skimmer matt williams said he was scare -- skip are matt williams said he was -- skipper matt williams said he was scared when he went down. >> when you lose your best player certainly, arguably one of the best in the game, to an injury for today at least, guys got to step up. when you lose your three hitter and your five hitter and 2/5 of your rotation we need to step up. >> we just mentioned pitcher stephen strasburg on the mend which is good news for the up and down nats. strasburg battled a number of health issues this season and hasn't always had his stuff on the mound. >> reporter: beyond endurance and pitch count they were happy now he threw the ball in that rehab start. his mechanics were much more online than earlier in the season. physically he came out of it with that trap suise, the back and ankle dating back to spring training. >> for your nats on 9:00 fix, coverage tonight starts at 7:00. >>> the second round of the u.s. open, there was a time when tiger woods being in a tournament caused a buzz. now it's more likely to elicit a chuckle, label a laugh. he played pitifully

his manager matt william says great. i just want you to rip it. >> tonight it's important that one, he feels good when he walks out there and he can let it go and let it fly and there aren't any restrictions first and foremost. secondarily it's important for him to throw where he wants to. if he can, he's got a real good chance of beating any time. >> reporter: they want him to throw about 95 pitches tonight. >>> if all-star voting was a horse race, bryce harper would be american pharoah. this guy continues to break records in all-star voting. 9million which is a national league record. voting doesn't end until july 2nd. josh hamilton holds the record with over 11 million. >>> the major story today, of course, the heat, index is over 100. you remember strasburg struggled in atlanta a couple years ago with that. matt williams says hey, you can't worry about mama nature. you just got to go out and compete. i think it's about to rain, so we'll send it back to you. hopefully we get this game in. >> we'll get the latest from

after tonight's game skip are matt williams -- skipper matt williams said harper played a little catch, still day to day. >> he did some leg work and got some blood flow in there. doc looked at him, poked around and we'll see how he is tomorrow. >> harper's team played on without him and the rest of the injured crew hoping to bounce back from four straight home lossesmeanwhile pittsburgh was looking to improve on their eight game win streak. the nats handed the ball to joe ro ss to get the job done against the pirates. the 22-year-old struck out a career high 11 batters, allowed one run on six hits in 7 1/3 innings. offensively williams said the team had to step up and they it. 3rd inning nats up 2-1, make that 3-1 thanks to wilson ramos' single. washington wins 4-1, their fifth straight over pittsburgh. we have you covered all weekend long. tomorrow's series against the pirates continues right here starting at 4 p.m. >>> you know him as a-rod, a three time mvp and displaced performance enhancing drug user. he smacked a home run, his 3,000th. tonight's home plate umpire was also there

after the game, manager matt williams gave an update on harper's condition. coach williams: he has a mild hamstring strain. we will see how he is tomorrow. bryce: it's early, so just try to be a smart as i can tomorrow, maybe take the day off. we'll see how it feels. leon: wow. robert: right now, harper is second in the league in home runs with 22. hamstring strain, no word on how long he will be out. o's and phillies, day action. ryan howard goes yard, a two run shot to right field. the phillies win and snap their nine-game losing streak, the final 2-1. round one of the u.s. open. one of the leaders, finishing strong with the long birdie putt shooting 65 5 under. i will let this video speak for itself. leon: ooh. robert: he finished 10 over, shooting 80. the problems just don't stop for tiger. and the washington mystics will try to continue their fast start to the season friday, playing tomorrow night at the phone booth. leon: they should not even allow cameras there anyway. robert: it's dangerous, it is a hazard. leon: a big catch by a little girl. coming u

hopefully he can make a lot of things happening because matt williams will let him go all out tonight. >> we know he is went to work fast and throw strikes. control for him is important. all of those being said, for me it is a health issue. making sure he does not feel any tightness. as long as that is the case he is good to go. robert: o's and phillies with some day action. ryan howard does a two run shot to center here. phillies win, 2-1. the nba draft is a week from today. another predraft workout at verizon and former virginia guard justin anderson was among the nba hopefuls. he averaged 12 points and four rebounds a game while leading the acc in shooting. he is projected to go to 21st overall. he said he is just looking forward to a system that best fits him. >> for me it is all about finding a fit. something that fits my style. it helps on different levels. it else think it will the play multiple positions. i just want to continue to show my strength try to make it work. robert: round one of the u.s. open got out -- started today. that is your sports. leon: good deal. maureen: a

they do not call it m&a monday for nothing but matt williams rejecting -- for nothing. you have williams rejecting energy transfer. joining me is joe weisenthal. a risk on day as you have the yield move higher and no one wanted to be there. joe: if you thought the u.s. rally was impressive, you have to see what happened in germany. huge 3% rally in the dax. had been pounded recently so that is a huge reversal. you can't talk germany without the big story of the day, which is greece. there was optimism they would get a deal. as soon as they all got together at the eurogroup meeting, they had the finance ministers, they said nothing was there. by the time the leaders wrapped up, you had the leader of the eurogroup say we hope to get a deal later this week. there is a lot optimism some -- optimism suddenly. said as long as in to win, we will be it. we saw them put their money in havingir mouth was t the emergency liquidity system. atis almost 88 billion euros the cap. according to the commerce bank, 95 billion. joe: one of my favorite things in the world is in italy, they

