. >>> let's get some of that luck for the nats too. playoff baseball begins today. the news 4 team is heading out to the ballpark to bring you everything you need to know. >>> first, good morning. it is 5:00 a.m. right now. i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> i'm molette green sitting in for eun yang who is about to join us from nats park in a few moments. >> you know, you think about the nats had this rock star season. >> yeah. >> just one good game, one big win after another. you roll into the playoffs, all this great energy, you've got ha and we'll go on to the world seri series. >> you have the type of weather they're used to playing in, which is always good. what always makes me nervous about the games when they start up, if we have a cold snap or something, you're like oh, no, they haven't played in this weather yet. their muscles will cramp or something. not today. it's warm weather. i don't know if you noticed, the more humid air in place, the higher chance of a home run because the air is more buoyant and the ball travels farther. it's going to be more humid today and

the nats about to get the playoffs started. being out there this early in the morning, even hours ahead of the game, you still get pumped up. >> absolutely right, molette. that's how you feel when you're ready for the playoffs. it doesn't matter that the game is hours away. there's so much preparation under way. the grass is pristine, green, it smells good. the grounds crew members were out here power washing all the seats and the stands to mak of course, the npaationa and th. everyone is bustling about to make sure everything is just right because we want a win. chris gordon -- chris lawrence joins us now to tell us all about -- he's here to tell us what to expect and what people need to know before heading down. >> we're working for you. basically, we want you to have the best possible experience when you get down here. the first thing to do, you got to wear red. you know these cubs fans. they will travel thousands of miles. you know they're going to be rocking their blue. you got to show up and wear your red. you got multipl

what do you think of him going into the playoffs? arp is best when the lights are brightest, he's at his best. we're looking forward to harp having another big series and being in the middle of the lineup anchors us and makes a much longer lineup. it makes everyone around him better. >> what are your personal feelings as you're walkingo i get fired up. it's a franchise and an organization, the president and gm. it's a great group of guys down there. they're great people to be around. i couldn't be prouder of this team, this organization. we're looking forward to it. our goal is to have a parade down pennsylvania avenue. we think we have the ability to do so. that's what we're looking forward to. >> i hope you're right. mike rizzo, president and general manager, thanks for joining us. it's a gorgeous day. >> it's beautiful out. >> we are ready to play ball for sure. watch news 4 at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. you can stream on the nbc washington app. we have complete coverage. they are all at the ballpark. the game starts a the gates open at

after the playoffs the temperatures cool down to sunday at 80.olumbus day, wet weather and wet weather on tuesday. the temperatures fall in 70's. end of next week, highs in the upper 60's. robert: game one is almost here. fans are ready for it. there is a pep rally tonight. josh knight is li robert: fans are getting ready for friday. nats hosting the chicago cubs in round one of the playoffs. it's a party tonight. josh knight is live with a preview of a rally going on. what's up, josh? josh: this is a lot of fun. pep rally but with a twist. you can see there are people waiting outside ready to come in. the gates open in five or ten minutes from now. once they get in, they will get a raffle ticket for all sort of raffles. food trucks, beer and wipe ready to go -- beer and win ready to go. the most exciting thing is a zombie run. people will go inside and they have to save nats players. not the actual nats players but between that and trick or treating with the kids, time. gates will open. coming up in an hour i can go through the zombie run and sa

they were bounced from the playoffs for the fourth time in six years. this game was a roller coaster. for a while it looked like the nats could win. but they lost. >>> it's going to stick with me for a while. it sucks, because i know how hard everybody played. and how down everybody is. this game is cruel sometimes. >> it's kind of a shock because we had this feeling all year this w this was a little bit of a tough pill to swallow right now. but got to use it as something to motivate you to get better and get back next year. >> spend more time with your guys than you do for seven or eight months. you give up a lot and sacrifice a lot. >> they held on to hope and kept the iced beer and champagne outside the nationals clubhouse until that final out. but then quickly took it down the hall to the reigning world series champion cubs. from nationals park, sheri burress, news 4 sports. >> online, they were saying the nationals have had many chances but still can't wib a playoff series. someone said they were heartbroken. the capitals or the -- as cub fans said

the playoffs loss is one of the tough stories. nats blew a lead against the chicago cubs last night. then they came so close but couldn't come back. the cubs play the dodgers who beat us last season in the first round playoffs. that starts tomorrow. >> we've been hearing about amazon's search for a new head kwo quarters. amazon put a him on leave immediately. after he -- >>> not compromised in the company's latest cyber scare. the credit reporting agency disabled one of its pages while a third party vendor was investigated. all of this one month after a hack of equifax exposed a personal information of more than 145 million people. people are still trying to figure out what to do about protecting their identity after that. >>> hate on campus of the university of maryland nothing new at this point. >> it's forcing police to step up their investigation. the latest one has to do with offensive drawings and language scrawled inside a campus dining hall. one included a swastika. they're offering about $2,000 in rewards on this case. a

