>> we're still rocking the red, though. >> it was a long night for the capitals. yet again a lord stanley's cup will not find a home in d.c. game seven meant one thing, the winner stays and the loser goes home. the effort was definitely there, but the goals were not. the capitals beat the rangers three years ago in game seven and hoping for similar luck last night. rangers were on the pack. gaborik's shot is blocked, but this was was not. rangers hold on and win by a final score of 2-1.

for ovechkin and the capitals, another disappointing end to the post season. >> all i can say, we do our best, you know. it's probably best i play and the group of guys and the atmosphere. it's unbelievable to play and i hope everybody going to stay here for next year. it's hard. >> so a tough loss for the capitals. now the offseason begins pap lot of decisions to be made. >> it was a rough game not only for players, but for the caps' fans. after the game, many fans were too upset to talk about the results. the fans seem to be happy with

the effort and optimistic about next season. >> they played game. >> certainly wish they would have moved on tonight? >> definitely i think they could have beaten the devils, but, you know, it's just the way it worked out. hopefully next year they will go on further, but they have a good shot of where they are going. >> there are questions with three free agents and about the current head coach. >> holtby walked away saying we didn't leave anything on the table, and him, 29 saves. >> and two seven-game series.

heart wreunching. >> yeah. let's talk about today and see if we can get through the day today. >> the nationals, maybe they can swing it through. but for now, mother's day is here and it's a beautiful day outside. filtered sunshine first thing this morning. enough sun to put pink on your for heforehead. outside right now, 69 in washington. 66 in maryland. rain drops in the west and to the southwest. those to the west not as big of a factor, but the wuonce in thi

area, maybe overnight. west and south of town, just keep that in mind. if you are living in and around d.c. metro area, i don't think you have a thing to worry about for today. tomorrow will be like monday. look like and feel like monday, and be raining and cooler. enjoy your mother's day sunshine today. we will try to get pictures of our moms before the show is over. >> you are 100% sure of the rain? >> right. >> not a fun day on monday. >> sounds like a song. in the news, a new video released shows the man beating another man in broad daylight. the attack was captured on friday afternoon. a man asked another man to pick up a beer can he saw throw to the ground.

the skwreuvictim suffered a jok and lost teeth. and then a bus caught fire just before noon yesterday near one of the green buses. there were a few passengers on the bus but luckily nobody was hurt. today a group will use hope and faith as they pray for the safe return of alouden county woman. she was five months pregnant when she disappeared. her husband deployed to afghanistan about the time of her disappearance, and she was carrying the child of another man. friends and family will gather at the apartments where decker

was last seen. and then liberty is a private christian school in virginia that was founded by pastor jerry farwell more than 40 years ago. romney commented on the issue of same-sex marriage. >> culture, what you believe and how you live matters. they may become topics of democratic debate from time to time. it's today with the indooring institution of marriage, marriage is a relationship between one man and one woman. >> romney also told the crowd that free exercise of religion is not a problem, but a blessing. first lady, michelle obama, is also on the graduation circuit. she delivered the kphcommenceme

address. >> but we all know that there are still plenty of serious injustices crying out for our attention. we know this. >> mrs. obama also commended the school for continuing to produce more african-american and female engineers than any other schools in the country. when president obama made his declaration supporting same-sex marriage this next week, and the question was how would it affect voters. and david gregory said voters' opinions on the view has changed. >> views about same-sex marriage changed. you have more people in favor than opposed to it.

in the republican party there has been a 20-point swing. this is why the president was in a position to feel like it was safer to change his own position from 2008. the chair of the republican national committee will join david on "meet the press," and you can catch "meet the press" at 10:30 right here on channel 4. and then one plan calls for a new town center, grocery store and fire station, and more bus transportation and affordable housing. approval comes after three years of meetings with civic organizations. right now thousands of bikers in d.c. don't have to worry about sharing the roads with cars. more than 20 miles are blocked

off to traffic for a huge event called bike d.c. derek ward joins us live. this has created an obstacle kwroefr self. >> yeah, when we got to our first choice, they were already gone. we managed to get to the finish line. they are at the end of pretty much a 24-mile circuit. perfect day for a bike ride. what better way to do it with 5,000 or 6,000 of your best friends. you are riding across memorials and bridges, and things you should be hard pressed to do safely during the week. but today these streets belong to the cyclist. there's a smaller route set up

for families with kids. >> i did a nighttime ride around d.c. to see the monuments, which was wonderful. so was this. >> this is gabby? >> yeah, this is her first time. she seems to be fussy right now, and i think she wants to get going. she enjoys all the people and music she liked and the snacks, of course. she ate a banana. >> of course, that's a good way for them to celebrate mother's day. i have been wished happy mother's day, and i am taking that as a phraument. they had to change things because folks were headed toward the point and folks were coming away and it got to be a bit of a bottleneck. i guess that's a bottleneck you can't avoid whether you are on two wheels or four. it's a good cause.

