the greatest expectations were placed on ted kennedy's shoulders because of who he was but he surpassed them all because of who he became. >> arlington national cemetery re-opens today, the final res tipping place for another beloved politician. senator ted kennedy has been laid to res bet side two of his brothers. plus, many knew him well. others didn't know him as well. hear from many of the thousands who line the streets. and horror in a small town,

a disturbing discovery inside a mobile home. seven people found dead. good morning, everyone. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm keith garvin. it is sunday, august 30th. we want to get right to our forecast. meteorologist chuck bell is up in storm center 4. good morning. >> good morning. yes, indeed, off to a fairly plays apartment start outside this morning. welcome to sunday morning, everybody. if you're up this early, you're a half a step ahead of the game. sunrise a little more than 30 minutes away. as you look over washington this morning, the skies are trying to clear out just a little bit after a fairly muggysaturday. 73 here in town right now. 64 in frederick, maryland. winchester, virginia, hats off to you. 59 degrees in within chess they are ter this morning. the dew point temperatures have dropped nearly ten degrees in the last 24 hours and as a result, it's going to be a much

more pleasant and tolerable day to be outside. temperatures later on this afternoon within a degree or two of the same places we were yesterday. mid to even a few spots in the upper 80s, about it without that humidity and a touch of the northwesterly breeze, it's going to be a much more pleasant day to be on the outside, keith. >> low humidity is good humidity. >> we love that in august. >> thanks, chuck. >> all right. >> another american political icon is now buried in arlington national cemetery. today the blic will be allowed back inside to visit senator edward kennedy's grave site. he's buried near his brothers, john and bobby. yesterday those who knew senator kennedy best got a chance to pay him a final tribute. brian moore reports. >> reporter: on a day both somber and celebratory, senator ted kennedy took his place alongside the brothers he i'd l olized. in the end he was an icon in his own right, and thousands lined the streets of the nation's capitol to say good-bye.

>> i'm a conservative republican but i'm here to pay respects. >> reporter: his last journey took him to the u.s. capitol where he was saluted by those who served with and for him. >> he knew that he was only great because he had great people supporting him, and he knew the value of good staff and that's why he was so successful. >> reporter: the day began in boston where family considered american royalty mourned alongside the nation's political elite. among them, four american presiden. >> the greatest expectations were placed upon ted kennedy's shoulders because of who he was, but he surpassed them all because of who he became. >> and we slowly made it to the top. >> reporter: son teddy jr. stirred the crowd to tears. but there were also moments of laughter. >> he even taught me some of life's harder lessons, such as how to like republicans. >> reporter: the day followed

the path of ted kennedy's life, from massachusetts to washington, with brothers john and robert at his side. honored by a new generation of kennedys who some day may hear their family's call to service. from beginning to end, the memorial services were sharply focused on family, both political and the kennedys, literally bus loads of children, grandchildren and a sprawling extended family paying tribute to its fallen patriarch. brian moore, nbc news at the arlington national cemetery. >> some of the people who lined the streets to say good-bye to ted kennedy knew the senator very well. others, though, had never met him. we take a look at how ted kennedy touched the lives of so many people. >> reporter: emma lang is a grad studenat gw but she was born in cambridge, massachusetts. >> i grew up with ted kennedy. he was senator before i was born. >> reporter: thousands lined the

streets. regardless of age, so many here seemed to grow up with senator ted kennedy. they brought their signs, their kids, their pets and their memories. >> we grew up with him, civil rights issues. he was always for social justice and peace and the poor. >> i think he represented the people of massachusetts quite well. we're very proud of the work that he did on our behalf. >> reporter: while some were here to thank kennedy, others merely wanted a front row seat to history. >> the kennedy family is like the family of america. i figure i might as well check it out. >> reporter: as the motorcade made its way down constitution, onlookers glanced for a last glimpse. meanwhile, at the capitol where he served for 47 years, many of kennedy's current and former staffers stood on the senate steps for two hours. when the lion arrived, they all roared. >> well, i've seen a lot of processions and a lot of ceremonies in this town since

i've been here. i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: lester ran the massachusetts democratic party in the late '60s. he's one of many of kennedy's former staffers who became successful. melody miller worked forhe late senator longer than just about anybody else. >> i was with him for 37 years. >> reporter: 37 years? >> who would want to leave? he was at all of our weddings, at our funerals, at our bedsides. the loyalty was a two-way street. that's why you have the entire steps filled with his former staff. there's no place we would have rather been. >> reporter: the thousands of others here seemed to agree as they waved flags, sang songs and wiped away tears, all seemed to have something in common. >> we love senator kennedy. >> reporter: craig melvin, news 4.ug > this morning on "meethe s,pe sal hour long ib tutpetoe heli,feactoeg ly an politica ocaerreegf senator ted keed f ysoilbeammeem mrs and long-time fen wdsemil s lreha their memories about the re senator. guests idenclu maria slooir,

