puts the nats on top. put on your dancing shoes. that's right. nats kept scoring. told you when davey gets booted, that's good news.rg strasn the place. base knoc. rbi single. he went seven innings, onerun. nine ks. picks up win number 14. the most in all of baseball. the nats dominate this one 11-4. here's davey on his ejection. >> always say this, i don't like, you ow, arguing about balls and strikes, but i'm not going to protect their players. i am. adam turned around. that's what really iited everything. he was walking away. and, you know, he started coming after him. so that was my cue. >> pvey justotecting his guys right there. what can you say? >>> all right. ay four of redskins trainin camp and the team still missing one of their best players. offensive tackle trent williams. although according to cbs sports the meseven-tiro bowler has no desire to ever play again for this team. >> ow. >> that said, hisy jerseade a cameo today. lur sherree burruss has more from richmond as as the stars of the day. >> reporter: portion of practice we can't shoot the offense

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the nats 4 1/2 gam behind the braves in the n.l. east. >> looking for a ball over the plate and s if i cano some damage. i had to go back to my high school days. i did the dougie for a little bit. >> it was a wild moment.yo ve got to pitch to hit and he hit it fa loud, it was clutch. >>> earlier today, max scherzer placed on the 10-day il with a mild rhomboid strain aka back injury. no word how long hned be sideli he is he's been dealing withb ack pain. in 20 starts this season scherzer -5, 2.41 e.r.a., and an n.l. best 189 strikeouts. >>> aftntducing herself to the world in stunning fashion at wimbledon, 15-year-old american tennis star coco gauff taking d.c. by storm. she cruised through the qualifying at the city open, faces serena dais tomorrow in the round of 32. she won her doubles match alongside katiena mclly to advance to the quarterfinals. other big matchups, single stars nick curios facing an sebastian cabal and robert farah. check this out. cabal on the forecourt. what? he just sunk hisnd racket a curio -- >> no. >> yes.

red-hot nats working it today, battling as you said. came up short. >> we expe them to win every time because it seems like th do win every time. >> they've been doing well. >> very well. at the risk of being redundant, we will be redundant because the nationals have been. over and over again. win, win, win. you heard the one about the nats being major league baseball's best team since may 24th. they reminded us why with wins on friday and saturday. nats clinch their fifth straight series n. they had achance this afternoon at a sweet. look at this. our friend with a big problem. the phillie phanatic not a fan of her question. >> what? >> lets her know it. she remained the phanatic about saturday night's comeback win against the nats.n seve inning down 3-1. kendrick lines it past her. two on. trt suzuki. come on ino score. a pinch hit rbi single. like erka said,this team battles. nationals within a run. very next batter, trea turner gets the job done. that's going to shalloright. victor robeless, why don't you come on in? he's going to p

zim saved. 2-0 nats. nats win 4-0. how's this for a compliment from bryce harper. heuraid strasb had a strasburg night. althoughs straimself wasn't impressed. >> i threw it down when i wasn't trying to. you know, ten days off, i can't beooo picky ab it. i know i'm really good when i have a routine. you know, unfortunately it's something that everybody has to go through. you know, i just tried to go out there and ttle tonight. >> tough critic right there. orioles first game back from alt break as well hosting tampa bay. dylan bundy got the first batter. not too man of that. we're still in the first. it's 6-0 now. austin matthews doubles down the line to score on willie adams. one inning, seven runsd allo for bundy. 16- that was rough. d.c. united hosting the new england revolution. united trying to righthi the against their former coach. down 2-0. a lifeline for d.c., 63rd minute another lifelin 86th minute shwha, what a finis. united comesto back a draw 2-2. here's head coach ben olsen. >> that's whatou i'm pr about tonight, is they hung in there. you get the goal

though it feels like the nats have already t goough two different seasons. on may 23rd the team was swept by the mets and at 19-3 is 8 1/2 back of the second wild card spot and seeme like the season was over, davey martinez's job was in jopardy bueam has done an about-face. they are now the hottest team in baseball since may 24th. in a three-way tie with the cubw and brewersith the n.l. wild card spot and closed the can igation in the gap to si positions, here's baefy martinez on th -- >> right now they are laying for not that, organization and teammates, a team that they believe in and it's been great. i've said this before onny siven day. anybody helps u win. it's always somebody different that helps us win. >> so the wizards kick off sucker league action tomorrow ill be the first chance to see 'swashington rui hachimura, the first japanese player drafted in the nba. he'll have a tough test as they play zion williamson and the pelicans. zion one of the most hyped players to enter d theft in quite some time. that should be good. there used to be a famous io

nats up 8-1.ugger still not done.in two agaor stras, takes it into left, plating two more shots, three for three. a home run, five r.b.i. at the plate. some strike-out three runs allowed, five in the thiron the mound. the nationals crush the braves 13-4. >> wow. >> yeah. d.c. united visiting world cup star. honor at the game in her hometown. 32nd minute. what a goal by rodriguez. the 22-year-old scoring two in the game giving united the lead in the fir half. in the second, united up 2-1. a beautiful ball ahead to win. the captain just taking care of the rest. he scored his 11th goal of the season. united adds another. their first winince june 26. >>> now to the open championship at royal port rush in northern ireland. not a good day for hometown favorite rory mcilroy. his first shot of the day really sets the tone here. he sendshis tee shot towards the crowd. he quadruple bogeys the first hole tied for 150th at 8 over par. also struggling tiger woods, on 14, tiger with a bad shot. he knew it. wasr

