gave the redskins the lead in the first half. they will go on to beat the baltimore ravens by a final score of 31-13. dress rehearsal looked pretty good. kirk cousins, two touchdowns the first team offense. they have been waiting for that all preseason. they finally get into the end zone. great job by him and good job by colt mccoy coming on in the second half. we'll have more here from the stadium as the redskins beat the ravens later on in sports. i'll send it back to you. >> jason, thank you. a good win. thanks a lot. new tonight, questions about former maryland governor martin o'malley's purchase of used furniture from the governor's mansion. the baltimore sun says the democratic presidential candidate paid close to $10,000 for items that originally cost taxpayers $62,000. essex agency rules prohibit preferential sale of state property to government officials. a prosecutor is now calling for a review of the sale. new at 11:00 tonight, a single mother killed during a holiday cookout in the district. three months later, her fam

the redskins came out with the 31-13 win. it is the preseason, so you have to take the good with the bad. we stay positive, the good. the skins got off to a slow start. they get on the board in the second quarter. cousin standing tall in the pocket, over the middle, tipped. andre roberts the intended target. that was a score. third quarter, colt mccoy driving down the field. he finds ross, five yard touchdown. mccoy had another passing touchdown in the third. the redskins win 31-13. they are now 3-0 in the preseason. you have to take the good and bad. sports, hear what jay gruden has to say about tonight's performance. kellye: looking forward to it, rob, thank you. a lawsuit years in the making, montgomery county and metro have sued three construction firms over the troubled associate with the silver spring transit center. in the $166 million lawsuit, they allege each company is responsible for five years of delays and $50 million of cost to correct subpar work. in a statement last night, one company said the complaint from t

lou: the redskins with a major issue in one position. another tight end is out for the season. >> and now that we are the sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. thing that can happen to an nfl team during preseason, injuries, and they have hit the redskins. gamewon the exhibition against the browns, but they are battered and bruised, very thin at tight end. hers paul is done for the with a fracture dislocation of his ankle. he was the starter on the depth chart. it gets worse, as today word that logan paulsen will also be done for the year with a turf toe injury requiring season-ending surgery. toughgruden: it is a very position right now for the nfl to find guys. we will rely heavily on jordan and whoever else can step up. >> it is only preseason right now so i will not try to rush anything. this up and down nationals team is down again, a four-game losing streak to the west, trying to right the ship against the giants. matt duffy has been a killer this series. to left field, clears the basis. gio gonzales having issu

. >> first tonight, a surprise change for the redskins tonight. robert griffin iii originally cleared to play after a hard hit last week, now out for tomorrow's preseason game against the ravens. dave johnson at our live desk. dave, what changed it from just a few hours ago? >> well, doreen, we'll put it to you this way. you might say the green light for robert griffin iii abruptly and without warning turned red tonight. if you have our nbc washington app, you received a notification about this. it was like a hit to rg3. the news was a bit jarring. after all, this afternoon, robert griffin iii went through the team's walk-through. but shortly after 7:00 tonight, the redskins released a statement from the nfl's independent neurologist. it noted the initial confidence that robert griffin iii would be able to play tomorrow. but then explained doctors further reviewed griffin's test data and decided he should not play against the ravens. and this was an important part. it was stress that griffin would need to be retested in one to two weeks before dec

so much has happened in the past three days with the redskins. sports is coming up. >> and now that the auto sports desk, brought to you by your local to go to dealers. robert: another chapter to the opera come espn reporting the redskins are pushing for the end of the rg iii era but there is resistance from ownership. and confusion saturday, the redskins announcing he was cleared to play on friday, but the next day he was not. now here is jay gruden on the concussion confusion. people have to understand this has nothing to do with the redskins. i know people want to make out we are in competent, but we are not. this was a totally independent doctor. i have always been told i have the final say on who plays quarterback, and i don't think that has changed. of the part organization, as is bruce allen and dan snyder. we will put the best on the team that we think will win against miami. there is no hidden agenda. this is a washington redskins decision. i have total faith we will make the right one. robert: no rg iii last night, so kirk cousins had a

. >>> loudoun county football players have a new field to compete on tonight thanks to the redskins. the field at park view high school in sterling is being dedicated now ahead of the first football game of the season tonight. the redskins charitable foundation with the nfl foundation and the county all chipped in the $1 million needed for that project. >> looks good. >>> paying a price for accessing financial aid refund money. why the government wants tougher standards to protect college students. >>> and dna results are in. what we are learning about the what we are learning about the new what's the most important thing your parents do for you? they buy me food. what we are learning about the new they make sure i'm never lost. well... they pay my allowance. encourage me. ♪ they sing us a lullaby at night... a lullaby at night. ♪ oh! now i remember... why does it matter that cigna covers preventive care? because the next most important thing you can do for them is take care of yourself. cigna. together, all the way. >>> there is a rite of passable under way at george mason universit

