his name is rizzo. speakingf the nationals the guy is trying to avoid a sweep >>> mayor in connecticut facing charges after he allegedly led police on a high-speed chase with a stolen boat. dash-cam video showed the guy trying to escape from the cops pulling a 32-foot boston whaler. after swerving dangerously side to side he lost control of the car. lost his load as well. the boat flipped off the trailer slid down the highway. the driver was then arrested. >>> there is a new push to expand metro to woodbridge and centreville. congressman jerry conley wants to see the blue line extend to wood bridge. it would stretch the orange line vienna to centreville. conley is asking for tens of millions in federal dollars to study the plan which would then need to be approved and funded. that could take more than a decade. commuters we spoke to are looking for relief right now. >> should have happened a long time ago. it was sawing they thought we didn't need. well the time has come and gone. we should have had met

monday rizzo played a strong role in the signing of steven strassburg.ss conference scheduled for tomorrow. >>> a rocky start for collin balester. troy tulowitzki stroking one down the third baseline. that's a double. two runs come in to score. the nats will be working out of a hole. but last night they rallied. liner to the gap in right center. cristian guzman on first. 1-1 game. the bull pen and jose not so good. gonzalez solo bomb for insurance. in the 8th the nats would fall 5-4. >>> on friday the team will introduce steven strassburg to the media and the public. 2:00 p.m. press conference is at the ballpark. open to anyone who has a ticket for friday's game against milwaukee. nats are selling 2000 of the tickets for $1. and mike rizzo is expected to take part in an question-and- answer session. >>> b.j. upton extending the lead for the rays. solo home run. the os would fall 3-1. >>> football. nobody really expected the team's rookie to light the world on fire but redskins coaches were hoping for a better showing than what they got. zorn has said his

that sums have mike rizzo to a t. back over to you. >> johnny: our congratulations to mike rizzo.c guy and a great day. we'll be back with much more. on "nats extra" pregame. peter who nicknamed zimmerman peter franchise, we'll talk about them when we return. now at chili's -- start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, then share a decadent dessert. chili's --  . >>> this is t plus talking about nats extra. disjoe johnny holiday and big play ray.   hauling.   . >> that's my boy, huh. >> johnny: that's the b- off batter in baseball, right there, nigel morgan. welcome back everybody. johnny holiday and -- >> ray: what did he call you, big play ray. >> johnny: speaking of nigh gear, how about a 368 batting average on this ball club, 22 stolen bases and a .405 average in the last nine games. >> jony he scored 6 runs, 7 stolen bases, on base percentage .450, you just don't get on base 45% of the time. putting pressure on the defense, getting base hit after base hit, hitting the ball all over ball p

rizzo has a new deal of his own. something he knew was coming. >> i always thought i was going to be the choice. i didn't know if they knew it yet. but i always -- i always thought i was the choice. i -- you know, i have the confidence level in myself and i thought i was well prepared for the job. and the one thing i kept drawing on is the learners are a good business people. i knew they were going to pick the right guy for the job. with that, in my mind, i always thought it was going to be me. >> gm here permanently as far as i'm concerned. and that's what we would like to build from. >> the nationals promoted the right man for the job. mike rizzo. very respected in baseball. guys, training camp wrapped up today. i was upstairs with photographer dan buckley. we were shooting a piece for another story. he said let's watch the field because i'm certain some guys are going to get taped up. i said they are not going to tape anybody else. they have been doing this the last couple of days. man, was i wrong. take a look at

. >> rob: well a guy that was evaluated and drafted back with the diamondbacks when mike rizzo workedth the diamondbacks he drafted gonzalez, he went to oakland and was traded from oakland over to the rockies. everyone i've talked to has said, i don't want to use the term five-tool player, we have seen this kid, he can bat, he can throw, throw the ball with authority, he needs to get the at-bats needed to see if he is going to be an everyday player for the rockies not only this year but in the future. >> bob: diamondbacks signed him at the age of 16 in venezuela and he went to oakland in the dan her ron deal. out to short. guzman. cristian knew he had a fast runner. he was already in throwing position by the time he was very fluid in picking up that ground ball. then of course gonzalez moved on to colorado in the mega deal involving huston street and matt holliday. so he was the sleeper in a couple of those deals and he may turn out to be quite a star. here is ryan spilborghs who bounced out to ryan zimmerman first time out. >> rob: 6 degrees of mark molder. her ron traded for molder

signed his today. >> rob: and folks who don't know mike rizzo, he has been around the game for an awful long long time, he has done it as a player, as a development guy, this is some of his stuff done with the washington nats, been a part of the last three drafts, so obviously signing the extension for the base of the franchise, the trades, and then revietnamping a lot of this team, a lot of guys that were left over from jim bowden's rein he has been able to trade or get rid of or send back somewhere else, hence they came. but i think you know you look at the bullpen, he has revamped the bullpen. manny acta was changed with jim wriggleman, so all the things he has done is positive. but i like listening to him. he wants to win. not just about developing for the future, stephen strasburg, etcetera, he wants to win right now and be competitive right now but his long-term goals are to win championships and i think kasten, the lerner family, they are all going in the right direction. >> everybody in the organization wanted to him to get the job. we're going to cover the bases, with sean burn

well deserves for rizzo. he led with strasbourg's agent. scott boris. and made moves. taking over the gm position. on the interim basis. on the field. things not so rosie. thing things did not go well. makes him pay. gonzalez and dexter score. the worst outing of his career. fifth inning. nice piece of hitting. he goes opposite field. guz mab was on first. he is fast. moving. chugs all the way home. 4-3 ball game. 80 of the season for zimmerman. same score. strikes out. adam dunn. nationals. fall, 5-4. the final game of the series is tomorrow night. tampa now. o's taking on the rays. chris pillman on the hill. was not a night to remember for tilghman. pat burrell gets good wood on this one. sneaks over the wall. home run. 12th of the year. three solo homers in the ball game. so things could be a little bit better for the os. not happening. bases loaded in the fifth. no outs. and lines this one right up the middle. melvin moore back to second. bartlet bobbles, goes home. still gets the out. what a good throw that was. and at home plate. os would not score in the inning.

