. >>> before the philadelphia eagles take the field tonight against the atlanta falcons here on nbc,player we want to tell you about. he delivered his share of big hits on the gridiron, but he's a bigger hit with kids off the field. as nbc's jenna bush hager tells us, he's making a difference in their lives. >> nobody saw this one coming. >> they have nnamdi asomugha. >> reporter: nnamdi asomugha, one of the newest members of the philadelphia eagles. he's been described as fast and furious on the field. and off the field, his teammates call him something else, senator. >> came in here, that was the nickname, senator came out so i have to roll with it now. >> reporter: it is a name he ser earned not just serving his team but the communities he lived in. in his family, education, not athletics, came first. >> culturally i think it is a big deal, education in nigeria. >> reporter: after earning a degree in finance from the university of california berkeley, and joining the oakland raiders, nnamdi started the asomugha college tour for scholars, known as acts. each year he takes a dozen u

soaring eagles one of the favorites for the n.f.l. trying this year philadelphia get their campaign to start against the set list right. topping the charts russian move into first place overall in the modern pentathlon world finals being held here in moscow. let's start with some sad news the last surviving ice hockey player from last week's deadly earth. has died in hospital alexander was one of only two people not to person immediately on wednesday that twenty six year old was being treated for severe burns in an intensive care unit in moscow when his health fifty worsened this morning forty four people have died while crew member alexander says soft remains in critical condition the plane was carrying kontinental hockey league team. to bella ruse for the opening match of the cage season the side have decided to pull out of this year's competition despite their squads in the league for free here's to the. season house however gone ahead today after thursday's initial start was postponed mentioned right there won't be unfold this season but the russian president

he swindled people out of money for thinking he was the philadelphia eagles quarterback. >>> 4:48 now. new clues in the disappearance of a community activist from alexandria. police released these surveillance photos of a person of interest linked to the disappearance. the man in this white dodge caravan used a credit card belonging to 53-year-old lenny harris. harris has been missing since september 21. the van was seen early on the morning of the 22nd in prince george's county. one hour before that, the man tried to use the card at an atm in alexandria. >>> the onion newspaper is famous for its very realistic take on fake news, but their latest stunt might have gone a bit too far. yesterday morning the onion tweeted out that armed congressmen were holding schoolchildren hostage. capitol police immediately responded, debunking the alarming news. the satirical news site posted footage of the hostage situation and continued to post fake updates throughout the day. capitol police said they understand the onion's satire, but this wasn't very funny. >>> facebook's recent changes are getti

the philadelphia eagles are one team with mike vick at quarterback and another team without him. it has been the overriding concern of this organization how can we keep him healthy? tonight they tried to keep him in the pocket and he ends up injured. it's part of the game for the eagles. >> pittsburgh and indianapolis next week. see you there. >> looking forward to it. >> ben roethlisberger and the afc champion steelers on "sunday night football." begins with "football night in america" at 7:00 eastern, 4:00 pacific. local news is next. for now, al michaels, cris collinsworth, michele tafoya, our whole crew, good night from atlanta. state farm. this is jessica. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you cryi

eagles roar soar third favorites for the n.f.l. a crowd this year philadelphia get their campaign off to a winning start against and louis. topping the charts russia move into first place overall in the modern pentathlon world finals being held here in moscow . but we start this hour with some sad news the last surviving ice hockey player from last week's deadly and jaroslav all has died in hospital alexander was one of the only two people not to perish immediately on wednesday the twenty six year old to have been suffering from severe burns in intensive care unit in moscow when his health worsened this morning forty four people have now died while crew member alexander says soft remains in critical condition the plane was carrying kontinental hockey league team the local t.v. host level to belarus for the opening match of the key h.l. season this side have since decided to pull out of this year's competition despite other squads in the league offering to the. they season is whoever set to go ahead today after thursday's initial start was postponed reaming champions sell about you and

