," wouldn't we see it in his priorities? >> we continue with nats fever around the country. >> kaine two of the national league division series is under way. we found plenty of nats fans making the track. suzanne is live in st. louis with more of the excitement. suzanne? >> a lot of nats fans. of course, a lot of cardinal s&p 500. some made the trip out here yesterday. -- of course, a lot of cardinal fans out here. son made the trip out here yesterday. kaine two here at busch stadium. yesterday's nail biter as people feeling good about the first pitch. >> i it think they will do great. >> cardinals fans started streaming into the downtown stadium. among them, nats fans like this one who came here from wisconsin. >> hopefully we will go 22-0. >> it is rookie player tyler moore's father. >> he has always said he wants to contribute, and that is what he did last night. >> so [indiscernible] >> it is the top of the fourth, and right now it is the cardinals 5-1 and we are hoping that the nats win again tonight. the next game is on wednesday. >> all right. fingers crossed. coming up next at 6:00

you've had. as you mentioned the nats lost the game but won the n.l. east and that's all anybody will remember about this night. it was the ninth inning when the scoreboard read up in that park that the pittsburgh pirates knocked off the atlanta braves and the party started right away. people started getting the word on their smart phones. they started cheering. the nats came out of the dugout and began to get ready. the party moved to the locker room once the game was over. if you've not been inside a locker room when a pennant is won it is an experience. take a look at this. players everywhere, champagne everywhere, beer is everywhere. i saw the team walking around, very excited, very happy. everybody offering congratulations. they couldn't have been more sense of destiny for this team. remember, it's only a few years since the expose moved here all the way from canada. the team was terrible. they made some trades and moves people didn't like. but all of it culminated in this amazing season, and with even no win tonight, the nats are a champion and the parties begins. a good bit of

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>> the nats park will be rocking today. the first ever home playoff game. a friendly wager that has been made between vincent gray and the mayor of st. louis. >> you can call it a different kind of platform for the wife of presidential nominee mitt romney. we will tell you about her guest hosting duties on good morning america. >> caught on tape. a hit and run. right there. the victim says he is lucky to be alive. good morning washington at 5:00 a.m. begins now. this is good morning washington, on your side. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> some scary video and one lucky man. good morning. it is wednesday. >> i am cynne simpson. but go right to our meteorologist. a big day on tapp with the big game. >> a huge day. game 3 at the nats park. their first home play off. morning temperatures -- 46 in leesburg. cooler west of washington. oxon hill, 55. northwest, dc, 54. clouds this morning. that will give way to sunshine by this afternoon. a good amount of sun for the majority of the day. high temperature of 72 degrees. it's very comfortable day at the

fog. we'll have to deal with it for a few more hours and if you wondering about the nats getting the game in, this is what we're expecting and that is looking like we went beyond it. i will back up once and you can see what we're talking about. it's obvious we have to pay attention to our nl east champions, right, and can you see that we expect some cloud cover, drizzle, some fog and maybe a passing shower. probably not enough to cause big problems for them, but a temperature of around 70 and we do still have the front that has to move by tonight and we have to keep a shower and some thunder. reagan national picked up .43 and bwi marshal, a little over a half an inch and to dulles, this is record rainfall amount and this is what is left through calvert county and saint mary's county and into the morn neck. king george, a couple of other spots getting that rain and put it in motion. as it came across southern saint mary's, it did weaken out a bit. the reason the showers and storms are firing up down here, that is where the leading edge of the really warm air is and that is in the 80s

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>>> this is fox 5 news at 10:00. >>> pandemonium at nats park tonight, breaking news, the nationals clinch the national league east division title for the first time ever. thanks for joining us tonight. every shawn yancy. >> i'm will thomas in for brian. the celebration in full swing at the ballpark, more on that in just a moment from scott smith, our sports director, but fox 5's bob barnard starts us off with fan reaction outside the park. bob, take it away. >> reporter: there is some serious natitude here, we. look at shirts. they've already been printed and sold. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: let me talk to this man. this is brian from washington d.c. how you feeling right now? >> right, thank you. >> reporter: what is that like in there? >> overwhelming. it was great to see them win this national title. >> reporter: this happened a little bit in an anti-climactic way because the nats found out and all their fans at around 9:45 when the pittsburgh pirates up in pittsburgh beat the atlanta braves. so with that the nats became the national league east champions. here, this

