over toward areas around point of rocks and fairfax and maybe strasburg few storms and temperatures in the mid 80s. quiet weather again tonight. it will be muggy and 60s and 70s. then tomorrow is the better chance of storms west of the blue ridge but as the front approaches friday night with some storms, that is going to give us some great news for the weekend. so we'll talk more about that coming up. and i can hope that you'll take us with you this weekend. yeah you can take us with you with the wusa9 app. a free download for your smart phone. andrea? >>> thanks howard. president trump is blaming congress for the united states' deteriorating relationship with russia. a day after he reluctantly signed new economic sanctions against russia. as mola lenghi reports it comes i mid new russian investigation. >> reporter: president trump is putting the blame on congress for the current state of relations between the u.s. and treasure a. the president -- and russia. the president feeted -- the tweet comes a day after the president signed new sanctions against russia. even thother called the -

stephen strasburg on another level string innings of work, but the nats were cruising but then they weren't up 3-1 in the 9th and they blow it. the bullpen which has been great of late gives it up and we are tied 3-3 where we are right now as they play extra innings in h town. >>> craziness at the tigers/yankees game. what is this, mma? cabrera and romine fighting at home plate, eight did you know slotew inrnet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads iwithnentereet spds up to 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $24.90 more per month. our lowest price ever on this offer. but only for a limited time. call today. comcast business. built for business. comcast business. you each drive a ford pickuyes.ght? i'm going to show you a next generation pickup. awesome. let's do this. the bed is made of high-strength steel, which is less susceptib

. >>> to baseball, no strasburg, no scherzer, no gio, no problem for the nats.came alive late in the rubber match of their series at wrigley field in chi town. early going looked like a night game with the overcast skies, no rain, though, tied 4-4 in the 8th , bases juiced for one. matt wieters with the grand slam, straight away center. that puts the nats up 8-4 and, of course, it's tradition after yohome run. taking off by lobaton. that's what happens there. nats close it out with doolittle. what would doo do? he gets it done. 90-4 victory for the nats. this -- 9-4 victory for the nats. this could be a preview of the playoffs. >>> there's davis and then mr. mancini, deep three straight in the 1st inning as the orioles cruise 12-3 over detroit. >>> it is so hard to gauge where the redskins are right now, but we will be able to tell something perhaps with the first redskins game with the baltimore ravens thursday night in their first preseason visit. in richmond here, though, is a concern. wide receiver josh dobson listening off the field, apparent hamstring issu

he's no strasburg, no max scherzer, no gio gonzalez, no problem as the bats came alive later in the seriesswear it was a night game, looked like overcast skies, no delays. 4-4 in the 8th, bases loaded for one matt tweeters. he's been itcricized lately, not today, grand slam putting the nats up 8-4 and, of course, it's the nats tradition to get the helmet taken off after the home run. nats close it out with doolittle on the mound with beard. 9-4. this could be a preview of dare i say the playoffs. >>> there's davis and then mancini with a jack to left as o's cruise 12-3 over detroit. >>> people ask me how do the redskins look at training camp and i'll be honest. i really can't answer that, but we will know more certainly with our first preseason game thursday night at baltimore. not good watching practice. there was another practice in richmond today for the redskins as the fight for the 53 man roster is well underway and thursday night a chance for us to see where the skins are at and they're looking forward to actually playing somebody else they'll tell you. >> any time you go into baltim

host: strasburg, pennsylvania, line for democrats. regarding the war in afghanistan, what does that contribute to the national debt? also, if we went bankrupt, what would be the effects of that? the cost of afghanistan, i don't know the precise numbers, i'm sorry. cost ofestimates of the the conflict in both afghanistan andiraq since after 9/11 the cost is quite significant. well over a trillion dollars. in debt20 trillion outstanding is related to those wars at least. at this point is probably larger than that. i don't know the cost of afghanistan specifically. you can find that information at the congressional budget office. cnnmoney saying the current estimate pegs the conflict in afghanistan, total cost somewhere around $841 billion. guest: there you go. quite significant. in terms of bankrupt. in this case it would mean that the federal government does not pay bondholders. people who bought treasury bonds expect to get paid principal and interest. if the federal government doesn't pay them on time, that is default and you might c