season already shaking things up for some teams the philadelphia eagles are a squad loaded with dream team level talent and they did what's expected by beating the injury depleted st louis rams on sunday eagle star signing numbed someone and his colleagues commemorating a decade since the september eleventh tragedy rocked the united states and indeed across the world on the field things started bittersweet for the rams stephen jackson injuring his right leg during his touchdown run to open the scoring michael vick meanwhile having a great day threw into de sean jackson here speedster receiver jackson he had the touch finally also contributed heavily to the thirty one thirteen victory run some brought for me while injured a finger on his throwing one little on out into the visiting sides injury walls. new york jets watched george w. bush do the honors on the contrast before scoring a huge comeback win over dallas the carboys. well to run a rule in enemy territory at first with miles off still holding on tight to a pass from tony romo to make it seventeen seven the jets though would wan

season already shaking things up the philadelphia eagles are a squad loaded with dream team level talent they did what was expected by beating the injury depleted st louis rams on sunday eagle star signing number some law on his colleagues commemorating a decade since the september eleventh tragedy on the field of action things start a bittersweet for the right stephen jackson injuring his right leg three has touched. the spring michael vick he will have a great feeling to the show and just seeing these two receiver jackson a key figure want to take it to the. rules to run some stops meanwhile injured a finger on his throwing him little outing to the visiting sides injury wolves understood. the new york jets wants former u.s. president george w. bush do the honors on the coin toss before storing huge comeback with dallas cowboys. and then meets again first with miles austin holding on tight because he. needed seventy seven the jets wins all the time to get to twenty four if he saw the straight up last punt return i'm still going to buy the rally we've then set up a chance to win by inter

. >> so next week we go to the philadelphia eagles and falcons. eagles win, knock off st. louis.tlanta luce loses in chicago. that was an upset. the good thing for atlanta sever team in the nfc south lost today. they're still tied for first. >> the bad snuz that michael vick is coming to town. i tell what you, the day the numbers may not have been overwhelming. but his performance was. his ability to escape the pocket was just the difference in the game. >> so thursday night was pretty good. sunday night was pretty good. what do we do for an encore next week? >> let's go home and say hi to somebody. >> see you a week from tonight. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com [ male announcer ] at the safeway pharmacy you can get a flu shot with no hassle at all. i don't even need an appointment. [ male announcer ] it's about as easy as flu shots get. get your groceries and a flu shot, all in one trip. at safeway. it feels like help is never far away. it feels like you're protected against life's little mishaps. it feels like you'll make it home. that's what it feels like to be a member.

. >>> the philadelphia eagles have been dubbed the nfl's dream team.ven the dream team wasn't perfect. michael vick returning to atlanta. vick threw for a pair of scores. but he left the game on this play being blocked into one of his offensive line men. vick left spitting blood. michael turner sweeps into the end zone. if falcons beat philly. >>> always nervous times in pittsburgh when roethlisberger's at health is in question. roethlisberger throws a fade to wallis. always good news for the niners when an nfc team loses 24-0. >>> kansas city suffered more than a loss. charles had to be carted off the field after getting run out of bounds and injurying his knee. the big lion by the way that went down in the play was not hurt. matthew stafford for nine on the score. 48-3 rout. >>> elsewhere around the league, aaron rogers and the packers. tennessee over the ravens, the browns keep the manningless colts winless. houston handles miami to go 2- 0. 423 more yards passing for tom brady and the patriots beat the charge chargers. and the saints and bears now

editor, fireman bob, sound look a broken record, redskins, new england, denver, his favorite, philadelphia eaglese everybody picking them. finally our fearless leader, jack sheehan looking to stir it up a little bit. he is breaking the mold taking arizona, the patriots, the bengals and the eagles. so we'll see how all of this goes. and another great weekend of football ahead. so happy it is football season. how are you making it, atlanta has tough fans. how are you making it as a saints fan? >> watch it indoors, stay inside. >> division rivals, yeah. >> last weekend when i was watching just that one yard. that one yard in that game. killed me at the end. i stayed up to midnight watching it. >> i was at work by midnight. no problem. that was a killer last week. so for those who may have missed the opening. we both worked together at the same time. both saints fans. and super bowl two years ago, a beautiful, beautiful moment. all good here. be careful in atlanta. the fans are rough. don't wear the saints jersey, th dirty bird may get you. next, an uncomfortable encounter with an eel. >> to say the