. if mitt romney really "cares," wouldn't we see it in his priorities? >>> the nats lost last night. this morning, they are celebrating a very big win. they clinched the nl east championship. we are live with reaction from the team and very excited fans. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> good morning to you. it is tuesday, october 2nd. live look outside right now at i-395 south of seminary road as we get things rolling on a -- we're celebrating the nats today. we'll call in t. an official nats day because they are the nl east champions. it is all good. they are going through the post- season as division champ. good morning to you. i'm wisdom martin. >> i'm sarah simmons. let's just talk with tucker because he has the shirt on. >> we all got it. >> we all have it here but you have it on. big win. >> i guess they gave this out to the players last night and to the fans at the game. now, they just need a little momentum to win a couple of games before the playoffs start and we're off and rolling. >> not done yet. >> popping bottles. >> the nats lost to the phillies

. >> i'm pat law son muse. it was an unusual scene for sure. the nats didn't score a single run but they still got to celebrate as they made franchise history. now more on what lies ahead for the team. >> reporter: hey, jim and pat. i'm sure we all know the numbers. the first time since 1933. 79 years that we have a first place baseball team here in washington. davy johnson has been saying since spring training, it is a three-step process. first, qualify for the playoffs. second, win the division. and then three, win the world series. to win the world series though, it will help the nationals if they have home-field advantage. right now they are tied with the cincinnati reds for the best record in baseball. with two games to go, the nationals, if they win both, will likely have that number one seed. if they have that top seed, they will begin the postseason on sunday against the winner of friday's wild card game. if they don't, and if it is the number two seed, they will start their postseason in san francisco against the giants. two more to go. start tonight with the phillies here at na

capital. >> we hope. so the nats could seal the deal by winning the national league east definition. our derek mcginty is at the park with a preview. >> reporter: we're a little damp at the park, but spirits remain high. part of the reason is as you said one game is all the nats need. we've got a special guest. i want to bring in somebody very important. his name is teddy roosevelt, one of the racing presidents at nats park. a lot of people think maybe this could be his year. maybe as the nats have begun to win maybe this could be his chance to finally win a race. teddy, is tonight the night? teddy says tonight could be the night. you know if you win, teddy, it's over, right? no more races. the shtick is done. you're going to win anyway? he says tonight's the night. there you have it straight from the mouth of teddy roosevelt himself. tonight is the night. for those of you saying let teddy win, he's in shape, he's been training. he expects to take the race tonight. of course, maybe it will be poetic justice because as we know the phillies are in found and 1 more game and the nats will be

nats fans. game five came down to the 9th inning in major comeback win. lindsey murphy was with the team after last night's devastating loss. she is up next. plus, they are cyclists who protect hundreds of workers for the walk. so when crooks tried to get in their way, sarah komen family sprang into action. that is coming up next and we will be right back.  take away his toys and he'll playay with a stick. take away their bikes and they'll still find a way to get where they're going. but if take you away early childhood education... slash k-12 funding... and cut college aid for middle class families ... they won't go far. yet that's exactly what mitt romney wants to do... ...to pay for a $250,000 tax break for multi-millionaires. if mitt romney wins, the middle class loses. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> i think a lot of us are trying to figure out what happened. what in the world happened? >> i don't think anybody has an answer. it's not over until it's over. what is so sad, i went in that clubhouse after the game and not o

decisive game five for the nats. we get all our top stories in just a minute. first, let's talk about weather. here is tucker barnes. >> what air saying is weather is not our top story this morning. >> it is among the top stories. >> it doesn't need to be. we'll be dry but we are going to be cool. let's get right to the satellite pictures. see the cloud cover off to the north and west? that is the next cold front. it comes through dry but it will pick up the winds and our temperatures will bottom out again later tonight in time for that nationals game and tomorrow morning, i've got a freeze watch for much of the area here north and west of the city. today, sunny, bright, temperatures a little warmer than yesterday. mid-60s up ahead of that front. more details on the weather coming up in just a minute. let's get back to those top stories. >> last night's vice presidential debate tops our stories this morning. congressman paul ryan and vice president joe biden sparred over taxes, medicare and foreign policy. >> if we are hit by terrorists, we are going to call it for what it is, a terro

there. nats 1 their 98th win of the season, more than any other team in major league baseball. that coupled with the meansal league's victory clenched home field advantage throughout the , through the world series. >> the nats game will be this sunday. >> the nats first home game will be during day 3 of the best of five series. from tonight. have much more coming up on the nats later in sports. beaten.year-old was >> i am bob ryan. some fog. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. these appliances could have been made here in america. but a company called global tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing... under sweatshop conditions in china. when mitt romney led bain, they saw global tech as a good investment... even knowing that the firm promoted its practice of exploiting... low-wage labor to its investors. mitt romney - tough on china? since when? we are learning more tonight least one attacker who elderly man. >> this was in silver spring. tom roussey spoke with the victim's family. is live with bold efforts to find those responsible. >> this man was wa

