that john wall was named captain at age 20, ridiculous. how great he will be. >> you have seen how good he is in the preseason. we have flip saunders on the show, head coach, he has been coaching nearly two decades and he said he is the fastest guy he has coached bar none, fastest guy he has seen. >> it will be exciting. one way or another we have to wonder if gilbert is able to prove himself on the court or if he gets frustrated or turns to some another off the court activity or statement even though john wall gets the captain label. we leave it there. appreciate eat talking to you. -- appreciate talking to you. thanks, guys. >> thank you. >>> the national geographic museum in northwest washington is having a fun and educational festival this saturday. >> holly has a preview. we will check in with her after the break. ♪ ♪ i like your messy hair ♪ i like the clothes you wear ♪ i like the way you sing ♪ and when you dance with me ♪ you always make me smile ♪ don't know why i love you [ male announcer ] we believe you're at you

wall, preseason opener in dallas. 1st quarter the mavs jason kidd drives, john wall soars in from behind, makes a great block. he jumps well and has long arms. then gilbert arenas no. 9 from three. 12 points on 5-9 shooting from the former agent zero. still 1st half john wall takes the pass and lays it in, wall with 21 points and four steals. now we go to the 2nd half. wall can pass, the lob to javale mcgee, wall with nine assists. the wizards led by as many as 17 and hold on for a 94-91 preseason victory which means nothing. >>> a couple notes from this afternoon's capitals media day at the cutler iceplex. the team is still upset about how last season ended. george mcphee said it ruined his entire summer and they don't really want to talk about it anymore and i don't blame them. april 28th on home ice, alex ovechkin congratulating the canadians who rallied from three games to one deficit to eliminate the caps in the first round of playoffs. today the caps continued their preps for this season. the opener friday at atlanta against the thrashers. ovechkin enters his sixth season, rookie m

the real show was john wall who had 27 minutes. john wall the wizard facing some familiar faces tonight. first quarter, gilbert arena hampered by that ankle injury. he hits three to tie the game at five. marines played 27 minute take a look as he chases down jason kidd. look at that athleticism. high above the rim, not ving up on the play. talk about impressive. second quarter, one of four fields on the night. the wizard would finish the half up by four, 58-54. in the third quarter, who else? john wall says, who is my man? 13 pointon the night. wall would have 29 points, nin ninin nine assists. look at that reaction, including gilbert arenas here. other nba action. miami heats big three. they make their debut against the detroit pistons at home in miami. the first quarter of this game, high anticipation. it was wade with the team's very first points. minutes later the big three would become two, and this is everyone'sightmare down there in florida. wade chasing hamilton around the screen he grabs his hamhamstring. he would be done

el novato john wall termino el partido con buenos numeros para los wizards, anoto 21 puntos, el maximo encestador ademas 9 asistencias y 4 robos de balon. esta primer victoria se da en dallas casa de los mavericks. la fiesta rumbo a la serie mundial de beisbol se inicio hoy y nosotros les preparamos el resumen y la previa de la jornada. en las grandes ligas hoy se inicio el playoffs. por la liga americana los rangers de texas se enfrentaron a los rays de tampa bay, y les cuento que la novena de texas pego primero, derroto a los rays en un partido con muchos errores de los rays que fueron aprovechados por los rangers. por lo que vimos hoy, el playoffs sera muy disputado y de pronostico reservado en estos momentos por la liga americana se estan enfrentando las stan

john wall, 19 points, seven assists. this is a young, athletic team, not great, but certainly improved. in his debut, the lizards defeated box. their record is 3 and one. the capitals off to a solid start with the two and on record. and alex ovechkin is doing well. allen glade dead. >> 55 degrees outside on this wednesday morning. the news continues at 5:30. >>> and we will hear from the latest dancing castoff about this time on the dance floor. >>> the rescue effort witnessed by the world. i will have all the details on the rescue efforts coming up. >>> meteorologist adam caskey and belfort furniture weather center on this autumn i thought it was crazy feeding in the fall. i always feed in the fall. but, it's the best time. feed your lawn in the fall. the fall feeding makes all the difference in the world. what the fall feeding does is build the roots.. that's when the roots sorta want nutrition. i give my lawn scotts winterguard. it's like a root building machine. it builds your lawn from the roots up. next year you ge

john wall's nba debut one he would like to forget. magics embarrass the wizards. orlando up by 14 after the first quarter. dwight howard had 23. the game so easy for howard he was doing pushups on the sideline. magic won 112-83. major upset in college football. number 16 florida state up three. fourth and goal for nc state. russell wilson found george bryant in the end zone. the wolf pack rallied to take the lead 28-24. plenty of time left for the seminoles they drove the length of the field. ponder fumbled the ball in the end zone. nc state recovered under a minute to play. they held on to upset florida state 28-24. that is your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >> "early today" sports brought to you by just for men hair color.