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we've had some showers over the weekend, a little damp but not a total washout. hasn't been bad. >> very hit and miss around the area yesterday. today i've got some good news. the good news is that the hit

and miss showers will be mostly a miss. >> all right. we like that. >> a lot of folks got hit yesterday with the showers. today nearly everybody's going to get missed. if you live in southern maryland, lower neck, parts of the eastern shore might get a shower or two today, but that's going to be just about it. outside here in the washington area, off to a fairly pleasant start on your sunday morning. temperatures are mostly in the upper 60s and low 70s around town. as you look live at the u.s. capitol building under a mostly clear sky. 74 degrees our current temperature. the dew point dropping now at 62 and falling. northwesterly wind bringing that drier air in. in the last three weeks we've had only one day cooler than average, and that was friday. so it's been a fairly warm stretch here. august more than two and a hf degrees warmer than average. it has been a warm and dry august. we're going to start off september not warm, i can tell you that. 70 in baltimore now. 64 degrees in frederick, maryland. you can see the last of the showers now primarily moving

away from the delaware shore to cape may and up the jersey shore. not much, if anything n the way of raindrops left around ore area. temperatures still in the low 70s ahead of the weather front that's coming our way. but look at how much drier. these are the dew points. 40s and 50s for dew points back here. that's the air mass that's heading in our direction, so good-bye humidity. after today. in fact, today will be noticeably less humid than yesterday was and the next couple of days, be ready for some cool starts first thing in the morning. there's the weather front. it's draped right across the washington area now. ahead of it, a hint of humidity left but that humidity is heading southbound. a ripple of low pressure will be coming through georgia and alabama late today. overnight tonight, into tomorrow it will be approaching the carolinas. by late in the day tomorrow we might get just a little enhancement of the clouds around the area, maybe a sprinkle or two. fredericksburg into southern maryland again tomorrow. but by and large it will be a fairly dry stretch around here. so for today a couple of clouds left first thing thisorning but it will become mostly sunny

by later on this afternoon. still warm today. temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. but lower humidity. then for tomorrow, partly sunny, much cooler. check it out. tomorrow high temperatures only in the 70s. yes, i'm deed, that will feel nice. couple of morning low temperatures, upper 50s to nea 60 degrees. my little factoid of the day yesterday, keith. last time reagan national dropped below 60 degrees was june 1st. >> of this year? >> of this year. >> wow. >> i'm forecasting 59 on tuesday which will be september 1st. so, three months without going below 60 degrees. >> but it can't be the end of summer. i mean -- >> oh, it's time. kid dose, out of the pool, back to class. >> you like that. more room. >> enough room for an old guy to float. >> all right. thanks, chuck. >> all right. >> sports this morning the nationals can't slow down the redbirds. only preseason but the ravens are flying high. here's hakem dermish with this morning's sports minute.

>> good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with the nationals. last night on the road in st. louis, the sweet swinging cardinals were back at it again. colby rasmus crushed a three-run homer to right, capping a four-run fifth ipg. the cards down the nights 9-4. preseason football. joe flacco was spectacular, completing 23 of his 28 passes for 247 yards and one touchdown. the ravens win it 17-13. are 3-0 in the preseason. in golf at the barclays, fairfax native steve marino has a hashare of the lead at 9 unde par. marino birdied his last five holes yesterday. in soccer, d.c. united on the road in chicago, bryan namoff scores on a header in the first half. his second goal of the season. d.c. united wins it 1-0. the black and red eerns its first mls victory in more than a month. that's your sports minute.

i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> next up, "reporter's notebook," an inside look at the stories affecting your community. we'll be back in 15 minutes with the mo syourydaun ndre your sunday forecast. here's jim handly. >> good morning and welcome to "reporter's notebook". i' jim handly. let's start with our panel and run through maryland, virginia and d.c. a lot to talk about this morning. let's start in the state of maryland. governor o'malley planning on furloughs, major cutbacks, layoffs, too. this is all to make up for a big budget gap. this is going to impact a lot of things, road construction for one, health care for another. >> yeah. they weren't anticipating as long a recession as we've had, and so they, of course, made projections much lower than they came in. now they have to go for the jugular. everybody is going to be hurt. you are going to see layoffs.