the playoffs in 2014. carol maloney is in nats park, we'll hear from her later in sports. >> all right, chris, thank you. >>> it wasn't exactly the finish we were hoping for, right? we can say that. news4's shomari stone continues from nats park with reaction from fans. sho? >> reporter: well, a lot of these fans were really upset right now, because they wanted a game one now the cars after the game. they realize these are the chicago cubs. they're playing against the defending champs. they also wanted a game one win. we're now going to hear from some fans. >> i wish they would actually get through one playoff series ever. but -- >> reporter: do you think they're going to win this series? >> no. i don't. honestly, i don't. >> reporter: such a pessimist. >> they're playing the defending champs. >> i hope the team will put this behind them and move on. we've got to face game two and we've got to play hard. >> reporter: back out here live, you can see that woman hopes the team can win game two. we'll just have

met in the playoffs. but tonight, would the fifth time be the charm for minnesota??? >>> so 2003, the yankees have eliminated the twins each of the four times they met in the playoffs, but would the fifth time be the charge for minnesota? they jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 1st, but there goes the three-run jack to tie the game, and in the 4th rookie aaron judge who had 52 homers in the regular season, a little insurance for the yankees with his first career post-season home run. yankees win 8-4, and now play cleveland in the division series. now the twins can go from triple digit losses to the playoffs, why can't the 98-loss giants do the same in 2017? their losses the most since the reagan administration, but the vice president of baseball operations made it clear today the organization is not planning to rebuild. njured derek >> we had a last place season. that can happen in sports. just like you have a lost year in life. but we're not last place people. and we're not a last place organization. we're t

picture perfect for the first game of the playoffs. not long before we are talking about caps, wizards and nats and the reds in the same night. but tomorrow, nats take on cubs in game one of the nlds. the questions surrounding who is pitching tomorrow has been answered. scott abraham has more. scott: call it the calm before the storm. the washington nationals held their final preplayoff workout. the guessing game is over. stephen strasburg officially named the game one starter. it's just his second career postseason start and the first since 2014. >> i am excited for the opportunity to pitch in the playoffs again. it's one thing you can't take for granted. you have to make the most of every opportunity you get. >> the questions still surrounding the status of max scherzer. the right-hander looking likely to start game three at wrigley field. >> when you have a nagging injury, every day is po put the hands on him. >> price harper is wearing "vegas strong" hoodie to pay tribute to his hometown but he is focused on the cubs. >> we have fi

. >> we know that a lot of you might be leaving work earlier today to head to the big nats playoff gameight. >> lofts excitement downtown. you can feel game 1 of the nlds against the chicago cubs. >> what we learn in the playoffs is nobody can predict what's going to happen. everyone tries to and thinks they know what's going to happen but nobody does. you show up and play good baseball and try to take advantage of every opportunity that you get. >> stay calm. >> i know, right. >> you have your playoff beard growing, you have your tickets. here's what you need to know. starts at 7:31 at nats park. expect to go through security as usual. the team is also asking fans to wear red to help celebrate. right now that game is sold out. there are limited release tickets and standing room tickets that might become available. steve strasburg going to start the game in this series. look out for that. >> for all things nats, stay right here on "news4 today." eun, chuck and chris, they're going to be all down at nats park a little bit later on this morning and then got wendy, doug and carol covering

not only are we in the playoff, we're playing the cubs. the guys that won the world series last year that we all watched go through it. we were sitting at home going, ah, we get to beat them on our hometown. i'm so excited. as far as my walk up song goes, i played in college, everybody knows that. >> we all heard many, many times how you played in college. >> so, i love stone temple pilots. the first three songs of stone temple pilots my house before i went to the i would ride my bike down to the park. that would get me going every time. so, stone temple pilots, 100%, anything they play, that's my walk up song. >> thank you. i always wanted to know. >> thanks for letting me hold the field. >> woops, there it is. woops, there it is. that's mine. woop, there it is. >> that's right. go ahead. that's all i have to say about that. >> all right, you two. out of control. stras tober. i'm remembering that one. carol, doug, thank you guys. >>> hey, when you hear smithsonian you think of grand buildings on the mall. there is a little known treasure

