and keeping the internet at bay the british courts are blocking the files sharing website the pirate bay from internet users is the latest attack on cyber freedoms but we'll tell you why a ruling that thousands of miles away is hitting so close to home for many americans. it is friday may fourth four pm in washington d.c. my name is christine freeze out there watching our team. well let's begin today with a look at the economy jobs numbers are out and according to the bureau of labor statistics the unemployment rate fell slightly though to eight point one percent in the month of april that is the lowest since january of two thousand and nine the month that president obama first took office non-farm employers added one hundred fifteen thousand jobs to their payrolls last month still that is well below the one hundred seventy thousand jobs economies economists predicted would be added and as far as that slowly declining unemployment rate experts say that was largely due to about three hundred forty two thousand people actually leaving the labor force altogether these numbers of course b

bottom of the sixth now. it's 4-0 pirates. immerman with two on lines the pitch into right field. jesus flores and steve lombardozzi come in to score. zimmerman ends up with a double. the nationals down 4-2. they would add one more. but so would the pirates. so 5-3 is how this one -- look at that kid. ends up. >>> we start in the top of the seventh. some fans out there in k.c. o's down 3-2. chris davis lines the pitch to center field. jared dyson misplays this one terribly. rolls all the way to the wall. wilson betemit comes in to score. and we're tied at 3. so the o's feeling good. still in the seventh. bases juiced for j.j. hardy. broken bat single. davis and luis esposito come in to score. the o's go up 5-3. and that's the final. so now seven straight road wins for the o's. they are 25-14. on the season. >>> if you didn't believe it before, you'd better believe it now. the heat -- vance, are you listening? the heat are in trouble. roy hibbert and the pacers just pummeled them tonight. taking a 2-1 series lead in the eastern

the pittsburgh pirates in town taking on the nationals and the pirates actually a decent team. ace gio gonzalez, the best pitcher for the nationals this season. with gio on the mound at home the nationals have yet to lose a game this season. the nats actually haven't lost back-to-back games at home this entire year. so things do bode well for them as they take on the pittsburgh pirates tonight. last night things did not go very well for the nationals. this was an ugly start to this game. it started with a miscommunication on what should have been a routine pop up in the outfield. it was a costly error and things started snowballing after that. the rain came. steven strasburg got out of his rhythm. for one reason or another which may have included discomfort from icy hot ointment in places it wasn't intended to be, the nats couldn't get it going. but they hoped to do just that. they want to get hot themselves despite the injuries that keep piling up. >> we've been playing for what, six weeks maybe and it's mentally draining with all the injuries we've had. but very rarely do you

where the file sharing website the pirate bay was blocks to millions of users the u.k. high court ruled that the leading i asked these in the country must censor the pirate bay website saying both the site and its users were breaking major copyright laws and this comes on the heels of the cyber intelligence sharing and protection act or says by passing right here in the u.s. house of representatives just a week ago and with many more rules and regulations regarding the internet in the works said a little deeper into this i was joined earlier by david seaman a journalist also host of the d.l. so now i started off by asking him why this is an issue that we here in the u.s. should even care about. i think the fight against quote unquote piracy is global we have these powerful but dying and detainment corporations that are putting tremendous pressure on legislators and on law enforcement on our government to crack down on what they see as piracy but piracy is not the same thing is that when you go out and you steal money from a bank or you steal somebody's as car they no lo