he is not only a quarterback for the philadelphia eagles, she an a wart winning volunteer and phi nangt pift. he takes a group of high school students in an effort to broaden their horizons. many have never flown or had a chance to visit a college campus. >> kind of motivated me. everyone was super smart. it made me realize i had to work hard and maybe i can go to a school like this. >> with us now, thanks for joining us. i'm so proud of you and everyone else is as well. what made you decide to work with the kids? >> it's just fun. i always wanted to travel and loved traveling. >> a lot of things are fun and you can travel around the world, but you travel with them. there certain areas where people need that attention. i was given a word from a couple of people that there were students out there and we were in oakland at the time and there were students that were high achieving students that have great grades and tough neighborhood where is if they don't get the right direction, they may falloff and step in and see if i can take them to different colleges to show them that and get that

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. >> the 49ers preparing for the philadelphia eagles and michael vick this week.he quarterback who says there is, quote, a 100% chance he is playing despite a pain full bruise on his hand. what san francisco players do know for sure though is what they are up against in facing vick on his home turf. >> we all know that they can make a difference in the game. i mean, whether they play or not, we've still got to come out and play. whoever is taking the snap will be the guy that we have to stop. >> he's a great player, and with the injury he had two weeks ago and with the hand injury this week, it would probably be a prudent thing to rest him for a week. i'd like that a lot. i think it would be prudent for him to do that. >> jacoby ford and mike mitchell both limited and back on the practice field for the raiders for the first time in week. the rest of the team are preparing for quarterback tom brady who is returning home at a pro for only the second time. also one current raider going up against his old squad. >> you always go out to compete. like i said, i played w

felony fraud when he swindled thousands of dollars from a woman who thought he was actually the philadelphia eaglesuarterback. if texas does not extradite pittman, he faces a hearing next wednesday in d.c. superior court. >>> want a new pet? it will be cheaper to adopt a dog in prince george's county next month. the county is lowering adoption fees to celebrate national adopt a dog month. adoption fees will be discounted by $80 for all dogs adopted from the animal services facility. officials tell us the county has a variety of dogs available, small and large. get them homes. >>> there's a growing problem in this country, if you haven't heard. it's ipad envy. i have it. i don't have one. >> i do too. if you have the symptoms, we've got the solutions right here at nbc 4. today we are giving away a new ipad 2. all you have to do is log on to facebook, search for our page, nbc washington, then sign up for fandemonium on the left side of that screen. we choose a winner every day during the 6:00 p.m. newscast. and tonight the winner will be announced during news 4 at 11:00. more great stuff coming next

his philadelphia eagles are coming in.e has gone through his redepositior redempti redemption, a lot of people have told you. he is working with the humane society. he's gotten a $100 million contract. he's gotten endorsement deals. certainly expecting to see a lot of those number 7 jerseys out and about today. we'll be talking to reynolds plenty throughout the morning. good to see you back. >> good to be back. >>> coming up, we'll introduce you to our cnn heroes. what did this hero do to be recognized? actually bringing the farm uptown. bling. my servers are maxed out. i need to think about something else when i run. [ male announcer ] with efficient i.t. solutions from dell, doug can shift up to 50% of his company's technology spend from operating costs to innovation. so his company runs better, and so does doug. dell. the power to do more. but for some of us with overactive bladder, our pipes just don't work as well as they should. sometimes, i worry my pipes might leak. but i learned there's something more i can do. no

the team will spend this week in youngstown, ohio with another road game in philadelphia next sunday. eaglesk michael vick is questionable to play against the 49ers. a "ct" scan showed his right hand is bruised but not broken as originally reported. either way, vick has been knocked out of the last two games and is not happy with the abuse he is taking. >> i just think more precaution should be taken when i'm inside the pocket. if you look at the replays, i'm on the ground every time. i'd be lying if i said i was -- said i wasn't frustrated right now. there is no reason for me to go into a big dissertation about why i'm not getting the calls. the rest got to did their job, as well. >> vick backed off a little of that today. >>> the college of san mateo inducted 16 sports legends into their inaugural hall of fame class this weekend. one was bill walsh and one day they may have to honor their entire 2011 football team. [ chanting ] >> the bulldogs are more impressive on the field. they beat their rivals west valley, ready for this, 83-0. >> what? >> setting a school record for most points in a

