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strasbourg takes his first loss. c.c. taking on the os. adam jones and the dish. six-game hitting streak going. make that seven. doing it in style. his solo home run for jones. his 11th of the year. and the oilers. yeah, good catch. take the lead. bottom five now. os up 2-0, jj hardy up with the man on second. he rips this pitch to left field. off the bottom of the wall. xavier avery comes in to score. baltimore goes on to win it 5-2. handing him the first loss of the season. os, nats near the top. nba playoffs. the heat now the big 2. with chris bosh out. lebron, dwayne wade not enough against the pacers tonight. indiana evens things up. south florida. lebron and the heat. in for a tough game in this one. first quarter. off the pacers miss. the heat in transition. this was pretty though. lebron to dwayne wade. touch pass become to lebron for the dunk. yeah. really good pass. and the duo combined. tied at 46. wade turns it over. getting sloppy. paul george. takes it in the distance. start of the 15-6 pacers run. less than 10 seconds to go. he is up by three. dwayn

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a couple of seasons ago when stephen strasbourg came out, they were getting record attendance. nationals park was only a little over half full today. >> bryce harper was not the only ones getting attention at the park tonight. before the game come in nationals paid tribute to one of their longtime ushers who was hailed as a hero. >> 2012 [inaudible] >> condit hawthorne put hishimself in harm's way last week. two children were being chased by two massive dogs. the dogs bit hawthorne. he is still recovering from puncture wounds. he was presented with a shirt that was signed by all the team's members. >> way to go. a great honor for him. >> will the national's give us a victory in bryce harper is debut? >> are the oscars on the move? two big announcements about the place that has hosted the academy awards for years. >> why more women are choosing to be pregnant and adopt at >> new hope for couples hoping to start a family but had no toys but to adopt. tonight, we want to share with you how a new families are choosing to adopt before the baby is even in the womb. >> the decision do

but really, the story was stephen strasbourg at the plate. we saw history. ever career home run. can you believe it? yes. stephen strasbourg goes yard. the nartsz -- the nats score nine unanswered runs. i don't know if he will ever have that jaunt around the based again but he had it yesterday. the at&t national here. we should be teeing off at 8:306789 dave feldman and brian bolter are supposed to play with me at 8:30. i've gotten text message an phone calls from both of those gentlemen this morning, they may bail. i am not. i am here. i have an umbrella and my clubs. i will play if they let us at 8:30. >> dave is calling them out right now. >> what are we, men or mice. >> i see what you're doing. >> have fun out there. don't tear up the fair -- up the fairway too much. >>> d.c. police need your help finding a missing 6-year-old boy. >> he hasn't been seen since yesterday. melanie alnwick is live in northwest with our story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, a short time ago, i was able to talk with javon brown's mother. as you can imagine,

. >>> we all knew steven strasbourg could hit but would knew he was a slugger. will show you how he hit one into the stands. >> sports coming up next. hey, i'm joey aragon. see that film? people call me about this every day. my dishwasher must be broken. you know, it's not always the machine. it may be the detergent. add finish power up to boost your detergent and you'll see a huge difference. watch what it can do. look at that sparkle! now that's clean! cloudiness! spots! tough stains! even dishwasher build-up! gone! just like that! so don't give up. add finish power up. wow! see the difference! it's a must have! >>> sports now. the nats and orioles wrapped up the battle of the beltway this is weekend. bryce harper got the nationals within a run with a two-run triple. stephen strasbourg went five innings allowing three runs but did help his own cause. he followed a home run with liz first career homer. the nats avoid the three-game sweep with the 9-3 win. >> i didn't think it was going out. turnpikically, where swinging in bp, we are we have to swing a lot hard

