the nationals played the phillies a lot over the last few years. the phillies clinched the national league east against the nationals. tonight, the nationals had a chance to return the favor thanks to a little help from the braves. their guys couldn't get anything going. kyle kendricks was dominant. but in pittsburgh, the pirates came through. a brave's lost also meant a national league east title. fans in d.c. found out immediately as the team went back into the dug out. everybody started celebrating and then it was time for the champagne to flow. the nats, your 2012 national league east champions. >> you've been dreaming about this, i'm sure, for years. is it what you imagined it would be? >> we have a great group of guys. i love everyone on this team. for the first time, this is pretty unbelievable. it's speechless. >> reporter: that's bryce harper. he's only 19 years old. he celebrated not with champagne, not with beer, but with apple cider. 23 cases of champagne was used in the celebration. here's a t-shirt that everybody's wearing tonight her

we don't care about the phillies. >> i tweaked the forecast.re's a couple showers, just a light sprinkle. some showers will probably roll through the next hour. then that should be it, nothing heavy. the a man event is tomorrow. let's start -- the main event is tomorrow. let's start with a live look outside at our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. sure started out nice today, 71, dew point 50. the air is pretty dry. as these showers move northward, some of them will be eaten up by the dry air. we've gotten reports of showers in two portions of fauquier county and also down towards culpeper. this is hitting the ground down towards charlottesburg and south of elkins and harrisonburg. in the next hour or so it's very light, just green, no yellows or anything. there will be some showers around the ballpark, again light activity. by the time the game actually starts they may be moving away. primarily showers on the way, showers on the game, sprinkles before the game. wet tuesday commute, getting more concerned about the commute. mi

west philly ride or die! >> coming up next in this special edition frontline... >> i saw kids waving their hands saying, "help. help me stay on track." >> another school program getting it right. >> our students face challenges, sometimes, that young children shouldn't have to face. >> i can't tell you how much i worry every time she leaves this building. >> when she leaveshis building, she's on her own. >> they told me, "you're bright and you're special." i started to believe that i can do more for myself. >> "middle school moment" begs right now. (siren wails) (horn honks) >> narrator: two and a half years ago, omarina cabrera, a student at middle school 244 in the bronx, was struggling. >> my first year here, me and my mom got evicted. i felt shattered. that was the home that i had for my whole life, and i grew up there. i didn't know what was going to happen next. that period of not knowing wasn't something that i felt comfortable with. i felt this inkling in me that i would never want my children or anyo

they had a fake philly guy. we have enough of the phillies fans being rude and obnoxious. we'll have another race, and where's the drama? four fatheads running around the field? it could be anybody. >> i think the whole thing is ridiculous anyhow. they're not good mascots. and this race is -- >> oh, it's fun. the race is fun. the presidents race is fun. >> they could do better than that. it's goofy. >> i hate to see teddy win -- not win fairly. i think if teddy was going to win, he needs to win like the nats did. not knocking over -- >> the cheating. >> you guys are talking about this like there's something legitimate going on. this is like wrestling. >> no, no -- >> i'm talking to george michael over here. >> this is what michael would be doping. this is cheating. cheating. >> the whole thing is a setup. what are you talking about. >> kathy bates in the newsroom, she said, look, here's what should happen. major league baseball should review this. go up in the booth, review this. cancel it. and it never happened. write this on the books. >> thank you. >> thank you, tom. >>

top of the second, phillies get on the board.eep to left, center bryce harper crashes into the wall. now with trouble, two runs come in. it's the first triple. phillies take a 2-0 lead. harper thankfully would be okay. the game settles down into a defensive struggle in the fourth. bases loaded. martinez grounds a ball to fourth. laroche turning the 3-2 double play. in the top of the ninth the final out on a groundout. as the team is headed to the dugout, the nationals and the fans got some welcome news. the braves lost to the pirates 2-1 and the washington nationals became n.l. east champions. the nats did lose today 2-0 but really, who cares? >> a lot of relief. obviously a lot of excitement as you can see here. so we've been waiting for this day. all year and the guys that have been here have been waiting a lot longer than that. nice to do it here at home. >> i love everybody on this team. davy has done a great job all year. for the first time this is pretty unbelievable to get us to this town, this team, it's speechless. >> we