that scores trey turner.nd ahe nats pull off this win 5-3.they also pull within 5.5 games of the braves. they've got atwo-game lead. >> a good baseball day. got some big outs when we needed it. got the hits, we came out on top. >> reporter: you brought up you got the hits you needed. in the fifth, five straight hits. what adjustments were made? >> i think keep battling. i think we've only got it once time so far. the mor times you see guys, you know, i think that helps the hitter. we just strung some good bats together and put someupruns against them. ter: that's the hottest team in baseball since may 24th. the orioles not so much. working on a two-ga winning streak against the red sox. they shelledston 11-2 last night. but boston got revenge. vasquez singled. in the third, chris davis rips one to center for the rbi knock. tied at five at thatoint in the fourth. the sox blow this one open. jackie bradley jr., three-run bomb to right. hne of fiveme runs for the red sox in this one. they win 17-6. the series finishes off tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. >

we have a nats game at 6:05 and they have fireworks after that.verybody is off tomorrow so you y be out and about. storms lingering later on in the evening. we are dry tomorrow morning. have aackup plan for tomorrow afternoon. get everything you need to do tomorrow morning. after lunch, we'll start to seed scatterehowers and thunderstorms forming once again. some of these could bring some damaging winds and heavy downpours and a lot of lightning and small hail. at 6:00, we are seeing scattered showers and thunderstorms. e'll see one that the sun goes down at 8:00. i believe there will be some storms that'll put the fireworks display in jeopardy. let's talk autbo >>> the exhibit open in an unlikelyntplace. ome time this morning at the barton house in georgetowno check it . >> so take a look here. that is 1770s i figurine andis 3-d printed model. that's designed to help the visually impaired. this is all apart of the stem exhibit here. we have the curator here, scott shoals, and other friends here to check out what we have designed and pa of the way

his 11th homer of the year and that makes it 3-0, and the nats curreny lead 5-0 in the seventh and we'llll highlights for you coming up at 11:00. we'll be wearing pajamas then. some orioles fans oke lg forward to see their third team in the fourth inning and this is go for them. nunez, a huge swing that's a second deckomer and that's up by the restaurant and the orioles take a 2-0 lead and still in the fourth, 3-0 and broxtonnd a this is going down the right-field line andathat will it 4-1 and a second and a double and the orioles g to win it and another win for the orioles, 8-1.a looking for summertime conversation st ter? why not ask a basketball fan, what's new in the nba, and i do mean new? >>3:25 this afternoon and we hr get word tgh espn that la r their deal with demarcus cousins and not bringing rageon rondo back takinging kawhi leonard and trading for paul george. did you get that? another espns report wa asking about bradley beale. beale is not moving, leonard is. leaving theap rrs and the nba title dehind, and weather will be teaming upa with p george. they're making a deal wit

the nats with the best record in baseball since may 24th. hosting the royals who lost four straight. how is this for a start? third pitch of the game. tray turner going deep. takes bradr kelle to the -- that was the upper deck. it was a good hit. it was 1-0. this is a milestone moment for ryan zimmerman. that's his 1000th career rbi. props to zim. this isn't a replay. another double down the left field. it's a 4-3 game. next batter.ry ban dozier. base hits of rightn cer. zim on his horse. getting in there safely. we're all ti up at four going into extras. right now this one in the top of he 11th is 4-4. the nats have the bases juice in the bottom of the tenth but could not capitalize. battery made dylan chanting asw they chris davis has owned aaron sanchez in his career. that seems to continue here. unfifth home in 25 atts ba ag st san the second. ruiz comes in to ore. it's 2-0, baltimore. o's withsome insurance. that's three night for him. orioles win 4-1 over the jays. across the pond, 15-year-old cocoa looking to continue her improbable r

both nats games could be impacted by rain and thunderstorms.id-80s on monday and upper 80s on tuesday and lower humidity levels the next week.ke nothing lihis week. only one day where we could be dealing with thunderstorms right now and that's o ursday. pat and leon? >> speaking of chances, let me ask you a crazy one. what are the chances it may actually bearmer in alaska than it is here. that's crazy. you've been reading and doing your homework,ecause anchorage yesterday hit its all-time warmest temperature on record in record-keeping history of 90 degrees, so, yes. we are the same as anchorage, alaska right now. unhaelievable. tsays something. >> thanks, amelia. >> thank you. >>> new rules when it comes to workplace romance. >> and inhe me, too era several major companies are changing their policies when it comes to dating co-workers. facebook, google and now airbnb ve updated the dating handbooks allowing people to date a colleague but there's a catch. you have only one chance to ask someone out on a date that's it. >> even a vague response