nationals up a run, strasbourg goes up to bat. solo shot, gone, first home run of his career.d hit of the game, 5 for 40 li lifetime at the plate, struck out eight before leaving with tightness in his arm. the nats win 9-3 and orioles lead over the rays. >>> dodgers and cardinals, bottom of the seventh, dodgers down a couple runs. pinch hitter scott van slyke, the son of andy van slyke, connects for a three-run home run and that was the game winner as the dodgers win 6-5. >>> scary moment in san francisco for their ace, tim lincecum facing the a's, runs to cover home plate, runner coming all the way from second base, just blows him up, check this out. wow, he meets him in the jaw with his head. wow. lincecum weighs about 160 pounds soaking wet. he finished the inning before he was lifted for a pinch hitter. oakland wins, 6-2. first win in san francisco in 11 games. >>> the race at the preakness on saturday. unbelievable, kentucky winner i'll have another makes a move down the home stretch just like he did at the derby to win the race edging out the favorite bodie meister by a

stephen strasbourg did not have his best today. he turns the double play.he national's lead 6-4 in the seventh. the orioles and royals bottom of the second. davis goes the opposite way. waiting it away. the birds go up by one. why not just keep it rolling? bottom of the third. it is no secret the redskins have struggled in the receiver position. this off-season landing a big free agent. when asking whether he feels the pressure to be the number 1 guy he said no. he was never the top guy he was always behind reggie, but he did have a career best 70 passes. now we is hoping to build on that. >> it feels good. i am out here, happy to be here. cannot wait to start. it gives me motivation to keep playing. >> three years ago, d.c. united he was still a midfielder. the goalie had not even signed a professional contract yet. the struggling club is reminiscent of those glory days with a new and improved look. they host the new england revolution tonight. a when it could put them in first place. they have not accomplished this since 2009. he and the rest of the black

stephen strasbourg struck out a season high 13 batters over sick innings.n with a measly earned run average of under two. as for the offense, they went deep. the nats are in cincinnati for a three-game series versus the reds. >>> ate hall of famer who played 14 seasons with the redskins is now suing the nfl and a helmet maker over his health problems. art monk says he has short-term memory loss, headaches and speech problems left over from concussions on the field. his lawsuit claims the nfl failed for protect its players. his lawyer told the "washington times" the whole game needs to change. >> there you go. the redskins are showing off their brand-new indoor training facility. >> the new venue was the center of attention for the team's 08th anniversary kickoff party. there it is. the redskins marching band supplied the entertainment. and what is a party without, let's wait for it, here they come, the redskins cheerleaders. they modeled the season's throwback uniforms. >>> coming up, how do you lose $2 billion in six weeks? it happened at j. p. morgan chas

nats turn to steven strasbourg last night. he was awesome. knocked them down. i'm not talking about hitting either. i am talking about striking those suckers out. remember the 14-strikeout performance in the major league debut against the very same team? they never want to see that dude again. strasbourg improving to 3-0 on the season. bottom first. check him out. andrew mccutchen, sit down. you don't have nothing for me. he proceeds to strike out the next six. embarrassed those dudes. mowed them down seven in a row. struck out 13 in a game. gave up 2 runs, just one earned. six innings of work. also generated some offense. top of the sixth. adam laroche. one on. good-bye. out of here, center field. sixth home run of the season. put the nats up 3-2. go up to win 4-2. skipper davey johnson. >> all the guys have been pitching good. the problem is, offense, haven't been given any leeway. score three runs, four runs, that seems to be the max and makes it tough on starters and the bull pen. but, you know, i think better things are coming. i think that it went well, a

north of strasbourg, virginia along the frederick cancer arundel county lines in the shenandoah valley south of winchester. in louisa county, southwest of spotsylvania there's another shower popping up. if that's all we have at this time. clouds will continue to break apart. we will squeeze in some sunshine. that will destabilize the atmosphere to add to the pending storms this afternoon. there could be isolated flooding concerns in northern virginia, loudoun, fauquier, western fairfax the. that is something you'll keep an eye on. >> a massive sinkhole occurred in prince william county on aden at misty creek. another was in bristow and another in nokesville. there was a 20-mile backup snarling the morning commute. a big tree fell onto interstate 395 near king street. two lanes were closed as their work to remove it. a tractor-trailer crash brought traffic on 95 in dale city to stop and an overturned car slowed traffic a few miles down the road. by noon, all those accidents had been cleared. you can check the forecast any time by logging on to our web page at wjla.com. >>new development

