a cloudy weekend turns into a gloomy start to the workweek. worst of the rain is over but we

might not see the sun for some time. good sunday, everyone. i'm craig melvin. thanks for joining us. we begin tonight wirth the weather. and when we might see the sun again. chuck bell staying by the storm center for the answer to that question. chuck? >> plenty of rain across most of the area over the one, especially areas to west of downtown washington. in town, less than an inch of rain. western fairfax, louden county, 3 inches of rain. temperatures in the mid to high 60s across the area. check out live doppler. most of the rain is done. a couple of sprinkles to the south and west of culpepper and sprinkles in the panhandle of west virginia. sending kids and adults back out to to work and school. cloudy and damp. pack umbrellas for monday. another risk of showers tomorrow. i'm optimistic for memorial day weekend. >> we'll come back to you if a few minutes. the family of the man whose

suv went careening on a bike path say they have no idea why he would have lost control. that driver and the teenage where killed. >> reporter: the driver was gary thorne, relatives say they don't know why he crashed but don't believe he was drinking and driving. kevin griffin is the stepfather of gary thorn, the man behind the wheel of the durango that crashed friday after striking and killing a 17-year-old fairfax high school student on a bike path. >> both families going through something now that no parent should have to go through, a loss of a child and bury your own child. our condolences and prayers go to them like we hope their conlol leco condolence come back to juice it was 4:00 on friday, police say thorn's durango crossed a mediaen and traffic before

striking abdull before smashing into a tree 50 feet away. >> we have no idea what was going on. we pretty sure there was no alcohol involved if i'm wrong, i'm wrong, but we're pretty sure. >> reporter: students wept as they visited the memorial. the teen was set to graduate from fairfax high school in one week. hes and a popular member of the school wrestling team, teammate aaron fink placed his wrestling shirt at the memorial site. >> a great wrestler. great friend. teammate. a great person in general, can make you smile, no matter what. >> reporter: one family grieving loss of a teenage son who planned to attend george mason university. the other grieving the loss office the oldest of seven children and the father i've 10-year-old girl. >> let her know that her dad loves her and he'll always love her, don't forget it. >> reporter: schadly buried

saturday. thorn members are in the process of making funeral arrangements. >> university of ra virginia virginia's graduate all pause totsds remember yeardley love and three others whose lives were lost this year. >> join me if a moment of silence to honor students and families. >> yeardley love was supposed to graduate with a degree in government. so was her ex-boyfriend, george huguely. love was found dead three weeks ago. huguely in a jail cell, charged with killing her. thousands worth white ribbons symbolizing domestic violence awareness. tonight, officials in iran insist three jailed american are spies. officials are also offering some hope for their return. shane bower, shara and josh all

arrested in july. intelligence ministry quoted as saying it is clear and obvious that the three are spies. the official, however, said that iran would consider swapping the americans in exchange for iranians detained in the u.s. the americans insist they did not mean to cross the border. we're following a developing store in jamaica. the government declared a state of emergency. gunmen opened fire at two police stayings and torched another one. they believe they are trying to keep officers from arresting him. the accused kingpin face extradition to the united states on drug and arms trafficking. the gunfires have turned part of jamaica's capital into a fortress. the gulf here in this country. the secretary of the interior today lashed out at bp for failing to stop the massive oil spill and contain the oil that's

already in the water. that crude is affecting more wildlife now and threatening so many along the coast. jay gray from venice, louisiana. >> reporter: tonight engineers say an insertion tube at the leak point is capturing over 1300 barrels a day, down from a high of 5,000 earlier in the week. >> i am angry and i'm frustrated that bp has been unable to stop this from leaking and stop pollution from spreading. we are 33 days into this effort and deadline after deadline has been missed. >> reporter: initially scheduled for the weekend the top kill procedure to seal the well was moved to tuesday and likely, won't start until wednesday now. as crews prepare, they'll have a new group of scientists watching and weighing in. federal officials called in experts from the department of energy, los alamos, nasa. >> the best scientists in the

world have been brought here to houston to focus on this problem. >> reporter: a problem that now stretches to an island along the southern edge of louisiana. you can see the oil down past the boom. >> reporter: and into a delicate nesting ground for hundreds of seabirds. >> several pelicans on this island, will go further, coated with oil. >> reporter: creeping further to the small vil. >> as. >> this rips my heart out. >> reporter: threatens to tear away everything they've had. >> looking at retirement home and life savings that could be in a big pudsdle of oil in the next couple of week a puddle growing along the coast. jay gray. back here, tomorrow's commute on the chain bridge will not be what some drivers are hoping for. ddot expected to finish work.

