goes to settle the puck down. bouncing puck, missed opportunity for the devils. talk about the chance for kovalchuk. guys are getting in the lane. all kinds of opportunities in the passed shot. trying to find henrique and kovalchuk can want get it to him. >> eddie: you can't be looking to make a pass. >> pierre: he's done a lot tonight. he's been unselfish. has to get a little bit more selfish. >> mike: stoll on the draw. stepping across is lewis. he's got it. harrold on him. more board balting. greene. off the devils stick. punched behind by king and popped up high where elias can settle it down. quickly touched scuderi to doughty and back to lewis. they have a little more time and space to work with. emerging with it is doughty. sliding back along doughty. nice one across. hung up on the line. drilled back in by him. it's all a legal play as the kings make a change. jonathan quick steps up. rattled back along up the boards and cut you have by parise. zajac able to tap it along. fed through by doughty. here they come. moving it along. he scores! kopitar in overt

goes to settle the puck down. bouncing puck, missed opportunity for the devils. talk about the chance for kovalchuk. guys are getting in the lane. all kinds of opportunities in the passed shot. trying to find henrique and kovalchuk can want get it to him. >> eddie: you can't be looking to make a pass. >> pierre: he's done a lot tonight. he's been unselfish. has to get a little bit more selfish. >> mike: stoll on the draw. stepping across is lewis. he's got it. harrold on him. more board balting. greene. off the devils stick. punched behind by king and popped up high where elias can settle it down. quickly touched scuderi to doughty and back to lewis. they have a little more time and space to work with. emerging with it is doughty. sliding back along doughty. nice one across. hung up on the line. drilled back in by him. it's all a legal play as the kings make a change. jonathan quick steps up. rattled back along up the boards and cut you have by parise. zajac able to tap it along. fed through by doughty. here they come. moving it along. he scores! kopitar in overt

goes to settle the puck down. bouncing puck, missed opportunity for the devils. talk about the chance for kovalchuk. guys are getting in the lane. all kinds of opportunities in the passed shot. trying to find henrique and kovalchuk can want get it to him. >> eddie: you can't be looking to make a pass. >> pierre: he's done a lot tonight. he's been unselfish. has to get a little bit more selfish. >> mike: stoll on the draw. stepping across is lewis. he's got it. harrold on him. more board balting. greene. off the devils stick. punched behind by king and popped up high where elias can settle it down. quickly touched scuderi to doughty and back to lewis. they have a little more time and space to work with. emerging with it is doughty. sliding back along doughty. nice one across. hung up on the line. drilled back in by him. it's all a legal play as the kings make a change. jonathan quick steps up. rattled back along up the boards and cut you have by parise. zajac able to tap it along. fed through by doughty. here they come. moving it along. he scores! kopitar in overt

puck drops in about an hour.o it is on. >> stay in the moment and just have fun and you know just remember -- execute. >> go out there and battle and leave it all on the ice and i have no problem with that. i know our team well. i know their team well. it's going to come down to who makes the hockey plays. >> kristen berset has been camped out in new york city as the game approaches. kb what's up? >> reporter: hey dave. i was going to say it's the quiet before the storm. but it just got really loud in here. hope you guys can hear me just fine. we are here madison square garden, the ice drops not too long from now. big game for the caps obviously like you just talked about. joining me here is sky kerstein from 106.7 the fan. sky, looking at tonight's game. felt us about the skies of continue -- tell us about the keys of tonight's game. >> they have to goat off to a good start. the caps are 7-1 when scoring the first goal and they're 0-5 in these playoffs when they don't. so they got to get off to a good start toni

john carlson with the puck makes a couple moves and stays with the puck, beats henrik lundqvist all tiede. nice shot. good concentration here by carlson. no scoring in the third. so we go to overtime. in o.t. check out tough guy matt hendricks laying the huge hit on ryan mcdonagh. with the puck out front to troy broward who can't convert. watch this again. hendricks and then the great back-handed feed to brower and oh, a golden opportunity. can't believe he didn't get it to go. later in overtime, the rangers controlling the puck. but alex ovechkin playing some defense gets the steal. he has a chance to score but hits the post. another great chance here so we remain tied and we're going to a second overtime. in double o.t. the rangers with a great chance. the shot from mike rupp goes off teammate brian boyle right in the old back side here. that would have been a goal. luckily it wasn't. a hundred minutes not enough. we're going to a third overtime. almost six minutes in rangers with another chance. but brandon pruch, grabbed by holtby. mr. and mrs. holtby mom and dad loving it. holtby 47