when jim bowden stepped down mike rizzo stepped into a role not many wanted but appears he will not get. yahoo sports are reporting the nats are hiring a new team manager. rizzo took over for bowden and has since won the major league, minor league and scouting operations for the organization. injuries and player personnel all went through mike who gave no indication that this may happen when he spoke to us yesterday about his role in signing steven strassburg. the nats have yet to comment on the story but here is a look at the file of the new gm. he was a boston red sox scout in '03. won a championship with the organization in '04 and then became the direct or of scouting. meanwhile steven strassburg will meet the media friday and you can be there. the team is holding a 2:00 p.m. press conference to anyone that buys a ticket to friday's game. 2000 tickets will be sold for $1. the gates will open at 1:30 p.m. >>> it is a bargain. no excuses not to go. check out the new face of the nationals franchise. we will have much more on the redskins coming up tonight but for now we are live out at

you can take the interim tag off mike rizzo. after five 1/2 months of doing his job, he was named the team's general manager. he was given the duty shortly after jim resigned march 1st. he upgraded the center field position and was the point man on the stephen stragburg negotiation. so, the franchise pitcher is coming and rizzo is staying. >> i always thought i would be the choice. i didn't know if they knew it. i felt that i was the choice. i had a confidence level in myself and i thought i was well prepared for the job. >> strasburg will be introduced tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. we will be there live. the ease also without michael vick take on the colts tonight at 8:00 p.m. i'm dave feldman. back to you. >> thanks. >>> fox 5 news at 10:00 after the game. maybe 11ish or so. we will be here. hope you will be too. pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. cash for clunkers is available at your chevy dealer. with more eligible models to choose from than

mike rizzo, you look get for having been up to the wee hours of the morning to get this thing done. said right down to the wire, it was right down to the wire. >> it was. literally seconds before the deadline passed. and it's not unusual, but this one was real close to the deadline. so we were -- we're happy it was a good ending to a really long, hard negotiations. >> mike, i want to congratulate you personally. before we go any farther, on the trade for nyger, and the acquisition of bunnette, and weeding people out of here, and just turning the franchise around, naming rig riggleman, a lot of these things it take toes to make a winner, and that strasberg deal. i've been involved in those types of deals, and it is an unbelievable, stressful time, and his has he been dealing with the thing for three months, and i congratulate you for all of the wonderful things of you done and getting this thing done. >> well, thank you. i have a great support system in the front office. stan has been great, taught me a lot about what's going on, and the people around me make you what you are. so we

. >> mike rizzo took the long road where he was today. he spent six in the diamondbacks organization as a scouting director. came to dc in the middle of the '06 season and stepped in as acting gm after jim bowed en left. for the -- bowden left. for the past five and a half months the team made him the full fledge gm today. rizzo made moves to improve the bullpen and was part of the steven strasburg signing. the team is one game over 500 since. >> we know that we have a lot of work to do. but we've got a good core of young players and we are, i think, really on the threshold of putting things in the right order and being able to become a competetive ball club in the very, very near future. >> on the diamond nats rockies 4th inning, big opportunity for the nats. ian stewart spinning, winning. 5-3 fielder's choice. 5th inning 1-0 rocks. garrett living the wild, wildlife. score 2-0 colorado. bottom of 6th one bright spot for the nats. adam dunn double to right. but the nats fall 4-1. junior circuits orioles taking on the rays. written roberts

rizzo said, no. he was laughing. >> not this hot.ill he cools down if he wants to talk about arbitration. >> they had a rehabilitation assignment with potomac. 3 1/3 innings as he tries to fight whack the -- back into the lineup eye think they're going to give him a couple of tune-up starts. he threw the ball well last night. struck out six. only walked one. did give up a home run. they held him down pitch countwise. this guy, ladies and gentlemen, is going to be the star of this rotation if he stays healthy. no doubt that atlanta can pitch. this guy can dominate. he's a lot like john smoltz, those type people who can come into an organization once he gets a few dames under -- games under his belt he'll dominate because he can strikeout people. he's just got that aggressiveness on the mound. >> you you were talking about how you like him and lannan as the two top guys in the lineup when they're both healthy. >> yeah, i think he'll eventually surpass john. he certainly has the kind of stuff to. it's like smoltz and glavine. smoltz was

mike rizzo, a busy day. his time on the busiest day of the year possibly for any general manager and nyjer morgan works the count to 3-1 after anderson hernandez comes off the bench and swings at the first pitch joel hanrahan throws. a pitcher had walks the next guy -- who walks the next guy. nyjer was picked off first base by ross ohlendorf back in the third. it's our coors light freeze cam. >> rob: it was a great move by ohlendorf right there catches nyjer leaning tordz second. quick move, great tag by pearce. bye-bye. you get the coors light freeze cam. >> bob: the world's most refreshing beer. one on, one out, guzman the hitter. now you're seeing why we're shaking our heads at the at-bat of anderson hernandez. he stood a lot on the field tonight behind joel hanrahan when joel had a hard time throwing strikes. >> rob: never too late to send guys back to the minor leagues. hear it season ends first week of september. can never be too comfortable at this level. you need to be paying attention all the time.