. >>> matt williams, what are you wishing for these days? doctors to clone bryce harper? that would be nice. but meantime, how about consistency? how about health? how about timely hitting? how about decent defense? goat all -- get all those? how about anything? what is denard span spraying on, suntan oil? cologne? afro-sheen? who knows? espinosa scores, so the nationals were on the board early. but you heard of divine intervention? how about base intervention? this goes over ian desmond and a-rod scores and desi said i wish i was taller. i feel your pain, man. michael taylor, homerun opposite field. 4-4, and back to denard span. he didn't know if he was going to play when he got out of bed. looks good. the run scores and the nats by any means necessary get the win, 5-4. >> you know, today, i didn't think i was going to play when i woke up and got going and felt good before the game and told myself to go out and see how i feel and hope it loosens up. as the game went on, it did. >> good job. next week, a mandatory game. let me say this again. footballworkouts are mandator

never. >> matt williams disagrees. >> what we do is we use this to flatten large areas. i'll use this foot. >> for 20 years, matt's been making crop circles and he has the conviction for causing criminal damage to prove it. >> a complex design would normally start around 10:00 at night in the summer months. and working until 4:30 in the morning when it gets light. >> this night vision video shows matt and fellow circlemaker terry roderick making the famous serpent circle which fooled believers in july 2011. >> you use one person as a center point and hold the end with tape measures. and sidestep to scribe the actually foot lines, which then then you use geometry or you can improvise and be a bit more freestyle with it and start creating the pattern. >> but even they don't know who or what created the famous oliver's castle formation. >> i think one of the interesting things about this controversy is that it's gone on for so long. i mean, here we are a decade and a half on, and still nobody has definitively nailed this as a fake. and i'm willing to believe either. i'm wil

coach matt williams is pleased not only to have rendon's bat back, but it gives the lineup some breathing room. >> it does give us options now. over the last couple months it was difficult to spell dezi. now we have opportunity to do that if we have to do that. >> you can watch rendon and the rest of the national tomorrow right here on channel fine. we will have game two of their series against the cubs at 7:00. >>> series finale for the orioles in houston, birds looking to avoid a four-game sweep, tied 2-2 in the 8th until a.j. no. 10 adam jones solo shot to left. orioles win 3-2 to end the losing streak. >>> maryland versus virginia, a battle of the borders again. the terps and cavaliers are less than 24 hours away from a very important rematch. the winner advances to the college world series. the terps departed for charlottesville this morning and advance to their second straight superregional by knocking off top seeded ucla in their home city. they look to avenge last year's loss against the wahoos. >> it feels great we're able to get far into the postseason. it's really special. >> w

matt williams says his timing is still a bit off but he could rejoin the team later this week. >>> the maryland baseball team suffered a bit of a set back in the post season but it's not over yet. the terps lost to ucla late last night but the two teams faceoff again this evening and the winner advances to the super regional. they are looking to get there for the second straight year and a rematch awaits with virginia if maryland wins. the cavs knocked the terps outlast season. >>> the wizards started putting potential prospects through today ahead of the nba draft later this month, one player that could take a 19th overall is grant out of notre dame. he's the son of former bullets player harvey grant and dad was on hand at the work out at the verizon center. if taken by the wiz, he would be happy playing ball in his hometown. >> it would be fine, to be home, to be in a familiar environment and have my family around me. it's not going to bother me too much and have my family around and have a pretty strong family, so it wouldn't be too bad at all. >> here is a look at what the experts

nats win, 2-0: and after the game, matt williams on zimmerman's outing today. >> he was in command from the first pitch, and you know, throwing it where he wanted to, and you know, early on he was keeping his pitch count down which allowed him to go deeper, too. so i don't know where he ended up, 105, it's really good for 8 innings. >> from the pro's, now the maryland terrapins have their eye on the prize. they survived a west coast trip against ucla to reach 42 wins and keep rolling along in the post season. former line backer, shaun merryman was there to pump up the team. center fielder lamont wade had one heck of a regional, a couple home run, outfield assist against ucla and another one last night here to keep the game scoreless. that play was huge because maryland was up 1 in the 9th 9th with the tieing run on third when kevin moony strikes out daryl miller jr. looking to end the game. the terps are headed back to the super regional in a rematch against virginia. >>> and we're just days away from the races at belmont and a very possible triple crown. derby and preakness winner amer

