in the case of stephen strasburg, will it be shut down early?ing streak going today, but the braves, tigers red sox, and the presumed favorites the dodgers are in the front. from not making the cut to greenbrier to a 67 at the british open tiger woods is officially in the hunt for his 15th win. take a look. tiger with a birdie putt. he does to four under and then on the 18th, tiger doing what he can do best, in the bunker. in and out for the birdie, an incredible shot. he shot 6 under debate but he knows there is a lot of golf yet to be played. -- he shot 6 under today. >> this golf course we have not seen it yet, the wind we are supposed to get around this place. that is saying something. >> more british open, the sixth hole there you go, the leader, snedeker with a very long birdi put. yes, and he did. he tied the open record. pretty cool. our shot of the day comes from owen behind the hole, and it goes right in. he finished at two over par. and the decision to keep or get rid of the jupiter and a statue on the campus of penn state will be mad

do not pitch to stephen strasburg. here comes danny espinosa and the nats take the 1-0 lead. strasburg hitting .385 on the year. bottom 6 and strasburg this is what he gets pate for. the moneymaker, the right hand. strikes out seven and bottom 9 though. marlins have chance. bases juiced and infante off clippard, i got it he got it. bryce harper's got it. great catch despite all the traffic. don't worry everybody our 19- year-old is just fine. nats win 460 and strasburg -- 4- 0 and strasburg wins number 10. >> they kept on getting hits out there so that's something that you know i can't control. have to keep trying to pound and zone and you know we played some great defense today and really got me off the hook. bernie can track anything down and you know in? big ballpark i wanted to go out there and pitch to contact and you know and use our good defense. >> he used his fastball more than re lied on the off -- relied on the offspeed stuff and tricking hitters and he made better pitches in a jam. made great pitches in location but everything was off the fastball. >> now today's g

stephen strasburg house is teammate with a base hit. .385. incredible. 1-0 nats. next batter singles to right. 2-0, nats. top of the sixth. michael morris action. base hit. ryan zimmerman hustles home from second and the nationals when 4- 0. -- win 4-0. >> that is the kind of stephen strasburg that i have grown to love. when he does that, it is just going to be, his pitch to be down more. he had two or three rough jams. >> check out this pitch. grounds one past robert andino. still struggling. the orioles lose 4-0. well, it might be the biggest year yet in kevin durant's caree. he is one of the emerging leaders on the young usa team. they are in d.c. today during up for our friendly tomorrow against brazil. 56hiw5hiweu4qn5hqw durant has texted his high school coach. >> i am so honored to be from here. i have walked the streets of d.c. and pt county, and ben a kid like those kids -- and p.g. county. i want to share my story with people and get inspired. and want to make it as well. >> 17th hole. troy madision. 60foot putt for eagle. right in. 20 under par. johnson

while gio was doing his thing, stephen strasburg was getting loose and pitched bottom of the 4th.ore he could melky cabrera makes it count, 8-0 national league. harper likes it from the dugout. cabrera goes to show some young to former yankee teammate robinson cano and he gives him no love. strasburg pitched a scoreless 4th but needed help from his defense. he got it from ryan braun. here's harper making his all- star debut in the 5th. he would walk his first at bat and put those cleats to work here. that's buster posey. deep to left. josh hamilton tracks it down. bryce tags

stephen strasburg. when will he be shut down?been understood since spring training nationals general manager mike rizzo said, yes, stephen strasburg will be shut down at some point this season because he's only one year removed from tommy johns surgery. exact same thing they did with jordan zimmerman. nobody noticed or really cared with george zimmerman because they weren't winning. now they are winning. i asked stephen strasburg a short time ago if he's finally had a chance to sit down with mike rizzo and talk about their plan. >> nope. just keeping it easy for me. just do what i can out there and just keep the routine in between the same and just try to get better. it's hard when you keep getting asked that question. what can you do? you know sh it's something that's going to take -- all going to work out when it happens. right now i'm focusing on pitching and doing my best to take care of business and do my job every fifth day. we got second half of baseball here. still got to get a lot of things that can happen. can't count t

so continue to do that, we're going to be all right. >> stephen strasburg on the hill tonight, need to keep an eye on the horse because last time out his stint ended early as he suffered from the heat. it ain't no cooler tonight. so how strasburg deals with the elements will be an interesting story line. we shall see. >>> d.c.'s newest professional head coach is throwing out the first pitch. new capitals head man adam oates, is the latest to do the honors. oates was inducted into the hall of fame the same day he was named head coach. >>> tiger put on the show last week coming from behind to win his own tourney. he liked it so much he decided to remain in the area. woods jumping over to west virginia to play the greenbrier classic for the first time. woods looking sort of like a rookie on those greens, hadn't played it, not able to read the greens yesterday, 31 putts. today, though, better. radar mocked on the pin here, great approach on 7. he birdied the hole, but then are those cumulus clouds, anny? >> yes. >> there you go. rain and thunderstorms coming through, tiger now plus-1 in da

