soaking storms blew through the area today, causing some flooding, some road closures even downed power lines. good evening, everyone, i'm craig melvin. many of the showers continue across the metro area now. straight to meteorologist chuck bell in the storm center with the latest. chuck? >> yes, indeed. a lot of rain in some spots, very little in others. national airport hasn't had an inch of rain this weekend with, some of the places western fairfax, eastern loudoun county, more than three inches of rain over the course of the weekend. live doppler, you get a sense of the heavy, steady showers have are come toon end temporarily. a broader view shows the spin of the atmosphere is taking showers across northern maryland

westbound in virginia, the showers in metro d.c. are headed toward charlottes view. good news. the heaviest rain is behind us, a lot of sogginess out there, a soggy sunday night to go out and do anything. more clouds than rain tomorrow, clouds will be plentiful, no doubt about that. warmer and drier days ahead. when did they get here and how long will they last? that isth in 7-day forecast coming up. >> thanks, chuck. for most, the storms moved through quickly today but dumped a lot of rain in a short amount of time for folks, but loudoun county, route 606 near ever green mill road had to be shut down because it was covered in water. in northwest d.c., the storms were bringing down power lines. these powerlines in particular, the 4800 block of 3rd street. the university of virginia's class of 2010 walked down the mall for graduation today without one of their classmates. yeardley love would have graduated with a government degree today. she was murdered earlier this month and today's ceremonies

included a tribute to love and a strong stand against domestic violence. darcy spencer has that tonight. were. >> reporter: the university president led students, faculty, staff and families in a moment of reflection on the life of yeardley love. >> please join me in a moment of silence to honor these students and their families. >> reporter: today with a degree in government but her life was taken allegedly at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, george huguely august men's lacrosse player at uva. love was awarded a degree post mousily. students wore white ribbons for domestic violence. friends and family worth ribbons at today's ceremonies. >> the cheers at the games and no matter what the sport and the name of yeardley love. we are remembering all of our

classmates who passed this year. and definitely, it was good to have a moment of silence for them and remember them. >> reporter: white rib. >> reporter: s also memorialized 20-year-old virginia tech student morgan harrington. her body was found in albermarle county last october after she disappeared from a concert. we are following a story involving former president bill clinton. an suv van -- that suv van carrying clinton was hit from behind on the parkway in connecticut today. clinton was on his way to deliver a speech at yale. the former president was not hurt. state police in connecticut says that traffic was barely moving because of another accident when someone hit the secret service van. the van continued to yale and clinton made his speech. plainly, some good news from iceland today. scientists say that the volcano is almost completely inactive.

it erupted last month for the first name 200 years and has been spewing lava and ash ever since. iceland's meet orrowlogical office today said it is too early to say the eruption is over but it has kwai yesterday. only steam coming at this point. at its peak, the ash plume shut down airspace for a woke and grounded 10 million travelers worldwide. a new york senator is making a push in congress to ban all of those drop-side cribs after concern they pose a deadly threat to babies. kirsten gillibrand's legislation would make it illegal to make or sell the cribs and outlaw day care cementers and hotels from using the cribs. in come says cases, the crib's drop side detached, creating enough space to suffocate a baby. 32 babies have died in the cribs in the past ten years. bridge drivers will have to wait a few more days for lanes to fully reopen.

ddot ex-specs to finish the work this weekend and open the third lane monday but expected to open a rain tomorrow but rain delayed the crews. commuters will be able to get on the bridge tomorrow morning at 6:30 but only one lane will be open in each direction. all the lanes should be opened by wednesday. oil continues to spread throughout the gulf of mexico and so does the finger pointing on capitol hill. the white house is defending its response to the april 20th explosion of the deep water horizon rig. leading republicans accuse the obama administration of not paying enough attention to the rigs. obama criticized republicans for blocking debate on the bill that related to fines on oil companies. robert gibbs spoke this morning. >> we were activated the moment that this oil rig exploded. this has been on the president's agenda ever since that happened. >> some in washington have tried to seize on this real human tragedy in the gulf to advocate

for a radical new energy agenda. >> the pesident has named a bipartisan panel to figure out how to prevent a disaster like this from happening in the future. there will also be ten, count them, ten congressional hearings on the spill over the next two week he is. the tv producer whose wife was killed in cancun has left mexico against orders of investigators there we are going to tell where you he has turned up. a royal scandal, the duchess of york caught on tape selling access to the royal family. we will tell you all about that. plus, bikers everywhere. derek ward explains how pedaling through the street he is of the nation's capital gained traction in the recent months and what it means for cars on the road. hakem what do you have in sport? >> the virginia men's lacrosse team continues its quest for a championship. nascar team kyle busch and denny hamlin get into a scuffle. plus, why the nationals are