matt williams believes struggles are a result of starters. bullpen gave up 14 runs this series. the red gave up zero. the best thing to, hitter to fr dofr -- hitter to do it. get back to the seventh inning. nationals down a pair of runs. michael a. tailylor. bryce harper comes tune score. so does zimmerman. a two-run sing m. nats tie this game two apiece. bottom frame. things started to get ugly. brandon phillips. man on second. send this ball past in. billy hamilton scores. rbi single to phillips there. the red take a 3-2 lead. damage not done yet. later in the inning. jay bruce with two men on. and he crushes this ball to the right field corner. bases clear off this double. the red played it six runs. in the seventh inning. they finish off sweep the nats 8-2 victory. rubber match in baltimore. rays and orioles. bottom first. delman young. 115 at-bats. without a home run this season. made up for it today in a big way. had two homers. this the first. headed right to the bullpen. his teammates -- celebrating. went straight to the clubhouse. later on in the game. chris tilghman. f

manager matt williams says the focus is on his mechanics more than his number of innings. >>> some more good news. bryce harper back in the lineup tonight. harper was beaned in the leg. that was a 95-mile-per-hour fastball. he is taking over the dh spot tonight as the nats open up a four-game interleague series with the tampa bay rays. once they're done with the rays, the nats welcome the pirates to town. you can see the nats and max scherzer this friday here on wusa 9. it all begins at 7:00. >>> the maryland women's basketball team is preparing for life as the reigning big 10 championships. they have a tall task at hand to follow their undefeated season and they'll have to do it without one of their leading scorers. we recently told you guard lexi brown decided to leave the university of maryland because she wanted to play closer to home. we now know lexi will suit up for the blue devils, the turpz' former acc rival. that's pretty much the reaction. the terps' second leading scorer. we caught up with brenda freeze shortly after the news broke to get her reaction. >> at the end of the d

matt williams is impressed with his rookie starter. >> the situation we're ready to hit, try to get back in the game. he could have gone another one, but all in all, i think he threw the ball well. he was unfazed by the magnitude of it. >>> indians buck showalter, gang, i promise you he is not sleeping, right there. manny machado not sleeping either. into the wind, too. that's a huge shot. that's his ninth of the season. but cleveland's half of the third, they get the equalizer and they tie it at 1-1. right now, this game's got a ways to go, into the 7th inning, tied at 1-1, cleveland and baltimore. >>> so if you're so inclined to watch college baseball, you rode the wave of emotions yesterday. if you root for maryland, your team had game 1 of the superregional locked. then you lost it. you root for virginia, your team was on life support and then popped back to life. all that and they still have to play another one today. let's get to that video. that's maryland manager there john sczip. the bunt falls in to tie the ball game. runner's out, but ball game tied. maryland rallies to lead 4

fellows hadn't scored more than three runs in the last five contest and tonight manager matt williams tweaked the lineup. zimmerman second in the third and harper third and rendon batting cleanup and espinosa provided the offensive spark. the entire nats team participating in give them 20. push-ups obviously paying off for that guy. espinosa, the fu manchu is gone and power is still there. that's a three-run blast. his seventh home run of the season and the nats are up three. also playing great defense and watch michael taylor the young man, makes a nice play off the wall and rocket throw and espinosa, a beautiful tag. tanner rourke loving it. espinosa twisted his arm there but he was fine. man on and the buffalo hits one to right center and rendon trying to score from first. the cubs with the relay and he beats the tag. nats are up 6-4. the top of the eighth, more defense. already two home runs on the night, going for a third. this one in center field. dennard span spanning and making a great catch right there. the nats snap their three-game losing streak and win this by a final scor

matt williams says he hopes he'll go tomorrow and he hadpraise for his young phenom. >> today was an example of taking what they gave him. it's flat, level, controlled baseball for him. it's important for him. you can see what can happen. >> game time decision tomorrow. o's hosting the bronx bombers. a-rod hits a two-run home run with career rbi 2,000 and 2,001 and becomes just the second player to drive in 2,000 runs. when he's healthy, one of the best baseball players and o's beat the yankees 9-4 today. usa women's soccer team in pretty good shape in the first round of the world cup. i'll spare you all the what if scenarios. just know they're in pretty good shape. that's saying something too inone of if not the toughest bracket in the world cup. women got four points most in group d happens been named "the group of death." they'll face nigeria next week which on paper nowhere near the team the usa is, but as you saw earlier, colombia beat france, so anything ispossible. usa coach jill ellis is aware. >> not taking anything for granted from the very first game in this group, it's no