meagan, i know you were hot yesterday. >> we were both at the nats game. happened to sit in the shade. you sat in sunshine. i looked at everybody sitting in tss sunshine, ble their hearts. it is a warm day out there and that sun was beating down on y'all for that:0 5:00 game. if you are headed to the nats game today, they play at 1:35 against the dodgers, y keepr fingers crossed, hopefully we get a better outcome than yesterday. it's going to be a hot one. this is dead smack in the afternoon. it's going to be a hot one out there. either way you cut it, even if you are not headed to the nats game, it's going to be warm. temperatures around 90eg des. it's mild right now, 70s 73 is the temperature. tu are going to feel touches of humidity throughou day. your wake-up weather, by 9:00 a.m. the temperatures at 81 degrees. sunshine. of a little bit of humidity. maybe even a little bit of rain. we will talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. >>> president trump continues to attack maryland congressman elijah cummings and the city of baltimor

the nats pulled within 4 1/2 games of the braves last tght, hoping make it 3 1/2 tonight.now, that old digging yourselves into a ditch thing. if only we could have kept the braves cool today. second inning wild pitch, inciarte aores. thwas a big inning of a very rough night for freedie. two on for .inciarte he that's a bases-clearing double. the braves up five and they weren't even close to being gne. next inn josh donaldson facing fetywap. three run homer. fetty gives up nine runs over 3 2/3 innings. the nats ralliedn the sniennint but they stillell 11-8.ds >>> rekins training camp continues today. not sure if it's the heat, the position battles or if the guys were jt getting in an argumentative mood to prepare for tonight's debate, but temperatures were flaring in richmond. sherri burress explains. ng the rter: it tok a week intou iontr ng of practice we can't shoot. but while e cameras were rolling two rookies during duking it out for starting positions. rookie quarterback dwaynns haski starting to feel more comfortable, connecting wi robert davis after a severe leg inj

nats a 2-1 lead. looking skyward. after an hour and 15-minute weather delay corbin still pushing through, pushing through the memory ofndhis frie corbin had it going after the ed delay, finish the game with seven strikeouts, allowing just one run in seven innings pitched. just a tremendous and no doubt emotion-fueled effort by corbi irey turner just walked the nationals off wth an rbi. they win it 3-2. a dramatic way to finish a dramatic day and for oer reasons. nats win it. the orioles. look at this security guard. he's pulling off moves like we used to do. remember that? >> oh, my >> i think i need ice and a heat pack just watching that. don't try it at home. o's down 1-0. this one to opposite field. into the seats in left. the orioles tie this game and won. butthe sixth rays back on top 2-1. garcia up with two on. left. going t and that's going to score both e runrs. rays go on to beat the birds 6-3. >>> ou know, with the ten-game world cup winning streak the united states women's soccer c team expets to win every

the nats hottest team in baseball. they took their scorching form up 95is to v the frequently scorched orioles. highlights of the battle >>> this is the xfinity sports desk. >> it's no secret the nationals ohave been the hest team in national baseball since the end of may. a trip to first ace atlanta is looming this weekend, but first trip up 95 to face the orioles, who just happen to be 37 games under .500. nats have dminated this series as of late winning 8 of 11 and week.t afford a slip-up this the orioles hosting the first two-game set, trying to cool off these nationals. top of the second nationals strike first. watch this. matt adams down the line in right. that lands on utah street, folks, and up onhe awning. you see that there. 1-0 nationals. bottom two, ories answer back. berther goes solo.p tied u 1. top of the sixth 2-1 nats. juan soto continues to be better at baseball than me. deep and gone to right ceer. -1 nationals. same frame, this is theorioles' 2019 season in a nutshell. brian dozier reached on a sin

nats taking on the braves. i think the heat and humidity is the bigger story today and the heat is going to be the bigger story and the tomorrow the bigger story today. take a look outside. cloud h in the way of a cover out and around the d.c. metro area. temperature 95 degrees and winds out of the south at 14 miles per hour. when you talk about the heat index, we're now at 97 and you see 1, quantico 8 is and annapolis and it's a hot one for sure. got a couple of thunderstorms including a brand-new severe waunderstorm warning. ten until 4:15 or 4:45. orht here that just popped up, i mean, literally, just popped up, and, boy, it went severe this is a severe warning until 5:00. severe thunderstorm warning. amelia is listening to me. remember, taking it off of magic track there if we do have it on there. fm jeffersonounty to washington county down to frederick county maryland so until 5:00. boonesborough just north of brunswick and west of frederick. these just fired up along an outflow boundary from a previous st

i think the nats game will be a-ok but let's see who can see the spotty showers coming up. >>> talbottot more information about a medevac has been requested. this could be a bad situation here this morningnd cause a lot of delays inbound. well get your more information on that as soon as we can. aaron? >> thank you, melissa. >>> we are following breaking news in california this morning. right now, foureople are dead and more than a dozen are wounded following a shooting at an outdoor festival. >> this happened in northern california south of san francisco. just east of &÷monterey. jummy olabanji is joining us withhe latest from the news desk. >> we know it's after 2:30 in the morning there in california. but this is still a very actve scene. right now, police are searchinga for possible second gunman. because police officers were at the festival already, it took them less than a minute to find that suspect and engage him. he shot]q three eyople and th died and police shot andimed the g killed the gunman. search for a second suspect. we know sadly a 6-year-old boy was shot and killed.