the nats may pitch stephen strasburg.is plugged in as well as anyone says it could be as high as 180, which would be about three more starts than originally thought. gets him closer to the end of the year, that's good. team u.s.a. in barcelona. another warmup for the olympics. kevin durant and lebron. this is a nice combination. got to like that. later, washington, d.c. pulls up and hits the jumper. team u.s.a. slides, severe, winning alert day. they win by 20. all right. it is the most highly anticipated redskins training camp since, i don't think there has been another camp more anticipated than this. robert griffin, iii, is in ashburn right now. all players must report for training camp. here's something to get the football juices flowing. 16, as in 16 days until the first preseason game. wow. redskins at buffalo on thursday night. griffin speaks to the media. keep it right here because we'll have it for you. the redskins waved chase today. he played at virginia and played well. he picked off nine passes the last coupl

that's roughly 7.7 runs her game and tonight with stephen strasburg -- per game and tonight with stephenasburg on the hill you wouldn't think they'd need that many to get the win, right? the nats with their all-star jerseys, there's tuesday's game and gonzalez and jamie johnson holding up a strasburg jersey. nats down 1-0. tyler colvin had a home run earlier. top of the 7th still 3-6. jonathan herrera bunting, gorzelanny dives and get herrera barely, but later he'd give up two more runs. bottom of the 9th 5-0, nats down. ryan zimmerman prevents the shutout, solo shot to the left, but nats still fall to the rockies. strasburg suffers his third straight loss for the first time in his career and for some reason that colvin guy has been a problem for those nats. >> all it is just executing pitches. if you throw a mistake and he's going to hit it just like any other guy in the league. just for some reason we've been making more mistake pitches to him than the other guys. >>> coming up tiger woods to get back in the winners circle, but if body language has anything to say about it, he's not ha

. >> bryce harper, gio gonzalez and stephen strasburg all made noise last night.arper probably wasn't as sharp as he would have liked, but in the end, it doesn't matter, as the national league just rolled. the nats all-stars getting early love from the crowd. there's harper and stephen strasburg. gio gonzalez tied for the major league in wins. bases loaded. pablo sandoval, he takes justin ver left-hander to deep right. this is a near grand slam after it bounces off the base of the wall. three runs come into score, and 's 4-0 national league. in the third, here comes gio. gets hamilton to ground out into the double play. he allowed one hit and a walk. bottom of five now, the kid bryce harper in left field. mike napoli pops it up. harper says i got it, i got it, where is it? c'mon, harp. that's a clown catch, bro. you've got to get that one. he was also caught down in a base run as well. a rally, gets a good piece of this one, but not nearly enough. jay bruce makes the catch. the national league gets the 8-0 win, securing home field advantage. afterwards, harper tal

the first half of the season is over for the nationals and everybody except bryce harper, and stephen strasburge nats enter the all-star break with the second best record 49-34. today versus the rockies bottom of the 4th nats trailing 1 -0. ian desmond who homered yesterday with a full count does it again, two-run shot to deep center field and heads into the break with 17 homers and 51 r.b.i.s. the nats were up one. jordan zimmerman left after seven innings. he had a two-run lead, but we're tied in the 9th and tyler clippard uncorks the wild pitch and the rockies get their first lead 4-3. bottom 9 nats have a chance, but jesus flores strikes out. nats fall to the rockies 4-3 and enter the break with a 49- 34 record. >> i think everybody feels good and they're looking for the break. they've battled hard. we've had a lot of close games. everybody from the offense to the bullpen, starting pitch has been outstanding and good time for a break, come back in our division looking forward to the second half. >>> the wimbledon gentlemen's final 30-year-old roger federer versus 25-year-old andy murray, in

cliff lee 1-6 versus stephen strasburg 11-4. >> we like that and will hear more about the nats. >>> we are going to talk football because we have reason to be hopeful. it is only the fifth day of practice at training camp and already injury bug is biting one part of the team specifically hard in a terrible place. chick hernandez out at the park. how is it looking? >> reporter: it is looking pretty good. i can't believe kelly went first. i'm kind of hurt by that. >> get used to it. >> reporter: ladies first. mother nature tried to mess up practice today. about an hour and 15 minutes lightning hit ashburn and those guys made a bee line for the practice bubble. the practice bubble playing major dividends. there is trouble on the offensive line. you have jamal brown waiting on his right hip and mri result. guys have to fill the void. and also jordan black. who is jordan black you might ask? he is an eight year vet who last played in jacksonville in 2010. you heard me right. he has been out of football for a year. he's back. >> phone rings and you find out who it is what goes through you? >