. >>> we got a glimpse into the future with john wall. the wizards played their first preseason game in dallas. john wall was sensational. he showed great speed and scored 21 points. he and gilbert arenas worked well together at the back court. gilbert was five for 9. had a crowdng gasping at times. watch this little alley-oop. let's go to miami where lebron james made his debut with the heat. the andy pace scored 12 points in the first 10 minutes and ended with 18 points. chris scored a game-high 20 and miami goes on to beat detroit. the redskins were off today and when they come back they will focus on the green bay packers who are favored sunday. clinton portis says he does not expect to play this week with a strained groin. there is no word on how serious the injury is, but his teammates are not expecting any drop off. >> i was really impressed with the way he ran the football. we will have to have guys filling up that spot. >> it is reported that the patriots are in talks with the minnesota vikings about randy moss. kaine un madson b

. >> [unintelligible] >> john wall. earlier today i was with ted leonsis and he will be the most interested spectator tonight watching his new superstar in the backcourt. >> a very gifted player with great physicality. he has off the chart basketball iq. he is very passionate and is a nice young man. it is our first preseason game and it is a long season. he's a very young man, but i am really happy that we will get a chance to reactivate the passion of the fan base around a great young players like john walz. >> he's got the kappes and the wizards and they are all starting right now. brian roberts says he knocked himself out of the lineup, literally. he missed the last six games of the season after yet himself and the head with a bat. after he struck out he was upset and he himself and the head with a bat. -- he hit himself in the head with a bat. >> how do you pick yourself in the head with a bat? >> like this. [laughter] it is starting to hurt. anyway, allegations of security lapses are plaguing the capital visiting

. >>> the magic spoil john wall's debut and the giants do it again. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. north korean troops opened fire on a south korean guard post in a heavily armed demilitarized zone. the south returned fire briefly. no official reason has been given by either side for the shooting. it came hours after the north vowed to retaliate against north korea for its rejection of a north korean proposal for a military talks. the food and drug administration has rejected a diet pill touted by some experts as the most promising weight loss drug in more than a decade. the drug called qnexa is the third weight loss medicine to be denied approval this month dushgs to safety concerns. >>> this morning's "wall street journal" reports transportation officials are stepping up scrutiny at some boeing 757 planes after a two foot hole opened up at 31,000 feet during an american airlines flights from miami to boston this week. fortunately the

john wall with the pass. he will tip t chase it, lay it in. the wizards win. >> a relatively new transportation technology is giving veterans a lot of help. >> they have fought for america's freedom and now they are getting back some freedom of their own. beth parker has the story. >> the first thing i heard over my headset was that another truck had hit an ied. so i went to go stand up to help them and i fell over and that is when i first realized we had been hit because i couldn't walk. >> reporter: zimmerman was a medic in iraq and afghanistan. this time being he was the one who needed help. >> my heels are shattered. my l-1 vertebra was burst and then i was diagnosed with a tbi. >> that stands for traumatic brain injury. >> my balance is not very good and i will walk around in my apartment and if i'm not careful, i'll just fall right over. >> reporter: a year later, he has had 20 surgeries and may still lose one of his feet wroom the bones are not healing properly. >> reporter: zimmerman received his purple heart in a bed at walter reed ar

later in the first, john wall doing what john wall does driving everybody. hangs and hits the little floater. amixed bag for wall once again. 11 points in the game for the number one overall pick. the bulls start to take control off trouble. kick it out. corbett had 17. bulls down the wizards 107-96. baseball playoffs now. the phillies battle back to beat the reds and theytake it 2-0 series lead. let's goal philadelphia. roy oswalt trying to follow up on dock holliday's no-hitter. brandon phillips says don't think so. no hit this, my friend. goes into the left field seats. a solo bomb. reds up 1. oswalt allows four runs in four innings of work. bottom of the seveh, cincinnati 4-3. jay bruce, lost it in the lights and that was costly. chase utley comes in to score. jason worth comes in to score and the phillies rally to beat the reds 7-4. they lead that series two games to non high school football and game of the night was a dan die. wcac rivals. damascus and good council going right down-to-the-wire. game decided by a field goal. maryland's head coach loking

