>> three people die in an overnight crash. an suv runes a car off the road and police say a drunk driver is to blame. good sunday everyone. i'm craig melvin. first we have breaking news in northwest washington. a body has been found near a dog park. police say a body was found in an suv. it was discovered around 3:15 this afternoon. it was 11th street northwest,

right near a dog park. police are only saying it is a dog park. they are looking into the sirngss surrounding his death but a body found near the dog park on northwest washington. we will of course pass on more information as soon as we get it. back to our top story now. the early morning crash that happened in prince george county. it happened near wilson bridge drive. police believe alcohol was a factor. derrick ward has that story. >> it is a heavily-traveled artery in prince george's county. before sunday's sun rise, it turned deadly. this mazda 3 was was near wilson bridge drive tp p t was struck by a yukon. both vehicles were moving and the impact was tremendous. >> the yukon struck the mazda from the year causing the mazda to lose control, veering off the road and striking a tree. >> two women in the mazda were thrown from the vehicle.

both died as did the driver of the mazda. the driver is identified as 54-year-old eugene johnson. one of the women was identified also from month nasis. a fourth male survived. the severity of the crash was more evident when the driver of the yukon was taken into custody. >> it appears alcohol was a contributing factor of the accident. >> police say the driver and loan passenger of the suv were under the influence of alcohol. the passenger was released and the investigation continues. derrick ward news 4. >> it looks like braen sprouts caused the deadly e.coli outbreak. the sprouts came from an organic farm in northern germany. they were served at restaurants and a festival the last month. at least 22 deaths are now blames on the e.coli.

german officials are still warning against eating tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce. they say they need to conduct more tests. the economy took a turn for the worst last month. stocks are down and americans are spending less on everything. as brian moore reports, the new slump as republican con tenors going on the attack. >> this past week, brought some discouraging jobs numbers. only 54,000 jobs added in may. unemployment, up to 9.1%. now the white house is once again confronting fears of a double-dip recession. >> we have added more than 2 million jobs. there's a major difference between a jobless recovery and a very deep hole that we're climbing our way out of. >> as republicans retake their bid to retake the white house the timing couldn't be much better. >> when he took office, the economy was in recession and he

made it worse. >> when barack obama became president gasoline was about 1.80 a gallon. now it is about $4 a gallon. >> the two parties are fighting over causes and cures for the nation's financial woes. >> you can take about the past all we want. the public wants to know about the future. what are you going to do to create jobs. good paying jobs. >> what are you going to do. >> as i said, what president has done is -- has improved the situation from where it may have been. >> healthy debate over an economy that appears to be anything but healthy. the latest research center poll shows the republican presidential candidates have some selling to do. as so sum up the gop field, in a single word, the top response was, unimpressive. brian moore, nbc news, washington. >> part of the beltway will be closed for the next week so crews can work on the high occupancy toll lanes project. hot lanes road work involves the

northbound side of 495 near the 395 intersection of alexandria. starting to night at 9:00, traffic will go down to one lane. then from 11 p.m. through 5 a.m. all lanes will be closed. traffic will be detoured to get around the construction. the project is expected to be finished by next sunday. you may be surprised to learn that some of our local police and fire chiefs are making more than some governors in our area. the governors of maryland and virginia make 175,000 and $150,000 year, respectively. compare that to the police chair who brings in $253,000. montgomery's top cop top is a close second at $216,000. meanwhile montgomery's fire chief makes br 109,000 and that's about 3,000 more than d.c.'s fire chief. tonight d.c. police are looking for the motive of a local football recruiter gunned

down right outside mckinly high school in northeast. it may have stemmed from a fight over a woman. darcy spencer is live outside the school with the latest on that. darcy? >> craig, we were able to speak to the victim's mother late this afternoon and she said that he is the father of four children, also an ex marine. you would also find him here at mckinly tech high school here on the football field many a night because he is associated with d.c. falcons. it is a sem fie professional team that plays here at the school but but it was here in the parking lot of the high school friday night about 8:30 where he lost his life. i'm told a girl's flag football team was on the field when the shooting happened. this is video of the victim. he was 36 years old. his name was ralph thomas. he lived in temple hills in prince korj george's county. tom yeah mother says he used to