you're going to see furloughs. one of the things that i question and some people are questioning are, are the lawmakers, are the top senior officials going to take a pay cut or lay off, take a furlow? like peter francho said he would give up ten days. as long as everybody is feeling the pain it will make it a little bit better. my worry is that at a time when we're going through all this debate about health care, the biggest hit is in the health care industry, in o'malley's budget. i don't know how that's going to play out for him politically. >> not only health care but also poor people, it will affect. many of the programs that affect the poor people in the state of maryland. maryland's going to do the same thing. adrian's absolutely right. we've been hearing about furloughs, cutbacks and $400 million almost a year now, at least since last winter. and the same thing in the state of virginia, we've heard the

same about these cutbacks. every time we pick up the paper, we see some newer cutbacks or newer plans for furloughs and things like that. but the most important thing here is the fact that this will affect poor people, poor -- programs that really are driven to help the poor people. >> and unlike the furloughs that were put forward last year, this time it looks like the public service workers such as police and other essential services will be impacted which is a really big deal. now, when we look at the real root of the problem, it is the inability to generate significant revenue through taxes. nobody can fathom the idea of increasing taxes in this economic environment. but then you see a further impact when the disparity funds that allows the other localities and counties to be supplemented by state funds, those funds are now going to be impacted, including prince george's county. >> let's turn to prince george's

county now, a first week back at school, first year for their superintendent, dr. hite. massive confusion. a lot of kids were kept out of class by some type of computer problem. they didn't have their schedules printed out. what a way to start the year. >> makes you think of the district. >> we can go there, too. but the sad thing about here -- one student, i believe, high school said, well, gee, they had all summer to fix it. well, she's right. because the officials, meaning the teachers, complained last year that they were having problems. and that there was some types of, what, snafus in the system. and all summer went by. then at the last minute, they depended on the system to get all these schedules out. 4,000 -- actually, at first it was 8,000, then it dropped down to 4,000 students. that's a lot of students to try to scheduled. like a lot of the teachers said, we can't even handle this because they were sitting in auditoriums, sitting in gyms.

the fact is that somebody did not do their job in checking out this particular data system before they got started. >> i think perhaps also because they had done similar work for a school system as large as, say, los angeles with 300,000 some odd students to bring it down to a system with a fraction of that amount, they say, oh, that's easy. we can handle that without much stress. someone, as jerry suggested, did not follow their due diligence and dropped the ball. the interesting thing is where the buck will stop with this. >> well, that's the question. this is a test for the new superintendent who -- this is his first full school year that he'll be in charge. we need to see how fast he's going to be able to be a fireman on this one and whether or not this will impact the quality of education in the long run. as anybody knows that the beginning of school year, you have students who drop and student whose change classes. >> right. >> this last-minute thing happens because they don't

really know how many students, just lik in the district, you're going to get until actually school starts. now, this was a larger problem than they had anticipated, but in terms of the things that are happening in prince george's county schools, including the major boundary changes which we haven't heard anything about yet, i'll bet there's some problems there that are going to be big fwern this schedule. >> i want to get this in. good news in prince george's county while we're there. 5,000 relocated federal jobs could be coming their way. that's some pretty big news. >> those are proposals. montgomery county is going to put a fight up because two of those units to make this new hhs, health and human services department, come from montgomery county. silver spring and ckville. those offices will be closed if they open this office in prince george's county. meanwhile, i'm sure ike and the council in montgomery county are banging on the general

administration's door, too, because they don't want to lose that money going to prince george's county. >> but one of the things -- one of those proposals, are two development proposals, one at largo, one closer in. one of them is really a smart community if they pick that one. 's where there's going to be the purple line. there's the orange line. there's the trains. there's a lot of -- and they're talking about a walkable community. plus, in that area of prince george's county, they really need some infusion of jobs which would help there. so, i think all that might be taken into account. and rockville's facility is old. it's not as close to transit. it will be a nice inter county fight. one things i wanted to mention before we moved on from maryland is that o'malley's budget doesn't really hit education at the k through 12 level. that's the good news. >> that they're dodging. all right. we are going to move on to virginia and the district when we come right back on "reporter's notebook." stay with us.