, movie pirates. the business of pirating movies has exploded, and it's costing hollywood billions. virtually every new movie that comes out winds up being pirated on the internet. [ticking] >> i have been asking to see those books. like, this week, okay, is your deadline. >> anna wintour is involved in every detail of vogue: the clothes... >> i like the stripe. >> editing the pictures and articles. >> can i see meredith, please? >> she's decisive, impatient, and there's a look that says, "i'm the boss, and you're boring." [ticking] >> decades after their demise, some departed stars draw more income than they ever made while they were drawing breath, and there is a growing legion of agents and managers willing to represent them. >> we're a business agent for about 250 entertainment, sports, music, and historical clients, but most of those are deceased. >> dead. >> dead. >> they're working stiffs. >> i guess you could say that. >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm steve kroft. for many people, hollywood,

but andrew mccutchen puts the game away with this solo homer in the 8th. pirates win 4-2. >>> former redskins qb john beck has found a new home. he has finally found it. >>> what an exciting night. live at verizon, kristen berset. >> we're psyched. >>> after the break we see some pictures of hillary clinton going au naturale. it's causing quite a stir. ♪ ♪ we were skipping stones ♪ and letting go ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet golden honey. perfect combinations of nature's delicious ingredients, from nature valley. ♪ ♪ i was thinking that i hope this never ends ♪ [ female announcer ] nature valley granola bars, nature at its most delicious. >>> images of secretary of state hillary clinton dubbed hillary au naturale have surfaced. she is seen sporting minimal makeup and thick rimmed glasses. when asked about it, clinton says she's relieved to be at the stage in her life where sh

the pirates won it 5-3. >> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> the low down on the new films trying to knock "the avengerss" off this week's box office list. your entertainment headlines straight ahead. a special bond in an age when parents and their kids seem to spend less and less time together. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." a good friday morning. beautiful weather continues. our streak of dry days will continue into the weekend for areas in the pacific northwest but may not last through the whole weekend. today is just a dry day, little cooler in the desert southwest. as we head through saturday, still dry everywhere. onshore flow keeping it cooler around l.a. and san francisco. sunday looks like later in the day we'll have our chance for some rain in areas like seattle. looks like saturday is your better bet of the two days. if you're watching us on knsd nbc, san diego, california, learn how cats prowl and snakes slither. enjoy animal themed evening of fun with the kids at kindernights a

but andrew mccutchen puts the game away with this solo homer in the 8th. piratesins qb john beck has found a new home. he has finally found it. >>> what an exciting night. live at verizon, kristen berset. >> we're psyched. >>> after the break we see some pictures of hillary clinton

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bryce harper on the move, used to be a catcher, pretty good outfielder, how did the nats do against the pirateswe come back. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. right now, a sweet price on honey nut cheerios, just $1.88. starbucks coffee is only $7.77. that's less than a quarter for a great cup of coffee. and fage greek yogurt is just a buck. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. >>> good news for the nationals. reliever drew storn could be recovering by the end of the week. the nats hope storen and matt lidge who had abdominal surgery will be making reappearances the end of the month. pedro alvarez drives one to deep left center. harper went 0-4 at the plate with a walk. bottom of the 3rd pirates leading 2-0 , casey mcgahee with two on, two outs, runner to ian desmond throws high. andrew mccutchen is safe with four hits. pirates up 3 -0. top of the 9th, the deficit 4- 2. ryan zimmerma

they beat the pirates 7-4. let me take you back downtown. this is from the bottom of the first.triple, he scored and another big night. pitching seven strong innings. he is out to win. the hero of this game was the a home run. a career hit 1000. the final was 7-4. this in the ninth. taking the pitch to center field and here we go. trying to score from second. right now they are tied at 3 in the 12th. 3-3 ball game, what a great play. the sea was playing host to colorado. it was a beauty. here is the play of the game. in control with the dribble. house with is that? the sea winds to-d.c. wins. getting ready for the preakness. there's i'll have another. he is going up at 5-2. a great looking horse. chuck brown's death hit us hard in the sports department. he loved the station here. i broadcast the games at virginia tech. his son was a star. chuck was so proud of him. >> my dream was when i grew up i want my kids to have every opportunity that i did not have. i want you to read from college. >> he said it is a feeling, a vibe you cannot describe. i hope you have a chance to see you

it wasn't enough to beat the pirates. >> bryce harper is getting there. he makes the running catch. >>> the nats and the pirates, bottom of the first, bryce harper shows off his defensive skills way nice running catch. in the third inning, pittsburgh took a three-run lead on a road to home. the teams wrap up the series tonight. >>> the match between la montreal peterson and emirkahn was canceled. peterson was turned down

