now the phillies are down to their final strike.the ball in any role, any day on a major league staff. a valuable guy to have. the red sox have him. he's their closer. the 1-2 pitch. struck him out and the red sox win it, 7-5! lester gets the win. he's 3-3. blanton suffers the loss. he's 4-4. save number 9 for aceves. the guys in the mlb network studios will be along on the other side of the break. for tim and ken, i'm joe. 7-5, boston wins it here in philadelphia. good night. does your phone give you all day battery life ? droid does. and does it launch apps by voice while learning your voice ? launch cab4me. droid does. keep left at the fork. does it do turn-by-turn navigation ? droid does. with verizon, america's largest 4glte network and motorola, whatever you want to do... droid does.

phillies score six in the night. nats fall to the phillies, adding insult to injury, 9-3. >>> top of the fourth, orioles and red sox. orioles lead 2-0 on two homeruns. three run homerun to the seats above the green monster. orioles in front 5-0. bottom of the 5th, middlebrook, first pitch, swinging, first career homerun is a grand slam. extra innings. bottom of the 16th, still tied. first base man, went 0-8 pitching for the first time, with a runner on, drives to the gap. tries to score, wow, relay home is in time. going to the 17th. top of the 17th. mcdonald on the mound. jones with two on. drives it to deep left. who is pitching in this game? game winning three-run homerun. 9-6in 17 to improve to a major league best 19-9. >>> if you and i had been there, we would be pitching. >> so far the caps' fortunes in postseason was accounted for by -- caps never trailed. first time since 2010 the trio scored in the same game. caps coming off a heartbreaking trip overtime loss in game three, couldn't have come at a better tim

nats, phillies, stephen strasburg pitching. 1.13 e.r.a. highlights at 11:00. we'll see how the nats do tonight. >> thanks so much. maybe they were doing it for the electrolytes? that's what it was. getting replenished. >> they do, it's like a gatorade for little ones. >> a couple showers possible tomorrow and we'll have an update on the severe weather tonight at 10:00. >> that's it for us, cbs news is next. derek is back at 7:00. good night.

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bottom five, 2-0, phillies. facing juan pierre. hits it well., harper has it -- or does he? yes, he does. he fumbles it around for a minute but then stays with it and makes the catch. harper still learning how to play the outfield. top six, harper at the plate. harper sends this one into right field. danny espinoza was on second. he's running on contact. coming home to score. the throw by hunter pence, got him at the plate. appears to have tagged him right there. that was really close, hard to t adam laroche would homer in the ninth. that was the nationals' only run of the game. they fall in philly, 4-1, the final. >>> buck showalter and the o's hosting the red sox this afternoon. red sox up 5-2. nick johnson at the plate with one on. and this one is gone. his second home run of the day and the orioles now down just 5-4. bottom eight, it's 6-4, red sox on top,@ wilson betimit. this is a clutch catch by lynn. the o's now a robust 28-17 on the season. they host kansas city on friday. >>> there will be a decisive game seven for the celtics and the

tonight the phillies in town which means phillies fans will come in and stink up nationals park but ity not nationals park this weekend. it's natitude park. you like that? >> okay. >> here is manager davy johnson on the new promotional campaign. >> i was supposed to read that in star balloting, joining in natitude. man i might have four or five takes on that. we got a damn good team here. vote for the nats. you know, marketing is marketing. i mean, i don't get caught up in that either. it's going to sell tickets if we win ball games. that's the way we'll take this stadium back. >> old school. >> that is. you know, it's true though. >> oh, yeah. win enough games people come out and want to see you win some more. >> yeah. >> i hope it'll happen soon because i talked to my buddy at the nbc station up in philly today. he says you know what? that's great. your nationals are winning games. when are people going to show up at the park? he said the pittsburgh pirates are drawing more fans than your washington nationals right now. >> also read somewhere though that up in philly they've had cont

the phillies come to town this weekend.k the park from the large number of the phillies fans that usually invade. >> stay up the interstate. richard is live where excitement has to be growing. >> national fans arriving and large numbers. what an awesome rivalry. this is much more than just a ball game. this is about selling seats too. >> nationals fans were lining up early. >> this is more than a divisional rivalries. >> we know we will win tonight. >> the phillies will take care of business so it will not be an issue. >> you want to see your own fans at your own part. >> a big push to make sure these seats are not filled with phillies fans. >> these guys are great ballplayers. we need to support them. >> they give locals first dibs on seats. >> they're trying to change that. >> they do not want a stadium dominated by philadelphia on the stand or on the field. >> sometimes you have to look up twice to see when the crowd cheers to see who got a hit. >> that is the key. play great games and people will come out. >> people wil