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bob's big boy statue from its base and haul it had away. he put the statue up last night so people could come by and get their pictures taken with it. sarah ferguson, the duchess of york is reportedly devastated after video surfaced showing her agreeing to sell access to her ex-husband. the video appeared on the british tabloid the news of the world it shows the duchess agreeing to have $725,000 wired toon account. she tells an undercover reporter position as a businessman that the money would "open doors." a spokesperson for the duchess has confirmed that it is her on that tape. >> sarah ferguson has struggled

recently in years and called her divorce settlement from the prince stingy, however, the two have remained close friends since their split. a reality show producer wanted for questioning in his wife's death is now back in the united states, bruce beresford redman returned to los angeles county from mexico. yesterday, police in mexico said they could not find him. he had been ordered to stay in mexico ever since his wife's body was found in their cancun hotel room back in april. beresford redmond's lawyer says the producer returned to the united states to be with his children and attend to some personal matters. he has not been charged with a crime. we are just a few hours away from "the apprentice" fin nal loin nbc 4. more word tonight bret michaels will be there. howly fare? all things considered. plus we continue to monitor showers, storms and the chance of flooding for some of you. some drops on the city cam. chuck is standing by with the

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this is beyond cable. this is fios. biking to work to run errands and for recreation and fit as soon as a growing trend in the d.c. metro area. in fact, we are becoming one of the most bike friendly air glaths country. well now the challenge is to keep things friendly among motorists and the pedal-pushing counterparts. here's derek ward. >> reporter: [ inaudible ] and

key bridge -- unheard o. >> without closing the lanes, we probably wouldn't be out here too much. >> reporter: it may not have been that much of a joy for motorists caught by surprise by the closing but it speaks to the enclosed traction this unlikely movement is enjoying in our area. boike on pennsylvania avenue in d.c. and arlington counties, linking up their bike sharing programs, creating the largest regional network in the country. >> i think in five or ten years, washington and arlington are going to be the premiere bike area on the east coast. >> reporter: bicycling has come a long way in the past couple of centuries from wooden wheels and saddles to titanium frames and metal al lows and most modern models. what needs to change a bit, yes, are attitudes, especially the relationship between bikers and motorists. such a respect that's got to be learned. you know, unfortunately, there's no way to do it but kind of work your way through it. >> kind of like the bicyclist attitude, where i have the road so get out of my way and the car

drivers do the same thing, where you should be sharing the road. >> cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers with motor vehicles f you are going to be sharing space with cars it is your responsibility to follow all the same rules of the road the cars do. as long as they senate lanes designated for bike riders to ride, that is fine. i have no problem with t. >> reporter: derek ward, news4. >> now, d.c. has delayed the official debut of those bike lanes on pennsylvania avenue. city transportation officials say those lanes need to be reconfigured to make them safer for cyclists. one of the most dramatic seasons for celebrity apprentice comes to a head tonight in new york and the ailing finalist says he will be there. poison lead singer bret michaels, of course, suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage last month, then he had a stroke last week. tonight in a two-hour live finale, donald trump will choose to fire either michaels or his competitor, actress holly robinson peete. the winner gets $250,000 for charity. also tonight, the season finale of "minute to win it" is right

before "celebrity apprentice ". fier are i was here and convinced me to compete in one of the silly contest. i tell that you did not go well. more on that tonight at 11:00. good night to stay -- >> we have video of it. >> yes. yes. with we have got lots of video of it. >> oh, yes. >> good night to stay in and watch the tv? >> absolutely. right? plenty of humidity out there if you get underneath one of these showers, you can pick up a lot of rain in a short period of time. good news for all of us, the shower intensity and coverage is starting to die down just a bit. so that is welcomed news. the bulk of the rain we are going to get this weekend has already come down. still some scattered showers out there for the remainder of your sunday evening, probably more of an indoor than outdoor evening there is a live picture from our city camera view, rain drops on the lens. just homes ago, we had breaks of sunshine getting through. so a little bit of everything still out there on your sunday

evening. very hit or miss. temperatures have remained on the mild side today, 73 current late national airport. the dew points are in the 60s, low to mid 60s, fairly humid. humidity, 71%, light east wind at 7. at national airport now, less than three-quarters of an inch of rain the last 48 hours. other spots not far away seen way more than that dulles just under three inches of rain between yesterday and today. 2 1/2 in frederick, maryland. of an inch in hagerstown, half an inch in martinsburg, annapolis, less than a tenth there less than a quarter into portions of southern maryland. neighborhood network stations, fair fax, virginia, almost two inches today, a little over two inches for the last two days combined. thurmont, maryland, 65 now, an inch and a half of rain today, two inches combined yesterday and today, chantilly, virginia, the big winner, more than three inches of rain today and the reason the weather service did have to briefly issue last flash flood warnings across portions

of frederick -- not frederick but prince william here and parts of loudoun county earlier this afternoon, all the watches and warnings are now gone. the threat for intense flooding at this point is starting to diminish that is welcomed news. little area of low pressure sitting over southern virginia. the heaviest of the rains now moved on towards richmond, partiesburg and norfolk. sunday night showers to deal with. that area of low pressure drifts farther to the south. cloud cover around tomorrow, but less rain than what we have been seeing the last day and a half to two days. high pressure slowly building its way down the eastern seaboard. going to push that limb trough of low pressure further and further down to the south. so tomorrow, a lot of clouds but not too much in the way of rainfall amounts for tomorrow. as we get into tuesday, i think we will finally start to see breaks of sunshine coming back, wednesday, thursday, friday timeframe, a-okay. good weather to head into labor -- memorial day weekend. cloudy and damp, passing showers out there, a little touch of may humidity as well. waking up tomorrow morning,