chris cooley, a really good redskin, part of the redskins still. i'm not going there. >> i'm not going there. that's not a no. so you're saying there's a chance. also, don't want to miss tonight's chance to see joe ber roi -- ber roint roury on the roun after an 0-16 year with the lions. getting kicked in the face repeatedly, you better learn and get better and, you know, i don't want to go through that ever again. i don't want to wish that upon my worst enemy. but what we went through there, what i personally went through there, at the end of the day it made me a better football coach. >> joe barry. very candid about the most painful time in his professional life. you're going to want to see that tonight at 11:30 on sports final. the meantime, one more practice to cover here in ashburn. it is closed, again, tomorrow, here in richmond. and then it is back to ashburn for good. so, got it mixed up. we are in richmond now back to ashburn tomorrow after a closed practice. jason, kicking off for real tomorrow, four weeks from today, i should same four w

he is a redskins players and he has to compete like even else. robert: a source close to the situation tells abc7 robert griffin iii is "content." and that he wants to stay in washington. another normal day in washington football. leon: yeah, right. kimberly: content is one of those safe words. isn't it? twitter was not a safe place for anybody. it went wild as the news spread that cousins would be starting the season for the skins. our diane cho picks up the team coverage with fan reaction live from outside fedex field in landover. diane, what are you hearing? diane: it didn't matter who we approached about the story, as soon as we told them what it was about, it seemed even had an opinion on it. donna howard has been a redskins fans for more than 30 years. and year after year, she says it's the same song and dance as the excitement builds in the preseason and followed by disappointment. >> i'm ready for a winning team. no matter what. whoever wants to play and win is who i'm behind. diane: the team says rgiii went down with a concussion in the

that's the name, the redskins name. we have been talking to fans about not only how they feel about the name but what they would do if it ever changes. back to you. >> thanks, chris. >>> winds fanning the flames and the community in mourning. why residents in washington state are bracing for >>> we are getting our first look at david sweat since he was shot and captured three weeks after that elaborate prison escape in new york in june. today, sweat was still wearing a cast on his arm when he appeared in court for arraignment on three criminal charges connected to the escape. the judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. sweat faces another 20 years in prison if convicted. the prosecutor says it doesn't matter that he sweat is already serving a life sentence. >> the point is that david sweat committed a crime in clinton county and it is my job as a prosecutor in this county to prosecute the people who commit crimes within this county. >> former prison worker joyce mitchell pled guilty to helping sweat and matt esca

this is a washington redskins decision. we will make the right one. family.one big happy we spoke with former redskins legend joe theismann before the game, and he said kirk cousins should be the starter week one against miami, not because he's better than robert but because of health reasons. a slow start yesterday, but eventually he came along. colt mccoy took advantage of his minutes, throwing two touchdown passes. >> for me, it's about controlling my attitude, preparation, effort, and playing the best i can play. there are too many things in this league that you can't control. you will driver sets -- yourself nuts if you focus on those things. he made the most of it. they are competing. you can see it out on the field they studied. they prepared. they got themselves ready to play. robert: in baseball, the nats are 5.5 games back from the mets. they took a game to from the marlins last night. they were hoping to take their fourth straight series. 3-0, jayson werth drives one to left center. it's out of here. nats down 3-2 after that blast. the nats

tomorrow night, the redskins taking on the lions at 7:30. there could be some problems at the game because of some rain and maybe even some storms. the fifth day in a row with temperatures above 90 at the airport. 89 down towards fredericksburg. 80 degrees. dew point at 72. south, that's where we're seeing the rain. all of northern virginia, we talked about this at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. best chance of rain tonight would be northern virginia. frederick county has seen a lot of rain. fairfax county seeing some of that rain, but the bulk of the rain and the heaviest rain continues to be down towards stafford. right down routes 15, right down 17, that's where we're seeing some of the heaviest rain. some of the heaviest rain continues to come over the same areas that saw rain earlier today. we'll continue to watch some areas of rain throughout the rest of the evening, but tomorrow this is what's coming our way. look at all the moisture coming down to the south. let's see if i can make this arrow the right way. i did an arrow. that's the way the w

kimberly: pretty bad news for the redskins. quarterback robert griffin iii suffering a concussion in last night's preseason game against the lions. jonathan: the big question is will the redskins ever get a break, do you think? ever? kimberly: of course they will. if you remember to the super bowl days in 1980 -- what was it? jonathan: long time ago. get robert burton in here. shoulder injury, and now a con -- concussion. robert: it was a concussion. was i born then? kimberly: i got to get out of cool and go to the super bowl. robert: wow! long time ago. last night we watched rgiii take hit after hit after hit. the offensive line was nonexistent. the rgiii is a in washington continues. all too familiar storyline. >> not surprised. >> not again. >> it's terrible. robert: rgiii was hit early and often last night before he was forced from the game with a concussion. leaving his availability for the rest of the preseason and beyond in doubt. >> we are going to have to wait and go through the whole process. see how he is feeling. >>

his future is with the redskins is what it is. i anticipate kirk taking the job and running with it. his job as a backup quarterback or third string quarterback, whatever it is, is to get himself ready to play. the door is not shut on rgiii. robert: i have to work on my accuracy. u.s. open, serena williams hoping to become the fourth woman to accomplish a calendar grand slam. for her sister venus she had a tough time with monica puig but she pulls it out. match point in the third set. the forehand winner. she is fired up, of course, after. that venus is the oldest woman in the singles field and she advances 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. final note the nats will play the best team in baseball tonight. cardinals. gio gonzalez will take the mound. first pitch is 8:150. that will be a tough one. mets play phillies. a leon: cards have had their number for a while. doug: tomorrow is first day of meteorological autumn. steve rudin at 111 :00 will tell you how long the hot weather will continue. leon: be her >>> tonight, a special edition of "world news

