many traditions in this sport, some long time and some recent. one of the recent ones is the team picture. one of the long time ones is the conn smythe trophy and then the presentation of the cup. and we'll just remind you, there is a little mystery about that. but meanwhile, the celebration goes on and it will last all summer. until they put the engraving tool to the old 122-year-old trophy. teravainen is one they'll need to be careful on. kane probably not so much. jonathan toews and pierre. >> pierre: this is the time we've had the opportunity to do this. the first time in chicago. you're at the top of the nhl mountain. how's the view? >> i can't -- it doesn't feel real right now.

it's unbelievable. it feels like a dream. every time we do it it gets better and better. there's a bunch of guys in the room now looking for their first one. you want to do it for them more than anything. it's an amazing feeling. >> pierre: before the season started, we talked about your nhl dream going back to your hometown in winnipeg. you've seen the dream three times. how different is it this time? >> i don't know. we keep wanting it more and more. this is what it's all about. this is why we play the game for the group in the room and all the great fans in chicago. it unites the whole city. like i said it doesn't get any better here. >> pierre: all right, jonathan, go enjoy your teammates. doc. >> mike: they continue the enjoyment. joel quenneville must find june the 15th special. 15 years ago he got the jack adams award as coach of the year for st. louis.

his mother gloria made the trip from windsor for ceremony. 27 years ago today he was drafted by the maple leafs. when he returned to windsor with gloria, the neighbors had a huge banner in front of the house, thrilled that he was drafted by their favorite team. windsor is close to detroit but i guess there is a boundary there in some cases. scottie bowman was out there with him just a moment ago. one of the stalwart defensemen brent seabrook is with pierre. >> pierre: hourw does this one feel? >> we've been lucky enough to win three. every time we've won it it seems to get better. we battled tonight, tampa bay is a hell of a team. we have to watch out for them,

they'll be doing what we've been doing for the last six years so we have to watch out for them. it's been a lot of fun. they're a great team. can't say enough about it. was there ever a point this playoff series where you were concerned this wasn't going to happen? >> you always have ups and downs throughout the playoffs. i think we played some really good games early, i thought we had some tough games early. for the most part we have a good team. we know what we can do what we're capable when we play how we're supposed to play. the boys all stuck it out, got together. we wanted to do this again so we gave it all we had. >> pierre: i think back to game six here against anaheim and game seven. what was said on your flight going out west because most of the people didn't think that was going to happen. >> we're not flying all this way to lose. we did it last year. we had a tough ending against l.a. and we wanted to come out this year and be right here be

right -- have a chance to win the stanley cup. so we were able to pull out a big series win against anaheim and we were able to do what we can right here. >> pierre: you've won the stanley cup for the third time my friend. go relax and enjoy your teammates. >> awesome, thank you very much. doc. >> mike: you just saw the chairman rocky wirt celebrating with some of his employees on the ice. a great deal took place very kickly quickly once he took the reins of the club. it sure is a full house now. a legislateendary manager once said you see this quarter? it was once a nickel. there are a lot of quarters being made with the sale of

jerseys identical to the ones you are seeing. patrick kane is rousing the troops some more. no one is in any hurry to go. the most valuable player receives the conn smythe trophy. eddie olczyk who has called a number of winning horses in the last three or four years has said this will be duncan keith's trophy. the fans chant "we want the cup." it is here. the conn smythe you have just seen will be brought out. looks pretty good for 122, doesn't it? all the names are etched on

there, well over 2,000 of them. weighs 35 pounds and it is remarkable with hernias and other injuries players and executives have been able to lift that 35 pounds even under doctor's warnings to not lift more than two. eddie olczyk has said that duncan keith will win this. it can go to a player on the losing team but since 1976 it has not gone to a losing skater. odds are eddie's right. >> eddie: up see paul goodman, the strength and conditioning coach talking to duncan keith. you see the c.r. on his chest, they lost one of their long-time

