these are the rail -- natitude, hashtag natitude. these are the rally towels they'll be giving away. if i, can i want to give you a quick shameless promotion. follow me on twitter at ken wusa9. i'll be here with these lucky faunas got tickets to be inside the stayed -- fans that got tickets to be inside the stadium. not everyone was so lucky. we'll go to peggy fox with that part of our coverage. >> reporter: nats fans who are used to come down to the stadium and buying their tickets game day were in for a surprise today. if they didn't show up very early, they weren't only out of luck, but hit with stker shock. >> i bought a couple hat. my wife and i really wanted 1 with the postseason logo on it. >> reporter: that $45 postseason hat was nice, but what he really wanted was a couple tickets. by the time he got here they were sold out of everything but flee hundred plus suite tickets. he plans to -- 300 plus suite tickets. he plans to go on stubhub. >> i won't go over 100. >> reporter: shanp is looking for a scalper -- shanna is lookin

natitude in full effect. the nats have a great opportunity to go ahead in the series 2-1 over the st. louis cardinals. what better than to put their only experienced pitcher out on the mounds that actual -- mound that actually has playoff experience. edwin jackson won a world series ring last season with the cardinals. there's that little extra incentive for the righty going against his former team. he's been a little bit inconsistent this season, but manager davey johnson says he's confident that jackson can handle the pressure. >> he's been outstanding all year long. pitched exceptionally well so it's good to have him here and it's good to have his experience going into game three. >> he's been through a lot. obviously he's pitched a ton in the post-season. for him to have that experience and go out there in a pivotal game in the series is going to be great for us. >> i feel like being the only one with the playoff experience in the rotation, i mean, it's high expectations on me. i have high expectations fo

louis cardinals. >> nigh natitude is at the st.is arch. >> they left busch stadium thrilled at the outcome. >> we're so excited. you can't be too excited. the cardinal fans -- >> ups, downs, bases loaded, great catch by werth. the play of the game. getting out of the bases loaded jam with no outs. huge. so huge win. >> jennifer pura is part of the nate pack during home games. she's a college student in st. louis and lucky enough to snag a ticket and see a win. >> i expected to win the whole time. but i was a little concerned. but i never gave up. so it was great. >> tickets. >> nats. 2012. first playoff. >> earlier in the day, nats fans anxiously watched batting practice. hopeful that their team would start the series off with a w. the thinker sten brothers made the -- the thurston brothers made the pill grammage. >> amazing. unbelievable experience. >> they said the wheels would fall off and so proud they didn't. >> the nats go into game two with one win under their belt. that game will be played tomorrow at 4:37 eastern time. in

>> there -- natitude. there it is. whew! >> and they weregist getting started -- just getting started. >> what are you going to do with the towel? >> i'm going to wear it. ware the towels? >> yeah. >> where? >> on my head. >> you're not going to shake, shake, shake? >> and that is the towel. that's it. >> and then you have the old- timers. >> go nats. >> you got it. >> >> the natidue was everywhere. emily white brought it. >> i would love a thumbs up or smile. >> reporter: what she really wants is a date to the prom n. right field, fathers and sons were drinking it in, skipping school and hoping for a ball. >> how special is this for you? >> play-off baseball. >> really special. >> yeah. >> show them the cost they got in. >> this is washington. >> reporter: really, the only sickness in the park is baseball fever and everyone caught it. >> reporter: i talked to emily and she didn't want to put the phone number on her poster there because it was should i ask or some should bryce call me for a day to -- date to the prom and on

just keep that winning natitude. yes, go nats.o see if i can get a ticket for tomorrow night, too. >> it's going to feel like october baseball. what are we looking for tomorrow night? >> i think the advantage probably nats at this point. the momentum got gio gonzalez on the hill coming back for the second time in this series, a 20 game winner. i got to think advantage nats in game five. >> scott smith, thanks. over to you, will. >>> now the race for the white house, the pressure is on tonight on the running mates. vice president joe biden and his republican rival wisconsin representative paul ryan. they faced off in the one and only vice presidential debate. tonight we're here in studio b getting some instant reaction from young people. you're our future, after all. they are politically minded students from american university studying politics. we'll hear from some of them and some of the very strong opinions in just a moment, but first let's begin our coverage with fox 5's tom fitzgerald who is standing by in the newsroom. >> go

