jay gruden says offense is his specialty but he is a defensive minded coach.r watching including number 53 there. the guy with quick feet and wearing number 36 showing a wow factor. safety and watch all of this takes place new defensive coordinator heard from him for the first time today takes intense to a new level while making sound defense sound so simple. >> we are just going to go out there and play tough hard nosed football. i think that's the way it was when i was here playing. and that's the way it is going to be this year. we want tough, solid football players that will tackle and make plays in the open field and perform at a high fashion. at this point in otas i think we are above the curve right now. >> meantime, nats fans happy in san francisco. bryce harper's suspension reduced to three games. zimmerman more than happy to keep up top. men on the corners. 16th homer of the year for him. he had 15 in all last season. scherzer digging the run support in the third facing brandon crawford. next we have orlando. the nats lead 3-0 in the fourth inning. o

he is much needed at redskins bark -- park even when sidelined according to jay gruden.en: he is a main stay and he keeps the boat from sinking from time to time. there are volatile people in the back room from time to time. he is a calming guy. if you can believe that. d-hall is that. if we don't have him back when we want to at least he will be in the room and still have a major influence on the team and the defense. robert: finally reports say kevin durant declined the player option for next season with the warriors making him a free agent. but he will re-sign with the team. i think he will take less money to keep the team together. jonathan: that is what he said. he wants another championship? or enjoying the chemistry? >> he wants a ring and chemistry. he'll make $30 million instead of $35 million. jonathan: how will he get by? doug: the storm that went through here, line of storms that turned severe over northern sussex county, delaware, a tornado warning is in effect. that's where the heavy duty stuff is heading out. we have additional period of rain but generally

coming up at 6:00, we'll check out the golf game of redskins head coach jay gruden. and should he keep his day job. coming up next. >>> that was some of the best video of the day. got to say. thank you, frank. >>> it was only on the grounds of the state capitol in little rock arkansas for less than a day. but tonight a man is facing charges after ramming his vehicle into a six foot statue of the new ten monument. police say 32-year-old michael reid drove through the statue before 5:00 a.m. filmed the whole thing and posted it on facebook. the monument was paid for with private funds. >>> wildfire has destroyed the home of big bang theory star johnny. hundreds of people have been evacuated from california's central coast while firefighters try to get the flames under control. at last check, it was about 60% contained. >>> americans have different views on young girls depending on their cultural backgrounds. >> so the news comes from a report authored by georgetown university law schools center on poverty and inequality shows that black girls are seen as more sexually

now that he is a top the depth chart, jay gruden excited to see how far, fat rob can go. >> i joked.t year this time you were ninth string running back for good's sakes. now he is the guy. so, it's, exciting to see how far he has come in a short period of time. and with that experience. comes confidence. i with every rep he takes. every path. every, course that he takes at running back with protections and routes now. just natural to him. he can be a runner. he is gifted in the regard as far as finding holes and running through people. >> more good news from maryland lacrosse. winning the heisman of lacrosse. the first maryland men's player to win. 42 goals and 45 assist for terps. and on the women's side, it returns to college park. taking it home. becomes the sixth straight maryland women's player to win the award. huge congratulations goes to both. and right now, in game one of the nba final, the warriors all over the cavaliers. they lead by 21 in the fourth. >> all righty. >> might just be four game series. >> the insurance companies and the credit card companies and the wall str

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>> deuce, an nfl strength and conditioning coach for his uncle jay gruden in washington.ying, i'm going to do what he says if that's the result. he looks a lot bigger than 183 pounds. >> i want to see that picture of your workout. >> it don't look like that. >> i'll show you later. join us tonight at 9:00 on cham 13. if you qualify you're in, the new plan to end rejections in the california state university system. >>> and the report on the deadly ghost ship fire in oakland and the big mystery that remains tonight. >> all coming up later. that's this edition of "abc7 news." we appreciate your time. >> thanks for joining us. ♪ this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are a history instructor from tucson, arizona... a writer from brooklyn, new york... and our returning champion, a phd student in linguistics from fresno, california... ...whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. standing backstage, i was admiring our opening montage -- all of th

bruce allen will remain prominent in the organization with williams and coach jay gruden reporting toim. williams has been a personnel executive with the skins since 2013. >> i am excited that they gave me the opportunity to do this and i'll embrace it. yes, i as a senior vice president of the personnel to the washington redskins. robert: how far do you see the redskins going this upcoming season? doug: i think we have an opportunity to compete with everybody else in our conference. erin: after skipping voluntary o.t.a.'s, redskins running back matt jones took the field for mandatory mini camp. he lost the starting running back job last season mostly due to fumbles. he knows he has to fix the ball security issues. he credited williams for his attendance today. >> i am happy for him. he taught me to enemy combatant pete and get your job back. i respect him. erin: i love that. good stuff. nancy: a great attitude to have. not easy. >> no. i'll be there tomorrow. i'm almost hoping that it rains so it's in the bubble. alison: exactly. nancy: next at 5:00, sign of the times. alison: also ne