his career with the redskins maybe coming to and enbefore it gets a chance to start this year. kirk cousins named quarterback by jay gruden today. kirk named the starter after jay gruden pegged griffin for the job back in february. rg3 not cleared for contact after the concussion. neither that nor his performance bayhed into the decision. >> not so much what somebody didn't do, just what kirk has done. and i think what he has done in practice and otas has opened our eyes and proven to be the best quarterback on our roster at this time. >> there's something powerful about feeling believed in and there's something powerful about knowing where you stand. jay has done that today. i will do i can to take that opportunity and run with it and provide great quarterback performance all season long. >> the redskins wrap up the season with the jaguars. colt mccoy the start that night. no cousins or griffin, barring injury. kickoff at 7:30. postgame report after the game. catch it all right here on nbc4. now, coming up later, we go inside the redskins locker room for player reaction about

it's been a drama filled couple of days for the redskins. hear about what the team had to say about the big decision coming up in sports. >> it is a race against time >> it is a race against time for refuse knees >>> european leaders are planning emergency talks to tackle the largest refugee crisis since world war ii. tensions are especially high near hungary's border near serbia where the hungarians are building a 1,500-mile barbed wire fence. still thousands of refugees from syria are refusing to turn back. >> the hungarian government estimates that 150,000 refugees have crossed into hungary, but hardly anybody wants to stay here. they want to get to places like germany and britain and holland. they're even asking us what they should do. >> germany expects to receive 800,000 asylum seekers this year, more than any other country in the european union. >>> president obama arrived on his three-day trip to alaska. >> during his stay the president will attend the state department's conference on arctic nations and make some remarks about climat

go redskins. nationals tonight, great night ballgame, temperatures the 70's by the time they w.efully wrap up a curly it feels more like august as we get into september. speaking of the skins, conflicting reports about rg iii. we know he won't be starting e ravens, butst th now even the season opener is in question. burton is live in baltimore at m and eubank this -- m&t more on banks stadium with more. robert: one thing everyone is wondering, how does rg iii keep head with everything he has been through so far? the drama has already started, and the regular season has not even started yet. with his injuries, how do you keep focused? joe theismann gave as his answer, earlier today. joe: i think robert will be able to keep his head. he has tremendous faith in himself, in god, in his family. he has a great support system around him. we want him to be successful. he is still learning how to become a pocket passer. he didn't do it. we are in year two, and each been and are up to buy injury. here we go

espn adds, the redskins have talked rg3 trade but not found an interested team.ll sidelined by concussion and waiting for more tests, rg3 very much interested spectator last night. and he was talking to jay gruden, watching kirk cousins with the first team and cousins took advantage. look, after an early interception, cousins impressed. remember, this was something he struggled to do last year, recover from his mistakes. not only did he recover, he proceeded to guide the redskins' first team offense to the first preseason touchdown in two years. a strike over the middle off andre roberts into the arms of jameson kroi jameson crowder 31-13. 191 yards, one touchdown, and giving head coach jay gruden more to think about. >> i want to evaluate the games and go from there find out how robert's doing. i just made that perfectly clear. i'm not going to announce anything. there's no controversy. we came off a great victory off a very good football team. as far as who is starting every position, we are going to evaluate that as a staff and talk about it. not going to make

you got your redskins important chos packed with you? >> oh yeah we do. >> redskins fans are looking forward to this preseason home opener, get their first look at this team in person. and even though they had some success last week against the cleveland browns, still, a lot to improve upon for this group. the list is long but the number one thing is to stay healthy. of course with the rains expected to come in that is going to be tough. they are just taking the tarp off the field as we speak. a little bit earlier, robert griffin, iii, he trickled out to take a look, wearing his headphones and getting mentally ready. he is expected to play at least a quarter tonight. >> the offense trying to get into the end zone this week. they played full quarter last week against the browns but they only scored three points. they know they have to do a better job than that. >> got to continue to drive, finish drives, points in the red zone, we have to move the ball down the field. going to play a little bit longer. we definitely want to keep our offen

this is redskin country here! >> reporter: you gray up watching the lions, those fans been waiting nearly 60 years for a title, they are pretty passionate, too, one of the big stories buzzing around the team has been the fact that they are looking at options for where they will play next. are they gonna stay here, head out to virginia? are they going to go back to the district? even brothers and life-long fans cannot agree on where the team should play. >> rock those sundays. people were excited about football. when they came here, looked like it was a different atmosphere. that's where it should be. >> i don't want to go in d.c., no place to park. plenty of parking here. d.c. just too crowded. >> reporter: bottom line is for now and tonight, they are right here at fedex field. my colleague, jason pugh, is inside the stadium with a look at the stories you're going to want to keep an eye on as we head into kickoff. jason? >> yeah, thanks, chris. here inside stadium the players came out a little while ago, they are