coming up on a governor's race, they don't want anything negative out there right now. >> yes, and they are asking -- there's a big fight -- infighting about whether or not phillip hamilton from newport news should resign because there's some question about him seeking a job at old dominion university while he was getting money om them for a special teaching unit. that's all been -- not been -- it's not been founded. but that's the charge. but any little blip, the republicans know that they're ahead in the polls. >> right. >> in all the statewide races at the moment so they're not looking for any kind of fight

that would tip the scales in their -- in their -- in their majority chamber or they don't want anything that's going to create -- give the democrats any kind of fodder for these -- for the race where everybody, to me, is like, you know, nobody really has real name recognition in this race. >> i think that the real name recognition in this scenario is john mccain because there are 10 or 11 seats that are in play. john mccain won those districts against obama. we're looking at the democrats having done very well in the last election cycles. republicans are thinking we have a chance here to level the playing field. don't cause any confusion. at the gub tour y'all level, consider asking this gentleman to drop out of the race. >> we're going to segue into the field of dreams we're not going

to call it, but a field of half million dollar field with the mayor's name on it. . the soccer field in the district. >> oh, mayor fenty's soccer field. >> how would you know tt? >> if you bid it, they will come. >> right. >> me and my neighbors in columbia heights cannot see beyond two blocks because of the fenty sign that sits in the middle of the field. it's that large. normally, as adrian -- i don't want to steal your line, adrian, but in most cities when the mayor puts his name to any type of project it's always the city's name in big letters and the mayor's namoff to the side, such as marion barry's name on the reeve's center, marion barry. in this case, it's adrian fenty, district of columbia. i'm beginning to wonder, along with some of the people in my neighborhood, like across the city, if mr. fenty is really for mr. fenty or the district of columbia. >> well, that's a --

>> but the people, we should say, in your neighborhood love this field. it's a beautiful field. >> they might love the field, but i don't know about the name of fenty in the middle of it. >> all right. all right. >> mayors, governors, whenever they move into office, their names go on whatever initiative. >> right. >> so i don't know. >> there's a matter of -- >> proportion. >> what is the purpose? we know he's running and he's not leaving any stone unturned in his never-ending pr campaign, which he lets you know what he wants you to know, which brings us to the fact that his children are going -- one of his children -- one of his sons is enrolled in a school where you would -- if you were a regular district citizen have to wait forever to get in a school. and he was asked the question whether or not he pulled any strings, and he said it was nobody's business, right here on channel 4. it was nobody's business. >> doesn't talk about his children or -- >> yeah, he doesn't talk about his children.

but when you are pulling strings or you're getting something special, when you are a servant of the taxpayer, the taxpayer's not your servant, then you must disclose what you've done because it is not only a conflict of interest, but it also is just -- you know, it's not a good precedent. >> we should also say that a lot of parents do take their kids out of boundary in the district. it's very common. >> yeah, but they have to go through the process. some of them -- remember the years that people stayed out in sleeping bags on the street. there's a lottery. >> but there's a whole lot to this. number one, in columbia heights, getting back to the soccer field, it is badly needed. we have a very diversified community there, and soccer is a big game in columbia heights. but to put your name in middle of it is rather egotistical as she says. he could be running for mayor, yeah. then up the street in ward 4

which is above columbia heights, west elementary school is only four blocks from the mayor's house. the school he's sending his children to are about ten blocks, they have to go through rock creek park to get there. i think it's an insult to the students, the parents and the teachers of west elementary school to say that school is better than this school. if that's the case, then evidently lafayette elementary school is the only school in the city that's working. >> he didn't say that, though. >> i'm saying it. >> you're saying it, but the mayor did not. i want to move on, if we can talk about senator ted kennedy and what he meant to the district. we've been focused on hyannis port in massachusetts, but he he spent half h life, if not more, in washington, d.c. and working very hard on national issues but also working hard on issues that affect the district, like statehood. >> right. yeah, he was a champion for statehood and ms. norton, the delegate, put out a statement this week talking about how instrumental he was in trying to

get that bill forward even though we know it stalled. >> well, i can remember certainly what he did for the closing of the inner city schools, the catholic schools, irving catholic schools because they ran out of funding and they just didn't have the support. but it was ted kennedy that came to their -- to their help and he raised lots of money at baseball games and things like that. he also supported a lot of the church churches. he, of course, was a big visitor at st. matthew's which was the cathedral. >> jim, you have a ted kennedy story yourself. >> very short personal story. i was hired in 2005 as a special reports editor for the hill newspaper. my job was to build a platform for congressional debate in that newspaper. the first big-name contributor was ted kennedy. once ted kennedy contributed, everybody lined up. the last time i saw senator kennedy he was coming up the escalator in the capitol, walking and talking with john