in strasbourg and bryce harper be ine first time will lineup as the five division champions take on who isetown team place.ly in first a fantastic game. >> tickets are still available. brianne carter reporting for nationals park. >> if you are headed out this weekend, police around the d.c. region are stepping up patrols. mayo falls on a saturday this year. drivinger of drunk arrests 10 despite on weekends anyway. beis especially to especially high this weekend with a popular holiday. people should have a designated taxi cab call a service to get home safely? . >> coming up on abc 7 news at noon -- pretty sure i just saw a wolf in the parking lot. >> neighbors in fear after animals returnc suburban ohio farm. >> a woman lies about having a getntially fatal disease to breast implants. >> i said it would be nice to pool, but i did not want this. is a massive sinkhole in florida backyard. this just keeps growing. >> amazing pictures. we are on storm watch. showers starting to move through the area. have the full forecast coming >> you are watching abc 7 "news withon," on your side steve ch

by the way, steven strasbourg is on the mound for the nationals tomorrow.den yards, os open the three-game set with the royals. bottom five. os up 1-0, j.j. hardy, .315 hitter against the orioles. over francoeur's head. off the wall. two runs come in to score. 3-0 lead. now, 4-0, later in the inning. adam jones, close to that big $85 million contract extension with the os. had a 15-game hitting streak. make that 16. base knock to center field. comes into score. the os go on to win. 8-2. everybody winning on the diamond tonight. our family at nbc sports may not like it much, it's the l.a.-new york stanley cup finals. folks in new jersey are pleased. the new jersey devils are headed to the stanley cup finals after finishing off the rangers. devils looking to return to the finals for the first time since 2003. that's what they're doing. second period. rangers with the puck down. and the shot deflected by ryan callahan. the rangers captain ties the game at two. this one would go to overtime. and it did not take long for it to be decided. early on in ot. the dev

go gonzalez, passed strasbourg. wasn't the big story of the game.nt to adam laroche, who continues to play at an all-star level. tonight, the president's race. teddy giving up certain victory to hang out with the pittsburgh pierogi. what you doing? second teenager to ever homer in three straight games. this one, oh! just about a foot away. off the scoreboard. just misses it. but he does get his first triple. he later scored the game's first run. harper 1-3 on the night. bottom of the sixth. nationals. and laroche. solo shot. seventh home run. three for four in the game. raises his batting average to 3.39. >> dan called that one. >> i did call it. laroche. again. inside the line. the bases juiced. laroche, scores. a bases clearing double. that also, career hit number 1,000 for adam laroche. he now has 29 rbi. nationals beat the pirates. 7-4. >>> to kansas city. os/royals. top nine. os down 3-2, they stage a rally. brockston. flarety. clutch hit. we are still tied at 3 in the 12th. nba playoffs. the celtics big three carried them to victory tonight. p

today in strasbourg, a panel of judges will meet to decide if he can go ahead with an appeal to the highest european court, the grain timbre --- the grand chamber. the home secretary has denied her department jumped the gun when they began the deportation process. there have been questions about whether they should waited another 24 hours. this has led to a dispute over whether abu qatada was inside the deadline for appeal. >> he has to get over the hurdle of convincing the court that the appeal was brought on time. second, he has to convince the court that this is an important point of law that they want to hear more about in the grand chamber and only a very small portion of cases reach the gramm chamber on that basis. >> for decades he has been battling to stay in the u.k. once again it will be in europe which decides his fate. >> now look at business. you will focus on toyota. there were recalls about a year ago, a very gloomy picture. it has been a u-turn. >> it has been. all pistons firing. had soft to toyota. it was a terrible year for the japanese manufacturing giant, but fourth qua

now you can go over into strasbourg and get drunk and get the load on but then french people look down their nose at you like you was nothing and they depend on the government for everything. i mean, everything. if you don't want to raise your child, take it to a church. the church will raise it. then they'll turn around and let the child go home but they'll put money in the child's pocket so that w