let's check in with adam caskey. >> we are rocking day natitude on this wednesday morning. game 3 today and it will be a beautiful day for it. let's go to our weatherbug site at nationals park. 56 degrees with the dew point 54. temperatures will climbed nicely to a comfortable level this afternoon midday for the 1:07 start time. cooler off to the west. for the most part, we are in the 50's, on our way to 72 degrees this afternoon. gray now but sunny by lunchtime. >> the drive to scuttle but more complicated on the beltway in maryland. the accident is at georgia avenue blocking the right/center line which is adding to the volume delays which have started developing on this stretch of the maryland beltway. in virginia, no major problems on 95 or 395. it is getting heavy on the northbound side heading to the 14th street bridge. >> thank you. this is a day local baseball fans have waited to see. the nationals are playing their first playoff game at home. >> the nationals are hoping the comforts of home will have them jump ahead of the cardinals. >> i was in the seats in a minut

october natitude, new shirt coming in?ou can buy them today is at the ballpark, and then we'll spread them out to the stores in dulles town center and tysons corner mall. >> reporter: so folks who can't make it to the ballpark can get nats gear through two new sources. >> yes. we'll have them open through the holidays. >> reporter: what can fans get? shirts, hats, what? >> we've got a ton of postseason products with bats, baseballs, pins, a bunch of stuff. it's going to be great. >> reporter: awesome. thanks for your time. check it out. listen, i'll meet everybody halfway. everybody who's watching, if you send me -- here we go. >> there you go. >> reporter: i might melt. tweet me @tonytull with your nats picture. if you're hooking work today or dressing up the kids in nats gear to take them to school, shoot me a tweet @tonytull, and we'll try to get it on the air. angie goff's favorite hash tag, i'm telling you, natitude. it's crazy, guys. >> make sure you bring one of those t-shirts back to me and for richard. >> reporter

prepare i wouldn't say it was natitude.f course, this team is upset they lost, especially to lose 12-4, but they're not leaving with their heads hanging down. they came here to st. louis, played a really tough environment at busch stadium and split the series. now it's back home where they have home field advantage. >> with such a short series like we've all talked about you'll have to win games on the road anyway. for to us come here and split in a tough environment against a tough team, now we go home and if we hold home field advantage, we go to the next round. >> i think going 1-1 here is huge, coming here, winning one game, going back home the next three will be great for us and playing at home is always great. >> like i said, you work all season to get home field advantage and we got it going home with the series tied. we get a chance to play in front of our fans and go back home and it's what it's all. about we did our job while we were here, split the series. we'll head home. >> reporter: the nats now hope their pit

his license plate is "natitude." >> so my sweet 16 birthday was nothing compared to this. absolutely amazing. take a look at the flip side of these tickets. world series? who knows. but first things first. tonight, we will take an n.l. east win and revel in it for the next couple of days. but we still have to continue to play the phillies in game 2 and game 3. >> now to a developing story in california. at least 20 people have been injured after a big rig slammed into an amtrak train south of fresno. police say the truck driver failed to yield at a railroad crossing. the impact pushed two passenger cars on the train off the tracks. there were 169 passengers on board. the truck driver was not seriously hurt. and a dangerous situation for a woman on metro when her motorized skooter malfunctioned. now she's asking metro to install guardrails. karen jones says her scooter began running in circles. the scooter threw her on to the tracks. >> and i was hollering. i was like somebody help me, please. but could nobody catch the chair. and when the chair stopped, bam. it stthrew me

. >> i'm here to get my natitude ignited. the first nationals playoff game in 79 years. this is an unbelievable experience. >> reporter: the nats are slated to play a five-game series a series that will bring them home on wednesday. >> it's really excited to have some very meaningful baseball in october because this is -- we're usually all checked out by then. >> reporter: this is what fans have been waiting for since the nationals came to washington in 2005. some fans, let's just say, they're a little more diehard than others. >> we actually got engaged at nationals park right before the season, so we like to think of ourselves as a good luck charm. >> if they win today, we might take credit. >> reporter: so the natitude has been ignited as one fan said. still hoping for a win today and looking forward to the hometown play on wednesday. reporting live from northwest washington, darcy spencer, news4. >> i see the tarp is over the field outside the bar there, darcy. thanks. nats fans can follow the team's entire journey through the nlds and hopefully beyond at nbcwashingt