a fake philly fanatic took out george washington, jefferson, and lincoln. the redskins also got back to work today prepping for a big tough matchup this weekend against the atlanta falcons. the falcons are undefeated. theyet to play their next two games at home. it gives them a chance to break a seven-game home losing streak that dates back to next season. rg3 can pick up his season for the fans. they sit at 1-2 with the top scoring offenses in the league. but they say there's much more work to be done. rg3 says they are happy with 2- 2, but it could be much better. they have work to do. we're live at nats park, i'm kristen berset, back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. we'll see if they can get it done. the cbs evening news is next. anita is back for derek at 7:00. we hope you'll stay with us for the debate coverage and the 11:00 news coverage. krystal conwell : we see a lot of problems with the... number of students that we have. resources. materials. things that the children need... on a day-to-day basis. anncr: question seven will help. the

teddy got help from the philly fanatic. >> he tried for his first win in seven seasons. and congratulations to the nationals. >>> up next, "the pulse." move over elephants and donkeys. big bird is the big political star of the denver debate. >>> and hay there. the farmer whose trip into town had drivers doing a double-take. for a shelter dog, there's no better feeling than going home. and by donating our food to shelters in need, pedigree is doing more than ever to help shelter dogs get adopted. ♪ now you can help too. when you buy a bag of pedigree, you'll help us feed more shelter dogs. keeping more dogs healthy, happy, and ready to go home. ♪ join us. feed your dog pedigree. and you'll help us feed more shelter dogs. we might still be making mix tapes. find this. pause this. play this. eject this. write this. it's like the days before esurance express lane™. you had to find a bunch of documents just to get a car insurance quote. now express lane finds your driving info with just one click, saving time to be nostalgic about the days before express lane. thank you, insu

today's game one of a three game series with phillies, the last regular season games of this year. >>> after tonight's game just about everyone will hop into their cars or jump onto metro leaving the area around nats park a ghosttown. where is all the housing, businesses and restaurants that were supposed to come along with the new stadium? local lawyer mark towie led the team that helped bring baseball back to washington and the construction of nationals park. >> the recession, the economy has been in a situation the last few years where financing, construction financing, has not been as available, but i'm told by a number of developers it's coming very quickly now in the next few years and by the way, with it the all-star game. >> the all-star game could be in washington he says by 2015. >>> back to the game, if the nats clinch tonight, it would be the team's first ever national league east title. matt jablow has the story of one montgomery county man who has been waiting an awfully long time for this day to arrive. >> we always ended up in last place. >> reporter: of all the long s

of course, maybe it will be poetic justice because as we know the phillies are in found and 1 more game and the nats will be nl east champions. we should note some things for you. here's what can happen tonight. first of all, if the nats win, they will win their first nl east pennant. even if they lose, if the braves lose to pittsburgh tonight, the nats will still win the division. but if the nats lose and the braves win, we have to wait yet another night for the nats to win and clinch the pennant. if they get rained out, we'll have to wait another night, too perhaps. we'll hope that doesn't happen. in the meantime there is a lot going on that took a long time to get the playoffs off here in washington, but it's also taken a long time to revive the neighborhood that the stadium is in. >> reporter: this is bruce johnson outside nats park. we're asking the question what happened to all the economic development promised for the area? >> we need some more bars and restaurants and hotels, everything down here. >> reporter: the fans, owners, city officials, business community, just about ever

philly on top at the half. >>> welcome to the toyota ha halftime show. brought to you by toyota. >> after 28 scoreless minutes t eagles with a touchdown, the giants with a field goal. so it's 7-3 philadelphia. in a moment hines ward will join us to talk about this first half, but first to new york to check on what else happened around the national football league today with dan patrick. >> all right, bob, thank you. is it time for the jets to make a change at quarterback? tony dungy, rodney harrison will discuss/debate coming up. but first t high , the highligh week four. the winless saints at green bay. drew brees touched johnny unitas. he had three on the day including this one to josh morgan. brees through for 446 but rodgers finds nelson. chargers rolled over the chiefs today. rivers two touchdown passes including that one to eddie royal. saints/chargers next sunday night here on nbc. carolina in atlanta. falcons beat the chargers. a minute to go. matt bryant and the falcons stay undefeated. miami in arizona. arizona also staying unbeaten. fourth and