. >>> after getting swept by the cincinnati reds, nationals manager matt williams said his bullpen was tired. they had seen too many innings over the series. tonight the relievers got a reprieve because frockly the nats were out of this -- frankly the nats were out of this game early on. they hosted the bluejays in a quick game. rough outing for taylor jordan. toronto scored 4 runs in the 1st inning. now, taylor hill came in. he was decent in relief, allowing 1 run on this bataita solo shot but that was the anyone -- 9 innings. blue jays blanked the nats 8-0. >>> orioles on if road in houston. bottom of the 5th. chris carter the baseball player, with a shot to left center field, second home run of the game. astros win this one 3-1. baltimore now 6-16 on the road this season. rough one for them. >>> the redskins back on the practice field today for their second session of off-season workouts. joined this week by desean jackson who missed the first session and today offered no apologies saying he will be ready for the season. otas is all about building chemistry. not just with the new gu

this offense was rolling and matt williams' group were in complete control. somewhere around the fourth and fifth inning, that bag completely ripped apart. i know, little guy. emoji sad face after this game. game one of an eight-game road trip for the nationals. ryan zimmerman is out due to injury. robertson is playing first base. and that is a towering shot to the second deck off matt garza. that's his first career home run in the big leagues. watch his teammates when he gets back to the dugout. >> i love it. >> the silent treatment. dan uggla finally breaks down and everyone comes over to congratulate clint robinson. great moment there. to the fourth anthony with two men on. grounded to third here. but an awful throw by aramis. the brew broou crew had three errors on the night. tanner rourke, he couldn't hold the lead. a solo shot. this ties the game at 5. his fourth home run of the season. bottom of the of the eighth, the bull pen continuing to have problems. aaron barrett with two out. a man on. scooter jenette he rips this down the third baseline. the br

manager matt williams is not worried. to him it's just a bit of deja vu. >> april wasn't kind to us last year with regard to injury. so it was a little struggle early on. when we got everybody back, it started to roll for us pretty good. so that being said there are no excuses, period. we've got to play and win games and get where we want to get to. >>> the terps in new york is the beginning of an eight-game road trip, first stop the bronx. you can catch game one here on wusa9. masters are on the mound for the nats. a great match-up starting at 7:00. >>> the washington redskins may appear on an episode of hard knocks this season after all. the team confirmed they will hold a joint practice with the houston texans during training camp in richmond. the texans are the subject of this year's tv show. that means j.j. watts and skins first round pick brandon scherff perhaps going head to head. >>> lebron james was a monster in game two of the nba finals last night, but is he a skywalker? they don't like to call travel against l

according to manager matt williams. later on. escobar, find the grass. drives in a run. the nats within one at this point. go to the sixth inning. cubs up 5-3. sterling castro. bloop hit here, sthort left field. michael taylor. scored one. but this one -- miguel montero. out at home plate. nice tag. small victory. nats lose, 6-3. travel to new york. two game series. the yankees starting tuesday. to cleveland. watch the hot dog. mom goes in for the selfie. >> all the mom's fault. >> there goes the dog. >> i sure hope the floor at progressive floor is clean enough to ooteat off of. snyder to center. one run come in. ryan flarety. hustles. pays off. os lead 4-0 bird on the mound. the first game back in a month. seven streakoutsikeouts on the day. more good news. for baltimore. back and making up for lost time. 390 days on the shelf. three rbi, three games. oh. they come home from cleveland with the 7-3 win. they host boston on tuesday. keep it right here for sports final. we'll talk the temperature, or take the temperature of the nationals clubhouse after losing to chicago.

manager matt williams, he is not happy about it. this team has lost three in a row. and they haven't won a series in over two weeks even with max scherzer on the mound. the nats didn't have enough offensive firepower. bryce harper plenty of power tonight. first career game at yankee stadium. and he proved a point. harper grew up a yankees fan in the fourth inning here, doing his best bronx bomber impression. that is home run number 20 on the season. the hair flip. not what it used to be. but still pretty good. scherzer on the hill. bottom of the sixth, and trouble on the corners. here he gets to go down swinging. on the night. bottom seventh, alex rodriguez going to short. desmond hits the runner on that play. the yankees that. >> score a run. probably should have gone to first on that one. later on ryan mccain off matt thornton that would play too. the yankees. that would go on the win this one, 6-1. nationals have now dropped 9 of their last 11 ball games. >>> os hosting the red sox. bottom fifth, he gets adam jones to go down swinging. six shut-out innings for rod

manager matt williams didn't have an updated timetable but said that zimmerman got on the treadmill for a brisk walk for 15 minutes which is a step in the right direction. >> right now, he's making good progress. the pressure is being reduced with the orthotics. he is feeling better, and the fact that he could get on a treadmill is important. >> reporter: hopefully, we'll get to see him soon. he would like to join his teammates for bp. and a cool story out of france, a 16-year-old girl, melissa is a great shortstop, and she just registered to become a free agent for baseball. a 16-year-old girl which means she could be signed by a team starting july 2, the first woman added to an international registration list. because of her age and limited visibility, she may not be signed but could as she approaches the age of 18. mlb director of international development said that the teenager is legitimate and has serious skills as shortstop. even if she isn't signed, she still has the opportunity to play with for an american university. are we set to see a female on the field with women? you neve