last night s nat game.esn't matter if they threw to the wrong catcher. the two laughed about it afterwards. world cup champs. good for them. >>> this had to be a new one for tsa officers. some of the screeners found a missile launcher in a man's luggage at bwi marshal a military-grade weapon. checked bag was whe they found it. it was not a live device. still. you can't carry this thing on to a plane. the tsa said the man carrying is it is an active military member and was coming home from kuwait and wanted to bring it home for a sounir. tsa reminds you militarye weapos ever allowed in any luggage! >> even active militarymb mer. they have to find other ways to find memories. >> stick to t-shirt, magnets, at sort of thing. >>> we are working 4 your health this morning.mo re cases of the measles have been reported. according to the cdc, majority of cases are in people who have not been vaccinated. new york continues to be the hardest-hit state, the state of emergency declared in land county during the height o

we get into the nats game looking okay.would say less than a 10% you'll see a shower later on this afternoon. tomorrow morning, looking good. maybe fog for anybody that receives showers. as we continue through tomorrow afternoon this is west. a little system out to the west so that will enhance some of those rain chances]i for our wi western suburbs. most of us along the i-95 corridor stay dry tomorrow. few showers may try to move over the blue ridge mountains late tomorrow morning. 30% you'll see rain west of d.c. wednesday morning we wake up and it's dry. the frontal system make its way through the area and cross through on thursday morning and bring showers and thunderstorms on your wednesday afternoon. it will be hot and humid onda wednesafternoon. so we are expecting a chance for some severe weather. rain chances linger in early next week. >>> let's take a look at the road. good morning, melissa. >> good morning to you. this one is still ankhappeningi and let you know when thetr cotion clears. in and out of town, no wo

the leon harris called me from nats park. nats park last night, nationals game was postponed and he said, doug, we have clouds down here. don't worry, buddy. you are a-okay and we need that game, too. out there right now a look at clouds and sun. beautiful afternoon here and acrossest most country. take a pi and respect the temperatures, too. 90s way down to the south. we are not going to seese tho until probably saturday at least by saturday, maybe sunday. i do think we'll start our next heat weave this weekend but for right now enjoy the beautiful weather. tomorrowemperatures back into the mid to upper 80s. mostly sunny and nice and warm. an isolated shower can't bele ru out. but fall all a perfect afternoon. we like to call them fantastic fridays. 90 degrees on saturday if we get there. 92 on sunday and 93 on new england, and as we make our way towards next week, yes, we're no expecting aer heat wave which means perfect for the pool, but this heat wave is not ne as long as the last one we're talking about. the a four or fi

we have jake burns with us, the nats executive vice president for business operations. to talk about a new program that we welcome for families. first of all, thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me. >> "news4 midday." we see this kids' meal. a talk to usut the kids eat free progrel. >> absoluty. it's a special summer prograr that uns starting tonight through labor day andt's for our junior nats kids club members ages 12 and under where we provide a free kids meal to every club member. so it's easy to sign up, free sign up. and just go to major league baseball ballpar app and nationals.com/kidseatfree. >> so i know it's not just an empty box. what comes in the box? we see some of it here. >> our most popular item, a free hot dog, choice of free chips or apple sauce as well as your choice of soda or >> okay, great. and so you say we have to have the app. and that's free to download. >> free to download, absolutely. free to download for anybody. you can also go online at m/ nationals.dseatfree to signiv up and you'll rece a voucher and redeem it for the free kids me

the nats game tooth, are they going 0 get it in? >> that's the rain. that's falling at nats park. so the game is delayed. i'm watching it. these are going to continue to build and kly dissipate. i think they're in for about an houlay. take a look at the radar and show you where they are. parts of fairfax county, more developing around chantilly. and parts of manassas area. nasty owers, heavy rain. >> very localized >>> tonight robert mueller in the cross fire in hours of testimony on the russia investigation. the former special counsel knocks down key claims by president trump. >> the president has repeatedly claimed that your port found there was no obstruction and that it completely and totally exonerated him. but th cator irect.t that is not what the report said. >> as republicans try to dismiss the spectacle. >> this hearing is political theater. it's a hail mary attempt to convince the american people that collusion is real. >> the president's late response when all was said and done, who comes out ahead. our full coverage and analysis. in >>> more breakg news tonight, word t

the nats loong toim wovrs pre b. they're sending hudson from the blue jays and hunter stricklandw you might recognize that has hunler strickland as he some history with the nats. let's look at game one. he wes a member of the giants re. gave up his ball to bryce harper. wasn't too thrilled abo that. game two, harper did it again. he stard at him as he wasun rong the basis and that ended to this retaliation three years later, strickland targeting him with a 98-mile-an-hour fastball. strickland punches out harper in different way later on this season. >>> well, there was an early y. wa first ioing nats d one. soto with the equalizer. his second straight at-bat. he had a home run last night.i super stylsh kid loves it. i love the fedora and i love juan soto dancing. the bases are load and it's camp day at the park and they love "baby shark" time.s tha pardo and he getsnto a double play. we're going to extra. free baseball in the tenth. doolittle fabering donaldson. go ahead and call him pa shark. he got the better there