win 4-2. >>> they'll go to avoid the sweep tonight against the pirates. that will do it for your morning sports from the verizon center, i'm kristen berset. have a great day. >>> coming up, we'll hear reaction from president obama's public endorsement of same-sex marriage. >>> virginia tech prepares for one of the most famous graduation speakers in school history. 5:24. here's monika. >> just out of this camera shot on the inner loop of the betway before georgia avenue, maryland state police found the accident. it's the in two left lanes involving a single vehicle into the jersey wall. i'm have more on that situation coming up in my next report at 5:29. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. >>> good morning. welcome back to 9news now. i'm andrea roane. >>> good morning. i'm mike hydeck. today is thursday. we're almost there. good morning, monika santami. >> good morning. >> howard bernstein, what do we have? sunshine do you say? >> you've got it. sunshine and a little wind too. we don't have the clouds. we don't have the rain. we've got temperatu

critics make the case against the pirate crackdown that's another attempt to censor the web that by also schools. protesting in the u.s. parents teachers and children stage a rally of a devastating budget cuts later we find out more about their efforts to try to teach the authorities a lesson. the speed at which is the most radicalism filled the void created by the arab spring has alarmed many in the west and now it's arrived in their own backyards one of the most extreme branches of islam is making its voice increasingly heard and all under the protection of the west cherish lord's piskun off reports from. afternoon prayer in central moon. and once the worshipping ended the free distribution of car runs continued on three hundred thousand copies in over one hundred across most parts of germany but no mr new material here if the bible can be distributed why not the qur'an. there's nothing illegal about handing out the koran the campaign may be provocative since it kicked off during easter but it's not even the timing which could draw so much

nats defeat the pirates 4-2 and strasburg is 3 -0. >>> orioles and rangers, game 1. the birds hit three consecutive home runs to starter. nick markakis with the third. the orioles had five hits all home runs and took game 16-5. the night cap was more of the josh hamilton show. the guy hit four home runs tuesday, at it again today. a two-run home run in the first, his 15th of the year. the rangers win 7-3. he's on pace for 552 home runs. >>> hockey you and for the second straight series the nats won an -- hockey now and for the second straight series the nats won an elimination game. saturday night against the rangers gape 7 for all the marbles. 2nd period the caps -- game 7 for all the marbles. 2nd period the caps 1-0. jason chimera on the doorstep, his fourth goal of the playoffs, caps holding on to edge the rangers 2-1 and force game 7 saturday in new york. >> we have to keep the same level of desparation. i mean the series is gone. one team pushed, the other team pushed back and really the efforts have been a response to the previous game, but we're facing the same

and that is in pittsburgh against the pirates -- pittsburgh against the pirates. >>> a couple of spottyeft and may have a few more overnight and during the day tomorrow. a rumble of thunder east of interstate 95 and looks like we brightened up for thursday, friday, and saturday. >> now you have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. we're back here tonight at 10. the news edge at 11. hope you will be, to. have a fantastic night. stay dry.  i'm one of six children that my mother raisesed by herself,  and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna to do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's what happened with university of phoenix. i feel like the sky's the limit with what i can do and what i can accomplish. my name is naphtali bryant and i am a phoenix. visit phoenix.edu/beltway to find our 5 locations in your area

the pirates up 3-2 in the ninth. ryan zimmerman back from the disabled list hit a nice shot to left field. the next batter, adam laroche, who just returned from injury, hit a two-run homer giving the nationals the 4-3 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth. with the team just one out away from the win, the walk-off home run gave the pirates the victory. >>> an impressive feat, something only 15 other baseball players have ever done. hit four home runs in a single game. the rangers' josh hamilton became the 16th player. the epic performance came against the baltimore orioles at camden yards. hamilton whoa who has had a public battle with drug and alcohol addiction says it will take some time for the significance to sink in. hamilton also had eight rbis in the rangers' 10-3 win. >> excellent. congratulations. >>> the clock -- not you, aaron. >> you looked at me. >> it was a good read. good for you. >>> the clock at georgetown's healy tower is working again. the university put a new pair of hands on the clock yesterd