5,000 or 6,000 people taking part. live in northwest, derrick ward, news4. >> great to see families out there on this holiday weekend. >> good exercise, too. >> yeah, i know. a bar opens up in a dorm at one maryland college. why that school thinks this will actually encourage students not to drink too much. and also ahead, fighting childhood obesity by giving a kid a laptop. k[ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years with a two-year agreement. act now and we'll add a special bonus: $250 back. but hurry, this offer ends june 2nd. unlike cable, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network

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the international security assistance forces called the attack an attempt toose working. and some militants are dead. the country's president con doans the attacks and saying they are necessary in the battle against al qaeda. the cdc says obesity affects 17% of all adolescence in the u.s. a local doctor is doing something about it. >> meet 17-year-old jennifer hoya. she took on night classes so she

could graduate early. she would spend four to six hours add day doing school work and she was diagnosed as being obese. the pediatric cardiologist there. >> after years of treating children for high cholesterol and hypertension, he decided it would be proactive. he created the first on going child obesity center and works hand and hand with a registered dietici dietician. but because of a great portion of his work is scene by preventive care. >> most of the cost i have to pay for myself, which is difficult to stay afloat. however, i would rather be on

this side of a community that says i am doing something about this problem. >> right now a family gets to see you for? >> $25. >> how far do they go to help them remove them. >> she has been able to join a dance team. >> i appreciate food, and how do i examine food before eating? >> but this dynamic duo is trying to help children and their family. >> they don't have to show their children love with food. >> they are teaching kids how to maintain weight while becoming

stronger and faster athletes. and they are even teaching the harshest food critics -- >> what taste better, chicken nuggets or salad -- >> how to make better choices, one heart at a time. >> that was erica gonzalez reporting. in less than a year after oepg the heart center, he has grown from having a handful of patients a week to serving more than 100 patients a month. school officials told the "washington post," the public is where students get to know their professors. >> if they charge for text books they will charge for beer. >> let's check in with chuck

bell for your forecast. >> outside for now, we have sunshine, absolutely free for now. but rain drops are coming. i will talk about that in just a few minutes.

come on, let's go. >> wait, aren't you forgetting something? >> right, so rusty, i am forgot. live from new york, it's saturday night! >> will ferrell still has got it. he hosted "saturday night live" and reprising his old role as george w. bush. the third time the actor hosted the show. he was a star on the program for seven years and next week is the 37th season finale with host and musical guest, mick jaggar. >> he didn't do alex trebek.

>> or the "anchorman," which you did not see. >> for people that don't know a lot of us, "anchorman" is scary accurate. >> did you ever see "i love lamp "? okay. >> yeah. >> outside for now, that doesn't look or sound like me. outside we go. plenty of sunshine. happy mother's day to all the moms, and hopefully you are getting something good for your mother's day. maybe an afternoon off to do a whole lot of nothing. bright sunshine for now. you don't get to keep the sunshine all day today, but you do get to keep it through this morning, and into the middle of the early parts to the middle of the afternoon.

more than enough good weather. a slight risk of showers. mountain moms, yes indeed, a little shower for you today. inside the beltway, not much to worry about. winds out of the south averaging only six miles per hour. 70 on the nose in annapolis. and amosville. 66 degrees in college park. clouds starting to increase by mid to late afternoon. up near 80 degrees, even with the increasing cloud cover. by 10:00 tonight, temperatures back in the upper 60s. i think rain drop chances hold off until after midnight for most in town locations.

one or two lonesome sprinkles out into far western maryland. and these rain drops are the ones that are taking aim at us. that's the reason i had the shower chance up into parts of the west virginia, for those shower chances out there. a dry start to mother's day. warm and nice outside this afternoon. maybe save mom a spot in the ham yuck for later on. showers becoming more possible. here is the first push of rain coming in. by midnight, i think the rain drops reached the metro area. the heaviest of the rain with the system shows up monday night into tuesday morning. but for today, nice and warm. increasing clouds, yes, but still plenty of usable outdoor hours. don't forget sun block. and overnight, the clouds and the rains start to settle in.