they are taking on the phillies. first pitch 8:05. going for the sweep of the ever feared phillies. 67 degrees a first pitch. storm 4 radar. all of the rain drops are away from town today. a couple of sprinkles in the southern of the shenandoah valley. it is way west of the blue ridge and that's where they will be tomorrow. another slight dhans of a shower. in and around town tomorrow, i don't think we have to worry much. our next chance of rain is part of the next system which is going to the great lakes. there's a trailing cold front across the midwest. that arrives here late in the day on tuesday and that will spark off showers with some thundershower chances as well. for now high pressure is bringing that moisture, on-shore flow. a stable air mass that comes off the ocean, as well. just sprinkle chances in the high spots. that will gradually break down as we go through the day tomorrow and become a southerly component. it will bring a break of sunshine tomorrow and warm things up as well. the surge of warmth and humidity arrives t

with a one, they beat the phillies in philly for the sixth straight time. pick this one up top of the 3rd, two on for bryce harper. facing sigh young candidate, roy halladay. nothing phases harper. the breaking ball, jordan zimmerman and steve come around to score. nats take a 2-1 lead on harper's third triple. he and desmond. his eighth run of the season. take a 4-1 lead. and jordan zimmerman made it stick. a great job freezing hector. zimmerman surrenders one run. first win in five career starts against fuelly. nats win 5-2 and bryce harper on playing in philly. >> i love this atmosphere. i love playing in these situations. having a team like this, coming in here and playing with a fan base like this. it gets everybody up in our clubhouse and to play, you know, the world championship phillys, it's fun to come in and here. >> look who is signing autographs. it's joe flacco. scoreless in the second, but a man on for steve. wouldn't you know it, he drives out his first home run since september of 2010. that gives the birds a 2-0 lead. that was enough for bri

after the game the phillies ace of admitted he did it on purpose. he called in his welcome to the big leagues move. the surprise honesty could come with a suspension for the phillies pitcher named cole. and this is a first baseman on the mound for the orioles. the red sox game went 17 innings. both teams had to use position players on the mound. they finally finished with a three-run homer. cliff got the win on the mound. >> 6:15 now. mayor vincent gray will join other city leaders today in southeast washington to cut a ribbon, on the unity healthcare anacostia's center. for today's grand opening, we have a sneak peek inside. joining us with a preview is unity's president and ceo. so glad you could join us. this is really about closing the gap with health care and in some underserved communities like ward 8. >> thanks for having me and showing this beautiful clinic which will indeed close the gap not only for people that have been seen previously but for many more people that will be able to come here now that we have this beautiful state of the art

the nationals plan to lock up the phillies fan, as you see, didn't work. when tickets went on sale in february, the team would only sell them to people with the local zip code to try to pack the park with nats fans. clearly, phillies fans found their way around that one. >>> and on to better news. have you looked outside? there is a supermoon out there. the bigger and the brightest is rising. and you may have a little trouble seeing it tonight through the clouds. gwenn has your forecast. >> reporter: the clouds are not doing us any favors when that comes to the spectacular view. the clouds are not going away at any time and let's look at our radar satellite shot. we had a bit of rain moving through our areas and in the course of tonight, some of you didn't see anything at all. primarily, it was to the south of s to the west and across the shenandoah valley, potomac highlands and seeing some showers there and most has ended. the clouds are sticking around and some patchy fog is moving in and that is not the greatest for the supermoon. 68 at reagan; 68, dull

philly beat jessica sanchez in record viewer voting. he becomes the fifth male "idol" winner in a row. >> phillips could manage to keep it together on the last song. instead he dissolved in tears as he sang "home." might be his first single. all he's been through, he's entitled to tears. jessica is so cute and talented too. >>> the president and the porn stars, the new photo making news this morning. >>> the wait is over. the new invention that ends up solving that problem how to get the ketchup out of the bottle. there are a lot of warning lights and sounds vying for your attention. so we invented a warning.. you can feel. introducing the all new cadillac xts, available with the patented safety alert seat. when there is danger you might not see, you're warned by a pulse in the seat. it's technology you won't find in a mercedes e-class. the all new cadillac xts has arrived. and it's bringing the future forward. to your kids' wet skin. neutrogena® wet skin kids. ordinary sunblock drips and whitens. neutrogena® wet skin cuts through water