question going for ward can the eagles sustain the early success in 2014, 2016 fast start and missed the playoffs you have to wonder the rest of the way with tough games coming up, can they keep it going? >> i think they can. they have the next three at home then they have the bye and go at dallas, could end up being 8-1, 9-1. >> how about this perspective and jenkins was slow your roll eagles fans they have done nothing yet. >> all it says we are good enough to win five games and that is all we have accomplished so far. obviously you know we are happy to start that way with all the adversity that we faced but we are going to have to continue to get better and find ways to improve because the road is not going to get easier moving forward. >> reporter: talk about the road and they played so well on the road and they have won close games the big issue for them last year. i like what he is saying there trying to keep the team grounded let us be the cheerleaders for the eagles football team and they filed this report and he starts with the man whom we just heard from. >> all the seconds are gone and

you better make the playoffs. joel embiid make it happen. ant to hear that because the east is awful. >> not like unicorn thing. >> no. >> back at 4:00 a.m. "good day philadelphia". sue serio and bob kelly. they have your weather and traffic covered all morning. p://www.evertz.com>[a5df] announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: sadly as we knew, tom petty died last night. and the tributes have been pouring in. and coldplay did a nice one last night. ♪ >> i think it's a tibute to how much everybody loved tom petty. that kidrock and lin-manuel miranda tweeted about how much they loved him. it was cool. >> his hollywood star says tom petty and the heartbreakers. did paul mccartney have one that said paul mccartey or paul mccartney and the beatles. >> the beatles had a separate one from paul mccrtney. >> we got john cena out. there are reports bradley cooper has been tapped to play vine mcmahon in a biopic about his life. >> do you think bradley cooper is too cuteto play vince mcmahon? >> and they're going to sensationalize it. harvey: so it is not a

the nationals beginning the first round of the playoffs this friday. we have to get an update on his condition by today. >> news 4 today starts now. >> on sunday morning welcome into news 4 today on this first day of october. i'm david culver. >> i'm angie goff. >> a precautionary move there. might be healthy for the playoffs. >> they have a game today. we'll see what happens come friday. >> i want to turn things over to lauren because yesterday you warned us you said overnight people are going to be in the 40s but some people were in the 30s. >> that's so the valley is a little lower elevation. that's where we're seeing some of the cooler temperatures. that sun coming up a little after 7:00. beautiful outside. here's the temperatures again. some of the valleys, winchester at 34 degrees. so then you head into the city, we're at 53 so we're the warm spot here but it's rather chilly out there this morning. it's going to continue to be chilly throughout the remainder of the morning. just at noon we're at 62. we're warming up to 70 degrees today with mild c

max sherzer, he is making his first start of the playoffs tonight. he has been dealing with a tweaked hamstring injury. he says he's good to go for 100 pitches and he knows he needs to get that momentum going on the road. >> we need momentum on our side and that's what heartbeat and a pitch and a series and that's why every game matters so much. everything can change in one pitch, one moment, so hey, we're in the playoffs and every game is a must win and this will be a crazy atmosphere in wrigley, so i can't wait to tell. >> reporter: only a five-game series and every game is a must win. i see t-shirts walking by as people are getting ready for the 4:00 p.m. start and they say lovable winners, not lovable losers. the fans have been telling me when i've been walking by this series and this season it's all gravy. they got their championship last year and they know that having no pressure them is not the same. not the same for the nats, guys and we'll be covering what's happening in game three later on today. back to you. >> carol, no pressure? >> no pre

going deep into the playoffs, always on many minds. when the national anthem plays for the caps first regular season game, who's going to stand, kneel, or protest in some way? >> i think we're trying to get to the point where it's not about the national anthem, it's about equality, and injustice. people that being treated equal. >> for me personally, i'll keep standing, because that's what i was always taught. i feel like for me that that's a respectful thing to do for the flag. >> i think what they're trying to say is we want this fixed in our country, and we're making it known, and we're hoping that our country and leaders of our country recognize it, and we start doing something about it. >> so what to expecton thursday. >>> coming up at 6:00, an fbi profiler reveals a possible motive of the gunman in the mass shooting. >> up next, why psychologists say it's mark herring: my mom to provide for our family. at one point, she got fired for of all things -- getting married. that was a lifelong lesson for me: when people are hurt, you nee

the playoffs lasted for more than 4 1/2 hours. ended after midnight. >> the pitching changes, the crazy stuff that was going on. it was a long game. >> can i just say, i feel bad the game is over. a game like this. it's over and you see them being interviewed right away. i know the people watching want to see it. they want to see what the players have to say. i feel bad for them. they don't want to talk about it just yet. ask them in a week. >> they're off on vacation. >> when they've had time to get over it. it's a good day to cry about the nats because the weather is gloomy and the skies will not really be crying with you. but we'll see areas of drizzle around. 61 degrees right now in washington. so as you step outside, it is a little bit cooler this morning. maybe some of the kids might want a light jacket at the bus stop or long sleeves. 58 dulles, 59 manassas. 58 degrees in clinton. going through the day, look at this. we're not really going to have much of a warmup. similar to yesterday. so as we get closer to lunchtime and i