. >> stephen strasburg. another topic around a water cooler today is hamels starting a six year, $144 million deal. it is the biggest contract for a philadelphia athlete ever, and the second biggest for a pitcher in baseball. there's a great story developing in state college, pennsylvania. the ballplayers are staying together and urging all penn staters, past and present, to rally around them. >> we know there will be tough times ahead. we know what the coaches are made and what the university is madoff. we will stick together to get through this thing to the end. >> he then said "we are penn state forever." tonight, coaching the all-star team against chelsea in a friendly. >> maybe they will make a movie out of bus one day, another one said. it looks ♪ ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scary time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supports overturning roe versus wade. romney backe

we know stephen strasburg can hit but he can pitch. fanned seven over six innings, picki picking up his tenth win. >>> the knicks acquired felton from portland. kidd was arrested for driving intoxicated after driving his suv into a telephone pole and now according to sources knicks will not re-signing lyn. he signed with the rockets. the knicks have until tuesday to match tuesday's office but it appears lyn-sanity is over in new york. >>> the biggest fan made the catch of the day. teixeira, bat goes flying into the crowd. a lucky fan made the grab and doing the right thing by being in the perfect spot and that is spike lee. even showed off his swing. by the looks of that hack, he might want to stick to directing. that's a look at sports on on "early today." >>> madonna em broadwayed in french politics. a self-appointed judge for "american idol" judge. and katie says no is to suri. >>> plus, we'll introduce to you a one-of-a-kind mayor of this alaskan town. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today" on this monday

bryce harper and stephen strasburg both making their first appearance.ustin verlander got the start for the american league and got roughed up. he didn't get any help on defense. derek jeter throws it in the dirt. five runs came to plate in the 1st. yikes. gio worked a perfect inning with a strikeout. he gives jeeter the groundout. stephen strasburg struggled a little bit as well but a double play after giving up a leadoff single. he got out of the inning unscathed as well. bryce harper, though, he didn't fair as well. walked in the first at-bat, struck out in the second. also misplayed a ball in the outfield and in the end the national league shuts out the american league 8-0 the final. think if the nationals are in the world series, they get home field advantage. also last night's mvp is melky cabrera from the san francisco giants. i'm kristen berset. that's a quick look at sports. have a great wednesday. >>> there was an illegal shadow campaign to get d.c. mayor vincent gray into office. more on that storying up. >>> in our next your money segment, ho

yeah, it's a lot of excitement and who's that stephen strasburg guy again? >> i know.ve got to talk about ian desmond quick. pulled from the all-star game because of a strained oblique. he was handed picked by tony larussa, but he's been playing with this injury for a month. i know you were surprised by the injury. i was. >> he hit a home run on saturday. he hit a home run sunday, too and he's going the other way with the ball. so yeah, i think we were all very surprised by this because we all thought he was healthy. i guess he's hitting .340 and eight home runs since supposedly the injured happen. >> thanks so much -- injury happened. >> thanks so much. >>> still to come tonight, the president makes his pitch to extend some of the tax cuts. >> why repairs to the washington monument may take a lot longer than first expected. >> but first teenagers struggling to survive find an alternative to dropping out of school next on hero central. >>> getting through a typhoon can be fun, but it can be rough at times. >> it can and imagine trying to do it with no home, no parents,

stephen strasburg has never pitched on his birthday. london now. >> we should be saying that. >> this ain't my job. this is dan's job. but he is in london, so here we go. in 2010 he won the day after his birthday. last year he was still recovering from tommy john's surgery. today, though he was on the mound for his 24th birthday. while he got nice presents from his teammates, the braves were not playing nice. bottom of the first, two on, two out, mike morris crushes this ball 465 feet to center. the longest home run in nationals history. ryan zimmerman another three-run shot. nats on top 6-0. they would go up 9-0 on that one. but the braves down 9-8. michael bourne drills this to right. two runs score on his triple. it's the second blown save for clippard. but it ain't over until it's over. bottom of the ninth. solo shot. headed to extras. the braves just went ahead 11-10 in the 11th. the game ain't over yet. >>> orioles and the indians top of the third 4-1 o's. three-run shot, orioles up. taking this one deep to right 600th career home

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stephen strasburg leads the majors with 122 strikeouts. gonzales is not far behind. pretty good. here is what they all had to say. >> never made an all-star team in professional baseball. it is definitely humbling. it is a blessing from god, thank you. >> it is a huge honor for me. it makes me think of where i was a year ago. it is not done, it is the halfway point of the year. >> it has been a long season for the mystics so far. washington hosted phoenix tonight, hoping to turn the tide. are you watching this? they win 90-77. this is cool, the olympics are almost here. katie from bethesda finished first tonight. she is 15. the top two swimmers advanced. representing the the dmv-- >> >> a soldier home from the battlefield gave his girlfriend a big surprise. >> she was not expecting to see her boyfriend. last thursday, he surprised her. he pretended to be a pizza delivery guy and when she opened the door she was overjoyed. he quickly got down on his knee and passed her to marry yet -- i asked her to marry him. >> hopefully, there >> western maryland, still under a severe thunderst

stephen strasburg, gonzalez, ian desmond, all making the trip. great stuff. this is strasburg's first time selected. fans anxious for his debut in the midsummer classic. this is also ian desmond's first time in the game. as for gio, he was selected last year when he was with oakland. he's making his second straight appearance. the nats all star commented earlier today on the honor. >> because we are in first place, we are able to get guys in the all star game. we wouldn't be in first place without a lot of the other guys in the clubhouse. >> i feel like it's going to be just a tip of the iceberg. we are going out there and having fun. i hope i stay healthy and stay strong for these guys every year. >> what a great honor for the washington nationals. just proves they are getting better. >> didn't want to interrupt the national anthem. that would be very disrespectful. thank you for being here. >> let's look at live doppler 9,000. severe thunderstorm warnings for frederick county and washington county up around frederick and also in mineral county and west virg