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still the second period, a puck down the ice. the caps think this is going to be icing. they're tied at 2 after 2. in the third period, still tied at 2, mike green taking care of business. capitals on the power play. and mike green cranks and scores, capitals lead 3-2. it looks like they powered this one. now even two games a piece with game five coming up on monday in new york. coming up later in sports, we go inside the capitals locker room and have a more indepth look at how the caps even this series up. >> we wondered how tired they were after the last game, wednesday to thursday morning game. we kind of have the answer. >>> still ahead, why the caps are shopping in the baby food aisle to stay energized. >>> also ahead, the cicada invasion that has hit virginia. >>> eli manning says he's prepared to sing and dance on snl tonight. the advice he got from big brother peyton. they're off. it's time for the running of the chihuahuas. >>> got to love that, yes, indeed. a couple lucky folks had a clear sky to see a view of the super moon. if you didn't see it, we have you k

it's on. >> reporter: yeah, a puck in a cup would probably make a mess of things and probably hurt aittle. caps fans are hoping the only place a puck goes tonight is in the rangers net, the caps down 3-2 after that heartbreaking loss monday night. it's do or die night for them. they lose, they go home. they win and force game 7. joining me now is keith aucoin. big game tonight for you guys. what's the mindset now in the locker room as you prep for this game? >> the same as it has been the whole playoffs. our back has been against the wall the last month, even before the playoffs started. our mindset is the same and we've been happy with the way we've played and we could easily be up three games to two as well. we'll go out there and work hard and get as many pucks in as we can. >> reporter: you talked about your back against the wall. would it be an honest statement to say you guys thrive in that? that's what it seems to be since march. you guys have yet to lose consecutive games. >> i think we look forward to the challenge. i think a lot of people counted us out toward the end of th

like you said, the puck drops just moments way. we'll have postgame reaction tonight at 11:00. >> we hope it's a happy time there at the verizon center. >>> we've been talking about we needed some rain. be chafe what you ask for -- careful what you ask for. what about these showers, top? >> mainly just showers west of town and some thunderstorms are east of town, but they'll get out of here around midnight. here's live doppler 9000. essentially if you're going out 66 or up 270 or either direction on 95 or toward annapolis, you've got rain showers, a little bit of an embedded thunderstorm down towards fredericksburg into southern maryland, but nothing severe, just occasionally a little heavier downpour. temps, down 10 degrees in the last hour at national, 61. it's 57 in gaithersburg and leesburg. jump the divide. it's 48 in oakland. you are headed out tonight, you need a jacket with your umbrella. showers and storms ending by midnight, breezy, cooler, lows in the 50s, winds northwesterly 10 to 15. the question is will these showers

rangers with the puck down. and the shot deflected by ryan callahan. rangers captain ties the game at two. this one would go to overtime. and it did not take long for it to be decided. early on in ot. the devils attacking. scramble for the puck. and beats, henrik lundquist. see it again. lundquist will sprawl out. and scoots it through. and henrik puts it through. the game. right between the legs. and henrik. and the devils win 3-2. devils and the kings, going to face off in the stanley cup finals. game one, is on wednesday night. finally, the women's lacrosse final four. maryland, northwestern. opening face-off. action getting started right away. christie black to brooke griffin. 11 second into the game. we have a goal. maryland on top. 1-0. we are liking that. second half now. we are tied at 6. shannon smiths, with the great pass to, to -- lacy and that puts northwestern up, 7-6. beat maryland. 9-7. northwestern will face syracuse in the national championship game. still quite an accomplishment for the maryland women to make for the mathis country wa

