he became ill but former d.c. mayor anthony williams will take his place in mid september. again locally and jenkins longtime and fierce advocate for d.c. statehood said kennedy as recently last year reiterated his strong support for the determination. >> ted kennedy is a tremendous loss for d.c. he supported statehood from the very beginning. he believed in us. he said that d.c. should not be the nation's last colony. >> reporter: jenkins walked up to kennedy and barack obama last year at american university. >> and i went right up to them and they -- informed me enthusiasticallyhat yes, we support full statehood. >> we will hear more about local people who fell the kennedy impact right here in the nation's capital. wendy, back to you. >> tom sherwood, thanks, tom. senator kennedy was a true champion of health care. one of his life's long goals was to achieve universal health care

for america. a goal he would never see completed. it was one year ago that he spoke about that at the democratic national convention. >> and this is the cause of my life. new hope. that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee that every american, north, south, east, west, young, old will have decent quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege. >> kennedy's colleagues and congress continue to grapple with what the late senator called the cause of his life. and lawmakers are saying today kennedy as absence from the current health care debate will be felt. news4's chris gordon joins us live from capitol hill with more on that part of the story. chris? >> reporter: it has been his top legislative priority but this summer because of his illness senator kennedy was only able to watch on tv as the debate heated up across the country at town

meetings. like the one held locally last night at south lakes high school. >> yes, we can! >> no, you can't! >> reporter: it was a raucous town meeting on health care reform tuesday night at this high school in reston, virginia. opponents made their feelings known as the forum to northern virginia congressman jim moran and howard dean. moran says that on their way to the town meeting, he and howard dean discussed senator edward kennedy's commitment to health care reform. and what shame it was his illness prevented kennedy from participating in the rough and tumble debates. >> this is now our opportunity to make the world a better place because that is what ted kennedy wanted. you know, he -- he was -- born to an advantaged life and spent his life on be half of the disadvantaged. well, that's kind of the measure of a man. >> reporter: moran is a friend of kennedy's son, congressman

patrick kennedy of rhode island. who told them that in his last days senator edward kennedy only wanted to talk about health care reform. it had been his top priority in which he endorsed president barack obama during the primaries and wanted obama to make it his first order of business when elected president. kennedy is known as a partisan and a liberal who was able to forge deals with republicans to pass historic legislation on civil rights and education. >> senator who used that institution to create all sorts of things he cared about, went across party lines and was automobile to make that senate work in the way it should be working. >> maybe in his passing, he has done as much to advance his cause. because we all know we owe it to him to get this bill done, to make this his legacy, to name it after him so future generations

know that dash there is somebody who cared about them. >> reporter: senator kennedy's family let it be known today that instead of flowers in his memory, they want congress to pass a health care reform bill. that's the latest from capitol hill. back to you in the studio. >> chris gordon. chris, thank you. local lawmakers remember senator kennedy with admiration. maryland congressman chris van hollen has senator kennedy had the ability to bring people together. >> certainly will have an impact on the political life in the country because he was somebody who was able to bring people together and passionate about his issues. but he had the ability to bring people together to get things done and i'm hopeful that in reflecting on his legacy we will remember that we need to work together to get things done. >> he worked with senator kennedy on health care reform. memorial plans are starting to

emerge. enator kennedy will lie in repose tomorrow and thursdayt a the john f. ken re presidential brdaran ny umse ewn iboston. analerunasser followsur sdaaty bo on obour lady of perct hhtulteaal basilica. l ieil burd at arlington b national seem tear where his er members of his family are also buriednd kennedy is eeligior fbl burial thbyir vetuth of his service nd csesgr and a as well asis two years in the army during the early '50s. most of us know ted kennedy as a u.s. senator. but to some washingtonians he was simply a neighbor and a friend. news4's tracee wilkins has more from the d.c. neighborhood that kennedy cled home. >> he was here quite a bit in the spring and i -- i had the feeling that he was getting his affairs in order. >> reporter: senator kennedy's maybeors on tracy place in northwest say even though they understood the prognosis for kennedy's illness it still didn't make the news of his passing this morning any easier to take. >> it was mixed in a sense that

