afternoon and evening rain in the pacific northwest. 72 in seattle. 87 in sacramento. 90 in salt lake city. 80s from fargo to indianapolis. dallas still hot, 104. new orleans 94. some low 80s from boston to baltimore. it is a much calmer day in the northeast after a day of drenching downpours. strong, slow-moving storms triggered flash flooding from maine to virginia. hail and up to 2 inches of rain inundated streets in the baltimore area. gusty winds knocked down trees and power lines, leaving thousands to cope without power. one of the most controversial sex abuse cases in the world may be coming to a stunning end. the new york city prosecutor s office has invited the hotel maid who claims she was abused to an extraordinary meeting later today. abused by dominique strauss-kahn, the former imf head. abc s aaron katersky has been following this story. reporter: the woman at the center of this explosive case, nafissatou diallo,o,as been summoned to a meeting. dominique strauss
welcome back, everybody. time for the skinny. this is the event everyone s been talking about all weekend, the big kim kardashian wedding and the media extravaganza that it turned into. i ve forgiven her for cheating on me. you re disappointed she s now off the market? i took her off the market for a few months. a few of the details obviously have come out before the big tv spectacular which will air in early october. she wore the vera wang gown, ivory gown, her bridesmaids, her sisters, wore ivory gowns as well. the program included a touching tribute to her late dad, robert kardashian. they say kourtney s son mason, the ring bearer, he almost stole the show. really cute little kid, came down the aisle, everybody loved it. wolfgang puck catered the affair, all this. the real story is the money involved in this. this thing, not in terms of what they spent but what they could make on the wedding, $18 million. listen to this.
locations of both mr. giordano and miss gardner, it s yet another piece of evidence that s inconsistent with his story. reporter: this is just the latest disturbing detail to emerge. last week, abc news learned that investigators were looking into a life insurance policy taken out on gardner which named giordano as the beneficiary. we re investigating that material to see if there s credibility to the investigation. reporter: abc news is looking into reports giordano tried to collect on that life insurance just two days after the maryland woman seemingly vanished. no one is saying she s dead at that point. obviously he s basically saying, she s dead. how does he know that? well, perhaps he knows because he was involved. reporter: t.j. winick, abc news. so much damaging evidence against this guy. we should remind folks he s not officially been charged in the case but they are detaining him at least until the end of the moh because he s obviously a person of interest in the c
abbie boudreau, abc news, los angeles. the numbers tell the story. at one point on friday, gold was going for 1,900 bucks an ounce. it s gone up 30% this year alone. and the demand s going to stay strong so those numbers could go further. i sold way too early. e ectly. there may still be room for people to get in. potentially, even though it s at record highs when you re talking about dollars right now. actually, once you adjust for inflatioio the peak in 1980 was actually even higher. really. you can still buy some. still. i m going out after work today. coming up next, gerard depardieu, did i say that right, depardieu? i think so. close enough. his apology and his explanation after he made a little bit of a mess. little bit. just a little bit on an airline flight. kim and kris, their wedding and all the money involved. get the scoop coming up in the skinny.
that people say that it s all about giving and family. which, you know, jerry seinfeld used to say nothing wrong with, that you know. really about jesus and god. that s getting lost. how do we fix it? how do we win the war? i think the war is lost as i was saying but i think you can do there s always next year, father. next year but i don t know, it s hard to beat madison avenue. i think it s really sort of engaging in passive resistance, the new regime in power and i would say it s carving out time for yourself, you know, really cutting back on shopping and going crazy. and sort of reclaiming christmas for yourself in your own life. rather than kind of fighting it, saying i m reclaim it for myself. if you believe in christmas, make sure your children understand. absolutely. that s part of the to tell them the kri mass story, not just the santa story. that s good. father james martin, very interesting thoughts. my pleasure. merry christmas, father. and to you.