park and we are tired of the phillies fans invading our park. we intend to do something about it. our fans are going to show up friday, saturday, and sunday. >> it's time for us to take over our park. to show d.c. we have a team and we'll support that team. >> they are going to support the team. let me show you something real quick. up on the big score board, not nationals park, it's changed to natitude park. those signs are everywhere. is it going to work? i'm not sure. we'll have to wait and see. it's still way early before the game. i haven't seen a will the of phillies fans. we are two hours away from first pitch. back to you in the studio. >> i'm going to be there for tomorrow's afternoon game. so get the chili dogs ready. thank you, dave. >>> coming up, just look at the fear on their faces. local teens locked up with hard core criminals. watch what happens when our cameras roll. >>> plus, the beastie boys lose one of their founding members. >>> irreplaceable memories lost and found. five years after a wedding, the answer to a riddle. i'm b

phillies down 4-1. the catcher carlos ruiz questions the strike zone.un, thrown out of the game. charlie manuel subdued by his standards. rick ankiel adds a solo shot. nationals win 5-2. their third win in a row. six straight over the phillies. the nationals alone in first place in the n.l. east. red sox taking on the first place orioles in baltimore. looking to get over 500 for the first time this season. top of the fourth. youkilis back in the lineup for the red sox. celebrates his return with a solo home run. brings the red sox to within a run. bottom of the eighth. red sox still within striking distance until wilson betamy cranks a two-run shot to right field. orioles beat the sox, 4-1. boston still in the cellar of the a.l. east because the yankees somehow found a way to beat the kansas city royals finally. >>> west coast baseball. dodgers on the road facing the d'backs. dodgers down to their last eight. dejesus drills a double. the dodgers, a one-run lead. bottom of the ninth, runners on first and third for the d'backs. the dodgers end the game wi

philly looking to redeem themselves after a fourth quarter collapse in game one. sixers took a six-point lead into the fourth quarter but just after two minutes to play, rajon rondo, sinks the three to give the celtics the lead. sixers respond, giving philly a two-point lead. celtics up one with under a minute to play. evan turner splits the defense, beautiful lay-up to go. sixers up aif point. last chance for boston, trying to set up the three for paul pierce but kevin garnet whistled for an illegal screen, if you can believe that. the sixers hang on and take game two 82-81. series tied at 1-1. moves to philly tomorrow night. >>> stanley cup playoffs, rangers and devils in the first game of their anticipated eastern conference finals. rangers coming off two consecutive seven-game series. scoreless until the third period, daniel girardi slaps one past martin brodeur to put the rangers on the board. later in the third, rangers get it up the ice to chris kreider, puts it in. rangers second goal of the game. they win 3-0. game two tomorrow night in new york. >>> nati

the best part is the phillies are tied for last. trying to sweep the phillies tonight. no doubt some add drama with cole hamels facing the nats for the first time. he threw the ball right at him. you remember that. this is the first time they'll face each other. this afternoon it was the os hosting boston. buck show walter celebrating a birthday at the park today. and here's a gift from the bottom of the second. tied 1-1. the former nat, nick johnson, his first of two homers in the game. johnson really heating up after starting the season in a massive slump. the os' the 2-1 lead. ayala delivering. shoppach with one on and that's out of here in a hurry. a two-run shot. that makesett 5-3 red sox. two on for wilson betemit. what a catch! that one run come in to score but that would prove to be a huge second out. the next batter, nick johnson. looking for another bomb but he goes down swinging. the red sox beat the o's 6-5. the o's have the day off tomorrow and then take on the royals on friday. to bryce harper. the guys in philly last night, another solid game at the plate