and back to gil, and gil back to john wall. that was tasty. i would have liked to have seen this for longer tonight. and gil's night did not last long. he was in the game for literally less than 3:30. he hurt his groin. second quarter, wizards again with the steal. here comes john wall. he finds nick young ahead for the pack. nick youn 11 points in the game, and the bench is liking it too. third quarter, this is a team that will play defense. what do you call that? a blocked shot. he picks it right out of the air. >> that's awesome. >> it is. three blocks, ten points. not enough. bucks beat the wizards 96-88. >>> redskins forced indoors because of rain this morning. they don't have an indoor practice facility, so they headed over to dull he is in an airporhangar for what mike shanahan called a jog through. albert haynesworth took part. haesworth's status will be likely a gametime decision. the defense will have a heck of a time in in game, trying t stop peyton manning and the colts. manning tied for the league lead with 11 touchdown passes. wr

that left john wall to fend for himself. and he did just fine. look at him slap the ball and throws it down. 15 points, 11 dimes as the wizards lose, by the way, to the bucks. what about gilbert? >> he was good while he was in there for the three minutes or whatever. he played good. and three steals, rebound, assist. he did a nice job while he was in there. >> he was good while he was in there. speaking of groin injuries and why wouldn't we, bruce says -- the cap starter missed the first four games with a pulled groin. hopely his own. the redskins drafted three guys in the second round three years ago. all of them projected to be stars. so how did that work out? devon thomas has been cut. malcom kelly is out for the year and fred davis has three catches this season. as the redskins get ready for the colts this sunday, for me it's davis's numbers that are most surprising. he had a strong finish last year. some believe he and chris coolly would be equal partners in the redskins offense, but that has not happened. >> it is frustrating. but i can't r

later in the first quarter john wall drives. seen a lot of this too. three guys around him. no worri, gives the whiz the lead. wall, 11 in the lead. they get the rebound off the ssed free throw. he buries it. korver had 17. from preseason basketball to baseballplayoffs, the braves currently leading the giants 4-0 in the fifth inning and the phillies battle back to beat the reds. roy oswalt trying toollow up on roy halladay's no-hitter. first bat of the game, he said, no, hit this. just pulverizesne into left field, a solo shot. reds take a 1-0 lead. oswalt allowed four runs in five innings of work. bottom seven now, cincinnati up, 4-3. two on for jimmy recalliawerawe. phillies rally from a 4-0 deficit to beat the reds, 7-4. they take a 2 series lead. >>> high school football game of the night was a dandy. wcac rivals in two of the best in the country. the game decided by field go goal. let's go there. guess who's at the game a? french was there. looking for some studs. how about one of these guys nchl e second caquarter, damascus up. breaking some tackles. turning on the aft

later in the first remember john wall doing what john wall does driving on everybody hangs and hits the little float. a mixed bag for wall once again. 11 points in the game for te number one overall pick. bulls start to take control off trouble. kick it out to kyle. he is a sniper. he had 17, bulls down the wizards 107-96. baseball playos now. the phillies battle back to beat the reds and then take it 2-0 series lead. let's go philadelphia for this one. roy oswalt trying to follow up on doc holliday's no-hitt. he said i don't think so. pu pulverizes it into theseats. cincinnati up 4-3. rollins sends the liner into tre. lost it in the light and that s costly. chase utley comes in to is working. jason worth comes in to score and the phillies ral from a 4-0 deficit to beat the reds 7-4. they lead that series two games to none. high school football and the game of the night was a dandy. wca rivals in two of the best programs in the country. dematha and good counsel going down the wire. the game decided by a field goal. let's go to olney. maryland's head coach looking for some studs and he n

then watch as john wall tips the pass, chases it down and lays it in. he had 21 points and four steals. the wizards hold on for a 97-94 win. >>> still ahead, we'll take a look below the surface of the gulf of mexico. it is something you've never seen before. we'll show you what scientists are finding as they check out the aftermath of the gulf oil spill. >>> up next. >> earned a reputation some people want to fight about. coming up, what does it take on get on the list of most dangerous neighborhoods in the country. ♪ [ female announcer ] yoplait's real fruit and the goodness of dairy... gives you a little slice of happy. and happiness comes in 25 delicious flavors. explore them all. yoplait. it is so good. now the yoplait you love in a new four pack. try it today. south a funeral is being held for a man killed outside a funeral service near 1th and u streets last week, the likely victim of gang violence. court documents say a man admitted being the driver of the car that overturned with coates inside. the fear of further gang retaliation is a concern

wall put on a show against the hawks. in his first game at the verizon center, the number one pick w fantastic with 19 points. gilbert's replacement, nick young, was even better. scoring 24 points. arenas revealed after the game, he wasn't injured at all. he faked it because he wanted to give nk young a chance to start. saying young was frustrated because he wasn't getting considered for a starting spot. the team fined gilbert for his actions and today both gbert and flip saunders addressed his latest poor decision. >> i mean, i was trying to be a good teammate. nick wanted to play. since we are guard loaded, i felt i would take day off. >> i said to him, i'm disappointed personally because i believe in you. and there has been a trust factor. and i told him, you have to be honest with me. it is like deal with your kids. your kids make mistakes. what do you is you're dealing with them. it doesn't mean you love them any less. you deal with the mistake and move on. >> never easy for wizards head coach flip saunders. we'll ha

