that everybody is well informed. well educated on ways to stay water safe in the pool. >> the event is run each year to promote swim lessons. have you had to do the swim lesson? >> of course. aren't they so cute with their little goggles and little swimsuits. but it really is a crucial -- a critical message this time of the year about pool safety. we talk about it all the time. you have to make sure the little knows how to swim. >>

put it best this past weekend, harper said the 30-year-old is worth every penny he gets. you can see why. scherzer making history on saturday throwing a no-hitter against the by the are as. that, jim, coming after a one-hurt he threw in his previous start against the brewers. two complete games, one hit 18 scoreless innings. he is the first pitcher since 1944 to allow one hit or fewer in back-to-back complete games. also the first pitcher in major league baseball history to be showered with six bottles of chocolate syrup. >> all right. >>> speaking of bryce harper, the nats young star will pose nude in this year's edition of espn the magazine body issue. he always wanted to do the issue. he said "i want to put baseball out there." >> okay. >> the issue comes out july 6th. you may remember john wall, he posed nude for this magazine back in 2013. this year's edition will also feature northern virginia native and u.s. woman's soccer player, ali krieger. >> a stud man. >> yeah. my producers wanted in toe say something funny out of this bryce harper story. i don't have much. j

briceyce harper, might turn away. don't look at that again. plunked with a 95-mile-per-hour fast ball right above his left knee. he had to leave the game. nats pick up the win, 7-2. >> that's going to leave a mark. >> right in the quad right above the knee. so i want to make sure that given this state of that game get him out get some ice on him right away. hopefully he is good to go tomorrow. >> tomorrow being sunday. >>> os hosting the yankees. ready for this one. like that. tied at 2-2 president bullpen manny says hey, take this. i'm going to send you a two-run homer. 11th in the season. orioles take a 4-2 lead. now in the sixth. everybody's favorite. al legs rodriguez at the plate with man on first. skies this one to center. that's going to get out of here. two-run homer. a-rod with the 2001st career rbi. another guy to reach that, hank aaron. tonight though was about manny. comes through again this time two on. sends it to right. that brings in both runners. two-run double for manny. the orioles win, count them, six straight games now. 9-

bryce harper is the one player the team could not do without for an extended time.espite his injury thursday, he is back in the lineup and you want believe what he and max are up to against >> the toyota sports desk brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> a luxury item picture that has turned into more of a necessity. the other, 22 and has worked -- is worth the price of admission. today, the to putting their stamp all over washington with pittsburgh pirates. bottom of the fourth, no score. bryce harper at the plate showing no ill effects of that injury. drives one to dead. that is gone. number 22 on the season 1-0. max picking up where he left off next week. he pitched another gem. top of the ninth, 6-0. a perfect game. that old -- more of the border top of the ninth, joseph up the middle. j.j. hardy hustling around third. cop the plate, hardy is there. a three-to lead and goes on to win 5-3. last night we showed you some history as alex rodriguez reached a major milestone with hit 3000. today, an update to the story. a 37-year-old new york city native is t

brice harper. i think he's okay.his is a new career high for a season for him. 23rd homer of the season. i wish i could do that. all right. harper is overshadowed because max scherzer is still perfect through seven innings. in the eight, pedro takes one towards second and he scoops it up and fires and that's going to fire up scherzer. the fans are fired up but i wasn't at the game. we head to the ninth. you tell me -- >> and that's when twitter blew up. >> yes. top of the lead into the pitch, he has a perfect game that is gone but no hitter is good. josh harrison, uh-oh michael taylor is there and makes the catch. it's a no-hitter for max scherzer. no hits and they win it 6-0. >> there's nothing better. when everybody wants to celebrate with you and dump the gatorade, hey, good god. i had six bottles of chocolate syrup all over me. it's just a great feeling. i can't describe it. it's a cloud nine moment. >> all right. here's where scherzer made rank. pay attention. it's the second time in nats history. he's the secon

tyler moore sends one down the right-field line, bryce harper scores. 1-1. sixth inning, the nats up 3 max scherzer gets rocked. that is a three run shot. toronto takes the lead. a would score six unanswered runs in the nats lose, 7-3. different story in the day game the only scoring came in the bottom of the fifth. bryce harper lines the single to center, george zimmerman would store -- ryan zimmerman would score. the nats win 2-0. o's-astros, bottom of the third, evan gattis at the plate. so long, three run shot. houston wins 6-4. the orioles have lost four in a row. desean jackson is back after being absent from the first week of ota's. the redskins tweeted pictures and video. jackson made it back into the area monday after being in california. before that, he was spotted in cleveland at the eastern conference finals, hanging out with lebron. heroes with the redskins fullback had to say about jackson's return. -- here is what the redskins fullback had to say about jackson's return. >> we were joking with him today, but he had stuff to handle. we are a tea