i was shocked initially that i heard that he had passed away last night. i heard it on the radio this morning. but then i remembered that, you know, that that was part of the whole diagnosis. that it would not be very long. >> reporter: neighbors who knew kennedy tell us that even though he was a top political celebrity, he was inviting and opened his life and home to the folks who lived on the street. >> they had been very good neighbors and they have included us and other neighbors for his 75th birthday and a few years ago which was quite an interesting evening because everyone from the media was there and everybodyimportant, clintons and obama was there and all -- family members, caroline can and the shrivers. >> i'm going to miss him as a neighbor. >> reporter: john vanguard, kennedy was more an neighbor. they were friends. >> he called me one time and said the greatest father/son experience i ever had was taking my older son down the colorado river.

and patrick, my youngest son,s 13. ready to go and wants to take your son along. and it is -- he ought to come, too. we spent five days floating in the colorado river and got to know him well during that time. he was a lot of fun. >> senator kennedy's van is still here in front of the house. neighbors tell us he loved to drive his vehicle because he could get his dogs into the back of it and easily transport them from place to place and from time to time he needed to get a wheelchair into that vehicle as well. here in front of the front door, you can see a welcome matd. picture of a sailboat. something she absolutely loved to do. the neighbors tell me this was his wife's dream street. they moved here about ten years ago and they say that they brought so much life to the block they hope that his wife wi will remain. >> a great dog park in that neighborhood. he would be out there with the tennis courts and hitting the dogs to the dogs. to learn more about the legacy of senator kennedy we are joined

by nbc washington bureau chief mark whitaker. ted kennedy learned to be a great senator. take us back to the early years. >> it is interesting. we are remembering him now as the lion in the senate brt you are right. he wasn't always that way. there are three stages of his life. the first stage, he was the kid brother who was actually considered a little bit of a lightweight not quite as smart or talented as his younger brothers. when he firstot his senate seat in massachusetts, people thought well, it is just because of jfk. then after first -- john kennedy and robert kennedy were assassinated, a period where i think he feels his expectation that he has to be the next kennedy to run for president which perhaps he wasn't suited to be. but then after 1980, when he takes onimmy carter, sitting incumbent president, almost wins but then loses, carter goes on to lose to ronald reagan, think think he realized he would never be president and devoted himself to becoming a great legislator and that's what he did over the next 30 years. >> look at what the civil rights

act, american with disabilities act and look at the things he ushered through and or his legacy. >> you know, the ledge slatedive process is a mysterious to a lot of people. but he passed the kinds of things where we can see the results in our daily lives. we can see the ramps for the disabled can get in and out of buildings. sports teams for girls because title 9. if somebody loses their job or has to leave their job they can get cobra insurance. a legacy of teddy kennedy. so it is tangible and gave up the chairmanship of the judiciary committee, great grandstanding committee as we know to become head of the labor committee because he thought that he could actually do more good for working people there. >> you know, there were so many turning points in -- barack obama's journey to the white house across the street american university. the endorse many by the kennedys. safe to say that was one of the biggest moments. >> absolutely key because i think there was a sense even

then that after obama had won iowa and was a serious contender he had come out of nowhere. and kennedy provided a link to the past. to the tradition of the democratic party and sort of gave obama that blessing and he also said that his brother had inspired a new generation to be interested in politics and that obama was doing the same thing. >> right, right. >> all right. >> thanks. washington bureau chief mark whitaker. thanks so much. . weatre aiteci tlhat "nbc tt "nbc nightly news"ill be br tidc a kennedy. ng a full hour tonhtf . sosto tay to stayew and bcthwis4ew nndinwash nbcwashingm .racoge ou si wgeteas our webte hher'na fes toli tofg se alr'toons life alg ac rotirehifeon m acreri fonshim fs friends an ea.co eanct r bioy. reaction byea e-mailinnbngcwhiaston.com.