this has been an interesting week, strasburg being signed and rizzo being signed.day we had a chance to be a part of the picnic in the park get together and visited with stephen and mike rizzo. it hit home this is a, this is a guy that's going to be loved by the fans. >> talking to him today as we were able to be around him. and how settled he is. what we talked about and. what the fans can not do is expect him to save the franchise right away it is a long process. and building foundation. you look at the add pieces to the club that and. >> i like an answer he gave me anyone you face in college give you trouble an hitter. he said i think i adjusted nicely. that's a great answer. >> all the way junior he was saying that he won a game and lost 10. this is someone who came about he through it hard. he never thought about being a professional player. >> how do the fans react? >> they were just as happy. >> what is great about this week is that i think it brought a lot of positive attention. it gives us hope that we're building. the plan that they have been talking abou

rizzo has been the interim gm since march when jim bode p was fired.tock the bull been and the nats have a winning record at 17-16 since he brought in jim riggleman to replace manny acta. >> he has shown both aggressiveness and patience with the make-up of the roster and i think the result is we've been playing better baseball because he has solidifiedor roster. >>> let's get to game action now. nats down 5-2. zimmerman goes the other way. all the way to the wall. guzman will come around to score. nats cut the deficit to 4-3. straight it teen right field. solo shot there. that brings it to 5-4 but that is as close as they would get. rockies hold on for the win and have won two straight. >>> this is struck's 18-year- old caster semenya. she won the 800 meeters in a world record time while beating the second place finisher by 2.5 second. but the track and field federation has been asked to conduct a gender test on comment i can't amid concerns she does not meet the requirements to compete as a woman. bizarre story there. >>> cold and flu season is lurkin

a man basically responsible for sign sing assistant general manager now intrageneral manager mike rizzo. the nationals have dispute those reports in a separate report, "the washington post" says the naonals could be on the verge of promoting rizzo to the permanent general manager position. varying reports make that a -- make of that of what you will. on the field, nionals lost to the diamondbacks last night. trying to get back on track. we star -- i'm sorry. diamondbacks on the brain. start the second inning. craig stanton who helped his own cause here. pokes one down the line. alberto gonzalez comes in to score the game at one apiece. second with a double. his fourth major league rbi. top four. nats 2-1. stanton gets help. zimmerman charges and makes the barehanded throw over to first for the out. thank you very much, mr. zimmerman. he was not like this in the eighth. tied at two. sean burnett on in relief. and the first pitch he throws is crunched. solo home run by gonzalez. rockies take the lead, 3-2. burnett not happy. rockies go on to beat the nationals, 4-3. they get a chance at r

the nationals make it official and promoted mike rizzo to general manager. he did a great job as acting general manager. let's go to tampa, rays and the orioles. kiss it goodbye. he changes the scoreboard numbers with a grand slam. the birds hang on to beat tampa, 8-7. the redskins close camp anthis afternoon. tomorrow they will have a light came plant rehearsal, play the steelers on saturday. a whole lot of tomfoolery. there were watered down by the veterans. >> i will wait until i get my shot and then i will run. >> it will make it worse on yourself if you run. just getver with. if you run it, we will find you. >> the texans and the saints were practicing together. the main event was this one. a heavyweight battle. a pretty good donnybrook as well. everybody was talking about keep your helmet on, fellows. let's go to the track. usain bolt did it again. the libby champion from jamaica won the hurdles with the second fastest time in history, and then jumped on the mascot. the mascot had some problems. pick up your head, big fellow. the world champ is down. s

take the interim take off of mike rizzo. he was named the team's general manager yesterday.er's duty after jim boden resigned as washington's gm on march 1st. that is when the interim tag was applied. that is now gone. he traded for motheringen that center field and sigificantly upgraded that position. he also retool the nats bullpen and was the point man on the steven strasburg negotiation. the franchise picture is coming and rizzo is staying. >> i always thought i would be the choice. i didn't know if they knew it yet. i felt i was the choice. i have a confidence level in myself and i thought i was well prepared for the job. >> mike ritz owe and stan kasten all smiles in the stands of the rockies games. top of five, nats trailing 1-0. a wild pitch here. that allows this to be the game- winning run. washington has won just 10 of 36 against colorado. >>> usain bolt broke his own record to win. berly. no the mascot taking walker for a piggy back ride. he runs into the hurdle cart. both of them tax a tumble. big hugs. everybody is okay. no injuries so it is all right. >> not g

