scherzer late to jump to cover first. runner safe. but max keeps his cool and throws home and gets the out there. first game back, ready to move on from the finger storyline. >> yeah, it's fine. finger is good. >> able to throw normal grip? >> yeah, finger finger. i'm basing it on starting the season at the regular time, and i really shouldn't miss a turn in the rotation. so considering where i was at and coming in to spring training to not have to go to the dl, that's a huge feat. >> with the timing, he'll probably get to start in the third game. as for the wizards, they cannot lose tonight. they know this. you can see it in their eyes. the laser focus. as they go through the motions at shoot around this morning. they're hosting the hawks. they have lost four straight while the wizards have lost two in a row, with the conference leading cavaliers in the wings, and a four-game trip out west around the corner, they need to switch gears and fast. >> tough weekend for us. i mean, tough march for us. a lot of away games. we have to take c

scherzer gave up no runs in 5 innings, and harper and turner each had two home runs. the nats crush it. >>> san diego, things are downright depressing. the football team is packing up and moving out and the padres suck. they are dead last in the cactus league and now the city is trying to lure a major league soccer team, and they opened up to the fans to vote on a potential new team for the name. here's the facebook page where it's happening, they have tennessee -- they have taken it down to 20 name the. footy mcfoot face, and it's blowing away the competition. the san diego bad hombres. people saying if you name them footy mcfoot face, i will by season tickets forever. [ laughter ] >> major league soccer, don't know if it's going to happen, but people say if we vote for the name, it's going to be the name of the team, but they are not committing to anything at this point. this is why we can't have nice things. democracy is dead, and people cannot be trusted. >> that's why our new service dog, we are giving you three names to choose from. >> newsy mcscript face. we wi

also what scherzer hit on the radar going against him. tebow goes down, three straight pitches, 96, 97, and another 97 miles per hour. straight heat! good outing for scherzer who strikes out over five scoreless innings. bryce harper continuing to rake. harp with two home runs in the game, including a towering shot in the fourt this spring. trey turner also homers twice as the nats blank the mets, 6-0. >>> buck showalter and the orioles taking on the red sox today. keep an eye on this guy as roster decisions are being made. trey mancini now batting .357 this spring, 3 for 3 today, including this two-run double in the fourth. playing right field this afternoon, the number five prospect in the o's organization doing his best to stay up with the big league club. tied at five in the fifth. former nats catcher sends a shot to left. j joey rickard cannot find it in the sun. check the stands. grand slam for leon. red sox win it 11-9. they'll be at nats park for an exhibition game on friday. >>> as for the caps, on they're on the road. but before

meanwhile, down in florida - nats ace max scherzer makes his first start of the spring. the pitcher has been sidlined while he recovers from a knuckle stress factor. facing the cardinals - scherzer pitched into the 5th inning.. striking out 4 and giving up 2 runs. nationals home opener is now just 11 days away! it's national puppy day! we want to see your cute pic pups. send them to us with the hashtag gmw puppy - and we're gettign a ton already! jummy olabanji is in the newsroom - jummy? it's 5: and time for a check on weather. - another unseasonably cool day - 60s return tomorrow - 70s saturday (first weekend of spring) - spring showers late sunday today: mostly sunny. unseasonably cool. highs: 47-50 winds: n to s 5 mph tonight: partly becoming mostly cloudy. not as cold. lows: 30-35 winds: s 5 mph friday: mostly cloudy. breezy & milder. isolated shower early, mainly north. highs: 62-66 winds: s 5-15 g 25 mph kidd o'shea in the now.. chance the rapper sure loves his hometown of chicago. following the announcement earlier this month that he's donating a million dollars

more good baseball news for national fans max scherzer is back.ress fracture. he will not get opening day start but scherzer is on schedule to start the first week of the season. >> coming out here throwing 70 pitches muchly now we're looking at that 85, 90 pitch out. that's good news i'm basing on pace to start the regular season on time. and i really shouldn't miss a turn in the rotation so considering where i was at and coming into spring training to not have to go to dl, that's a huge feat. >> sad news out of the baseball world though t long time manager dallas green who helped the phillies win their first world series championship back in 1980 has died. he was 82 years old. he had been in poor health for a couple of years but he spent baseball. as a player a manager general manager team president other roles in the game. managed the new york yankees, new york mets, was general manager and president of the chicago cubs. >>> wizards faced the hawks. behind big time early. they got it done not from the three-point line. 11 for 34 but they capita