but stephen strasburg is one of baseball's best stories. he added to the hype today. the mound and back to dominating. strasburg shutting it down in a good way. here it is against david wright and he freezes him. strasburg one earned run allowed today. michael morris is unleashing the beast leading off the second, his seventh of the season. next batter for the nats. stepping up to the plate. espinoza, he is hot. a powerful shot lands half way into the upper deck. he is batting over .350 in july. the nats complete the sweep with a 5-2 win and face the brewers tomorrow. >>> o's take on the rays. fans arriving late missed a lot. first pitch of the game. did you hear me? first pitch of the game. miguel gonzalez serves it up for desmond jennings. buck show walter is in for a long night. i watched the whole thing. it would never end. 5-0 in the end of the first. o's down 7-1. two on, say good-bye. first career homer. three-run shot. rays win 10-1. >>> so mls all-star game playing for pride against the european club chelsea. 73rd minute. mls down 2-1. and david beckham's pas

the best arms in the league, gio gonzalez making his second appearance and the almighty righty stephen strasburgt's a tremendous honor. i'm excited to go out there and see what the festivities are like in real life. so it's going to be great. >> it's like a dream, definitely don't want to wake up from it. it's one of those things where you can just enjoy if and hopefully you get to spend time with the family. >> the nationals fourth all- star won't be playing. ian desmond pulled out because of a are so oblique, one he's been playing with -- a sore oblique, one he's been playing with for a month. he's been batting .304 with eight home runs. >>> while your kids are at summer camp so are the wizards. this week head coach randy whitman tolding a four-day minicamp and bradley beal making his debut hitting the court for the first time as a washington wizard. he is one of 13 players invited to camp. several nonmembers fighting for a spot at training camp in vegas and bradley beal says that competition is definitely fair. >> i'm pretty sure all the other rookies are going to come at me hard and everybod

stephen strasburg on the mound fueling the debate in his innings limited.ou know the nats brass are adamant about shutting him down after 106 innings. he added six more, albeit good ones. six hits, seven strikeouts, giving up zero runs. strasburg was also just as productive at the dish, picking up an rbi, driving in the nats first run of the day. strasburg has picked up his 10th win of the season. highlights and reaction from today's game. plus team usa, kobe, lebron, durant, fin tuning before london. team usa is playing five exhibition games before that. tomorrow night is number two. >> such a huge honor playing with a team like this. i just had a great time. most of the guys here all kind of share the same experience. >> and usa today's jeff zilgot will join me in the studio, plus a chance to sit down with bradley behl. i wanted to find out how well the wizards' first-round pick is adapting to life in the pros. that's coming up on sports plus. >> are they going to bring home the gold? it's just a question of how many points they're going to win by. >> spa

. >> stephen strasburg. and gio gonzalez. >> gio strikes out mike here. all three batters he faced in his second all-star appearance. strasburg making his debut came in the 4th inning allowing a single and a walk but got a little help with a double play. meanwhile 19-year-old bryce harper entered in the 5th inning. look at those shoes. first at-bat he walked in those fancy shoes. later on the next batter is a player from the giants. watch bryce in the gold shoes picking him up to put him down. bryce would not score but you have to love the shoes. bottom of the 5th, mike napley with a runner on first. issues in left field. where did it go? where did who go? he's lost. no idea where that ball went. but the nl shut out the american league 8-0. >>> with the 19-year-old harper making hipsry as the youngest -- history as the youngest player to make a position, i asked -- [ inaudible ] june 12, north of the border in skydome versus the blue jays. this one, oh, my goodness. look how far this one goes. going to go off the black bettery sign estimated at 438 feet.

hopefully he won't have to move that much which might happen if stephen strasburg strikes everybody out. strasburg going for win no. 11, a big series. braves in town, 3 1/2 back of the nats. is this a big series? we asked the face of the franchise. >> every time we play we play someone and of weekend in the past six or seven years -- every weekend in the past six or seven years we've tried to win every series we played in. so i guess from that point it hasn't changed. >> ryan zimmerman does not sound excited. >>> finally don't expect to see serena williams this sunday at the kastles match, little sis resting her batch for the olympics. venus will join her sister going for a third gold medal. serena will rest that back to represent the good u.s. of a. don't forget to watch that kastles match on sunday. i'll be there. >> a quick check of the weather? >> flash flood watch until 11:00 tonight. we're expecting more storms and showers tonight. some of those storms could produce heavy rainfall. so be on the lookout for that tonight. >> that's it for us. the cbs evening news is next. good night

other sports today, stephen strasburg getting down to business in gothem city.litans went seven strong, nationals win 5-2. they sweep the mets. the nats are 19 games over .500. and finally, olympic opening ceremonies are friday, but women's soccer began today. u.s.a. trailed early, but roared back. the 56th minute, alex morgan added another. the u.s. beats france 4-2. all right, that's going to do it here from a very quiet redskins park. we'll be here all day tomorrow. back to you guys now in the studio. >> all right, exciting times, dave, thank you. >> we also have breaking news out of rockville to tell you about where sky nine just arrived on the scene of a fire, we're told. this is a commercial building. along rockville pike. you can see it is actively burning. derek is going to have more information for you tonight at 7:00. again, a commercial building on fire in rockville, maryland, this is along rockville pike. sky 9. >> we have a lot to get to. more news coming up at 7:00. that's it for us for now. the cbs evening news is next. have a great night. >> good