in the 6th inning harper made a throw home, fell to the ground, grabbed his left hamstring.he team said he suffered a strain. skimmer matt williams said he was scare -- skip are matt williams said he was -- skipper matt williams said he was scared when he went down. >> when you lose your best player certainly, arguably one of the best in the game, to an injury for today at least, guys got to step up. when you lose your three hitter and your five hitter and 2/5 of your rotation we need to step up. >> we just mentioned pitcher stephen strasburg on the mend which is good news for the up and down nats. strasburg battled a number of health issues this season and hasn't always had his stuff on the mound. >> reporter: beyond endurance and pitch count they were happy now he threw the ball in that rehab start. his mechanics were much more online than earlier in the season. physically he came out of it with that trap suise, the back and ankle dating back to spring training. >> for your nats on 9:00 fix, coverage tonight starts at 7:00. >>> the second round of the u.s. open, there was

. >>> will bryce harper play today? what we're waiting on today after he injured himself. >>> and brian williams speaks out. when and where he'll break his >>> a big massive breach the federal workers today is the deadline for the office of personnel management to notify more than 4 million workers that their records were compromised. opm director katherine archuleta said tuesday a separate data breach may have compromised current, former and prospective employees. >>> today marks the major milestone in the eradication of slavery in this country. it's the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the united states. some groups are using this day to remember the victims of the church shooting in charleston. one of the groups is the national black united front. they're holding a vigil at the african-american civil war memorial tonight at 7:00. >>> a woman sexual assaulted ten years ago said she felt utterly helpless the day she was attack attacked by jesse matthew. last week, he was indicted in the atta

pimm: christine harper, is it n will that john crya initiate layoffs at the bank?ristine: i think there is no question there will be really a us. a what to cut expenses. -- i think there's no question there will be layoffs. i do not think anyone thinks they can get there by cutting the travel budget. but that is politically fraught. tot of what cryan will have navigate is political and investor competing desires. pimm: thank you very much. our thanks to shane in hamburg and of course, christine harper, here in new york. -- if i hasing up only percent of its budget on women's soccer in the last four years. -- fifa has only spent 1% of its budget on women's soccer. can it become a global event? ♪ pimm: all right, it is day three of the 2015 women's world cup. similar to the men's tournament it is organized by fifa, which is mired in scandal. but that's not the only issue facing women's soccer. bloomberg's david gora reports. david: seen the likes to point out that interest in the women's game has grown since the first women's world cup 24 years ago. it is estimated 2

. :00er and harper get recognition from the effort. that an puerto rico's healthcare system is on life support... putting three and a half million puerto ricans at risk. it's an outrage. puerto ricans are us citizens and pay the same medicare taxes, but receive only half the federal healthcare funding as the other 50 states. the headlines tell the story.... "unfair treatment from washington"... "thousands without medications"... "it's a crisis that could imperil the whole economy." president obama must act now to protect care for three and a half million u.s. citizens. before it's too late... leon: the family of a louisiana national guardsman killed at a training mission wants him to be buried at the arlington national cemetery but the cemetery says staff sergeant is not edgable because he was not on active duty at the time of his death. his father am foresoldier himself calls this a slap -- a former soldier himself calls this a slap in the face and says he can be cream -- cremated. >>> an off-duty uber driver is being blamed for a cra

always help with harper. nats down three. bryce facing jason hammel. they left their starter in too long. harper hammers that one to right. his 19th of the year. that's the most in the majors. the nats close within two. down to the last out, strop against desmond who gets him swinging. nats lose 4-2. the silver lining of this one the future of joe ross who savored the moment. >> a lot of eyes. a lot of eyes in the stands. nothing compares to this. aa, wherever you're at. but it kishdnd of gave me extra adrenaline. >> he's great. he has a lot of good stuff. slider is good. change-up dirty. if he throws like that i mean, he'll be tough to face. >> comfortable in cleveland. os fans watching their team visit the indians. mandy machado at the plate swinging for the fences. 3 for 20 in the previous five games a home run fixes that. his ninth of the season. 1-0 birds. to the sixth inning game tied at 1. carlos santana with the double to right. got to change your evil ways, baby. i don't know it's saturday night, people. jason kitna, you know how fast he is? h