you better make the playoffs. joel embiid make it happen. ant to hear that because the east is awful. >> not like unicorn thing. >> no. >> back at 4:00 a.m. "good day philadelphia". sue serio and bob >> from the fox 29 studios. this is "good day philadelphia ". >> go, go that way. get out of here. there are gunshots coming from over here. go that way. go that way. >> right now on good day philadelphia, the dramatic body cam video just released showing the chaotic moments of the las vegas massacre. as officers try to determine where those shots are coming from. >> plus: there is a guy that steels from the store. you can see what happens next. there is a crash. it will also leave you speech less. how his own little boy died after a petty crime. >> now, i hate to tell you puerto rico but you're throwing our budget a little out of wack because we spent a lot of money on puerto rico, and that's fine, we saved a lot of lives. >> president trump's tour of puerto rico and the comments that have some people raising their eyebrows this morning. >> all

how many fans waited to be brought to nationals park for the playoff game? a long time only to come back here with the nationals leaving them without anything. do you know they actually want to lay off? you know that's right. how about that blown save 18 inning game against the giants? or last year, up to met games to 1 on the dodgers.-- up 2 met games to 1 on the dodgers. >> you down it doesn't feel good. >> no, it stinks. >> do you know what also stinks? the smell of disappointment. it smells like beer and sweat mixed with rotting goat feet. i don't know what rotting goat feet smells like but it has been 84 years since the last time we won a world series in dc which is a long time. like that train ride. this can be our year. i'm showing up to the ballpark, you're showing up thinking differently and it's constant. the nationals are playing the cubs, the cubs and their world series drought last year. for charlotte, 84 years ends in 108 but you have to be next >> mason: the mystery deepens. >> i don't know what he was going to do with all of that tannerite. >

the playoffs kicking off tonight at nats park. live on the field will check in with suzanne and got in a few minutes. larry: hockey is also returning tomorrow night. is lacing up the skates at the ice complex. john: we are feeling the natti rocking the red. tomorrow, we bring it home. this is your giveaway, game one giveaway, tomorrow night at capital one arena. talk to adam, he is the in-arena host. there are new players on the team, a new hashtag. here, #allsee it caps. we are living this season out loud. there is a red carpet event, very fancy. >> we are calling at rock the red carpet. arriving one at a time. we would love to see our fans come out. a couple of hours early. a great chance to see your players. great activities. john: we are going to grab the sticks here. do you want to shoot into the small net or the big one? >> i need to shoot into the big one. john: i didn't do too bad. go ahead. let's see how he does. he nailed it. that is good form. mesiss.t is a look out. i will go big one and we shoot and score. tomorrow at

. >> they open the playoff series against the cubs. we have, what, summer-like weather for all of this. >> they don't call them the boys of summer for nothing. it is a warm day. another day back up into the 80s again this afternoon. if you're planning to go down to the baseball game, you will not need your hoodies and sweat shirts at all. it will be a mild one for sure. here's what you need to know. summer hanging on for at least a couple more days. perfect weather for baseball. and the weekend, nice tomorrow. rain, finally a chance for rain on sunday and likely a land falling hurricane sometime late saturday in new orleans will bring us potentially a couple inches of rain on monday. boy, do we need it. temperatures muggy this morning. all in the 60s this morning. plan on sunshine to get temperatures into the mid-80s this afternoon. storm team 4 radar tracking a couple of storms in winchester. not a big rain threat for the remainder of your friday, however. we'll give you the specifics coming up. >> very important information. thank yo

we'll also talk about the nats baseball playoff weather as well. >>> tonight, we're learning the las vegas gunman may have staked out other big concerts well before he killed 59 people, and wounded about 500 others at a country music festival. investigators are looking into whether he may have been planning more attacks. stephen paddock rented a room in another las vegas hotel near a different music festival. he also reserved rooms in a chicago hotel, facing the lollapalooza festival back in august. but the chicago hotel says no one by paddock's name stayed there. authorities also say, based on the number of weapons paddock had with him during the shooting, they assume he had to have had help. >>> here's a timeline of the mass shooting released by las vegas authorities. investigators say paddock fired the first shots at 10:05 p.m. he stopped shooting 10 minutes later. two minutes after that, officers reached the 32nd floor of the mandalay bay hotel, where paddock was holed up. 11:20p.m., police breached the hotel room, and found the gunman dead from a self- inflected gunshot. police