stephen strasburg would take the mound in the fourth getting josh hamilton to ground into a double play a walk. bottom four now, the aforementioned bryce harper. the youngest position player to play in an all-star game. where is the ball? harp loses it in the lights in kansas city. the popup felt like it was never come down. not bad for the kid. good plate discipline. the national league wins 8-0 and secure home field advantage in the world series. >>> for years d.c. united tried to build a new stadium anywhere in the district. they have not succeeded and one of the reasons that the primary investor is looking to get out. now two others have taken over and will try to do the impossible, get d.c. united a new stadium. >> i don't take this opportunity lightly and we don't take the challenge lightly at all. it's been very thought through. that's why it has taken eight months to get erting here today. we will fight to make this a reality in terms of the new home and building the brand here and globally. i think you will see it more through our actions than our words and believe us more thro

stephen strasburg will be on the hill looking for win number ten tonight. round two of the green briar classic. a short birdie here. he is through 7. but he is fighting to make it via the cut line. we'll move to 9. this is tiger's approach from 116-yards and he's going to like it because he sticks it, which gives him a good chance. he missed that birdie 2 1/2 hours later because lightning came near the course, followed by rain and the thunder couldn't wait that young lady up. she's out. tiger still under. today's men semis. third seated roger federer facing top seeded -- he will win 6-4, 6-3 in the last two. with that overhead right there and fed moves on to a record 8th wimbledon final. the other semifinal, the pride of great britain. match point, murray in the near court, returns a surf across point. winner in all of great britain going nuts. his first wimbledon semifinal try in his first win in four tries. sunday, the scotsman will try to be the first player from great britain since fred perry back in 1936 to win that coveted wimbledon crown. serena will

. >> and bryce's teammates stephen strasburg and geo gonzalez hung out in the outfield today during battingging fly balls. all three of them give the national league a fighting chance ever securing home field advantage for the world series. >>> the new capitals head coach today said he had some first day jitters before he took the ice. and he wasn't even coaching his current team. instead he was working with 45 prospects in this week's development camp. despite it although, so far so good. >> it was good. it was fun. it was a lot of fun. a little butterflies this morning. once we got into it, it was just like old times. it felt great. it's been an exciting last couple of weeks. it's fun to get it going. >> the newest washington wizard took the practice court at the verizon center for the first time today. the wizards mini-camp before summer play kicks off next week. in las vegas he knows he has to go through the formalities of being a rookie but says see chomping at the bit to play some meaningful basketball. i'm actually going to sit down and chat with beale tomorrow and we'll bring you th

gonzalez will make his second appearance, his 11 wins tied for second most in the majors and stephen strasburg is a first time all-star, this season 9-3 with a 2.81 rather and major league leading 121 strikeouts. here are two of your all-stars. >> going to be a tremendous experience and it's a huge honor for me. it's amazing to think where i was a year ago. so it's great to see the hard work paid off. >> never made an all-star team in professional baseball and to make one in the big leagues is definitely humbling and just a blessing from god. thank you. >> the first person i went to is my shortstop desmond and i said congratulations, couldn't be more deserving than you. >>> nats outfielder bryce harper turned a lot of heads his first two months, so many that he's in the final vote vying for the 34th and final roster spot in the all-star game from the national league. the 19-year-old faces stiff competition from other players including chipper jones, but he's currently hitting .274, eight home runs with 22 r.b.i.s. you can help harper by voting on mlb.com by thursday. let's get him to the game.

he starts tonight as well as stephen strasburg for the best record.are live in redskins park, i'm kristen berset, back to you in the studio. >> a nice breeze blowing out there. >> that's right. well that's it for us now. we know topper is going to keep you updated throughout the night. stay tuned for the cbs evening news and derek is back at 7:00. have a good night.

stephen strasburg gets the start and today is his 24th birthday. happy birthday. laura. >> thanks very much. now you have the news edge. of course the news is always on on myfoxdc.com. keep it right here. tmz on tv is up next and we'll see you tonight for fox 5 news at 10:00. we'll have the latest on the shooting massacre at the theater. we'll see you tonight at 10:00. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] when a president doesn't tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead? the obama outsourcing attacks: "misleading, unfair and untrue." there was "no evidence" that mitt romney shipped jobs overseas. candidate obama lied about hillary clinton.