the phillies beat the nationals 2-0 last night but the second place braves also lost which clinches theionals' first nl east divisional title. the team brought the celebration on to the field to share it with the fans. the celebration spilled over onto south capital street and beyond last night. >> i can't even express right now what i'm feeling. this was amazing. we're going to the post-season with the nl east division champs. >> how are you feel something. >> i'm just extra happy that we -- we lost but we won. it's just -- i don't know. i feel great. >> really pumped that we actually clinched for the division. >> what did you think of that game? >> good. >> what won? >> washington. >> last year at this time, we weren't even considering making the playoffs and for us to win it this year is just amazing. >> how did you get this shirt so quickly. >> the minute that the nats clinched, they got all the old shirts and hots out. i put them out and everything was ready to go. >> 2012 washington nationals! >> all right. exciting. >> good to see the young historians with the history of back in

the nationals win the alias title despite losing last night's game to the phillies. we will explain how that makes sense. good morning, washington. tuesday, october 2. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. let's get right to meteorologist caskey. >> happy tuesday morning. you will need your umbrella not morning but even later on today. let's look at live super doppler 7 from the belfort furniture weather center. virginia and in we of the shenandoah valley, is moving southwest to northeast. most of it is west of the beltway. one moderate showers moving in mclean church and along 66 and the western edge of the beltway in fairfax county. heavy showers crossing the potomac into western montgomery county. temperatures right now around 60 degrees. to the upper 70's this afternoon. it should be a warm day and it be worn for the rest of the week. .ow to angela for the commute >> good morning. showers.with some following an accident on 295,ound route 100 at reports of an overturned vehicle. traveling around the capital beltway in maryland, not finding many trouble spots

the phillies take a 2-0 lead. bottom of the 6th, still 2-0, michael morse with a runner on, two outs, full count. kyle kendricks strikes him out. the end of the inning kendrick goes. in laroche is up and goes down, so opportunities missed in this one. they fall 2-0 the final, but it's not going wipe any smiles off the faces here. very no idea where my camera guy is. i'm sure he's right in the middle of the celebration, but it's absolute pandemonium out here on the field. obviously everybody is smiling. gio gonzalez right here as you can see. >> we're looking at pictures right now. we were just seeing pictures when they were inside when the champagne started coming down. you said it was kind of cool because the players came back out onto the field to share with nats fans themselves. >> reporter: absolutely. they wanted to share this moment with this fan base. they that know they've been through a lot and they're certainly doing that. all this celebration typically happens inside the confines of a locker room, but g

. >> going into monday night's home game against the phillies, spots as ad their wild card, but they were only win away from clinching the division. >> creating a buzz in a city renowned for making history. the last time the d.c. baseball the senators, played in a playoff, fdr was president. it was back in 1954. >> i thought it was never going in my lifetime. >> but it has, and fans left the profound pride, greatest loss in history. washington nationals have best up untilat season when they moved eight years ago. extraordinarys season that much sweeter. continues during sports tonight and all the time at wjla.com . now we move on to some other tonight. dozens of occupied d.c. gathered tonight to mark the one-year anniversary of their protest. the protesters are carrying on the cause, even are no longer .llowed to campouts today during the rush-hour, they caused traffic delays. more about the man who was car and kill the northwest washington. the campus of marymount university is mourning the loss , 60-year-old rhett leverett, who is out walking his the car hit him. on campus.remember