larry: stephen strasburg, looking good last minor league stint, giving up only one run. doesn't suffer any setbacks, he could be in line to make his next start or the washington nationals saturday in san diego. veronica: and you have got to see this triumphant return in denver with chad bennett back on the field for the first time since finishing cancer treatment. last year they found testicular cancer had spread to his lymph nodes, but after successful helpment he is back colorado get a three nothing win over atlanta. awesome, great story, good for him. veronica has a look at the forecast. temperatures on the rise? exactly. one thing we haven't heard folks say in a while is -- i'm hot. but that could change. we do have rising take a look at the blue bar on the graph, that represent the average. temperatures, average high for 87 degrees, year, look at the numbers, they go well above that. even some on friday, 90 degree warmth coming our way next week. monday, 88 in next monday is looking dry and we will talk more about that day, you know what it is, coming up in just a f

. >> where you know of the most memorable moments he caught stephen strasburg's first mlb start. [applause] >> he meant a lot to the nationals. erin: in annandale, abc7 sports. larry: it feels like a giant warm hudge. >> a wonderful guy. >> great guy. much deserved. >> thank you. next at 5:00, p ticking for some of d.c. finest. fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com jonathan: tonight a push for local police officers to get a raise. sam ford explains why th

stephen strasburg will also hit a home win against the marlins.iami waiting for-nothing. the blockbuster trade would get nixed because of health issues for isaiah thomas but the cavaliers agreed to terms that will make harry reid irving is celtic, bossa nova dissector from draft but jay crowder to cleveland. villanova basketball coach died yesterday. he was 82 years old losing his battle with cancer. his improbable that jury over georgetown for the national title. tennis, anyone? were we share pose a needed three sets to win her second round match. meanwhile, venus williams also a winner last night at arthur ashe stadium around number three. a lot of tennis played yesterday because of rain the day before. cheryl: maria shara pozo really coming back strong. >> if you were in vegas and you put a couple bucks early couple bucks or leon county public upgrade because she's this wild-card entry. she should be right up there with the top seeds. >> i think it was fair that reduced from two years to 15 months was fair. cheryl: garrett, thank you. fox news

washingtonen without price harper and stephen strasburg all are expected a reason for the postseason against his humid town bad rays and somebody else has been missing from the ballpark. principal owner has not been at games recently a lot of people wondering why not in letter of washington revealed he is recovering from cancer had left leg annual pew dated earlier this month. he's feeling well and healing well and cancer free and looking forward to eventual new prosthetic and getting to the ballpark. >> kevin during respect will not go to the white house to visit trump is nba champs are invited. he said i don't agree with what he, meaning president agrees with so my voice is going to be heart by not doing that. might not even have a chance though because so far golden states has not been invitesed to the whitehouse each though they take on wizards. the parade and steph curry for the young kids too. >> preseason football. raveens and florida taking on the dolphins. took to the field withstanding ovation. played two series. as for baltimore joe black owe won't play until regular seaso

that's stephen strasburg holding bat. why would we show him with a bat in his hand he's a paper. he's a paper that rakes. seconds home run of season opposite field. who needs bryce harper when you have straws power i'm kidding this teams needs i'm sorry. >> if a pitcher can hit a home run surely i can. he hits fifth of surprise deep to left and spraws did what he did back, straysburg gets second home run of career. and shut out. >> i wept out there and really wanted to compete and count the strike zone. i have good obvious over there sometimes you have to go after them. >> redskins hosted 56 annual welcome home luncheon. largest fund raise her of the year. kirk cousin and ryan harry began, the team took a break before preseason game tomorrow night in cap pa. newspaper of the starters will play tomorrow. kirk cousins says they're plan fog philadelphia. >> we're getting there so close. >> getting colder outside. >> it is. >> feels like football. >> i had my fist pumpkin spice latte. >> is it out don't tease me like that. >> thank you, brody. good fox news at 11 comes up next. >> he