chimera, races, puck from lundquist on the boards. feeds it out front, hendricks misses, chimera puts it in. and watch the replay. pokes off the skate. caps up 2-0. third period. capitals up 2-1. rangers on the power play. and ryan callahan passes it right by. we're all tied up at 2. later in the period. caps on the power play. nick bakstrom. ovechkin fires. scores on a rocket. and the third of the playoffs. the game winner. caps win it 3-2 to even the series at one apiece. game three, wednesday night at verizon sern verizon center. teammates not surprised when ove stepped up. >> you know these are -- our big game guy. scoring to do well. a big moment. great timing. timing is everything in the game. in playoffs. having guys scoring. and your big guys. and in the next game. >> again, we have a pretty good, we feel fresh. and, you know -- we are coming home. and you know -- probably, the crowd is going to be there. fun place to play. >> rocking the red. >> rocking the red. >> ha-ha. >> sickest crowd ever. i love it. baseball. nationals

get pucks behind lundquist. so much character in the room. and game five. so, we came into this game, made, made it real easy to get out for the game with the crowd. just the atmosphere. >> going to be fun. game seven. no better time of year. it's just, put ourselves in a great position. we played well to get us here. and, just, the game means everything. all right to be good. >> i think the guys are feeling good going into the game seven. all right, talking baseball now. nationals in pittsburgh. and the dirth of scoring continues. five hits. two runs. not going to do it. even if you are playing the pittsburgh pirates. let's go up to pennsylvania. for this one. and, trying to lead the nationals to victory tonight. bottom of the their. pirates two on. casey mcgee at the plate. grind this one to deep short. desmond makes a shot. can't decide where to go with the ball. throw to home. late. offline. mctoucutchin scores. up with the bases. can't deliver. goes down swinging. nationals, miss a great scoring opportunity. pirates would add a run. nats lose 4-2 inpit

just -- i take pride in being out there at that time and getting pucks out and doing my job. i didn't execute and, therefore, it cost the team the win. >> the caps come home for a must-win game six tomorrow night. puck drop at 7:30 at verizon center. >> you can't be a caps fan if you don't have a strong heart. they don't just lose, they completely -- we were winning with seven seconds left. >> on the flp side, the-- on th side, there are two games left. >> i'm not giving up hope. this is really hard. >> tomorrow they've got to win, game seven. >> yes. maybe. >> still potential, a possibility. >> and you know i'm going to say go, caps. >>> it is 4:37. 61 degrees. ahead on "news4 today," we've seen the video of a maryland native held hostage. now hear what president obama is saying about the message from the man's captors. >>> plus, not letting them get away with. it the trouble one would-be thief was in after swiping a phone on metro. >>> a cloudy and cool start to the morning. >>> welcome back. "i'll have another" is in baltimore preparing for his next race in baltimore. the

puck comes to john carlson.a shot, a pass, goes through the legs of the defender off the skate of nick backstrom. jason chimera on the doorstep, caps up 2 -0. final minute rangers with their goalie poled, marian gaborik off carlson beats holtby. 55 seconds to go. nerve wracking for hometown fans, but the caps hold on. they edge the rangers 2-1, force a seventh and deciding game. lindsay murphy saw it all from verizon center. >> reporter: braden holtby came up with 30 saves as the caps improve to 4-0 in games following in overtime loss. in other words, they live to see another game. >> i mean we're a cool team in here. we don't really crack and i think people said we're done at triple overtime. people said it was a lucky goal that tied up at madison square garden. we came out pretty hard. >> i think everyone is trying. for the guys in this locker room we got a good group, a lot of good character guys and holt has been playing unbelieve. we were very confident in ourselves and our abilities. we're just excited to