robert: a few changes at redskins park. rgiii the face of the franchise has been benched again. >> robert didn't lose his starting position because of injury. he lost it because of performance. coach gruden: correct. robert: rgiii was benched late last season, too, but was given the starting job this off-season despite gruden's initial promise of open competition. but griffin struggled against the lions leaving game with what gruden called a concussion. rgiii has been out due to injury. now he is out, period. demoted to second or third string. coach gruden: ultimately as a football coach it's my call to say who starts or doesn't start. it's my decision. robert: espn report sunday claims that many in the organization want to part ways with griffin but the team ownership, i.e., dan snyder was holding out. coach gruden: all mr. snyder wants to do is win. there is a lot of things said he is pulling for this guy or that guy. that is not the place here. robert: how is rgiii taking this? a source close to the situation is that gri

tonight is the redskins preseason home opener. we will tell you how the traffic is looking and at the fans are optimistic or pessimistic about the upcoming season. leon: two women and one historic achievement. changing the face of the military. that is coming up next. kimberly: two soldiers are going to make history this week. the first woman to graduate from army ranger school. they've been -- the woman into her within 60 days of intense training at fort benning, georgia. they withstood exhausting heights, little food, and simulate combat exercises. >> i do hope that with our performance in ranger school we've been able to inform the decision as to what they can expect from women in the military. that we can handle things physically and mentally on the same level as men. and we can deal with the same stresses and training that the men can. kimberly: they will graduate tomorrow and receive their coveted ranger tab alongside their male counterparts. leon: fedex field right now filling up for the redskin'home opener. fans having to

chris coolly is part of the redskins there. i'm not going there. >> that was redskins general manager scott mclegalon. >> and he ain't going there. >> they are banged up at that position. here is something, yesterday the sins skien two tight ends. we know that niles paul and logan paulsen are done for the season with season ending injuries. left with young inexperienced players that position. one guy has a ton of experience, chris coolly. here is what coolly had to see about a possible return to the team on his radio show today. >> there are four people that could be involved in decisions. 3 out of 4 for this. but the fourth is not yet committal. >> i wouldn't say not yet committal. i would say strongly adverse. my name is the giant elephant in the room. obviously i'm not 2007 pro ball that i was, no one is that. but i'm better than what you have. i'm going to play somewhere and it's going to work out one way or another. >> all right. we'll see he what happens with chris coolly and the redskins. now the skins closing up trainin

tonight for the first preseason game at home for the redskins. jonathan: you'll want to bring your horn and poncho and an umbrella. you can bring a number of. -- can't bring an umbrella. robert: you cannot bring your youella, what is this then? might win to be prepared. i will step out of the way. they are preparing for anything here. they have a tarp on the field. right now, the cheerleaders repairing. a lot of guys still preparing since last thursday, trying to make this 53-man roster. they will have to do it because there is a thin line between making this team and not making the team. >> the games are important. some guys shine in some guys don't. some guys better way at practice and some of the gains. -- games. anytime you cross the white lines it is a great opportunity for you. that is rg iii in that red sweater. he's doing his pregame ritual, or whatever you want to call it with some headphones on. just kind of circling the field. coming up, a lot more on the redskins. they will take the tarp off at about 5:30. kickoff at 7:30 against the

>>> first tonight at 7:00 rg3 is out, kirk cousins is in as the starting quarterback of the 2015 redskins team. good evening. i'm jan jeffcoat. >> i'm derek mcginty. it is the changing of the guard at the burgundy and gold. our kristen berset is live to explain why jay gruden made the call. >> reporter: well, we heard the rumors all weekend long. reports started surfacing before saturday's preseason game in baltimore that kirk would replace rg3 for the 2015 season as washington's starter. jay gruden told us that is the case saying this is kirk's team. we got the sense the reports were accurate this morning when we saw griffin practicing with the third team offense and kirk cousins taking over the reins with the first team offense and considering starters don't usually play the fourth preseason game this really could have only meant one thing. after some impressive preseason performances gruden said cousins simply outplayed the competition. >> i just think it's not so much what somebody didn't do. it's just what kirk has done and i think what he has done in practice and otas has really ope

ravens versus the redskins, 7:30 saturday night.f and carol maloney will be down in baltimore with live updates on news4 at 6:00. we'll have reaction after the game on the redskins postgame report, also on "news4 at 11." another tough loss. >> we'll be right back. >>> its end of a difficult day for everyone who works in television news. we lost two very bright, talented young journalist, alison parker and adam ward. and tv news is a pretty small world. >> many of us know people with a connection to that station or that market, and you don't have to work in tv to appreciate that all they did was go to work today. we leave you tonight with images from that memorial in roanoke. good night. ♪ do you like the passaaadd? it's a good looking car. this is the model rear end event. the model year end sales event. it's year end! it's the rear end event. year end, rear end, check it out. talk about turbocharging my engine. you're gorgeous. what kind of car do you like? new, or many miles on it? get a $1000 volkswagen reward card on select 2015