the nats. fans at the game learned of the braves' loss in the ninth inning. they had to wait until after the game to celebrate. >> you can't even imagine, to be honest with you. as much as you see it on tv, there's nothing like being soaked and freezing and covered in champagne and beer. it's the best feeling in the world. >> we worked so hard for this. right now we're just trying to enjoy it. >> this is the first time in 79 years a baseball team from washington has clinched a title. congrats. >> you know what, there are a lot of nats players who have been waiting their whole careers to make the playoffs, but there are also washingtonians who have waited their entire lives to see a playoff game in their hometown. these folks are excited. they celebrated inside and outside nationals park after last night's game, and they were celebrating something a lot of fans, quite frankly, thought they would never see. >> we waited a long time for this, and now we're number one. number one. >> i was at the last senators game september 30th, 1971. i was in the third grade. i never thought i would

the guys all right. i think he will be all right. >> cards hosting the nats. a soft liner to right. nats getting an attitude, leading 3-2 in the bottom of the 8th. >> as we mentioned, suzanne kennedy is in st. louis. "she joins us now live outside of busch stadium. >> some money people have their sights set on this day since baseball returned to d.c. in 2005. take a look behind me pittsburgh transplanted. right now, it's the top of the ninth and we are up -- take a look behind me at the third base side. playoff baseball for nats fans. >> go nats! >> they have been season-ticket holders since 2005. >> we are so excited. it's our first playoff game ever. we are grateful our team is doing well. we are so proud. >> i do not think they had expectations to do so well this year. >> the gates open two hours before the first pitch they were among the first in the stadium. >> we have been a season ticket holders cents a game 1. >> i grew up an orioles fan because there was no team. i would really love to see an orioles-nationals world series. >> he made the trip of a lifetime with his 13 yea

. why are we starting now? >>, i wish. nats which. >> a few showers in the 60's. >> we will take it. excited.st i hope. tonight, a night with changes coming in. withutiful day temperatures into the 80's. you noticed the decrease in humidity. 73 degrees. not even close to the record. a high today of 81 degrees. 71 right here in washington. minneapolis, 43 degrees right now. in northern parts of minnesota, lot of folks have lost power because of a snow storm out there. to temperatures have dropped almost 30 degrees. here is what is going on. this is what is coming our way. circulation and a bit of that will really be y the time wef b get into saturday. late saturday, and especially into sunday. the redskins gained on -- game on sunday, bundle up. a few scattered showers along the waterfront. the main thing will be that in it, there will be a lot chile and cold air coming in. when you get up and head out, it still be comfortable. delightful morning. los committee. tomorrow, temperatures near 80 degrees. a weather front really begins coming our way. saturday, a slight chance of showers.

co-workers take extended lunch break. the nats first ever home playoff game. good morning. >> good morning. excitement continues. let's hear it, everybody. wake up on this wednesday morning. the death of the forecast coming up. a lot sunnier than yesterday -- the forecast coming up. a lot sooner than yesterday. cumberland, 41. 59 in lexington park. morning clouds today. leading to sunshine, especially by the afternoon. the cold front moves in later this afternoon and evening hours. high temperatures around 70 degrees. we will make it into the lower 70's during the game today. cooler tomorrow. back down into the low 60's but we are looking drive. >> the traffic is moving quite well. we have made it to mid week and we are moving along just fine. a live look at the beltway in montgomery county. the only trouble spot in montgomery county -- would 198 closed after 29. utility work going on. expect lane closures. in virginia, still dealing with a couple of active work zones. not on north bound 95. looking pretty good. that is what's happening in traffic. back to you. >> thank you. the ro

deploying its own team of officers and crossing guards to guide drivers away from nats park after the game. >> we will have some of our traffic safety engineers, or draft signal engineers will be monitoring things remotely and they'll be able to change the signal timing if they need to. >> reporter: 40,000 plus fans leaving the stadium, mixing with the afternoon commute. it probably won't be much easier on the routes will. >> we will be running extra trains on the green line as we do for most nationals games. but we'll be running them several hours in advance of the game. >> reporter: now, obviously it will be a little more crowded than this when the game starts tomorrow. but metro says you should definitely expect large crowds. especially at the two main transfers. l'enfant plaza. >> i'm leaving early. i'm not going to be around when all the madness happens. >> reporter: but others feel they've paid their dues and this is all part of the experience. >> i think it is a function of any city, you know, where there is an important game. you'll have a sellout crowd. you'll obviously have