the nationals beat the phillies 5-1. that means he finished the season with the best record in the national league and home field advantage throughout the playoffs. >> quite an accomplishment, i think obviously. winning the division and now we have done that and a chance to go do some stuff in the playoffs. but this is a great season. a great team, a great group of guys and accomplish a lot. but we have a lot more to accomplish, hopefully. >> these guys had a great year and i'm glad i was up here for a little bit of it. >> great outing. good win. don't have to make a five-hour plane trip. that's great. >> now the guys will be back out here tomorrow for a little workout. they get a few days off, which will be good. a few are banged up. they'll head out on the road for a sunday game either atlanta or st. louis. we should find that out on friday night. for now we're live at nationals park, i'm kristen berset, back to you in the studio. >> we are feeling the natitude, thank you, kristen. one concern for those nats fans plann

they didn't win the game yesterday against the philadelphia phillies, losing 2- 0. but that was academic. in the top of the ninth inning, everybody here at nats park got the good word that atlanta had lost in pittsburgh 2-1. so that was. it the magic number was zero and your washington nationalled became national league east champs for the first time ever. it really is and historic time here in d.c. they haven't been tie world series since 1933, a washington-based baseball team and they haven't won a world series since 1924. so these are head you days indeed. we caught up with mike rizzo, the general manager, after the game and he talked about what it means to have a team doing this well. >> it feels terrific. from where we are just a few short years ago, the fan base is electric. it is a young athletic ball club that we put together. we sprinkled in some seasoned veterans to help lead us along the way. keep pouring it. i love it. and this is one of the stops. this is one of our stops and we're looking for do bigger and better things. >> you don't mind getting the c

. >> can the season finale against the phillies, teddy got his first-ever victory. the fan favorite mascot won the presidents race after a fake philly phanatic knocked down the competitors. they lanl elabeled this series in 2012. a live report on teddy's big win coming up a bit later in sports. >> teddy's big win came as the team itself picked up another victory in their quest against the phillies. and today, city leaders acknowledged several hundred officers will be on standby for crowd control during the upcoming play-offs. but they say putting those officers at the park will not take away from regular duties. >> what we have done is to make arrangements to cover any eventuality during the play-offs. there will be no disruption to normal police activities in the neighborhood. >> i have every confidence that the chief will deploy officers in the most responsible way. >> d.c. mayor vincent gray said people should focus more on the fact that washington has a team in the play-offs for the first time in nearly eight decades. and of course, the biggest debate in the new

teddy was far behind, but in there jumps the philly fanatic. he knocks down the other three, clearing the way for an easy victory. the nats beat the philadelphia phillies 5-1. >> it was fitting. >> especially, they own the division. >> best record in baseball. that's good stuff. >> it is good stuff. long time coming. >> humid, almost like summertime, almost like september, but some big changes on the way. we'll take you through it. first things first, a live look outside. 82 is the high. we are still pretty toasty downtown. winds calm, pressure up just a little bit at 30.08 inches of mercury. okay, talk about the fall color. a couple e-mails on this. yesterday we told you why the leaves change in the first place. it is not all about the cold weather, it's about the shortness of the days. you jump the divide, you are near peek. you want to go out to garrett county, go this weekend. some good color showing up west. some color, northern and western suburbs, and little or no change down to the south and east. if you want to plan a trip, the skyline

fists fly in philly between guest of wedding parties. one is dead and others are arrested." ♪ ♪ >> bob: wild scene at a hotel in philadelphia this weekend, reminds me of my past life. a fight broke out between dozen of guests at two wedding parties. a kid with a cell phone captured the chaos. the brawl reportedly started between two brothers that somehow guests from a second wedding party who pulled in. one of the brides died of a heart attack at the scene. have you ever been at a scene like this before? >> eric: this is the one you have to be first with? no, i haven't been. fights before, but not at a wedding. this is terrible. tragic. >> bob: somebody died. >> greg: the person died connected to the brawl, though? but you get the feeling that if the liberty bell was not in philadelphia it never would have been cracked. >> bob: that is a good point. supposed to be the capital of our country, too, and something about philadelphia where they fights are, the you know, the philadelphia eagles fans are amongst the worst in the country. >> eric: and the flyers. >> greg: phillies.

