it commemorates the washington wizards 50th anniversary. city mayor stephanie rawlings- blake will be in the crowd and she says she would like to see baltimore get a professional basketball team in the future. lucky ravens fans are gearing up for the trip of a lifetime. and lucky winners -- 10 lucky winners turned in non-winning lottery tickets for us chance to fly with the reigning super bowl champions. they get to take a guest, eat with the team, and meet the players. for the lucky winners, it is a prize better than cash. >> it is overwhelming, a once- in-a-lifetime opportunity. >> i guess i am kind of lucky. i beat cancer. i am living on top of the world. >> this is the fifth year the maryland lottery has teamed up with the ravens for these kind of contest. somebody will win season tickets for 20 years. still ahead, dr. kim hammond from falls road animal hospital is here to answer your have questions. -- pat questions. >> rain is on the way. we will track the cool front for you. your 11 insta weather forecast is moments away. beliesian s

now the washington wizards. to coincide with this anniversary, humala anthony was in town.the extensive renovations to the center included new floor, new port, or even a new mural. he is taking this opportunity to get back to the use. we are taking this opportunity to let the youth say thank you to him and also to say thank you to them. >> the dozens of students invited to the event were selected because they are excelling in their school studies. >> disappointing when you do not when the megamillions. which 10 lottery winners will attest to but instead of winning lots of money, the price they one is priceless. >> i got a message on my home phone and my wife called me and said some lady from the lottery called you and i said i just won a prize. >> a once-in-a-lifetime prize. he was one of 10 people who got a second chance on a non-winning powerball ticket and turned it in and turn it into a trip to the ravens-brown's teams in cleveland november 3. >> i was excited. and is were i was born raised so i am going home. i am ready to go. x it is an amazing opportunity. i am so ex

basketball begins, the washington wizards opened training camp at george mason university with guardsall and bradley beall both healthy. some are picking them to be a playoff team. washington plays a preseason game against carmelo anthony and the new york knicks here in baltimore october 17th. the terps are practicing already, too. seasons change. >> thank you, mark. >>> still to come in eyewitness news. [ cheering ] >> zipping through your wedding day.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a north carolina couple wanted to add a little zip or should i say zip line to their wedding ceremony. [ cheers ] >> there they are. loren and ben. they're going to use a zip line to get to the altar. however the gizmo got stuck but the couple persevered. they pulled themselves across. even with the little hitch they said everything was perfect as they zipped along into wedded man: at that moment, it hit me -- this is why i joined the guard. i couldn't believe it. i just saved a life. somebody from my hometown. announcer: be there for your community, at nationalguard.com. a pediatrician.ands of a surgeon. thes

while in rio the chicago bulls beat the washington wizards eighty three points to eighty one in the first ever match up between n.b.a. teams held in south america will stand god derrick rose sat on the game in brazil following surgery on his right knee and taja gibson electric aga with eighteen points. while it was a happy homecoming for last year's n.b.a. sensation jeremy lin and he's houston rockets team beat the indiana pacers one hundred seventy ninety eight in taiwan and then is the first american born player all of taiwanese descent in the league and plays the part is on crowd like sinking seventeen points. but before that the same clubs made history by playing the first ever n.b.a. matchup in the philippines and then was also the crowd favorite as the rockets beat the pacers one hundred sixteen to ninety six and be a commissioner david stern watched that game but later ruled out the possibility of any regular season matches in the boss people who do not come true. while here in russia champions discussed out of their season with a comfortable victory in the new look the league rese

the washington wizards will take on the new york nets. it marks 50 years since the wizards, formerly the baltimore , made the move to washington. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake said she would like to see baltimore get another professional basketball team sometime in the future. >> everybody would love to see that. new research suggests a number of american women using donated eggs to get pregnant is on the rise. with thers partnered cdc to study thousands of pregnancies between 2000-2010. the ideal outcome is a single baby born on time at a healthy weight happens in only about one out of four pregnancies from donated eggs, but it is up six percent from a decade ago. the world health organization the latest carcinogen, plano air. nearly a quarter million people rorldwide died from lung cancel and they say this directly related to air pollution. rise, pollution levels the organization says so will cancer rates. if you're an allergy sufferer, we don't need to tell you this is been one of the worst allergy seasons in years. that has some pati

minute woman saying listen, if the redskins are object northboundus to you, what about the washington wizards? they encourage witchcraft. and the milwaukee brewers, they talk about alcohol. >> there was a great letter to the editor saying hail to the fed-skins and changing it to hail to the fed skins. and there was another one from someone who had traveled to big horn wounded knee crazy horse and he said if you read letters, that the redskins was a derogatory term. however, there was another tidbit of information, the president of the national congress of indians, from historian mike richmond, he said that the president helped form a logo want ago chiefton on there and that there were a couple of polls, and the ap zone poll, four out of five don't want it changed. >> a lot of people, particularly native americans are offended by this. let's not completely lose sight of that. >> no. and that's a 10-year-old poll and it's questionable what they were asking in that poll. in my column about this, i used other racial epithets for other group of societies that -- >> which were published online and