great. >> he's retiring and moving out of the city soon. he's not the only nats fan watching the excitement. paul wagner is among the fans and joining us live from the park. paul? >> reporter: and everyoning we would be on the air, i thought what can we do that is going to be interesting. the game won't be over by the time we come on the air and this is what by did. we found night nine fans and i asked each to continue tell me what they were going to have to do is to win the game. this is what they said. >> i'm going to hit a home run the first time up. >> brace harper. >> needs to play the game and be aggressive on the pad and the outfield and with two for four and get on base for some runs. >> ryan zimmerman. >> has to catch every ball that come his way and drill hard, don't hit. >> adam laroche. >> i need to hit three for four and hit in three rbis. >> michael moore. >> he has to get into the beast mode and go deep. >> ian desmond. >> i am going to try to steal every ball that comes my way and help my team to win. >> danny espinosa. >> i think he's going hit a big grand- grand

will take on the cardinals in atlanta and the wild card game and then on sunday, the nats will take on the winner of that game, but even though that the nats have the home field advantage, they will play their first two games on the road before coming home for games three, four, and five if necessary. >>> and now the orioles will begin their playoff run tomorrow in texas in the one game wild card playoff. the o's are the underdogs here as the rangers are the defending al champs. and that is actually probably good that the nats are away this sunday because the way that topper is talking about it, that game would not go off. >> it is, but it is kind of odd that you go on the road. >> yeah, it is weird. >> it is kind of strange. all right, just a big change. i think that november will describe sunday, i really do. in the meantime a couple of very nice days before you get to sunday. we'll start with the live look outside. the weather cam. 81 is the high. very nice. and the temperatures right now, still 76. dew points will keep falling. so the air, it is getting drier. we are looking at

the washington nationals. good news, all three are back here at nats park. so much history. this is george zimmerman smacking a single to right. he slides into home for the first one. bottom of the inning, not as good as at the plate. malina comes home and the cardinals take a 2-1 lead. >> reporter: all that right for the nationals in game one didn't in game two. the nationals fall 12-4 and the series fied at one game apiece. i didn't do my part. it kind of snowballs with the rerooefers, sometimes. and it's kind of what happened today. >> they never speak for themselves. they've got a fine ball club. >> the nationals came here with one goal. that was to get at least a split against the kaurdales so you could say mission accomplished. all the nationals have to go is win two. more reaction from the locker room coming up in sports. for now, i'm down hellie in st. louis. >> so the siers moves to nats part. first pitch at 1:00 p.m. it will be the third day straight day game for the nats. >> say i'm going to the game, you're not. ha ha. who can't get a day off for that. >> that's a good e

this. morris' final bat of the regular season. his 18th homer, a two-run shot puts the nats up 5-1. that will be your final. the nationals finish with a record of 98-6 4. they will be the top seed and begin play on sunday in eert st. louis or atlanta. meanwhile, buck showwalter's orioles to a wild card game. but evan wasn't giving the os any help. longoria blasts his second in the game. three solo home runs for the night. baltimore falls 4-1. so the orioles are the second wild card team. the loser goes home. the winner takes on the yankees in the a.l.ds. so that addition puts the os in the postseason. it's going to be winner go home against the rangers on friday. also coming up in sports, guys, another big event at national's park. talking presidents, teddy, specifically. >> oh, joy. an attempt to cash on in the net's playoff attempt has failed. today, the commission approved a dollar surcharge. when the mayor heard about that, he said no way. that surcharge is expected to be rescinded tomorrow. in the meantime, the city police force is getting ready for the extra crowds at nats st

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commute on the roads or the rails if you go anywhere near nats park. >> game time is 1:05 tomorrow. and transportation officials say don't even think about waiting until the last minute. >> it's the calm before the first pitch. national's park is gus sied up tonight. people like this are ready. >> we're going to try to walk over from here around noon. >> there's no job to worry about? >> i'm on leave for the military right now. >> and a line drive to right field. >> so as the nats face the cards to home, congestion is in the cards for d.c. commuters. >> expect street closures right around the ballpark beginning at 7:00 a.m. and expanding at 10:30. d-dot will have extra people as well as capital bike share. and metro's adding trains. >> and we are going to be running extra trains on the green line, as we do for most nationals's games. >> but as post game fans mix with afternoon commuters, you'll want to avoid gallery place. >> this is the best we've seen business be in 20 years. >> and if none of this scares you, there are still playoff tickets avlable for a price. >> if you want to sit

it forcing a deciding game five in the nlds. >> up first, let's talk nats. d.c. sports fans are in a frenzy. jayson werth's walkoff home run in the ninth inning against the cardinals has set up a decisive game five. the nats will have one of their aces on the mound. has that mile left your face since last night? >> no it hasn't. whey would it. gio gonzalez going tonight. how are we going to get through game four? wefigured out a way. this place was rocking. 1-0 right this. the nats only had three hits all night. two of them were home runs. this thing got tight late. jordan zimmerman, the game two starter in off the bench. the bull pep struck out the side in the seventh. then it is tyler clippard and he does the same. drew storen gets it in the ninth and just sitting them down. it all came down to this. jayson werth tied up at one, bottom of the ninth. after a 13-pitch at-bat and the 13th pitch is gone and look at the celebration. are you serious? yeah. we're serious. off of lance lynn and that is winning for the nationals. they win 2-1. and this set off a raucous celebration. this