equipment men, clint rice during this season. i'm sure he is smiling down on his team. >> as seen in commercials and as scenes in announcements that pertain to the keeper of the cup. the conn smythe is there and the voice of gene honda. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, direct your attention to the ice for the presentation of the conn smythe trophy to the most valuable player of the 2015 stanley cup playoffs. >> tonight this is truly the house on madison. let's congratulate the tampa bay lightning and chicago blackhawks on a great stanley cup final. [ cheers and applause ]

the conn smythe trophy goes to the most valuable player in the playoffs. the unanimous selection, duncan keith! [ cheers and applause ] >> mike: a 60-minute claim to clinch the stanley cup, he played -- now the big one. >> announcer: and now, ladies and gentlemen, the stanley cup!

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[ cheers and applause ] >> well chicago, that's three cups in six seasons. i'd say you have a dieynasty. and you great fans deserve it. congratulations to stan mcdonagh, coach quenneville, the coaching staff and rocky wirtz. but let's hear it for these great players. they left it all out on the ice. [ cheers and applause ] captain jonathan toews, it's

your honor to hoist the stanley cup. >> mike: who will receive it first? will it be the 40-year-old defenseman who has longed for this moment? yes, sir. and jonathan toews has told him to skate it.

what a wonderful moment for him. and now it's handed off again to antoine vermette, two winning goals in six games. to the sound of "we are the champions." you've been watching the stanley cup final presented by geico, chart of nbc sports championship season. coming up next except on the west coast is your late local news followed by "the late show with stanley fallon" and over on nbcsn, our stanley cup coverage continues. >> announcer: nbc sports thanks you for watching this presentation of the stanley cup final.

. now at 11:00, awaiting her explanation. embattled naacp leader ready to speak for the first time about

her racial identity. tonight we dig into a discrimination lawsuit she filed here in washington. >> no relief o from the crowded commute. new word tonight about safety inspections on metro. >> and the lone suspect in d.c.'s mansion murder case, ready to make a change in court tomorrow. >> she will break her silence in eight hours life on the "today" show. today we are taking a closer look to rachel dolezal's connection to d.c. >> accused of posing as african-american sued howard university for more than a decade ago. she claimed at the time she was district nated against because she was white. >> jackie benson got a ruling and she is live on the howard campus now. jackie? >> this lawsuit filed in the district filled in blank spots in this strange story. now it does confirm that rachel dolezal did attend graduate

school here on a teaching scholarship and that when she was here, she did not appear to be trying to pass as african-american. this 2005 d.c. court of appeals opinion upheld the original findings in the lawsuit against howard university by rachel dolezal, known by her married name, rachel moore in 2002. she claims she was a victim of discrimination while a graduate student at university. she claims officials removed some of her artwork in a 2001 art exhibition in order to favor african-american students. the court ultimately ruled in howard's favor. with curiosity and a measure of compassion for dolezal who resigned as head of the spokane, washington naacp. >> a lot of kids go home in the summer so you don't see many people. >> i feel she stood up for

cause. she stood up for our rights, even though she wasn't quote unquote one of us. >> one of the documents that submitted to get into howard led to the perception she was american, from the perspective of the artwork. when she arrived here they realized she was white and said she never pretended while she was here to be anything else. back to you. >> jackie thanks. naacp released a new statement about dolezal's resignation. saying the naacp isn't concerned with the lead areship but the integrity of our advocacy. our focus must be on issues, not individuals. sense the scandal broke, dolezal has been silent on her race and everything else but she speaks and breaks that silence tomorrow on the "today" show in an exclusive sit-down interview with matt lauer. that's tomorrow morning at 7:00 right avenues 4 today. >> metro passengers were hoping

for some relief from crowded commutes tomorrow. but tonight news 4 learned they will have to wait a little longer. live at the metro station with an update, shomari? >> metro says the 4,000 series rail cars, there's no timeframe for their return. this will most likely cause a longer commute for a lost folks as they go on metro on their way to work and other things that they need do. tonight we have learned metro will continue its inspection of about 100 metro rail cars and this will keep the large eight-car trains off the track for longer than was initially suspected. the new development leads commuters with smaller six-car trains. metro said the troubled 4000 series would likely return to service this week. that's not happening. 4,000 series cars saw trouble when car doors opened while cars were in motion. riders captured as doors opened, trains traveled and cars will