eagles. jim harbaugh is very familiar with philadelphia. fact, his brother john coached there for 10 seasons. >> got a lot of eagle gear sent to myself and my kids and i was a big fan of the eagles. there's been an eagles burning, though, those clothes have been burned ceremonially. be ... >> yeah, digging it on 10:00 in the morning. >>> they warned pablo sandoval if he didn't get into the shape he would be sent to the minors. >> if he wants to play in the major leagues he has got to get into better shape. >> he responded by losing 40 pounds in the off-season and coming back to hit a team high 43 home runs. this year it was aubrey huff getting called out by manager brian sabian to get back on track. >> he got himself in a funk, a lot of what went on might have been the residual effect of maybe not doin' enough in the off-season and he knows that. but yet it was a touchy thing to deal with. now, having said that, next year is a different year. so-- and he is gonna have to come in reddy, he is gonna have to come in and pull more weight, and i

will stay in youngstown, ohio all this week to prepare for next sunday's game against the eagles in philadelphiawell the last real point of street for combine's fans is watching tim lincecum avoid his first losing season in the majors, but arizona, they are too busy getting themselves in a better playoff position than to worry about the freak. tim started owe slowly in arizona, hitting one batter and walking another before montero doubles them both home. allowing five earned ones in two innings. diamondbacks sweep the series 5,-8 is your final. >>> oakland a's keep playing strong to the finish. l.a. they scored four runs in the 9th to beat the angels. willingham starts the rally with his home run suzuki doubled off walden. that ties the game, oakland has a game-winning sac fly to pull off the 6-5 comeback and come home to end the season against seattle the next three days. >>> coming up, ten reasons you may want to teach your children to play golf. they played two tournaments in atlanta, but it took sudden death playoff to find the winners. . >>> imagine standing over a putt that would earn you

. >>> in philadelphia, new york quarterback eli manning completed four touchdown passes against the eagles then the giants defense hit eagles quarterback michael vick. he had to leave the game with a broken right hand. it's his nonthrowing hand. still not certain, though, when he will be able to play again. the giants, they win it 29-16. >>> in baseball, the red sox still hanging on to the a.l. wild card spot but barely though. scored tied in the 14th inning in new york. boston's jacobi alsobury smacked a three-run homer to right field. red sox beat yankees after losing the first game of the double-header. >>> tiger woods has a new bag man. woods will play in october in california with joe lacava as his caddie who was once the caddie for fred couples. he most recently worked with dustin johnson. woods fired his former caddie steve williams this summer. >>> when we return, another look at this morning's top stories. >>> if congress fails to fund fema, flood stricken towns in the northeast could face a new disaster. n? new crest complete with scope dual blast technology blasts away bad breat

hawks who won the battle of the big birds against philadelphia the game notable for star quarterback michael vick's return to atlanta with his new eagles team on the thirty one year old didn't wait around to make his mark throwing his first of two touchdown passes. with through the opening quarter to tie the game at seventy seven though in the third quarter vick would have to leave the game this knock ending his participation with his philadelphia taking the lead while he was being treated on the sideline but the other advantage was until last vick's opposite number mike ryan laying the ball off for his fourth t.d. pass here michael turner the man running it in full can stick it thirty five thirty . over old favorites for super bowl success this year new england made a two wins from two this season with victory over sunday a go tom brady very much all that much in massachusetts with the three time n.f.l. championship throwing for three touchdowns on the moment four hundred twenty three yards in total though his team's defense run him close in the honor stakes turning chargers ball over three times leading to seventeen. points the pops