. >>> coming up on news4 at 5:00 hear from manager matt williams about the further tests harp letter go. until then, back to you. >> see you then. thanks. >>> the woman at the center of a cultural firestorm is no longer part of a city volunteer police commission. the spokane city council voted yesterday to remove rachel dolezal from the city's volunteer police ombudsman commission. the commission says dolezal and two other members were guilty of workplace harassment. dolezal was thrust into the public spotlight, you will recall, last week after her parents claim she has been misrepresenting herself as black for years. she resigned from her post with the naacp. >>> he used me as a willing vessel, but the lord used me. >> aware and alert. how that woman spotted this man accused in the charleston church shooting. >> and that suspect appeared in court a short time ago and he faced the families of his alleged victims. their powerful >>> this evening, a community whose grief is felt around the world will pause to remember nine lives taken by a gunman. >>> a vigil will be held in charleston

matt williams saying it is too early to predict how long harper will be out. >> we want to be cautious and make sure that we are taking the appropriate steps. but for today, we are going to see how he feels and then if we have to take -- get further tests, we will do so. >> careful with the best play other the team. we are going hear from harper's teammates about missing him on news4 at 6:00. >>> the elevator at the washington monument it just keeps breaking down. >> now, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton wants to know a question we are still asking, is it safe to ride? up next, we are getting some answers for you about the safety of one of our most popular landmarks. >>> and a movie and then a date came to a violent end. we are going to find out what police claim a teenager did outside of the montgomery county courthouse. >>> tonight police are thanking the community for tips they say led to an arrest of a suspect who shot a 15-year-old boy. coming up, what we have learned ab >>> tips from community members helped police make an arrest in that bus stop shooting of a 15-year-old. the

he will dh tonight for matt williams. >>> speaking of scherzer, everyone still talking about that performance last night. perfect -- almost a perfect game for scherzer, took it to the seventh inning, giving up just one hit striking out a career high 16 batters, also set a franchise record with that mark, e.r.a. is now 1.93. fifth best in the majors. he normally gives out the chocolate syrup showers. yesterday, he was showered. >> how do you like it now? >>> speaking of nats pitchers, news today, stephen strasburg will make a rehab start at aa harrisburg, on the disabled list since may 30th with neck tightness. he threw a bullpen session, 60 pitches to teammates on friday. this season, he has struggled. the 26-year-old who spots a 3-5 record has an e.r.a. over 6. >>> getting back to tonight's game nats versus rays, steven sousa, jr., may be playing for the competition tonight but always a part of nationals history. you guys remember this catch, right? the diving grab that saved jordan zimmermann's no-hitter. only no-hitter in nationals history. now, sousa, he did not get that bmw he heard abou

matt williams said yesterday after the game, he needs to find a place for espy swinging a hot bat lately, 3-4 -- 3-5 a single double and home run in yesterday's victory. over the last week, he is batting .438. >>> the naggals making a move today to help their bull pep, acquiring reliever david carpenter from the yankees in exchange for a minor league infielder tony ribbonnda. sporting a 4.82 e.r.a. you may remember carpenter played with the braves back in 2013 and 2014. >>> the nationals' bullpen needs some help. they have major league baseball's worst e.r.a. of 6.0 in the last two weeks. the overall e.r.a. this season, 3.64. ranked 19th out of 30 teams. the only two relievers with an e.r.a. below 3, drew store and matt thorn. ♪ make hits like a bryce harper 92 like a bryce harper ♪ ♪ i know what to do bryce harper ♪ >> the new rap song about bryce harper called "bryce harper," nat oil of it, a co-lar bob racial from dj chris styles of wpgc and the fat boys i like to call the plus-sized gentlemen. it was written and recorded in a laurel, maryland. what did you think of the song?

manager matt williams says they will not rush him back. from the health of a young star to heroism of another one. earlier today, little league world series sensation and inspiration mo'ne davis were in town. the special guest was max scherzer who spent time talking to the players and answering questions giving advice and sharing his love for the game. >> it's important for everybody. important to share baseball throughout our society with everybody. i can give a lot of kids good direction and life skills. it's what it takes to play baseball. be a good teammate and you have towork hard. >> back to the aforementioned fister who returned back to the team after spending 35 days on the disabled list with forearm tightness. he was about to go back on the d.l. with pain inflicted by his wife ashley. if it weren't for fast thinking. striking out longoria to end the top of the first inning bent down to reach for something on the mound. that was his wedding ring which somehow fell off his glove hand in longoreia's at-bat. he put the bad boy on righ

