matt carpenter in for carlos beltran takes matt kaine deep for the two-run homer. the cards win 3-1 and take two games to one lead in the series. you can catch game four of the national league championship series

matt grant reports tonight. >> this is my dress i got for homecoming. >> domonique couldn't wait for homecoming. >> probably getting dressed up really pretty and taking pretty pictures. definitely, yes. >> this was a big deal. >> yeah. >> she says she spent hours shopping with her mom, trying to find the right dress. >> we went to 10 or 12 stores. >> trying to find the perfect dress? >> yeah. >> a dress she never got to wear. that's because when she tried to buy a ticket to the dance, she was told she couldn't go because of an overdue library book. >> i thought she was lying. >> domonique is in the accelerated reading program and checked out a murder mystery. she offered to bring the book back that day, but the school wouldn't budge. >> she's not being punished because she got into a fight or anything like that. she's being funnished because she has an overdue library book for reading? it'sridiculous. >> domonique's mom went to the high school to complain, but the principal was unwilling to work with her. >> she did not care one bit. >> she asked me what grade. i said freshman, she s

matt kaine makes history in the bay area. we'll be right back.  >>> making headlines around the country. police are on the hunt for a trauma surgeon who is being called a person of interest in a deadly shooting. a 33-year-old hospital clerk was shot four times in a stairwell of a hospital in buffalo, new york yesterday. dr. timothy jordan is the victim's ex-boyfriend. >>> the government is expanding an investigation into fires in older jeep cher keys. the jeep liberty is being added to the probe. it now covers more than five million vehicles. it was tanks are leaking, causing fire in rear end crashes. five people have died in the fire. >>> feels like summer but looks like it's been snowing in some parts of texas thanks to thunderstorms that dumbed large amounts of hail and rain. this is footage from adrian, texas, where baseball size hail fell, damaging several homes. >> looks like the mob got to that roof. that is incredible. equally as incredible, our weather here, right? >> right. >> it's like one of those days,

matt kaine is always in his little world and he runs out and does his thing. it is pretty incredible. and to see two perfect games already this year. we had one in chicago earlier this year when philip umb he want r pitched a perfect game. we'll see one with the nats one day. stephen strasbourg was on the slab last night in toronto. how about your red-hot nationals, six in a row now, guys. on the road. winning three in boston and sweeping toronto. there is tyler moore, the rookie. this thing is way gone. first major league home run of his young career and he would add another one. bottom of the sixth. nats up by three. strasbourg is the first pitcher this year to have 100 strikeouts already. they are now 38-23, 15 games over 500. and percentage points behind the dodgers for the best record in all of baseball. >> can we stay storied frap choice with the nats next? >> not yet but we're getting there. >> how about the orioles? this is impressive. chris davis broke his bat and yet still hit a home run. that is when you know you're strong, country strong right this

matt carpenter gets the game winner. cards win 3-1 and take a two games to one lead in the series. >> can you catch game four of the national league championship series tonight right here on fox 5. adam wainwright goes for the cardinals and tim linscum takes the mound for the yankees. >>> runny weather in detroit postponed game four. it will be played today. detroit leads three games to none. >>> we have heard the saying, too much of a good thing. >> does that hold true for exercise? some experts are now saying yes. fox's medical team's dr. manny alalvarez explains. >> it is almost like the alcoholic has to know where they're going to get the next drink. hi to know where the gym was. >> reporter: although doctors well at least 30 minutes of exercise each day. >> someone has a problem where either a substance or a process or action or thought dictates a cycle that releases dopamine or the pleasure centers of the brain and that same substance or that same process has to occur over and over and over again to satisfy that dr