top of the 6th pirates lead 3 -0. n has the glove and bat, second solo home run, this one off jordan zimmerman who allowed four runs and seven hits in six innings. bottom of the 6th, nats rally. ryan zimmerman with two on and two on, opposite field base hits scores two runs. zimmerman would go into second on a throw and later score another laroche triple, nats down 4-3. bottom of the 9th. the nats trail 5-3, ian desmond with two on, two out strikes out for the fourth time. nats fall to the pirates 5-3. zimmerman rough outing, assess. >> didn't feel very good. i was playing open and i wasn't able to locate my fastball at all. the breaking stuff was good, but when you can't locate your fastball, you're going to be in trouble. >>> this afternoon the orioles and kansas city. center fielder jared tyson goes all the way to the wall allowing a score from first, game tied at 3-3. four batters later j.j. hardy with two outs shatters his back and delivers a base hit to right field. two scores. it's the game winning hit. orioles

the military will now be able to detect pirate bases on land as well. at is the distance of up to two kilometers from the sea. >> the bundeswehr says the name and it is essential if it is expected to combat piracy effectively, but germany's opposition social democrats did not back the decision. >> the german navy ships have patrolled the seas off the horn of africa since 2008. they form part of the european union mission which has thwarted hundreds of pirate attacks on shipping in the region. the military said it would be more effective to bomb a pirate bases on land. the government agreed. >> it is right for us to use weapons and forced to make things more difficult for the pirates. >> germany's opposition social democrats disagree. they voted against widening the military mandate. they said it increased the risk for military personnel and civilians, and they said the two kilometer operating range was arbitrary. >> this expanding of the mandate brings with it some new means to fight pirates, assuming that pirates did not adapt. but it implies risks as f

but the team just one out away from the win -- rod varahos hid a walkoff home giving the pirates thejust up 95, an impressive feat, something only 15 other players in baseball history have been able to do -- rangers outfielder, josh hamilton, hit four home runs in a single game. the epic performance came against the baltimore orioles at camden yards, hamilton, who has had a very public battle with drug and alcohol addiction says it will take some time for the significance to sink in. hamilton also had eight rbis in the rangers' 10-3 win. >>> in news for your health, there's an alarming rise of girls suffering from concussions while playing sports. for one group of girls, what happened on the field changed their lives. nbc's kate snow reports. >> we found a team in chester springs, pennsylvania, with a remarkable story to tell. >> show of hands, how many of you have had a concussion? how many of you have had more than one concussion? how many of you have played through a concussion, you had a concussion and you just kept going? one group of friends, more than a dozen concussions. dr.

the pirate bay and the u.k. i can't believe they actually went ahead and did with this but they ruled or they passed a law saying the pirate bay has to be blocked by. in the u.k. or the high court ruled that excuse me but here some argue till now. order u.k. internet service providers before the site from users as soon as choose founders. peter sunday and correlate have already over six point four million dollars in fines in two thousand and ten for allowing users to infringe copyright. and that has messed up this is where i as peers are fighting here in the us too right when the government wants to put the onus on them to police certain things and here they're just picking out one certain websites blackballing them and i think what's really frightening about this is when you put the onus on the i.s.p. is that maybe some less has a tent to allow more content and that means that they might then start blocking other sites that they're concerned about so then they aren't going after and i think that what we have th