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political leaders all over the world are expressing their sorrow and condolences at the loss of senator kennedy. >> he is remembered fondly in the united kingdom. earlier this year during a visit to washington prime minister brown announced queen elizabeth had awarded the senator an honorary knight hood and kennedy was respected for his role in the northern ireland peace process. a role he took in spite of the risk it would have alienated voters at home. >> something very powerful and something that has never been done before. something that has made an enormous difference to the lives of people and belfast. >> today the irish prime

minister said the world lost a great and respected statesman and prime minister brown of england call kdyened h ine n wordsedhe senator of senators. coming up a little later on "news4 at 5:00," our coverage continues as we remember the life of ted kennedy here in our area. we will take a look at his impact on the community at american university. and bringouur more reaction, including an emotional tribute from vice president biden today. bob joins us now to take a look at the weather and we have changes towards the end of this week. >> we do. another hot one today. 90 degrees. more 90-degree days in august than we had in july. s i p tuteo y jthulutake a look tut mid part of the trere luhee ty. b see where the blues are. july was thewh coolest monthha , many states. as a matter of fact, in seven midwest states july was t a coolest or second coolest ever. so what's that mean? what was the global average temperature, do you thask, for july? there are your choices.

it is wednesday weather quiz. globally. global temperature for july. remember, the mid part of the country, united states had the coolest there are your choices. cooler than avere, near average. slightly above average or global average temperature, fifth warmest july ever. >> near average. >> near erage. >> around the whole world. entire world. >> i'm going to have to follow her lead. >> near average. surprisingly, even though it was e coolestu july in many states in the mid part of the country, globally, it wasle the fifth warmest july that's been measured. that was from the folks at the national climatic data center and a way to look at it. look at calf. redders. there's the blue area where it was so cool in the united states but around the globe, there were many other areas that had one of their warmest julys of all time. as a matter of fact, the water temperature, july water temperature was well above the long-term average. here we are in the water temperatures.

many folks, many scientists think with increase change, climate changes, the earth's oceans are warming. more conducive to this like that. that is danny now. danny a tropical storm. latest winds are 45 miles an hour. 735 miles away from cape hatteras. latest track. you can see tha area of uncertainty. what that means is there's roughly about a 70% chance the track will be in that boundary. you can see it is now trend, trending a little bit more out towards the east. the impact around ocean city in spots like that heading out to the beaches will be for heavy surf once again. right now, in and around us, there's nothing going ono our south there have been more s.ow u secayoe onn again along the coast, nothing associated with danny. as a matter of fact, at ocean city, look at the day they had. beautiful day out there. overnight tonight, we are going to see some of that humidity in on us.

the effects from danny will not be anything that will affect us or -- will even notice until about saturday. weather front, though, will be setting up showers and thundershowers as we get into friday. meantime, partly cloudy. warm with overnight temperatures. only about 70 degrees. tomorrow when you get up and head out we are going to be seeing temperatures into the low 70s. partly sunny skies. can't rule out completely that tomorrow afternoon there may be afternoon shower or thundershower for you folks in otsig h asass of west virginiah y.tear t idsow get ie towards the weekend, any impact from danny right now around the washington area would be just some showers. but there will be some likely strong winds at the beach. and once again, heavy surf but the very, very latest is the trends are that it would stay offshore and not have a major impact on any of the shore areas. but lot of clouds and showers for saturday the way it looks. >> sounds like it. bob, thank you. when we come back with you on "news4 at 5:00," terror on the beltway when two wheels fly off of a loaded dump truck and

strike another vehicle. we will tell you what happened to the unsuspecting drivers. >> this man didn't go to .tihouse when his man caught hia cheating. he went to the corner with this sign. >> tell us aboutne someo you think s.peomcial