i do think it will be wet for most peoples' commute back to school and work tomorrow. 80 for mom today. still a chance of a thunder shower on wednesday. and we are drying it back out again. look. i won't say who is whose mom, but there is a chin and carol. >> chin is a fan of "angry birds." >> good luck to the both of you, but i have to get approval before using a picture of my mom. now on to sports. the list of injured players might get longer. in the seventh inning, wilson ramos missed a pitch, and while

running to get the ball he twisted his knee awkwardly. no word on how serious that injury is. but the nationals did win the game 2-1. there's a world leader that says he is in fear of his life. who the dalai lama thinks is trying to kill him. also ahead, if you heard about the dangers of texting while driving, listen to this, ho

welcome to "news4 today." i am richard jordan. >> and i am angie goff. the caps fell last night to the new york rangers 2-1. new york wins the series four games to three.

a condo released video of a beating. it happened at 14th and w streets friday afternoon. a man was attacked when he was asked to pick up a beer can. the victim suffered a broken jaw, a face fracture and lost some teeth. and romney got the most applause for comments on same-sex marriage. romney told the crowd, the marriage must remain between one man and one woman. and then three students from boston university were killed in a car accident. >> students, faculty and members of the boston university community gathered in grief saturday night. they came together to mourn the

loss of three of their own. >> we gathered tonight on this beautiful evening at the heart of our campus as a university family to share the grief and find some solace in our university family. three were killed in new zealand. the minivan they were riding in crashed there on a remote road. >> can you see scrape marks where the vehicle has left the road. they left into the gravel. >> local authorities say the vehicle flipped and several students were thrown from the van. the students were on a group trip to see a popular hiking spot in new zealand. all of them were part of the study abroad program and had been in the country since january. the news travelled back to the campus now dealing with shock and sadness.

>> if anything happens to any of us all of us feel it so immediately there was so many reactions of remorse from people that don't even know them. >> as the community comes together to share in sorrow. francis coe, nbc news. oral roberts university is asking for prayers after four people associated with the school died in a plane crash. it happened on friday when their plane crash and caught fire. three people onboard were graduates, and one person was an instructor. entsb said air traffic control lost contact shortly after the pilot got permission to descend to a lower altitude. and prince georges county police investigate a deadly

motorcycle accident where the rider was killed in the crash around 9:15 last night west of branch avenue. the motorcycle collided with a tractor tailor. they have not said who is to blame for that accident. law enforcement officers are leading a massive search in rugged terrain to find a missing fbi agent. federal officials say the 35-year-old ivans may be depressed and suicidal. his wife reported him missing when he left their house possibly with a gun. about 100 law enforcement officers from several agencies searched the area this weekend. the fbi does not consider ivans a threat to others. 362 officers will be dedicated at a law enforcement

memorial near judiciary score. yesterday, president obama honored the top cops at a white house ceremony. he personally thanked officers that won an award for their courage while on duty. >> for the men and women standing behind me, america's top cops, that day came. when they did, they were ready. they did not flinch or back off. there are people who are alive today only because of their courage. recipien recipien recipients were congratulate. the pwaoudest leader, the

dalai lama has received warnings about his safety. the dalai lama did not know if the fake believers were from another organization. and shipping an ipad could be more difficult. the postal service is banning shipments of electronics of lithium batteries. you will still be able to send them overseas with private shipping companies. and then some residents in ft. lee are keeping their cell phones in their pocket. it's part of a an effort to keep peds safe. >> do you know how much d.c. could make off of something like

that? >> 85 times every single person out there. >> yeah, it's a real problem. the sometime 9:36. if you are going out for pwrupb thfp mother's day, we will tell you where you can catch, breakfast, lunch and dinner free. >> and two of the administrators charged in connection with the sapb sex scandal. it's because of a calendar glitch. it's commencement season. on monday, president obama travels to new york city where he gives the commencement address at an all-women's school affiliated with columbia university, and then the president will appear on "the view" on tuesday, and then romney will get one step closer to clinching the nomination with primaries in oregon.