all of the rain over the weekend delayed crews. commuters will be able to get on the bridge at 6:30 but one lane opened in each direction. all lanes expected to open by wednesday. >> a royal scandal. the duchess of york caught on tape selling access to the royal family. we'll talk about that. yesterday, mexican authorities said he was missing. today the tv producer whose wife killed in cancun turns up in the united states. why he's come home against orders of the police in mexico. plus, the new game show phenomenon what makes minute to win it 0 so darn addictive. >> you can win money, craig. that's why it's great. the blackhawks bust out the

brooms be s against the sharks. the nationals taking an easy walk in the park against the orioles. news4 at 11:00 continues.

tonight the duchess of york talking about a scandal. she apparently sold access to her ex-husband, prince andrew. sarah ferguson in los angeles to accept a charity award. her plane landed hour as video surfaces of a british tabloid news of the world. shows the duchess agreeing to have $725,000 wired to an account, in exchange put the man in good favor with her ex-husband.

>> to me [ inaudible ]. >> is that it? >> yes. >> in a statement, sarah ferguson apologized for her actions and admitted she has financial problems. she also made clear that her ex, duke of york, had no involvement in the scandal. the reality show producer wanted for questioning in his wife's death is back in the united states. he returned to los angeles county from mexico. yesterday, mexican play say they couldn't find him. he had been ordered to stay in the country since his wife's body found in the cancun hotel in april. his lawyer says the producer returned to the united states to be with his children and attend to personal matters as well. he has not been charges with a crime. when we come back, they are the kinds of games that let you make up with your friends as a kid. now an addictive game show.

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bill clinton in a mine for car crash. the suv hit from behind on a roadway. he was on his way to dleliver a speech to students at yale university. clinton made the speech. the community came knowing alexandria for the matty miracle foundation annual walk. that raises money and awareness for childhood cancers and honors the memory of 7-year-old math through brown. st. stevens and st. agnes

schools hosted the walk. minute to win it wrapped up in addition to hosting the show, guy fieri is a bona fide culinary rock star. in northern virginia recently, we talked about eating and cooking for a living, that wild hair, and then convinced me to play one of the silly games. >> slice the lamb. >> reporter: guy fieri took over metro diner. >> a place where there's something for everybody. >> reporter: peter owns the place. guy fieri turned his kitchen into a mini sound stage. >> ready to roll? >> ready to roll. >> reporter: shutting down for a few hours a small price to pay for the free nationwide commercial he'll get in a few minutes. for fooguy fieri that's part ofe fun. >> they're mom and pop joints. this is a family. >> reporter: it did not take

long for behind the scenes look at taping of diners, drive-ins and drives to develop a conversation about the trademark hair. >> i'm a natural blond. no, it's true. i'm a natural blond. i dye my roots to look contemporary. >> reporter: keeping the golden locks tipped may be tough but the sweet gig he's landed is not, and he knows it. he remembers the pitch. >> when they said you get a show you travel around the country, check out funky joints all over america, meet the people that own it, talk about their food and drive in a '67 camaro, up for that? >> reporter: several tiles a week, he is one of the big of the stars food network. he's beg on nbc, too. >> 45 seconds. >> reporter: "minute to win it" the game show that gets ordinary people to look extraordinarily ridiculous. >> people look at it and go,

another game show. but once they see "minute to win it" they get addicted. no way you do that. >> reporter: that cooking thing looks easier on tv. when guy fieri asks you to play his game what are you supposed to say? >> face the cookie. move that oreo cookie from your forehead to your mouth, 60 seconds level ii challenge, going for $5,000. you've got a minute to win it. >> are you kidding me? >> 47 seconds. >> impressive. >> he didn't give him the $5,000. let me tell you something, man, those games are tough. >> yeah. >> very, very, very difficult. >> i eat my cookies the old fashioned way, middle first. >> cool guy. we'll put that on the website. check that out. >> a lot of fun. >> it was. >> today humidity out there. plenty of rain in some the spots. other places, folks kay rain what rain?

the closer you live to the chesapeake bay, the fewer raindrops you saw. today, raindrops in a lot of places especially to the west of washington. yeah, cause minor flooding. especially western fairfax, lauden county, minor flooding at times. most waters reseeded. with heavy rain a couple of power lines come down around washington. it's settled done now. we are after the 11:00 hour, skies mostly cloudy, 69 current temperature. dew point way up at 62. east-northeast winds at 7 myles per hour. two-thirds of an inch of rain in the washington area over the last 48 hours. two-day total 3/4 of an inch. 2 1/2 inches in frederick. a half inch in la plate ta.