big nature for john wall. second quarter, wall gets one of his four steals on the nature. takes at this time otheray between a couple defenders. in for t layup. 21 points and nine assists. that's a sweet little back door action. last seconds to fourth quarter. the game tied 94-94. another young kid coming up big. that proved to be the game winner. they're loifgt including gilbert having a goodtime. that was the final there last nature. >> it was fun. >> we ought to do it more often. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the man police say saved a little girl from being kidnapped s equals chili's $20 . share one of five appetizers, like our famous texas cheese fries. then choose two freshly prepared entrees from 14 chili's favoris, like our chicken criers with new sweet & smoky sauce, our new slow-smoked honey chipotle baby back ribs, or grilled all-white meat chicken fajitas served or a bed of sizzling peppers andnions. grab a friend and get one appetizer plus two entrees with chili's $20 dinner for two. >>> a good smars an in california helped rescue an 8-year-old girl. 11 hours l

john wall fakes a three-pointer. drives. dishes to booker. remember, kid sharing is caring. more sharing. this time, wall throws it up to vail. he can be prty scial this season. black team with it here. tries to force a pass. black steps in for the steal, recovering from a broken foot. looks like he's just fine. the white team beats the black team. wizards begin play on tuesday in dallas. >>> the ryder cup will finish on monday for the first time in its 83-year history. why? because more rain delivered by mother nature. chalk up a five hour and 45 minute rain delay. the u.s. is trailing by three pointsoing into singles play tomorrow. you know what happens after the rain? a pleasant rainbow and i'm an avid cereal eater, so give me lucky charms. tigewoods, suffers his worst ryder cup defeat. 21-year-old ricky fowler playing with phil mickelson. fowler and mickelson won the hole. shot of the day blongs to jeff overton. second shot on the par 4 eight from 140 yards out. golf fans, you will love this shot. sound up. >> yeah! come on! come o >>love it. >> that sounded like me afte

john wall is the leader of this team. every time he plays he sees something new. he was having fun. the fans loved him. it is a young and that led a team. -- and athletic team. the redskins had the day off. they will be back to march to start preparations for the indianapolis colts. mike has only praise. even when he was getting banged around, he can everyone in the game and roasted the challenge when it was on the line. >> you have to find a way to win. what more can you say? the quarterback scored 13 points. he finds a way to get the job done. that is what you want to get the quarterback to do. >> here it is. he said he is locked out suggestions that his career could be over. he said he does not believe then that. he continues to get treatment on his groin. he fully expects to be back by the end of the season. look at this. the rules state that you have to have the thing to the ground and possession. he put it on the ground. the rules committee said it is reviewing the rules. it could very well be changed but thd. run is on first and second. they have the grounder. they tried to g

. >> sure, it's only one preseason game but that's not stopping wizards fans from getting john wall. arenas chipped in 12 points, 3 rebounds. but the story was wall, who poured in 21 points, 9 assists and 4 steals. wizards won, 97-94. all right. >> could be an exciting season many got to hope. >> veronica, exciting weather? >>xciting weather starting tomorrow. really nice stretch coming up. it's going to take us right through the weekend. for today, not too bad. thing like our weather coming up for friday, saturday, and sunday. let's take a look and see where we are. 54 degrees, reagannational. feels like 52 because we hav a wind at 6 miles per hour. right now out of the southwest. southwesterly winds to near clm winds across the area. we'ren the low to mid-50s. yesterday upper 30s to low 40s across the area. by noon time, 61. around 63 to 64 this afternoon. some isolated showers early on and scattered showers for your afternoon. few and far in betwn. if we zoom to d.c., you can see how dry it is. a few spritzes around the ea. south and west of wilson. finally, this meandering low wi

. >>> well, the number one draft pick john wall making his nba debut. tiger woods on hand in orlando to take in the action. wall struggled early. misses the jumper there then driving in traffic would slip and fall. here missing a floater. he finished wi19 shooting. on 6 for 19 shooting. orlando, though, in good form. second quarter up 17. dwight howard in the paint and putting it down. magic win by 29. on their new home court for the very first time, 112-83. back back to you in the studio. >> well, carving a pumpkin can be a simple task, but one new york town has turned it into literally an art form. >> it is a breathtaking collection of jack-o'-lanterns, and they are on display in west chest chester, new york. what you're looking at is the great jack-o'-lantern blaze. 4,000 hand-carved pumpkins constructed into everything from super-sized dinosaurs to giant spider webs and caskets complete with mummies. >> all in sleepy hollow, new york. perfect halloween town. >>> coming next, the stories we'll be following today including a hearing in that washington