stephen strasburg and gio gonzalez will pitch likely just an inning. tomorrow 19-year-old bryce harper makes all-star history as the youngest position player to ever play in the mid-summer classic. harper earned a spot on the roster when the marlins john carlos suffered a knee injury this weekend. the teenager has created quite a stir after playing 63 major league games looking power to the experience. >> being around all the top talent in baseball is pretty impressive and it's going to be a lot of fun. i think being here for the first time i'm trying to take it all in and really trying to enjoy myself of moment i can and try to -- every moment i can and try to enjoy with the family and really enjoy myself. >> talk about enjoying themselves, tonight the home run derby, angels mark trumbo connected on 13 home runs through two rounds. check out this blast, a huge shot to left field. watch who makes the catch, the officer, tough night of work for him. the blue jays jose batista racked up 13 home runs. batista would edge trumbo two homes are to one. in the

shocking because it was 9-0 in the 5th inning and stephen strasburg was on the hill.ow all of a sudden, the comfy lead in the nl east not so comfy anymore. two and a half game lead on the braves. heading into today. rainy afternoon 1st inning, more bad news. bryce harper fouls this off the bottom of his leg. ouch. he tried to walk it off. he played the next half inning and then davey johnson said that's enough. more on him in just a minute. edwin jackson made one mistake today. there it is. a pitcher makes a mistake and a good hitter makes an atm deposit. 9ening 2-0 now. brays shut out the nats 4-0. hangover evict from last night -- effect from last night? jackson says possibly. >> tired just like we were possibly. but i mean it was a long game last night. it was a battle from both sides. but you know today is a new day. it's just one of those games we lost but i mean we look forward. we have another game to come out and get a win. >> edwin pitched well enough to win. >>> back to harper johnson told reporters after game there's no break in that ankle. that's good. hos

stephen strasburg, the birthday boy tonight, 24 years young and entered the game with a 10-4 record.er jones. bottom of the 1st, two on for mike morse and you think he gets all of this one? i think so. that is the longest home run this year at nats park, 465 feet, a three-run shot. 3-0 nats. bottom of the 4th. is there anybody hot are now than ryan zimmerman? this also a no doubter. he gives morse a run for his money. the nats build a 9-0 lead. the game's over? not so fast. the bullpen would blow the lead for strasburg on his birthday. top 9. it's 9-8. michael bourn takes tyler clippard deep to right. it's not out of there. dan uggla scores a tying run and the go ahead run safe at the plate. it's the big e blown lead in nationals history. -- biggest blown lead in nationals history. bottom of the 9th, danny. nose a up continuing the shock valley -- danny espinosa up continuing the shock factor in the game. right now it's 10-10 in the 11th. >>> orioles in cleveland night, the future home of the jim thome statue. he played his first 11 season for the indians and tonight he hits his firs

stephen strasburg struck out 11 hitters to pick up his 11th victory of the season yesterday. the nationals have won five games in a row and hold a 4 1/2-game lead in their division. go nats! i haven't gone to a game yet this season. i've got to get out there, i know! >> dpeveefinitely have to get o in. won't get to do that today, i believe they're in milwaukee tonight. tom kierein's here. it would be hard to sit in the heat today. >> i wear we didn't coordinate this morning. >> look at us, i know! >> it just happened. >> maybe for the nats, wearing red, showing support. >> for the heat. >> for the heat, right. >> yeah, we are. and it's going to be really feeling fiery hot this afternoon, but not now. it's a pleasant start. 75 now at reagan national. we're near 70 in prince george's, arlington, fairfax and montgomery counties. right near the bay, though, it's a little bit warmer, in the mid-70s. bay water temperatures are in the 80s, and the humidity is creeping in. in fact, it is quite humid from fredericksburg over toward culpeper and warrenton, charlottesville. that's the l

pitchers gio gonzalez and stephen strasburg and outfielder bryce harper were selected to represent the national league. harper is an injury replacement and he's the youngest position player ever to play in the all-star game. shortstop ian desmond was selected for the team but pulled out because of a sore oblique muscle. >>> well, it was a rough day for the nationals to end the first half of the season as they fell to the colorado rockies. top of the ninth, tied at 3-3, pitcher tyler clippard, he throws his first wild pitch of the season and the rockies go up 4-3, and that is how it all goes down and the game ends. the nationals go into the all-star break at 49-34 and lead the n.l. east by four games. so at least we're still on top. >> that's a comfortable way to go into a nice little break. i like it. >> nice little cushion there. all right, the time is 4:55. >>> can't make it to london for the summer olympics? the best time to travel to the city if you want to save some serious cash. >>> and he fell nearly 130 feet from a tightrope and lived to tell about it. what he says led t >>> th

now will the nats adhere to their limits on stephen strasburg. he was at 99 pitches heading into the all-star break. his limit is 160. yesterday the almighty righty back on the mound, giving up six hits, striking out seven. but he was just as good bat ages he was on the mound. espinoza for the nats first run of the day. the nats tack on three more. miami is bases loaded. three nats going for lombardozzi and harbert run into each other. strasburg picked up his tenth win of the season. davey johnson was real impressed with the ace yesterday. >>> now heading to london is a new team usa. names like kobe and lebron and durant. they practiced throughout the weekend and tonight they have an exhibition at the verizon center against brazil. giving fans an early glimpse at what some are calling a team comparable to the dream team. >> very humbling. we don't take it for granted. >> it just feels really good. i can't really describe it. >>> we will be live from the verizon center later tonight for team usa's exhibition against brazil. >>> metro riders have t