we are following news of hek has ic has died. sources are identifying them as transgendered persons. >> reporter: sources tell news4 that both of the victims appear to be male-to-female transgender persons. it happened in the 200 block of q street northwest about 2:00 this afternoon. d.c. police have cordoned off a large area, several blocks with yellow police tape as they search for witnesses and evidence. short time ago we spoke with d.c. police chief kathy linear and said that it is in the early stages of investigation. at this point they are looking into all possibilities and including the possibility that the two people may have been fighting each oer. they hope to learn more when they are able to interview the surviving victim at the hospital. >> jackie bensen. thank you, jackie. a multimillion dollar bridge

project is under way in prince george's county. route 301, 214, central avenue. crews are replacing the bridge deck on the southbound 301 and drivers going east on route 214 will not able to get on to 301. it is closed. construction crews will be allowed for two thru lanes on southbound 301 by using an existing lane and shoulder more than 50,000 vehicles crossed the bridge every day. frightening moments today on the beltway. we will tell you about a dump truck that lost two of its rear wheels. >> one of the wheels ended up striking another vehicle. derrick ward has that story. >> reporter: a dump truck was eastbound on the beltway near connecticut avenue. when the driver said it ran over road debris. >> between my wheels. came off. both wheels. >> reporter: one of the wheels

ended up in the westbound traffic where it struck the side of an suv with two people inside. luckily no one was seriously injured in that vehicle and the truck driver was safely able to bring the vehicle to a stop on the shoulder. a similar accident on the beltway last year had a very different outcome. pregnant woman died when a truck wheel came off when airborne and land order the windshield of her vehicle. >> most drivers are frightened by sharing a road with the trucks and feels ex-as perfect rated when an incident occurred. >> reporter: national highway transportation figure show in 2006 more than 385,000 trucks were somehow involved in traffic crashes. dedicated truck thoroughfare said not much can be done besides ensuring that big riggs are inspected and road worthy. >> margin of error is very slim and in this case, you have to think that providence, divine providence, for escaping something like that. >> reporter: this crash is still being investigated. the driver and passenger of the

suv were treated for minor injuries at a local hospital. both drivers are likely thanking asething cane to a guardsian angel. >> that accident slowed both eastbound and westbound traffic for a short time this afternoon. when we come right back on "news4 at 5:00," lal tocerchea trusted with kids is nowuscc aed of child abuse. find out how police caught up with the suspect. >> our coverage of the life of senator edward kennedy continues. we will head to the campus of american univeed

so many of his foes embrace him. they know that he made them bigger. he made them more graceful. by the way in which he conducted himself. >> vice president biden honoring senator kennedy. welcome back to the second half hour of "news4 at 5:00." i'm wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly. coming up in this half hour of federal reserve chairman, tyson's corner cheateder. "wednesday's child." backup quarterback. redskins fill-in speaks tout night about the season.

we begin with our top story of the day honoring senator ted kennedy. he is remembered as a master statesman that once said the pursuit of the presidency is not my life. public service is. kimberly suiters takes a look back. >> reporter: edward kennedy grew up in the shadow of two brothers that became american icons but his decades in stuchlt senate established him as a political legend and in his own right. >> undermine the medicare system and next will be social security. >> reporter: left with family wealth and fame, he was devoted to helping those less fortunate. massachusetts voters sent him to the senate in 1962. two years after brother john f. kennedy won the white house. >> the torch has been passed. >> reporter: heady days of camelot cut short by tragedy. jfk's assassination in 1963.

followed by robert kennedy's assassination in 1968. >> good and decent man. we saw wrong and tried to right it. saw suffering and tried to heal it. saw war and tried to stop it. >> reporter: then teddy's destiny and burden to run for president. he did in 1980 against president jimmy carter. kennedy lost the nomination. then delivered a stirring convention speech many considered his finest. >> the cause endure, the hope still lives, and the dreams shallev ner die. >> reporter: his political star was eclipsed by a tumultuous private life. he drove off this bridge at ary mjoary jo kopechne died and kennedy pleaded guilty the leaving thesc ene. his 24-year marriage to joan ended in divorce in 1982.