congratulation to matt kaine and his wife. everybody pretty happy with that. >> right. >> we have a lot going out there in ashburn, virginia. the redskins have their final day today of mini camp. but it is closed to the media. we can't go. they've barred us an everything else for their last day. they want a little privacy. we were out there yesterday and what we did see was the return of leonard henkerson. he had the hip issue. 85 says don't worry. ill abe just fine. take a listen. >> -- i'll be just fine. take a listen. trust me. he said a lot of things. >> i want to be out here. i want to do stuff. today, it was very tough for me sitting on the sideline knowing it is the last practice until five, six weeks from now. very frustrating. i want to compete with the guys, having fun, running around stuff like that but i can't. i just got to continue rehabbing and continue to get better. >> patience is the key here with these young guys. when you get some of these guys off injuries as a rookie, they've still got to learn that playb

bottom of the third, matt carpenter who came in for an injured carlos beltran takes matt kaine deep for the two-run homer. that would prove to be the game winner. cards win 3-1 and take a two games to one lead in the seery. can you catch goal -- game four here on fox 5. first pitch at #:00 p.m. >>> the yankees got an extra day to lick their wounds. rainy weather in detroit postponed game four of of the american heying championship seer usc against the tigers. it has been rescheduled for today. first pitch is at 4:00 p.m. detroit can close out the series with one more win. they lead three games to none and a-rod is still collecting numbers at this point. ers at t because he is not playing. >>> it is week seven and the skin are just now starting their slate of nfc east opponents. sunday's visit to the meadowlands to face the giants marks the longest they've ever gone into a season before playing a divisional foe since the merger in 1970. these two teams have plenty of history but most recently, the redskins have controlled despite the giant super bowl run a year ago. the skins swept the s

matt kaine at the plate with a runner on second helping his own cause. a base hit to center. blanco comes around to score, ji giants up 2-0. bases loaded for hunter pence, broken bat single and then john jay misplays the ball at center, all three runs come around to score. the bases are cleared, blowing it open, mike, 5-0. >> the slow-mo of that at bat, the ball breaks the bat, the ball hits the bat twice -- >> three times it hit the bat, incredible. >> and in for a double. >> matt kaine up 7-0. ninth inning, matt holliday down 9-0, he pops out in the driving rainstorm to marco scuturo. and that's it, the san francisco giants going to the world ser s series. >> unbelievable, willie. >> win game seven, 9-0, they'll take on the tigers, the second team in history to win six straight elimination games, marco scuturo is the mvp. >> what about coming back from 3-1? i know quite a few teams have done it, but that's a bit of rarity. >> it is. and you can feel with every game the pressure builds. i say, boy, they're going back to san francisco, if you're the giants, your mentality is

kaine won by 6% in a hotly contested race. he told matt lauer on the "today" show they will work together in the new congress when it comes to proten shl crises like the fiscal cliff. >> look, i think these folks have been in this line of work for awhile. there's going to be tender feelings. at the end of the day, we have to put the country first. nobody wants to see this fiscal cliff without a deal because the cuts are severe and the tax increases are severe. we have to find a path forward. >> kaine will succeed webb. allen told supporters he's proud of the campaign he ran. >> this campaign was not for us. this campaign was for the people of virginia. the people of virginia remain in our hearts. the people of virginia, until my dying breath will have my eternal gratitude for the honor and responsibility of not just serving, but also being the one who got into the arena. >> focus was the single most expensive senate race this year. more than $82 million was spent. >>> the state of maryland was in the spotlight making history i

former governor and dnc chairman tim kaine holding off republican challenger. he is with us this morning and congratulations. >> matt, it is great to be back with you guys. >> what made the difference? you heard the experts talking about what made the difference nationally and what made the difference for you and the president in virginia. >> well, matt, first, virginia has moved from reliably red to complete battleground. some people thought that the president's win here in 2008 was a fluke, but it is not as we showed last night, because the president won by three points and i won by about five. the growth of the northern virginia suburbs around d.c. has been helpful, but we are also seeing virginians embracing an economy that is quite strong here. they believe in a balanced approach to dealing with the deficit and especially virginians want people who can find common ground. that is who we are, and that is what it said last night. >> i want to talk about ta common ground, because the electoral numbers 303 for the president, and we don't know what happened in

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