. officers are accused of assault. let's head down to nationals park. do or die for the nats as they enter game five against the cardinals. live at the ballpark now. scott and lindsey. >> reporter: good everyoning from nats park. lindsey murphy and scott smith here. the nationals are taking batting practice. getting ready for an 8:37 game. game five of the national league division series. win or you are done for the year. >> this is playoff baseball. with the backs against the wall. last night, mark derosa gave the teddy roosevelt speech to the guys in the clubhouse. since davey johnson have something on par with that? maybe a rah-rah speech. >> i need to give a speech. these guys are pumped up. they don't need no motivation. geo was telling me days ago, we're going five. we're going five. don't worry about it. we're going five. and i said, what did i tell you? so these guys are all geared up at the moment. >> let's be honest. i don't think a whole lot needs to be said about this game tonight. >> let's swing it out to bob. what's going on out there? >> well scott, they just opened up the g

. >>> play-off fever in our town as the nats prepare for postseason baseball next week. as tom sherwood reports now, mayor gray is promising the city will handle the traffic and the crowds if you're heading out to the games. >> reporter: heavy traffic at the ballpark. as thousands of fans were heading to see the championship nats play the last regular season game against the phillies before the nats' postseason begins next week. poli were deployed as usual, but the crowd control was just a warm-up for the crowds expected for the play-offs in and around the stadium. >> we will have an appropriate number who will be visible, present at the stadium to make sure that it is secure, that the fans enjoy themselves, that we have a good event. >> reporter: public safety officials said several hundred officers would be on standby. but disputed some media reports that hundreds of officers will be diverted from neighborhoods. >> what we have done is to make arrangements to cover any eventuality during the play-offs. there will be no disruption to normal police activities in the neighborhood. >> rep

headquarters here coming to you live from our nation's capitol home of the nats didn't do to well yesterday. but an exciting game nonetheless. good to see you today. we have a lot to talk about. going to focus mostly on the vice presidential debate tonight. what is going to happen? what are you counts for from joe biden. we'll talk all about that and today your calls at 866-55-press 866-557-7377. good to see you. the steam in place, and ready to go. unlike the nats yesterday. peter ogburn and dan henning. >> good morning. >> bill: and siprion bolling still on special assignment aka jamaica, one of those. and monty filling in and doing a good job. dan it is your fault. >> no no. it is actually you and your wife's fault. >> bill: i knew you would blame carol. >> when we ended the show yesterday, you were not going to the game. >> bill: yeah, i scored two tickets. i canceled an interview with the bbc, a lunch a friend and a white house briefing and said, come on carol we're going to go the game. >> it used to be that people would make up excuses to not go to a nationals game. >> they

8-0. kristin fisher joins us live from nats park with a look ahead at game four. mike thinks it's because we let teddy win. what are the nats saying about what happened? >> reporter: nats fans are just, you know, really hoping that we can pull out a win because i tell you what, one more loss and it is all over for the team with the best record in baseball. best record doesn't mean too much when you can't get any runs against the defending world series champs in the playoffs. yesterday it was a brutal loss. it was just so frustrating to watch for fans because there were so many wasted opportunities. in the words of jason wirth, we were just one bloop away from a totally different ballgame. yesterday they left 11 men on base while getting shutout 8-0. but despite the setback, the team hasn't pushed the panic button just yet. listen. >> we lost, you know, another battle. we've got a couple more battles we need to win. >> we weren't the best team in baseball for no reason. we've got a good group of guys here. there's no doubt we believe in ourselves. >> we've done a great job all year

manager. you know how excited we nats fans were last night. how are the cardinals feeling? not too bad. right now he says look, we don't need a new speech. we know how to come to the park. we've had losses about. it starts all over again tonight. let's bring in dave owens who has some experience with this sort of thing himself. >> reporter: it's interesting you talk about mike matheny there, derek, this is a cool, calm, collected veteran laden group just last year against the philadelphia phillies here in this very situation game five on the road against philadelphia. they came through and won the game on their way to the world series. so this group, the cardinals, they know how to get it done in these game five situations. it's a pressure packed night and so as we say, the nats have not been here before. the cards have. will that make a difference? we'll just have to wait and see. what we do know is this. they won't be an easy out, but elimination game a different animal. every mistake is magnified. game 167 will be something never experienced before by these nats. are they ready? the