mccain, and he took time to give me a wink. i said right back at you, senator kennedy. >> you could say that and you could see him doing that. he did tt to people in all walks. >> very true american. that's what was so great about him, a very, very true american. >> all right. we will end on that. we thank you all for coming in this morning. we appreciate it. very lively session this morning. we thank you for watching, too, on "reporter's notebook" this sunday. we'll see you again next sunday morning. now back to "news 4 today." enjoy the rest of your weekend. a final roar for the lion of the senate. senator ted kennedy has been laid to rest. a small town police chief says everyone should be worried. seven people killed inside this mobile home. and the ominous orange glow

of wildfires threatening million dollar homes. why firefighters are having such a difficult time getting the upper hand. good morning, everyone. welcome back to "news 4 today." i'm keith garvin. the morning's news is just ahead in a moment. but first we want to check in with chuck bell in storm center 4. good morning, chuck. >> good morning to you. off to a fairly quiet start here in the nation's capital. the sun is just about ready to come up in our eastern sky. it promises to be a much more pleasant day to be outside than yesterday was. yesterday a little bit on the humid side for a lot of folks. this morning, what a beautiful day it's going to be. the sun is just about up. temperatures are near 70 here in town, 73 in downtown itself. 72 in annapolis. 75 in southern maryland. 74 in quantico, virginia. 61 in martinsburg.

60 in winchester this morning. but dew points, which were in the 70s yesterday, are now in the low 60s and falling so even though it's going to be another warm day today with highs back up into the mid-80s and plenty of sunshine by later on this afternoon it will not feel quite so much like august as yesterday did. keith? >> okay. i don't think too many people have a problem with that. thanks, chuck. senator edward kennedy's funeral, followed by his burial at arlington national cemetery, capped a week in which thousands of mourners filed past the senator's casket to pay their final respects. kennedy's niece, maria shriver, will share her memories this morning on "meet the press." she says the public outpouring of support for her uncle during this final year, while he was battling brain cancer, made a difference. >> for me, watching this final year was beautiful because i think that, you know, there have been a lot of things written about teddy over the years, and

it hasn't all been complimentary. and i think for someone to have that kind of love come at you is a very powerful thing that very few people, i think, ever experience in their lifetime. >> shriver says even while battling cancer, her uncle inspired hope because he never gave up. u atca wnch tti wenre etterview this mor ongennn "meet the press" during a special our-long tribute to the life, acygand political career of cy senator ted kennedy. mlymiembers and long-time frwiielys nd sheha tre s ir memories about thena ser.to guests also incdelur. senators john kerry and cisod dd, kennedy's niece, kathleen kennedy townse, his ses s ess secretary andripeechwpeter bob shrum and a lookec his h legacy with lopresidential historian and author doris kearns goodwi two women are recovering from serious injuries after a hit-and-run accident. it happened at capitol and leafy avenues. the driver kept on going but he le sheor'rou y e ou ab about to see sce itay belongs to a bck

ta uptoyota suv or pickup truck. inuv vleicic drgeed agan wonom agnd ft a the0 fe ruor b me anthg 10 nnin d veieto bne imeeerel bd ve be n the crosswalk when they were struck. we now know the name of the man accused of shooting a d.c. police officer early yesterday morning. he's 26-year-old michael grayton of northeast washington. police say two officers on patrol near 17th street and gals place northeast saw a group of people involved in a dice game. when they saw the officers, investigators say the group ok off. police say grayton and one of the officers eventually got into a struggle over the officer's gun. the gun went off during the fight, hitting the offic in the knee. he is expected to be okay. grayton is charged with assault on a police officer. prince george's county is investigating a double shooting. it happened just before 11:00 last night on landover road in cheverly. officers arrived to find two men. one of them died.

police are not saying much about the crime. if you know anything, you are asked to give them a call. a developing story this morning in southeast georgia. a horrific scene in a home there. seven people are found dead. two others in critical condition. >> glen county police say a 911 call just after 8:00 saturday morning aleed them to a mobile home in the privately-owned new hope plantation. >> they went into the mobile home, and they found multiple victims thatere deceased, and they found two persons that were severely injured. but still alive. >> reporter: store clerk melissa mcduffy works not far down the road from new hope. she says she believes the victims are from a large family she's seen often. >> they're all very nice people. they were all great, and they were all very genuine. >> reporter: it's the third murder investigation in this county in the past two weeks, a

disturbing trend for neighbors to hear. >> it scares me. i knew about the pizza hut rdmus. i think it scares me how it can be so close by. >> it's surprising that this type of activity is happening in brunswick, especially in the spate of a period of two weeks where there's been, i guess, two murders and then the recent incident this morning that was discovered. >> it's scary that these are happening around me. these people could easily have come up in my store and i could have had a conversation with them and they're sitting here murdering people. >> reporter: police would not comment on suspects but did ask the public for help. >> always remain vigilant. always be mindful. if you hear something, you see something, always not conjecture, bees please call us. >> police say some of the victims have been tentatively identified. the bodies have been taken to the georgia bureau of investigation crime lab where autopsies will start today at 7:00 a.m. police have not commented on possible suspects or a motive.