coach football with thomas's father. those with the men say they played football at some point for the d.c. falcons. >> there's definite lay lot of stories bouncing around. it is hard to speculate where it stems from. some say a female. but whatever it may be, it really wasn't worth taking a life. especially fln this fashion, in the way it happened. he is a young guy. it seems like he was doing a lot of good things with the team. whatever the reason was, it is definitely not worth it. >> we are told the suspect is charged with first degree murder while armed. the falcons are set to take the field once again on tuesday night. i was able to speak to the owner of the falcons. he says the victim was associated with the team as a recruiter for about the last month. he didn't know him that well but certainly when they take the field tuesday night, they will do that with heavy hearts. reporting live from northeast

washington, darcy spencer, craig back to you. >> darcy, thank you. still ahead, drain dangers. while taking a dip in the pool is not an option for some kids right now. and dig surprises that could be in store as the former head of the imf heads back to court on attempted rape charges. for those who say marriages don't last any more, meet the hundreds who prove that wrong. coming up on sports, coming from behind to claim yet another french open title. couple, what's the word on the weather? >> are you ready for a midweek sizzle? check out memphis. that 97, that's coming our way. i'll tell you when it gets here and if there's

>> it is no longer a rescue mission for the people looking for bruce hansen tonight. they are going into recovery mode. they believe the 21-year-old probably drown. he was swimming with two others on route 97 when the water got really deep, really fast. rescuers say yanson panicked and another swimmer tried to save him but he could not. there is a warning that swimmers are not allowed in the reservoir where the drowning happened. a re search for his body will continue tomorrow. some kids cannot take a dip in a city pool because of a recall. four kiddy pools at d.c. pools are still closed.

they are effected by a nationwide recall on pool drains. pools at thomas, up shur, shee doer hagans an rumsy are closed. they don know when the drains will come but will be closed until they do. erj pools are still open. the lives of two teenagers, a night that almost did not happen thanks to writing on the wall. and folks, in case you haven't heard, it is going to get pretty hot this week.

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>> former head of the imf is due back in court in new york city tomorrow. three weeks ago dominique strauss-kahn was accused of attacking a maid in a new york city luks luxury low tell. there could be some big surprises. >> i think they will say in open court when they can't say in the media and they will let everyone know what his defense will be. >> he has been out on bond serving home detention in a posh new york city townhouse under constant surveillance. a high school senior became an international celebrity for being told he couldn't go to prom danced the night away. james tait picked up his date,

brought letter her a corsage and did everything a date does. last month tait asked hit date by putting up cardboard letters. of a school hours the school did not find it pro mantic or cute. they said it was trespassing. they suspended him and banned him from going to the prom. tait says he is glad that all of the attention helped get him to the prom but now wants his life back. >> i can't wait for everything to calm down, to get back to normal. >> get this, tate even snagged the title of prom king. big shocker there, huh? not much of a surprise, i suppose. they figured out the secret to making marriage work and saying "i do" all over again. 830 couples renewed their vows. the cardinal there said a special blessing for them in

honor of their many, many years of wedded bliss. couples have been married 25 to 73 years. and almost half of them have been married 50 years or longer. all told, there was about 36,000 years of marriage inside that shrine today. >> wow. >> yeah, yeah. >> that's pretty nice. >> looks like they still enjoy each other too. >> a nice lesson for you. you're going to be off the market. >> yes. >> weep, weep, weep ladies. >> i've been taking notes. i've been taking notes. it's going to get hot this week. >> it is. midweek sizzle. like last week. oh, i know. i hate to be the bearer of bad news. but i have good news in that, it's going to be really nice tonight and should be really nice tomorrow to kick off the work week. great to see you this sunday night. check it out. there's the jefferson memorial. we will see some paddle boaters going by. high temperatures at this late however, we had some cloud cover

a good part of the day that held temperatures in the 70s most of the day. right around 5:00 we shot up into 980s. not too much of a sun burn. here is what we are thinking tonight, easing back into the 70s by 9:00. 71 at 11. then the middle 60s which feel really good this time of year. right now, 82. that's that high temperature with variable winds at 7 miles an hour. a handful of thunderstorms are developing across west virginia. . there is instability in the atmosphere. that is like the gasoline laying around to ignite the thunderstorm. there wasn't much time today to sparm the storm so i think we will have a pretty quiet night. as i mentioned, beautiful start to the week with lots of sunshine. not too hot. we aren't going to see too much rain at all, at least for the first part of the week. we have that midweek sizzle in terms of middle and upper 90s.