not be back on the tracks for tomorrow's commute. again back out here live, the inspection process is still going on. live in northwest d.c. i'm shomari stone. >> the judge ordering a mental health evaluation for jerez coleman. he faces 11 felony counts for incidents that started last december and ended last month. according to the u.s. attorney's office, prosecutors played what she say were coleman's prank 911 calls. he was once in the reality show "catfish." >> new tonight, the man charged with killing four people in a d.c. mansion has a new attorney. public defenders will no longer represent daron wint. he will tell a judge he hired shawn hanover of fairfax as his defense attorney.

their 10-year-old son and housekeeper were held hostage until $40,000 cash was delivered to the mansion. he is accused of killing the victims and sitting the house on fire. police believe he had help but he is the only one that's been arrested. >> sentencing for the man who jumped over the white house fence and inside the mansion. omar gonzalez got into what is supposed to be the most secure building in washington. it triggered security changes, including changes to the white house fence. the attorney for gonzalez has timed served citing his service in the army. prosecutors want gonzalez to serve 21 months in prison. >> evening storms, sounding awfully familiar. doug, sounds like it's not changing any time soon. >> not any time soon. one more full day of this, then we will see a change. but tomorrow may be the hottest day we've seen so far this season. today a hot one that the heat index hit 101. with that we saw scattered showers and storms vel pop they

came right on through. most of the area down south those are out of here an currently we're not dealing with any storms around the region. we will see a fairly tranquil night. though it is very warm and humid. temperature downtown, 82ing about. heat index at 87 and that's at 11:00 at night. tonight's headlines, heat index tomorrow. easily around 100 degrees. most likely higher than that. a couple cooler days. don't expect much. tropical storm bill form oed and i will tell you what that means for our weather in a couple minutes. >> thank you, doug. a maryland judge kidnapped and assault said stepping down. montgomery county circuit court submitted a letter of retirement just months after she was re-elected to a 15-year term to the bench. her retirement begins july 3rd but she won't hear any more cases before that. creighton made headlines after a domestic dispute with her

ex-boyfriend. court records show creighton once served as his public defender. >> beaches are open. a lot of folks are refuse oing to get into the water in north carolina after two horrifying shark attacks caused two teenagers their arms. the search is on off the carolina coast. authorities don't know if one or two sharks are responsible. in the first case a 12-year-old girl was in waist-deep water when the shark attacked. an hour later a 16-year-old boy was attacked two miles away. officials say quick thinking by standers helped save their lives. >> it was like a scene all of a sudden out of jaws. people are yelling, get out of the water. call 911. shark, shark! >> both children today have their arms amputated. north carolina had just four shark attacks in 2014. the state with the most by far was florida with 28 attacks last year. >> a toddler remains in critical condition tonight after nearly drowning at a water park in

fairfax county today. emergency crews rushed the child to the hospital sunday after he was found in the bottom of a pool. lightning forced lifeguards to clear the pool and that's when someone spotted the boy at the bottom. park officials say the pool was fully staffed at the time. lifeguard did what they were supposed to do. the boy was at the park with his family. investigators have not said what happened when he went under. >> a financial predator will spend a decade in prison for stealing two homes in prince george's county. prosecutors tell us johnson broke into a vacant home in 2013 started living there. that same year, johnson and a friend stole the upper marlboro home of a dead woman. johnson also worked with shannon lee. lee rented out forcloseeclosed homes she didn't own. she was sentenced to six months

in prison. >> he has leading republican polls for month os but wasn't officially a candidate until today. he is the 11th republican to declare he is running for the job once held by both his father and his brother. and his announcement in south florida, he tried to separate himself from obama's foreign policy. >> we keep dependable friends in this world by being dependable ourselves. i will rebuild our vital friendships and that starts by standing with the brave democratic state of israel. >> bush has the biggest campaign war chest among the gop contenders. some $100 million raise sewed far. >> next at 11:00, new video of a cop using a taser on a 13-year-old run away. tonight why the police department's defending his tactics. >> celebration at the national cathedral.