my heart gets broken in the playoffs. so yeah. that's how i feel. my heart is broken. >> the nationals made the playoffs four times in the last six years. they lost in the first round every time. fans are not happy, of course. but this might raise your spirits this morning. the cubs tweeted, "nothing but respect for dust you baker an the nationals." the nats tweeted nothing but respect -- >> you know, i have to feel like there's always hope. what else can you do if you're a fan but hope for the best for the next season. we're going to give up on them? you're g you've got folks out there that have been suffering with their teams for decades, generations. all in all, we're pretty -- >> good perspective. >>> we have breaking news. it's 4:33 as wildfires rage. official this is northern california say the emergency is far from over. the weather conditions this weekend could be ripe for fires with high winds and low humidity. >> now the grim task of searching some of the burned-out neighborhoods begins today as police check the rubble with cadaver dogs. >>

team doesn't make it past the first round of the playoffs. larry: plus, what the police know and what they need your help with after a day. >> there is no consider between the f.b.i., lmpd and m.g.m. nobody is attempting to hide anything. alison: later, the sheriff minces no words in his latest update on the las vegas massacre. >> the what are inform southwest washington has only been open 24 hours. drivers in this area are learning hard lessons. i will give you a clue. it has to deal with the guy behind me. live rep cnarrator: ed gillespie and i wants to endis ad. a woman's right to choose. ed giof a woman'sd put thpersonal decisions,rge not women and their doctors. as governor, ed gillespie says, i would like to see abortion be banned. if ed gillespie would like to see abortion banned, i would like to see i would like to see that ed gillespie never becomes governor. larry: well, if grand opening for the wharf will run through the weekend. after yesterday's big extravaganza we are getting a chance to see how everything will work along the sou

the nats. they know what's at stake. only you would know this is a playofftmosphere right now is people are in their fancy clothes and you have some fresh paint on the field, mlb s painted here, someti ryan zimmerman said thethg fromr three trips of playoffs on the last six years, and they didn't get out of the first round, the one thing they learned, they can't predict anything. we can preview it all day but nobody knows how they're going to match up with the cubs tonight. veterans like jason worth tell me they can't think about winning this series. it's just this game. the best way to do that is pitching and defense. here's duffy's message to his team. >> you have to be positive and realize that, hey, we're amongst the last ones standing in baseball, you know. we're among the elite and we want to be the elite. >> every year it's going to be different. this team has been through. we've been in the postseason. we played all these games this year. we're ready, we're poised, we're calm, you know. just waiting for it to start. >> the starti pitcher steven stras

see what we can do in the playoffs.>> there is the ball and watch the sky. his name is a professional bull jumper. did you know that was a thing? is a frenchman and has been doing it for 18 years and here he is to entertain the crowd at the rodeo. look at that. he is a gymnast. he has a gymnast background. he said he also has to have a mentality.>> i am not sure i am crazy but maybe a little bit.>> have you ever been hit?>> i have been it every year. the baddest injuries were a broken skull, broken knee, broken foot and broken ribs.>> you keep coming back.>> that is nothing.>> i don't know about a charging bull. maybe i can jump over this desk.>> don't do that.>> thanks. we will be right back. 'brookfield zoo" near chicago. this hippo couldn't get enough s filled >>> hollowing treats -- halloween treats are making a deep you. food and games for a nice treat this holiday season. ng s ed by cbs >> ninan: the final salute. a fallen american soldier killed with three others in west africa is layed to rest. the president's condolence call to the warrior's widow g

the nationals failed to advance in the playoffs. a familiar feeling with a fresh sting. >> feels like it could go wrong, it did. but we still, we were right there. we this one is going to stick with me for a while. >> sucks, because i know how hard everybody played. how talented everybody is. this game is cruel sometimes.

yes the yankees are winners in the first playoff game in two years. terrible start, though. around. the bats kim alive and more importantly the yankee bullpen, eight and two third ins innings. only one runaway. champagne celebration again they are look farring couple more. game one tomorrow night. trevor bauer gets the game one start. u lo, i am a red sox fan. i am married to a red sox fan. you used to work for the red sox. am hoping for the matchup in the next series. do you think? >> it is always fun. red sox former manager won two world series. the houston astros play out west. watch those astros. they have got some really, really good pitching and patch matchups against the red sox t. that is serious. >> jew don't mean to bring it up. but 2004, 3-0 in the series. the red sox came back to win four four games to three. what do you think? every game couns in this? >> well, if it happens any time you get a lead and you have, it step on them. get it over with. yankees didn't do. the only time it ever happened. bill: thank you. i just want to briefly talk to you about the even