here is a look. sterling, 79. we are in the middle, lower 80s at reagan national airport. and tomorrow we will take a trip into the middle 80s. we can handle this, especially on the heat indices of 101 last week. remember that. you will need to remember that for wednesday. as far as storms good, missing us late this afternoon. we start the morning at 65. then we are working towards 84. here we go. this is tuesday, 88. then this is wednesday. upper 90s, just like they have out here in memphis right now. not a bad evening with clear skies developing. we will take you down into the 60s for a when which feels nice. coming up tomorrow. mid 08s with lots of sun and building through the extended weather forecast. don't see a lot in the way of rain but we do see a lot in the way of heat, upper 90s coming in here wednesday and even thursday. when we think about the following part of the forecast

here into next weekend, he finally get cooling thunderstorms by friday 80s into next weekend. what happened to the average high? average is 83. >> how low did steve wheat go as he marched across

>> the most exciting -- >> is that like a cartoon character? >> like play cousins. >> we will go with rafa. playing raphae nadia on clay is like chasing a scooter. good luck. it is ridiculous. 201 wins, 8 losses. today, roger fedder he tried to keep up with the red clay master but his luck ran out. nadal won his sixth open. nadal and federer meeting up. he comes to the net and check this out. puts the volley away. up 3-love. federer in control for at least the moment but nadal supports it. roger tryes a drop shot but nadal gets to it.

federer in for the kill but nadal sends it back. he rips the volley over the net. he is pumped. nadal wins the first and second sets. in the third, federer in the far court. up 6-5. exchanging ground strokes from the baseline. check out federer with the drop shot. he wins the third set, 7-5. and he is thinking come back. but nadal is just too good. up 5-1. serving for the championship. and federer's forehand is long right here and that's it, nadal wins his sixth french open title. check out the emotion. he ties the record. it is also nadal's tenth major victory and may have been the most difficult to earn. here's nadal. >> it was hard in the beginning but of that was a big change in my game. i think today was a great final

i'm happy to be here. thank you very much to everybody. i feel very lucky. >> nadal improves to 17-8 overall against roger federer. that's impressive, mr. craig melvin. >> yeah it is. >> zimmerman making his first start today. finishing 2-2 with double, triple and rbi. he is recover from abdominal surgery and could be with the big club in two weeks. today, the big club trying to avoid a losing streak. that changes in the third inning. jason worth up with runners on the corners. lifts one high and deep to the right. that's plenty deep for roger. he tags and scores from third. nationals take 1-0 lead. . get rid of that scoreless streak. top five. worth at the plate. kennedy drills him. worth has been hit bay pitch

three times. look that scowl. the ump warns both dugouts. he would later be ejected as well as marquee for hitting upton. 1 for 5. still 1-0 nats. worth doesn't give up. check it out. up against the fence. makes the catch. >> look that. >> wow! nats lead it top of the eighth, 1-0. guthrie and orioles. he hangs a breaking ball and it is banged out left for three-run home run. seventh of the season. toronto takes a lead. more trouble for guthrie in the fifth inning. lindh at the plate. he has one of his best games of his career. deep it right center for solo home run. lindh went 4 for 4 with two

homers and three rbi's. they start their series at home against oakland tomorrow. golf now. history at mel wood prince george's county open. steve wheatcroft sets three records including the largest margin of victory. he wins the tournament by 12 strokes at 29 under par. >> he plays there a lot. >> he must. at university of maryland golf course, he set the record on friday, shooting 11 under 60. here he is in the zone on par 4, sixth. on the green, knock that in for birdie. wheatcroft would tie the nationwide record with 31 birdies in the tournament. on 18, putting for eagle, he would remain tied. he says that's fine, i will finish with an eagle. i will stay tied with the bird birdie record. he earns his first nationwide

tour victory. he takes home $108,000. pretty cool. >> do we know whether that his regular course? >> it's not his regular course. his family came from pittsburgh. first nationwide tour win. >> he earned it. >> maybe he will have to build a house out in college park. >> wouldn't be surprised at this point. "nightly news" is up next. we will be back at 11. until then, that's the news. good night.