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the nats open up an important three-game series with the dodgers tonight. the best team in the national. league that's tonight at nationals park. they hope to continue their ho momentum after winning 13 of the last 17 home games. l. comes to town sporting the second best record in all of baseball. washington sent anabel sanchez to the mound tonight and usually we see anabel sanchez in the dugout. he's rocking the yellow tinted sunglasses. he'll probably have to put those down when he takes the mound tonight. >> sherree, you're telling me ra that bey beal can go somewhere else and make more than $35 million a year. >> that's crazy. >> i mean, yeah. this contract they said is about $111 million so he's been on the trade block, according to reports. he's always mentioned in trades so we'l s have to what brad wants to do. he has said in interviews he wants to stay in d.c. so we'll see. >> wow. >> let's hope he stays. >> >>> tonight free at last, inside the release of the american tourist held hostage in syria reunited tonight with his family after being held fo

so now he's putting his latest version of the suit to a test in the nat geoshow, "man versus shark". these sharks are going nuts already. >> just man versus shark. >> reporter: you're putting your own body on the line, risking your own life for this. >> you know, i don't consider it that kind of a threat, because i have so much familiarity with what's going on, i have a pretty significant level of confidence that this new type of armor would work. what i'm trying to do is get away from all the chain mail. >> this is the old suit. >> you'll notice the difference between black mail. frequently the shark's sides are silvery. if you've got a piece of fish in your hand, it looks very similar to your hand. as the shark comes in for the fish, he can easily chew on you. >> reporter: i will never wear a silver bathing suit again. >> you see how heavy this metal is. they're heavy, expensive, quite durable but not perfect. i'm shifting over to these advanced laminates. >> reporter: looks sort of like a shin guard. >> nothing is going to be able to get anywhere through here. >> reporter: to test

we have nats game, fireworks after the nats game and have the rolng stones concert. we'll talk about that comi but first we'll talk about traveling with melissa. good morning. >> good morning. inneloop, outeroop we don't have any issues on the beltway. we had earlier problems that have cleared. third street tunnel southbound at new york avenue do have one lane blocked because of a steel plate tt has shifted. sterling southbound 128 at old ox fuel spill. fairfax old lee highway near rebel run road closed because of downed wires.on constitutind independence fencing for the independence festivities down in the middle blocked adway and lane there. eun? >> thank you, melissa. >>> the country is getting ready to celebrate tomorrow could be the busiest independence day in d.c. in a long time. it will include the annual capitol fourth concert, drs rehearsals begin in a few hours. our megan mcgrath will have a preview in just a few minutes. >>> the biggest headline will come with the president's salute to america event particularly the display of this country's military power

nats and dodgers. feeling some sort of way about that, telling jer.y that he gets tossed so david martin x martinez, comes in. strasburg doing it on the mound. one-one, picks upnumber 14. the most of baseball. nats win 11-4. orioles going for the sweep of the angels. we go to theot btom of the 9th, michael gibbons, already one home run in this game. just one. maddox. the orioles fell to get their four-game sweep since 2017. cocoa gauff advanced to the main draw at the city open at the center. 6-1 and 6-2. if u recall coco was the youngest to reach wimbledon since 1991. up next, round 32 for coco on tuesday. >>> he went to tc williams high school. he's going to make sure you remember this tan. lyles, the fastest man in the world in the 200 meter in the past couple of years.in he's pull away on the straight away win, his fir us, 200 meters title in 19.78 seconds.he t world championships in september. one > nsins, l laon collin coming up in "sports final," we have some interesting things about his team. c

. >>> if the rain doesn't mess anything up, the nats will show off new safety pressure tonight. >> they were going to preview it yesterday but storms cancelled the game. fans will notice the change at today's game. i believe a double-header today against the rockies. the decision to extend the netting was made after a young fan was struck by a ball last knot month during an astros/cubs game. >> that is what this is about. we want to protect our fans, children and adults and everyone whos come to the game and make sure they have a good time >>thout worrying about being hurt. everal other teams, including the white sox and the rangers also plan to extend netting at their ballparks. >>> now nats park kid 12 and labor at free through day. a new effort to make sure every kid is fed during home games. the meals will include a hot dog, choice of chips and applesauce or bottled soda or water. sign your kid up as junior nationals kids club members. do that online or before the game at the park. >>. >>> still ahead, new leadership for a struggling franchise. we will have details on the changes no

since late may, nats have the best record in baseball over that span. d.c. is currently in second place in their division and back at home tonight against the kansas city royals. >> pretty nice run here. good for them. >>> still ahead this morning, d.c.'s police chief expressing concerns about this weekend's rally. >>> how about fuel delivery service? we wik explain how it will wor next. >>> a new study from the university of rochester, new york says exercise hehes therapy patients deal with emotnal stress. researchers tracked a group of seniors and found most patients exercised reported improvements in both mood and anxiety levels. ig the best medicine for menstrual pain mht be walking on a treadmill. new research from the uk shows women who did regular treadmill exercise were in less pain after just four weeks. after seven months, they felt significantly better. >>> these days, you can get almost anything delired and soon you may be able to add gas to that list. >> a staal-up company ced booster that wants you to skip the gas station and it already op