philadelphia next sunday. players didn't seem to mind. a ct ht hand >> that's another road trip. >> meanwhile eagles quarterback michael vick is questionableay against san francisco. a ct scan showed his right hand is bruised and not broken like originally reported. >>> monday fight football tony roe mow played with broken ribs against the redskins -- romo played with broken ribs against the redskins which means hits like this had to hurt protective vest or not. dallas didn't score a touchdown but dan bailey had a rookie record six field goals. washington quarterback rex grossman fumbles with under a minute to go in the game. cowboys recover and escape 18- 16 all on field. i have in my hand the monday night top five. pregame, even better during. this weekend they beat west valley college 83-0... a school rec >> in san mateo, football team pretty good pregame, better during. this weekend they beat west valley college 83 -0. no. 4, texans and saints, matt schaub's pass, look there, hot potato into the hands of kevin walter who makes the catch and scores and saints won the football game. fans at at&t park in midseason form of, look there. the

philadelphia. gore hurt his right ankle yesterday but coach har but says he is good to goo good. as for eagleuarterback vick his status is uncertain. turn out the right hand is only bruised not broken. vick who throws with his left hand got kurt. he showed off his cast to the reporters. >> not to say captain play with the swelling. sky us has to be where he cap bend his hand where he can work with it. >> still sore. still swollen but i think with the rehab during the week see how it recovers and how well it gets. >> breaken rib and all tony romo took

philadelphia at st. louis, steven jackson out with a leg injury. the first quarter, 7-7, sam bradley slipped and fumbles and parker picks it up, goes 66 yards for the touchdown. the eaglesthe saint louis rams, 31-13. the colts minus peyton manning for the first time since 1997. and collins in for him at quarterback for andy. and sacked him three times, forcing two fumbles. the texans rob indianapolis, 34- 7. >>> how about some tennis? serena williams hadn't lost a set at the u.s. open in the women's final. different today. >> they will have to play it right there. >> started in the middle of the shot. >> the umpire awarded samaa soser the point because serena screamed white ball was still in play. [ booing ] serena's issues will be up, overshadowed a dominant performance by sorcer, winning in straight sets for the first- ever grand-slam title for her. congratulations to her. >>> how about the giants and the dodgers. the dodgers came in in third place, which is 2 1/2 games behind san francisco. all of a sudden, threatenning to overtake the giants for second place. l.a. in the football spirit, rob barrajas and the pop-up, nearly tackled by russ mitchell and held off. 1-1

philadelphia. youngstown. small college town about 68,000 people. they did in the pick it randomly where 49 ers owner ji york grew upment family there for years. as for the eaglehe coach harbaugh notes that michael vick already suffered a concussion and hand injury. in the past couple weeks and he's jokingly advising caution. >> injury had two weeks ago with the hand injury. this weak probably be the prudent thing to rest him for a week. stm would i like that a lot. >>reporter: sure. as you might expect mechanical vick has slightly different thought. suffered a bad pwraws to the right hand last week. that is the non-throwing hand. he has the glove on. eagle quarterback will wear a special glove to protect that hand. no doubt vick will start against the 49 ers. >> i'm playing this week f.even if it was broke i think i would pad it up and went back out there. you have to take precaution but this is washington i love to did. >>reporter: raiders welcome brady and patriots in town on sunday. brady born in san mateo. hasn't played in oakland since 2002. raiders won the game 27-20. raiders were really, really good. now the patriots coming off a loss to buffalo. that

philadelphia. gore hurt his right ankle yesterday but coach har but says he is good to good har but says he is good to good. as for eagle vick his status is uncertain. turn out the right hand is only bruised not broken. vick who throws with his left hand got kurt. he showed off his cast to the reporters. >> not to say captain play with the swelling. sky us has to be where he cap bend his hand where he can work with it. >> still sore. still swollen but i think with the rehab during the week see how it recovers and how well it gets. >> breaken rib and all tony romo took the field against washington. dan bailey set rookie record by setting the 6 field goals. redskins still had time to pull it out but spencer knock the ball out of °map hand. cowboy recover dallas wins 18-16. >> well the giants aren't requesting to the play offs but tonight they did set a new single season home attendance record with more than 3.3 million fans. if giants rockies scoreless until the third. mike fontenot rips the pitch deep to center. fontenot at third with triple. brian picked up the 13th victory. he struck out 4 over 7 shut out innings. gian