the first phase of earthquake repair in the book. it will be a long time before they celebrate phase 2. >> and the worst kept seek o rhett in washington. private party featuring muse oic royalty at the white house. >> i have your first traffic tonight. all shoulders are closed for a bridge inspection. that's going to last until

a special service tonight to mark the end of restoration work

inside the washington national cathedral. the work began last spring after the building suffered extensive damage from the 2011 earthquake. phase 1 of the restoration process cost $10.5 million. phase 2 will include repairs to the outside of the building and that will take much longer. construction will last more than a decade and is expected to cost about $22 million. >> a company that makes money protecting your pass words has just been hacked. the last pass company said its security team discovered suspicious activity on its network and blocked it. lastpass said hackers did not get access to user accounts but may have gotten e-mail addresses and pass word reminder information. so go figure, lastpass sent out an e-mail tonight to members telling them to change their pass words. >> the cost of the search for two escaped killers in upstate new york is now over $10 million

and climbing and cost o of about a million dollars a day. tonight police teams search man manholes for matt and sweat. the prison worker accused of helping them break out was back in court today. she was investigated with a prior sexual incident with one of the escapyies but there wasn't enough evidence to remove her from her job. >> a san diego deputy using a stun gun on o a run away teenager. take a look. the deputy said there was a struggle after he tried several times to get the 13-year-old into his squad car. he said he had to use his taser because the teen bit him. >> what we have is really an out of control juvenile who could have prevented this whole ordeal just by obeying the command of the police officer and being returned home. >> they are defending the office are's tactics and showing photos

of the bite marks on his arm. there is no dash cam video showing what happened before the incident. >> will pool party incident that dominated headlines and cost a police officer his job cell phone video showing mckinney police officer casebolt started protest. the d.a. said he is confident the police can investigate but the prosecution wants an independent investigation. protesters are calling for criminal charges against the officer. >> the latest on a big storm about to hit the gulf coast within hours. it has just become a named tropical storm within the past hour or so. and families in texas and louisiana will start feeling storm conditions later tonight. take a look at radar showing the latest on what's now tropical storm bill. we could start to see flooding and great of the risk is to air

yes, sir around houston, dallas and oklahoma city. this new video showes a power of all that water as it rushes into a restaurant during the last storm. that's why crews in houston have been trying to shore up various barricades as best they can. areas around the city could get hit with up to 10 inches of rain in one day. so officials are positioning emergency vehicles ahead of time. this is all part of the country that flooded just a few weeks ago. so thousands of people are stocking up on the essentials and buying as much bottled water and packs of batteries as they can. officials expect the heaviest downpour to start around sun rise. >> that's good news. that makes it a daylight event as opposed to the memorial day event, which was largely at night when people couldn't see. >> the risk of flooding starts tuesday morning but it could continue all the way through thursday. doug? >> yeah, that's right, chris. this storm system making its way up the coast right now towards the gulf coast up towards houston again this is tropical storm bill and you can see where

this storm ends. it just became tropical a little bit earlier this after even in and the named storm just became a named storm as of 11:00 tonight. on this track making its way close to houston. it'll pass just down south. unfortunately the rain on this is just going to be to the north of the track. so that includes houston and dallas. could come up with 40 mile per hour winds. but once again, the wind is not a big factor here. it'll be the flooding as it moves on the next couple of days. we will watch that for sure. they could easily see some locations that gets upwards of 10 inches of rain and already saturated areas. that's something we are watching as we make our way through the next couple of days. out there now in our area, not the rain. it is the heat once again. current temperature of 82 degrees with that heat index of 87. that's 11:00 at night. temperatures won't go down all that much. we may go down to 78, 79.