strasburg pitched this last week and all fans get to see jason werth and trea turner. >> kylie irvingiss deal shipped to celtics in exchange for other all star guy killing wizards in postseason izaiah thomas. and they get jay crowder and 2018 draft pick. more reason now to tune into season opening clash between the two teams. >> a big boxing match in las vegas. >> do you like the threads. >> yes, i do. >> floyd mayweather and conner mcgregor arriving in sin city ahead fight. mayweather is hvy according to bet online 90% of action is in mcgregor corner f he pulls up upset tractor-trailer could be worst loss in history of mgm res resorts. >> wow. >> fight on saturday night. >> who is your money on, steve? >> i predicted this will be fight will end via disqualification. >> what does that mean. >> mcgregor. >> will try to kick. >> and then nobody wins everybody losses and pay perview is big winner. >> okay. >> how about you? >> rather disappointed to have that happen. >> i think it's hard to go against floyd. this is his kind of thing. >> if he plays by the rules. >> should be interesting

. >> and strasburg out as well. >>> let's go to jack taylor. >> makes me realize i can move my neck.270 southbound, a lot of activity on the northbound lanes. everything has been black line out of frederick. chopper 4 still down. delays i-95 northbound out of wood bridge because of closure on 123 near old bridge road headed toward work house road. all activity pushed to the side. headlights northbound, that's main lanes. we have heavy traffic delays there, but not that bad. at least kind of getting into the morning rush hour with all lanes available. we're getting better news here. sheena has good news in the weather department. >> i do. if you like that summer weather pattern, it will continue. a thunderstorm possible, similar to what part of the area saw yesterday. not everyone will see a storm today, we will have a couple of isolated ones developing, mostly after 2:00 p.m. then we go into the weekend and have nice changes. the 80s come back into the forecast. i think you'll like the temperatures. if youo 70 in frederick, 70 in leesburg. if you are walking the dog, this is lady, av

steven strasburg he threw a bull pen session. he hopes to be back soon.ryce harper sharing some slew do rit ual with eric fet ticketed event. he gets a start today, doesn't go so well this one almost goes out of the park. two homers for contrair just five in his last four games . fet ticketed event gave up four over five. the nats, their offense had his back. unloaded, a grand slam, that's your game winner. mad weed ers, the nats take the series with this one nine to four. >> i knew that was a pitch i could get elevated. fet did i battled for us today, other than that he threw the ball great. our bull pen came in and kept us close. we knew we were going to have a shot to make a run. we were able to breakthrough the inning. >> now, we don't have the highest of standards of constitutes a play on the close five top five. we've established that over the years we just say it needs to be entertaining and that it's positive. take this play from spanish soccer play, it is a glorious goal. it goes in, the problem he scored it on his own goalie. you scored for the

. >> nationals pitcher steven strasburg expected to is it a saturday. he's been out with a nerve issue in his throwing elbow. during a start yesterday he said he had no air. >> despite the air following power and around the rest of us are hot. >> i am telling you it was >> if you get the one breeze in the morning. >> summer breeze, makes me feel fine♪ >> i love this song, too, thank you for making this friday that much better with that song and the breeze. >> totally agree. >> this song puts me in instant good news. >> meanwhile it's hot out♪ >> summer breezes. >> the zip trip will cheer you up. >> i have to find a summer breeze and it's nowhere around here. heat advisory in effect 11 a.m. strong storms expected today and tropics a concern. gert is long gone now we have harvey spinning off the coast of south america here of venezuela and about to impact win ward islands. winds sustained 40 miles an hour and harvey expected to move due west and not become a threat to the continental u.s. possibly strengthening into hurricane and looks like it remains a t

he coaches some of the best arms in baseball, gio gonzalez, stephen strasburg and 2016 cy young winnerax scherzer. do you lay in bed and say this is surreal? i can't believe this? >> when i'm laying in bed i ain't thinking of them, that is for sure. >> it's fun to show up coming to work expecting to win. that is what separates them from a lot of players. >> you have teammates behind you. the accountability factor, you are a pitcher and when you look at the box score the next day, the win and the loss next to a pitcher's name. >> any one of the guys that you see yourself in? >> a little something in all of us, you know? we tend to cross over. that is where you connect with them. we find some common line. some common denominator that brings us closer. when you do develop relationships, make it a partnership instead of a coach/player, a partnership. we are in this thing together, i think the guys really appreciate that. i know i do. with coach of the week, i'm robert burton. larry: right now, suspicions are confirmed about a devastating fire. the cause and why nothing could have prevented

stephen strasburg also on the hurt list unfortunately. they have another chance tonight. >>> he is considered the best defensive tackle in the nfl. this preseason, he is making a major life change. details on trent williams' new diet he hopes can be game changing. only news4 taking you underground, explaining why a new construction project is about to disrupt your ride. >>> we are tracking breaking news for you this morning. lanes of indian head highway closed after a deadly fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of your contract with up t