autria: a big question is the nationals had for the playoffs. fans playing wait and see this morning. the ace pitcher there is still unclear after he tweaked a hamstring against the pirates on saturday. as of this morning we are not sure where he will land in the rotation as the nats take on the cubs on friday. larry: all this week we are looking at the nationals key to the playoffs. take it from the guy who knows the nats, he says the good news is that even if he's an unknown, the pieces to win are already there. they will go into the postseason season with the best bullpen that they've had. the nationals have the edge against the team they are going to play in the first round. larry: wow. game one against chicago, friday , 7:31. game number two, three and four, in chicago. if we need a game five it's back next thursday. autria: and we are ready. we will have a team out on the field all morning long bringing excitement and latest news as we get ready for some talk over baseball. well, as the start of the capitals season is a few days away, they

it's nice to make the playoffs but when you make the playoffs you got to try to make it all the way soe definitely do -- going to do everything we can in our power to make a run at it. >> the phillies went out on a high note yesterday. granted there can't be too many high notes in a 66 win season but this team showed some promise especially in the second half. phillies went 37-37 since the all-star break. the phils crushed the mets yesterday 11-nothing. they banged out 11 hits. one was maikel franco's 24th homer. homered in three straight games. now the players will go their separate ways with a hopeful eye for the future. >> the time that i was up here i think we played some pretty exciting baseball. at times we either pitched and didn't hit or hit and didn't pitch. it's great special when you do them both. >> of course they still need to find a manager for 2018. >> good to hear though thank you ducis. cecily tynan with that accuweather forecast for you next. we'll be right back. >> ♪ t comes to cancer treatment centers of america in philadelphia, she's coming for the multimodal thera

not a good way to go but at least they are back in the playoffs. ravens and dolphins tomorrow night on thursday night football. >> how about those warriors? >> this world series is shaping up to a good one. >> now goes to houston. >> we will be right back. ♪ hey grandpa. hey, kid. really good to see you. you too. you tell grandma you were going fishing again? maybe. (vo) the best things in life keep going. that's why i got a subaru, too. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. tomorrow morning a >>> stephen colbert is up next, our next newscast is tomorrow morning at 4:30 am.>> have a great night. captioning sponsored by cbs temperature in los angeles topped 100 degrees again today and is expected to be hovering near 100 when the first pitch is thrown. tonight's game could be the hottest in world series history. >> it's a real scorcher here at dodger stadium for game two of the world series. >> oh, yeah, it's a hot one. >> there's veteran third base coach yogi greenburg. >> lou, you're an exbaseball playe

for tomorrow, the second game of the playoffs. another win in the book. temperatures are in 80's for the upper 70's at the time the game comes to an end. the next best chance of rain. it will arrive here on sunday. this right here looking at the light rain sunday morning moving through the afternoon hours and the early everything. us. through the early morning hours of monday t monday afternoon. look for the heaviest rain. upward of an inch or two by the time the system moves out of here. on top of the rain it's on the breezy time. not looking for anything to become severe across the metro area next week. once we get through the upsettalled weather sunday and monday and clear it out tuesday with a high of 85. chance of showers on wednesday. to the end of next week, falling to the near average temperatures. lower 70's. we warm things up for the following weekend. nancy: thank you. it seems like a good night. jonathan: great night for baseball. wearing nats red. nancy: i am. jonathan: scott abraham joining us live at nats park. let's get the ballgame going

long way because right now they're taking it one game at a time all of course but it's all about the playoffsnd home field advantage throughout. it is one game at a time. >> it's amazing how the conversation has shifted, right? we've gone from okay, second year quarterback, second year coach hoping that they can make a run at the playoffs. >> uh-huh. >> now we're starting to assume the playoffs and now we're talking about positioning. >> don't you have to do that after a win like this tonight, though? it makes you think that they could play with anyone. >> no question. >> and they can. >> any one in the week then played with kansas city presumably one of the best teams in the nfl the only undefeated team. >> carson wentz will be at the podium shortly but we're just about out of time. we'll have much more for you with our morning crew starting at 4:30. >> for ukee washington i'm don bell and v >> announcer: and now "the late show" exclusive. stephen colbert's interview of sean hannity's interview of president trump. >> mr. president, thank you for sitting down with me twice in one week. very g

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that was the first ever grand slam this the playoffs for the nationals. pitcher strasburg dominated after the nats. >> so i don't want the ball in this situation, huh? take that. >> hours before the game began, the nats said, strasburg was healthy enough to start. he made the cubs look silly. 12 strikeouts. 12. they didn't score a single run. strasburg said he didn't treat the game any differently, even with elimination on the line. >> i like to think that any game that i pitch is the most important game. that's just how i tried to go into the game 4. now we get a 5. >> that's what you call a pro. calm under pressure. the nationals have a chance to get out of the first round of the playoffs for the first time since they moved to d.c. whoever wins the game faces the dodgers the next round. whoever loses, of course, they go home. the game is at nationals park at 8:00 tonight. >>> it's finally here. the highly anticipated opening of the wharf. it's a brand new beginning for an area with a long history in d.c. it once served as the main commercial waterfront