i don't know if you realize he had the bulldog in mike rizzo, interim general manager. he was the one negotiating the deal with you right by his side. correct? >> he ran point on this. life is too short for me to keep doing this with scott. fantastic job. as he has with everything he has -- been assigned to do this year. i couldn't be prouder of him. >> very happy man out here at nationals park. thank you so much for joining us. lindsay, we will send it back to you at redskins park. everybody -- raining here. everody is happy. >> yes. >> everybody is. i would think you would have to think because they pulled off that move that maybe that gives mike rizzo a better chance of being that final gm for the nationals. thanks so much, dan. enjoy the night down there. moving now to redskins. last year, rookie tight end, fred davis, made a lasting impression because he was the guy that people thought of because he slept through his alarm on the first day of practice. but he pulled through. he h what he would call lackluster season but now he is has been working hard trying to get

mike rizzo will be there, as well.hursday the team officially named him the general manager and senior vice president of player development. rizzo has been acting gm since march. >>> nats and rockies played last night. no score in the fifth. two on for colorado. garrett moss throws what the home plate umpire calls strike three but the sec base umpire said it was a false tip so mock would throw another pitch. this time gonzalez would hit the ball but doubles to left. a run comes in and the nationals go on to lose it 4-1. >>> the redskins host the steelers tomorrow night at fedex field. hopefully the skins can score at least one point when these two played last november washington lost 23-6. >>> the skins broke training camp but there is plenty of action at wusa9.com. go to our sports page. find a complete recap of everything that has gone on at redskins park this summer. our time right now 6:24. >>> ahead, president obama steps up his push for health care reform. >>> and all aboard, amtrak is extending some of the cheap

general manager mike rizzo says it is very unlikely that strasburg will be called up to the majors thisn. >>> it was a long sleepless night for some area residents. that is where sarah simmons is this morning. >> a tree branch comes crashing down on an apartment leaving a huge gaping hole. what residents and repair crews are having to deal with. >>> also, a murder mystery ate local pizza shop. owner is found dead inside the store. we'll have the latest on the investigation. you are watching fox 5 morning news. julie loves target, it's got the supplies teacher told her to get and for a great deal. she also expects he'll love the sandwich. she expects he'll think of her when he sees the note. so she shops target. gotta have deals on the stuff she's gotta get. target. expect more. pay less. >>> welcome back. we take a look at traffic on the american legion bridge out there on the beltway this morning. temperature is not all that bad but boy, it is sticky out there this morning. 78degrees right now in the nation's capital. normally, it doesn't bother me. today, it is just nasty out there. >

. >> lots of time on the phone from mike rizzo yesterday. >> yes. >> and the interim general manager.thats on elijah and jorge coming up. >> he is swinging the bat very well and working on a lot of the things that we asked him to work on. he has been great down there. he loves him and now he is going to get a chance to come up here and play. sosa has been throwing the ball extremely well. that's why we brought him in lieu of a couple of other guys. he's throwing the ball the best on the staff right now and he is by far the manager and the pitching coach's choice to be called up to the big leagues. >> mike rizzo on elijah dukes and jorge sosa. jorge sosa is going to join the bullpen for the nationals along with sean burnett, the former pittsburgh pirates. we get a view of pnc park and debbi taylor. you had a chance to chat with sean burnett. how is he doing so far? >>reporter: he has been doing a great job. he has only allowed one earned run since he has gotten here. i tell you what, coming back to pitch third, the team that drafted him in the first round in 2000 has been a little uniq

ironically he holds the same position that mike rizzo held with the d-backs. the nationals have not spoken on the report and likely won't until next week when strasburg's celebration is officially over. interim manager likes the guy he has right now. >> he has shown both aggressiveness and patients with the makeup of our roster and i think the resultis that we have been playing better baseball because he has solidified the roster. >> nats and rockies tonight. nats came up short. we will see tonight if they can t it. >> thank >> sue palka sees a bit of iomething interesting on t we ww anatith erm, the rotation ous t. mary's it is showing rotation a. s sse s acro moves ross the bay. that dropped off a moment ago but sometimes it pulses. head's up in princess anne it y rotation. >> you can look at live doppler radar on myfoxdc.com. see you tonight at 10:00. at your chevy dealer. w luith more eligible models to choose from than anyone. if your cnk qualifies to be recycled, you can get a $3500 or $4500 government rebate. ndan jt ce nounusd! if you qualify for the c

he is john rizzo the outgoing general counsel of the cia. name sound familiar? he was the man who requested legal opinions from the department of justice's office of legal counsel about whether or not cia officers could torture people. those legal memos that were written to him gave rizzo's agency the go ahead to among other things waterboard abu zabaida 83 times which violated the birthday boy, the geneva convention. you know, i have long admitted my obscure, obsessive policy interests make me bad cocktail party guest. who really wants to chat about reliable replacement warheads around a big punch bowl of sangria, right? but no matter how bad a cocktail party guest i am i will never be the torture guy at the geneva convention's birthday party. and finally, 2/3 of the world, roughly, drives on the right. the other third drives on the left. in the past 40 years or so, three countries have decided to change sides. sweden and iceland and burma all had been british style left side drivers and they all decided to switch to the right but no country has switched since

with mike rizzo, new general manager of the washington nationals. i loved your quote you said you expected to get the promotion because it shows confidence. it also must have been a huge relief to finally achieve your lifelong dream and be able to call your dad and tell him you go the the job. >> it was. it really was. it was an emotional time for me and my family. expectations are one thing but to -- realization is another. exciting time for us. and when he was gracious enough to offer me the job it was, you know, the -- the end of a great day. >> you expected to get the job. and you have to be honest with me here. did you fully expect to sign stephen strasburg when you drafted him? give me odds. what did you think? >> i really thought we were going to sign him. we gave stephen as a guy that wanted to play ball, he wanted to play professionally and knew every month, every month and every draft and event ri year that sets him back, his dream to get to the major leagues. and i -- i had a good feeling he wanted to play. i thought we had a good chance