file sharing website claiming it was distributing copyright material but the move but fired with the pirate bay welcoming twelve million more u.k. visitors to its site last week journalist david seaman told us governments across the globe need to focus on more serious internet crimes he thinks. fight against quote unquote piracy is global we have these powerful but dying entertainment corporations that are putting tremendous pressure on legislators and on law enforcement on our government to crack down on what they see as piracy but piracy is not the same thing is that when you distribute a piece of music or you know a comedy show or anything like that and other people see it it's not as if the original creator has lost anything and fact there is a lot of evidence that those artists who receive a lot of play over the so-called piracy networks. and doing quite well because they reach millions of people who would not have even known about them otherwise they have these laws in place to attack piracy and i think ten years from now it's going to seem laughable and sad that our government went a

man who made millions laying off american workers when he headed up the private equity firm or the pirate equity firm bain capital is predicting that should he be elected president and by the end of his first term the unemployment rate will be at six percent even though the current unemployment rate is eight point one percent romney's prediction is not all that big a deal the congressional budget office is already predicting that unemployment will be by two thousand and sixteen six percent based on president obama's current economic policies. so you just have to wonder how mitt romney's doing his math here considering that he's given the glowing endorsement of and will model he says his economic plan after the paul ryan budget which slashes government investments in the middle class current economic policy institute the ryan budget will lead to four point one million americans losing their jobs that's not exactly the way to lower unemployment you see there's a common theme here between the ryan budget which gives a trillion dollar tax cut to the super rich mitt romney's i'm an economic vi

the road back yesterday, some soft toss hitting with no pain and hopes to play on tuesday versus the pirates. >>> and trying to continue to take back the park versus the phillies and took it today, trailing 1-0 in the fifth and jason werth showing the three- run shot to left. the nats jump ahead 3-1 and pour it on. the next inning, 4-1. what about 5-1? that is ian desmond from earlier in the week and around the bases at his leisure, another solo to the shot for him and that icing on the cake and the nats make a statement at home, taking out the philly, 7-1. >>> and buck showalter and the orioles in beantown taking on the red sox and showing off their power and this is where this pipe ends up. over everything in left field and to the parking garage and this, that is going the extra mile. a souvenir, folks and mark reynolds with some serious power. did me get enough to clear the monster? and that is not quite. they blow out boston, 8-2. >>> coming up, we're going fighting ufc style as seen here on fox and it's nate diaz versus jim miller. next.

they beat the pirates 7-4. k it up in the bottom of the first, bryce harper with two home runs. deep right field, off the top of the wall. harper has a triple. he scored. gio gonzalez pitched seven innings from the deal. many strikeouts for him, gave up only 4. he got the win. adam had a home run. this was it. all reruns' score. career hit no. 1000. the nationals beat the pirates 7-4. is looking at your morning's sports. a gray day, everybody. >> thank you. 64 degrees outside. the news continues at 5:30. >> the latest from the john edwards corruption trial. learn how early a jury could begin deliberating his case. >> fairfax county police are searching for a suspect after a man was found shot inside a car. i will have a live report coming up. >> a big shift in the weather pa ♪ ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's ours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want

got the pirates in town. a little two game series. the low 70s at 7:00 but probably drop it into the upper 60s with the later innings with northeast wind about 8 miles per hour. 70 down south but to the north and west the cooler air you can definitely see it with the low 50s from winchester to hagerstown and even 39 oakland right now. flush in? gath county. by it's being -- garrett county. boy it's being comfortable out there. there's the sunshine off the capitol dome off the michael & son weather camera. a north wind at 15 and the barometer is going to be riding now. so you know guys at the gym he was saying these pressure changes enough already. i'm sorry about that. that's what's happening with high pressure building in. front is off to our south. we've got this northerly wind bringing in the drier air. and any showers and storms well south and east and they're going to stay there for the next few days. in fact, i think we're in good shape through sunday. today, 75. nice, a little breezy at times. tonight's going to be cool. almost