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this morning's women i child is proved to be a gifted athlete. he is 13 years old. >> barbara harrison took him to meet some of georgetown's football team recently.

>> reporter: 13-year-old stanton got to run a play with some of the georgetown players. they were impressed and so was coach kelly. >> we had him out here a few minutes ago with the guys and he's a real good athlete. >> stanton has to go to high school but then he wants to go to a university like georgetown sometime and play football. >> what position do you want to play? >> running back and wide receiver. >> where do you play football tphao for my school in my community. >> right now he is in a group foster home, but those that know him say he would benefit to have a loving family to support his goals. >> a family that will commit to him and be active. he thrives. >> statten says he would like a

family that enjoys playing and just would like to be together. >> a single father or a single mom, don't matter, or both. >> he wants to be like these guys. >> we want to invite you to one of the home games. we want you to go to a pregame meal and be on the sideline as our guest. how does that sound? >> great. >> if you have room in your home or heart for stanton. call or visit the website nbcwashington.com. >> he has some skills. >> definitely a bright future. >> all over the place. so the weather, though, not so bad? >> i like the way this is going so far on your mother's day. there are still rain chances in the forecast. we will talk about that when we

come back. but for now, sunday is off to a

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graze. >> dads don't like putting together all that stuff. >> oh, yeah. i love ikea, but putting them together, that's tough. >> i know what my mechanical skills are like. >> but a couple free treats for moms is great. outside we go. a beautiful sunday morning. happy mother's day to all the moms out there. i hope everybody treats you nice today. sometimes they don't treat you nice the other 364. one of my favorite greeting cards, a cartoon, the mom sitting on the couch and the kids saying, mom, the server is down! 69 degrees right now, in washington. winds out of the south averaging 6 miles per hour. we are off to a beautiful start

today. temperatures climbing into the middle and upper 60s in most neighborhoods. a few spots, fredericksburg. up near 80 degrees this afternoon. and waldorf, maryland, 81. the clouds increasing after about 2:00, 3:00 or 4:00 this afternoon. and after midnight into the predawn hours tomorrow morning, rain drops starting to appear. temperatures in the mid-60s in waldorf on monday morning. no rain in the immediate forecast, but there are rain drops in far western west virginia and most moisture is headed for pennsylvania, this moisture down across tennessee, and alabama and georgia and the western carolinas, this will come up the spine of the appellations and bring us a rain

chance here starting overnight tonight and into tomorrow. can't rule out one or two random showers for you moms out in the shenandoah valley later this afternoon, and a dry start for today. high pressure giving way to low pressure. shower possibilities starting to sneak in in the shenandoah valley. by 9:00 or 10:00 tonight, the first wave of rain drops in the shenandoah valley. it will be rainier on the way home tomorrow afternoon and evening, and then the heavy rains move to the front half of tuesday. for today, nice and warm. the clouds will be on the increase. i can't rule out one or two showers later today. i don't want to give you the 100% clear and be burned by that. tuesday, cloudy skies and rain showers in the mid-70s.

we clear it out and dry it out and warm it up on into next wabgd. we have no 6:00 news tonight, so it's @chuckbell on twitter. it was a lot of money. about $1,000. >> the small part of your registration that could big problems. tune in on monday morning, and we will have the traffic

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charges could soon be dropped in the sex abuse scandal. the date jerry sandusky listed that he could have assaulted a boy is off the a year, and that deals with issues. president obama made history on gay marriage. what about the politics? it gives energy to his side but does it energize the romney camp? and what about the story that romney bullied a high school student? could that matter all these years later?

and the obama campaign is using the bush 2004 play book. join me and andrew sullivan, and henderson for a great roundtable. here is david gregory. >> coming up, after news of jpmorgan's lost, there are questions as to whether wall street is truly transformed and how something like this could happen. and joining me is ceo, jamie dimon. the vice president came out in favor of same-sex marriage and president obama followed suit in a couple days. with me this morning, the republican party chairman, plus our political roundtable with analysis. all coming up this morning on "meet the press." and then after the program on "press pass," you can see my

full energy with jamie dimon. >> a lot to watch. but moms probably want to get out. >> yesterday, plenty of sunshine, and even with the clouds increasing later this afternoon, i think we will be within a whisper of 80 degrees today. be ready for the rain, but not today. >> thank you, chuck. we hope that everybody enjoyed the broadcast and all the moms out there, happy mother's day. >> don't forget to