carter tied it in the second and then in the third, david clarkson tipped the puck out of midair andyour game-winner. tip the hat to the devils. they earned the split in new york with a 3-2 win. game three is saturday on nbc. >>> finally, extra innings in kansas city. adam jones in his first six at-bats picked a perfect time to snap out of that slump. a home run in the 15th inning, and that's your ball game. o's won it 4-3. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> and now for another look at the weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins. bill, good morning. >> you're in such a good mood because you're already planning your sunny, nice weekend. >> what? maybe just a little bit. just a little. >> yeah, i know. a lot of people are going to enjoy this stretch of weather out there across the nation. the southeast coastline and florida, that's going to be the exception. much of the rest of the nation looking perfect out there through the middle of this may. we had thunderstorms last night going through areas of northern new england. they have cleared out. it is going to

puck drops at 7:30. go, caps! got to win this one. to win the next one, too. >> and wrap this puppy up. >> that's right. >> tom, how about the out-the-door forecast? >>> grab an umbrella before you leave. you're not going to need it now, but you probably will when you're coming home later today. maybe thunder and lightning, too, during that time period. tomorrow, could get more showers, mainly midday and during the afternoon. dry and cooler into the weekend. danella? >>> checking things from the outer loop of the beltway in montgomery county, you're slow, only 36 miles per hour. >> all right. thank you. >>> had is "news4 today." thank you for starting your day with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic, and breaking news. [ dog barking ] mom! breakfast? in this house? in the morning i can use all the help i can get. that's why i love nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast and even whole-wheat waffles. it's a quick and easy way to give my family a breakfast t

someone had to puck first. it would be johnson and the former master's champ. he would drop in the birdie put. a share of the lead, but refuses to let up. he curves it into the hole to match johnson. he goes into the lead by one stroke. that's all the time we have tonight. thanks for joining us this holiday weekend. i'll see you back tomorrow night. have a great night, everybody. >>> thank you for watching sports xtra. 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.

my job is to stop pucks and to win games.elieve if i focus on every shot to the best of my abilities with the group we have, you know, i'm confident we'll win 4 games of 7. >> he covers pucks. he doesn't give out many rebounds. when he does the guys are there to clear him. so, you know, he should be proud of the way he played and he is going to continue that. >> reporter: the caps can rest up for two days before hitting the ice on saturday afternoon for game four but they will need to win that one to avoid a deep hole in the series. still, it's nothing they haven't climbed out of before. having faced a similar deficit against the bruins in the last round. and despite last night's loss the team is upbeat because they're playing well. >> it's good for our heads knowing that we were in the exact same position against a very, very good team and we managed to climb out of that so it's -- we can't hit the panic button. there are still so many games left and we're playing well and eventually i think those guys are probably going to

a lot of pucks have gone off the post or the crossbar, but you can't really play any harder than you have been playing, can you? >> not really. there's been stretches where we think we can do a little bit better, but it's only lasted for maybe a period at the most. but you know, all you've got to do is work as hard as you can. you can't put too much stock in a loss or too much in a win. it's all about bouncing back, i think, in playoffs and making sure you're mentally sharp and able to kind of turn the page quick. so we've been playing well, and like i said, you can't control that stuff. it's a balance here and there and all you can do is work hard. >> reporter: have you sensed those guys getting frustrated at all with your defensive tactics? doing a heck of a job not letting them get to the net. >> reporter: i think a little bit. i've been reading some of the stuff people have been saying and sounds like they're getting a little frustrated, but they're not showing a whole lot of it on the ice. everything there, they're keeping bottled up a little bit. just got to keep going with it.

first period, no score and watch the puck. gets cleared out and to alex ovechkin who fires the shot past lund christ for the goal, the fourth of the play-offs and the capitals take a 1-0 lead and in the second period, washington up 2-1 and that hard hit. ovechkin might be hearing from the lead office. stay tuned for the update. later in the sec, the same score and expecting an icing call. instead, brian boil gets it and scores easily and that ties the game at 2-2 and to the third. the game still tied at 2 and caps on the power play. look at mike green. he blasted past him for the goal, the second of the post season and the capitals take back the lead, 3-2. >>> final seconds, last chance to tie it for the rangers and the caps defense blocks all avenues to braden and had 18 big saves in all. the caps tie up the series at two games a piece, winning 3-2. what does that goal mean to you, mike green in. >> and that is -- [ indiscernible ] and that has been so long. yeah, the winner. >> reporter: guess and with a great shot. a game b

