and as a dangerous, bill o'brien, sally forth, chris harris, mike rizzo, angela , heidi, kimberly, al, ricky -- these people represent about every aspect of the agency's work from finance to real-estate to housing and everything. they along with the commission, along with the pac, along with mercy and the south of market health center, always it -- deserve a resounding round of applause. >> it takes a lot of people to make this work. a lot of people to make it work. i would like to ask if someone from mrs. westbrook's family would like to come up and say a few words. [applause] >> don't worry. we are not all going to say a few words. as you can see, or if you have not met mrs. weber, you know that she is not a small woman. very tall. so you see why we all came out like that. everybody here -- i believe you have worked with her, or as we call her, madear. inside, it is a different story. where we came from, we did not have a lot of males

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and as a dangerous, bill o'brien, sally forth, chris harris, mike rizzo, angela , heidi, kimberly, al, ricky -- these people represent about every aspect of the agency's work from finance to real-estate to housing and everything. they along with the commission, along with the pac, along with mercy and the south of market health center, always it -- deserve a resounding round of applause. >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work,

general manager mike rizzo said harper will spend the rest of the season there. for the cubs, that's makes things even sweeter. at the top of the fourth, the nats up 2-1. nobody knows who is going to get it. bernadina lets it drop. bird has also around third. -- hostels around third. at 7-10, a wild pitch. >> we gave them two runs back to back. that should never happen. we bounced back and we won the ballgame. >> the all-star teams have been selected. michael morris is on the final vote but people are talking. mceachern has the high road. mark teixeira is just second in the majors. because of this nabih he is not doing the home-run derby. -- the snub he is not doing a home-run derby. abby wambach and fellow forward any rodriguez have yet to score, but it is a complete team run so far. the u.s. is 3-0 in sweden in the world cup. but as the players have said, things have changed. >> for us to play well, we have trapped pressure on the ball from the mid well -- midfield all the way to the fall line. that has not led -- that has not gone that well in the last couple

general manager mike rizzo said he will finish the season in aa. the nationals squeak out another win to bounce back to 500 and -- .500. jordan zimmermann was on the mound. it had looked like they might squander another one of his spectacular outings. jayson werth shatters his bat with this base hit and danny espinoza home. top of the fourth, alphonso -- alfonso soriano hits the lazy fly ball. the cubbies went up 3-2. tied at 4-4 in the 7th. the 10th -- bad pitch sent jayson werth stealing home. the nats win 5-4. look at that. a two-run hit. rangers win it 13-4. >>> fireworks baseball, and then eating contest? there may be no better way to celebrate than with nathan's famous hot dog competition. joey chestnutt won. then men and women were separated this year. sonia thomas, a local phone alexandria -- from alexandria, won by eating 40 hotdogs. it makes you wonder if jerry jones knows something we do not about the lockout. >> that is a good question. he picked a date? hm. >> i'm still thinking about the ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] the counter. in most h

work on this project for many years, phil o'brien, chris harris, derek smith, the asset manager, mike rizzo -- did i forget anybody? you guys are just awesome. we love working with you. i suppose a big part of you is so often because you have a great leader. i would like to invite fred blackwell up to the podium. >> usually, i thank the staff, and the mayor has already done that. but this is a project that is so overwhelming that i am still not at a loss for words. [laughter] you know, if there is a project that better exemplifies what redevelopment should and can do, i would like to see it. if there is a set of partners that would be better to work with, i would like to see them. and if there's a more a corporate woman building in a project like this to be named after, and i would like to meet her. in terms of the redevelopment agency's role in this, agency funds were used to acquire the site, to provide the financing for the affordable housing. grant funds were used for the clinic. in terms of the use of tax increment and agency funds, again, i think this is a shining example of what rede

prior to the game, he was told by nats gm mike rizzo that he'll spend the remainder of the season in double a. no stress about when he'll get called up. it's not happening. and he's fine with that. >> it's awesome. i'm excited about that. i don't need to do anything else. i'm real comfortable down here and i feel good around the guys that i'm with and i really need to learn some stuff in left field and the outfield so i'm excited to see what happens and ready to get going. >> to recap, he's excited. >>> the birds still down in arlington taking on the rangers. matt leaders making his first all-star appearance. eighth home run of the season, orioles up 2-0. trouble in the seventh. runners in the corners for josh hamilton. the single to left brings in the tying run. elvis andrus hustling to third and his throw gets away. here comes andrus with the go-ahead run and the rangers win 4-2. >>> vene us williams played her first match in the united states here in dc tonight. she's a member of the washington kastles, part of world team tennis, and tonight she made her lone dc appearance. >> tea

and as a dangerous, bill o'brien, sally forth, chris harris, mike rizzo, angela , heidi, kimberly, al, ricky -- these people represent about every aspect of the agency's work from finance to real-estate to housing and everything. they along with the commission, along with the pac, along with mercy and the south of market health center, always it -- deserve a resounding round of applause. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful

mike rizzo said i want to deal with this at the end of the year. he said he told riggleman we will deal with it then, but he said i have no clout. they know what happens without a contract. buck came in, and they knew he was staying around. jason werth -- jayson werth, what is going on? >> they talked about not having the lineup together. at various points of the season you had werth not zimmerman, for this to function, teams need to fear a couple of guys. they have never feared more than one guy in the lineup. they can play for an extended period together. >> steve straws burg's rehab is going -- strasburg's rehab is going on or close to schedule. please tell me we are not saving him until next year. >> the only reason you want him to pitch this year, psychologically it's good for a player to go home for the winter getting a game or two in, look, i'm okay, i'm fine. i can pitch again, and maybe it doesn't have to be the major league level. maybe a couple of rehab assignments. if you get to september, there's nowhere else to pitch. >> it's been an

gm mike rizzo maintains harper isn't making it to the big club this season. >>> let's take a look at of the stories we're working on this afternoon for news 4. pat lawson muse joins us from the newsroom with a preview of what's to come. >> coming up this afternoon on news 4 at 4:00, one woman's over the top way to punish her husband's ex-wife. the illicit craigslist ad that landed this woman behind bars. we'll tell you about that. and then tonight on news 4 at 5:00, we've got discount deals on three summer travel destinations. plus, we'll share with you the promotional code that will save you an extra hundred bucks off your bottom line. you'll want to tune in for that. plus, we'll have the late st on the weather this afternoon. aaron? >> thank you, pat. >>> one more check on the weather before we leave you this morning. tom kierein is here with the details on that. the heat is on. >> we're already climbing throughout the upper 80s, but we ought to peak 90 or so, low 90s. there's that hazy, milk yy blue sky. right now we are well into the 80s throughout most of the region, except out

however, general manager mike rizzo says this is all right on schedule. >> we always have a timetable that, you know, when we felt it was time for him to take the next step and to, you know, challenge him a little bit further, we would make a smooth transition, and, you know, after he went through a few of the little injuries, showed me that enough at-bats at that level, and succeeded at that level enough, we figured we would challenge him to the next level in the minor leagues. >>> the nationals want harper to play in the arizona fall league next. they also want him to get some experience in aaa. >>> 62 hot dogs. sounds like a party. but if joey chestnut is invited, nobody else is going to get to eat. they will be gone in ten minutes. because that is exactly what chestnut did today to become the nathans international hot dog eating champion for the fifth year. coney island, fans packed the streets early. for the first time ever, there was a women's-only contest before the main event. it featured nine ladies, including this woman you might recognize, sonja thomas from alexandria. and