two are going to go for the first time in ian desmond and stephen strasburg.to those guys? >> >> i don't want to ruin the surprise because that's part of being an all-star. gio had the experience with me last year. he can tell those guys. >> he kinds of gets it. he is a vet now >>> he is more of a talker now it's good for them to get out there. >> have you voted for bryce harper. >> i have not yet. >> you have not? >> they are pushing the vote. we voted. >> i've been trying to kind of stir up some twitter interest and hopefully everyone get out there and vote for him. >> tell me about bryce harper, what it's like to be 19 and being able to handle the big stage that he has. what is he like as a team state in. >> unbelievable mature at 19. he is up here doing amazing things in the big leagues at such a young age. it's amazing to think about how mature he is at his age. his baseball iq is through the roof. >> you guys dream about being 19 -- rib him about being 19. >> every chance you get. you have to give him a little jab every now and again make sure he knows w

it was stephen strasburg all day long. he just gave up one earned run.ed the long ball to back up their pitcher. three home runs on the day. the nats picked up a 5-2 win over new york. in the clubhouse they're feeling good about how they're playing. >> we've been playing this hard since day 1, so why not finish the season like this? >> you know, there's ups and downs in a season, but you know, as long as we stay even-keeled, we have a chance. we know we're good, our pitching is really good form the hitters are doing their jobs, so why not have confidence, a little swagger? >> that game starts at 8:10 tonight from milwaukee. let's go to soccer. it was a dramatic finish for the mls all-stars last night in philadelphia as they took on chelsea, they reign supreme now in international play. it was d.c. united forward. chris was named all-stars mvp. so congratulations to him. in the 37th minute, chelsea, mls in the blue down beckham with a long pass to dwas derosario. he passes to his teammate, and they beat the goalie. ? stoppage, 91st minute. first deflected

the washington nationals have four guys on the roster and stephen strasburg.m are starters. the first pitch is set for 7:30 this evening. >> it is 6:35 now we're looking at 73 degrees. >> there is a secret longing in the basement of the hermitage museum in russia. >> come to >> you can call them cats with recalling -- for almost 300 years, the hermitage museum in st. birder's bird, russia has used a small army of about -- in st. petersburg russia has used a small army of about 300 cats to get rid of mice. they first appeared in 1745 following the decree signed by the daughter of peter the great. museum officials are welcoming stray cats from all over the city. >> it is 6:38 in time for a check of traffic and weather. let's start things off with doug hill. >> good morning we've got ourselves a little rain south of the metro area. there is a little bit of cloud cover. there is a little diffuse sunshine with high-level thin clouds. durant is a template for the next couple of days. most of the rain will estate south of the metro area. we could see a pop-up shower.

. >> stephen strasburg.espys last night and signing back to washington today presumably to sign his contract with the redskins. >> good news there. signed and sealed by hopefully later today. >> the news continues with good morning, washington at 5:30. >> and in 3 1/2 hours we will get a look into the child sex abuse scandal at penn state. it may contain more explosive >> straight ahead d.c. mayor vincent gray under fire. three d.c. city council members now urging him to resign. it's thursday july 12. i'm cynne simpson. >> i'm steve chenevey. >> good morning, a quiet start to our thursday. temperatures not so bad especially considering what we went through last week. take a look at our storm scan. we do have a stationary front drifting to the south of us. it will slowly drift and convert to a warm front meaning hotter temperatures for the upcoming weekend. our forecast for today does call for mostly sunny skies. highs approaching 85-90 degrees. welltively quiet for the overnight. 74. tomorrow what a way to t

stephen strasburg will go friday but the heat was topic number one. >> what do you have to do to stay in the game mentally and physically when pitching? >> you have to prepare a few days before. i would not say today is anything like atlanta a few weeks ago. still hot and you have to stay hydrated. i am a heavy sweater so i have to go above and beyond to keep my head in the game and stayed focused. weather is staying in the tunnel where it is cooler, get it however you can hear a >>, as everybody talking about the pennant race? here in washington is uncharted waters and it seems like it is in the papers every day. do you talk about that at all in the clubhouse? clucks know. when asked about it, we have to respond. i think we have done a good job. we have veterans who have been there before. a lot of young guys that are going out there and try to get better. they are trying to play hard every single day. when you show up to play every day and give it your best, but things will happen. >> he does not like the heat. let's stick with baseball and take you to the catch of the night. in tor

now the question is will the nats adhere to their limits on stephen strasburg burglary? he was at 99 pitches heading into the all-star break. his limit is 160. yesterday the almighty righty back on the mound, giving up six hits. strasburg was a single to right for the nats first one of the day. easy you slide home. miami's bases loaded. nats going for lombardozzi. the nationals blank the marlins 4-0. strasburg picks up his tenth win of the season. >>> now heading to london is a new team usa. teams with names like kobe, lebron, durant. the team is here in dc this weekend practicing throughout the weekend and tonight they have an exhibition game at the verizon center giving a glimpse at what some are calling a team comparable to the dream team. >> it was humbling and we don't take it for granted. >> it just feels really good. >> we will be live from the verizon center later tonight for team usa's exhibition against brazil. have a great monday. >>> plus we are anticipating more developments today in the scandal surrounding dc mayor vincent gray's election campaign. >> repor