arenas in the backcourt makes john wall practice with his ankle taped. coach flip saunders said he wasn't sure if gil will play in tomorrow's season opener with dallas. >>> to golf now. if you don't like the ryder cup, someone check your pulse because you aren't breathing. final day in cell sick manor in wales -- celtic manor in wales. tiger woods his best approach and this eagle helped but tiger didn't even know it went in. did it go? where is it? it's in? are you sure? all right. that's good. let's cheer but it came down to the last match. hunter mahan and gram mcdowell later called it the best putt of his life. now mahan down two with two to play and totally has to have this. he's got to chip in this in or get it close. instead he dusts it. talk about nerves. mcdowell wins and europe wins 14 1/2 to 13 1/2, the first time since 91 that the ryder cup was decided by the final singles match and afterwards mahan was devastated. >> tried to be part of the team, close team and -- >> we're all proud to be part of this team. it's been a good team and we're wel

john wall scored 21 and when gilbert was asked about the rookie afterwards, he said, quote, i'm on my way out. he's batman now. i'm robin. when i came in, larry hughes moved aside for me to become a star. and now i will move aside for him to become a star. >>> speaking of moving aside, stan kasten stepping down today. the former braves mastermind built the franchise from brick one. some believe he could be the next commissioner of baseball. for the moment he is vague about his future. >> i still love everyone here as i told you. i love this steam. i love this city. but for my professional goals and aspirations i think i need to be doing something else. >> baseball playoffs under way. rays and rangers in the a.l. division for texas. that's nelson cruz and that is benji molina. both off of dave price. rangers win game one in st. pete 5-1. >>> this is a charity soccer game down in bolivia and this is the president evo morales wearing number 10 in green. he's playing against the political rivals and when things get testy, watch what he does, he knees his rival right in the old filibuster

count head coach flip saunders among the impressed with john wall. >> i think he hooks at himself at being a 19 20 -- looks at himself as being a 19, 20-year- old player. i told him when you come into this league, don't ask for your id. they don't ask for that or your paycheck. you got to come out and compete and if you're 20 and they're 32 and they're prepared and they're ready to go, then at 20 you got to do the same thing. >>> giants beat the braves 3-2 to move to the nlcs to face the phillies. the last game for braves manager bobby cox, the fourth winningest manager. i'm dave feldman. brian is back with more of the edge right after this. goni

wall finishes and won, but shortly after arenas would leave the game with a strained right groin and not return and no word how long e will be out, but wall continued -- he will be out, but wall continued to play and play well, 2nd quarter comes up with the steal, finishes with the deuce, wall with 15-11. wizards fall 96-88. it's the preseason. blow the whistle. >>> to football and the rain forced the redskins inside for a practice at airport hangar outside of dulles. albert haynesworth returned and did participate in the no pads workout. he's been away for six days due to the death of his brother. haynesworth's availability against the colts will be a game time decision. rookie tackle trent williams also able to go tonight on a limited basis. no. 71 suffered a left knee injury on the final regulation play sunday against the pack. williams missed the previous two games. he's expected to play sunday and he's eager to face the colts. >> to me it's important to be out there every week, but we do have super bowl champion peyton manning and dwight freeney coming into town. so it's going t

john wall rookie sensation averaging 17-point t assists in those two games. the redskins received horrible news last night. the half brother of albert haynesworth was killed when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car. witnesses told police lance mccoy the youngest son of linda hanes wore was riding his bike at a high rate of speed when it collided with a car coming out of a parking lot. mccoy was rushed to the hospital where he later died. the driver said he didn't see the motorcycle until impact and there was no evidence of alcohol or drugs a the scene. albert haynesworth flew home today. didn't practice and shanahan said his status for sunday is uncertain. >> i would never ask somebody to play when a tragedy like that happened. we will let the course of time take care of itself and we'll find out what's going on. >>> teammates putting finishing touches on packer preps. orakpo figures to play a huge role but only has two sacks in four games mostly because he is being held a lot. but he says no worries. >> oh yeah, man it is crazy. i want some sack

still in the first, john wall fields the ball. takes it the other way. wizards down one. second quarter, wall leads the break. leaves it for nick young, who finishes with a slam. wizards up three. still in the second. and it's wall leading the break. this time for andre blatche. wall's eight assists of the game, would finish with a double-double, 15 and 11. wizards would lose, 96-88. >>> college football in the big east. the lone ranked team in the conference. the west virginia mountaineers, come in at number 25. first quarter, geno smith finding bradley starks for the 21-yard touchdown pass. the mountaineers up 10-0. second quarter, a little trickeration. geno smith to the flat for sanders, who flipped it to noel devine on the minihook and ladder. devine takes it in for the touchdown. it's 17-3. another look. finding some wiggle room. mountaineers go on to win it. 20-6. >>> this will do it for this espn news update. back to you in new york. >>> we're getting the first glimpse of sarah palin's upcoming reality show. >> tlc just released the trailer for "sarah palin's alas