there was no doubt our fans announced their natitude back then. they were going to be 43,000 strong swinging towels that say natitude on them and ready to get it done against the cardinals. >> if you're coming to the game, you need to look at your ticket and it says game one ticket. make sure people bring those because you won't be able to get into the stadium. >> make sure you bring your tickets. it says home game one. even though it's game three of the series, it's home game one for washington. there's going to be a lot going on here at the ballpark. >> reporter: gates open at 10:30. if you're thinking about snagging that last standing room only ticket, again, they have about 1,000. hurry up of t. the box office opens at 9:00 a.m. live at nats stadium, tony tull, news 4. >>> some roads near nationals park are closing less than an hour from now. other streets will close at 10:30. ddot will have extra traffic control officers helping fans get in and out of the game. metro is running additional trains on the green line today, biking to the ballpark

my natitude has ignited. how about you? you coming to the game? >> we're going to try to get tickets. it's not easy. >> all right, kristin. just a few hours away. >>> 6:05 now. in less than a month, all of the americans will be headed to the polls, at least those that are registered to vote for president. >> astaire a mergener -- as tara mergener reports, voters in ohio will probably decide who wins. >> reporter: mitt romney and his supporters have a new message for president obama. romney has three more campaign stops in ohio today for a very good reason. no republican has won the presidency without carrying ohio. >> i want you to go out there and find someone who voted for barack obama and get him to come join our team. >> reporter: romney's ohio poll numbers are surging as more voters are connecting. >> this country is a country of equal opportunity. i think that everybody has an equal chance to succeed and i think romney kind of is for that. >> reporter: president obama is back in washington today. his election staff is still in ohio. the obam

. >> reporter: there is some serious natitude here, we. look at shirts. they've already been printed and sold. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: let me talk to this man. this is brian from washington d.c. how you feeling right now? >> right, thank you. >> reporter: what is that like in there? >> overwhelming. it was great to see them win this national title. >> reporter: this happened a little bit in an anti-climactic way because the nats found out and all their fans at around 9:45 when the pittsburgh pirates up in pittsburgh beat the atlanta braves. so with that the nats became the national league east champions. here, this is from masn what it looked like inside. the place went nuts. it was between the top and bottom of the 9th inning here and the nats are down 2-0 at the point, but because the braves lost in pittsburgh the nats are nl east champs. take a look at these people, going crazy still. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: let me ask this gentleman over here, sir, tell me how did you get this shirt so quickly? >> the minute that the nats

i don't have the beard, but i have my natitude ready to rock for game five. it's the best i can do.lian. i grow a beard fast. maybe not as fast as you guys did, but i'll do what i can. >> i want to ask you about this. yesterday, and i have to admit, and probably like some other people, i was so depressed, because of the way the previous game had gone and it felt like, wow, we're out of this. now i'm completely happy and firmly believe they'll win tonight. gio gonzalez, it's a complete turnaround. >> reporter: we talked about it yesterday on the set. it was hard to get up, because after game three, lost game two and three by a total of eight runs a piece, been blown out. to come back and win like they did, it revitalized everybody. you started texting me right after the game, tony, and we haven't seen this before ever. these are aheady days to be a nats' fan. it really doesn't get more exciting. i'm with you, i think they're going to win tonight. they got their ace on the staff, gonzalez going. 21wins in the regular season. what's not to love about this team? and they had the best re

make sure that i have it up right here, natitude. that's what it's all. about these are the rally towels they're giving out to all the fans in attendance at the stadium tonight. so if you're coming out here, you can expect to have this, wave it around all night. i can tell you natitude is alive and well on hatch street, back to you. >> reporter: thank you, ken before. you can get out there and wait in line to get in the gate and enjoy the game, you have to get your hands on one of those golden tickets, right? they weren't easy to come by. a lot of folks lined up early this morning for a last chance. >> this is about as good as it gets. now everything is on the line in game five. more than 200 nats fans were camped outside the box office this morning hoping to score last minute standing room only tickets to game five. what time did you get out here? >> 3:00 in the morning. >> reporter: shut up. >> no. i came straight from work. >> reporter: you watched the game from work and came straight here? >> there was no way you could not come. >> that was probably t

. >> a little natitude and right after ryan zimmerman hit a home run. he is trending worldwide. andy and our victorious president of the day. take a bow, teddy. we'll be back with more on today's final game of the regular season. >> luckily, teddy didn't have to do all that running in the rain. thanks, kristin. >> coming up, our coverage of tonight's presidential debate continues with a newly sworn in american citizen at the university of maryland came up with the idea for the first debate more than 55 years ago. >>> i'm derek mcginty live at u.s.a. today's newsroom where we will bring you the truth. fact-checking the debate as it happens tonight at 9:00. if you think mitt romney and president obama are sick of preparing, you can blame fred cann. he was a brand-new citizen and a student at the university of maryland. he figured it might be a good idea to get the candidates together so they can argue and take questions face to face. this had never happened before. even back then, some folks said be careful what you wish for. here's gary. >> 56 was a rematch. at the university of