. >> and now on the nationals against the pirates last night. >> the nationals made the pirates pitcher look like a -- beater. he had a career high of 11 strikeouts, but the start of the game was andrew. he went after the balloons. right field. get a new baseball. it was 1-1. he was slashing wou andflashinig wood and ng wood and leather, zimmerman comes into him. look at what he does with this one. left field deep. the mets lose 5-3. the nationals and the orioles will start the weekend set tonight. have a great day, everybody. >> thanks so much. it's 55 degrees. the news continues on this friday morning at 5:00. >> -- at 5:30. >> we will look at some of the findings in the trayvon martin investigation. >> the g-8 summit begins today. what to expect at camp david and in frederick county, maryland. a live report is straight ahead. >> these are the days we always look for in washington. it will be a perfect friday. but there is uncertainty >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> following two big stories this friday morning, including additional evidence rele

let's check in with doug. >>> out here right now a beautiful night for baseball as the nats take on the pirates, guys. great night to be out here too. military appreciation night. temperatures beautiful. what about the next couple days? we have a change moving in. >>> an earthquake rocked our region several months ago and some areas are still trying to fix the damage. there are efforts in culpepper to save an historic church. >> reporter: welcome to st. stevens's episcopal church in culpepper. nearly nine months after last year's 5.9 magnitude earthquake rocked the historic site to its core. >> our budget is $506,000. >> reporter: the money will have to be replaced in the trust fund. billy is the project manager and showed us where the major renovations are taking place. >> you can see why we can't worship in here until we get it fixed. >> reporter: walls are cracked. mounds of bricks and chunks of plaster fell out. surprisingly the roof on st. stephen's was unharmed in the quake but the balcony is another story. >> this was phenomenal for walking up here and seeing this huge crack that went do

they beat the pirates. 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 l

ignored warnings to sell clear of the pirates-infested waters. e standoff ended when the navy seals killed three of the captors. a waging -- a wildfire is continuing to scorched 21,000 acres. the weather is not helping. authorities said the fire began wednesday after a lightning strike. it is only 20% contain. more history being made in space today. but morals -- the world's first privately owned supply ship. the drop in successfully docked with the space station yesterday. yesterday, at they will -- they will unload the 1,000 pounds of food and other supplies. up next, the weather is hot and the washington area but one part of the country is seeing some out >> it is memorial day weekend. it is the official start of summer. the cold snap has kept some campers away. >> i woke up freezing and i walked outside and there were giant snowflakes everywhere. >> it is not that unusual to see snow in the sierra this time of year. last year, there was so much snow, some of the campgrounds did not open until the fourth of july. can you a mountain? >> they wer

two home runs and catch of the night, doesn't get much better than that. pirates won it 5-3. at's your "first look" at sports, i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another look at the weather here once again is nbc meteorologist bill karins. why are we going back to you? >> i honestly -- >> really? don't you get breakfast or something? >> unless the weather forecast has death, destruction or devastation in it you're just not interested. >> i guess so. >> you just don't want to sit there and glaze over and look at the bright sun? >> go ahead. >> here we go. leaving areas of new england this morning, you do want to bring a jacket, a light jacket and even with the kids as they head off to school because temperatures are in the 40s. they'll carry it home later today as it will be another day just like yesterday, chilly start, beautiful afternoon. we're going about 75 throughout much of this region. near 78 in pittsburgh. about good as it gets for a friday. southeast looks fine. montana, a little bit of light rain. but it looks very nice in so many spots. as we go through the weekend, the

nationals beat the pirates. 7-4. >>> to kansas city. os/royals. top nine. hey 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. pierce, garnet, rondo combined for 74 points. as the the cs take a lead over the sixers. over the sixers. >> who? >> cannes/cannes, sickers/sixers. whatever. and celtics up. rondo out to kevin garnet. just inside the three-point line. he got it to go. garnet, 27 points. 13 boards. fourth quarter. celtics up. on the break. there we go. this guy its getting it done. take a look at this. rondo behind the back. paul pierce. 14 assists for rondo. 24 points for pierce. the celtics run away with it. 107-91 the final. to the united. colorado rapids. rfk. lou ilis neil. great pass. third goal of the season. united up 1-0, celebrate their run. second half. 60th minute. louis neil. bronco boscovich. and the goal. third in four matches. united wins >>> some of hollywood's stars are partying in france they walk the red carpet for the start of th