they are working the puck. the flop and the kick for the gold. that is our play of the day. over the net. he stops it with his skate. he won times it. team usa whence it 5-2. saturday that will be the 132nd running. what used to be maryland's largest cocktail party has become a great horse race again. they had a crack down on alcohol. but "i will have another" is the favorite. did you see this yet? members of the new york giants will be kicking up -- picking up their super bowl rings at tiffany's. the redskins will have to get 1 more titles to tide them. -- to tie them. d.c. united plays host to toronto. it is miller time. it collects no more for you. you have had enough. >> a final >> facebook "friends." it is one thing the to catch up with old acquaintances, it is another to catch up with an old flame. marriage is at risk all because of our facebook friends, to net at 11:00. >> that should be interesting. >> the weather looks great. check this out. sunshine and low humidity. bob will be in at 11 with more. >> see you at 11:00. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our

by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we are 90 minutes awa from the drop of puck>> 3 overtimes. 6 second goals. tonight will be elector. the rangers have not made it to the eastern conference finals since 1997. and the capital since 1998. new york has never lost the game 7 at home. i am not trying to depress you. if game 6 is any indication, the capitals will be ready to play tonight. jay begal has a lower body injuries so will not be in the lineup. today, dale hunter talked about the fight in his team and this is do or die, game 7. >> there is nothing better than i game 7 and moving on. it's two teams playing hard. it comes down to execution. i know both teams are going to lay it on the line. >> if the caps win, they will face new jersey on the road. tonight 730, big game. >> most of these games are decided by one goal. >> we will have more in sports. >> you can stay with abc 7 and wjla.com for the latest on the caps and rangers game. we will have the highlights at 11:00 barring overtime. >> the series of events taking place this weekend to honor police officers.

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. >>> puck in -- the goal! >> yesterday's hero is today's goat for caps fans. a critical mistake by joel ward cost his team a big win in their playoff series with the rangers. uh -- just killing me here. it was a sad, sad day. a sad day for caps fans. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news4 today" on this tuesday, may 8. >>> today two montgomery county school employees facing sex charges will be in court. aaron lamer is accused of inappropriate contact with two students and possessing child pornography. he recently resigned from his job at northwood high school in silver spring. parents there are upset. >> i believe it's terrible. i never see this man before. not familiar to me. but it's terrible. >> a staff member at neelsville middle school in germantown also facing charges. cuyler cornell is accused of having inappropriate contact with a student. he's been onneda minutesstrative leave since february. >>> a fairfax county woman is behind bars in connection with a deadly road rage case. gloria mcmillan hit and killed 21-yea

smith does everything but roll the puck up his sleeve. hi does keep it out of the net.goal. a 1 timer after the coyotes won a faceoff. on replay it was determined that the puck hit the tv camera mounted in the back of the net and bounced off. well a golf landscape looking for its next big star has suddenly jason thrust into the picture. trying to win his second tournament in three weeks at the buy ronnel son near dallas. jj henry on the par 3 5th. he did get a nice kick and the ball rolls right into the cup for a hole in one. finished in a four-way tie for third. pride not exactly a household name either. but he wrapped up a round of 67 and found himself tied for the lead. duff ner was still on the course and he had a chance to avoid a playoff with a bird dee at 18. this is how you finish it. a final round, 67 and here's how his life as changeed in the last few weeks. he'd gotten married won a tournament and then won another one. >>> chris of danville in the san jose earthquake has been named to the national world cup team that begins qualifying next month. he joins a r

he was trying to dodge the puck. there is no definitive ruling. brad wins the race in talladega. >> we were following it yesterday. exactly. dodge a record-breaking >> if one super hero is good the -- >> 7 is better. breaking box office records this weekend, over $200 million. it shattered the previous record of $169 million set last year the opening of the harry potter fed ballet. it debuted internationally last weekend and the film has earned more than $440 million worldwide. >> how about that? a good weekend for the avengers. >> you still have time to win $3,000 in cash. you can enter every day and get additional entries in the contest. we'll select a winner from the 15 finalists later this month. >> some springlike weather to start the work week? >> may be some better news with of the weather? >> of interest here, this is the washington monument. it will come down, we will see that for the day tomorrow. check it out along with our interesting hooked at the weather. we have thunderstorms and showers in the forecast. much drier thursday and frid