natitude. >> the baltimore orioles lost to bay race. the orioles have secured the card spot.d- they play the raiders friday in a one game playoff. >> we turn to washington's baseball playoff team. t recordlench the bes national league. kind ofexcitement is victory.by another time infor the first than 500 attempts to win e race. >> so many different ways to lose. it is about time. for the game itself, important there. nats 1 their 98th win of the season, more than any other team in major league baseball. that coupled with the meansal league's victory clenched home field advantage throughout the , through the world series. >> the nats game will be this sunday. >> the nats first home game will be during day 3 of the best of five series. from tonight. have much more coming up on the nats later in sports. beaten.year-old was >> i am bob ryan. some fog. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. these appliances could have been made here in america. but a company called global tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing...

best fans in baseball, natitude. check out this picture taken by the associated press. it's of werth, jumping, leaping into the arms of his teammates right after he scores the walkoff home run. i've not seen the front page of "the washington post" just yet but if they don't use a picture like this or this exact picture, something quite like it, i will be very surprised because this picture was all over social media last night. werth just making a huge leap into the arms of his teammates. what an awesome moment. these guys have been playing so hard. and for the fans, i don't think you could ask for any more. game five tonight, first pitch 8:37. mike, andrea? >> cannot wait. thanks, kristin. >>> other news, the president of virginia tech could soon be the target of a lawsuit linked to the virginia tech massacre. the parents of two students killed in the massacre successfully sued the state for their deaths of their daughters in 2007. the parents are asking the state supreme court to overturn a lower court ruling which excluded the president charles steiger from their suit

the fans are showing their october natitude.were here both last night and tonight they believe -- we believe they are a bit superstitious. another girl brought the exact same sign that her mom held here last night as well. >> this is the only time. i want to make the most of it, you know? i want to make sure they know we are out here. >> my mom brought this time last night. >> i were the same shirt last night. -- i wore the same shirt last night. >> apparently jason werth is the good stuff. they had a huge run on merchandise last night after his big season saving home run. it remains to be seen just to will be the fans' favorite tonight. the nationals are up, so keep your fingers crossed. >> knock on wood, find a rabbit's foot. stay with us for complete coverage. we will be breaking into a special coverage when the game and right here on abc 7. >> supporting news -- disappointing news for fans of the baltimore orioles. they fell to the yankees in game 5. they went down 3-1. the yankees now advance to face the tigers in the ameri

we got a little natitude right here. hey, buddy, how good was that game tonight? >> the best. >> they're the best! >> reporter: hey, the little guy says it. how about some other folks out there tonight. hey, you were here earlier. what was that ballgame like? >> the game was great. awesome, wasn't. >> reporter: jayson werth, right? -- awesome, baby. >> reporter: jayson werth, right? >> the man, greatist i've ever seen. >> reporter: i'm interested toen what the scene was like. we talked about 12 pitches and washington d.c. and baseball. we've talked about washington d.c. and baseball. what was it like just being out there tonight? what was it like to be out there tonight? >> we want to be at strasburg's first game, the energy unbelievable. >> let's go nats! let's go nats! let's go nats! let's go nats! let's go nats! >> reporter: i think you've got your answer. i think you've got your answer, guys. bedlam out here on south capitol. for some of you who didn't see it tonight, take a look at what it was tonight. jayson werth in the top of the 9th and in the bottom -- e

i think we caught that the natitude. so you at 6:00 again tonight. >> you have to love that natitude. >> absolutely. you have to love the weather, too. what a difference from yesterday. it was beautiful out. >> what can we expect into the rest of the evening hours in yo and the low we have had today. later on tonight, i think, and tomorrow morning, we could have some fog and drizzle. shouldn't be a big deal, but we're expecting tomorrow afternoon. finally to get some sunshine and, of course, it's all important tomorrow. the nats will be playing and we would like to have some sun out there and make it nice for all of the fans and let's start with the temperatures. 62 degrees. gaithersburg is 57 and 60 degrees right now for baltimore. we just kind of held the clouds in place today. skins the -- since the clouds were in place and expecting sunshine, with the clouds in place, the temperatures have stayed in the upper 50s to lower 60s and that is where we have been. by tomorrow afternoon, we're going to see some of the clouds