the former philly and $126 million man jasyson werth, phillies up 1-0, but no more. werth has runners on the corners and is going yard. his third homer of the year, the nationals take a 3-1 lead. same inning, rick ankiel pulls one down the line. chad tracy comes in to score. danny espinosa waived in from second. very aggressive move, the nationals pay the price, espinosa gunned down at the plate. the nats take a 4-1 lead. in the 7th, chad tracer, been a big baller lately. this is like chad tracy, sir ka 2005. his second home run in as many nights. he also had three hits on the night, the nats win 7-1, going for the series sweep tomorrow on sunday night baseball. >>> one big inning from the o's as well. baltimore visiting boston, top three. o's up 2-0. one on, and one gone for adam jones. over the green monster and out of fenway park. a two-run bomb, jones' seventh home run of the season, 4-0 birds. two on for mark reynolds, and he homers for the second straight game. this one, of the three run variety. the o's beat the red sox 8-2, it's the orioles fourth straight wi

philly comes up with it. andre flying down the lane, two of his 18. sixers trail at that point 34- 32. just before the end. celtics get it to kevin garnett. he doesn't beat the buzzer. it does. the seas lead in the fourth quarter. ron doe took over. ray allen kicked it out. he also had 18. the celtics move on to the eastern conference finals with the 85-75 win. they will play the heat for the nba title. coming up in our next section, marilyn lacrosse highlights. we'll be right back. [ creaking ] [ male announcer ] trophies and awards lift you up. but they can also hold you back. unless you ask, what's next? [ zapping ] [ clang ] this is the next level of performance. the next level of innovation. the next rx. the all-new f sport. this is the pursuit of perfection. >>> welcome back. the maryland men have done it again. their work far from over. they beat their biggest -- the terps who entered unseeded did pretty well. the terps trying to advance to the national championship game and they got off to a great start. kevin cooper to billy griffin, folks, t

a six straight road win in philly. the top of the third, nats trail 1-0 and bryce harper with roy hala day to the gap in right center field and with that two run to give him the lead and singled and the nats 5- 2 victory and tonight, harper faces cole hamills and plunked him with the first pitch and afterwards, said i meant to do it and he was suspended five games. >>> this afternoon, the orioles hosting the red sox and b.6th. os trail 5-2, nick johnson and to that deep right field and since may 28th, 2006. the orioles down 5-4 or and they trail 6-4 and with that fly to shallow field and making that diving catch and scores. the catch, saved's run. the orioles fall to the red sox, 6-5. >>> the player's union claimed the nfl imposed a secret salary cap during the 2010 season to cost the players $1 billion dollars and that complaint claims a conspiracy to set a $123 million salary cap for the 2010 season. when owners did not have the authority to do so. cowboys and red skins had their future salary caps lowered for oversp

while caps were beating the rangers nationals were blowing away the phillys 7-1. let's not forget about the skins drafting franchise quarterback, robert griffin the third, is this a new era for long suffering sports fans. we sent john out to ask fans about what they think. >> reporter: it was a veritable sea of red on the streets around the verizon center, downtown dc. with incredibly close games in the playoff series against the rangers caps fans say they have been thrilled at every game, and very much want to be there in person. >> we love it the atmosphere is fun, exciting nothing else like it. >> reporter: some fans of the washington capitals say they have been coming even during the lean years. >> real caps fan is some body whether they play good, bad, indifferent, deep in the playoffs, whether they are not in the playoffs, comes rallies behind them cheers them on good times bad times. >> reporter: although rangers fans were vastly out numbered some did come although marissa jails lives in alexandria, her heart remains with the rangers. >> i grew up watching

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the nats are playing phillies, temperature in the 60s, winds light, mostly cloudy and cool. so bring a little jacket or sweater for the kids. tonight cloudy and school with patchy drill -- cool with patchy drizzle lows in the 50s, light winds, upper 50s to mid- 50s in leesburg and in the suburbs. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy conditions, a cool start with patchy drizzle, temperatures in the 50s and 60s. here's a look at your next seven days. so low 70s for monday, variable cloudiness, partly to mostly cloudy conditions. tuesday we're warmer into the upper 70s and showers and storms are likely, same deal for wednesday as a cold front comes through. after that front we'll cool down into the lower 70s for thursday. friday looks great, upper 60s, plenty of sun and mother's day weekend right now looks storm- free, sunny and 70s. take mom out over the weekend. >> absolutely. >>> well, we got our quarterback. >> they didn't take too long, a week after he was drafted we know who our quarterback is. redskins rookie mini catch wrapping up today in ashburn, mike shanahan very candid o