kirk cousins announced as the starting quarterback for the redskins for the 2015 season. what that means for rg3, nobody is sure, but i talked to a lot of fans today and it's safe to say even among supporters not a lot of people were surprised that it's come to this. >> i'm telling you i am so happy. now i've got something to look forward to. if he had remained the quarterback, we were going through another season of just the guy can't play the position. >> rg3 is talented, but i think that we spent more time focusing in on his illnesses more so than his talent and that's a problem. >> now we'll get a chance once rg3 is gone to be a proper evaluation of the rest of the talent on the team no, more excuses, no more blaming, no more escape goats. so rg3 is out. now we can see what kind of coach jay gruden is. >> kirk cousins can get the game done. he can also -- he might get us to the super bowl. you never can tell. he showed that he's a good player. >> hope to see another team pick him up. >> if he's honest to himself, he know he didn't perform well in training camp this ye

the redskins have to stop the ravens run game. the redskins face another tough season. we don't have a word whether the left tackle will play. >> it is a hell of a defense. you have rushers on the edge. we will have our work cut out for us. that is what became is for. great competition.>>> opening day is closing in. you can see the game here.>>> the crew got together in new york and they had strong words regarding the redskins.>> we are not going to put it all on him. i don't think.  i pray he makes it to the first game.>>> justin wilson passed away last night after being hit in the head by flying debris. tonight his brother tweeted that justin was a organ donor. he has helped save six lives with his organs. he was one of the more popular drivers in the indycar circuit. >>> that is our broadcast. thank you for tuning in.>> have a great night. woman: i've already been down this street. distorted male voice (over earpiece): keep walking. (dog barking in distance) hello? remove the battery from your phone and put it in the dumpster. no. it's a burner. no one's tracking i

the redskins are hurting at tight end. here is the error garÇon -- here garcon.re >> we appreciate them coming out here, standing around and watching us practice. >> they give us energy and keep us excited. love the energy and support. broncos-seahawks, tyler yard kickoff return. that is not the best part, check this out. head coach pete carroll is not where he is supposed to be, trips up the ref. they go down, the play count it. no harm, no foul i guess. ais is baseball, but it has football field, jackie bradley twohaving a day, five hits, two r.b.i. runs. the two clubs combined for 39 hits -- 39 -- the final score 22-10. 22-10! that is a football score. this west coast trip is not one that the curly w wants to brag about. even max scherzer was lit up like a christmas tree last night against the defending champion giants, six earned runs in just three innings, his shorting outing of the season. the dog days of august for sure. max scherzer e.r.a. ballooned, .306 opponents hitting against him. the nationals are just one ga

coming up in sports can the redskins stay healthy? what got in into the nats last night, they liked it. that and more when "abc7 news at 6:00" >> this just now coming in. we are hearing from the mother of a man killed in a prince george's county hotel two years ago. within the hour, jurors found deandre weems guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 27-year-old jessie chavez. chavez was shot at the clarion hotel in october of 2013 trying to protect a pregnant employee. his mother spoke to abc7 moments after the verdict was announced. >> i'm still hurting. the loss of my son was really, really big. emotions are trummabling. i'm not sure whether to be happy or sad. i'm not sure yet. leon: two other men will go on trial for what prosecutors say were the role in the crime next month. caught on video tonight, a barn explodes in flames in southern maryland that send bystanders fleeing for cover. maryland bureau chief brad bell spoke to firefighters at the heart of it and has more on what they are saying about what caused the explosion.

on future weather. 7:15, think about folks at the redskins game. very heavy rain moving through the beltway. we will start to dry out around 9:00, 10:00 p.m. i'll have more on the heavy rain in ten minutes >>> just in, the police say they have cleared two suspects in the bangkok bombing security video. this week's deadly bombing at a bank dock shrine was likely carried out by as many as 10 terrorists. they are still searching for the man in that video leaving behind a backpack just minutes before monday's attack >>> a judge will hear arguments in maurer mcdonnell's appeal. former virginia governor, bob mcdonnell and his wife were convicted of doing favors for a nutritional supplement executive for $165,000 in gifts and loans. he was sentenced to two years in prison and she was given one year and one day. >>> "news 4 midday," renewed tension in a city that has seen a lot of unrest. >> plus, our volunteers are standing by for our backbacks 4 kids campaign. we will talk to a >>> talking decision 2016. here he is, donald trump. the headline reads, simp

former redskins general manager charley casserly also weighed in and he had some concerns. >> when a player has been out for a while, you are always concerned about the injury factor, especially if the person had any injury history in the past, which cooley did with the knee. where is the knee? how is it going to hold up? you can be running in shape but it's not football shape. not out there getting hit and taking that body contact and blow like that not going to be as quick. those are the concerns that you have. i said this on television already. the concern to me, there's too much in the media here. you don't need to be saying three or four people want me and one doesn't. that would be my concern, too, about team chemistry. >>> tomb tomorrow we have you covered from fedex field, myself and carol maloney on news4 at 4, 5 and 6, the redskins postgame report immediately following the game and our coverage continues on news4 at 11:00. >>> to the diamond we go the nationals possibly turning things around. last night, they snapped a six-game losing streak that also happened early this se

ravens and redskins. doug has your forecast coming up.ll right. >>> a wildfire truck fight plays out in front of a cell phone camera in the district. our media partner, wtop, gave us this video. this is a group of men. they are not firefighters. they are brawling on top of engine 33 near alabama avenue and 7th street southeast. this was yesterday. officials say there was some damage to the fire truck, nothing serious. two of the men were arrested. we don't know how this got started. >>> we have new surveillance video of a possible serial burglar targeting businesses in columbia heights and pet worth neighborhoods in northwest d.c. this is a follow-up to a story pat collins brought you yesterday. in this case, the suspect smashed the door of a business on georgia avenue near irving street. several bottles and other property were stolen. police say it happened saturday around 2:30 in the afternoon. >>> president obama's administration won an appeal in a case that involves the nsa's bulk collection of millions of americans' phone data. the f