could the california couple accused of kidnapping a girl and holding her prisoner for 18 years be involved in other crimes? police searched the home of phillip and nancy garrido looking fordrviede et tncld chau hip can them to other open cases in the e area. those cases include the murders of a number of prostitutes. police arrested the garridos last wednesday for allegedly kidnapping jaycee lee dugard years olt j 11 years old. they say the couple kept that young woman in their back yard along with her two young daughters. police say philip garrido fathered those two kids. a growing wildfire is sending billowing smoke into the sky of north of los angeles. it is nearly tripled in size this weekend. at least three homes are gone and other people are being told to grab what they can and get out. nbc's miguel alma gar has more. >> reporter: a desperate fight to beat back the flames. million dollar homes with breathtaking views of a fire closing in. it doesn't get much closer than this on the front lines.

the station fire remains the largest of four major blazes chewing across southern california. bone-dry brush and steep hills make the fight for containment a difficult one. new rounds of mandatory evacuations have been ordered. 1,800 homes are threatened. forest blakeman sent his family to safe ground thursday. now that the fire is closing in, he'll leave if he has to. >> i'm not a hero. >> reporter: despite calm conditions friday night, the station fire continues to plow across rugged terrain. the overnight orange glow an ominous sign this fight is far from over. hours later, day break sheds new light on a fire that shows no merry, swallowing hillside after hillside. it's the topography that's giving firefighters such a problem here. these canyons are so steep, and many of them haven't burned in decades. so, the attack continues on the ground and in the air. >> this is a very serious situation that we're in right now. >> reporter: the fight to save homes and for containment is far from over.

news 4. >> it is now 6:39, 74 degrees outside. still ahead on this edition of "news 4 today," chuck will be back with a look at the forecast for the week ahead. plus, will south carolina's governor's indiscretions cost him his job? new information about the celebrity deejay found dead inside his new york apartment.

autopsy results are back on celebrity disc jockey dj am but we still don't know how he died. investigators say they need toxicology reports to determine what killed him. dj am, whose real name was adam goldstein, was found dead friday night in his new york city apartment. police say they found drug paraphernalia nearby, including a crack pipe and prescription

pills. the performer had openly talked about his past addiction to drugs. dj am often performed at celebrity parties and dated celebrities nicole richie and man difficult moore. south carolina republicans areuming about sanford's fate. republicans will wait to make any decisions on impeachment until the state ethics commission completes its investigation. the investigation is focusing on whether sanford used state and private aircraft when he visited his mistress in argentina. fleas two people are having dream weekends. they had the winning tickets in last night's drawing of mega millions. friday night's jackpot was an estimated $333 million. the largest for mega millions in two years. the winning tickets, which are now worth an estimated $166 million each, were purchased in san gabriel, california, and a

convenience store in the bronx. the winning numbers drawn were 1, 17, 31, 37 and 54 and the mega ball number was 31. one person in maryland matched five numbers without the mega ball. that's worth $250,000. you know what? >> that's not a bad weekend right there. >> i have some relatives in san gabriel and i think also the bronx as well. i need to contact them. >> start at garvin in the phone book, start that way. >> i think i have a better chance of having a good weekend aspposed to having a relative with a winning lottery ticket. >> here's the good news for all of us that didn't win. the weather is free, unless you want to send me money, in which case it will be nicer. complete check of the sunday forecast coming up.

it is back to school at

george washington university. more than 7,000 students moved in yesterday. about 1,000 student volunteers and staff were on hand to help. not much time to relax either. classes are scheduled to begin tomorrow. also this time tomorrow, students in montgomery county will be waking up, getting ready to head out to school. it's their first day back. most kids from our area went back last monday, including students in the district and prince george's county. tune in to "news 4 today" tomorrow morning for a live back-to-school coverage. no hope of last summer trip to the beach for the second weekend in a row, a named storm kicking up surf along the coast. tropical storm danny has prompted red flag warnings throughout the northeast. this video com from virginia beach where surfers took advantage of higher, rougher waves. the red flags usually mean you can't in the water. >> well, i don't know that they're going to actually go in and get you and pull you out. it's not recommended to get in in waves that big and with rip currents that dangerous. but if you're on a surfboard,

