we'll leave it there now, michael brune of the sierra club and robert bryce of the manhattan institute. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: stay with us, coming up on the newshour: efforts to stop young tunisians from joining terrorists at home and in the wider middle east. confronting economic challenges that heighten racial divides in the u.s. and, a tale of youth, morality and murder. jonathan franzen on his new novel, "purity." president obama is one senate vote away from clinching the iran nuclear deal. opponents need 67 votes to block the nuclear agreement-- that's enough votes to override an expected presidential veto. to win out, the president, therefore needs 34 votes. today his total reached 33, thanks to the support of two senate democrats, chris coons of delaware and bob casey of pennsylvania. the controversial accord aims to restrict iran's nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. senator casey joins us now from capitol hill. senator casey, thank you for being here. this deal has been the subject of millions of dollars worth of negativ

robert: that was bryce harper. he is not only upset about the fans leaving early in this one but because they are five games back from the mets in the n.l. east race. go inside nats park and pick it up in the fourth inning. it was fun early, the mets lead 3-0. ramos, crushes one to deep left field. out of here. the crowd goes nuts. nats take a 4-3 lead after the grand slam. but the mets took the lead. cespedis gave new york insurance. david wright, he is going to try to score from first. he is safe at the plate. mets score three in the eighth inning and go on to win. 8-5 was the final. the nats are five games back off the mets with a disappointing clubhouse. >> even thinks they could have done better today. starts with me. i know i can pitch better. i give them credit. i am not here to shy away from that. i'm sure everybody in the clubhouse thinks they could have done something better today. robert: switching things up here. big night in college football. virginia tech hosng the number one team in the country. ohio

robert: they are holding bryce harper out of this game for the altercation. but they are trying to finish the season strong. four up over the reds right now. max:00er with a no-hitter through seven innings. so some good to take away from this. jonathan: stampedes in the annual pilgrimage claims hundreds of lives. how the hospital and the volunteers work to sidefy the victims. that's coming up. >> what donald trump would do if elected that would frustrate some voters. jonathan: typhoon makes landfall in taiwan. you won't believe how much rain is expected to fall. alison: around the world now, hundreds of taliban fighters launched early morning attack today in afghanistan. the fighters stormed the strategic northern city. battles with government forces were still underway in at least four locations. a taliban spokesman said they seized the city and searched the hospitals for wounded government troops. jonathan: the death toll from last week's hajj stampede risen to 769 people. according to the saudi state-run media. 934 others reported injuried. some country qu

robert: john wall donated $400,000 to a homeless shelter, bright beginnings, for children. goingan: next year, bryceonathan papelbon going to be here? robert: one of them will not be here, i will say that much. jonathan: that is a bold production. alison: i'm guessing they will not be on the team together. still to come -- bringing beer to breakfast? jonathan: yes! jonathan: jonathan papelbon suspended after a dugout fight with bryce harper is the top trending story on wjla.com. nasa says there is water on mars, which means there could be life, too. workatching rain for the week. steve's full forecast and much more at wjla.com. alison: you have probably heard of cakes and eggs, but how about pancakes and pilsners? this person from kentucky created beer syrup. they were trying to make a new that it wasecided better as a pancake topping. topping. he says the product can also be used as a glaze on meat and fish. jonathan: so you concerned that the hair of the dog if you have had a rough night before. alison: those will sell out in college towns. steve: tomorrow will be dry in the morning, by the aftern

robert: papelbon is out for the rest of the season. not that there was much left. after the chokehold of the team superstar bryce harper. >> we were at the game. we didn't see the fight. we heard about it after on twitter. i didn't want to show the kids the video. robert: papelbon is one of baseball's most controversial players. he still has one year left on the contract with washington. >> would you want to see papelbon back next year? >> no. >> no. he and seven others and maybe the manager. robert: despite everything that happened the nats fans today, the washington nationals try to end the seasoning on a good note. i'll show how they tried to do it today. max scherzer man on fire. no-hitter, strike-out and wins it. the nationals beat the reds 5-1. trying to end on a good note. matt williams told us he held out bryce harper for his role in the altercation. that is all for sports. maureen, back to you. maureen: thank you so much, robert. looks pretty out there. steve: really nice. warm out there. it's low 80's. i want to show you this. estimated rainfall total. may be on the conservative side. we could see betw

robert: very bad timing. it goes back to spring training, bryce harper talking about the rain.ring that up. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. nats tonight against the phillies, one of those games where you say the season is over. top of the first, this goes to center. error, a. taylor, huge four phillies will score. nats go down 8-2. that was quick, leon, it's over. more fun on the base paths, boston. big papi powers want to write. ne to right. two runs scored. the red sox shutout the o's 7-0. playing thursday night means the redskins have extra time to their loss to the giants behind them. next up, the eagles. according to head coach jay gruden, there is a chance to sean jackson may be ready to play. ,ne guy you will not see soon cornerback deangelo hall. you will be sidelined three to four weeks with a partially torn ligament in his to go. -- a partially torn ligament in his toe. washington's defense could not get the giants out of rhythm, the g men causing all sorts of problems for kirk cousins. the redskins lost whatever momentu

robert: tonight we saw with the nationals were supposed to be all season, stephen strasburg dominating, and at the same time bryce harper leading the offense. they had fun doing it tonight. the philadelphia phanatic doing to. bryce harper steals the keys. dude, where are my keys? he gets them back after they have fun. top of the eighth, bryce harper goes yard. his second bomb of the game. nats go up 4-0. stephen strasburg tied a career-high 14 strikeouts on the night. the nationals win 4-0. o's and red sox, manny machado smashes a solo shot to center, his 29th of the season. the orioles take the lead, but is not last. travis shaw, same spot. that ties it at 5-5, which is where we stand right now in the 13th inning. redskins news, safety duke ihenacho's season is over. he was placed on the injured reserve list with a broken wrist. peyton manning was on the report today.y he was a full participant at practice today with a back injury. quarterback is coming off a less than impressive game against the ravens. he downplayed the report, saying that he would like to make up the injury list. >> the corporal tunnel from a

robert: no postseason for the nationals. ,even games left in the season and the frustration is at an all-time high. bottom of the eighth against the phillies, bryceout. he makes his way to the dugout, and when he gets there, he and jonathan papelbon exchange words. shortly after, the fireworks start. harborn papelbon gets with the chokehold. they both talked after the game. is a lot of testosterone, a lot of intensity. for me, i cannot deny it happened in the middle of a game. we will allow the manager to handle that. in that light of a, i'm wrong. >> jonathan papelbon said he was the first to say he was wrong. it he say that to you? bryce: he apologized, whatever, i really don't care. six days, that's what happens. hopefully we go forward and i do what i can the next six days and just play the games. he does that, then he does this. the ninth inning, two run shot, the phillies take the lead. nats lose 12-5. the wheels on the bus don't go round and round anymore, they are falling off. sunday, nfl football, bengals-ravens. quarter,in the fourth andy dalton hits a.j. green in stride, 80 yard touchdown strike. draftr has him in fantasy , the bengals