. >> jimmy: from philly. good man. the roots are from philly. they love you.he nfl season is in full swing. who is your favorite football team? >> the philadelphia eagles! ♪ >> jimmy: all right. very good. guys, we have our pal here, steve schaeffer. for five bucks, you get an original steve schaeffer pendant. they're from -- >> for your birthdays. >> jimmy: he's from philadelphia, which i'm sure you're familiar with. the roots are from philly. and his favorite team, of course, is the philadelphia eagles. [ cheers and applause ] for this first song, the new james bond movie is coming out, "skyfall," and nothing's better than a james bond theme. so, could you do this in like a james bondy-type of theme? >> you want us to dance? >> jimmy: it's tricky. no. you can just be a spy. you can pretend you're a spy. >> okay. ♪ he's in the audience his name is steven schaeffer he's wearing a necklace made by his son ♪ ♪ in case you didn't know philly's where he's from and of course he thinks the eagles are number one ♪ ♪ and the necklace that he's wearing's by his son ste

in about an hour they will take on the phillies in the last regular-season home game. fog could make it interesting. >> we see a few breaks in the clouds right there, which might help a little. >> good afternoon. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. let's get a look at our forecast with meteorologist jacqui jeras. >> we had to be patient today. fog was all across the metro area. dense fog advisory is have been cancelled. we look forward to a little brighter afternoon. this is a time lapse from the congressional country club in bethesda. finally we are getting a few breaks in the clouds. we still have some visibility issues off to the west,. 4 miles in hagerstown and 5 miles in winchester. that will improve for everybody. looking good. fog has been an issue as well up the east coast. there have been travel delays. flight's going into acordia or philadelphia or newark today delays of two hours set into those cities. -- into acordia airport. mostly cloudy tonight with maybe a sprinkle in our area. more on that coming up later. big changes in the seven-day forecast.

with tonight. >> phillies aren't as dangerous as they norm will. they do have two games left. out of the park today, the players were strolling in very slowly into the national's clubhouse. i'm sure you can imagine why. busy celebrating last night. but the games go on. and the goon squad is in. that's the reserve guys for the nationals that are, that is, you know what i'm frying to say. those are the back ups. tonight, the goons were good. not your normal starting line-up, but they were ready for the lilies. the first start of the year, top three. he gets ty wigginton swinging. gives up one run in 3 2/3 innings. the shark getting the start in right field at the plate. takes this one to left. nice piece of opposite-field hitting right here. adam laroche scores. still tied, bottom of the sixth, adam one r.b.i. away from one hundred on the season. and here's a pretty good way to get it. out of the yard. his 33rd home run of the season. the second time he's hit that mark in his career. and he gets the old curtain call. nats win it 4-2. now, the reds wi

philly loses 26-23. head in their bye week at 3-3. big win for the lions. >>> postseason baseball rolls out without the nationals. sorry, it's hard to say. and in new york it will have to continue without derek jeter. the yax last night in game one of the alcs lost their star shortstop. jim is nodding. i can see it. take you to yankee stadium, top of the 12th. yankees down 5-4. he stumbles, falls to the ground. we'll see it again. an iso on jeter. >> it hurts to watch this. >> look at the look on his face. could this be the lasting image for derek jeter? 158 postseason baseball games. it's over, at least for now. a fractured left ankle. three months' recovery time. a lot of questions on whether he can come back from this. the yankees lose game one. game two going on right now. we're going to take you back to the bronx for today's action. that's hiroki kor rhoda on the mound. first ever start on three days' rest and apparently suits him well. he strikes out triple crown w winner miguel cabrera. prince fielder, he's done. and andy dirks

the nats lost to the phillies, but they are still the national league east divisional champs. the nats clinched when the braves lost to the pirates in pittsburgh. afterwards, the players celebrated with the fans. >> we have team coverage of the historic feat. melanie alnwick is live in modell's in bethesda where the official divisional title merchandise just hit the stores but we begin with dave ross out at nats park today. dave, good morning. >> good morning, allison. and tony. yes, an historic night here last night at nats park. because as you said, tony, these fans are very astute. and they knew, they didn't just have to win it here, all they really needed was a loss by the braves in pittsburgh and that's exactly happened. and during the game last night, they were chanting, let's go pirates. so even though adam la roche struck out to end the game last night, the nats losing 2-0 to the phillies, op those bottles, boys. because for the first time ever, in the history of the washington nationals, which began really in 2005 right here, they are national league east champions. t