cloudy and damp, scattered showers a possibility. temperatures in the upper 50s to mid 60s to get your monday trip to work and school started. and tomorrow, plenty of clouds, scattered showers around, still on the cool side for this time of the year but not too bad, as long as we can get rid of the heavy downpours. and then the all-important 7-day forecast. low 70s tomorrow, a 40% chance of some more passing showers, the rain pulls out of here, get toward tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday, oh my goodness that looks like great weather all the way into the first two-thirds of memorial day weekend. with we are not on the air, go i don't line at nbcwashington.com or weather.com. get the forecast. >> thanks, chuck. >> welcome. up next in sports high lights from a dramatic win by the nationals today. and last night in charlotte, joe gibbs arrives on stage with a special guest. hakem is going to tell us all about that up next.

free baseball, nats park. >> free baseball. we got some big news that is not related to this big win, okay? i'm going to start with that right now. astros ace oswalt wants to be traded, according to mlb.com, the nationals expressed interest in the 32-year-old right-handed pitcher. does oswalt have interest in the nationals? even though he has a no-trade clause in his contract, he wasn't to play for a contender. again, another big hurdle for the nationals.

this afternoon, nats going for two in a row against the orioles. bottom of the first, nat downs 1-0. roger bernadine nah at the plate with the bases loaded, drives one deep to center. adam jones tracking it. he can't make its catch. remember, folks, don't throw your glove. accident throw his glove. yeah. he was watching, 'cause that happened to him yesterday. scored an inside the park home run for that nates a 3-1 lead. top five, pitching to weeders, high fly bull to left center. morgan and willingham converge, both calling for it morgan makes the catch, willingham crashed into morgan, knocks morgan's sunglasses off his hat. niger thinks they are josh's glasses, here is what i think they said to each other, hey, man, these are yours dude. niger says, oh, thanks, bud dmichlt ninth, nates 3-2. capps closing it owl faces julio luke goes, tying run at third base, lugo, oh, plays spoiler, pokes one into right. adam jones scores and caps'

first blown save of the san, he had been 16-16. game tied at three. go to extras. bottom ten, noted at three. willingham facing clay meredith. you know what? you are so not catching that. walkoff home run. the nationals win it in extras, 4-3 improving to 23-22 this season. up next, the nats head out west for a 10-game road trip. turning now to college lacrosse, yeardley love was honored today at graduation with a degree. while thousands participated in a moment of silence at charlottesville, the men's lacrosse team was on the field playing heavy hearts against stonybrook in the ncaa tournament. head coach and the number one ranked cavaliers last won a national tight until 2006. virginia up 8-7, stonybrook in red on the offensive. check out kevin crowly, middle of your screen, shoots and scores, tied at 8.

stonybrook fans enjoying every minute of this one. cavs lead by a goal. briggs in front, sweet play. virginia wins it, 10-9, advancing to the final four. the cavs will play duke in the national semis in baltimore next saturday. nascar now founder bill france senior and seven-time champion richard petty prin ducked into the hall of fame in charlotte, north carolina. last knit on the track, kurt busch won the all-star race, earning $1 million. taylor gibbs, the 5-year-old grandson of joe gibbs, celebrated his third year of being cancer free by delivering the invocation. >> god, thank you for this day, thank you foreverything you gave us, thank you for a car and please help everybody and their family be good. and i pray for the race car drivers, kyle, danny and joey the most to win with the most. and i pray for the other drivers to win sometimes. and i pray for people in the hospital. i don't want them to get sick.

amen. >> thank you. >> you like that, he prayed for sunshine. cancer-free, loving life. and appreciates that five laps to go busch and hamlin get into t busch, 18 car, run on ham lip, 191. busch outside, hamlin bloc blocks him. busch slams into the wall, costly, two laps to go his tire blows out. runs into kasey kahne, the 9 car. kyle busch very, very angry with his teammate denny hamlin on the radio. >> somebody better keep me away from denny hamlin after this race. i had this race won, it was won. >> i know, bud, we were saying the same thing, bud. >> can't we just all get along? a nice prayer there. what happened there? kyle gets the garage, straight for hamlin's hauler to wait for him. drama, but you know what, they were good guys, smoothed things over, maybe need frosty or smoothie, made everybody happy. kyle's older brother, kurt, benefiting from kate jobs, wins the all star race and $1 million, then tries to rewind

the odom motor by driving backwards. not really are, but a pretty cool moment last night for taylor gibbs and joe gibbs and a good race. >> thanks, buddy. >> welcome. >> thanks to you as well. big night here on nbc 4. "nbc nightly news" is next. followed by "minute to win it," then celebrity apprentice" at 9. until then that is the news. good night.