a decade later he marrieden victoria reggie that brought balance to his personal life and renewed sense of purpose in washington. at age 75, he appeared to be at the top of his game when he endorsed barack obama and in effect handing the kennedy torch to a new generation. >> our country's best days are still to come. >> reporter: edward kennedy l n lionized by liberals and demonized by conservatives but remembered by all as a passionate lawmaker who made a difference. kimberly suiters, news4. >> kennedy's death will also be remembered as one of the biggest news stories of the year. headline on newspapers displayed outside the newseum on pennsylvania avenue. the senator was often referred to as the lion because of the timing of kennedy's death. it was too late for many east coast papers to print it in material edition but appeared in most west coast papers. closer to home ted kennedy is being remembered tonight for his long standing relationship

with young people, general and american university in particular. the veteran lawmaker was a guest speaker on caus and dozens of times over the years. jane watrel joins us with more on that part of the story. jane? >> jim, american university has had a special relationship with the kennedy family. for four decades it hosted the kennedy political union, student-run lecture series and last year, ted kennedy made au the centerpiece for historic announcement. >> it is time again for a new generation of leadership. it is time now for barack obama. >> reporter: january 2008, a pivotal moment in barack obama's campaign. and as ted and caroline kennedy endorsed the illinois senator for president. >> with barack obama, we will turn the page on the old politics of misrepresentation and distortion. >> reporter: for american university, the atmosphere was electric.

distinguished professor of government. >> people in line for three blocks trying to get into the auditorium and couldn't get in. and it was a wonderful day for american university and the senator. >> reporter: this was just one of countless encounters the university had with edward kennedy. over 100 au students served as interns and staff for the massachusetts senator. he had spoken on campus dozens of times. but kennedy didn't limit his speeches t college kids. former maryland republican congresswoman connie morrell owe says ted kennedy also met with montgomery county high school students. urging them to choose a life of public service. >> he wanted to touch these young people to let them know that this is -- this is something that we are here for, to help others and public service is why our country is so great and you will help make it great. it will make you great. >> reporter: he remember it is political legend and his friend.

thurber lived three doors down from kennedy in northwest d.c. >> metro park a dog park. you know, in our neighborhood. he would bring his dogs. i'm sorry. >> reporter: a difficult day for many who knew kennedy as colleague, friend, and neighbor. >> he was a great neighbor. we had block parties. he helped the neighbors without saying much about it. helped them with medical things, mass general. he did a lot of things he didn't get publicity for. >> reporter: neighbors say they lost saw ted kennedy in july. they say while they knew he was sick, they are still coming to the grips he's really ne.go >> jane watrel. wtiasen medon e wtiened ear nitoat we invite to you watch anv i teo you watch a urho ""nbc on ofc nb""of ghnetlniwiwsy rith" an b"wp s.ne acssttseg livem hisnntyaor p hy. kennedy'seear cr y'emebl caree

.ndac in o american .fei that's this evening at 7:00 here right after "news4 at 6:00." >> still to come onatws 00 t,"5:at 5:00," the roadside punishment a wife's rag r oen display in tyss corner. we are keeping a close eye on danny. bob's back with the weather update for us.

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wh w areoi geng, tss what are we going to do? 92, our high temperature. we have o lot of sunshine out there. nothing on doppler. tomorrow we may see some out of the mountains. heading to school tomorrow, shorts certainly, another outdoor recess day. but temperatures tomorrow, once again, not quite as high as today because we will have a little bit more in northeasterly breeze. temperatures will be into the low 70s. next seven days by the time we get into friday, a little weak weather front around us will be the focus for some showers and thundershowers. none of those rain showers on friday anything to do with danny. if we see anything it would be later on on saturday, early sunday from danny. lot of uncertainty and so certainly don't change any plans that you made now. and then after it moves by, some nice weather coming in, late sunday and into next week the way it looks now. does not look like a major, major threat to our area and pretty heavy surf out at the beaches. back to you. >> thank you, bob. many of our wednesday's children head back to school don't have parents to buy them the school