his legal team is expected to launch a final appeal to the european court of human rights in strasbourg. nicholas phillips, the president of the supreme court, delivered the verdict. >> the majority has concluded that the swedish public prosecutor was a judicial authority within the meaning of the extradition act. it follows that the request to mr. assange's extradition was lawfully made and his appeal against extradition is accordingly dismissed. >> let's get the latest outside the supreme court. incredibly complicated legally, so you better just start briefly, if you can, with a lesson about what it is all about. >> ongoing case full of twists and turns and legal conundrums. quite extraordinary. hundreds of journalists out here earlier trying to make sense out of exactly what happened. in essence, the supreme court judges have, as you just heard, dismissed julian assange's appeal. therefore meaning that he should in theory be extradited back to sweden to face two charges -- one of rape and one of sexual assault. however, in an unprecedented turn of events, his lawyer, who had only see

the nats fell to the padres 6- 16789 stephen strasbourg gave up four runs and seven hits.lasted just four innings. on the bright side, talk bay great young career, this guy, bryce happenner homered in a second straight game. -- price harper homered in a second straight game. it got a little hot out there when the sun came out. >> the weather cooperated just in time. when all the kids arrived, the sun came out. >> you got like a few thousand people? >> a couple thousand. we did a meet and greet. tony and sue were fantastic. i'm sore from the high fives, not from my throw. >> you guys are all over facebook. >> that was the first time i saw the throw too. >> not too bad into. >> i'm pleased with it. it got there. everybody in the stands said don't let it bounce. if it bounces, you never live it down. yesterday turned into a decent day although a warm and humid day. we'll do it again. highs will be in the 80s later today so i'm thinking a few degrees warmer than yesterday. yesterday, 79 at reagan national. dulles was # 0. bwi marshall, 81 degrees. -- dulles was 80. you can see

defended voice live show and i struggled against carla del ponte a for many years even personally in strasbourg we had a very difficult conversation in the presence of many parliamentarians of the european council the hague tribunal will exist until the situation in the world changes and people have been convicted their people are dying there but the tribunals has the support of all countries and so far no one has launched a process to stop it anyway it will be closed soon because there are only a few processes left and it will close in a fairly negative way for the global justice system as the former president of serbia died in the hague of the presidents of croatia and bosnia have not been convicted yet it is discrimination of the serbian people began long ago and today nothing has changed in segregation continues or obviously it's not fair but the serbian government adopted a more on cooperation with the hague tribunal and we have to respect that norrin stand by it like we've enjoyed many injustices in this world. thank you you thank . my parents really truly honestly believe that what had h

stephen strasbourg was named national league pitcher of the month for april. >> something to celebrate. >>> angels pitcher jared weaver threw the second no hitter in the maimers in less than two weeks. the angels beat the twins 9-0. weaver is the tenth player to throw a no-hitter. >>> all right. a whole lot to celebrate. >> bryce harper, there is no way you can send him back down. he is up replacing zimmerman. there is no way you can send this guy back down to the minor leagues. >> if nothing else, he is bringing fans in. >> and he is producing. that's my take. >> and they won. >> the caps did not. very upset about this. >> but at least it was close. >> not a blowout. >> every game is exciting. >> all right. just like the weather. weather is always exciting. at least it has been in the last couple of days. we have showers, thunderstorms, just to the north and to the north and east. we'll see how far they slip out. not going to rain all day, just like yesterday. >> they can pop out and then the sun comes out. let's get to the radar and take a look. can you seat showers and thunderstorms

supporters still hope for a last ditch appeal attempt with the european court of human rights in strasbourg artie's sara firth of forth in london and now joins us live sara what is it like there i'm sure lots of buzzing. buzzing atmosphere i should say around you there in the court after this decision is announced. no doubt be a sense of disappointment among his supporters that have turned out today you can see them gathered behind me and they were really hoping to see a lot about ruling that they would have felt supported it in the silence that the spite the absence of the man himself the court rejected his appeal against that exhibition to sweden the court deciding feisty that the swedish prosecutor was a judicial authority she could now see to it in a cell and perhaps on a plane back to sweden within the next couple of weeks where he be facing questioning with a sexual assault charges now it is very likely that what you're going to see is that legal team. now picking this fight to the european court of human rights people are really just quite this is a david and goliath battle with juli