the nl east champions beat the phillies 4-2 last night. adam laroche hit his 33rd home run of the season in the win. go nats. the biggest w at the park may take place between innings. there is speculation teddy may finally win the president's race this afternoon. the teams launch its own teddy 2012 campaign, it is well document that had teddy has never won the fans mascot race. we'll have to wait until the fourth inning to find out. >> i have a feeling today could be the day. >> but people have said that before. >> i'm saying it again. >> at least we'll be there for history. >> we'll take pictures if it happens for sure. >>> today is also a special day it for another president. president obama. >> mr. and mrs. obama are celebrating their 20th anniversary. >> first lady stopped by the new steve harvey show to talk about what she might give the president. >> i've gotten him ever golf thing that you can imagine. so i had to really dig deep on this one. >> can i tell you something? that's on the bucket list for me. >> what, golf? >> to play go

it's phillies darren ross, a triple into left center field. bryce harper rattles off the wall.wo runs score, not much offense for the nationals tonight. they did have their opportunities, however, adam laroche getting an opportunity with runners on. he get caught looking. so the offense not there tonight, but they are watching the scoreboard and at 9:45 an announcement was made that the braves had lost and that's all they needed. fans celebrate. davey johnson loving it blowing a kiss to the fans and the celebration ensues. it starts downstairs in the team clubhouse. the champagne is popped. the goggles are on, but they just couldn't keep it to themselves. they had to share it with their fan base out here and they come out and celebrate with the crowd. the crowd hangs out, thousands of fans and celebrating with them. obviously a lot of fun for everybody, but especially sweet to one of the longest tenured nationals, ryan zimmerman. >> this whole year was a huge group effort. everyone came together. everyone did so many things to help us get to where we're at now i haven't even th

. >>> coming up, a redskins' loss goes down easier with a philly loss as well. we'll get you caught up on the action around the league, right after this. [ male announcer ] who will raise taxes on the middle class? according to an independent, non-partisan study, barack obama and the liberals will raise taxes on the middle class by $4,000. the same organization says the plan from mitt romney and common sense conservatives is "not a tax hike on the middle class." want proof? read the non-partisan study for yourself at american.com. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> welcome back. no team has been living more dangerously than the eagles. turned it over more than any team in the nfl. came in today with a 3-1 record. all wins by a combined 4 points. roethlisberger, drops and throws laterally. takes it into the end zone for the 15-yard score. steelers take a 7-0 lead. 4#th quarter, steelers up 14-7. vick hits selleck in the end zone for the easy 2-yard touchdown. eagles up 14-13. steelers wit

the fans packed in last night anticipating a win over the phillies that would seal their place in the division playoffs. but in the end, it was not a in thes win but a loss by the atlanta braves that put them there. the braves loss to the priorities was in the books was during the last inning of the nationals game. players were popping champagne corks and fireworks lit up the sky to the roar of jubilant fans. players were high fiving and hugging and went out on to the field to celebrate. it has been a long time coming for fans of washington baseball, the first pro season for a team here in washington, d.c. in 79 years. >> i can't even express right now what i'm he feeling. this is amazing. it was kind ever anticlimactic a little bit but we're going to the post-season. >>-- it was kind of anticlimactic a little bit but we're going to the postseason. >> we lost but we won. >> reporter: a fitting end. such an interesting ending to the season. people would have liked to have seen a win. we have to talk about where they came from. at one point, they had one of the worst records in major le