inside the current team held a scrimmage and they got to see the first picked john wall. we'll have full redskins coverage coming up tonight. >>> and let's hold onto that -- on to that then. >> the rain will continue overnight here tonight through tomorrow morning. that's the morning drive. i think you could see it ending by the afternoon drive. >> all right, thank you. and thank you for watching. 60 minutes is next. we'll see you back here at 11:00. bye. [ male announcer ] it's sunday afternoon. time for football on verizon fios. the nfl in 100% fiber-optic hd quality. that's a good start. but what's this? i can check my fantasy stats without changing the channel. and get an alert any time my team enters the red zone. and then watch every red zone play on nfl redzone. watch out couch, you've got competition as daddy's favorite. it's time for fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v visit verizon.com/getfios. it's time for fios. in 2008 i quit venture capital to follow my passion for food. i saw a gap in the market for a fresh cu

that is lebron making like john wall coast to coast. he had 18. and then get ready for this combination all year, lebron underneath to chris bosh. not a whole heck of a lot you can do about that. 20 for bosch. heat crews by 16. lost amid the hoopla of donovan mcnabb's pay back win against the eagles is he didn't play very well. while his teammates bailed him out, he's not likely to get away with that loose pay again. donovan just 2-11. and with any number of long darts that he threw into the turf, today on his radio show mcnabb put the blame squarely on his own shoulders. >> i take full responsibility for definitely second half. you get so anxious to make the big play. that game should have actually been 44 to whatever. you have to be aggressive sometimes, but you also have to be smart with the ball. >> meanwhile it looks like clinton portis is out for sunday against the packers. mri still pending but the team won't let him risk further injury. the owner dan snyder has done a much better job these past few years of, how shall we put him, making hi

we will go to the highlights and john wall was sensational. nine assists and four steals. arenas looked good in the backcourt along with wall. check out of this alleyoop to javale mcghee. the redskins or off yesterday. when they come back today, they will focus on the green bay packers. one person said he does not expect to play this week because of that growing injury. no word on the m.r.i. or how serious the injury is. his teammates are not expecting a drop off. major league post-season gets underway today. have a great day. >> thanks. 51 degrees outside. the news continues with good morning washington at 530. >> while -- why dozens of police officers will be off the streets. >> and light rain and a few sprinkles here and there. an unsettled weather pattern. >> it is frightening. it is frustrating. i hope they are successful in catching him. >> a crime spree in prince william county. we welcome you back on this wednesday, october 6. >> we will have more of that story in a few minutes. we begin with traffic and weather every 10 minutes. here is another check. not terribly

of course you want to see john wall and here he comes on the feed from kirk heinrich. a little obscure but that is him cruising to the basket. 12 points, 9 assists. 2-0 in games that don't count. the caps open their season tomorrow in atlanta. starting goalie will not be there. we learned today that barley has a groin injury. will miss the first three games. michael will start. playoff baseball tonight, game two yankees twins. the nationals have big donkey. lance berkman solo shot in the fifth. and then he golfs that over his head. they take two. final tonight is 5-2. with that time for our weekly look at the excellent and not so excellent in the world of sports. it is the good, the bad and the ugly for october the 7th. we start with the good. ashley lawyery the prep is down. watch as he gets that defender. >> whoa. >> watch the kid he hurdles tackling air. >> whoa. >> total air ball. should have opened his eyes. >> wow. >> they could have used a human to retrieve the kickoff. instead they use cecil. the poodle pointer mix who grabs it and brings it back. he works for

then the pass goes to john wall. less than a minute later, gilbert arenas gets out of the game and limps away into the locker room with a groin injury. >> he played good while he was in there for three minutes. i don't know. >> gilbert arenas left the verizon center without comment. >>> we have 51 degrees. the news continues at 5:30. >>> did you see this? will be goldberg and joy walked off the set in the middle of a heated debate. >>> a 65-year-old man is dead after being tased by police. live in rockville with what officers say happened. >>> >> heavy rains from yesterday is gone, but we are >>> >> heavy rains from yesterday is gone, but we are not i always feed in the fall. but, it's the best time. feed your lawn in the fall. the fall feeding makes all the difference in the world. what the fall feeding does is build the roots.. that's when the roots sorta want nutrition. i give my lawn scotts winterguard. it's like a root building machine. it builds your lawn from the roots up. next year you get this! the stronger