. >>> and trying to continue to take back the park versus the phillies and took it today, trailing 1-0 in the fifth and jason werth showing the three- run shot to left. the nats jump ahead 3-1 and pour it on. the next inning, 4-1. what about 5-1? that is ian desmond from earlier in the week and around the bases at his leisure, another solo to the shot for him and that icing on the cake and the nats make a statement at home, taking out the philly, 7-1. >>> and buck showalter and the orioles in beantown taking on the red sox and showing off their power and this is where this pipe ends up. over everything in left field and to the parking garage and this, that is going the extra mile. a souvenir, folks and mark reynolds with some serious power. did me get enough to clear the monster? and that is not quite. they blow out boston, 8-2. >>> coming up, we're going fighting ufc style as seen here on fox and it's nate diaz versus jim miller. next.

nats fall to the phillies 4-1. afterwards high praise for hamels who pitched eight scoreless innings. >> we just couldn't get fog going against hamels. you have to -- nothing going against hamels. you have to give him credit. by the time we get something going, they made a great play. you tip your hat to hamels. he's tough. seven wins, pretty good. >> this afternoon orioles hosting the red sox bottom of the sic, o's trail 5-2. nick -- 6th, o's trail 5-2. nick johnson gets a two-run home run and earlier hit a solo shot. orioles down 5-4. bottom of the 8th, orioles trailing 6-4. wilson betemit with two on, two out, a fly to shallow right. nick march markakis tags and scores. >>> don't go anywhere. when we return the 76ers are relevant in basketball again looking to draw even with the celtics in their eastern conference playoff battle and they were playing in philly. [ male announcer ] are e you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $89.99

the phillies beat the nats 9-3.ke it worse, nationals' outfielder jayson werth broke his wrist. no word on how long he'll be out. >> the same wrist that he got in trouble with in '06 that took him out for the season. >> yeah. we hope he recovers okay. >>> our weather for the week -- we've got a little bit of stuff coming in. tom? >> it looks beautiful here from standing at the railing atop our tower. looking off in the distance. isn't this just wonderful? and looking down on the parking lot, wendy, you left your sunroof open. >> for a good reason. you said the sun could come in. >> that's right. and this morning, around our region temperatures in the 50s. hometown forecast for leesburg, loudoun county, upper 50s there now. a lot of cloudiness through the morning. 50s through mid morning. in the afternoon, around 70 or so. maybe a few breaks in the clouds from time to time. this evening, late evening, near 60 degrees. looking forward to the week ahead, here's how things are looking. tomorrow, looking stormy. main lie

the phillies' ty wigginton slams into the mets' josh thole.nton is out and the player has to leave the game. new york, 5-2 over philadelphia. >>> in hockey, another huge overtime win for the new york rangers against the washington capitals. with just seconds left in regulation, the rangers' brad richards ties the game on a power-play goal. then in o.t., marc staal nails the long slapshot, giving the rangers a 3-2 win over washington. new york leads the series, three games to two. >>> and the phoenix coyotes won their series against nashville, beating the predators, 2-1. they now head to the western conference finals for the first time in franchise history. >>> in basketball, a dramatic overtime win for the l.a. clippers. chris paul was hot in o.t. against the grizzlies, scoring eight of his 27 points. the clippers hold on to beat memphis, 101-97. they now have a 3-1 series lead. >>> manu ginobili hit consecutive threes in the first quarter to give the spurs a ten-point lead over utah. san antonio sweep the jazz, 87-81. >>> when we return, a sm

philly took the lead in the 4th. this is evan turner, philly shocks boston to even the series at two game as piece, 92- 83 the final. >>> he can play football pretty well, sing and write music and was president of his high school class, but skins quarterback rg3 has a new talent to add to his resume. stay tuned to see what it is. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices on things you need. we know you look around for the best deals. that's why we give you real big club card deals each week. right now, deer park water is just $3.33 a case. heinz ketchup is only $1.49. that's for the party size. and hillshire farm sausage is an incredible $2.49. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> welcome back. on monday redskins players will get down to business with the start of organized team activities. three practices will be open to the media. monday is day one. as for rg3 he did get some praise from one of his new teammates, runni