jay gruden trading s set, and the caps well represented.ut the real stars out there today, the military. evidence on the 16th hole where 26 active duty enlisted from all five branches served as caddies for the pros. >> from jones borrow, arkansas, please welcome master sergeant christopher blankenship. >> reporter: chris blankenship had luck on his side as he was assigned to carry the bag for ricky fowler. >> you're good enough. >> thank you, sir. thank you for your service. >> what was the most nerve-racking part? >> making sure i didn't drop the bag. it's heavier than you think. >> reporter: shooting the breeze with ricky fowler? >> he was asking a lot about the kids and working at the pentagon was in the area to have a tour of the pentagon if he was free. >> reporter: the moment of the day, a surprise reunion. the caddie is daddy. sergeant first class brian green of the u.s. army reuniting with his children. and as for billy hurley iii, all eyes are on him. after countless media requests and selfies with fans, i asked him if he's looking

. >> jay gruden is not even involved in this. >> i'm not in the negotiations unfortunately. but i'm going to let everybody handle that. >> cousins wasn't made available to the media today. they are saying the same thing they were last season. kirk cousins is the quarterback. >> only thing i know right now is kirk cousins is our quarterback. i don't know anything more than that. >> i'm not worried about the deals. i am worried about how them win. >> it's above my pay grade with that. but i think something will be done. >> a shocker in the french open. novak djokovic sent packing against the sixth seed. djokovic didn't even put up much of a fight. his new coach has a lot of work to do. remember your home for the finals in game three tonight in cleveland. tip-off set for 9:00. coverage begins at 8:30. series starts when you go to the other city. in cleveland now. we see what lebron can do. larry: if a triple double means that. in the newsroom an investigation into d.c. mayor muriel bowser's campaign finances is over. bowser's campaign was fined $13,000 after it was determined r

now jay gruden says he doesn't know anything about that he wish his was part of negotiate saiss.o other players we talked to knew of any developments on kurt cousins contract. jewel 15 a deal must be done by then. we'll know in a few weeks. one thing we know redskins defense was pretty bad. and third down ranged last in nfl getting off the field on third down and performances the last few weeks against carolina and giants stuck with the team long after week 17. >> that's still fresh in our hindz. we is a sour taste in our m mind. if you don't you don't know what you're doing. if you feel like you you upheld your duty i would put you on the field. it's not championship football game. >> ses spite the short shortcomings. safety from arizona cardinals brought over free agent and he says he watched this team last year and he knew there was a place in the secondary for them. >> last year for sure me an my guy were looking at this roster for sure one is going to the washington redskins. so it was happening to be me where there's time they deposit get along or they were to the on the sa

basically, the quarterback of the front office he'll be working with jay gruden the roster look for goode, and good football players. doug william telling everybody here this morning he's the luckiest person in the world. >> our job is not to coach them. our job is to pick them. and we going to be trying to do the best job -- we had do the best job, give jay and his coaching staff the player that he needs to take all of us back to the super bowl. >> reporter: now, doug william said he first came to work for the redskins back 1986. again, came back about four years ago to work in the front office here. bruce allen the president of the redskins says that they interviewed 12 candidates for this job. not as a new general manager. that job is going to remain vacant. but as the senior vice-president of player personnel basically the player guy to get the people here on to the team and on to the field let jay gruden coach them both inside and outside of the organization, guys, and they are dipping back into the past and tapping doug williams super bowl winning mvp quarterback for the redskins t

it is the redskins coach jay gruden. >> whoo! >> exclusively right here on fox5. we are so excited.ization a lot lot to talk about and we'll have him maybe do some karaoke key. >> karaoke going down. >> what's your for song going to be. >> i'm not going to give that away. >> that's my line when i >> toss it back out to stafford. thank you giselle, luke. thank you for being part of good day dc making us the number one show. stafford county you're awesome. our team out there we'll have you close out the show with goodbye. have a great weekend, everyone. see you then. >> bye, guys. whoo! ♪ whoo! ♪♪ >> all right. guys, oh, my gosh. >> holly i have new baby. >> oh, my goodness. and it was born right here in stafford. this has been mazing. dj bill carol has brought it we have danced through the morning and dancing our way into holiday weekend. >> 99s for the next couple of days. our next chance for some rain will be really tomorrow afternoon. strong thunderstorms but that's about it for the weekend. plain old hot and humid as you get into the fourth of july weekend. doesn't prevent us fro