the redskins versus ravens in baltimore. carol maloney and jason pugh are in baltimore live this evening. hi, guys. how's it going out there? >> pretty good. a lot of drama surrounding this preseason game. have you ever seen this much drama? >> i have. >> they called the third preseason game the dress rehearsal. starters will play a full half before the redskins and ravens. we will see kirk cousins undfore first time under offense. >> robert griffin iii was cleared by a neurologist and just 24 hours later he reversed his decision on the test result. what we don't know is what prompted the review and we do know robert griffin iii is out and cousins is in. arriving just a couple hours ago knowing a big big test is ahead. cousins has been sharp all preseason in camp. this will be the first time since mid-outloctober last sease will be going against the defense. we should mention griffin is also here and spent some time warming up on the field. i guess since he took all the first team snaps all week kind of expected but not play

tomorrow night at fedex field, the redskins will host the lions. the number one priority is to stay healthy. we will keep our fingers crossed. that will be their first taste of home field the season. barring the rain, it will be loud. >> i think one of the hardest things will be the crowd noise. i hope we have a lot of people in there, but coming back home they should be comfortable, but don't get caught up in all the fans and yelling. he have to get used to what we do at home. nats woke up from their slumber last night, putting up 15 runs with 15 hits against the rockies. in colorado again tonight, jayson werth with two men on, into the corner. wilson ramos and clint robinson score. bottom of the eighth, the nats lead 3-1. did the orioles help n theats tonight, taking on the mets? never hit a home run in the big leagues until tonight. not only that, it is a walk-off, o's beat the mets, helping the nats, 5-4. leon: got heeeem! robert: the wizards have been working hard over the summer. at least that is what we have been told. according to drew good

the redskins coming home to ashburn after tomorrow. you would like to see the entire robert griffin iii interview, go to our website, wjla.com. kellye: peanut butter and jelly. scotty sports producer was getting down with a peanut butter and jelly. kellye: all i need is a good teacher. we will see. up, a return to d.c. airwaves. ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. ♪ sweet sounds in northwest washington, the national salute wrapping up 34th convention of the flute association, featuring performers from around the world. a well-known radio name is returning to the airwaves tomorrow. monday morning is donnie simpson day on "good morning washington," on the afternoon drive of magic 102.3. you can send him your well wishes at wjla.com or tweet them, and we may show them on the air monday morning. oh my gosh, it's t

lou: catch the redskins-ravens game on abc7. if you want to watch the regularly scheduled program, "wheel" and "jeopardy" is on newschannel 8. denard part, left hip -- denard span, left hip, done for the season. michael a. taylor, right knee, day-to-day. escobar, hand contusion also day-to-day. max scherzer's arm is not injured. it's just sore. he has been getting rocked of late. the nats are looking for him to get back on stride. but for the entire team the injuries have been damaging. >> this game is not con deuce i to the joint, the shoulder, elbow, hips or back. it's all rotation. at times it can be damaging. it looks like there will be a new number one rank golfer. jordan spieth missed the cut at the barclays. rory mcilroy will become the newton guy in the golf. that is -- the new top guy in golf. maureen: update on the beautiful weekend. steve: it will heat up quickly and temperatures tomorrow. upper 80's to lower 90's. monday, tuesday, wednesday for the chance for thunderstorms. maureen: thank you so much. "world news ton

people have to understand this has nothing to do with the redskins. people want to make it out like we're incompetent. this had nothing to do with us. this was totally independent doctor. we followed everything by the book. >> well, the redskins are now 3-0 this preseason. not bad. they face the jaguars at fedex field this thursday night. kirk cousins coming out saying at this point he hasn't been told whether or not he'll start. but he'll prepare. >> a lot of back and forth over rg3. but hopefully he'll get better. >> and cousins did a great job. got the "w." >>> terrifying moments for the surfer after a shark chomps -- look at that. chomps on her board. how she managed to get away unarmed -- unharmed. >> she was unarmed. >> that's true. >> you might not be able to see it, but you can feel it. i think angie is starting to feel it, some of the humidity. >> getting to my head. >> how long this is g >>> you're watching "news4 today." >> dozens of fish are washing up dead in rio de janeiro. the summer olympics will be held there next and a brazilian envi

it's not easy to be a redskins fan the last couple of years.re going to keep grinding and make the steady competitive winner. that is the ultimate goal. leon: redskins president bruce allen asked about the new stadium. he says they are still talking to d.c., maryland and virginia but there is no leading candidate at the moment. he was asked about changing the name to help with the process and he said no. here is a question of the day. what is wrong with the nationals? not a good road trip so far. nats lost four in a row and lost two out of three to dodgerrers and swept by the giants. the staff is jumbled up. papelbon is now the closer and we haven't seen that guy in a long time. they are four yeah game behind mets. leon: they are fortunate they are in one of the worst divisions in baseball. coming up next at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- wildfires raging across four states. what firefighters may have gotten a break they needed. we tell you about it coming up maureen: new evacuations tonight. kimberly: wildfires consuming home and businesses in four st