you're probably at least okay. most rip currents carry you out about 200 yards. if you're on a surfboard you can paddle your way back in, i would think. >> next time i'm on my surfboard i will remember that. >> i got caught in a rip current one time and i'm not doing that again, so -- i recommend everybody else stay out of the water when we tell about you that. rip currents and heavy surf not the best day to get into the water unless you're on something that will float all the waout to sea. hello, ireland. outside today, we have a beautiful day on the way. we're starting it off with some cloud cover first thing on your sunday morning but the day will improve as we go along. the sun came up about 15 minutes ago. not that you can see it in our cloudy sky just yet, but fear not. the weather does get at the time ter. northwesterly breeze blowing in cooler and drier air as we head into the rest of the day. our last three weeks, only one day of the last three weeks have been cooler than average. that day was last friday.

now we are ready for a finishing note to august and a start to september. it's going to be a new month. it will feel completely different in september. you wait and see on the seven-day forecast. 63 in frederick, maryland, right now. hagerstown, 61. culpepp culpepper, virginia, 57 degrees. a lot more humid in southern maryland. st. mary's county, 75 degrees. the last of the showers drifting off to delaware and the maryland beaches. a couple of lonely sprinkles still hanging around out there, but by and large most of the rain is gone. never say never to mother nature but most of us will stay dry today as the drier air continues to filter in, colder air aloft will promote cumulus clouds later on this afternoon but i think any real rain chances this afternoon will be down into the tidewater regions of virginia because this weather front is just now draping across the washington area and as it presses down it will take most of the rain chances further south with it. so, the humidity heading south.

the cooler weather is moving in. it starts to arrive during the day today. you're real l i going to notice it as we get into monday night, tuesday morning time frame. it will feel like a touch of autumn around the area. for today, we're in the transition zone. we still of temperatures warming up this morning to reach mid and upper 80s later on this afternoon, but then overnight tonight, skies will try and clear out just a little bit. during the day tomorrow, we'll start with the sunshine, a little wave of low pressure coming along, may bring some more clouds and a slight chance of a shower, mainly south o washington by tomorrow around sunset. but by and large, today and tomorrow will be dry da.ys for today, clouds around now, becoming sunnyerat l. on. temperatures once again today in the mid-80s which is average for imthis te of the year. but tomorrow, keith, only in the mid-70s for high temperatures. ten 70grees cooler than average. with the sunshine coming back tuesday and dnesday, morning tew temperatures down into the 50and a lot of spots west o50 the blue ridge, are you sitting down? oh, you are sitting down. >> the whole time, chuck. >> west of the blue ridge in the

40s. >> wow. >> wednesday morning. >> it is september. i guess it's about that time. >> that's correct. >> okay. thanks, chuck. in sports the nationals attempt to play spoiler not working out so well against the cardinals. and jason gam bill talks about quieting his critics. here hakem dermish with this morning's sports. >> good morning, everyone. when you play the cardinals you're really playing against the sluggers from st. louis. one night after albert i hit bombs pujols punched the nats in the stomach with a walk-off home run, the sweet singing st. louis club was back at it again. we pick it up in the bottom of the fifth. cardinals lead it 5 h 3-2. ludwick bounces one to short. guzman maybe takes his eye off the ball. uh-oh. that's an error. that allows pujols to scor cardinals up 4-2. bad news for nats. that keeps the inning alive. villone comes in to face the next batter. you knew this was coming. colby rasmus gets ahold of it, rocks it to right for a three-ru jack. his 14th of the year. the cardinals win big 9-4 the

final. talking football now and before friday night's game against the patriots, redskins quarterback jason gamble had completed 4 of his 13 passes for 48 yards, zero touchdowns. the criticism was loud. friday night he quieted the naysayers, even if it was only for a few hours. gam bell completed for more than 200 yard also and one rushing touchdown. his biggest gain, confidence. all eyes on jason campbell on friday night. on the skins' first offensive series, jason campbell was in control. here drops back, goes deep down the sideline to santana moss who makes an incredible catch. a 21-yard pickup. campbell was perfect on the drive, leading the first time offense to its first touchdown of the preseason. then campbell proves he can do it on the ground. drops back here, can't find anyone open, so he says, i'll take it in myself. it's a four-yard score. the redskins, however, lost the game 27-24.