>>coming up, the nats begin a huge series against division leading atlanta, but even before the game big loss for the team. more on that next. >>> next here's miguel almaguer on what he's covering on "nbc nightly news. request the. >> the tonight we're learning more information about the suspect who is accused of ting three lives at a mass shooting during a garlic festival in the city, but we're also learning about the victims including a 6-year-old boy who was at that festival with his mother and er grandmothand who were also shot. tonight on "nightly news you'll hear from his >>> all right. in scherzer we trust. that's tot word in it's n the greatest news so far, but, guys, this is okay because it's just a loy and it's playoff in in october. >> here's the deal. the mlb trade deadline and the nationals were loong for bullpen help but do they need some scherzer insurce in the put ace max scherzer on injured list for the second time this month. before the season, thet-time cy young winner had only made o trips to the i.l. in his entire career. scherzer was placed on the ten-day i.l. w

today slt perfect day to get outside and see the dodgers and the nats. >> did you get tickets? >> not yet, but i'm going to. >> we'll hang out. if you're downth there at nats game, come say hi to meagan and i. >> yes, ease. >> we're looking good for the game. >> is the humidity free? >> touches of it. you'll feel it here and there roughout the day. nothing crazy. it's going to be nice as we coinue through the day. ho, temperatures around 90. >> no humidity, we're good. >>> we will have that temperature right around 90 so it is going to be warm out hoere. we'll s you what the look is outside right now. a little hazy out there in some spots and patchy fogs in some spots as well. not too bad shaping up on thisa saturdmorning. it's mild. humidity is no it's not going tt face like a ton of icks but still hot out there today. we start the heat wave today. yesterday -- i guess yesterday, temperatures were in the 90s yesterday. da 80s. so today we're going to be in the 90s. here in the d. area you have to have three or more consecutive days at or above 90 to constitute a heat wave. yes

. >> we're t headedthe nats game. say hi if you see us out and about. the temperatures for the nats game are going to be great. it's going to be hot out there. if you haven't gotten your tickets yet and you're sitting in the sunshi, oh, might want to gd s if you can get tickets sitting in the shade or underneath the overhang, the 4:05 game against the dodgers is going to be toasty out there. it's a butiful start toour saturday morning. a heat wave is in the works. we were in the 80s over the las couple of days. yesterday we had 90 degrees and i think we're going to stay around 90 degr ws as continue right on into next week. we have stray chances of passinr shows but the biggest change for ourorecast comes on wednesday. take a look at our humidity levels. really not that bad, maybe a touch humidit we get into sunday. the legend on the left-handide of your screen and on the right-hand side we have days out there. it's going to be humid on monday and tuesday, even into wednesda through and the humidity will sweep away. e

bottomf the 9th, nats down 8-7. man on. goes down swinging. rockies avoid the four-game sweep.they get onde in washington a beat the nationals. >>> the washington castles. venus williamsplayed for the castles tonight. very news taking o taylor towns end. look at that backhand. that's going toen help. s staying alive. later on venus doing everything she can. check out this line shot. venus williams. yeah, is keeping the castles in it. but in extended play, townsend serving with match point and venus sends it into the net. freedoms ends up winning this one 24-17. >> love that rooftop venue though. that is so cool. >> we could do backyard tennis. >> that is cool. got the city open. >> right here ion the nati capitol. >> and andy murray is going to be playing. >> that's right, playing doubles. you may not be at work for three weeks. >> i'm taking off. >> second we ofek we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. at we don't like is relying on fancy technology for help. snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party...'t uh, didn that happen, like, 20 years

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if you're heading down to the nats game, the braves got us last night but it's a noongame today.irst pitch is at 12:05. if you're going down there mid afternoon for the game, dry weather, hot and humid all the way up until the game gets going. unfortunately becau it's a noon game, probably by the later after half of the inning, 7th, 8th, 9ther inning there v well could be the chances for some thunderstorms and rain delay. just know that. you should be able to get the game completed, but i can't guarantee that whole game will be dry. the risk for sere weather is highest in this yellow-shaded area here that does include the washington metroarea, northbound to baltimore and philadelphia. already a few thunderstorms not coming ou wayhen we cross parts of central pennsylvania. no rain here to get your day started. here is future weather, though.' it wo take long past about noon before things really get bubbling up. here is 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon. thunderstorms out near petersburg, west virginia. by 3:00 p.m., storms could be reaching place like fairfax station out to the dulles ai