. >>> the last time the washington wizards made the playoffs was the 2007-8 season.e. however, management feels they have most of the tools in place to make a push this year but needed to add another key piece. so they reached a deal with phoenix on monday. he's expected to start at center when the season starts this weekend. he provides more scoring capability, is a healthier option, . >>> capitals continuing their road trip north of the border visiting calgary. the defense is struggling all night long. got pulled from the net about 13 minutes into the first period. that game is still ongoing. >>> the redskins have to try and stop this guy tomorrow. peyton manning and the broncos scored 33 points in a loss last week to the colts, and surely is angry and looking for dedemption. the defensive coordinator jim haslet knows it doesn't matter. >> peyton sees everything. you think you can disguise something on him. he recognizes every coverage. he understands what you're doing. he sees things, he's been in the league for such a long time, he sees everything. you're not goi

it didn't work out so well for the washington nationals but the washington wizards are optimistic they'llome this season. tonight the wizards take the court for the first time in one is their most anticipated seasons in a while. >> four seconds, three, two. wall fires. >> reporter: for the fifth straight season the washington wizardses finished on the outside looking in with just 29 wins but this year there's a different outlook. one of optimism that has people buzzing in and outside the nation's capital. wednesday night they take the court to start a new season, one where moral victories will no longer suffice. >> the sky is the limit. i think obviously our goal -- i feel we could possibly win the series. >> good things come to knows who are patient. hopefully our time has come. >> reporter: team leader john wall is providing himself with added motivation. for every game he'll have the word "playoff" written on his sneakers. >> we know what our main goal is. if we don't make it, i feel like -- [indiscernible] >> reporter: a healthy wall joins bradley beale to make up a strong wiz disarmd

town where people were sensitive enough to change the name of the washington bullets to the washington wizards because they thought it promoted violence, i don't see how in the world you can have the moniker that the washington franchise uses today. in the end, i think it will change. >> as someone who grew up with washington bullets sweat shirts, i can't believe that was ever even the name of the team. congressman tom cole -- >> someday we'll say that about the football team, too. >> exactly. thanks for your time, sir. >> thank you. >>> president obama and democrats have so far rejected republican ransom notes over the debt ceiling. with the deadline for default 10 days away, will they hold the line. former chief of staff john podesta next on "now." weekdays are for rising to the challenge. they're the days to take care of business. when possibilities become reality. with centurylink as your trusted partner, our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solutions and responsive, dedicated support, we constantly ev

. >> sticking to the hardwood the washington wizards kicked off their season last night in detroit. things going with a double double, 20 minutes, 11 asis. -- assists. but the detroit pistons were just better beating the wizards 113-102. i want to say a big congrats to mike hydeck. congratulations on your red sox for winning the world series. i bet you're one happy camper. >> that was nice of kristen. i didn't see that coming. >> i think she's right, you're one happy camper with his red tie on. >>> troubled times for a well known local tech company. jessica has that story in her next your money report. >> we have an update on the adorable baby panda. nothing cuddly about traffic. >> but he's so cute. on the inbound side of i-66 we're in good shape. there are no troubles to report here at nutley street as you head for the beltway and to the roosevelt bridge. northbound 95 in good shape as well right now through springfield but that could change. more traffic coming i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to

washington wizards. >> in the wizard of oz, there is a great line. >> i have a feeling we're not in kansasrd of oz comments at today's hearing. >> madam secretary, while you're from kansas, we're not in kansas anymore. >> i'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog too. >> people went to see the wizard because of the wonderful things he did. >> the great oz has spoken! >> some might way we are actually in the wizard of oz land, given the parallel universes we appear to be habitating. >> be gone, before somebody drops a house on you! >> i'm joined tonight again by joan walsh, salon.com. what an arrogance coming from congressman joe barton from texas. >> yes. what. >> is the health care situation in kansas? he probably doesn't even know. in fact, i'm not convinced these people on this house committee on the republican side have even read the bill. the rhetoric is at an all-time high. >> i thought she did pretty well, given what she was dealing with and never broke down and, you know -- and told them what she was really thinking. i thought she explained the law very well. and she's not denyi