. >> the redskins have lost four players in last two weeks to season ending injuries and now oh my gosh, it's the guy from last night. what?! can i jump on your wi-fi? yeah, you can try it. hey! i had a really good time last night. yeah, me too. the only thing is that... the only thing is what? what's the only thing? oh my gosh he's married. he's a kleptomaniac. he's a pyromaniac. he's a total maniac. hey! hey! go back to your wife you sociopath! leave slow internet behind. the 100% fiber optics network is here. get out of the past. get fios. tea? now $79.99 a month. go online or call now. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> now wusa9 game on sports with kristen berset brought to you by xfinity. >> it's been a tough preseason to say the least for the washington redskins in regards to injuries. deshawn breeland, desean jackson got hurt in camp, paulson and hayward and now another injury. >> reporter: it was the roll of the dice that seemed to be working. outside linebacker junior galette's motor was beginning to rev. he was about to play. whe

the redskins say he was carted off the field late after today's practice at redskins park. this is after galette suffered an apparent injury to his left ankle/foot area. according to head coach jay gruden there is a good chance galette won't make his debut saturday against the ravens. gruden said he is very concerned about the injury and multiple reports say they fear galette has torn his achilles. coach gruden: at the end of practice running around the corner and went down. he is not the type of guy that would lay down if there was nothing. i'm very concerned. >> with the achilles and things you can never tell. sometimes they just give out. he is a strong guy and young. he will bounce back and come back stronger. robert hoping for the best. nats continue the series with the padres. gonzalez will try to lead the nats to fourth straight win. speaking of that, since he returned from the d.l., stephen strasburg on august 8 allowed five earned run in 2 innings with 32 strike-out and three walks. the only nats starting pitcher with e.r.a. of -- below 4.0 this month. hopefully no

>> well, it's the most redskins thing ever.t when you think there can't be any more drama, this team knows how to create it, intentionally or unintentionally. they are in a holding pattern with griffin, waiting for him to be cleared. this is the chance for cousins to show his coaches and teammates what he can do. jay gruden said he wouldn't try another quarterback, even though they are struggling. now he has a chance against a very good defense to show maybe we should consider somebody else for the job. >> reporter: there are reports out today saying that kirk is going to be the week 1 starter. obviously we won't know till they take the field in miami. what do you make of all of that, too? >> from everything i was told, that's premature. they don't even know how kirk will do in this game. if he does awful, they have more questions to ns a. they don't know if griffin is cleared next thursday, still enough time to practice, or if it's going to be two weeks. if it's two weeks, then obviously kirk would have to be the guy. but ther

. >>> still ahead, the hits just keep coming for the redskins. dave is up next to tell us about the latest bite from the injury bug. >>> this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity your home for the most live sports. >>> all right. so let me just preface dave's sports segment by saying he's just the messenger. >> that's right. >> this is not his fault. the man is just letting you know what's going on. >> when anybody says preface something you know that's not good. that right away makes it -- got injured players, losing baseball teams other than that i'm a laugh a minute. after a day off to reflect and recover after thursday's win over the browns the redskins return to work at training camp in richmond for fan appreciation day. in addition to the fans the redskins certainly fully appreciate their personnel predicament with a shortage of healthy tight ends. thursday we learned the skins lost niles with a season-ending ankle injury and today a decision on logan paulson. as feared he is joining paul on the sideline for the entire seaso

. >>> find out why the redskins!s >>> that forecast looking pretty good, we move on through the nighttime and even into the weekend. take a look outside, we look, point our tower cam toward rosslyn down toward the alexandria area, this is actually annandale, the airport, the airport tower there, reagan national. 82, another spectacular afternoon. one difference this guy right here. notice the winds, south about 6 miles a hour. that wind is going to help to warm things up. storm team4 radar, nothing to show as far as the radar is concerned. dry as we move through the rest of the night. heading to the nationals game, take on the marlins a beautiful, beautiful night for a ballgame. we just need to win a couple, keep a couple of wins, hope the mets lose a few. sat late and radar, not much over our area, look to the west, a storm system coming to the great lakes, out ahead of it, it is starting to bring in that warmer air, one reason we are going to be warming the next couple of day, high temperatures back into the low 90

so for the redskins to come and give back to us, redskins give back to the military is a tremendous opportunity us here. >> amen. the question inment folks super busy -- equipment folks super busy. it's up to the mbt bank stadium for visit with the rayens. we have the action at 7:00 p.m. 7:30 is kickoff. injuries plagued the nationals all season long so don't act surprise when you hear. the curly double suffering more injuries. denard span undergoing surgery on the left hip. he is done for the season. it gets worse. the guy who replaced him in center, michael a. tailor, right knee contusion on this crash. in the wall in the seventh inning. he is listed as day-to-day. also in the game, third baseman escobar suffers a right hand contusion. x-rays are negative. he is also day-to-day. aren't we all. nicolemax scherzer on the mound. we hear more from him at 6:00. nationals battling the mets and the injuries, too. jonathan: are they going to make the playoffs? >> who knows. everything has to go right. that is what sports is about. kimberly: thank you. when you see this, you will be asking what were t