max scherzer throwing to live hitters.erzer recovering from a stress fracture in his ring finger. as for today, betts making himself very welcome in more than one way. top of the first, he's taking joe ross deep to give boston a 1-0 lead. very next batter hramirez back o back home runs for the red sox. nats fall to the red sox 5-3. over at rfk stadium the u.s. women's national team taking on france in the she believes cup. >> notice how bogdanovic, how open he was. >> >> that's going to change. they're going to be starting -- >> it creates the spacing. if it's not him, it's going to be -- >>starting to hit the threes. >> great to have somebody new who fits in so quickly. >> that's right. >>> breaking news tonight. horror on the tracks. a train slams into a bus packed with passengers. several are dead. a frantic rush to pull dozens injured from the wreckage. >>> raging battle over health care. as democrates and republicans slug it out. high anxiety across america. what about all those left hanging in the balance? >>> the ci

scherzer is on schedule first week of the season and today 73 pitch outing has scherzer rights on scheduleo make his first regular season start. >> coming out here throwing 70 pitches and looking now we're looking at 85, 90 pitch next time out that's good news and basically on pace to start the regular season on time and you know i really should not miss a turn of rotation. considering where i was at and coming into spring training to not go to dl that's a huge fee. >> and this week women's basketball team interprets advance over west vir ver and all anyone can talk about is 75 foot buzzer beater by destiny slowcome it was not game winner but best shot of tournament men or women and that coupled with getting a lot of attention. today at practice destiny did it again. not a 75 footer but a buzzer beater with the clock hitting zero. there it goes. the teen was celebrating like it was a buzzer beater practicing for this weekend oregon and bridgeport connecticut if they get past the ducks yukon husky as wait. they don't doubt chances in connecticut and they definitely don't doubt exist any clu

max scherzer went 4 2/3, gave up two runs and struck out four. michelle: i like her. she knows what she wants and puts it out there to see who will bite. robert: the espys. daunting. see what happens. michelle: a big order. doug, cold night tonight. doug: look at the forecast. we drop to 20's. maybe the lower 20's in outlying areas. 27 downtown. sunshine, 49 tomorrow. warmer and then up to 62. we have a warmup for saturday and we'll talk about the cherry blossoms and the cold tonight at 11:00. michelle: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir is coming up next. have a great night. >>> tonight, terror on the streets of london. at least four dead including a police officer. carnage, panic and gunfire under big ben. parliament on lockdown. people running for their lives. tonight, the hunt for a motive and possible terror ties. the u.s. under increased security. we have team coverage. >>> gop health care on life support. on the eve of the major vote, president trump's last chance to convince republican holdouts. and now the white house saying there is no plan "b."

scherzer als max to 5 inches possible around the metro area, hiram mounce to the north, lesser amountser amounts to the north, lesser amounts to the south and east. jonathan: jimmy kimmel is next. alison: have a good night. (vo)have to happen?idn't i didn't see it. (vo) what if we could go back? what if our car... could stop itself? in iihs front-end crash prevention testing, nobody beats the subaru impreza. not toyota. not honda. not ford. the all-new subaru impreza. more than a car, it's a subaru. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight, the bachelor nick viall and his fiance. from "this is us," milo ventimiglia. and it's mashup monday with music from the ok go-go's. and now, with all due respect, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: very nice. welcome. hello, i'm jimmy the host. thank you for watching. thank you for coming. thanks. very nice of you tonight. i'm going to admit, i needed that. i did, i needed that tonight. this has been a difficult day for a lot of people.

in florida, mack scherzer threw his first live batting session.n't female pain with the fastball grip. the rest of the team is taking on the red sox. top of the first, hanley ra mir mez sends it high and deep. solo home run. 2-0 boston. bottom of the first, anthony rindone turns on the rodriguez pitch and it goes to the corner. harper scores from first. the nats lose by t i know. jonathan: coming up tonight we have jay from redskins.com two will join us. we are going to get into free agency. jonathan: don't freak out. alison: quib check of the -- a quick check of the forecast. doug: we will have the period of showers through 4 verz when a cold front comes through. rapid clearing after that. we talk about the gusty showers at 11:00 and the weekend snow. you have seen it in the forecast. colder by the weekend. possibility of the snow that is here on monday. >> maybe one last weekend to ski. doug: maybe. jonathan: no pressure. doug: don't get too optimistic. alison: "world news tonight" with david muir coming up. jonathan: thank you for bp uses flir