supplies that they need. >> group known as the head hat ladies generously made sure the those kids don't feel left out. barbara harrison has our story. >> reporter: a magician has real tricks up his sleeve but the real magic was done by the ladies in red hats. once again, as in years past, they have come up with a way to help our wednesday's kids. >> we were looking for a project and i happened to remember seeing "wednesday's child" on television. >> reporter: for the last few years they raised money during the holidays for gifts for the children we have featured on "wednesday's child." this year they decided to do something new. >> okay. miss rhoda is here. shania. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: this year they presented the children with backpacks for heading back to school. >> are you ready for school? >> yes. >> what grade are you going to be in n. >> eighth grade. >> reporter: fantastic. calling the project red hats for

backpacks, they have been holding all kinds of events throughout the spring and summer to buy backpacks and fill them with lots of things the kids can use for school. >> miss mary. >> thank you. >> that's a big bag. >> reporter: are you excited? >> yes. >> reporter: are you going to have something special to take with you back to school. >> evelyn, this is dennis. >> reporter: the head rat ladies say the "wednesday's child's" projects mean a lot to them. hope. >> hoped through the years i could help in some way because i have helped a number of children through different projects. >> i like it because it is volunteer work. i don't go out a lot, you know. >> are you ready for school? >> yes. >> reporter: what grade are you going to be in this year? >> seventh. >> miss nancy. this is darren. >> what do you think about what the red hot ladies have done? >> they think it was quite a

good thing they did for us. >> this is emanuel. >> reporter: along with the backpacks, the red hat ladies shared a lot of love with the kids that came today. good feelings they will go back to school with while they continued to wait and hope for permanent loving homes. barbaraav harrison, news4, "wednesday's child."f>>av iue o f au i hyoe room andyoour y he or atld waiting, please call our special adoption hotle ate 1-88-to-adopt-me or nbcwashington.com. did you love that? i love it. the whole interaction. yes. >> hats off to them. >> meant a lot to those ladies. when we come back on "news4 at 5:00" a teacher is arrested. accused of the unthinkable. we will find out how police caught up with it. >> the cheating man stopping traffic. look at this rush hour display. >> red-faced. coming up in sports, brennan

fighting to make the team. he is setting the record straight on jessica simpson

a fauquier county public school teacher is in trouble with the law tonight and facing drug and pornography pat collins tve craollensli traveled to far county, virginiad a community in bealton that's still in shock tonight. >> reporter: bealeton, virginia, it is not used to something like this. >> not here. not here. that's why we moved out here, get away from that. but you can't get away from it anymore. >> reporter: for the fauquier county sheriff it started as a pot case.

that turned into a child pornography case and that led to child sex charges involving a is a-year-old boy. carnal knowledge of a minor. alleged violation of virginia law 18361, crimes against nature. >> very sad. very sad. >> reporter: do you expect something like that to happen around here? >> no, you don't. >> reporter: the suspect, scott howe. a teacher at the cedar lane middle school. a reading and math instructor. he has been here a number of years. >> amazing. makes you scared to send your kids to school when you hear stuff like that. >> reporter: this whole thing came downretty write fast. they say august 1, this teacher suspect moved into this house. a few days later, somebody comes by and looks in the backyard and sees some plants that -- well, weren't at the house before he

moved in. 911. police come to the house. looking for pot. but they found a lot more than that. now so basically you got a tip that he might be growing some pot in his backyard. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: you showed up and you pound growing in his backyard. >> yes, we did. >> reporter: how many plants? >> fireworksly 15. >> reporter: then he said -- it is okay to search my house. >> basically, yes. >> reporter: you search his house and found the child pornography. >> found evidence of -- that there may be child pornography. >> reporter: teacher suspect scott howe is in jail tonight on a $120,000 money bond. i'm pat collins, news4, fauquier county, virginia. >> the sheriff's office is still investigating this case. they are looking into the possibility that there could be other victims out there. there is the doghouse and then there is the big doghouse. that's where this guy ended up.

