steven strasbourg, a record setting contract. some reports suggest the offer would be between 14 to 16 million dollars. he believes there is a real possibility that strasbourg may not sign. meanwhile, last night a win thanks to a pitcher. in cincinnati. yeah. a head scratcher right there. why wouldn't you sign. and mott, six innings. help from the defense. ryan zimmerman. bare hand. to first. gets him. tavarez. not fast enough. take a look. so nice. twice. zimmerman did not get a hit. snapping the 16-game hitting streak. still no score. ronnie belliard at the plate. changes that with one swing. send the shot to the upper deck in left. great american ballpark. belliard's, fourth home run. take a 1-0 lead. that's all they needed. that's not the case. last night it was. bottom of the fifth. paul janice up with two on. singles. fleiss play. second win of the season. shut out the red. 2-0, talking football now. michael vick. and clearly split. yesterday the cover of the philadelphia daily news read hide your dogs. reebok official unif

they have to sign the top draft pick by midnight or they lose the right to steven strasbourg. it is not just about him. it is about the credibility of the franchise. the of the worst record in all baseball. if they fail to sign him, it will be a public-relations disaster. to their credit, they have reportedly ofered more than $20 million. to be fair, it is not all on the club. he and his agent have to deal in good faith. i will give you the latest and 11 call. >> the raven's continue to work forwd. they will play the steelers on saturday night. they gave a lot of young guys a chance to play. the skins starters have taken up a notch. they have to be quicker d more physical. they have to stop making mistakes. >> we have made a lot of mistakes. we have to cut that out. we need to score more points if we want to win. we need to see progress. >> he is right. i took a trip t westminster this morning to spend time with the ravens. their practices are physical and competitive. the run and organized practice with a team that looks like it was 13 and 5 last season. >> i would say it is

the nationals players talk about the steven strasbourg signing means for the team. brett favre talks about what made him come out of retirement again. why the redskinsookie felt he shouldn't have ledes lik >>> a girl hit by stray bullets in her home. talked about the expeer yens. the gunfire from outside the girl's house in southeast washington late last night. she was hit twice in the back while getting out of the shower. several other bullets came through the walls of the house. some hit the pillow on her bed. >> popping coming through my window in my room. and just struck me in the back. >> did you know you had been shot? >> i thought grazed. >> if she was laying in her bed, on the pillow she would have got shot in the shed twice. >> the community has been plagued by dozens of crimes. police are examining evidence in hopes of finding suspects. >>> there are more police patrols intg osief of fesle of of hay wer fire, 3:00 this morning in the area of damascus. the bales were stacked high and worth a total of $100,000. containing the fires kept the fire fighters bus

steven strasbourg will get $50 million over the next four years making him the highest-paid draft pick in baseball. good news for washington. they signed the no. 1 pick last year. >> here is the latest on traffic. we are dealing with some of the same stuff we have been dealing with all morning. a downed tree is blocking lanes on the road. southbound bellaire road is closed. they are alternating traffic on the northbound lane. that could cause some problems with an increase in volume and congestion there. an accident in glen burnie is closing roads. we will give you a live look at the beltway. things are moving just fine on pulaski highway. everything is fine north and southbound on this highway. that is the latest. over to you. >> it will be another hot and humid day outside. here is a look at radar right now. some increase in clouds. we will start with the sunshine. more plows by lunchtime. some isolated showers are possible this afternoon and evening. a few downpours could be possible. we will talk about how long this storm weather pattern will last later in the forecast. >> thank yo

. >>> the nationals have until midnight tonight to come to terms with pitching phenom steven strasbourg draft pick. the nats have a $17 million deal on the table. it would be the most money ever for a rookie. still, his agent is reportedly asking for more money and the nats president says there is a very real possibility that the team might not sign that number one pick by midnight. >> it all comes down to dollars and cents. >>> the bad economy is being felt in more than just the united states. fewer jobs here is turning a number of villages in mexico into ghost towns. we'll look at that. >> we'll take a look at the growing concerns. that is coming up at 6:00.