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. >>> and we have update on nats pitcher steven strasburg.nd start saturday against the padres. strasburg has been on the disable list since july 27th with a nerve issue in his throwing elbow. great news for the nats there. >>> and finally, forget bwob. byoc day at 7eleven. in other words, bring your own cup. to any 7eleven location you can fill it up with slurpee deliciousness for just a dollar and 50 cents. and it's not limited to cups. you can bring any container that fits the guidelines as long as it's leak proof, food safe, sanitary and can fit up right under the schlep slurpee dispenser like so. free slurpee deliciousness today. >> were i was a kid i would make all the flavors. >> of course. >> down the line and just mix them all. >> i tell you this is too much of a good thing because then you go crazy bring a bucket or something. five sips and you're like, okay,. >> >> bouncing off the walls. >> that's why i don't understand how they have the sugar free ones. why would you get a sugar free slurpee. go all the way. >> go big or go home.

strasburg on the mound. second inning. the weather is just about ideal for baby or anything else.e see numbers drop through the lower 70's to the upper 60's with the partly cloudy skies heading through the nighttime hours. talk about the next system. this is irma. might have been a tropical storm and never had it in it but this one is. it's named and top winds of 50 miles per hour. as of the morning update. we get a new update at 5:00. they develop it to a category one hurricane with the 90 miles per hour winds possible by mo a long way to go. no way to know if it heads to caribbean or the continental u.s. or anywhere else yet. we do see moisture ahead of the tropical storm harvey pushing northward. not technically rains from harvey. but associated with the low pressure. that could affect us friday night. tomorrow is gorgeous. 82. cooler behind a front on friday. temperatures heading through friday time we are looking at cool numbers indeed. only in the 60's. that is it throughout the day. we talk about the weekend. labor day and the next ten days in a couple of minutes. jonathan:

after leaving the last start early max scherzer on the mound after as for the nats other ace stephen strasburgion his second since his injury. he shall be back soon. yesterday bryce harper's high school teammate eric fetty. nats offense had his back tied four-four. matt wieters with the home run. that would be a grand slam 'cause the bases were full brings them all home. that's your game winner. nats win nine-four. >> ♪ >> i knew that was a pitch i could get elevated get in the air. didn't get it enough to get it out. if. etty battled for us. he threw the ball great. he battled for us and our bullpen came in and kept us close. we knew we were going to have a shot to make a run and a lot of guys put good bats together and we got closer and were able to break through at the end. guy very popular in philadelphia. darren daulton the all-star catcher who was the leader of the phillies nl championship team passed away. >> injury filled week. redskins no strangers to that. wide receiver josh dotson had a to relieve practice early because of a hamstring injury. >> got to get them ready and there's no

eventually we will get some sunshine, in strasburg, out there lancaster county, 68 degrees, west chester also 68. pennsville new jersey, 70, and in mt. holly it is 71, so, that's what it feels like when you walk out the door you won't encounter precipitation like we had yesterday. you will need the umbrella -- you won't need the umbrella, eventually the sunshine heats us up to 88 degrees, and that's about 10 degrees warmer than we were yesterday with all of the clouds, and all of that rain. so, improvement today. talk about the weekends, though, coming in just a few minutes. checking traffic for you. we start off with this look, unfortunately, an accident, it happened on i-95, up in bucks county, in newtown, involving a motorcycle. all we can see in the dark and in the fog are the flashing lights from the responders to the accident. but, it does have the right lane taken out on i-95 northbound newtown. now, we've got foggy conditions, all over the place, as we try to look at this shot from the new jersey side of the ben franklin bridge. we can see it, but through a lot of haze, we've got