bryce harper is not slowing down, but is the bullpen speeding up? u.s.a. against sweden tonight. this was for more than just a >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> before tonight, the nats dropped 10 out of their last 13. the bullpen averaging an e.r.a. just over 6.00 in those last 13. bryce harper helped out tonight. second inning he did what he does best, and that is hit baseball. he send one to right arcs solo shot. that would cut milwaukee's lead to one. brewers get to the wisconsin native jordan zimmermann. ramirez doubles to left bringing in two runs. the final is this one is 8- 4 and the nationals drop the series. doug fister, they could use him. he had a rehab start tonight for the harrisonburg senators. he threw six shutout innings against the trenton thunder. he allowed two runs, four hits. the right-hander threw 70 pitches, 47 strikes. scary moment for trenton thunder outfielder diving into the trenton bullpen head-first. he was ok. harrisonburg would get the win. the final for this one, 4-2. yankees and o's at camden yards

bryce harper saying hello to dexter fowler. bottom of the second nats trailing by 1. desmond chances that with one swing of the bat. takes cal hendricks keep to right center here fifth home run of the season. the nats, they take a 2-1 lead. stay that way to the top of the fourth, jonathan herrera singles to right. harper sees a player coming home, throws to ramos but ramos can't make the tag in time. worth another look. wondering if bryce was hurt on this play or just disappointed. either wake the game's tied at 2. cubs take a 4-2 lead bottom of the fifth runners on the corner, yunel escobar to short right field, brings robinson. nats pull within 4-3. now, this game's in the seventh inning, the nationals trail by a score of 6-3. >>> out in cleveland, o's visiting the indians watch the hot dog, mom trying to take a picture, the hot dog drops three-second rule, three-second rule. good. >> great mom. >> i counted 2.5. they are good. adam jones. he gets ahold of one. second home run of the series for jonesy. orioles have an early 1-0 lead. the fourth inning great two-out

bryce harper and the nats wrapping up their series. and harper gets it started with a two-run bomb. 2-0 nats, just like that. and then eight batters later, we're still in the first inning. now escobar goes with the yards. yes, nine runs in the first inning with a team record. that was enough for gonzalez. no known hitter for him, but just good enough. seven innings, four hits, no runs, four strikeouts. winning 9-2, quite a weekend for the nats pitching staff. >> i guess that's what's good as they all pitched really well for us. and it is a team that is a good team. so it is a good series for us. >> the orioles north of the border, they are taking on the blue jays. the o's big inning was the second inning, scoring seven runs, capped off by this three- run homer. and toronto, they would need to hang on though as they blow the lead tied at nine. they would move ahead for good. baltimore, they score four of the nine to take the series, winning today 13-9. >>> the virginia cavaliers, their baseball team have secured a chance at redemption.

bryce harper back in the lineup tonight. harper was beaned in the leg. that was a 95-mile-per-hour fastball. he is taking over the dh spot tonight as the nats open up a four-game interleague series with the tampa bay rays. once they're done with the rays, the nats welcome the pirates to town. you can see the nats and max scherzer this friday here on wusa 9. it all begins at 7:00. >>> the maryland women's basketball team is preparing for life as the reigning big 10 championships. they have a tall task at hand to follow their undefeated season and they'll have to do it without one of their leading scorers. we recently told you guard lexi brown decided to leave the university of maryland because she wanted to play closer to home. we now know lexi will suit up for the blue devils, the turpz' former acc rival. that's pretty much the reaction. the terps' second leading scorer. we caught up with brenda freeze shortly after the news broke to get her reaction. >> at the end of the day you want players that want to be happy and her choice was to go back closer to

bryce harper had his 24th home run.d nine runs in the 1st inning, highlights next. >> plus holden kushner sits down with nats owners this week to talk all things nationals, bryce harper and if he would get doused with chocolate syrup. >> plus a special story this father's day, the head coach of the washington mystics working in a woman's world but he's not doing it alone. >> bryce, his first career no hitter, didn't know that. >> only the second for the nats. >> hav this summer take flight, without having to take a flight. because all the thrills you need are right here at busch gardens, and water country usa. in williamsburg, va. like the daring new coaster tempesto. so ride together slide together whether it's monster drops collossal curls or furry friends it's all here. vacation packages start at $50 per person per night. the ultimate summer vacation is closer than you think at busch gardens and water country usa. >>> 0-2 pitch and a ball hit deep to left. taylor going back. it's a no hitter! sunday in milwaukee he w

bottom of the 11th, nats looking for a hero the sac fly to left, plating bryce harper. the nats walk-off winners tonight. 2-1. desmond gets mobbed by his teammate at home plate. that means chocolate syrup time. that has to feel really good for him, or really disgusting. >> up to davis, o's and red sox. we are scoreless. davis leads the team in rbi and home runs. drives in chris parmely. baltimore gets on the board. the lead wouldn't last long against the red sox. tied at one, but norris facing dustin pedroia, good piece of hitting there, two runs score. red sox up 3-1. pedroia would leave the game after this game with a right hamstring injury. red sox go on to win 5-1. >>> you know it's a big game when you break out the baseball oncies. college world series, virntanderbilt versus virginia. with uva down two runs, smith the freshman coming through for his teammates. that's a two-run blast. tied up at two apiece. smith, he was batting over .200 in the college world series, but he came through tonight. top of the fifth, this an rbi single to left, gave virginia the lead 3-