. >> the john wall show moved into cleveland. he missed the first nine then took it up a notch and wizards went to 2-0 in the preseason. let's go back to quicken loans arena. he didn't make a bucket until midway in the third. he had 12 and nine assists. the wizards started three guards again. gilbert had 13. >> the yankees have gonna minneapolis and caused all kinds of problems for the twins. we are talking baseball. top five lance berkman gets the pitch and takes carl pavano over the fence in left-center field a 2-1 new york lead. in the seventh new york berkman with padre on first and that is trouble. posada on his horse, he cruises around to score. yankees win 5-2 to take a 2-0 lead. the rangers lead their series 2-0 over the rays. there is a look at the morning sports. >> the news continues with "good morning, washington" at 5:30. >> still ahead, a special guest at a local high school will tell you why tiger woods is coming to town. >> one of three stations looking at major schedule changes for riders this weekend as crews do

. >>> the john wall era ushered in for the wizards. he made his debut fort maverks and th return of gilbert aren rs who was suspended for almost all of last year. arenas chipped in 12 points, 3 rebounds. but the story was wall, who poured in 21 points, 9 assists and 4 steals. wizas won, 97-94. >> we're getting sunshine back. >> exactly. we will get outside and have a little bit of outdoor fun this weekend. right now mostly cloudy skies. there's a few light showers falling through the area. 54 degrees, a little higher than yesterday. same thing for largo and laurel, prince george's county, 51. calvert county, 48 degrees. springfield, 51. silver spring right now 52 degrees. so at the bus stop this morning we'll be between 52 and 57 with just gray skies. a little sun peeking through. i have been looking at showers on the radar here just north of i-66 approachin boist. for today, some scattere showers mainly during the afternoon. aftegetting up to 64 degrees. our best chance of rain between 5:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. sunshine. oh, my goodnes

. >>> john wall made his home debut. fans were delighted to see the rookie score 19 points. but fans did not see veteran gilbert arenas, who sat because he said he was hurt. turns out, he faked a knee injury. he admitted it. today, he was fined an undisclosed amount. they won today without arenas, who today apologized. that's a guy who cannot afford to further distance himself. i don't know the motive. >> they seemed to do just fine without him. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> don't miss the cbs primetime lineup at 10:00. that's it for us for now. >> i'm denise koch. don't go away. much more ahead on the cbs evening news with katie couric, including the miners in chili being lifted to safety. we take you now to >> couric: tonight from disaster to rapture. joyous reunions in chile as those miners are rescued one by one. and the incredible ingenuity that saved their lives. i'm katie couric. also tonight, americans losing their homes in record numbers. but were all the foreclosures legal? a joint investigation is opened by every state in the union. and the night the world stood still

in three minutes how top draft pick john wall faired in his debut. >>> good morning, everybody. ever since the wizards drafted wall in june, people wondered how he and arenas would coexist in the same back court. last night flip saunders upped the ante even more starting three guards in the preseason opener, wall arenas and heinrich, all starting against dallas last night. here's young wall and this is what 20-year-old legs can do. end to end for his 2:00 of his 21 in the game. for dallas, butler, dunkin' all over mcgee. he had nine. haywood had seven. it would be tied at 94 with ten seconds to play and who would the wizards call on -- whom would the wizards call on, i want to be da grammatically correct, how about hudson. he nails it with two seconds left an the wizards win. >>> the big three, lebron, wade and baushc making their debut for the heat and this is what you thought it would be. lebron coast to coast. two of his 18. then, get for this combination all year. king james to cb, chris bausch. heat cruise by 16. >>> skins news and looks like portis is out for the game agai

but he got the overtime goal is >>> wizards hoping john wall plays well this season. going to be a pleasure to see him down at verizon center. the wizards first three pre- season games have all been on the road. wall so far averaging almost 15 points and eight assists per game in the preseason. >>> good news coming oust redskin park. mris on trent williams and jamal brown both negative, which is a positive. neither will require surgery. their availability will be known later this week. >>> meantime, fourth year safety laron landry flourishing in the new skins defense. he lead the team with 13 tackles. in overtime, another game- changing play as a picked off aaron rogers at the 39-yard line and that would lead to the game-wing field goal. >> that is what i'm here to do, make turnovers and as defenders, that is our job, to make turnovers and put the offense in the right position. it suits me well. >> he amazes me to be honest with you. of a been around a lot of football players in high career. to watch i guy like that play that hard and that consistent week after week.