turner, young throws it down, philly up nine there.u williams grabs the lob, sixers outscored the bulls 36-14 in the third period and blow them out 109-92. sixers beat the bulls, that series tied 1-1. celtics on the road, trying to even their series with the hawks without one of their players, r r rondo, also ray allen. paul pierce came up big. pierce scoops it up, back for the dunk. less than a minute later, pierce hits a big three, puts the celtics up seven. he finished with 36 and 14 rebounds. just over a minute left, pierce hits the game-clinching foul slot, followed by a tebow pose at center court? wow! pierce leads the celtics with an 87-80 victory without rondo. if the knicks plan on avoiding a sweep by the handz of the heat, they'll have to do it without amar'e stoudemire. stoudemire as we told you yesterday will miss tonight's game three of the heat because of that self-inflicted hand injury after he smashed a fire extinguisher. he had surgery to repair a muscle in his left hand. he's listed doubtful for sunday's game four. mo

tonight harper and the nats tried to take back the park against the phillies.35,000 fans were on hand. it was about 70/30 nats fans, hard to tell because both teams wear red and white. phil skimmer, charlie manuel, not showing a -- phil skipper, charlie manuel, not showing a very good natitude. jesus flores with a diving shot to the left. that allows chad tracy to score from second and tie the game at three. it's extra innings. in the bottom of the 11th bases juiced for wilson ramos. he rips a single into center. steve lombard tracks home with the game winner, the fifth walkout of the year. the nats beat the phils 3-2. davey johnson, how big was this win? >> got to have a little bigger feeling when you're playing the phillies, you know. they -- i felt they were the best team in baseball last year. to come in, you know, and beat them first time in our house, it was a big game for us and i'm sure the phillies felt the same way because we're sitting on top. >> ouch. >>> for the biggest baddest hit, stick around after the break. caps players talk about recovering a

phillies won the division. phillies will be there, no question about it. >> wow.the confidence. >> all right. >> same confidence we had last year for the phillies. >> absolutely. they made the playoffs. >> and that's great. let that be the standard for the best baseball team. you know, they made the playoffs. >>> and the big news of course out of the al east, the yankees have pulled themselves out of the cellar. the scrappy win over the kansas city royals. >> it was close. >> they now lead the red sox by one game. >> the race to the bottom. we'll be following that all year on "morning joe." >>> three days ago, you had wade and the coach fighting each other on tv last night. and now it looks like they are winning. >>> coming up, mika's must read opinion pages. keep it on "morning joe." today, we stand against the tyranny of single mile credit cards. battle speech right? may i? [ horse neighs ] for too long, people have settled for single miles. with the capital one venture card, you'll earn double miles on every purchase, every day! [ visigoths cheer ] hawaii, here

but was it enough for the nats to reach a milestone victory in philly? sports is coming your way next.  >>> to sports now, the nat facing the phillies. top of the third, bryce harper stepped up against roy halliday. the rookie had two hits on the night. two batters later, desmond knocks a solo home run and the nat go on to win 5-26789 it is their franchise best sixth straight win over the phillies in philadelphia. >>> orioles hosted the red sox. scoreless in the second inning. a man on base and steve tollefson hit. >>> an arbitrator has upheld the salary cap reductions on the cowboys and redskins for the next season. the redskins lost $36 million over two years. >> the cowboys lost $10 million for overloading contracts during the up capped 2010 season. the news has led to speculation the skins will need to renegotiate some contract. chris cooley could be one of the players asked. he was limbited to just five games last season due to injuries. he is back on the practice field and want to be more than just a bit player. >> even if i'm not the guy, which i

nationals looking for the sweep against philly but carlos ruiz having nun of that.three for four at the plate puts the phils up 2-0. cole hamels dealing tonight. a no-hitter until the 6th. here bryce harper with a single to right. they send danny espinosa home but he can't beat the tag. in the 8th, phils up 3-0. shane vic carter wants one more. phillies -- shane victorino wants one more. >> catcher made a heck of a play on a short hop and made a good tag. i think harper should have been on second base, high throw. we'd been in better position. they make plays we didn't. >> baltimore orioles playing some afternoon ball at camden yards. red socks up one in the 8th. scott podsednik's first homer since 20 10. brian roberts back on the diamond tonight. he played his first rehab game in bowie since suffering a concussion over a year tack. two-time all-star hasn't played since may 16th of last year. >>> when it comes to concussions in the nfl the league has done the best it can the last few seasons to minimize opportunity to get hurt and make sure players get the treatment