harper given the day off to rest.pite not having one of the game's best hitters playing today, max scherzer on the mound and more dominant than usual. the 16 strikeouts saturday new franchise record. max scherzer eager to take the ay hold on max, wait for the national anthem. bottom of the first, carlos gomez, at the dish. gomez go down swinging. first strikeout of the game for max there. scooter generalet can't catch one that 95-mile-an-hour fast ball. bottom fourth, ryan braun, he goes down swinging, striking out the national league former mvp. 5 ks through four innings for max scherzer. later on in the seventh don't forget the offense, robinson, two on, two out, coming through, opposite field left, coming in to score easy. yunel escobar follows him in mr. robinson a two-run double. nates a 4-0 lead at this point. back to the main event, scherzer, perfect game going in the seventh inning, facing gomez again, this one finds some green grass. great effort by anthony ran doan, couldn't quite make a play. a single for g

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harper said he was "just messing around" and enjoying time with the fans. as you might imagine, this photo was all over social media. one girl said she was sitting nearby when this happened. espn said that they called harp err man of the fans. our friends at comcast sports net want to nominate him for selfie mvp. how about that he's got a lot of fans out there that's for sure. >>> temperatures have been stuck in the 50s and 60s. our average high temperature 82 degrees. this is 20 degrees colder an average this. still only 59 in leesburg then 61 in fredericksburg. not a pleasant day to be outside. your weather emoji today boo. i had somebody write me in saying i'm editorializing. this is the only face anyone has made to me at work today when asked about the weather is thumb's down. that includes aaron and barbara. >> it is not so great out there our wednesday's child today loves music and would someday be happy singing and playing on the stage somewhere she tells me. but as a foster child for most of her life, she has had little opportunity to have the lesso

four-time emmy winner valerie harper. >> it was a great line.to lose ten pounds by 8:30 or something, five pounds. >> now it seems like a funny joke. but when you look back at the fact that in the '70s shows were -- first of all, women writing for women characters and talking about things like women's weight and body issues and women working. >> absolutely. absolutely. that was what was good about that show. and that's why women are still watching it. and everyone should tune in and see this and they'll remember how different it was from the decade just before. >> when you went in to audition for the show did you know it was going to be such a slice of time in that era about an example of what was happening in the nation at the time? >> no. do you know what i knew? it was funny. it was incredibly funny and it was funny with integrity. it didn't push anything or get, you know -- can i say [ bleep ]? it wasn't that. it was truly funny. it was human beings dealing with one another. >> i look at the list and it's like the viewing guide of my childho

harper second in the league with rbis with 44. nats up 1-0. jordan zimmermann gets russell martin to ground out. the nats turning the inning-ending double play. zimmermann fired up. longest outing for him. buck show water and the o's hang out in haston taking on the astros. birds up 4-1. rookie pitcher mike wright on the mound with men on the corners andan if gattis earns himself a round trip, a monster three-run shomt. may even have run around the bases before that even landed. astros tie it up at four. very next batter jose altuve smacking this one to right center. back-to-back homers for the astros. they go up a run and hold on to beat the birds 6-4. shaun jackson made headlines when he missed otas last week and his return for round two gets just as much attention. yes this is the off somebody. he was the best player on offense last season and look like he picked up where he left off today. hopefully we'll hear from him tomorrow when players are available for interviews and voluntary. >> it's june. >> tell me what otas means in case they ar

byte harper called this -- bryce harper called this shot. he snap add playful selfie on a fan's cell phone before last night's game before the toronto blue jays. the fan from laurel threw the phone to him and she said it was awesome. pretty cool. >>> the queen is not dead despite what you have may have read on twitter. speculation started after a tweet posted on bbc journalist account that said the queen was being treated at the hospital and the tweet later said she had died. it turns out the station was conducting a technical rehearsal for an obituary for the monarch. the false tweet led buckingham palace to take the unusual step to confirm that queen elizabeth ii went to the hospital for her annual medical checkup after social media comments touched off the speculation about her health. >>> still to come, a preview of d.c.'s number one food and restaurant event is coming up. plus, working to clean up two of america's crown jewels. the potomac river and rock creek. find out more about the work to clean up these spaces. >> howard bernstein o