stephen strasburg looking pretty good. pitched six scoreless with seven strikeouts.ack at home taking on the mets. >>> this is what everybody is talking about in the sports worlds this morning yankees and tigers throwing down in detroit. this is just one of three brawls, three bench clearing brawls during the same game. tigers miguel cabrera having words with the backup catcher and in the sixth inning and then benches clear, five players ejected including both managers and the coach. you can expect the lead to hand down harsh punishment for some of those who were involved in this brawl. >>> just one day away and now until saturday night's floyd mayweather and connor mcgregor fight this one sure to be big money up until go time. on thursday in las vegas multiple $1 million bets were placed on floyd mayweather but even with those monster bets, the book still faces a seven figure liability on connor mcgregor. one little fan will no doubt be rooting for the underdog connor mcgregor his son connor jack was fitted for his own custom three piece suit. >> my goodness. >> he'

let's check some other regional temperatures, strasburg, 63 degrees, coatesville is 59. we have bear, delaware, at 65. voorhees, new jersey, 60 degrees. toms river, coming in at 57 to start. we've got sunshine, another bright and beautiful day, did not even need to change the words on this graphic, because it is just as beautiful as yesterday. but things will change just in time for the weekend. and that forecast is coming right up. glad you got here on time, bob kelly, what you got? >> why don't you just take the rest of the morning off? >> just re ♪ >> rerun from yesterday. >> good idea. >> good morning, can we mix it up a little bit. let's get her working. 4:02, working on the schuylkill this morning, traffic moving again, i just got stuck in one of those brief ten minute stoppages that makes you think like oh, what's going on? you know, and my traffic guy, i had to call my personal traffic person here. but eastbound, down to one lane from 476, all the way into belmont avenue. there is no blockages, just they're moving the construction around, be out there until about

stephen strasburg will be on the mound. >>> update on max scherzer by the way.fore last night's game but dusty baker says let's give him another couple days. he's not going to be ready to rejoin the rotation tomorrow as the team hoped. scherzer battling a sore neck. hopefully he's back on the mound soon. home game for d.c. united playing one of the to that to tt offices in mls that would be atlanta. they ended up picking up one goal and that would do it off the header right there. boop. it w goal but it doesn't matter because it still counts even though at the atlanta player knocked it in. that's the look of when you know you just gave up a goal into your own net. but it worked. that's all they needed. d.c. united ends up winning one-zip. supporters demanded colin kaepernick be signed by the start of the season. >> it's political when the police kill us. it's political when white nationalists act against us and it's political for the nfl not to give colin kaepernick a job. >> the interim president of the naacp has requested a meeting with the nfl commissioner to

stephen strasburg back and doing well.he fifth how about strauss saying he could do it with the bat as well. watch this one fly. >> well hit and yelich looking up and it's gone. >> second homer of the year. ninth inning he goes for the complete game shut out. the nats win four-nothing. way to go strauss his first complete game shutout believe it or not since 2013. >> what? >> let's switch over to football right now. in case you missed it in all the hurricane news and everything else, the skins are actually playing tonight. they'll play tampa gearing up for the preseason game against the bucs. time to meet the fans before hitting the field. that looked like doug williams and kirk cousins. the team hosted their 56th annual welcome home luncheon largest fundraiser of the year where the team meets with fans. on the menu for the year's luncheon the same on tray that would be a full plate of hope. for the second straight year kirk cousins voted the team's offensive player of the year and ryan kerrigan named the defensive player

steven strasburg getting it done on both sides.night his second the mound, give the guy a bat and knows how to hit as well. hit second homerun of the se season. nats within four to zero strausburg first shut down since 2013. >> that's impressive. >> here's the homerun. >> two in one season. >> it lands in the bleachers. >> pitchers have two in their whole career. >> he's looking at it that's right, i just did that. >> gonzalez gone good i'd be running around throwing my hands up. >> then again somebody would get mad and throw the ball at you an big fight and then people be talking about owe you showed me up. you know how these cry babies do. >> silly baseball. >> stand like tucker is doing. >> unbothered. >> unbothered act like you've been here before. >> right. >> hello. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> yeah. real quick on the nats. just rest all the starters until like the 20th. >> let's just -- don't even let them play. >> talker's theory. >> all of them? >> all of them. don't get anybody hurt. >> nobody gets hurt. >> that's