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it's all the same. >> there is a lot of playoff experience. ys that won rings. >> neither team is going to be caught off-guard by the emotion or energy of the situation. it will come down to who executes the best. robert: that time of the year all four sports are overlapping. caps open up the season tonight in ottawa. just like thatter or just like the nats you know what is hanging over their heads. can they make it past the second round of the playoffs? scott t.j. sohie to chat about the new season. >> it's kind of fun. every summer and every year going into the year it is feeling like you know this is the year that at the end you will sit there and to say how do you like me now? you want to be the team that does it the first time. every year you can't help but come in here and get goosebumps when you see the guys in the locker room, the way we play and the fun and the hard work we play with. robert: puck drops at 7:30 tonight. we have all the teams and the talent. it's just that second and the first round. jonathan: no, no. we just need champ

first round of the playoffs. total of three times since 2012. the fans are hopeful that tonight can be different. the d.c. sports curse can end. this is how. >> sure they can. third time the charge. they show up. they may not show up as early as we want but they have shown up. they have it in them. gio will do well tonight. >> back here live. the gates are officially opening up. live on abc7. 6:00 on the dot. knows are the first people getting in. the sports curse is going to get shaken here tonight. gio gonzalez set to go. line who say we have good guys in relief including starters like max scherzer. do you believe in gio gonzalez? >> gio is going to do it. >> you can see the confidence in gio gonzalez and what he can do here tonight. the gates just open. the first pitch is a while away. coming up. there will be a nighttime game that is going late but metro staying open late for the folks tonight. jonathan: thanks. you can take the metro home. d.c. mayor bowser saying four metro stations are staying open tonight. stephen tschida checking with th

the playoffs begin this friday, 7:30 in the evening. more on that, plus our next best chance of much-needed rain around the dmv. and a fresh depression number 16 coming up. jonathan: steve, we will see you then. not guilty was the verdict of the retrial of a man accused of killing a caterer at a fairfax county wedding for. jurors found the man at guilty. cell phone video showed a chaotic moments before the stabbing at the park in chantilly. bonds claimed that he stabbed johns in self-defense, but johns' friends and family disagree. >> the truth is what mattered and the truth is what came out, and the verdict reflects that. >> this whole country is sad. 12 white people cannot find this young man guilty of a crime he obviously committed. it's sad. jonathan: first trial in july ended in a hung jury. community is devastated after a student died playing soccer for stop the executive director of the d.c. international system said the 10th grader had trouble breathing while playing in a game in southeast yesterday. the teenager was taken to th

better from week to week and if they can continue to get better we may be talking apt getting to the playoffsuperbowl and not afraid to say it but we still have a long season to do it. >> ride agree six game win streak and let's look at the highlights of this game the eagles start off slow 3-0 birds late if the second quarter and wentz to zach and great play designs and zach is open and 49ers just left him alone and ertz and the eagles and 9ers facing third and long and he is kicked off by jalen mills and nifty return of 37 yards. >> love to see the young guy with the ball in their hands and always want to run around and get hit and the older guys take and settle for the interception but the young guys get the in r interinterception and great job and eagles score 14 in 27 seconds and lead 27 nothing and third quarter 20-0 and wentz not good on third and 14 and he has a tie but throws it to witherspoon and 19 yard in eagles territory. >> he is much better than that and played better than in the past the last couple weeks today he just wasn't himself, he was not himself all game long and this i

as the nats head for the playoffs this friday. fans playing wait and see as ace pitcher max scherzer's status is still unclear after a hamstring injury. we are not sure where he will land in the rotation as the nats take on the cubs here at home on friday. everything leading up to friday's game -- we are looking at the keys to the playoffs. a radio broadcaster for 12 seasons now says the good news already there. >> i think they will go into the postseason with the best bullpen they have had. --h the additions of kinzer kinsler and others at the trade deadline, they have the edge. game one against chicago is this friday at 7:31. game two on saturday. games three and four are in chi-town. a game five would come back to nats park. to hockey now. the start of the season is just two days away. the capitals face the senators for their season opener in ottawa. annualm is holding an media luncheon. we have a lot. brian: we have football, hockey, baseball. keep going all little further. adrianna: mid-70's today, a few degrees above average