marriage. >> a do-or-die situation for the nats. baseball fans are still keeping hope alive. >> good evening, we begin tonight with the fact that police are stepping up patrols on a popular bike trail. they're doing this after a series of attack and robberies on that trail. shomari stone is along the capital crescent trainow with more on this story. >> reporter: montgomery county police have stepped up patrols to keep it safe. people who live and work in the area tell me they're concerned. >>> tonight, montgomery county police tell me two of the three attacks may be linked. last week, police arrested a teenager and charged him with assault and attempted robbery. he allegedly grabbed and beat up two teens. we're now learning this attack might be linked to a july 20th tunnel robbery. police believe they've aregsed rested all the suspects involved. people wlo live and work in the area are working and keeping a close eye on what's going on around them. >> it's insane. i couldn't believe it. i couldn't believe those attacks happened. i'm in the area all of the time. i just could not belie

potomac. and seeing a little wet weather today. >> and i know the nat fans don't want to see that, will. it is very light. i'm expecting a few hundreds but we'll probably have light showers or drizzle. hopefully not enough to cause a rain delay. and we have scott out there. i'm sure the stands are filling regardless of the showers? >> reporter: well the showers are starting to go away. so it looks like they are on the way out and the magic number is one so that means a nats win, and the champagne will fro -- will flow tonight. >> get the goggles ready, scott. >> and if you have a story idea, we want to put it on the air. the fox tip line, the number 202-859-3000 or even better, e- mail all of the information, including the tips to fox 5 tips at wttg.com.  david smallwood: maryland money needs to stay in maryland. it's just that simple, i mean, it's a no brainer. anncr: every year marylanders spend five hundred and fifty... million at casinos in west virginia, delaware... and pennsylvania. one west virginia paper calls it a "cash cow" for them. but its cost maryland ov

in franchise history the nats still have a lot at stake. with just two games left in the regular season fox 5 sports director scott smith is here now with everything that's up for grabs. >> the chance to secure the best record in the national league which would mean home field advantage throughout the playoffs. we're watching the reds/cardinals game as we speak. if the reds lose tonight, nats get home field advantage. bottom of the 4th it's down 1- 0. roger bernadina starting in right field. he comes through. two outs, base hit to bring in adam laroche. fans start doing the shark, game tied 1-1. bottom of the 6th now same score, adam laroche up to bat and sends this one to deep right field and it's enough to clear the fence. laroche's career high 33rd home run of the year and 100th r.b.i. nats in front 2-1 move to the bottom of the 8th now. 3-2 nats, steve lombardozzi with bases loaded, john mayberry makes the catch. nats defeat the phillies 4-2. adam laroche capping a turnaround season just a year removed from shoulder surgery. >> missing last year and not being sure after the s

your holiday purchases this year coming up. >> and a rough day for the nats. >> the hopes of a historic season hang in the balance. the nats are in trouble blown out the second game in a row by the cardinals. they look back at what went wrong today at nats park when the news edge continues. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00. let me tell you how i will create 12 million jobs when president obama couldn't. first, my energy independence policy means more than three million new jobs. many of them in manufacturing. my tax reform plan to lower rates for the middle class and for small business creates seven million more. and expanding trade, cracking down on china, and improving job training takes us to over 12 million new jobs. i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >>> the holidays still months a way, but competition for your businesonline is heating up. amazon's rivals taking aim with new policies and products. fox's tracy burns has more. >> reporter: ten dollars for same day shipping? it actually could be coming to a city near you, the latest attempt to compete with amazon this hol

process. zimmerman wasn't the only problem on the mound. the nats shuffled out seven different pitchers today and in all they gave up 12 runs. the cardinals crushed the nats 12-4. our dave owens has been in st. louis the past few days covering the nationals angle. tonight he slips the script a little bit. what do st. louis fans think of the nats phenomenon? it turns out they've got a little advice for us washingtonians when it comes to baseball. >> we're from washington, d.c. we're following the nationals. and we're asking some questions. >> did you ever think you would be playing the washington nationals? >> no. >> right? >> no. >> what do you know about the washington nationals? give me two facts that you know. >> well, i know that i was kind of hoping to see strasburg, but you know. >> hey. they were, too, in washington, d.c., trust me. >> what advice would you give to nats fans about baseball heritage, building baseball heritage? >> passion. passion, passion, passion, passion. >> it don't mean a thing if you ain't got thatbling. >> using the big honkers. >> this one has been availab

the nats win 5-1 and they end the soap with the league best 98 wins. they will face the winner of the cardinals-braves wild card game on sunday. >>> miguel cabrera of the tigers won the triple crown. fox 5 morning news continues right now. right now. >>> good morning. straight up 5:00 on this thursday, october 4th. >>> this is a much better picture than it was yesterday. yesterday, you couldn't even see the women. today, it opportunity look too bad out there. we have humidity sticking around. i'm sarah simmons. >> i'm wisdom martin. it was all foggy yesterday. also yesterday, we had issues. we had humidity and we had mosquitoes. >> we got those again this morning. >> i know. >> this is all your fault. >> i don't want to take credit for this particular weather but yeah, i mean we just got some showers moving through as well. the good news is gradual improvement today. i guess the bad news is it will take a while. so later this afternoon, we'll start to see some drier air. >> we have to wait several hours for it. >> you will be here at work with us. >> we'll be just getting off the set