blues pull off their goalie but dustin brown takes the puck for the game winner. the kings take the win 3-1. >>> baseball, it finally happened for ail bert pujols. connecting in the fifth. his first home run as an angel, a 33-game drought was the longest of his career. pujols and the angels win 4-3. >>> finally to boston, the rox had orioles in the 17th ef inning. darnell mcdonald takes the mound. adam jones takes him out for a three-run shot. now it's up to the first baseman chris davis to cloak out the game. no problem, orioles win it in 17 innings. maybe it's time for a maneuver to the bull pen. and that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> well, who's accused of going diva behind the scenes of this weekend's "saturday night live"? your early morning entertain mnt headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus working for the bomb squad would be a little stressful, but for one little boy, it's a dream come true. you're watching "early today." . >>> welcome back to "early today." hope you had a wonderful weekend. preparing wise as you head out th

after being shutout in game one, carter tied the game in the second, in the third, clarkson kept the puck the out of mid-air, that is the winner. the devils earned a split in new york with a 3-2 win. game three saturday on nbc. >>> extra innings in kansas city. adam jones picked a great time to snap out of a slump. home run in the 15th inning, the o's win it 4-3. >>> the dictator almost takes a dive, will smith goes olympian. the entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> a world famous band gives their all for a small town in indiana. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a beautiful, gorgeous day in so many sections of the country today including the middle of the nation, ohio valley, tennessee valley all the way up to the northeast, enjoy it you deserve it after a couple wet days in a row. around charleston area, bad thunderstorms and much of florida will be in and out of the rain during the day. worst of it near fort lauderdale. florida will be dealing with hit and miss showers and storms. if you're watching us on whdh, 7 news in boston, see two types

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in the first, scoreless, trying puck, straight to alex ovechkin. of a slap shot. yet, watch this.ide-open, nicholas backstrom, shelf. two-one capitals. rangers come back. this is questionable. looks like icing, the capitals is, too, but the not so much. that ties the game at 2-2. the third, about five left, the capitals on the power play. at the policeman on that shot. was electric. is tied at 2-2, to new york monday, but the capitals are today.g >> it is important we got the win tonight. we are the guys that need to play. >> we have been relying on our guys, and it is great a goodthose guys have , worksially greenym hard and does all the little things right. >> right now, the series is tied, and we are going to york. -- and we are going to new york. >> and previous years, the nationals hosting the phillies, likerizzo said it was into ag a knife gunfight. anymore, the nationals back the park, and they have. bottom of the fifth, jayson hard-liner, three-run shot. same inning, the fans love it, ankiel, down the right- line. chad tracy comes home. theve danny espinosa, plate, he is o

. -- puck a little bit quicker. >> if you missed the net, just a touch off on a rate no. >> let's goquired to show his id when he comes to tournaments now. he is not the same guy. as things stand now he will miss the cut. it will be the eighth time in his professional career he will have failed to make it through the weekend. >> if i get over the golf ball and i feel uncomfortable, i hit it great. it is just -- i get out there and i want to get comfortable and i follow my old stuff. i hit it awful. all the shots i was uncomfortable on, i said i will make it feel as bad as it possibly can, strike it. i know what i need to do. i just need more rips doing it. >> he is confused. he is not even the san guy. this is a strange time in sports. tiger is average at best. the nationals are in first place. >> it is a good thing. play hockey without the handover. >> great idea. >> you will never guess who is bending the handicap parking rules. we will show you what one motorist showed us from the confronted him about the parking have it. our team investigates tonight at 11:00. >> the weekend may