nicole -- max scherzer made shot work of him. the nats had no problems hitting. tray turner and bryce harper hit a pair of home runs as the nats shut out the mets 6-0. the final four is set. oregon, south carolina, oregon, south carolina,a. gonzalez, north carolina. this is down to the wire. kentucky and unc tied at 73. final seconds luke may nails the jumper to give the tar heels the win and the trip to the final four. you may think being the hero would entitle him to take it easy but here he is ready to go for 8:00 a.m. class and received a standing ovation. not sure if it's for the shot or making it to class so early. but nonetheless, it is always nice to be recognized by your peers. congratulations to him. finally the nfl owners approved the oakland raiders move to las vegas today. it the miami dolphins. i guess they felt they could have exhausted more options to try and stay in oakland. jonathan: they are dolphins. they like the water. they don't like nevada. they like to be on the coast. thank you. michelle: we have a nice warmup going. doug: yeah. today in

baseball, florida, max scherzer on the mound today.he 2016 national league cy young winner had been sidelined until his started a. he pitched into the fifth, gave outfour,ns, struck but he considers today a success. max: got my pitch count up, executing all the off-speed pitches, so came out pretty good. my knuckle is fine. getting through that injury. robert: and the championship game of the world baseball classic, the u.s. is leading puerto rico4-0 in the seventh inning. alison: the temperatures are really important night for the blossoms. steve: exactly. they are at the puffy white stage today. , anything24 to 28 that has bloomed will probably not look so great this time tomorrow. we should have a spike in the blooms saturday, with what's left of the blooms. milder next week. it's just a bummer that last week we had the snow and sleet and consecutive temperatures in the 20's, and tonight we are getting more cold weather. a lot of folks in town to check them out. they look pretty any way that you look at it. michelle: jimmy kimmel li

. >>> opening day is less than a month away and scherzer is trying to recover.e nationals aide suffered a stress fracture. throwing off the mound for the first time this spring. live batting practice session under the watchful eye of manager dusty baker. mooky betts. making himself very comfortable and takes joe ross deep to give boston a 1-0 lead. this ramirez more of the same, back-to-back home runs for the red sox. giving up three hits and two runs. fall to boston 5-3. today caps last practice before heading out west. looking to get back on the right track after the loss to dallas. a three-game road trip to california starting thursday in san jose. >> always is going to cali. good bonding time here. >> going on the road will be good for us as a group. and playing in some hostile environments, san jose is not an easy place to go into. >> to soccer u.s. women's national team taking on france. americans down one in the minute. a nice move puts france up 2-0. france back on the attack. the cross finds camille abby lee in front for her second goal of the game. fra

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and scherzer hit on the radar. 96, 97 miles an hour. straight heat. good outing. strikes out seven. innings. offensive side of things. bryce harper continuing to rake. two home runs. the towering shot in the fourth. now with eight home runs this spring. trey turner also homers twice. 6-0. going to be a busy spring. >> save some for next monday. >> opening day, week from today. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. maybe that's why we've been ranked highest in customer satisfaction by jd power 4 years in a row. and now you can love fios too. get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. all for $79.99 per month, for the first year with a two-year agreement. it's the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. plus get hbo for a year and free multi-room dvr service for two years. and verizon wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, data-free. get the best. go to ge

matt scherzer will be ready. he threw 28 pitches in a simulated game. all went well but still opening day starter on april 3rd, if not he'll make the start on april 12th at home against the cardinals. opening day which is great. talking about snow. >> right. >> both so close >> coming up. >>> lot of places gotten first inch of snow and starting to really come down. big questions remain will there be a lot of mixing? look at the radar picture. a thing of beauty. mike thomas is dreaming about this, i assure you right now. >> i also have to point out that by drum point that is a sleet line. that we got to watch that we feel good about the snow totals we think again it's a two to six range through the beltway but goes six to ten inches frederick eight to 12. it's the biggest snow of the year for sure. it looks like it will deliver >> lot of schools closed and folk have been asking about prince george's county have not heard from them yet. we're going on early tomorrow morning, 4:00 to give you the latest. >>> the office of personnel management expects to ma

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