you may have seen him on your commute this morning. william taylor is from centerville and wore his homemade sign at the inrsection of leesburg pike and international drive in tysons corner. the sign says i cheated, this is my punishment. taylor says his wife found evidence of an affair on his cell phone. come on. and what don't you know? what don't you get, people? she came up with this creative payback. taylor stood at the busy intersection for about two hours before his wife texted him and told him he could come home. >> on the cell phone. >> have you have you heard of delete? >> there are big let others that sign. >> yeah. we are going to talk about something else, though. we are talking about what's coming up at 6:00 tonight. more evidence today the economy is, in fact, rebounding. midge or product recall to tell you about. involves more than 5 million window shades and blinds sold at nation's biggest retailers. also, two cars and a police

cruiser smashed into one another today. those cars hit a fire hydrant and that sent up a guiser. those stories and more coming up in a few minutes. >> all righty. >> see you then. >> what have you got? >> two preseason games left and lot of decisions to be made for the redskins coaches. interesting happenings at redskins camp in terms of the quarterback duel. i'm not talking about jason campbell. he's the starter. jim zorn made it clear this week that todd collins is his number two. you know when trainin camp arted it seemed as though brennan was in the mix to be the backup. after would preseason games the call for colt isn't nearly as loud. brennan is battling rookie free agent daniel for the third straight job. it is a battle that likely won't end until the fourth and final game of the preseason. hakem dermish has more with bre brennan who is hungry to improve. >> the best way for me to progress and for me to, you know, present myself as a y, quarterback, of the future, is

take on that backup role and learn. you know. and grow. and sometimes it is easy when you are on the depth chart, low on depth chart and hard for you to grow and progress. and continue to learn and do good where when you are that backup and going at any moment, kind of forces you to learn and develop and so it is something i'm definitely vying for. >> reporter: where dpu get your passion for playing quarterback? >> you know what? my first year in third grade, they were like you look like a quarterback. and i went -- you know, however many years since third grade until now playing the position, every year, year in and year out. that thing is something that -- just kind of developed and my family, big family, our game is football. that's the game that we all pride our cousins and nephews and aunts and uncles, everyone prides everyone on how they play football, especially if you are a male in the family. that's our family sport. and so i have always had a strong passion for the game. and had cousins that have played in it before me and it is my turn now to give me relatives

something to cheer about. >> head coach jim zorn has coined a new phrase rhythm up. he wants you to rhythm up. explain what that means and where it came from. >> he talks about this offensive when he teaches it to you. it is a rhythm offense. you know, growing up i was a west coast quarterback growing up. learning now his version of the west coast, you know, i used to be taught things like, you know, five-step drop, three big steps, two little. the way he coaches it, every step the same and a rhythm. i'm just trying to prove myself to him and the other coaches and players out here that, you know, i'm a guy they can trust and can get the job done. >> there is a rumor on the internet, of course, we kno about, that says that you are dating jessica simpson. juicy details you sent her a jersey. talking via video. >> i have never -- i haven't checked fly e-mail in over two months or have i ever used like online chatting or anything like that. so -- or you can ask the

redskins if i have asked for any tickets because i haven't put in any order for any tickets at all. i don't really know how that rumor got started. to be honest with you, it is -- it is pretty funny. especially if, you know, certain people started that, you know, obviously me and chris are wondering i'm looking at chris thinking he may have done it. he's going i -- >> your life coach. >> my life coach. but, you know, i don't know how that got started or what happened. obviously someone is having fun. you know, it is pretty funny but it is not -- there's no -- no truth to it whatsoever. >> pretty good rumor to have, though. >> it could be way worse. i am not really like that upset about it. it could be way worse. they could have me dating -- i don't know. some ugly girl or something. try to hook me up with a hot pop star. >> colt brennan not dating jessica simpson. take your time. >> prom zblis that's tony romo he is talking to with -- apparently broke up with jessica simpson. >> she is --