we'll hear from matt williams with how the team is faring with so many players on the injured list in about a half hour. >>> coming up at 6:00 police announce several arrests after a series of craigslist robberies, details just ahead. >> next it's the last day of school for ail lot of students. we'll have some valuable advice on scheduling your child's summer when we return. why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month at getfios.com. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>> school is out for good for three teachers in northeast d.c. their colleagues give them a big sendoff into retirement and a huge celebration. [ cheering and applause ] >> wow, that is a big sendoff. combined the three teachers have more than a century's wo

matt williams will have one of the best hitters back in the lineup. they haven't had much luck against the nats this season. the latest coming last week. the nationals, winners in eight of the last nine games against atlanta this season, including eight in a row. the braves on the verge of losing nine straight to the nationals. franchise for the first time since 1973. back when they were the expos. bryce harper likes playing against atlanta. he's 11 for 25. a 4.40 average. nine rbis in the six games against the braves. >> college football news. university of maryland today. head coach, randy edsel signed april contract with the terps off a very successful first season in the big ten. they've made bowl appearances in each of the last two seasons under edsel. entering his fifth year in college park. >> let's go to a place where jim vance wishes he was. wimbledon. federer taking on jumer. i have never seen him sweat. 6-1 is the first set. in the second set federer, a straight-set winner today. >>> rafael nadal also in action. taking on the -- the king of

he is sore, but manager matt williams optimistic about his return. harper will be re-evaluated later today. he is on the mend. he fell down last night in serious pain. he slipped planted the knee on the wet grass to throw home. he is the latest national to suffer an injury, with answer team superstar goes down, other players need to do their part. >> you loss your best player certainly arguably one of the best players in the game to an injury for today at least, then guys got to step up. when you lose your three hitter and your five hitter and two fifth of euroyour rotation, you need to step up. >> mvp of the national league, i think, for him to be out, you can't really replace a guy like that. we got to come together now and do the best we can and fill the gap as good as we can lock >>> look who informs d.c. today, mo'ne davis and little league squad from philly working outs the nats youth academy in d.c. part of a tour to various locations that hold special significance to the civil rights movement. our own max scherzer made a surprise visit the na

manager matt williams, though, not buying it guys. he wants this club to start playing better baseball. >> that's apples and oranges. each year is different. each game is different. each team is different. so you know, what we can say is that we've been there, we've come out the other side and played well. that's our objective at this point now. to get going and start playing better and go on a streak like we did in may. >>> little college baseball now, lamont wade and the terps taking on virginia in the super regionals in charlottesville. defense stealing the show in this one. bottom of the second with a man on, nick at the dish. virginia gets one. watch this turn by daniel pa narrow. look at the feet. look at the feet. a great dancer, i bet. we stay scoreless after two innings. bottom of the fifth, bases loaded for lamont wade. he has been captain clutch for the terps. he keeps it up here sends this ball to center. adam haysly can't make a play on it. two runs score, a double for wade. the terps up 2-0 at this point virginia actuall

see matt lauer interview williams tomorrow morning on the "today" show. lester holt today was officially named anchor of "nbc nightly news." holt has been with nbc news for ten years. >>> for glenn and all of us at nbc 10, i'm jim rosenfield. the news continues with "nbc nightly news." . >>> tonight, heart break and thoughts in charleston. the stunning massacre in one of the most sacred places. why did a young man walk into a historic black church with praying parishioners and shoot them in cold blood? nine lives lost in an instant. >> this i pure evil. >> tonight the 13-hour manhunt and the hate crime investigation underway. the photos of the suspect wearing racist symbols, his troubled history and the gun he had just gotten as a birthday present and the victim a coach, librarian, recent college graduate their stories as our special coverage from charleston starts now.

matt williams hoping with some ice and rest he'll be ready to go today against the brewers. >>> virginia keeps rocking and rolling in the college world series. thanks in part to the big rbi double in the eighth. virginia takes it 5-3. they'll play florida tomorrow. >>> the blackhawks now just one win away from their third stanley cup in six seasons. the hawks went down to tampa, took care of business in game five. lightning have lost four of the last home games. >>> orioles are winners of six straight. they'll go for the sweep against the yankees later today. >>> that's look at your morning sports. i hope your sunday's a good one. >>> well, are you taking medication and take it at the right time? >> this is a big issue for many of you. especially those with multiple prescriptions. there's a new process for dispensing drugs designed by a young entrepreneur and he's hoping to take the confusion out of when to take them. nbc's anne thompson reports. >> reporter: this ticker tape of pill packages is the daily challenge of managing 15 medications. the 72-year-old used to use pill boxes. >> th

matt lauer gave williams two opportunities to say where else he had made inaccurate statements besides the iraq war business. there has also been questions about his reporting on hurricane katrina, for example. williams declined both instances, and nbc doesn't seem to be putting out this internal investigation. i wonder what nbc reporters would say if there was a government investigation of this kind that wasn't made public. >> that was a key part of the interview, because it was clearly an opportunity to come clean completely and it did happen and we still don't know very much as to what that investigation showed us about brian williams reporting over the years. it brings up a broader question though about how the public and if the public can trust journalists journalists. the polls say we're down there with the politicians. it's hard to believe but it's the truth. how do you think that affects us overall? >> every time things like this happen it damages all of us. people say, oh they mess things up they can't keep things straight. i don't think nbc had any right to deny him in the an