strasbourg virginia, -- highs in the mid 70's today, low humidity, bright sunshine, a repeat performance there will be a chill in the air tomorrow morning in the 40's in most outlying suburbs. now to lisa. >> in good shape on the baltimore beltway. late-day clearing construction is history and on 95 up to the marine base. lanes are open. minor collision on 270 north at montgomery village avenue, southbound is open. 395 between duke street and seminary road in this picture beautiful and quiet. now to news. >> thanks. the search for the gunman behind a fatal shooting in fairfax county. >> police responded to a noise complaint in moderate allies night and found a man shot inside a car. and carter is live at the scene with the latest. >> still a developing story. police just left the scene moments ago. loaded the car involved onto a flatbed and towed the vehicle away. police say this started around 11:30 last night. that's when they got a call to this mount vernon neighborhood for a noise complaint. authorities say it's not clear what was going on at the time but when officers arrived they f

in strasbourg, virginia, 58 degrees. 62 in leonardtown.mperature of 82, a perfect thursday, low humidity, a lot of sunshine,. our sandstorms likely tomorrow afternoon. some could be strong to severe late on friday. >> later today, thousands of mourners are expected to fill the walter washington convention center if to say farewell to chuck brown. >> the man known as the "godfather of go-go died a couple weeks ago after battling pneumonia. john gonzalez is live a convention center with more. >> this legendary musician gave back so much to his community. now that same community will pay its final respects this afternoon here at the convention center. much like many of his performances, his funeral will be a well-planned yet at times spontaneous four-our program. a prayer service that will include a number of speeches from the mayor to comedian and actor mike epps. there will be will beto a little bit of go-go music. his band will perform a medley of his well-known songs, his greatest hits. if tuesday's public viewing was any indication, ther

strasbourg got his third win of the season. >>3>> day three of our chipping contest to play against tiger woods. >> the winner also gets two weeklong vip tickets to the at&t national in june. all you have to do is watch "good morning washington" and listen for the daily clue. today's clue is "fairway." go to wjla.com/facebook. you can enter once a day until thursday when we announce the winner. good luck. >> 6 a cult 48 right now, time for traffic and weather for 10 minutes. let's see how the roads look. if >> cooling a little because of sunshine in our eyes. no accidents-- slowing down a little. a little slow from college park into the bel-- looked at this impact of the sunshine on 95 at georgia avenue. it is not slowing down motorists yet. back to you. >> thank you. we will not complain about the sunshine. >> not a bit. it will be spectacular today through the weekend. a few clouds on sunday. let's look from our live camera looking to the east, clear blue skies with sunshine. let's look at a time lapse from frederick. sunrise at 5:59. first time in a long time for sunrise before 6:00. 4

. -- stephen strasbourg. are you kidding me?how slowly. >> this is the last time i'll probably ever do this. still pretty cool to see the nats score nine straight runs. they win 9-3. afterward, everybody wanted to talk about the home run. >> i didn't think it was going out. typically, the speed is down so we have to swing a lot harder to hit it out. it just shows you get a good swing to o. stand hit it in the right part, it will go out. >> i didn't expect stras to hit a breaking ball. we said we found a left fielder. yeah, that's great. that ways fun dugout when we started scoring some runs. >> this is yesterday. i was out at the big train celebrity softball game. i was honored to be out there. it was the media against the athletes. this is my trying to score the game-tying run. we're down and am i safe? am i out? i'm called out. and look at mike wise from the watch the post go ballistic on the ump. it was a terrible call. i was safe. lorenzo alexander's last thing as they walk off the field victorious, 3-2-rbg athletes will do