change their names, what used to be known as the washington bullets changed their way to the washington wizardsn violence in the city. but the redskins' name is part of a tradition, and besides, if dan snyder were to change it, he'd have to change all the t-shirts and coffee mugs that have that name. but to be serious about it, while i understand that it's kind of a hot button issue great for sports talk radio, it is not exactly, you know, one of the most important issues facing the country. jon: but why do the media feel compelled to put it on the front pages then? >> you know, it's a lot simpler than explaining the sequester. you have the president of the united states on one side, you have a very around -- articulate spokesmen for the native americans on the other side, it's a good talker, a good water cooler subject, but i have a feeling it's going to fade because i don't think dan snyder's going to give in on this one. jon: howard kurtz, thank you. for more, tune in sunday morning, 11 a.m. for media buzz with howard. it's right here on fox news channel. jenna: we're going to stay with spor

a major sports franchise from washington traveled up the parkway to play in a 51-year-old baltimore arena. the wizards called at home once upon a time when they were the bullets. a solid crowd tonight, third quarter, washington showing some good preseason ball movement and they find him back in the quarter here for three and leading washington with 14 we stand the third quarter and a big night for baltimore's own carmelo anthony draining the three here. final, beatinge washington and over 12,000 turned out to the arena for the game. game six right now at fenway coming up on saturday and it looks like boston could advance to the world series if they can hang on tonight in detroit. due to network restrictions, we cannot show you the moving pictures. game six of the nlcs between the dodgers and cardinals set for tomorrow night in st. louis. acc a big week for football. maryland trying to get to two marquee national acc showdown is number three climbs and hosting lord a state. there was also a good atlantic coast game tonight, an appetizer, 10th raked miami and chapel hill. the tar heels buying for a colo

wizards are the without chris singleton due to injuries. washington with 19. a terrific game. slam?out oakland for the lane, and arehe you kidding me? glen rice sent it into overtime. maryland for basketball. hishead coach likes ballclub. they have the talent. now they need to be thinkers. how good can they be? we have a talent. we have a sense of urgency. we want to be good. we want to be great. our players know that. the dayedskins have off. they will be back on the field tomorrow to start really focusing on were her sing the game plan. dallas is an early favorite for the football game. into a false sense of security. i like that. a woman has coffee spilled on her lap. check this out. chef, you seem less tense since you got spark unlimited business checking from capital one bank. my stress has vanished. my old business checking account really pushed my buttons. transaction limits? more fees? are they bloody insane? horrible! come on! getting spark checking has made your cooking tolerable. [ male announcer ] switch to spark unlimited business checking from capital one bank and get

wizards down to with time running out in regulation. the game goes into overtime. in o.t., taylor with a tough layup. washington not able to hold on. ts beat the wizards 111-106. that will do it for your morning sports. i'm kristen berset. have a great wednesday. >> thanks, kristen. >>> there may be some movement on capitol hill today to fix one of the unintended consequences of the government shutdown. that story is coming up. >> plus, we're going to take a mid week break and look at some of the stuff you can get from this year's knee man marcus christmas catalogue, that is you can get it if you have [ female announcer ] come to the jcpenney columbus day sale. for 4 days only, starting friday, save 20 percent with your coupon on apparel, home, accessories, shoes and fine jewelry when you use your jcpenney credit card. or get 15% off any other form of payment. jcpenney. >>> hello and welcome back to wusa9. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm jessica doyle. mike has the day off today. thank you for joining us on this wednesday. monika will have your traffic. >> big news on the the bw parkway. >> we're getting no break. >> every day something o

washington with the latest. susan, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. it was a 3 1/2-hour spectacle with several references to "the wizard of oz" with kathleen sebelius being from kansas. so many wanted to get their questions in that they each got two minutes each in a rapidfire fashion in order to get all the questions out. meanwhile throughout kathleen sebelius's testimony, the healthcare.gov website was down. kathleen sebelius is promising to fix the government's troubled health care website. >> let me say directly to the americans you deserve better. i apologize. >> one month after the launch americans still can't navigate healthcare.gov. >> it's been down during the whole time you i've been testifying. >> during the hearing, michigan's representative mike rogers questioned sebelius about the website. a medicare official wrote from a security perspective, the aspects of the system that were not tested due to the ongoing development exposed a level of uncertainty that can be deemed as a high risk. >> they believe that was, in their words, an acceptable risk, which means you put millions of americans' personal financia

