rain deficit. kimberly: we appreciate the silver lining. josh: there is always an optimistic spin. kimberly: there was a silver lining at the verizon center. robert burton is there. robert: i hope that you are breathing easy now because tuesday in pittsburgh we will be breathing heavy again. sports is coming up.

>> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. robert: welcome back to verizon, where the monkey is not completely off the capitals' back. we have to wait until tuesday's game six. at verizon tonight, a big one, the caps get on the board early. in the first, the caps on the power play, nicklas backstrom to ovie,

1-0. in the second, the game tied at 1-1, ovechkin shoots the one-timer, t.j. oshie lights the lamp. they win 3-1. >> when we have pressure, it is kind of our time. the guys respond well. we have a great group of guys here, we believe in each other. robert: braden holtby had a fire in him tonight, always has a fire, but a little extra tonight. he was really great. the really stepped up when we needed him, especially in the second period. it was awesome. >> the pressure is on this team until somebody has four wins. i think we are confident in our game if we go in there and play the way we are playing.

just focus on what we did tonight, just one game at a time. >> i think the momentum is definitely on our side. we have been working towards playing really good hockey and putting the puck in the back of the net, and tonight we were able to do that. robert: another team trying to get wins, the nats trying to get one win in their series at least in chicago. tonight, bottom of the fifth, ryan zimmerman at the plate grounds it up the middle. danny espinosa scores, the nats lead 3-2. bottom seven, game tied at 5-5, addison russell pops it up. bryce harper looks like he has it but drops the ball, two comscore. the cubs going to win, 8-5. you said that you go to pittsburgh, win

game seven, let's keep our fingers crossed. for now, remember, breathe easy. kimberly: coming up next --

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kimberly: millions have been spent laying down crum rubber fields in fairfax county. parents want to know why the projects are moving forward before key health questions are answered. when the school district would not talk to wes, 7 on your side investigator joce sterman did the next best thing, she got their e-mail, 722 pages worth. joce:

the charge to stop crumb rubber fields in fairfax county because there could be a link with cancer. >> it is the extent to which the exposure to the carcinogens is harming children. heatingth the debate up, what is fairfax county school's take. rwe looked through hundreds of e-mails to find out. on the many staffers say that crumb fields are safe with no evidence of danger, last month the county director recommended testing. is millions has been sent, questions have been raised, and now we are asking, oh, is this safe? >> yes, these questions should have an addressed from the start. joce: it appears some of the district were initially reluctant to support other options. one says we do not

we intend to look at other studies. but no study was done, just a review of existing research. after current sirs were expressed, one staffer said my primary concern is it is not advisable to put the project on the street and have the contractor spend time and money creating estimates if we are not moving ahead with the project. how do you feel when some but he says, listen, we cannot make the contractors angry about what is happening? >> it is your worst fear. you hope that is on the case, but when you have documents showing that is the case, that is the primary concern, it makes me feel terrible. >> i don't think anybody in the school system will tell you you are comparing the health and safety of kids, the health and safety comes first. she is the president of the fairfax county school board, fielding questions from parents concerned about crumb. >> we just don't have an answer

joce: but the district continued to install fields based on science they say showed no conclusive links, even though messages show talks of putting some products on hold in the south county. ultimately, those fields got crumb rubber. buthey considered it, ultimately chose to ignore the health concerns. that's discouraging. joce: they say the district was comfortable forging ahead. they are now awaiting the results of federal testing by the end of the year. what with the district due at the federal study says coming yes, there is a link between crumb rubber and cancer? you have invested tens of millions of dollars in this. >> if it turns out there is really a health and safety concern, it's not about money, we have to fix that. asked fairfax county scho

we wanted to know specifically what the superintendent thought about these projects, but in the e-mails we obtained, her responses are specifically blacked out. joce sterman, abc 7 news. isberly: still ahead, josh pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. flonase is the first and only nasal spray approved to relieve both itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. when we breathe in allergens our bodies react by over producing six key inflammatory substances that cause our symptoms. most allergy pills only control one substance. flonase controls six. and six is greater than one. more complete allergy relief. flonase. 6>1 changes everything.

hey mom, i could use some basil. oh, sure thing, sweetie. life is eating out of a flower pot. wait where's the? right. it's being a food paparazzi. honey, your rump roast just broke the internet. as it should. and a takeout romantic. dessert! happy anniversary. life is mucho, and grande. life is eating, laughing, loving and a place to enjoy it together.

kimberly: at least mother nature is cooperating on mother's day. josh: we will have alo

temperatures back in the 70's. it is a nice present for the moms. right now we are in the mid to upper 50's across the area, 58 degrees d.c., 57 manassas. -- the and i'll valley shenandoah valley 59. light showers at this point crossing the metro, really light stuff. here, back back edge, parts of northern west virginia, i expect that to togetherto hold i enough that it will bring a little bit of rain overnight. this is fast forwarding to about 1 a.m., moving through western maryland, hagerstown, winchester. when 3:30 a.m., that is the heavier downpours will be pushing across d.c. and baltimore. if you hear the rain on the roof, it shor should be short lived.

stop the only thing we are dealing with, the extra brees. but a lotra breeze, of sunshine at 5:00 tomorrow when dry. monday, clouds back in the picture, bringing rain showers with it. all the sunshine that you want for the week, make sure that you pick it up sunday. a good make sure of cloud cover and a little bit of sunshine through the week. come and ae monday daily chance of rain into tuesday and the rest of the week. 72 degrees tomorrow, starting in the mid-50's. mother's day sunshine is with us, breezy but warmer. evening, great soccer weather. the game starts at 7:30 p.m., upper 60's, mid 60's by the time things wrap up. a great night for the game. the seven-day

, 72 sunday, mostly sunny skies. monday, clouds move back in, but at least we are in the upper 60's. i can to the 70's wednesday with thunderstorm chances.