look at him trying to will the game into the -- will the puck into the net for the capitals.he turning point in the series. a tough night in the booth. the national's play the diamondbacks again tonight. the national's ended their five games kid with a dramatic walk off home run last night. the rookie harper is a big-time talent which is somewhat of an understatement. he ended with two doubles, two runs scored, and more entertaining plays in the outfield. davey johnson has moved him up in the order to bat third. >> brice he hit some pretty good pitches. he did not get all of them. he got jammed a little bit. but it was just fun seeing that. it is what you get when you see guys doing things they are capable of doing. >> tiger woods is playing in the wells fargo championship today. really struggled. he was way word off the tee box dropped his club at times. he stayed one over par most of the day. look at these shops. a seven game unbeaten streak lost. carol suggs -- terrell suggs tour and acl and will be out for the season. how about this, $21 million over four years with a sig

both sides faced off at a puck -- public service commissions hearing. >> reporter: bge said it could bring new savings on the bill but opponents say it's not worth the cost. the company plans to replace more than a million of the old analog meters that requires someone to check the meters in the yard. they say ultimately it would save you energy. but opponents say bge is glossing over the relativen known impacts of the replacements. >> people who are going to have these will have huge amounts of radiation coming into their homes. there's potential for fires, medical devices. it will interfere with their privacy. >> reporter: there are plenty of waves from microwave ovens, cordless phones and wi-fi in the air. they want an option to keep their hold meters, even if it means paying more for them. the company said this can't afford to operate two different systems and neither could its customers. jeff hager. >>> n--- if you get your internet from your cable your access will become more mobile. companies including comcast will open up their combined 50,000 wi -- wi-fi hot spots. customers

. >>> also, wolfgang puck is in our kitchen.r. >> receiving a very prestigious award tonight. >>> congratulations to you, wolfgang. i'm going to come down an meet ricardi rodriguez. one of the stars of cirque du soleil, viva elvis. and we're going the meet the great people from guinness world records. he's going to attempt to walk on his hand stilts for 50 meters. today, you're looking to beat 90 seconds. are you ready? >> um, i'm ready. >> here we go, everybody! let's see a world record in five, four, three, two, one, go! and he's off. again, i cannot imagine what skill it takes to do that. 90 seconds. looks like he's making it. right now, we're at 15 seconds. 15 seconds. he's about to make the turn. and he makes the turn, he'll be roughly halfway home. lara, she's waiting down the street. i believe, lara, here he comes. whoa. all right, we'll take another crack at it. couldn't make the turn. meanwhile, let's go -- we'll be back. we'll be back. let's go down, now, lara. start the second strik again. ricardi is going to try agai

the puck drops at 7:30. go, caps. >>> the left fielder, number 34, brice harper! [ applause ] >> brice harper's home debut wasn't enough as the nationals fell to the diamondbacks from arizona. the 19-year-old was 0-3 at the plate but wasn't alone. the nats only mustered six hits, losing their fifth straight 5-1. the two teams back in action again at 7:05. >> almost said nats, but i meant that, too. go, nats, go, caps, all of it. >>> time for weather & traffic on the 1s. tom? >> good morning. we've had some thunder and lightning and heavy rain passing over washington the last couple of hours. heavy rain in stafford county and lightning in king george county, now again in southern charles county. this is the second wave for charles county. heavy rain, thunder and lightning there from waldorf down la plata, port tobacco. farther east, getting a lot of lightning in st. mary's county. solomon's down to pax river, lexington park, a lot of lightning, heavy vain moving across the bay and heading east. farther north, getting moderate showers. this area in dark orange, that

puck drops at 7:30 on the nbc sports network. go, caps. go, caps, go, caps. >> an opportunity. got to look at it that way. turn things around here. >> all right. >>> time is 5:06. gaining support. the latest endorsement mitt romney has secured and what that person is saying about the likely presidential nominee. >>> spending too much time in the car. the impact a long commute could have on your health. >>> the night sky hiding those clouds that are over the d.c. area this morning. rain is heading this way. ♪ jimmy bond i'm sticky and uncomfortable. try gold bond powder. medicated to protect, absorb, even relieve itching. think bond. gold bond. ♪ this stuff works >>> google will test its driverless streets in nevada. the state department of motor vehicles approved the application to drive its self--driven prius. the company says the car relies on video cameras, lasers, and a data base to help navigate the car through traffic. the head of the nevada dmv calls it the car of the future. nevada is the first state in the u.s. to license google's driverless car. now are you going to g