the nats set a new attendance record at nats park, natitude in full force, but the 45,000 fans didn't get what they came to see. top of the 2nd pete kozma a three-run blast off edwin jackson put the cards up 4-0. same score in the 5th with the nats having a chance to get back in it. two out for michael morse. the nationals strand 11 baserunners today. top of the 7th, garcia on relief adding insult to injury and walks in a run as the nats are crushed and shut out by the cardinals in game three 8-0. >> i take nothing for granted. we're not out of this by a long shot. you have to get a few key hits in the ballgame tomorrow. we're right back in it. >> we've been a really good team all year. we've got one game to may tomorrow, one game to win. you can't look at it any different way. >> we've got a good group of guys here. there's no doubt we believe in ourselves. it's about coming out and doing the job tomorrow. >> reporter: the cardinals chris carpenter pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings allowing seven hits and bryce harper falls to 1-15 battingwise in the playoffs. >>> the baltimore orioles

. >>> we continue on the news edge at 6 with natitude. washington supporting the reds and the nats push ahead on the road in the world series and that is a bummer how things turned out. and there is tomorrow. >> there is tomorrow and could be only tomorrow. they have to win tomorrow and go home for the sea road to the world series ends abruptly. 45,017, the most on hand to take to a washington nationals game for good season reason. the first time in 79 years that the play-off baseball is there. the grumblings about the team not winning without steven straussburg and could be overshadowed by more grumblings and that is with an 8-0 and you can't win if you don't score runs. the other headlines, the fans of the nats and sue, as know, i root for the nationals almost as anyone else. >> and wait a minute. >> as an-year-olds -- orioles fan now and they haven't been back to the play-offs since 1987 and it could be a decade or more before the nationals team gets back to the play-offs and disheartening, i think, from people who were not here at the

i'm sure the natitude will keep everybody warm.his will be the coldest night we have had so far this season. these are freeze warnings, a freeze is likely. 32 degrees, if not colder in all the purple areas. that does include howard county, montgomery county, also loudoun, prince william, and fauquier, and many points to the north and west. this is additional now. frost advisories for the district for fairfax and prince georges county and over to anne arundel. that generally means your temperature could fall to 36 degrees. so what you want to do on a night like this is bring in those sensitive plants or cover up anything you don't want to lose, because it may be too cold tonight. 58 degrees now. the wind continues to keep temperatures mixed up just a little bit and keeps the atmosphere mixed up. it would be colder. at this hour, gusts to 30 miles an hour. definitely a chill in the air with that. again, better, but still a bit of a breeze for the game for those of you heading out there. dulles, wind gusts at 22 miles an hour and so o

. >> reporter: they're talking about natitude and one of the good things about being out with the fans is you get the rally towels. i don't think you have one down there. all the fans getting these rally towels, coming in by the scores. look behind me. this is the center field gate. we've then open a little over an hour and the fans continue to pour. in the metro stop is not too far. so the crowds are just pouring in filling up the stands, about an hour and 30 minutes left before that first pitch and everybody is excited out here. everyone is still running on that high from the wertm home run last night. -- werth home run last night, so it's going to make for a very fun night. it is cold, so i even have my gloves. it's going to be a fun night, a chilly one, but very exciting nonetheless. >> reporter: thank you, ken. i may not have one of those rally towels, but i've got something you don't have, a real live major league baseball dropped over during batting practice and i snatched it up. you mentioned how cold it is. that's a good news/bad news thing. bad news is we are chilly. good new

. >> how you can get even more natitude. geo is launching his own clothing line.tart off with these two t-shirts. $1 from every t-shirt sold will go to the foundation to support children and families who need medical care. >>> number four, losing weight is easier with a partner. people lose about the same amount of weight whether they use programs like weight watchers or a physician. they shed the pounds easier if their support from another person in the group or a program. >> number three, virginia is now reporting 24 cases of suspected fungal meningitis. one of them deadly. they are all the result of the tainted steroid product sent to medical facilities in christian burling. as a result, those facilities have contacted more than 630 patients about possible exposure. >>> number two, watch the type of fish you eat when you are pregnant. a new study found low levels of mercury can increase the chances of adhd symptoms. moms to be who ate more fish had children with fewer signs of adhd. doctors say eat fish, but make sure it is low in mercury. >>> and number one to