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they can do it against the phillies in the next three days. our dave owens was in st. louis. he caught up with mike morris after the game. >> how difficult is it to play against teams that have to win? you guys, you want to win, you want to clinch, but have to win? >> you know, i don't think we look at it like that. you know, we're just playing to win just like they are. it was a tough game. you know, like i said, they came out. they came out swinging and jayson werth started the game off with a double right there. we thought we were going to get things rolling but they came back and they got to our pitcher. >> do you sense a psychological let down because so much was made of clenching and magic numbers. do you sense a little bit after psychological matter? how do you get the edge back as you go back home and you've got to win a ballgame? >> you know what? i don't think we've even thought about stuff like that. >> really? >> we're just playing to win. you know, the series and stuff. it's fortunate that, you know, we didn't win today, but tomorrow is a new day. we're going to

it didn't even really matter that the nats lost to the phillies last night. they have the best record in baseball and now they're division champs. for the first time in 70 years, we've got playoff baseball in d.c. for the fans, this is something they've been waiting for ever since the team first came here in 2005. >> history in the making. we waited all this time for a playoff run. we're going to the world series. world series. >> i'm excited. i was there for the first game at the stadium. i'm here for the first playoff. i'm so excited. i couldn't be more excited to be here at nats stadium. >> number one, baby, number one. hopefully we can take all of it. absolutely. go nationals. >> reporter: check out the scene inside the locker room right after the players left the field. dancing, cheering, champagne everywhere. it was a huge moment for any team but especially a team with so much young talent. when you've got young players like bryce harper who is just 19 years old, had a little issue with all that champagne and beer everywhere. he actually had to sip appl

and despite losing 2-0 to the phillies last night. this may be the biggest celebration you'll ever see after a loss. >> you've been dreaming about this, i'm sure, for years. is it like you imagined it to be? >> absolutely. what better team to enjoy this with. we've got a great group of guys. i love everybody on this team. davie's done a great job all year. for the first time, this is pretty unbelievable. to give us this town, this city, this team, it's speechless. >> so awesome. the nats are tied with the cincinnati reds for the best record in the national league. and some of the nats are showing their appreciation to their fans for their support throughout the season. >> they love their fans, boy. bryce harper, who you just heard from, tweeted a thank you to nats nation. he wrote, "i want to thank this city of d.c. and all the fans for the support you guys have showed us all year. nl east title but not done yet #nats." megan mcgrath is hanging out with nationals fans in bethesda this morning. hey, megan. >> hey, good morning. we're h

nats defeat the phillies 4-2. however, the reds also win.oth teams tied heading into tomorrow's regular season finale. after the game davey johnson explained why laroche was on the field tonight. >> didn't have him in the original lineup, but i said he's going to probably want to play. i said when he comes in, if he wants to play, he can play. harper caught me of last night and wanted in there and they're in there, but it was great to get that milestone out of the way. >>> the orioles in st. pete against the rays, no score top of the 4th. chris davis who entered the game with home runs in five state games takes it to deep center field well over the 404 mark, his 33rd of the year matches a franchise record with six game home run streak. o's edge the rays. the yankees win in extras over the sox in 12. the yankses have a one-game lead on the o's -- the yanks have a one-game lead on the o's in the division. >>> four weeks to the day wizards tip off the nba season on the road at cleveland. four weeks after that john wall is scheduled to rejoin th

he got a little help from the phillies mascot, imagine that., teddy and the matz coo andy pepper will join us live to talk about the milestone. >>> as

it is so good. ♪ >>> the nats and phillies though deal with fog last night. sixth, the game tied at one. adam laroche sends to to deep right field for his 33rd home run of the season. they would add another run in the inning. nats win 4-26789 con great layings to bryce harper. he was named rookie of the month for september. >>> a huge win for the orioles. orioles magic. they beat the rays 1-0 and chris davis had a home run which was his 33rd of the year. the os are run back of the yankees with one game to -- are one back of the yankees with one game to go. >>> the wizards open camp at george mason yesterday with john wall on the sidelines. he is expected to miss the first move the regular season with a knee injury. this is randy whit map's first full year as head coach now. the wiz will tip off the nba season on the road against cleveland in four weeks. hard to believe basketball is already getting ready to start too. >> we got the football team doing okay. baseball is great. >> come on, wizards. you can do it. >> fox 5 morning news continues right now. right