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but would the ceremonial return of allen iverson inspire philly to force a game seven?ighlights ahead in sports. >>> plus, how much does a potential running mate's home state factor into the selection process by a presidential candidate? we'll look back at some of the past elections and get a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. >>> inside a heavily guarded courthouse, the government got the sentences it wanted for each of the four muslim fundamentalist defendants. 240 years for the bombing of the world trade center. six people were killed, 1,000 were injured in the explosion 15 months ago this week. ed smith lost his pregnant wife. now he says justice is served. the wheat in every mini-wheat has gotta be just right. perfect golden color. rich in fiber. my dad taught me, and i taught my son out there. morning, pa. wait... who's driving the...? ♪ 99 bushels of wheat on the farm, 99 bushels of wheat ♪ [ male announcer ] yep, there's 8 filling layers of whole grain fiber in those fun little biscuits... so they stick with you, all morning long. kellogg's®

next up for philly, boston, won over atlanta. michael gearon called kevin garnett the dirtiest player in the league, garnett responded with his best game of the playoffs, 28 points and 14 boards including the dagger in the final minute. celts advance. >>> kobe was sick to his stomach that was before he saw how bad the lakers played. the nuggets came out running, jumped out to a 13-0 lead and the rout was on. ty lawson, denver forced game seven, 113-96 win. >>> it has been a historic week in baltimore, josh hamilton hit four home runs tuesday. yesterday the orioles did something no other a.l. team has ever done before, hit three home runs in their first three at-bats. ryan flaherty, jj hardy, nick markakis with the honors. in fact ranger pitcher colby lewis gave up just five hits in seven innings and they were all home runs. orioles split the doubleheader, to cap off a wild series at camden yards. >>> that's your "first look" at sports. have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >>> well, some tv viewers in europe got a royal surprise

the phillies are in town and so are the loud mouthed fans. we're going to do something about it. >> first let's get another check on our question of the morning -- >> facebook friends gene always has something good to say, she says pleasure says-- >> what do you think the correct answer is? post your thoughts to our facebook page and we'll reveal the answer at 6:54. . great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. see the seam? more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. i'm eating what i know is better nutrition. mmmm. great grains. search great grains and see for yourself. >>> it is 6:22 on this friday morning, howard bernstein with you and today is a severe weather alert day. the threat for strong to severe storms will be with us later this afternoon and this evening. this morning quiet except for some patchy fog. it's going to be warm too. our temps will rise to about 80 by lunchtime and highs in the mid 80s but anytime after 3:00, 4:00 west to east coming in from the shenandoah valley heading over toward us we've got that

there is a confrontation with philly the fanatic. you have to wonder how that teenager is handling all the notoriety. >> a lot of guys have taken me under their wing and helped me out. that has made things a lot easier. coming into a clubhouse like this has made things easier for me. having them around the is a lot of fun, definitely. but the play of the day comes from the reds-braves game. look at brandon phillips. the hand is quicker than the eye. that is our play of the day. >> the miami heat will the pacers without their key players. you have to please go for the ball. instead, and elbowed to the head of lance stevenson. the heat lead the series 3-2, but they will hard pressed to beat the pacers tonight with all those guys out. shaq declined an invitation saying he has the best job in the world right now with coverage of the end be aon tnt. >> the jets havetebow on the punt team. he responded, i have never been on the punt team. >> a final look at the forecast. >> take a look at the rooftop camera right now. looking at the edge o

. >>> nba, botch, philly, go -- boston, philly going seven.rson in his 40s, wanting the crowd to cheer him, a good night to come back. and iguodala goes off along with jrue holiday, as the 76erce beat boston 82-75. s beat boston 82-75. >> a bench player, dexter pitman went to work, a battle of substitutes. he's been suspended three games. nobody cares about him. and the heat 3-2. they still lead that series, but they'll be shorthanded tomorrow night. >>> the earthquakes in los angeles, that means david beckham, and the galaxy. here we go. 20 minutes to go, beckham called for a hand ball inside the box, and that can mean only a penalty kick. and a stoppage time, tied at 2, and there they go. allen gordon scores the quick third goal in less than 20 minutes. they came back to beat beckham. and the coach says oh, my gosh. 3-2, the quakes win tonight. when i look at beckham, he reminds me of this little man over there. doesn't he look like jacky's better half? >> hey, why not? >> beckham has more tattoos. [ laughter ] >> would you let your man get