>>>ritney of "the atlantic" joins our roundtable, how the nats became baseball's hottest team. > plus, there's no business like shoe business. meet the local arst a star has come searching for. all that and more when you stay tuned for "sports final" right after the ne right here on nbc we're the slowskys. we like drip coffee, layovers- -and waiting on hold. on fancy technologfor help. what we don't like is relyingy snail mail! we were invited to a y2k party... uh, didn't that happen, like, 20 years ago? oh, look, karolyn, we've got a mathematician on our hands! check it out! now you can schedule a callback or reschedule an appointment, even on nights and weekends. today's xfinity service. simple. easy. awesome. i'd rather not. >>> tropical depression barry is moving further inland, and with itoncerns of even more widespread flooding. we've seen aerial rescues by the coast guard. several more states are n's in barryath which could expeence flash flooding in thee next couplof days. nbc has a closer look at the devastation that's already been caused. >> reporter: barry has been downgrad

going on we have a nats game and fireworks after the nats game and rolling stones at fedex ld fie i dobelieve those things in the evening could be in jeopardy. fourth of july planner could be in jeopardy as well. scattered showers and thunderstorms once again tomorrow into the late evening and could pack a punch with damaging winds and also some really, really heavy downpours, small hail possible as well. so, ay% chance tod and tomorrow. 50% chance on friday and saturday. and then we'll have those chances leading into sunday and monday. as i said, that humidity drops off on monday and then we have sunshine bpe temtures stay warm even into next week. let's talk about the beaches coming up but if you're heading to the behes how is , melissa? >> looking okay wait until this afternoon not so hot. today will be a really busy day headed out the bay bridge for sure. inner loop, utter loop earlier problems cleared. noth issues e. capital heights addison road near ronald road shut down because an accident. fairfax, downed tree and power lines and herndon eastboundoll road two right lanes are ge

. >>> all avright, nats on fire. >> fun game to watch. holy half smokes.e have a baseball team in this town. this is fun stuff if we play the name game and i s say nationa pitcher who seems to win every time he takes the mound, right away you think max scherzer. and rightly so. scherzer's won seven straight games, set to start on thursday. but starting tonight for the nationals the pitcher who has already surpassed his win tal om last season and has not lost in over month. stephen strasburg has won five straight. he'ortied for the ma league baseball win with 12 wins. bottom of the first, how about trea turner getting things started? ahead ithe count 3-1. turner gets all of this one. andhat's into the seats at nift center. h career lead-off homer. dancing gets going early. de right charlie blackmon can't come u with it. that's a bad idea with turner on the base pads. turner has aan std-up triple. now he just needs a double to go for a spin class, the cycle. stephen strasburg locked in, throws a heater by nolan arenado. six stkeouts in eighti shutout nnings.

if you are headed out to nats park not looking too bad as we take on the braves at 7:05.u walk into the stadium re temperain the low 90s and, again, could have a stray shower but i'm pretty much keeping nats park dry. i think they will be north and west of the district if we see anything. your p.m. commute a stray shower possible, especially if you're u traveling of the district. pool time, hot and humid, get out there, outdoor lunch, it's going to be a little warm for that. nothing out there right now so you will be dr butou can see this frontal system, that's what's going to be coming our way as we get into wednesday and thursday. a stray shower possible this afternoon, tomorrow morning's commute dry, maybe foggy for those areas that get rain. as we go through tuesday most of the showers lining up along the ion 81 corridor. as we head into wednesday, all bets are off, swat erred showers and storms, some will be heavy es as we lead into wednesday, also a chance of rain onthursday. >> announcer: you're watching news 4 midday. >>> we are back now with the latest from cforn

today the nats also announced a new kids eat free program for its junior nats kids club members. it gives children under 12 a free mealev at ery home game. you can sign up using the mlb ballpark app or head to the nats website. wendy? aj well, a step forward for metro's extension of the silver line out to dulles airpstt. for the f time actual metro trns have moved into loudoun county. transportation reporter adam tuss up in chopper 4 this evening to elplain when you'l finally be able to ride onethof se trains to dulles international airport and into loudoun county. >> reporter: yeah, back up in chopper 4 give you a look at this momentous milestone, really not just loudoun county, for northe virginia but for our entire region. take a look. is is the loudoun metro train, yes for the first time you have a metro train in your property, and it's notom far fr the crown jewel of phase two of international airport which is right over here. you know, for a project that hag been pld by problems, we're talking about trapped in the concrete, all sorts of issues b we'veen debating about phase

you are going to the nats game taking on the royals at 4:05.e scattered storm t it will be 90 close 100th wi the heat index by first pitch. 50-50 shot at seeing the storms move over nats park. but we are going to have at least a chance and we will have chances tonight and into the overnight of scattered showers and thunderstorms. a few sprinkles but everybody else is dry right now. kind of moving really slow. that gives you an indication of how it will go. they are going to hang out there for a little whileand drop a lot of rain into the area. slow movs. two, three we see the storms popping up around the region. heavier rain at :30. i know we have fireworks tonight too for your saturday. the sun goes down 20 minutes until 9:00. we will still have scattered showers and thunderstorms around. through the late evening hours as asystem comes through the area. maybe a few storms. it will be more stabilized tomorrow. it will still be muggy. the heat index in e 90s. few lingering showes. we will start to clear out. it will be around there tuesday and w