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the 50s by 9:00. we'll come back and have the forecast for the nats game and look ahead to the weekend. ravens home, redskins home. >>> a reporter's death has been ruled murder, and tonight police are looking for her killer. sarah libby greenhall was found dead inside her burning upperville home in july. this afternoon we learned it wasn't the fire that killed her. it was a gunshot wound to the neck. that, according to the medical examiner. greenhall worked for the winchester star. her mom is hopeful an arrest will be made in her daughter's death soon. >>> a one community, two-group homes and neighbors who say they're frankly fed up with the whole thing. this is in clarksburg, maryland where a mentally ill man died yesterday after being pepper sprayed by police. scott broom with more. >> reporter: i'm scott broom in montgomery county where police are investigating the death of a schizophrenic man who died after being pepper sprayed while being arrested. meanwhile residents of the neighborhood he died are asking questions about the group home he lived in. 39-year-old nathan jone

? talking about champagne after tonight's game. >> come on, nats. >> i hope we spray some champagne in the near future. >> right after the show? >> hopefully. for the nats, not for me. it is already raining a little bit out there. you can see in our tower picture right now. listen, we are going to get rain moving across. rain moving across this evening, rain overnight tonight, we'll get rain tomorrow. but i don't see anything too terribly heavy, okay. so just keep that in mind. but listen, from now until wednesday morning, know where your umbrella is, or your rain jacket, or whatever you use to stay dry. showers overnight, this is light stuff from the tower cam. again, nothing too heavy this evening and we'll just see -- i think the better way to describe this for this evening is passing showers moving across. i don't think we see any real solid rain out there in terms of the rainfall that we're going to get at least this evening and overnight tonight. listen, here is what it looks like. we'll have showers this evening and clouds in the forecast, for tomorrow and into tomorrow night

and that will help us out. >>> coming up what's on deck for the nats and o's. we're back after this.  [ knocking ] oh, no, i got to go. oh, can you make that to go? these days, nobody has time to get sick. but minuteclinic makes it easy to get well. our nurse practitioners can diagnose and write prescriptions for everything from strep throat to sinus infections with no appointment necessary, so you can feel better in no time. you guys want to go to the park? yeah! yeah! minuteclinic, the medical clinic in cvs/pharmacy. accepts united healthcare benefit plans. find a clinic near you at minuteclinic.com. >>> welcome back. he may end up winning the cy young award, but until then he'll have to set for being president best lefty in the division. gio gonzalez has won the award. >>> the card and braves meet in the wildcard game. nats clinched home field advantage in yesterday's regular season finale win, but with the new round 1 2-3 format they play the first three on the road, the last three at home. the team that will be back at nats park tuesday. >>> orioles meanwhile do or die

game in nearly 80 years tomorrow. it is game three of the series between the nats and the cardinals. it is currently tied up at one game apiece after yesterday's ugly loss against st. louis. the nats are already back in town and worked out a nats park this morning. first pitch tomorrow, scheduled for 1:07 in the afternoon. meanwhile, the orioles are headed to new york to continue their series with the yankees. the o's tied up that series with the 3-2 win over the yankees at camden yards last night. game three is tomorrow night at yankees stadium. first pitch there, 7:37. and check us out online for more on the nats and the orioles, including the impact of this wednesday's home game with the nats on streets around the stadium. you can find a complete list of closures on our website. nbcwashington.com. just search nationals. and coming up tonight, pat collins is out excuses for how people will get out of work about 1:00 in the afternoon. >> there will be lots of those. >>> when news4 continues, it is being called one of the worst cases of hoarding ever. we'll tell you what was found i

hotels will benefit from traveling yankee fans, as well. and the nats getting ready for the playoffs. they start on the road against st. louis. we'll have a preview of the big game tomorrow and tell you whether any of the guys are nervous about their first playoff appearance. for more coverage, go to nbcwashington.com. we have an entire page dedicated to it. just search key word nats, o course. >>> mitt romney is gaining ground, fueled by a post debate bump. one poll shows them both neck and neck. and s.a.t. rules in effect today. what students now need to do before taking the test. >>> plus, bond takes on late night. look how daniel craig is ♪ [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better about your favorite flavors. so when you call, tweet, and post, we listen. that's why yoplait light and yoplait orinal are now made with no high fructose corn syrup. and why we use only natural colors and natural flavors in yoplait original. so, anything else we can do for you, let us know. but you'll keep it to yogurt, right? 'cause we shouldn't really help with your love life