rizzo has been the interim general manager since march.traded for nigel morgan who has been a major upgrade at centerfield. he has gone 17 and 16, and the latest and greatest news, nat's were able to sign their number one pick. steven sassburg. >> he has shown aggressiveness and patience with the makeup to our roster and i think the result is that we have been playing better baseball because he is kind of solidified our roster. >> nats and rockies, bottom of the, fats trail 4-2. ryan zimmerman with a runner going the other ways. guzman scores. nats cut the deficit to 4-3. bottom of the knew, nats ninth -- rockies win, two straight over the fat's. >> o's failed to score with the bases loaded and nobody out. bottom of the fifth, connecting on the solo homerun to right field. orioles fall to the rays 3-1. >> this is south africa's 18- year-old woman who won the hundred meters at the world track championship in a world record time beating the second place finisher by 2.45 seconds, but south africa's track and field federation has been asked to

today the team making an official announcement about rizzo after 4 1/2 months of serving as acting gm. he was officially given the job today along with the title of senior vice president of baseball operations. it was rumored that diamondback vp of baseball, jerry would get the job, but the nats went with the man who was interim. signing pitcher, steven strosburg. >> this is a pressure cooker job. don't think it's not. it's 24/7. there's a lot of tough decisions that have to be made and there's not a lot of leementing after they are made. to the fans, we recognize and acknowledge their patience and what we are trying to do here. i couldn't be more excited about what we are doing here and the path that we have taken to get her so far. >> now that he is in ple, want to kn who you think is kn the best . gm vinnie, ernie rumfelled, or mike. you can vote right now on wusa9.com. just click on the sports page. since july 30, we have been out here in the sweltering heat of two-a-days at training camp. today, a camp officially breaking here at redskins park. two-a-days are over and the redskin

today the team is expected to remove the interim tag from interim general manager mike rizzo's title. he pulled off the nyger morgan trade and helped sign number one pick stephen strasburg. as for his nationals, starter collin balance is ter lasted an inning and a third against the colorado rockies last night. he gave up three runs, walked five the nationals came up short, losing 5-4 to the rockies. >>> the o's starter couldn't keep it together either. down in tampa, the ray hit three solo home runs off chris tillman. the o's lose 3-1. >>> to the redskins now. tight end chris cooley missed a rareractice on tuesday. he had back spasms. cooley says he ds plano practice today. that's your sports minute. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great thursday. >> 5:21 is the time right now. >> time for traffic and weather. let's go to tom kierein to start us off with a look at our forecast. >> it is a sultry summer morning. good morning. as we look at radar now, we do have a few showers here southwest of fredericksburg. they're slowly drifting off to the north and east. this morning, elsewhere, l

two people close to the deal say assistant general manager mike rizzo is getting the teams gm job. >>> nflshop.com says joe cool jerseys cracked the top 20 most sold jerseys list. jay cutler gets the top spot followed by troy poll malu and then roethlisberger. >>> i'm emily schmidt in washington. strong storms mean more clean-up today with more worries about what is in store. >>> and we have a reality tv contestant now at the center of a murder investigation. his wife's body found in a dumpster. >>> outside we go, 73 degrees as we get set for another thursday morning. >>> lets get a commute check with mark. >> on the marc train brunswick 890 working with a 30-minute delay. brunswick 892 cancelled. other trains and lines of marc look good. light rail and metro subway -- actually, metro subway looking good but light rail dealing with a southbound delay, 20 minutes lay. look for the number 50 bus to be diverted at saint clare and chesterfield. construction on the scene. and 1, 3, 61 and 64 taking a diversion at charles and conway, also construction-related. for the mta transit team, i'm

to be. >> deb: thank you. >> yes. >> he brought him to washington, mike rizzo today named the seniord permanent general manager. hats off to mike once again. >> ray: another great day, second only to the strasburg signing getting mike rizzo tied up with his ability to evaluate talent and just shows the stability of this organization now heading forward, signing all these young guys, spending that kind of money and making that kind of commitment. >> johnny: well they met, milwaukee won the first two, and braden looper, start are for milwaukee tomorrow night against j.d. martin. >> he went 573 innings before he ever got a start. now he has been starting for the last couple years, 10-6 this year, throwing the ball well. j.d. martin only an 0.90 average his last two outings. >> he is 2 for 2, 6.21 e.r.a. don't forget tomorrow, 2:00. very special press cons friends introducing stephen strasburg. bob carpenter will be your host. for ray knight i'm johnny holiday. we'll see you tomorrow here from nationals park. good night. now at chili's -- start your three-course meals with a shared appet

the gm mike rizzo in attendance. nats lead 1-0 and matt holiday takes him to deep left field, a 3-run home run. the cardinals out in front, 3- 1. the top of the 6th, nats down 7-2 and adam dunn gets it done. a solo shot to right field the 35th of the year. the nationals down 7-3. the bottom 6th, cards up 8-3 and albert pujols drives one to deep center field and gives chase, crashes into the wall and that didn't feel too good. brendan ryan scores on the double and the nationals are beaten by the cardinals the second straight night, 9-4. >>> tonight's geico 15 minutes of fame goes to former maryland star kevin barnes who tallied his first professional interception last night for the redskins. it came in the third quarter off the patriots quarterback kevin o'connell and not only was it exciting for the rookie cornerback but necessary. >> last week, i broke up -- and could have intercepted it and was kind of hard on myself. >> do anything special? like keep the football or anything? >> i wish i would have. i was excited,