. >>> there's some natitude in the air tonight. the nationals have kept their season alive at least one more day thanks to some 9th inning magic. sport director scott smith joins us now. >> with one giant swing the momentum has now swung in favor of the home team in in series back against the wall in the series and the game, jayson werth at the plate in the bottom of the 9th tied 1-1 climbing out of an 0-2 count, 13th pitch of the at bat, turn off the lights, let's go home. a walkoff home run, werth delivers when it mattered most. the nats even the series and storm the field, the sellout crowd going nuts and the hero leaping into the crowd waiting for him at home plate. 2-1 the final. they live to play another day, werth sharing the moment with the family after this one. >> we faced them a lot over september and the series. i think he threw a hook 2-2 to get the 3-2. i figure from now i wasn't getting the hitter. finally got one to hit. >> that's jason. he grinds it out whether he's healthy or hurt. he's a leader and has taught us

. >> with so many planning to show their natitude with what they wear, this has been the biggest -- the busiest place in the area. >> very crazy. >> what you are looking at right now, some would call the nosebleed seats. on craigslist, they are going for a least $150. there is not a bad seat in this house. a lot of people will be happy to get those tickets. people coming to the box office today were given this piece of paper and told to come back tomorrow at 9:00. expect a long line for those people hoping to get their hands on those standing room only seats. >> $150 for the nosebleed seats. >> a 1:00 game on a weekday? >> it will be full, i am sure. still to come, an update on the meningitis care across the u.s.. there are more cases in our region. we will have the latest information. >> a major shift in america's religious views. >> there is no longer a protestant majority and a growing number of people are not following a religion at all. >> first of all, most americans, 80%, still say they believe in god but a lot more of them have no a -- have no religious affiliation. it seems to

. >> natitude. excited for tonight. >> tell us about oprah. >> is that oprah? no, it's not.ferson hotel. she got into two different cars. she was with military families for a taping. look at that. for her tv show. it's very cool. she came down under the radar and then got together with some -- >> she's gone now? we can't hang out and look for her? >> i'm pretty sure she's gone. >> i know somebody who had dinner there. they said it was quiet. >> she's stealthy. for as famous as she is to get in and out, good people. >> we need to talk about lindsay lohan. >> what is there not to say. there's been recordings of a fight with her and her mom. then the dad says her mom was on drugs. dina says her dad is doing other things. lindsay is supporting her mom all this time. it seems like something you would see on a jerry springer show. but, they are famous. >> who is in charge there? >> i don't think anyone is in charge. there is like no one keeping track or keeping responsibility there. >> let's move on to another famous daughter, the daughter of whitney houston. >> houston on our own

. >> absolutely, bleed natitude red all the way through. if i could do red, burgandy and gold, that would be it. >> a big decision to wear my nationals or redskins jersey. first playoff game, i went with the nats' jersey. >> reporter: what if you were at home? >> you need to have your remote control in your hand to do this. switch the channels as quickly as you can. >> reporter: for redskins fans, it was nerve racking going in, knowing washington hadn't had a home win in seven straight games. >> seemed shaky. >> reporter: plus, the home team was going up against the unde feeted falcons. a fan just moved here from georgia and brought his falcons glass with him to the bar. >> you're in redskins territory, you know that right? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: at the end of the day, this skins' town biggest worry was about an injured rg3. karen gray houston, fox 5 news. >> back to the other game, which is still on going, you heard scott mention the orioles' game. usually a celebrity or politician gets to throw out the first pitch at a game. but toda

at the tasty diner in bethesda this morning, the omelets came with a side of natitude.he braves lost, too. it doesn't matter. the nats are the n.l. east division champions. >> i'm hoping they go all the way. we haven't had a champion in a long time. >> reporter: it's the first time in 79 years that a washington baseball team has taken the title. last time was the senators back in 1933. and nats fans are thrilled. how far will they go? >> i got confidence in them. all the way. >> i'm excited. we have not had a baseball team do well in this area for many, maniyear, probably since the senators were in, way before my time. i'm looking forward to it. i'm really excited. >> reporter: the nationals achievement may only be hours old. already, the t-shirts are on the rack. they opened up at 8:00 a.m. and fans wasted no time snapping up shirts and hats. >> i bought two t-shirts. i wanted to wear it or buy them because we haven't had a team in d.c. to cheer for in i don't know how long. so, it's been a long wait. >> i saw somebody wearing one of these last night. i was forced to l

. >>> the natitude is growing as the nationals get set for the postseason.playoff games will be hard to come by and d.c. police chief is warning scalpers to stay away from nationals park or risk being arrested. >> you're not allowed to resell your tickets. i think a lot of people are under the impression if they sell it for face value or less that it's not illegal, but it is. >> it's not just sellers that can get in trouble. buyers should be aware buying from a scalper is also illegal. >>> the d.c. taxicab commission is whiffed on its proposal to charge extra during playoff games. d.c. mayor vincent gray nixed the proposal to charge a buck extra per passenger two hours prior to the game until 4 a.m. gray contacted the commission about the idea and the proposal was pulled back. >>> the redskins have no choice but to be on top of their game sunday hosting the undefeated falcons at fedex. in our 4 down showdown the offense squared off against the defense. here's lindsay murphy. >> this is the 4 down showdown presented by your local nissan dealers. >> reporter:

. >> reporter: it's so exciting to watch natitude in full force.saw stephen strasburg out here earlier. have you talked to him? what kind of teammate is he going to be like? obviously it's a difficult time. he wants to be part of this playoff run, but what kind of support has he been? >> he is a part of this. he won 15 games, was a terrific pitcher and we're not here without stephen strasburg. so he's a great teammate. he's a great person, got great character and he's going to be a terrific pitcher for us for a long time. >> reporter: i know the beginning of the season and you just said it again you had very high hopes for this teen, optimism surrounding -- team, optimistic surrounding this team, but are you surprise at all with the success, one of the best records in baseball for the season? is there a little surprise there? >> i think some guys have exceeded expectations, but i think get pretty good about where we're at. i never put a number of wins or what the record was going to be like, but i knew we were going to be in a position to play. we

. >> she's got that natitude. >> yeah, she's got the red on. >> i think i'm going to keep it up all weekhopefully it will work this evening. hey, we just talked about the international space station, dragon 2. with a clear sky tonight, we'll be able to see it. i'm going to talk about the past times in a couple minutes. as far as this morning goes, you were up early, the fog. look at that. this is silver spring, maryland. just casually, the deer crossing the road before the car, thank goodness. the fog is lifting there. the rays of sunshine coming through the tree. >> is that another one? >> no, just the video playing back. >> it is. okay. well, timing is everything. one before the car, the other after it. there was another one, too, coming out. we have a partly sunny sky right now. we are talking about a lot of people going to the game and a lot of people not going to the game. this is going to be the kind of day where you want to get outside. it's so nasty and gray the last couple days. sunshine today. get out and take a couple deep breaths and enjoy the fact it's going to be warmer. 66

. >> we need some natitude and batut -- batitude. >>> tonight vice president joe biden and g.o.p. candidate paul ryan square off in kentucky. what was once seen as a possible entertaining event has now taken on a much more serious tone. high stakes for both sides after last week's presidential debate where analysts say president obama was flat at best. the democrats are now counting on vice president joe biden to try to turn things around while the republicans are hoping paul ryan will continue the momentum mitt romney created in his campaign they got after the debate last week. >> joe biden has been on the stage before. he's been on the big stages. it's my first time, but what he can't run from is president obama's indefensible record. they're just offering more of the same [ inaudible ] >> the latest gallop poll shows mitt romney is ahead of president obama. >>> our partners from "u.s.a. today" will be fact checking what biden and ryan said just as they did during the presidential debate. joining me is one of the members of fact checking team paul singer. paul, good to you have

the great thing was natitude is in full force today and they're going to need you again tomorrow, nats fans. scott, we really appreciate it and i'm kristen berset live at nationals park. back to you guys in the studio. >> just need to get the timing right foot game tomorrow. then maybe we can get -- for the game tomorrow. then maybe we can get some wins going. >>> still ahead tonight the politics of tickets surrounding those nats playoff games. >> reporter: what do local college students think about affirmative action and the supreme court's latest case? i'm peggy fox at marymount university. i'll have the story coming up. >> up next a warning about a new scam that could hold your computer ransom. >>> consider this new risk like a digital form of kidnapping, your computer and private data held ransom by hackers. jessica doyle has what you need to know to protect your computer from ransomware. >> reporter: steve merrifield owns a high end sporting goods shop. after 27 years in business he'd been preparing to sell it. all of the records for potential buyers stored on his computer server.

. >> it's all about natitude. gio gonzalez is pitching. does better than the seven walks the other night. i saw it in danville, kentucky, went nuts and realized i was at an anheuser-busch venue and that's not such a good thing. >> they're heavily invested in the cardinals success. >> good to see you, chris cillizza. >> good, nats. >>> tamron hall is up next. >> it's torture for a rangers fan to listen to this. >> that's why -- that's not why we did it. >> andrea mitchell, good thing i love you. in our next hour -- >> love you, too. >> vice president joe biden is in wisconsin, home turf, do i have to tell you, of congressman paul ryan. fewer than 24 hours after the so-called joe show, aka, the vice presidential debate ended. who is getting the better reviews on substance? we'll get reaction from politico's rachel smolkin, mr. collegio, mr. smerconish and mr. boykin. >>> it's not the last debate but it is the last chance to make a big impression. [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything.