john wall, 19 points and seven assists. >>> redskins getting ready for peyton manning and the colts coming to town sunday night. clinton portis is out with a serious groin injury but he maintains he will play again this year. he says he is gunning for john riggings all-him final franchise rushing record. he would need just shy of 700 yards to catch him. >>> heart-stopping football october 3rd at philly. the finally, we remember this. the hail mary pass. intercepted by deangelo hall. this past sunday, graham gano boots of game-winning ball in overtime as the redskins trail in the fourth quarter. player says they are sharing the credit for finding a way to win the games that the team lost last year. >>> the ongoing rescue mission at the mine in chile is our top story. the eighth miner is on his way up right now. >>> let's take a live picture now as loved ones are waiting for the eighth miner to surface. we'll can't to check in with what is happening in chillee. we'll all check your morning commute and your forecast. -- what is happening in chile. that siren means they are almost to the surfa

john wall is the center of this team now, the face of this team. he's 19 years old. he's going to be a star in this league and it doesn't seem like gilbert is so happy with the passing of the torch attentionwise. >> right. >> and he wants the attention and certainly he may have had good motives trying to help nick young out but not the way to execute that. >> dave feldman, thanks. >> yup. >>> now to the story the world is watching, the 33 chilean miners enjoying their first full day of freedom. they're still in the hospital wearing sunglasses to protect their eyes, but they are expected to be released very soon. fox's steve harrigan has the latest. >> reporter: doctors say most of the 33 rescued chilean miners are doing well. >> the message to the whole community is that they are really progressing very well. >> reporter: chile's president was celebrating with the miners in the hospital here. president sebastian pinera called the rescue event a rebirth for both the miners and the country. >> i also would like to thank you, the u.s. government, the australian governme

john wall he's behind the guys in the white jersey he had 12 point and nine assists. wizards win by 14. >>> portis season the only local star battling a groin injury. we learned that similar onis on injured reserve with the season starting on the. 22-year-old michael norvert will start against the thrashers this evening and likely start the first three games of the season at minimum. the question is how quickly will he be ready? he's had this groin problems before. >> discouraged for him because it has happened been and it's taken him a while to get ready but i think he was in such better shape this year that i don't think it will take anywhere near as long and don't think it is as bad as previous years. >> reporter: the caps opener highlights tonight at 11:00. for now i'm brett haber. have a great friday. >>> some local girls are about to become movie stars we will get to meet them in a bit. >>> today the final jobs report before the november midterms will be released. and rom government workers will get four days off this holiday week instead of three. let's check o

john wall had21 points. gull bert arena had 12 points since january. we know ose name. if you're looking for an underdog to root for, look no further than this player. as he defensive wizard from rutgers who is fighting for a roster spot. >> you could just call him h. his smile is contagious and after a few week, he might be the most likable player on the roster. he was discovered by a basketball coach in his native senegal in his early teens. he was a 6'9" association goalie who didn't know -- a soccer goalie who didn't ang thing about hoops but quickly fell in love with theame that would change his life forever. >> we started dribbling. trying to catch ittism didn't know the rules. it was really bad. at first. so i really started enjoying it. i was a little quiet before that. being on the court, i felt like something was coming out of me every time i did something. i touched the rim or something. this is fun to me and i started talking. and he hugged me a lot. as you got better in basketball, you got better with people. >> oh, yes. a whole lot. i would say probably th

you want to see john wall and here he comes. behind the guys in the white jerseys. wizards win by 14. >>> portis season the only local star battling a groin injury. we learned the caps starting goalie is suffering from his own growl groin issues and that's the reason he's on injured reserve with the season starting tonight. 22-year-old michael who played just 28 nhl game with start against the thrashers this evening and likely start the first three games of the season at minimum. how quickly will he be ready? he has had groin problems before. >> discouraged for him because it has happened before and it has taken him a while to get ready but i think he was in such better shape this year that i don't think it will take anywhere near as long and don't any think it is as bad as previous years. >> reporter: highlights of the caps opener tonight at 11:00 as well as the highlights from football in the area. for now i'm brett haber. have a great friday. >>> another stellar pitching performance in the baseball playoffs. the giants threw a two-cytohet shut out. striking out 1

john wall from kentucky. but gilbert arena who was suspended last year for bringing guns into the locker room who is still making headlines. >> chris: is there an end to your patience? >> right now he still in my good graces. >> his other team the capitals are doing great. they have the best record in hockey last year and another top draft pick is a superstar. >> chris: what's the biggest mistake that sports owners make? >> i think the biggest mistake that you know what you are doing. i have strong opinions but think i could be a general manager or coach. >> chris: he spends 40% of his time away from sports. he is the board of directors of american express and one of the fastest growing companies ever. he started snag films where people can watch documentaries. >> i've gotten pretty good at it. so my family is part of being involved with businesses that do well by doing good. >> it's wonderful to watch the growth of our company. >> which brings us back to owning a sports team. they call had th a public fund.