we know that stephen strasbourg is on the mound.ou are talking an everyday player. >> here is the difference. this is a redskins town. as the redskins go -- >> it can turn into a baseball town. >> it could turn into one. a frontrunner because if the nats are win, then everybody is on board. >> this guy is a frontrunner. >> he is legit. he will feel some pressure but i'm just saying rg iii more because there is a redskin town, hard core to the bone, win, lose or draw. >> i say it begrudgingly, rg iii has more pressure than bryce harper. >>> who will have it in two years? >> i'll surprise you. i think it will be bryce harper. i'll tell you why. i think he is the real deal at 19 and at 21, two years down the road, from what we've seen, the start of this kid, he could be, you hate to throw out the name mickey mantle, but you are hear something comparisons. when you are talking about a legendary player like a mickey mantle or joe dimaggio, i'll take bryce harper. >> i'll say rg iii will be the bigger deal because of the dreadlocks. >> th

a rookie making a name for himself in the stanley cup playoffs and strasbourg struggles but harper is>> two men are charged in a disturbing sex assault in fairfax county. it happened behind a church in the 2400 block of gallows road. these two men attacked a woman from behind. then raped and robbed her. they're both charged with rape and malicious wounding. >>> for the first time the public is hearing george huguely's hysteria the moment he found out he killed his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love. >> the evidence may have saved him from a harsher sentence. julie carey reports. >> he would have been had to have been a fantastic actor to pull off the emotional responses that he did in that video. >> reporter: that's what one of the jurors says about the videotaped police interrogation that played an important role in their deliberation. today for the first time, the media and public were given a chance to see and hear the 64-minute long police interview. at the trial, the monitor was turned so only jurors could watch. >> this was the interrogation room where charlottesville police brought h

stephen strasbourg gave up four runs and seven hits.t four innings matching second shortest appearance of his young career. bryce harper homered in his second straight game. >> we didn't bring them the good luck that they needed. you did bring them some nice weather. >> it rained for about five minutes during the game. everybody ran underneath the annings. the sun came out and it was hot and humid. >> like a baseball game should be. >> it was warm out there. i want to thank everybody who came out there and thank everybody for the words of encouragement with the first throw. >> you did well, my friend. >> made it to home plate. not sure for it was a strike but it made it. >> looked like a ball to me, a little high. >> we've got some pictures a little later. we have some on our facebook page if you want to see whether or not we have pictures of the kids that came out yesterday. 65 right now at reagan national. 61 in gaithersburg. continues to be 61678 that is the winning number north and west of the city this morning. 61 in culpeper. 63 t

. >> if the legal team has to seek recourse with the european court of human rights in strasbourg, whichthe last court of appeal what is the likely outcome of that? is it possible the european court could stay his extradition? >> you have to understand the european court is not quite like the last court of appeals. it is an open avenue. if it is an issue which the european court with a matter that needed to be resolved -- it is very rare for a case like this on this kind of point to go to the european court. we will take a look at that and put that argument in writing to the european court. they can either say yea or nay and that will open up whether or not we have recourse. i think we will probably have to make decisions over the next 48 hours as to what happens next. >> helena kennedy, you said you spoke to julian assange. he is caught in traffic. he usually makes a statement after a decision is handed down. what was his response to the high court ruling he should be extradited to sweden? >> in many ways, julian is skeptical about any judicial decision making in this field, and is very

and between bryce harper and strasbourg, it's a completely changed atmosphere from having going since totally different. >> let's hope they start filling up the seats. >>> mika, we have some new polls out. >> a new poll shows president obama and mitt romney in a dead heat in several key states likely to decide who the next president will be. in florida, it's a statistical tie. romney 44%, president obama 43%. at the end of march, the president had a seven-point advantage there. in ohio, obama 44%, romney 42%. in march, there was a six-point lead for obama there. and in pennsylvania, president obama has the edge. he leads romney in pennsylvania by eight points, 47% to 39%. that's an improvement from his three-point lead over romney a month ago. now these new numbers come as the superpac supporting mitt romney has announced they'll be watching a $ 4.3 million ad campaign in nine swing states. the first ad airing is called saved, which of the only positive ad the super pac aired during the republican primary. >> my 14-year-old daughter disappeared in new york city for three days. no one