the redskins are weighing their options when it comes to their home turf. will they stay in prince george's county and play at fedex field or high tail it to richmond or come to d.c.? team president bruce allen said today they will not change the team name even if it restricts them from a certain area. he also said the team has been listening to the pulse of redskins nation including the complaints about the restricted view seating at fedex field, but is the fan base going to travel to virginia for games? of course, that's all to be determined. the team, though, is keeping every option on the table. >> we've had a lot of interaction with our fans this year. we're going to find the right location and build the stadium for the fans, but right now no, there's not a leading candidate. >> so it's still a work in progress. of course, there is no quarterback controversy in ashburn just yet. in college park, however, the competition is just getting heated up. frank hanrahan takes a look at one quarterback hoping to start for the terps. >> reporter: three players ar

. >>> the redskins will not drop their name to get a new stadium. those are the words today of general manager bruce allen. he made that comment at the training facility in richmond. the team's name that many see as a racial slur has been a source of much controversy over the years. allen also said the search for a new stadium is in its very early stages and locations in d.c., virginia and maryland are all in the running. >> we've had great conversations with, you know, all the areas and the design of something that we started on, but really it's preliminary right now. there's not going to be anything to announce. >> now the redskins wrapped up camp in richmond today. we'll hear from the guys later in sports. >>> tracking the latest developments from you on metro now, the transit system rolled out its fourth new railcar today in the 7000 series of cars. departing from the greenbelt station the railcar made its debut on the green line this morning. the three other 7000 series cars are running on the red, orange and blue lines. the first went into ser

. >>> well, take a look, the redskins will take on the detroit lions tonight. it's the second preseason game. they won game 1. but lost two players for the season. the game begins at 7:30 of course at fedex field. you can watch the game right here on nbc4. we'll have a live reporter there and you can watch the redskins postgame report after the game. you want to watch our regular programming, that's going to be airing on cozy tv tonight. >>> developing from the live desk this morning, details pouring in about an overnight shooting in upstate new york that turned deadly. what we're learning about the victims and the shooting's connection to a boys and girls club. >>> what officials in rio are admitting about the water sewage problem ahead of the 2016 olympics. >>> you may have already seen some morning sprinkles outside y >>> hey, take a look at this incredible video here. you can see the moment part of a washington state motel was destroyed by a gas explosion. that explosion happened last night or two nights ago at a motel 6 near seattle. firefighters say the f

. >> what about the secret word for the washington redskins? kellye: good news? happy to hear it. >> the offense should be showing off some of what they will be season.at this they are determined to be on the field and run the offense against the ravens on saturday. the latest on number 10, coming up. >> and now the toyota sports desk. itert: it doesn't feel like because of the injury and uncertainty, the redskins or two and zero in the preseason. great news, robert griffin iii cleared to practice today. all concussion tests passed. he in the team are moving closer to the all-important third dress rehearsal preseason. clear thed he can concussion hurdles so quickly? >> i have no idea. he went to the necessary step as implemented by training staff. so far he has taken the necessary steps. chances to see a neurosurgeon, we will wait and see. offenses,ilt on great orange crushes and purple people eaters. bugs atre will be no all. bradford has had knee issues, but come on, what about the option play last night? he took a cheap shot. the read option means the quarterb

second redskins possession griffin gets the ball out in time, but just gets drilled, a little rattledlittle slow to get up not surprisingly. they would punt again. 2nd quarter griffin still out there, 3rd and 16 griffin fumbles the ball, tries to fall on it but gets hit on the ground and now he wasn't getting up. afterwards coach jay gruden told us griffin does not have a shoulder injury, so that's good news, but he does have a concussion and is going through the protocol. gruden was also asked why he sent griffin back out for that fourth series. here's his answer. >> we weren't doing that well on offense. i want to try to get something going on offense. there's a lot of quarterbacks play into the 2nd quarter in the preseason game. football is a tough sport. we wanted to get something going offensively and unfortunately it didn't work out. >> did not work out, but, of course, he wanted to see some progress that he did not get. >>> on to baseball, the national came into tonight 3 1/2 games back of the mets trying to close that gap and with new york off tonight the nats have another cha

reporter: redskins camp is in the books with only a scheduled practice tomorrow in richmond returning to ashburn. 2015 can be seen as a mixed bag, good and bad, promising a not so promising. position is cause for concern and in the bad category. robert griffin iii, respectable in his two series against the cleveland browns. kirk cousins and colt mccoy also managed to jay gruden's offense with no huge hiccups. here is the gm on the state of all his quarterbacks. liked it a lot. i see confidence. >> all three are competing. all three are young. it's a process of learning how to do our system. i'm excited about it. strasburg could not do it, scherzer could not do it, neither good gio gonzalez. rookie joe ross the latest victim. bottom of the fourth, 1-0 giants, hunter pence turns on this ross offering. drive to deep left. two-run shot, 3-0 giants. seventh, madison bumgarner helping his own cause. he goes deep. the pitcher, his fourth home run of the season. he also had an r.b.i. double. nats drop their sixth straight, 5-0 the final. orioles hosting the other day area team. look at darren