the feel good week, mark rizzo losing his interim tag and steven strasburg losing his interim status.y still can't stop the other team from having a monster inning. nats included a four-game series against the brewers. the president toppled the sausage. today the brewers would need the presidents and nats -- [ indiscernible ] taking a shutout into the 6th. that's where it fell apart. that one is a long-gone. a two-run shot. milwaukee goes on to win 7-1. they take three of four from the nats. in minnesota o's and twins. watch the effort here by the twins denard spawn. ale he chase down the fly ball. he's running out of territory. aubrey hit it. he makes the catch and then where did he go? he's in the bullpen. great catch. twins win the game 2-1. that you will rough it up for now. we'll be live tomorrow at redskins park. i'm dave feldman. shawn yancy back to wrap up the edge right after this.  julie loves target, it's got the supplies teacher told her to get and for a great deal. she also expects he'll love the sandwich. she expects he'll think of her when he sees the note. so

i think mike rizzo has done a wonderful job trying to get together enough talent to be competitive inhese ballgames and now coming down the stretch in the last 60, you become the spoiler. the one thing that i liked about this team a couple years ago, they knocked the mets out of the playoffs. now, that's how you can really build some character for next year. engage your talent level. it's a little easier to evaluate. >> bob: hanley ramirez did not have a hit in the series until his two at-bats tonight. >> rob: that guy. >> bob: an infield base hit and a clean single to left. jorge cantu is next. >> rob: not hard to evaluate his talent. that kid can play. >> bob: he came in batting .340 leading the league. zach duke zach duke leads all of -- ichiro suzuki leads all of baseball. cantu called out on strikes. i'm sure he remembers the breaking ball under his hands first time. lannan starts him off soft with a strike. by the way, unl under jim riggleman, nats are 9-11. they've won 7-11 and 9-16. remember, they lost their first four games with him as the manager when the cubs came in here a

. >>> mike rizzo pulled off the biggest personnel move today with the signing of stephen strasbourg. >> strange reports began circulating that the deal would be his last. would he be replaced? it turns out he was being promoted. he will take the gm title this afternoon. >>> time for the latest headlines in business news. >> linda bell joins us live from new york. >> good morning to you. the huge government deficit the government is running may be smaller than do think. the deficit will total 1.58 trillion dollars. it is about to wanted $62 billion less than forecast the back in may. the official announcement will come next week when the white house releases its annual budget review. if you need a new dishwasher, it is a sort of cash for clunkers plan for appliances. up to $300 million will be able to subsidize consumer purchases of energy efficient appliances. that means rebates of up $200 per appliance. as for trading, take a look. it looks like we're setting up for a higher open. if we open higher today, it will be three straight days of increases. that is your business news. live

yesterday, mike rizzo was given the permanent gm title. today finally we welcomed our newest addition to washington. ♪[music] ♪   >> bob: now it's time to some success back down there on the field. it has ban rough week between the nats to sweep. with the milwaukee brewers and the last time they got together for a four-game series 53 runs were scored at miller mark. let's talk pitching it is your thing. how about jd martin they need him or someone to start pitching deep near the games. >> rob: he has had a lot of success didn't start out that great. he is getting with it. he is getting more used to the major league level. you see the first four starts. now he is 2-0 below 1 e.r.a. he is starting to throw a lot more strikes down the zone and if you are getting 12 runs that helps. but you know jd martin is like a lot of the other pitchers. they have to continue to progress. when stephen gets here, they are fog toe same hate. looper on the other side, he has not done so great. o-2 a 736 in the last few st

it was rumored yesterday that the diamond jerica put to would get the job but they rewarded rizzo.st accomplishment, signing stephen strasburg. >> i strive under pressure. the better under pressure the better i perform. this is a pressure cooker job. it's 24-7. a lot of tough decisions that have to be made and there is not a lot of lamenting after they are made. >> strasburg will be introduced tomorrow at a press conference at 2:00 p.m. at 6:00 more on the big brouhaha between clinton portis and chris cooley. i haven't seen anything like >> i know some of your yards are dry out there and i know you would like to have a little bit of rain but it looks like we will have to wait for another chance tomorrow and interest saturday. anything this evening will be spotty. on true view, i'll give you an idea of the showers and thunderstorms. they had severe weather up in southern sections of pennsylvania, a tornado warning for a couple of counties up there with a suspected tornado falling out of one of these severe thunderstorms here. that is dying down a little bit, too. we are drying out.

