es the nationals have got a 1-0 lead. >> straussburg drove in a run with a single and the nat's 4-0 win over the marlins. he struck out seven hitters in route to his tenth victory of the year. the nationals have the best record in the national league. they are in first place by three games. >>> and talk about a sticky situation. marlin's manager ozzy guillen had words with bryce harper during yesterday's guillen claimed harer had pine tar too far up his bat. >> the only thing i say he is a great player. what he did today was unprofession unprofessional. yo i don't want to tell you what it was. >> we changed it. he was still chirping about it. it got on the umpire's nerves. it got on my nerves. you know, he was trying to, you know, intimidate my player, i guess. it's not going to bother our player. >> pine tar helps the ball travel farther. it's against the rules of baseball to have the goop above the label of the bat. >> play by the rules. >>> the time right now is 5:24. you think a concert featuring bruce springsteen and paul mccartney would end with cheers. >> but sometimes things jus

could be the host city for the 20 fen game and stay tuned for tonight's game to see the pitcher straussburggonies goons and outfielder bryce harper. >> last night, the festivities got underway with the home run derby and the angels mark trumbull, connected to two rounds and this is that huge shot to left field. and bautista racked up 13 rounds and battle for a spot in the spinal and troubles the two homers to one and fielder againstpaist -- bautista and hit 12 home runs, including this 476-foot bomb. fielder is the winner and joins ken griffey jr. as the only multiwinner celebrating with his sons jayden and haven. >>> former caps center and native jeff halburn found a home. he is the first unrestricted free agent to sign mike knuble, aucoin are without teams. the capitals started their developmental camp yesterday. the 16th draft pick, tom wilson, number 43 in red and ready to make the impact. he played for the limbing on the railers for one year before going to the caps in the first round of june's draft and at 6'4", the right-winger wants to make big hits for the caps and make d.c. the ne

here's luray, woodstock, straussburg. this is moving toward the east. this will probably go across virginia generally south of i- 66 though we can't rule out a few other showers. where the sun has been out up north, it's warmer. hagerstown 83. more sun in the tappahannock area 86. more cloudiness we've got 70s. still a little wet on the lens from this morning although starting to see past some of that. 79, cloudy skies reported at reagan national on the hour with a light north wind at 3. still very muggy out there. humidity at 69%. big picture front a.m. boundary right across -- frontal boundary right across us. this will be the focal point for some showers and storms. i think it will be drifting slowly off to the south. the futurecast, the moisture will be sinking south. we'll head toward the evening hours when things start to settle down. south of town quiet although again south fredricksburg, you may get a shower toward tomorrow morning. this may clip parts of southern maryland and south and west of d.c. better chance of storms here in town for tuesd

allows four hits, one earned run and had 11 strikeouts and the nationals sweep the mets 5-2 and straussburg improves to 11-4 on the season. >>> and some action starting, the olympic women's soccer team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat france, 4-2 and d.c. united head coach ben olson coached the mls all-stars against chelsea and -- for d.c. back to you. >> and thank you, lindsay. now you have the news edge at 10. on the news edge at 11. if you've been successful, youu didn't get there on your o own. if you've got a business, you didn't build d that. somebody else made that happen. my father's hands didn't build this company. my hands didn't build this company. through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. why are you demonizing us for it? it's time we had somebody who believes in us. someone who believes that achievement should be rewarded not punished. we need somebody who believes in america. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. 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 ann

the nats all-stars helped the cause as well with gonzalez and straussburg pitching. where is it? there it is. behind you. the win means the national league gets home field in the world series. that's the play he's going to have to see all day today. >>> with the 2012 london olympics just a little more than two weeks away now, we want to get you pumped up with the games with a tour of some of the spectacular venues there. many of the competitions will take place at olympic park on london's east side. the former partially abandoned industrial area now home to eight newly built venues. largest park to be built in london in a century and 2 million square foot shopping ball and hope to orbit tower, but london is also mixing the old with the new. most notably, for beach volleyball which will be played at the horse grounds parade just around the corner from big ben and buckingham palace. don't forget that nbc 4 is your home for the 2012 london olympics. you can catch all of the action right here starting on july 27th. in the meantime, you can check out london 2012 section of nbcwashingt

steven straussburg will be making the first all-star appearance. he has nine wins and is tied for the lead with 128 strikeouts. geo gonzalez, a fan favorite among the ladies. >> yes. >> here at fox 5. >> he is, a two-time all-star with the league-leading 12 wins. they expected to play an inning and bryce harper coming off of the bench. >> and around the baseball is, you know, pretty impressive and, you know, it's going to be a lot of fun and being here the first time, i'm trying to they could it in and enjoy every moment i can and with the families as much as i can and really enjoy myself. >> and not that this is a huge surprise, but harper is the third youngest player to go to the classic. >> uh. >> and can you catch the game here on fox 5 news and that coverage begins at 7:30. >> a class reunion hits the dvd circuit and a well-known sports movie makes its way to blu-ray. >> fox news ashley devorkian has the latest music video and dvd to hit later this week. >> what we have is special. >> reporter: the "american pie" franchise leads the new class