the baseball playoffs are on. where the yankees? let's check in with sports reporter george. >> it's hard to believe. there's kids in this world two years old that have never been around for yankee playoff game. the drought is over after one year. the yankees hosting the while care game card tomorrow. the host minnesota. one game to decide if they advance into the american league division series. should be interesting. we still have to look back at football on the football world is upside down. new york jets are two and two. the skull the highlights. as the first big play in a day full a big place. went to the line, false was not touched by jaguar, he's up and running, the coaching staff is not like this, that tied the game at seven, let's go to the fourth quarter while fans wait for disaster. it never comes. and over time adams aro, 41 yards with 28 pics left in overtime, the jets win and are two into, the new york giants, they say you can't want to super bowl and first four works but you can lose one of their works the best they ca

two no on tuesday to book a spot in russia as for the swiss they will have to try and qualify in the playoffs . and in all they were nine games across the european continent on tuesday in france when group a after the swedes lost in the netherlands so we didn't will head to the playoffs just like the swiss who were beaten by the portuguese and group c. was already won by belgium but greece ensured a crack at a playoff by hammering gibraltar in group h. . the prospect of a world cup without leno messi and argentina could also become a reality later as south americans twenty eight hundred qualification battle reaches an end origen tina will meet ecuador in quito and if they fail to win it could mean the end for the south american team reports from when i saw this. one last training session before the match that will decide whether the runners up at the last world cup will make it to russia next year. is one of the few fans who came all the way to i say to see messi train he says he still has faith with only one pill to go although i brought my son and told him let's go and see the team i believ

i think they'll be in the playoffs as we speak. i'm going to call in mike and see if we can figure this thing out. meanwhile, the raiders, they're in desperate need of a win. they go to buffalo today. terrible weather. they turn the ball over. started out great this year. but now they're in some ubl trouble. they need a win. >> they do. and marshawn lynch after practicing with his high school team this past week in full pads and running around with some high school guys, he comes back. jay cutler possibly coming back. so looking forward to going to south florida. >> john madden will be on one sideline, don shula -- i guess not. great history. oakland against miami, that's next week on "sunday night football". there is your final score again tonight. pittsburgh wins it by a score of 20-15. coming up next exempt on the west coast, it's your local news. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com captions paid for by nbc-universal television independent press says they're false. fear

whoever wins, moves on in the playoffs. whoever loses is out. done. the game at 8:00.ou know we're saying go nats. >> you're not going to get much sleep tonight. >> no. >> nearly 2 dozen wildfires burning out of control in california. 23 people have died in northern california. the fire destroyed 3500 buildings. nearly 200 people have been reported missing. authorities think a lot of them are safe. but just haven't been able to call any of their friends and family because the cell towers have been destroyed. >>> new details on that massive house fire in arlington we brought you as breaking news on "news4 today." weave learned the fire on north ivy street began on the porch. officials are unsure of how it started. it caused $300,000 in damage. look at the images here. two people were able to escape. one man had to be rescued. condition. officials want you and your family to have a plan just in case a fire breaks out in your home for fire prevention week. we've listed several resources to keep you safe. search fire safety in our nbc washington app. >> university of maryl

the nats were eliminated from the playoffs last week. jonathan: a well-known vendor in ea is handling in his apron tonight. the only poultry vendor there. he walks in the market at the age of 19 and now at 66, he is walking out. >> sam ford has the incredible story. sam: for 47 years, he has worked the poultry stand at eastern market. >> purveyor of fine poultry and game birds. sam: the last 45 as the owner. >> partridge, quail. sam: he decided at age 66, it's time to go. >> i seen julia childs do this on tv. sam: as the customers learn the news they give hugs and regrets. >> i'm sad. >> i'll miss you. >> let me give you a hug. god bless you. a number of years. >> it has. zach they began coming here with their mothers who have gone on. he has he suffered through the 2007 fire that destroyed the market and was among those struggling to bring it back. redskins fanatic. his signed sonny juergenson poster survived. the manageer brought him the final paperwork today. >> mel is an institution at eastern market. no question about it. sam: he say

going to get into the playoffs he will get them to the playoffs >> they are not cheering for you, i don'tnk >> i like that interview >> thank you for coming in >> thank you >> jim cramer on ge. we're going to take you back to post 5 in this case and sea, that's ticker se >> good ticker >> digital e-commerce entertainment company out of east asia with its ipo >> yeah, this is a play on online gaming. they license the ten cent online gaming, also other businesses and e-commerce they are trying to expand, but more than 90% of revenues is actually gaming and it's based out of singapore. we've seen a few big high profile and seemingly successful ipos out of asia here at the new york stock exchange. we're also going to talk to tom farley on this resurgence. remember the drought in ipos >> as jim said in the 9:00 a.m. hour, no froth until you start seeing a wave of secondaries in your view. >> bothers me, ken fischer with a fabulous discourse this morning on "squawk box" about the notion of when the investment bankers start pumping out junk we're not there yet. >> we're going to hopefully talk t