>> jessica simpson, singer, reality tv star. but right now, coal is in a real battle with chase daniel for the third string job. interesting thing is here chase daniel is the flavor of the week after that great game he had with two touchdown passes. he is this year's colt brennan and won't shake out until the last preseason zblam interesting. all right. thank you, dan. coming up, allergy relief. >> you have to hear about a new allergy treatment, folks, that's gaining popularity but you etter not have a fear of

'tis the season forraler jays. a closer look at an upgrade on allergy shots called rush. scott friedman reports, it is an allergy treatment where patients take about four months worth of shots a day and start to feel better quicker. >> if have you allergies, even a walk in the park is no walk in the park. doing yard work can be painful.

>> my eyes would get red, inflamed, couldn't stop sneezing. >> reporter: kirk byron spent years suffering with severe allergies to grass and trees but he is doing better now after trying a treatment gaining in popularity. it is a twist on the old allergy shots. known as rush. >> feel so much better and so much more quickly. >> reporter: maden offers the rush to his patients and say more more are choosing it. the patient spends a full day at doctor's office where they get a series of shots. they are monitored and given medication to avoid ae allergic reactions and at the end of the day, they jump started their treatment. >> in one day, they can take off about four months of shots. >> reporter: with rush some patients notice immediate improvement. they start feeling better right away when they are around the things they are allergic to. kirk byron says he started to feel better in just days. >> if i could do it in one day and get immediate relief with virtually no pain and no inconvenience for me, why not do

it? >> reporter: he still has shots every couple of weeks to maintain his treatment. but he's even mooing the lawn now wiout much trouble. >> virtually i have no problems. >> reporter: a rush of relief. scott friedman. >> we have been having ragweed issues out there. let's find out if showers may wash away the problems for allergy sufferers. >> he can mow my lawn if he enjoys mooing the lawn that much. ragweed in the 20s yesterday. this was dash in way measurement from yesterday to early this morning. i suspect it will be back up tomorrow, too. this time of year it is ragweed season. for those that suffer ragweed, only thing about 7 is a little bit. there is a little weak weather fr front you can see. by tomorrow morning it will settle ain't round us. as a result, we are going to have a northeasterly breeze. not as hot tomorrow as it will be. then the other thing it will be danny. by the time we get into late friday andsaturday, here's the very, very latest track, from

the folks at that time tropical prediction center, see where that envelope is, that area of yellow, that means that the think there is about a 70% probability that the track will eventually be someplace within that. it is almost an equal chance on either side. you can also see that the trend has been for these tracks to be a little bit more to the east. the likeliest impact will be heover t eastern shore and certainly does look like there will be heavy surf no matter what out of the beaches for you folks heading there. saturday, more than likely to be some hours -- showers and moderate rains out of the beach areas saturday. tomorrow a slight chance, slight risk there may be a thundershower to fire up for you folks in the mountains of west virginia. partly sunny skies and temperatures into the low 90s as we had it today. friday, with that weather front around us, nothing to do with danny. if we see anything at all it would be saturday, saturday afternoon and into saturday evening with temperatures around 80 degrees so -- it will be humid, too. once it moves by and the

tropical moisture leaves, we are going to be seeing some delightful weather into next week. as a matter of fact, temperatures by tuesday and wednesday into the 70s and maybe a chance for 50s as we head towards september, believe it or not. my goodness. labor i did weekend coming up, too. the end of summer just about here. back you on. >> bob, thank you. more continuing coverage of the loss of senator ted kennedy. wendy joins jim vance next. first we leave you with final memories of an unforgettable senator. >> i'm embarrassed how emotional i get. he left the world a better place. er