. >> he went on nightly news -- >> williams talked to his colleague matt lauer on nbc's today show. in february, williams said on the nightly news that he was on a helicopter that was forced down by enemy fire in iraq. he was actually on a different helicopter traveling with the one that was shot down. >> i know why people feel the way they do. i get this. i'm responsible for this. um, i am sorry for what happened here. i am different as a result. and i expect to be held to a different standard. >> williams has been reassigned to breaking news coverage and special reports for msnbc. that will start in august. lester holt is now the female announcer: looking for the hottest deal on a new mattress? then don't miss sleep train's 4th of july sale! right now at sleep train save $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. plus, pay no interest for 36 months on tempur-pedic and serta icomfort. big savings and interest-free financing? these deals aren't just hot, they're explosive! don't miss sleep train's 4th of july sale! ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's slee

during the interview, matt lauer confronted brian williams eight different times in eight different ways about telling lies. and his answers, williams never once used the word lie. and listen to this exchange. >> did you give thought at the time to going on the air and saying i lied? >> i know why people would see it that way. it is not what happened. what happened is the fault of a whole host of other sins. what happened is clearly part of my ego getting the better of me. to put myself in a better light, to appear better than i was. >> and now the fallout, public relations firms and crisis management teams have also weighed in on the interview calling it less than convincing saying a true apology has no ifs, ands or buts. brian williams will begin the task of regaining viewer trust in august when he begins anchoring breaking news coverage on msnbc. >> trace, thank you. >>> members of the military were the first to catch williams in his misrepresentations. over the years they stayed on the story until it finally broke with the rise of social media. has williams done enough to earn him th

year has been without question the best one we've had as far as people like you coming out to play and matt thornton of the national and garry williams and all these people who have come to help these organizations raise money for the kids. >> johnny will call games for a 2015 terps team with big potential. five star recruit johnny stone is an incoming freshman. alex trimble announced to return to his team and georgia tech transfer robert carter will play this season. head coach mark turgeon knows expectations are high. >> we're excited. we're we're enjoying the summer. guys were working hard in the weight groom. we're getting to know each other, getting our chemistry right. >>> woman's world cup action begins with team usa taking on colombia. anything could happen once you get on the pitch. keep in mind australia upset brazil yesterday. practice makes perfect. the positives are the u.s. is a heavily favored team. colombia is without their starting goal keep are and as abbey wombach knows, the game will be played just north of the berth. >> we just have to keep -- border. >> we just have to

. >> we can tell you nbc news is reporting through jonathan dienst and pete williams richard matt has been shot. no word yet from nbc news on his condition. you will recall it has been 21 days of an intense manhunt for richard matt as well as his partner, if you will david sweat who broke out with him. now nbc news according to jonathan dienst and pete williams are reporting from a law enforcement source that richard matt has been shot. we'll keep you posted on his condition. we don't know what that condition is. there are various reports about it. it has been a very intense 21-day manhunt. back to you. soon as we get more on his particular condition, we will bring it to you. >> did they say anything about his partner or location? >> we did not know if they were together. we do not know if they have been traveling together. the assumption has been they are traveling together because several dna hits they've gotten in various cabins matched both of the suspects. however, we have no information right now as to whether they were traveling together. we only know nbc is reporting matt has

among our guests tonight fox news the five co-host juan williams, republican strategist matt schlapp and the national review's jillian k. melchior. we begin with the bomb threats at the white house and the senate. press secretary josh earnest was grilled by reporters why the briefing room was evacuated but not the rest of the west wing steps away in which the president and his family remained? >> josh, you said you were evacuated, but you just went to your office? >> that's right, i was evacuated from this room like all of you. >> you can remind us how close your office is? >> right down the hallway. >> reporter: hard to imagine why a bomb threat would necessitate evacuating this entire room wouldn't affect the rest of the west wing complex it's not a very large complex? >> i can't account for that. lou: joining us now to talk about the administration's inability to combat threats both at home and abroad and curiously staged, if you will evacuations from the white house. fox news strategic analyst lieutenant colonel ralph peters and the author of the thriller valley of the shadow. ra