as the world cup champ threw out the first pitches before the nats/braves game, they bothre th to the wrong catcher, at least they did it togethean d had some fun with that afterwards. > the president of u.s. soccer says the women's team makes more than the men. it comes as his organization is facing a gender discrimination lsuit filed by female players. u.s. soccer released a letter with numbers to show the women earned about $8 million more from 2010 to 2018. the women's team says those figures aremisleading and nglse. >>> we're gettieady for our annual clear the shelters event coming up on august7th. but if you can't wait until then, let's head back to news 4's derrick ward live in bethesda. details on how you can add a nu er member to your family today. >> that's right, a new member with four legs. even eight legs if you're being adventurous. we are with the humane rescue alliance at sunrise senior living. thse are some of the cats up for option, merlot, muffin, coco erico,l and smokes, who is hiding. there are dogs here as well. lots of things for people to seme and and find out

the nats game this afternoon taking on the kansas cio rls at 4:05.tures will be around 90 grees. it will feel like 100. we will have to be dodging showers and thunderstorms. one to say if there will be at nats park during the game but they will be around the area and we will see storms into the late evening. even if you are out and about it will be sticky, temperatures in the 80s with a chance of rain through the night. not to say we won't see a fewri sples but more scattered showers and thunderstorms afterr 2:00 o3:00. here we go.th y are glossing it up after 2:00 or 3:00. heavy downpours, flooding an concerns gusting winds. even through 10:00. that isng goi to trigger some of there scatted showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow we will be on the north side of the front. i think there will be a better chance of showers. but that will be all day . tomorrow monday morning, drying out monday afternoon. tuesday and wednesday a dry with plenty of sunshine. we will have rain for >>> welcome back. the time now is 6:56 on this saturday morning. here are four t

good to see you, nat. >> good morning. great to see you guys. these days, her goals include starting a family with her husband. a recent ultrasound showed possible complications with their baby now, the couple is hoping up about their pregnancy struggles in an emotional video. >> reporter: hugs of joy and relief from olympic gold medalist shawn johnson east and her husband, andrew. >> i feel like i can breathe for the first time in four weeks. >> we realized, holy smokes, this is like affecting your soul and core. >> reporter: in a raw and emotional youtube blog this weekend, the couple shared their two-year journey of hope and heartbreak >> i love you no matter what >> reporter: through pregnancy it began in 2016 when the former gymnast and "dancing with the stars" winner married her love washington redskins linebacker andrew east. the couple wanted a family, and the following year, their dream came true. >> we're going to have a baby. >> reporter: just six weeks in, shawn suffered a devastating miscarriage. >> it's okay, baby >> it makes me mo

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that being said, the nats should be able to get their game in there tonight no problem. as they take on the rockies. temperatures down at the ballpark, quite comfortable especially in the shade. id to upper 80s to start the game as everything's rapping up, we'll be falling into the low 80s there, andmaybe a 20% chance for a shower at nats park. today is a perfect pool day, tomorrow is awesome. the weekend perfection, but the humidity ticks up over the ek wed. i'll have that coming up in about 15 minutes, ladies. >>> the new technology in new vehicles that's meant to help drivers, but manyme so cases it's proving to be a major distraction. the result of a new sty, and the group having trouble multitasking. >>> and caught on camera, a gatorade thief who goes to great lengths to get awayith the d wri >>> you might associate distracted drivg with millennials, they kind of get a bad wrap for this, it's a bigger concern for older drivers. aaa and univerty of esearchers look at reaction times to things like making phone calls and requesting technology already installed in the c

out the first pitches from last night's nat game. they threw to the wrongat ccher but that cots. and they are world cup chances. >> that is hard to do! there you go. back-to-school is a busy time of the year for our local families. fairfax county is trying to make it a littleasier for you. they are offering freely physicals and vaccineto kids who don't have health insurance and the clinics are put on by nursing students from george mason university and they are getting practice as well. parents say it's helpful. >> i just got a new job, so i don't have health insurance yet. so why i came here to this clinic they offer what is amazing. >> eight free clinics located around nthern virginia. so far, they have provided almost 2,000 free physicals for local kid. virginia does allow parents to opt out of those immunizations but you must submit the required waivers to do that.o back tyou. >> thank you. >>>ancer survivors are not just left with emotional scars. may have had to live with physical ones too, until now. plastic surgeons sayhey ar

nat sciver top scored for england with 64 while elyse perry claimed three wickets and in response the. enough time for an update on the american cup, 24 minutes of play and priscilla 1—0 up. jesus with the only goal after 19 minutes against argentina. will go through to play gillette or peru. to let other two—time defending champion. that match in 24 hours time —— but three are the defendant two—time defending champions —— chile are the defending two—time champions. hello there. july has started on a dry note for most of us, certainly a far cry from the weather we had for at least some ofjune. the met office has now released provisional rainfall statistics for the month ofjune. where you see the darker blue colours on the chart, well, those areas had around double the amount of rainfall they would normally expect during the month as a whole. but as we look ahead to the rest of this week, well, it stays dry for many of us. just a little bit of rain around across the north of the uk. now, we start off wednesday morning on a rather chilly note, some rural spots in scotland and wales down