. >> stephen strasburg struck out 11 in 7 domenick innings.t the right hitter lowdown five in a row. the mets -- the nationals sweep the mets. that is five wins in a row for the nationals. >> these are fun times in washington. >> coming out in prime time, you can catch up on your favorite abc comedy. tonight kicks off with the middle followed by ♪ ♪ i've never felt this way before, but it's a scaryry time to be a woman. mitt romney is just so out of touch. [ female announcer ] mitt romney opposes requiring insurance coverage for contraception. and romney supportoverturning roe versus wade. romney backed a bill that outlaws all abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. there's so much we need to do. we need to attack our problems -- not a woman's choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own. if you've got a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. my father's s hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard

we will see stephen strasburg and g.o. and bryce harper, everybody can't wait to see bryce on the big stage. >> tea i don't gonzalez, what a great guy. your interview last week. >> a lot of fun. this is the second all star appearance. he pitched the other day. hopefully they won't wear him out. nice to see them tip the cap with the n or curly w, it will be nice to see. we saw greatness at wimbledon. this is roger federer taking on andy murray with all of great britain behind him. they are waiting in england, waiting since 1936 to see somebody from great britain win. right here he buzzed the tower. it's legal but it did make his hair stand up. after that, roger said take this. watch the anticipation. gorgeous right there by the swiss man. >> love it. >> he wins in four sets. he has won seven wimbledon finals tying pete sampres for number one. 17 single grand slam titles in all. he is the best tennis player in the history of the game. >> who is that crying? his wife. >> andy murray's girlfriend. all of england was crying as

stephen strasburg ngo gonzales, they are on the roster for the second straight year.e youngest position player and the third youngest period. the coach would like to have these guys get rest, but he also knows that barbara will get ready even if he is enjoying his -- will be ready even if he is enjoying his experience with the players in the game. >> i do not get starstruck. you just do the best you can. i tried to be even keel and go in there with open ears and have a good time. >> bryce harper at the all-star game. the to see what happened at the rangers/twins game in texas? take a look. thunder exploit on top of the ballpark. -- exploded on top of the ballpark. the players were understandably frightened. they thought it was a bomb. they had a good laugh after they realized it was thunder. they delayed the game 45 minutes. was there anyone you did not feel badly for the scotsman andy mary? he was trying to be the first scotsman to win the wimbledon since the 1930's. the always graceful, very emotional, and the mary. the is the guy everyone is talking about today. >>

. >>> and stephen strasburg back on the mound and back to hi >>> it is for sure that rush hour is a big headache to a lot of drivers. >> lawmakers from montgomery county and fairfax county met today to come up with some possible solutions to all the traffic delays. chris gordon has more details on future plans. >> reporter: traffic gridlock, a common headache when driving between virginia and maryland. >> it's really bad around here. >> reporter: our region's traffic problems prompted this historic meeting between members of the montgomery county council and fairfax county board of supervisors. >> we want to get you out of traffic and where you need to go. we want your quality time to not be sitting in a car. >> this is really about finding a regional solution to a fundamental regional problem. that's the american legion bridge. >> reporter: the bridge between fairfax and montgomery counties, the american legion bridge, is often a bottleneck. expanding the bridge to accommodate rapid transit may be one of the solutions. buses that travel in dedicated lines like here in bogata, colombia.

stephen strasburg was on the hump but he was done in by tyler colvin. in his first two at-bats. more than enough for the rockies. they win 5-1 snapping the nats' four-game winning streak. let's go to golf. after winning the at&t national last weekend at congressional, tiger woods make mists the cut. his first time playing in the event. tiger's second missed cut of the season. >>> in the nascar nationwide series, kurt busch wins in daytona. sprint cup series race tonight and the coke zero 400 matt kenseth on the pole for that one. >>> the mystics fall to san antonio 78-73. that's your sports minute. have a great day. >>> come monday you and thousands of others might be forced offline because of what's being called a dooms day internet virus. last november the dns changer virus infected more than 4 million computers worldwide. it directed users to fake servers and offered them fake products. the fbi blocked the product by creating a safety net. but on monday, the site will be shut off. now more than 277,000 computers worldwide including 64,000 here in the

jim johnson and adam jones, stephen strasburg, gio gonzalez and ian desmond. now boeing teams are in a battle for the final spot. there are five remaining guys and among that group is orioles starting pitcher jason hamill and bryce harper. only one can make the team. the choice? it is ultimately up to you fans. so star dc athletes are using twitter to campaign for their colleagues, including a pair of first round picks. john walsh tweeted help send bryce harper to the game. bryce in 12. even rg iii getting into it. he tweeted hey people get the boy bryce harper in to the all-star games. that is a quick look at sports this morning. have a great tuesday. >>> it is getting more and more difficult for the people left waiting for the power to come back on. >>> coming up, hoping to get lights and ac back today, monika, what about traffic signals? >> reporter: we still have scattered outages all over montgomery county. the good thing is here on 270 you do not have restrictions today. if you are traveling southbound that should come up. coming up another look at area