nats topped the phillies 4-2. with a win today d.c.ecure the best record in baseball. >>> our time is 6:54. and time now to get the answer to our question of the morning. in the last year, four out of ten american adults say they've gone a week without using which of these things, is it a, a vehicle, b, cash, or c, the tv if. >> the answer is b, cash. that's what we thought. >> absolutely. and all of our viewers who checked in, most of them thought it was. we have one more check of traffic and weather right here next on 9news now. don't go away. >>> one more thing before we go. it's not really bring your pet to work today but andrea decided to do it and we're thrilled. >> he's so cute. >> critters for the cure calendar, jc hayward and her two doggies are on the cover of the calendar as a breast cancer survivor. anita brikman and i are also on the calendar. she's september. i'm october because we do support and encourage women to take charge of their own health. i'm with kiwi and you get to see the little rambunctious one but took a gre

it is great to be back in philly. can't wait to get my cheese steak. this cow is a good principle and for those of you teaching you know how important it is to have a good principal. rate. so what i should do is tell you how this all started so you get an idea what i was thinking. i was closing in on 60. that is over the speed limit. closing in on 60 i had just gotten fired. i had a show in new york, in philly, thanks, mom. i was heartbroken. i really was. i really was thinking maybe i should think about something else. i started thinking i am 60. what should i do with the rest of my life. i went to school to be a teacher and didn't do it and my life went on and when i had my first pro fight and my mother spent all that money sending me to college to be a teacher and i was fighting, are you out of your mind? then i told her i was going to be a cabdriver and she said are you crazy? then i got a taxi and she changed her mind. i was feeling down and feeling sorry for myself. i had this thing about teaching. it had been in my mind long time. anyone who wat

to do so, they just need to beat the phillies. they won the season series against the reds. national speed philadelphia last night. adam laroche hit his 33rd home run and got his 100th rbi of the season. first pitch today at 1:00 at the ballpark. the highlights of today's game may have nothing to do with the people paid to wear the nationals uniform. >> the biggest spotlight could fall on. the on. ted won the race last night, but george washington came in. teddy may win today's race. he never has won before. >> we will have to wait and see. the orioles need a win and the yankees need to lose for the orioles to win the division. the orioles won last night. 74 a and 0. >> of wisconsin tv news anchor named jennifer livingston was insulted by a viewer through an e-mail. >> if you are an home and talking about the fact news lady, your children are probably going to go to school and call someone fat. we need to teach our kids how to be kind and not critical. we need to do that by example. >> she also thanked the viewers for supporting her. the man who wrote the e-mail initially la

. >> he is from philly? i know a rocky from philly. >> he is weirdly from salt lake city. that is an excellent i impress of a mormon. i would de criminalize murder, b ensure that reo speed wagon is in the rock and roll hall of fame. and make sassiness a requirement for every voter. what are your thoughts and can i have your vote? >> i am glad you are not running. >> how dare you bring up something personal? >> it shows they are open to all. they invited two students from hog warts. tell me where you are as far as wizardry is concerned and what your favorite spell is. i thought they were all british. >> how does larry king get involved in this? jars full of metamucil? >> haven't met him yet. >> he is a tiny rock star, shriveled. but he is the keith richards of news. >> who are you pulling for in this debate? >> anybody that shows they know what the constitution is. so far i believe that is gary johnson. >> he is not a member of the constitution party. that was on there. are they talking about the paper document or how one is feeling as in i have a delicate constitution. >>

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postationals, ended the the nationals and the post season by beating the phillies. is just a memory now. is off to the playoffs sunday. what, it has already for thepecial season nationals. going to enjoy this have helped ourselves , for the city of , d.c., and all of the fans who have supported the team losing seasons. for us to finally bring history city is special in its own. show you how the cardinals punched their ticket to the division series. a controversial play fly ball. it was a late infield fly rule, called by the umpires. -- mattat the plate t the plate. they go on to victory. back to the controversial call. the braves thought they had the bases loaded. fans in atlanta went crazy. trash started raining down from the stands. the game for 19 s to clean up and settle things down. chipper jones retired after the game. a bit embarrassed by how atlanta reacted. >> it is disappointing any time something like that happens. obviously, delays in the game w everybody off their game. you never want to see something that violence like that. is for sure. you will not b