we'll get philly fed after a short break. >>> welcome back. may philly fed down 5.8.t for up 10 to 12. 8.5 last month unchanged. leading indicators just a little older. this an april number. and it is down 0.1. we were looking for up 0.1. so both of these numbers disappoint a bit. indicators usually is a market mover. it philly fed is. and we do see a doubling town on the losses on the down. now down 50 plus. and we see that the ten year note has breached the seek logical level of 175. back to you. >> rick santelli, thank you very much. let's break down some of the data that rec just brought us. steve, obviously a disappointment, all it though sometimes these regionals don't and a half up with the ism. what do you think? >> and this contradicts yesterday's index. this is an index more it followed by the market and the internals are very negative. employment the average workweek fell, number of employees fell, delivery time fell, unfilled orders fell. so when you look at it, the top line number is justified. huge surprise because of yesterday's empire state number, we

. >>> the nats on the road against the phillies. desmond delivers the base hit to score bryce harper to go up by two runs. the nats go on to the 2-1 victory. gonzalez notched his fifth win of the season. >>> stay with us. more weather, traffic and awful your top stories. >> fox amorning news at 4:30 starts right now. ight now. >>> good morning. a live look outside for your tuesday, may 22nd. the washington monument. skies looking pretty clear this morning. yesterday, it seemed like visibility was so reduced but a lot of you may find some showers in the skies. >> i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm will thomas. let's get you started with your first look at weather and tucker barnes. good morning. >> good morning. >> showers still sticking around. >> very huge you had out there. >> it is humid. we'll see a few rays of sunshine as well. it won't rain all day but it won't be the best looking day either. >> all that humidity is kind of sticky. a lot of people waking up turning on the ac. >> yeah, i think they'll have to use it the next couple of d

phillies take the lead. and then in the ninth it was the phillies again up 5-1 now. and hunter pence gets into another one. big night for him. that one to left. also a two-run blast and the phillies avoid that sweep, 9-3 over the nats. they've won eight of their last nine. the nationals have now this year. not bad. >>> crazy game in boston. o's going for the sweep. birds up 5-1. bases loaded for will middlebrook. his first big league homer is a grand slam off of tommy hunter. i'm sure he wants that ball for keepsake. that ties the game at five. so welcome to the big leagues, young man. look at that. in the 16th inning, that's the first baseman for the orioles pitching in extra innings. >> look at that. >> and mike aviles doubles. watch this throw from adam jones. relays to j.j. hardy who guns it to the plate. tags out marlon byrd. now we're going to 17 innings. so look who is on the mound for the sox. mcdonald who is an outfielder but that's what happens when you put an outfielder on the mound. he gives up a three-run blast. adam jones hit that one deep. the o's win

you know, he really threw the ball well. >> the phillies -- phillies say they fully support the suspension do not agree with how hamills handled that incident. i'm in that boat. i don't agree with it. i understand it's how they welcome the new guys in, but it's not high school. let's behave like adults. >> he could have gotten seriously injured, as well. >> exactly. >> good for bryce harper for being a gentleman about the whole thing. >> indeed. >> 4:51. >>> time for weather & traffic on the 1s. rain headed our way? >> yes. for the commute, you won't need an umbrella. maybe when you're coming home from work and school, you may need an umbrella. there is the dry sky over the nation's capitol. a live view from our h.d. city camera. the washington monument, jefferson memorial, under a partly to mostly cloudy sky. reagan national, now at 62 degrees, rather humid. we've got a wind out of the south at about 15 miles per hour. that mild wind will warm us up. right now, low 60s to upper 50s through maryland, virginia, west virginia, and the eastern shore. much of the metro area, upper 50s to near

stay with us. >>> the major league strikeout leader take care of the phillies phillies. >>> good morningen robert griffin iii on the television showcasing his beat boxing skills and throw the ball around with his fellow rookies but yesterday we got to see him practice with the big boys. he got a chance to orchestrate his first full practice with the entire team impressing his new teammates but he knows he's shouldering a lot of responsibility in d.c. and is trying to take it one day at a time. >> you don't want to stress about t. can you be in your playbook 24/7 and still get out there and not know what you're doing. i'm trying to know what i'm doing, knowing my coverages but i'm not beating myself in the head trying to know every little detail. >> reporter: nationals back on the road opening up in philly last night. things rolling in the 2-7bd with a homer -- 2-hand with a homer. wee later drive in an rbi but last night the shining star was gio gonzalez. he now leads the major league in strikeouts. nats win this one 1 -- this one 2-1. >>> tying near town for the media day. the last time