nats defeat the pirates 7-4 with the atlanta loss, nats are back in first.he manager with high praise for his first baseman. >> you know, they are missing the middle guys and been struggling. and he's been one constant from day one. a lot of big runs, just a great player. >> orioles on the road in kansas city. top of the 9th, the o's in the road. o's trail. ryan from second going to try to score. the throw home, slides ahead of the tag, ties the game right now. orioles, o's, tied at 3 in the 11th. don't go anywhere. when we return, we'll hear from fan favorite, tim hightower for the first time since he resigned with the redskins. [ male announcer ] u.s. olympian gwen jorgensen is going for aluminum. cullen jones is in it for water-resistant thermoplastic. and amanda mcgrory? she's competing for carbon fiber. they're not just going for gold, they're joining with citi to give back to the programs that helped them along the way with bikes, kickboards. and racing chairs. join the movement at citi.com/everystep and help citi help our u.s. athletes give back toget

the pirates come to the park wednesday and thursday. friday through sunday, the orioles drive into town. d.c. united also busy. they have two games, wednesday, the colorado rapids come to town for a 7:30 game. saturday, it's toronto r.c. >>> one of america's most beloved actresses will be in d.c. this week. the smithsonian is sponsoring a special event with betty white. the 90-year-old will discuss her advocacy work on behalf of animals. you can see white there. ticket prices are $30. that will be a big turnout, betty white. some are calling recent college grads generation boom rang. we'll tell you why. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ >>> some changes. >> changes on the way. we need the rain. the rain will be coming. >> the green blob behind it. >> off to the west. yes. we had 26,000 hits on this. take a look at it on our website, wjla.com. you're asking yours

the author's guild. everything is being piet pirated. it's no at special curse. at the bottom of our the food change, our authors, if their margins are nibbled into any further, their books won't be published. so that is one problem. the e-book, obviously, has created the risk of enormous concentration in the book business. the e-book was not really invented by amazon, they pioneered the sale. at one point, couple of years ago, they had 90% of the e bock market. they have still have 60% of the e-book market. and one worries about what would happen in a market that is that concentrated. so you know, that is another concern. the mere survival of publishers is another question today. the book business has not been terribly profitable for quite some time. certainly since 9/11. and whether the so-called brick and mortar publishers will survive with amazon is not going into the publishing business too. you know, that is that's a separate issue from my own perspective, my publishers have always added value both in terms of the marketing of books and editing of books. but

the team heads the pittsburgh tuesday through thursday to take on the pirates and then heading cincinnati friday through sunday. saturday, they take on houston at 4: 30. >> and out to investigation, the of free parking spaces. >> hoyer not questioning whether the people in question should be spot into use the general, but we center of the drivers parking in these spaces for free for longer than the limits. bad, evenblem is so hasfederal government complained about it. they are abusing their handicap placards. not happy to see our cameras. i can't right now. onhe and other restrictions parking? gosh yes. >> they can park for free but r hours in the same neighborhood. we documented alarming of cars down town the placards the part all day and some of the busiest parts of the city. it is particularly bad downtown. he found more than half stay here all day long, including this black pickup truck. >> you know you're only allowed here for four hours a day? >> you park all day? hong >> i don't. >> but it was parked there for than eight hours a day after day. not everybody gets away with it parkin

tonight, the nats play the pirates. ht, the batter thin it's ball 4, and heads to first. but it's called a strike. now he has a full count.full so the next pitch from rodney, looks high. the umpire punching him out. he goes ballistic. the manager tries to keep hemh separated. lowry hit him with the helmet. he's suspended four games.r jays edge the rays 4-3. coyotes and kings, the goalie mike smith cuts down brown.br smith received a flashing penalty. brown called for diving. coyotes player drills brown,br head first into the boards.. hansel, game misconduct.m jeff carter scores on theth rebound, his third goal of the game, first king to score a hat trick since wayne gretzky in 1993. kings lead the series 2-1.2- and georgetown university wasw picked to host the 2013 sweet 16.t united hosts dc colorado. that's sports, back to you. >>> complete team coverage oner the passing of the godfather of go-go, chuck brown. i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ bu