all-star with the as and has 112 strikeouts and 11 wins, tied for second most in the majors and straussburgt-time all- star and 9-3 with a 2.81e.r.a. and major league leading 122 strikeouts and here are two of the all-stars. >> and that is a tremendous experience and huge honor for me. great to see all of the hard work paid off. >> and never made an all-star team in professional baseball but to do it in the major leagues is a gift from god. >> and i said congratulations. >> the nats outfielder turned a lot of heads the first two months in the big leagues. so many, he's in the final vote vying for the spot in the all- star game and the national league. the 19-year-old -- from four other players, including chipper jones and is currently hitting with 8 home runs and 24 rbis. go to www.mlb.com until 4:00 p.m. thursday for voting. let's get him in this game. >> you have to earn it. there are a lot of guys in this league have better numbers than i do, you know, so, i don't know. it would be great to be there and be around the best guys on the league, and you know, be a lot of fun to go out there

and nationals back in action tomorrow and they at home hosting the phillies and supposed to be straussburg versus chris lee. should be a good matchup. >> and they're on fire and there is so much fun to watch. thank you very much. >>> now you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. keep it here. tmz on tv is up next. see you at 10 and for the news edge at 11.

brice harper, stephen straussburg on the team.l game is only part of the fun for baseball fans. >> oh, man! center field. way back and gone! set off the fountains again! >> prince fielder won last night's home run derby. he belted 12 homers in the final round. his second home run derby title. >> big guy. >> power. yeah. one of the harest things. >> i was going to say. you know this from experience. >> no, no. to hit a round ball with a round bat, and hit it that hard, that far, that's a feat. i can't do it. >>> coming up on 27 after the hour right now. heads up for drivers, you could be dealing with more construction cones. >> and pepco customers won't see rates go up just yet. >> temperatures this morning. ♪ our machines help identify early stages of cancer and it's something that we're extremely proud of. you see someone who is saved because of this technology, you know that the things that you do in your life, matter. if i did have an opportunity to meet a cancer survivor, i'm sure i could take something positive away from that

bryce harper, steven straussburg and geo gonzalez contributed at the all-star game. harper provided some comic relief. the rookie outfielder lost the ball in the lights. here we go. here it is. there's bryce harper. looking for the ball. where is it? behind you. yikes. all right. he says despite the flub, he enjoyed being around some of the biggest names in the game including hall of famer george brett. >> it was unbelievable being able to talk to my favorite player in the game. it was pretty unreal experience. telling me how much he liked my game and the way i played. i just -- it was great. no words for it. >> and the national league win means that if the nationals make it to the world series, they will have the home field advantage. we can dream, can't we? nationals going to the world series. how cool would that be? they've been playing really well. >>> sometimes men and women disagree about things in particular who is a better driver. the mayor of a european town is taking this all one step further. he's the mayor of treeburg, germany. he had the parking deck rel

the nats all-stars helped the cause with gonzalez and straussburg pitching scoreless innings. bryce harper did lose the ball in the lights for a not so highlight reel worthy play. take a look. where is it. where is it? right behind you. his face. it's pretty funny. >>> a first-time olympian making a bit of a splash this morning with some harsh criticism of one of america's greatest swimmers. he's called michael phelps -- he's called him out for his work ethic. he trained alongside phelps at the university of michigan. he said phelps lacks preparation and is asking to get beat. phelps doesn't necessarily deny the criticism. he's acknowledged that he lost all motivation after the beijing olympics, gained some weight and often skipped training. >>> if drama doesn't get you excited for the games, maybe a tour of some of the spectacular venues will. take a look with us here. many competitions will take place at olympic park in london's east side. the former partially abandon area is home to eight new venues. 2 million square feet of shopping space and home to the orbit tower. londo

steven straussburg will be on the mound for that. >>> new reports this morning that former teammates of seven-time tour de france winner lance armstrong will testify against the cyclist in a doping "new york times" is report that five former teammates are accepting reduced suspensions from the sport in return to their testimony. it includes george decap by. many riders and teams denied the reports. the u.s. antidoping agency filed former charges against armstrong earlier this month, something armstrong calls a vendetta. >>> the florida lifeguard who was fired for leaving his patrol zone to rescue a drowning man is getting a second chance. >> he got offered his job back. tomas lopez was watching the beach on monday when people started screaming about a swimmer who was drowning. well, lopez ran to help in that rescue and in doing so he left the zone that he was hired to patrol. the 21-year-old was fired almost immediately. he was offered his job back yesterday, but he turned it down. >> yeah. >> got a little media attention. probably going to be movin on to something bigger and better