your sports minute starts with the nationals who introduced mike rizzo as the club's general manager yesterday. meanwhile, on the field, the nationals just couldn't catch a break. this is carlos gonzalez with a bloop single for the rbi. then the rockies go on to win it 4-1. they complete the three-game sweep. later this afternoon the nationals will welcome number one overall pick stephen strasburg to town with an on the field news conference. everybody with a ticket to the game is welcome to attend. that starts at 2:00. >>> o's on the road in tampa. reimold hit a three-run home run. they win 8-7. >>> redskins training camp for the most part is over. no more two a days, and no major injuries which any nfl coach will tell you is a victory in itself. now, the redskins would like to see some progress, especially on the offensive side of the ball. jim zorn say he will play his starters until he sees something good against the steelers on saturday night. that's your sports minute. i'm dan hellie. everybody have a great day. >> well, if you haven't been out to the ballpark yesterday this su

there is mike rizzo.is doing a fantastic job and it is just a question of you have to have smarts to go along with talent. >> bob: zimmerman will yield to guzman. two quick outs. >> rob: a guy throws 95 or a guy -- boy, he hits great in batting practice. you have to show it in the game. >> bob: yes. >> bob: right around 60, of all of these put together. jordan zimmermann threw a bullpen yesterday. they're not sure exactly when they're going to bring him back, but he is back and throwing after that rest period for his elbow, and that's good news. and a ball popped up left side off the bat of brandon moss. ryan zimmerman there, and stammen has a great inning as nobody comes close to centering the ball. zimmerman, dunn and willingham coming up! 1?owo j two beers! you got it! are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the new coors light cold-activated can, you're covered. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the

it would mean the end of the line for acting gm mike rizzo. he has had that job since march. >>> the nats and rockies here at home. top of the ninth, he gets a monster solo home run to center. rockies lead 4-2. that was important because in the bomb of the ninth, two on for guzman and he singles to right. belliard comes in to score. the nats trail by one. the next batter, zimmerman, he hits the first and flies out to left to end the game. nats lose 4-3. >>> bret favre is out of retirement again. he signed a deal yesterday with the vikings and wasted no time getting to practice. favre says it just felt right. >> as a lot of friends and family have told me, you won't know unless you take the chance. everyone i have talked to, former, players, coaches, people, they said if you were to go back this is a perfect fit. >> reebok is already cranking out the new favre jerseys. >>> two states two budget problems. ahead what maryland's governor is saying about his state's finances. and in virginia governor kaine calls a special session to order. a previe

. >>> as i mentioned earlier, today's introduction is one day after the announce of mike rizzo officially becoming the nats gm. for the -- general manager. his move to improve the bull pen, his efforts to bring in free agent and the signing of stephen strasburg helped him to earn the position. >> we know we have a lot of work to do but we have a good core of young player and i think we are on the threshold of putting thing unless the right order and being able to become a competitive ball club in the very near future. >> reporter: with all the excitement yesterday the nationals still have to play a game against the rockies. in the 4th with the bases loaded. dukes hits one toward the hole. but stewart scooped it up to end the inning. in the next inning, moss ' wild pitch would score giving the rockies the lead. the nats manage to get one in the outing falling to the rockies 4-1. >>> in the american league, baltimore was on the road in tampa bay. in the 6thinning, bases loaded for brian roberts and he unloads them with a grand slam. that's his 12th home run of the year. orioles win -7. >> t

after reports yesterday that acting gm rizzo would be replaced multiple outlets say he is the one. he played a prominent role in signing strasburg this week. >>> now to nationals park where nationals host colorado. an rbi double to troy in the 1stinning. but washington rallied from that hole in the 5thinning. zimmerman's liner scores guzman from first base. yep, but reliever jorge sosa allowed a homer to carlos gonzalez in the 8th. the series wraps up tonight. the rockies win 5-4. >>> tomorrow stephen straussburg will be introduced. the nats are selling 2,000 tickets for just $1. >>> the redskins coaches are hoping for a better showing from rookies against pittsburgh. coach zorn said his guys played soft and admitted yesterday that draft pick kevin barnes has a long way to go at corner. and if the rookies are having a tough time of winning the respect of veterans they have an even tougher time with greg walsh. >> i don't talk to the rookies or the new guys until they make the team. it is hard enough to cut guys when you have gotten to know them so i don't get close until the final

the associated press reports the nationals will make mike rizzo the permanent general manager as soontoday. he's been the interim gm since march. he will be on hand tomorrow when the nats introduce pitcher stephen strasburg. anyone with a ticket to friday's game and the 2:00 p.m. press conference at nationals park and they will sell tickets for $1 at noon at the ballpark box office. >>> as for last night's game with the rockies, clint was at it again with another solo home run. this shot in the fifth made it 4-1 rockies. the nationals cut the deficit to one run. in the seventh, runners on the corner for adam dunn. full count. yeah, dunn strikes out. nats lose 5-4. >>> the redskins get ready for this weekend's game against the steel everiers, fans are getting ready to tailgate but there are some changes you should know about. this weekend you can only tailgate behind your vehicle. that means smaller parties and probably no tents. also, you won't be able to choose your own space in the parking lot. right now at wusa9.com, check out what we overheard at redskins park on wednesday, includ

he was talking to mike rizzo about not throwing the first pitch out.the next pitch i throw here will be on the mound and 100 miles per hour. they love that about him. he is a gamer and wants to go out and win. he wants to be out there now. i don't think the whole -- going down to florida and throwing bullpens and simulated game will be fun for real long because he is itching to be going and i think he will be up here pretty soon >> johnny: thank you, ben. we'll talk about the starting pitchers when we return and craig stem man will start for the nationals, trying to stop the five-game slide for washington. stay with us. we'll be back in just a moment. coach edwards! the coors light silver ticket promotion is back. how do you play? you play to win. right, so you start with some cold coors light, - you play to win the game. - then you? yes, yes, agreed. ( chuckles ) we were just wondering, do you go online? do you enter a code? hello! you play to win the game! look for the official entry code inside special packs of coors light... for your chance to win