the last hour. in pittsburgh. pirates up 3-2. former national, on to close it out. immerman back from the dl. and making things happen. shot from right field. and, can't handle it. and we have ourselves a bit of a rally. next batter -- adam larouche. returned from injury. and making an impact. hammers the 3-2 pitch to center field. a two-run home run. how bought this nationals fan. pretty happy. nats come back to take a 4-3 lead. bottom of the ninth. and one out away from his seventh save of the year. but he is not going to get it. because, playing hero tonight. a walk off two-run bomb. rodriguez blows the save. and takes the loss. as the pirates down the nationals 5-4. the orioles, crushed by the rangers last night. tonight, on the mound for baltimore. top of the first. a man on for josh hamilton. he sends one deep to center. this one will hit off the top of the wall. a two-run home run. texas on top. 2-0. that was just the beginning for hamilton. top three. same score. same result for the texas center fielder. this one drilled to left a nother two-run shot. rangers

the horizons are in the natural to play the pirates. bryce harper moves up in the lineup.n the team only batted 228. he hopes to change all that when he comes back. the team hopes to get hot once again. in pittsburgh tonight. how about this catch by hagel of maryland? he goes over the wall and pulls it back. they beat the seminoles 8-5. florida state number one. the washington mystics are about to open up their season. today they met the media and introduce their players and talk about the high hopes they have for a championship series. >> they are unselfish. they're very comfortable. willing to learn and work together. it is a matter of time before we come together as a team. i think we will be very successful this season. >> for golf fans, the best golfers in the world have gathered in sawgrass. tiger woods has become mr. irrelevant. >> it is said. >> a final look at >> coming up tonight at 11:00 it is all the rage online. comparing who is thinner. some social media websites are under fire. join us for that tonight at 11:00. >> a breaking news now the would-be bombers at

hosting the pirates, 74 for the first pitch. 67 for the last pitch. winds light. check it out.ght, clear skies, kind of chilly. a one blanket night. we are talking low 40s the suburbs. sunshine tomorrow. grab a light jacket, 40s and 50s. winds northeast at 10. by afternoon, sunny and spectacular, just beautiful. high temperatures around 75 and winds easterly at 10. now the next seven days, we're going to keep it going. we are worried about the clouds on saturday for the preakness. it will be a dry run for the preakness and not rain. maybe some high clouds. should be nice at andrews. the joint services open house to be fine saturday and sunday. i'll put a blog up tomorrow and let you know when the buses go to and from the fedex and metro station. a better chance for showers on tuesday, but all in all, that's a nice saturday. >> haven't heard this in a while. sweet. >> love that. all right. thanks, top. >> we are loving the backyard band that has been hanging out with us here at the wusa9 studios with an incredible tribute to the late great chuck brown. we're going to come out an

the pirates say an air strike destroyed speedboats, fuel depots, and an arms store. the palestinian authority officials say 60 people were injured in clashes with the israeli army as thousands of palestinians took part in rallies marking the day of the catastrophe. this is the anniversary of israel's declaration of statehood. rallies have been marking the end of a mass hunger strike by palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails. one of rupert murdoch's most senior former executives has been charged in connection with the phone hacking scandal in britain. rebekah brooks, her husband, and four other people will appear in court. they are accused of conspiracy to thwart justice. >> won all of this started, it hardly seemed possible. news international's chief executive facing a criminal court. rebekah brooks was that the police station today. she was pursued by photographers that might once have worked for her. prosecutors announced six out of seven arrested would be charged. >> there is sufficient evidence of a conviction. i have concluded that a prosecution is required