>> he went to the confesser in chief matt lauer. i'm rooting for brian williams. is he a decent guy. uglyiest. feel bad for the o -- some people are going to be out of their jobs soon. >> kirsten what do you think of his explanation and, do you think he handled it in a way that he has kind of put an end to the story? how well did he he control the damage. >> first of all nbc controlled the damage. they punished him took him off the air. he has shown contrition. he has given an explanation and i think we are a forgiving country and people do feel like let's give him another chance. i think it's good for msnbc to have him there. i think, in the end, you know, it's probably a net plus charles? >> i thought, you know, we don't want a pound of flesh. i don't believe in the death penalty, the real one or the vocational one. getting a chance. i'm rooting for him as well. >> okay. winners and losers of the week starting with tucker. >> it's obvious buy but i have got to say the president getting up there in the wake of this tragedy and using it for political gain was just

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he kidnapped his former boss, william rickerson in 1997. after torturing him for about 24 hours he killed and dismembered him. matt was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. lee bates served time after acting as richard's accomplice in 1997. he testified against him and in a phone interview with anderson cooper called matt evil. >> if you wanted to take a picture of the devil that is the face that you would see. >> bates remembers shoving a knife sharpener in his victim's ear and breaking his fingers before killing him. >> i have seen him kill. he did kill mr. reckerson, his old boss, in my presence. in a fit of rage, he reached into the car, grabbed mr. rickerson, grabbed him by his neck and snapped it in front of me. >> he had broken out of an erie county jail before, only to be sentenced to prison in new york on charges of escape and forgery. >> he is a master manipulator that knows the prison system, that knows the streets. street smarts. and is a very cunning and dangerous individual. certainly, he planned that just as well as he di

matt? >> pete williams in boston. pete thanks very much. shawn henry, former executive director of the fbi is the president of crowd strike services. goopd good to see you. good morning. >> hi matt. >> let's talk about usaama rahim. he was under round the clock surveillance for weeks. we know that. the law enforcement officials suspected him of plotting against police officers. now they go to the step of confronting him or wanting to go up to talk to him on the street. after those weeks of surveillance what would have triggered that kind of approach? >> you know when you're following somebody like that you've got somebody under 24-hour surveillance it's indicative of the fbi having large concern about what he's involved in, those are very intensive, resource intensive. you don't put that type of surveillance on just anybody. for them to then go out and confront him on the street it indicates to me there was some change in his behavior. that the agents and the terrorism task force members saw something that caused concern for public safety.

matt was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. lee bates served time after acting as matt's accomplice in the murder. he testified against him and in a phone interview with anderson cooper, called matt evil. >> if you wanted to take a picture of the devil, that's the face you would see. bates remembering matt shoving a knife sharpener in his victim's ear. >> i have seen him kill. he did kill mr. rickerson, his old boss in my presence in a fit of rage he reached in to the car, grabbed mr. rickerson by his head and snapped his neck in front of me. >> richard matt had escaped prison before. in 1996, he broke out of an erie county jail to be caught and sentenced to a mx mum security prison in else mmirelmira, new . >> he is a master manipulator that knows the prison system, the streets, street smarts, and is a very cunning and dangerous individual. certainly he planned that just as well as he did back many years ago when he escaped from a prison up here near buffalo. >> reporter: what may have made the escape somewhat easier this time

>> he went to the confesser in chief matt lauer. i'm rooting for brian williams. is he a decent guy. uglyiest. feel bad for the o -- some people are going to be out of their jobs soon. >> kirsten what do you think of his explanation and, do you think he handled it in a way that he has kind of put an end to the story? how well did he he control the damage. >> first of all nbc controlled the damage. they punished him took him off the air. he has shown contrition. he has given an explanation and i think we are a forgiving country and people do feel like let's give him another chance. i think it's good for msnbc to have him there. i think, in the end, you know, it's probably a net plus. >> charles? >> i thought, you know, we don't want a pound of flesh. i don't believe in the death penalty, the real one or the vocational one. getting a chance. i'm rooting for him as well. >> okay. winners and losers of the week starting with tucker. >> it's obvious buy but i have got to say the president getting up there in the wake of this tragedy and using it for political gain was

2008 of kidnapping his ex-boss william pickerson sr., who owned a food delivery business. at the trial an accomplice testified the man he called rick matt tortured the elderly businessman, tossing him in a car trunk for 27 hours before snapping his neck and it didn't stop there. matt then dismembered pickerson's body. the accomplice testifying "he cut up the torso and he said that he threw the legs in the niagara river." before he could stand trial for that murder he escaped to mexico where he soon killed another american in a bar. he was thrown in a mexican prison and extradited to new york to stand trial for the pickerson homicide. years earlier, in upstate new york matt escaped a different prison facility while serving time for burglary. >> he's a really dangerous, desperate man. they are literally killers. >> reporter: the second fugitive is 35-year-old david sweat serving life without parole for the 2002 murder of brum county sheriff's deputy kevin tarsia. sweat and an accomplice robbed a gun store when they were confronted by the deputy shooting him at least 12 times