a move straight out of the break away handbook, faked out the goalie, put the puck between his legs.he fifth of the playoffs tied it at one. stayed that way until the third. dwight king has been on a tear lately, kept it going last night, fourth goal in the last three games, kings won it 2-1, they can sweep the coyotes on sunday, game four is on nbc. >>> pirates andrewm cut chun did it against the nationals, gave pittsburgh the lead. in the fifth came up big with the glove. adam laroche, mccutchen made a leaping grab. bobbled the ball, crashed in the wall and made the grab. the sixth, andrew again, another solo shot. two home runs and catch of the night, doesn't get much better than that. pirates won it 5-3. >>> that is the early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> the lowdown on the new films trying to knock the avengers off this weekend's box office list. your entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> a special bond in an age when parents and their kids seem to spend less and less time together. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today

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i need you to hit the puck or else i'll get time taken out of my sportscast. that for commentary? >> there you go. >> there you go. >> good work, buddy. >> i toss you a softball, dan. i was hoping for good stuff. >> one track minded right now. >> didn't do a good job. >> i did not do good at all. at least we did okay with the weather out here. we're down here for mary's center playing a little golf. that is why dan doesn't have me golf with him very often in tournaments. i can't hit putts. let's show you the numbers right now. you know it is a great day. currently 76 degrees is the number outside at the airport. and around the rest of the region everybody in the low to mid 70s right now. what we're going to be seeing satellite and radar showing cloud cover down to the south and east. that may move in late sunday into monday. give us some shower activity. but friday, saturday, and almost all of sunday i think right now are looking absolutely gorgeous. temperatures overnight tonight into the 50s. all across the region. we're looking at a fantastic night tonight.

bryzgalov tries to clear it, but the puck deflects off the stick and through bryzgalov's legs.e score in the third period, devils off the power play, kovalchuk winds up and scores his fifth goal of the playoffs. they go on to win it 4-1 and advance to the eastern conference finals for the first time since 2003. the nationals, trying to get back on the winning track against pittsburgh and they're going to do it tonight with two rookies in the outfield. tyler moore and bryce harper, both going to be starting for the nats tonight. ross detweiler on the mound for the nationals. eric bk bedard going to be pitching. pirates up 3-2 in the ninth. former national joel hanrahan on to close it out. adam laroche at the plate, ryan zimmerman on base, both back from injury and making an impact. laroche hammers this 3-2 pitch to center and that's gone. a two-run home run and this guy's pretty happy. he has himself a home run ball. nationals come pack to take the lead, 4-3. but in the bottom of the night, oh, henry! henry rodriguez, one out away from his seventh save of the year, but he ain't

caps, rangers, puck drops at 7:30. we'll be back here at 11:00. i'm kristen berset.k to you guy in the studio. >> thank you. topper, more tonight at 7:00? >> the cbs evening news is next. have a great night.

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in the first period philadelphia's goalie tried to clear the puck but it bounced off the stick of the devils' david clarkson and into the goal. the devils won 3-1 to take the series. >>> when we return, deportation dilemma. american-born children are going to mexico in huge numbers as their parents are force the out of the united states. ...98, 99, 100! ready or not, here i come! ♪ found ya! you always find me. you always hide here. [ male announcer ] tim and richard smucker have always loved the taste of just-picked fruit. so it's no wonder why today smucker's makes the world's best jam. for five generations, with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. >>> here's a look at today's forecast in some cities around the country. washington, d.c., 75. atlanta, 80. st. louis, partly sunny, 72. denver, 79. seattle, 56. >>> here's another look at this morning's top stories. first, the person al qaeda chose to carry out a bomb on u.s.-bound airliner was actually working for the cia. he turned over the news and improved underwear bomb to the u.s. where it's being analyzed by the fbi. >>> and