annapolis, .05 of an inch. doppler radar, over the last couple of hours showers continue to drift slowly back out to the south and to the west. scattered light rain showers around for the remainder of your sunday into monday morning. tomorrow, you want umbrellas ready to go. still, if you're caught in one of the stray showers without your umbrella, you'll say why didn't he tell me to have that umbrella? i will tell you i did tell you have that. less rain tomorrow than we saw over the last few days. high pressure is gradually going to work its way in. cooler, drier air settles on in tomorrow. plenty of clouds, scattered showers most of the rain is gone for tuesday. sunshine at a premium through tuesday afternoon as well. high pressure comes on in. easterly-northeasterly wind not our friend. cloudy, damp. wake-up temperatures tomorrow,

upper 50s, low 60s. back to work and school forecast. plenty of clouds. scattered showers, on the cool side. highs into the low and mid-70s. all-important seven day forecast 40% chance you'll need the umbrella toll. clouds tuesday. things will be improving. wednesday and thursday, temperatures back up into the low and mid-80s. dry weather returns. there it is, friday, leading into memorial day weekend. saturday, beautiful. sunday, beautiful. any time you need the forecast, go to nbcwashington.com or the weather channel and weather.com. >> next weekend's going to be nice. >> i'll give you five bucks if you get that oreo in less than two minutes. >> sports. >> could the nets take round three? we'll talk about virginia men's lacrosse team trying to advance to the final four. maybe we'll do the oreo cookie thing.

the promised cookie competition. first sports. >> we are doing that. a big win before the big road trip. when the nationals return home after a continue-game road trip they might come home to a circus. on june 4th, stephen strasburg could make his major league debut against the reds. we're waiting for that. against baltimore, the nationals left town in walk-off fashion. check out this dude. a fan of the o's and nats. where do you get a shirt like that? at the half and half store?

bottom the first, nats down 1-0. bases loaded. roger's smooth. deep to center. jones can't make the catch. clears bases. cruising into third with three rbi triple. nats 3-1 lead. first professional bat for drew storn wearing the double flap he helm helmet. guess what he does? gets a hit. jim riggleman in the dugout calls for the ball. he was the tenth overall pick of the draft last year. stephen strasburg going to be near days. matt caps on to close it out facing lugo with the tying run at third. lugo spoiler. it's capps first blown of the season. bottom ten. knotted at three.

willing ham up facing claire meredith. willingham the hero, hits walk-off home run to left. nationals win in extra innings 4-3. josh willingham comes up clutch. >> kind of what you deem about when you're a kid. you foe, when you're at the plate you can't be trying to do that, usually doesn't happen. i was trying to get a good pitch to hit hard. >> he's a professional hitter. he's the ult may pro. he's -- you don't see josh make too many mistakes on the baseball field. he's just solid as a rock. give you good at bat every time out. of course with the long ball, speaks for itself. >> yes it certainly does. jim riggleman and the nationals improve to 23-22 after the win against the orioless. college lacrosse.

the maryland head coach resigned after nine seasons, it comes one day after the terps were upset. coddle did leave the terrapins to the postseason it's a consecutive times. virginia's quest for a championship continues. cavs taking on stony brook. cavaliers continuing to play in honor of the late yeardley love. stonybrook in red on the offensive. crowley shoots and scores. enjoying every moment of this one. cassly by a goal. feeding briggs in front. virginia 10-8. stony brook fans are nervous. 35 seconds to play. stonybrook down 10-9. mcbride, fires on net. goaltender gidleman big-time save. finished with 13.

virginia wins 10-9 advancing to the semis. another emotional game. >> we didn't play perfect but you know what? we pulled through it in a tough atmosphere against a good team. yeah, just the aspect of, you know, playing for those girls, for yardly, something that's helping us. i think it's what carries us through in the end. >> continuing to honor the late yardly love. ya ya plays duke next saturday. nhl stanley cup playoff, the blackhawks with a victory today. we should show disdude a dirty floor. he's thinking sweep. up 2-1. chicago strikes. dave bolton, puck behind the

net, throats it past nabokov. third period now, still tied at two, chicago on the power plane. cane from the corner passes to dustin. check it out. deflects it in. chicago down, san jose, 4-2, advancing to stanley cup finals p last won 47 years ago. >> should have been the caps. >> we'll be back.

paying tribute to the king of pop. everyone looking like they're having a blast as they dance to "beat it". united nations june 25th, one year anniversary. we promises the oreo competition. this is a $1 competition. you have a minute to win it. >> a men? >> go! >> a minute to win it. >> i have a dollar and a quarter. chuck has the lead here. pick it back up, try again. >> try again? >> how much time? >> chuck, you're doing well. >> gripping television here.

>> you can't use your tongue to suck the cookie in from your eye. impress everybody. that is impressive. hakim wins it. >> sports department, competitive. >> you're in the wrong line of work, my friend. that's it. that's all we got tonight. see you back here tomorrow morning bright and early 4:30. that's the dude. good night. -sure.s for coming back out.

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