. >> reporter: what is your natitude today? >> it's go nats. win 16-0. >> how's this going to work today? nats fans together? >> like six years. i am from santa louse and have been here six years. i made friends along the way. >> going to three them to the wall. it's intentional. >> and going to be a little odd that you're standing up screaming and -- screaming and yelling? >> i'll be the one yelling, right? [ laughter ] >> you got your w on there. how did you get there that there, did you paint it on? >> no. >> what is it? a too too? >> yes. >> are you wearing that proudly? >> yeah. >> let's go nats! >> what do you have to do to win today? >> not do what he did last time. [ indiscernible ] so much. i think he can do it. >> and why are you a big fan? >> because he's a washington astronaut. >> and i think the fans got more confident when adam laroche hit the homer a few minutes ago and that was a blast to center field. the stadium erupted. >> maybe that is what they needed. >> i think so. >> and they were slow to drift in and this house is packe

fans showing off their natitude as the nats play their biggest game in team history. we are live at nationals park. >>> but we begin with a fox 5 weather alert. tonight temperatures are tumbling. if you're heading outside, you'll need a coat. so how low will it go? the first of many times i'm sure we'll be asking that question this time of the year. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm will thomas. >> i'm brian bolter. the entire d.c. area under a freeze warning, the first sign that the season is here. fox 5's gary mcgrady in the weather center now. >> thanks, brian. everybody out there dressed like it's a little winterish out tonight. temperatures are dropping. let me show you current temperatures right now as we suspected, out in the suburbs is where the temperatures are dropping first. gaithersburg 37, frederick 37. here in town we're still sitting at 51 degrees in manassas, 39. you mentioned that freeze warning. it is in place for montgomery county, back over to loudoun county, back down to prince william county, frederick county in it as well. so are carroll and ho

while we have natitude, the talk in baseball, raul ibanez making a million a year brought in to pinch-hitor the $275 million man after a-rod yanked, not only hit a home run he did it again a walkoff home run in the 12th to win the game. yankees triumph but not because of their payroll. >>> pakistan, 14-year-old malala yousufzai has now been transferred to a military hospital where she remains in critical condition. these are the latest pictures released by the pakistani army and advocate for education and girl's rights. shot tuesday by the taliban, they said for refusing to remain silent on girls and women's rights. across pakistan, her story has become a rallying point with protesters. now taking to streets. also on social media, expressing outrage about her shooting. and nbc is in kabul, afghanistan, and has been bringing malala's story home to us and around the world through the broadcasts and all of the networks. what is her medical condition and what is her prognosis? >> reporter: andrea, we're seeing malala today for the first time since that attack, just three days ago in the video

and natitude was on full display after the win. there were signs of the hero everywhere, from werth jerseys to werth beards. he was also the big seller in the team gift shop. as you can imagine, because of the season saving blast, washington has a chance to close out the series tonight. game five starts at 8:37, and you can still be a part of it. standing room only tickets go on sale at 10:00 this morning. >>> baltimore also has something to celebrate this morning. the orioles overcame a heartbreaking loss on wednesday to earn their own extra innings win last night. j.j. hardy knocked in the winning run in the 13th, and then the o's pitching staff held on to the lead for the 2-1 victory. that forces a game five for the o's and yankees tonight. first pitch at yankee stadium at 5:07. >> love it. good baseball. exciting, thrilling postseason so far. >> this is good times for baseball lovers right now. >> i just hope we win tonight. could you imagine how awesome that's going to be. >> it's going to be absolutely nuts. >> you're going t

. >>> natitude hits fever pitch and with game five on a friday night expect big crowds. >> after two days of smooth rides on metro, tonight could be a different story. >> how a 4-year-old managed to survive a 90-foot plunge from an apartment window. >> live look outside. we'll get the latest weather and traffic from tucker and julie. that's next. it's 7:10. 48degrees. we'll be right back. ostopped lookin forork. they're suffering in this country. the president would prefer raising taxes. the problem with raising taxes is that it slows down the rate of growth. i'm not going to raise taxes on anyone, because when the economy's growing slow like this, when we're in recession you shouldn't raise taxes on anyone. my plan is to bring down rates to get more people working. my priority is putting people back to work in america. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> making headlines, in montgomery county a 4-year-old boy is recovering after falling 90 feet from a window. it happened yesterday at the montgomery parks apartments. authorities say he fell from a 9th story window but a t