the nats, win and play another game or lose and go home for the winter. >> one thing for sure, the nats fans will be going wild again today for game number four against the cardinals. melanie alnwick is live at nats park with more reaction. we were hoping for a very different he reaction today but they're still alive. >> they are still alive. as we said, it just adds to the drama, make it a little more exciting here at nats park. yesterday's crowd was more than 45,000 people. they said it was 107% capacity t goes to show you that everybody wants to be here for these games. -- it goes to show you that everybody wants to be here for these games. i think we'll see some fans standing in line at the box office when it opens this morning to try to get the coveted standing room only tickets for today's game four. now, yesterday, washington maps waved their home colors and cheered like crazy as the nationals took to the field for the historic first playoff game at home but the world series champion st. louis cardinals had plans making some history of their own with a three-run homer in the

nats and now it's on to the boys of october. scott smith has more. here is sports. >> this is the verison sports desk with scott smith. >> before they enjoy a well deserved home field advantage, the nats hit the field first between the braves and cardinals. it will be a sunday start for the nationals in atlanta or st. louis. all right. to the game within the game today. the president's race. teddy had gone 538 consecutive races without a win, but the winless streak is over. teddy is on the board. all right. the 37,000 loving that and loving what they saw out of brian zimmerman. the strength to carry, his 25th of the year. nats produce five unanswered runs. michael moore hits his 18th on game 162. nats finish with 98-64 record. a 5-1 final tonight. zimmerman likes the momentum his team takes to the post season. >> i think being the team of the best overall record

it is an exciting day because it's the first playoff game at home here for the nats. >> s is that we have not seen a whole lot in the past couple of days, bright sunshine. that's going to be the trend here after a little bit of morning cloudiness. we should be partly sunny. highs getting into the upper 60s, low 70s. >> that's a look at the skies in case you didn't know what it looked like. >> cold front across the west. that's going to bring us not a chance for rain showers but will bring us a change in wind direction. i mentioned the sunshine and warmer temperatures. will be breezy as well. you may want to bring a jacket if you are headed out to the game. we are a little cooler in the shades. ra showers staying to the north and behind that front that's approaching pittsburgh. cooler and drier air will bring in overnight locking in the cooler temperatures for the next couple odays. 54 out of dulles, bwi marshall. 68 degrees. forecast, high temperatures for the day, upper 60s to about 70s. we can guarantee you that we will be dry. more details on the forecast in just a minute, tony

. >> more positive news on the sports front. it sure was a big day for the nats. they're off to a great start in the playoffs. tonight, they beat the st. louis cardinals and abc 7 suzanne kennedy was at busch stadium along with a few other locals for all the excitement. >> some nuned, baby right here -- natitude, right here. >> sky high after the first win against the st. louis cardinals. >> nigh natitude is at the st. louis arch. >> they left busch stadium thrilled at the outcome. >> we're so excited. you can't be too excited. the cardinal fans -- >> ups, downs, bases loaded, great catch by werth. the play of the game. getting out of the bases loaded jam with no outs. huge. so huge win. >> jennifer pura is part of the nate pack during home games. she's a college student in st. louis and lucky enough to snag a ticket and see a win. >> i expected to win the whole time. but i was a little concerned. but i never gave up. so it was great. >> tickets. >> nats. 2012. first playoff. >> earlier in the day, nats fans anxiously watched batting practice. hopeful that their team would start the ser

up a crowd, but the few who are here are really ready for another nats win. >> fans waited along the third an hour before the game was to begin. >> it is pretty cool. it was really good today. >> jack and his won -- his son hit the road before they even knew who be nats would be playing. >> last year, we were one game below .500. it is like christmas. it is wonderful. >> his dad and big brother are hoping the nats will head back to d.c. with two wins under their belt. >> just try to enjoy the moment. that is what i told the. just have fun. >> back here live at busch stadium, we are 40 minutes into the game. scoreless at this point. people are hoping it will not be a nail biter, that the nats will have an easy win here. reporting live, in st. louis, missouri, abc7 news. >> thank you, suzanne. that's right. bring it back here to wrap up. we will be with them every step of the way as the nationals of the world series continues. >> coming up tonight -- the meningitis outbreak continues to spread. we will tell you what state is now reporting another death. >> plus, of rash of thefts a