washington redskins change its name after all when d.c. was the murder capital of the country its basketball team changed its name from the bolts to the wizards this it seems like political correctness is great fodder for superficial debate when it comes to pop culture it's easy to have an opinion on the p.c. and i fell or rather than focus on what an american football team does how we start paying attention to the real issue at hand the dire condition of native americans in this country that americans were the original inhabitants of the us but european descendants took their land and either killed them or corralled them into a corner and ever since they've been largely forgotten over the past centuries their sovereignty has been stripped and their culture has been destroyed their poor have it from practicing their religion their children were taken to schools for reeducation the few survivors of this near genocide are often stuck on the remaining three hundred ten reservations in the us let's call them what they really are prison camps because the conditions they endure on these pieces of land are often abominable see native americans haven

i mean, the late owner of the washington at that time bullets didn't like the situation. he did change the name, which was great. the wizardsidn't miss a step. i don't know if the nfl can force him, but we've seen commissioner roger good dell soften his stance. he said no way, no how, now saying you need to listen to the concerns of other people. as time goes on and from snyder's standpoint, i don't understand why you can't call them the washington skins or something else. you can sell all this new paraphernalia, so it would be a lot of money for him. people would look at him as a good guy and not a bad guy. >> you've seen roger good dell saying they should change it. do you see this as a sign that things are turning, leading toward the change? >> i think with the big time people, the commissioner, president and all these other people protesting at this nfl meeting coming up, when all these things start to hit, you've got to reevaluate it and understand is this really worth it, do you need to take away from the team and have people look down on the team, especially since we've seen teams change the names. we brought it up e

washington post" guys are very, very, very wealthy. i understand that. so i know. >> incredible. >> you are all fearing what the debt ceiling is going to do to your personal wealth. because even wizardf high finance like you cannot figure out a way to protect all of your wealth from what will happen if they don't raise the debt ceiling, right? >> that's why i bought a skrooge mcduck -- >> itch yf you can't figure a w hide from the impact of the crash that will happen itch the debt ceiling isn't raised, the koch brothers can't figure out a way either. they have too much money out there tin tin the world. for me, my hope resides in the koch brothers. the koch brothers are going to say to these guys, do you have any idea how many billions we could lose next week if you clowns keep this up? >> this is a remarkable thing, about this stavenlge. a stage of the republican civil war. you have finally and sharply split the tea party, and the business out of the republican party. not just the koch brothers. chamber of commerce which back in the day was by far the most powerful republican lobbying group they have been on team clean funding of the government, clean raising the debt ceiling. and

washington congressional delegations for their strong support for alaska fishermen. coburn and i'mh an alaska. some of you may recognize me as the captain of the sissy -- wishing vessel wizard from the series "the deadliest catch. while i am honored to be here today, i would rather be 4000 miles away from here awaiting the opening of my king crab fishery. this is the first time in 28 years i have not been in the bering sea in the month of october. i am here today on behalf of fishermen. about theto talk impact to the fishery and i want people to understand this is causing impacts to fisheries nationwide. the lack of personnel to perform routine administrative functions such as managing court allocations will result in loss of millions in revenue to that sector of the industry. the federal observer program will also be impacted the longer this shutdown continues. across the country, vessels required to carry observers will be forced to stay tied to the docks. many coastal communities are already facing tough times. this unnecessary shutdown may be the tipping point if the situation is not resolved soon. the alaska king crab dish or he is the model of sustainable fishery prac

washington congressional delegations for their strong support for alaska fishermen. my name is keith colburn keith colburn and i am an alaska trapper. some of you may recognize me as the captain of the fishing vessel wizard on the discovery channels -- i would rather be awaiting the opening of my fishery. this is the first time in 28 years that i have not been a bering sea in the month of october. i am here today on behalf of fishermen. i am here to talk specifically about the impacts to my fishery and i want the committee to understand that the shutdown is causing impacts to fisheries nationwide. lack of personnel to perform routine administrative functions such as managing quota allocations will result in in the loss of millions in revenue to that sector of industry. the federal observer program will also be impacted the longer the shutdown continues. across the country vessels that are required to carry federal observers will be forced to stay tied to the docks. many fishermen in coastal communities are already facing tough times. this unnecessary shutdown may be the tipping point if the situation isn't resolved soon. the alaska king crab fishery is the model of sustainable management practices as man