and despite its progressive sheen, let's be honest, philadelphia is the city of frank rizzo, the cityhe bombings and gino's cheese steaks. >> you're saying there's racial strife that's been existing for the existing quarterback. >> donovan mcnabb is about as exciting as eating lentil soup and even he is polarizing in philadelphia. what will michael vick be in philadelphia? >> i'm sure you'll remember when the philly fans booed kobe bryant on his return for the all-stars games. they'll boo everybody. >> i think they'll embrace vick if they see a win, a reason he's making the eagles a little better. i don't know, and i want to hear dave talk about this, will vick be responsible for one win that the eagles wouldn't have had if he hadn't been there, especially late in the season, perhaps in december/january? i'm not sure he's going to do that. what do you think, dave? >> i think he's going to make a huge impact on the team. and i'll tell you why. right now michael vick has the sixth highest winning percentage of any quarterback in the national football league, and he's of one -- >> 52% ac

and yesterday announced that mike rizzo is the permanent gm and then today they welcomed stephen to washington press conference that you saw. we'll take a break and come back and we'll look at what happened last night, a tough loss for mock to the colorado rockies. they hung tough. we'll touch on that and more to come after these messages here on masn. brewers. now at chili's -- start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, then share a decadent dessert. chili's --  >>> we're back at nationals park, this was last night a very interesting situation in the 5th inning with garrett mock pitching to carlos gonzales. they thought they struck him out. and gonzales get as bloop hit and all of a sudden rockies go ahead and win the game 4-1. >> they did and it was -- it was one of those deals that, you think that the guys and the umpire and second base says it is a foul. it was a tip ball. and that's what you end up with. starting pitcher for tomorrow for the series actually. >> you can see mock and they pitch well. they hung tough. and i

hot day, but the changes in the think pitching staff, the way the attitude is playing, riggleman, rizzoll club. finally relaxation and putting together over a month quality ball games. this kid is special. just hope he stays healthy. there's to question he is going to be successful in the big leagues. >> and when we talk about time's pitching match-ups, once again, the nationals, you thought this kid tonight was tough, jimenez, they have another guy that's just as tough in marquise. >> that's correct. he has 17 quality starts this year. he's been over 7 innings in 16 of those. he has a breaking ball, more of a breaking ball pitcher, sinker ball,, a lot of ground balls. in 157 innings, just 78 strikeouts. balester, a 29 mile an hour fastball. his last two outings has been rough. 10 runs in his last nine outings, but a guy that's on the rise, and hopefully he'll be one of those guys that continues to get better as he goes out there on the mound and gets more experience. >> and balester getting his 6th start tomorrow night. marquise an all stair right handed for the colorado rockies, and h

he was scouted by our own mike rizzo. sinking fastball down an way or change-up and he unloads on it.   >> bob: another talented young  man with a lot of speed.  2   more homers for rockies and 142 on the year. second in the league only to the phillies.   1-2.    so they have hit 5 home run this series, and the home team is zero.   that's the great hitting co former manager of rockies, don baylor. he was the manager in the mid- 90. i remember going the play him when he was managing. if it was not going well for his pitcher he would pinch hit for the starting pitcher in the third for 4th inning knows he had the offense the score lots of runs. he had an amazing offensive ballclub. >> that's a good change autopsy way for the strikeout -- change- up away for the strikeout strikeout.   >> bob: strikeout fowler. strikes outweigh too much f young man. needs to put the ball on the

you have to give credit to mike rizzo and stan kasten and positive things are starting to happen. >>he good thing is it is lannan tomorrow and you know he is going to bounce back from that five earned runs the last time out. >> i think so. he is the best pitcher we have on our staff. [ and game number two, florida marlins and the washington nationals. nats have now won seven of their last 10 and finally snapped this strig against the florida marlins dating back to september 23rd of twite. we'll look for two in a row against florida starting tomorrow night. the nationals take out the marlins with six in the eighth, the final is 6-4. we'll see you tomorrow night at the ballpark! and trade talks. >> plaxico burress, good news for antonio pierce. find out the latest on the two stars and their legal issues for both players have had to endure for a month. >> >> we are helping stay current here on espnews, alongside mike yam. i'm anish shroff. we were sort of talking among ourselves in the news room. how do you explain albert pujols going into the slump? since matt halladay arrives. apparen

one of mike rizzo's signings while he was with the arizona diamondbacks was dan uggla for $1,000 out the university of memphis. >> rob: that's a good sign, but wasn't he a rule five to the marlins? >> bob: yes. >> rob: pretty good rule five. good evaluators over there. how about santana, rule five from the astros to the twins. wish they had him back in houston, don't they? >> bob: yeah, that's lightning in a bottle right there. 3-1. another strike on the corner. >> rob: he drops below the three quarter right here and throws a nice, little slide feet, outside black. gets call. pitch track right there. >> bob: this pitch could decide how the rest of this night? going to go. a 3-2 with two men aboard on a pitch up and that's why you don't throw to second base on the previous play. it gets the marlins an extra run and now it's 5-4. one of those runs, in fact, both of them charged to sean burnett. 5-4 now. uggla differs his second and third rbi's of the night. >> rob: well, this pitch is too fat right here. he goes for the strike instead of the strikeout. right across the heart of the pla