so jason, was your performance good enough to quiet the doubters? >> never. it's never enough. there will be something to think about, this week it will be, well, he didn't hit the big ball to santana. or, you know, it will be something. but i'm just joking. it really doesn't bother me at all. you always got to contain the move. in this business as an nfl quarterback you're going to get krut sunrised with the good and the bad. you have to be able to take it and move forward. the one thing you have to do is take the negative and turn it into a positive, keep that issue in your mind because the road is not going to be easy. >> i saw him being real sharp on a lot of the things that he did, i thought was very aggressive. wl. >> jim zorn and the skins back on the practice field later today. in three full seasons on the pga tour, fairfax county steve marino has won nearly $5 million but has yet to win a tosh amount. that could change this weekend

at the barclays. if he snags his first victory, he could win $1.3 million. the feeling, however, would be priceless. we're in new jersey. we start with tiger woods who began the day eight shots off the pace but he makes a charge. here on number 16 his approach is headed left but he's tiger woods and he's lucky. gets a nice bounce, rolls within ten feet of the cup. check out tiger's reaction. he's like, i know i'm lucky, but i know i'm also good. he would par the hole, finish at 4 under. five shots behind this guy. steve marino, here on the par 3 14th this is his tee shot. folks, it's a good one. the ball lands past the hole. then he pulls it back, like on a string. that's a give me for marino. he would birdie to move 7 under, two back of the leader. putting for birdie on 16 from 11.1 feet away, precision. got it. marino birdied 3 of his last 5 holes. he tees off in the final group at 1:45. in soccer, d.c. united on

the road against chicago last night. the black and red trying to pick up their first mls win in more than a month. tom soehn coaching his first mls game since being misdiagnosed with swine flu. turns out he had bronchitis. first half, no score. christian gomez serves into the box for bryan namoff. namoff using his noggin, scores his second goal of the season. d.c. united beat chicago. 1-0 the final. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> we'll be back in two minutes with a look at the day's top stories and forecast and news 4's "vieoint."

good morning, everyone. i'm keith garvin. welcome to "news 4 today at 7:00. it is sunday, august 30th. a look at the day's top stories in just a moment. first we want to get a check on the weather with meteorologist chuck bell in storm center 4. good morning, chuck. >> good morning once again, keith. good morning, everybody. sunday off to a pretty quiet start around the area right now. he's a live picture from our city camera. the sun is up but, unfortunately for all of us, there are clouds east of washington this morning.

it's dimming out our sunshine, but noti ty he vertop of your screen there, yeah, that's some blue sky getting through. temperatures right now mid-60s in the western suburbs to low 70s in town and by the bay. dew points continue to fall on a northwesterly breeze. that means lower humidity by later on this afternoon. it is going to be a delightfully warm day with high temperatures up near 85 degrees and increasing sunshine. only the teeny-tiniest t chance of a shower, keith. >> thank you. you will be able to pay your respects to edward kennedy later today. his burial site at arlington national cemetery will open later this afternoon. thousands lined the street from the capitol to the cemetery yesterday to say good-bye to the beloved senator. his final journey led him to the u.s. capitol where he served for so many years before his motorcade made it ways into virginia. kennedy's niece and california's first lady maria shooifr will share her memories of her uncle later this morning on "meet the press." >> for me, watching this final year was beautiful because i

think that, you know, there have been a lot of things written about teddy over the years, and it hasn't all been complimentary, and i think for someone to have that kind of love come at you is a very powerful thing that very few people, i think, ever experience in their lifetime. >> shriver says even while battling cancer, her uncle inspired hope because he never gave up. v you can watch the entire tervwhiie tmo ts gin at 10:3 aalcipe gri truthee te,to lif legacy and cati career of ca rdwaed tsward kenny.ed iesgu snc ilu sdedeenator john kerranisy hr cdoddordd kenn s niece, kathleen kennedy townsend, as well as his former speechwriter and a political historian. next is nbc 4's "viewpoint," local health experts tackling the topic of swine flu. we'll be back in a few minutes with an update. >> good morning, every one. welcome to "viewpoint."

i'm jim handly. our topic this morning, preparing for swine flu or the h1n1 virus. our guests this morning a panel of experts. we have with us dr. tillman of the montgomery county health department. also we have dr. capawitz of the alexandria health department and dr. pierre from the d.c. department of health. thank you for coming. we're walking with a lot of unknowns. doctor, you mentioned we're up against time. it's a race against time right now. what did you mean by that? >> well, our last flu season was unusual in that it really did not go away, and usually by the end of may flu is over. but this year we have seen the continuing of inn new za, particularly the h1n1 throughout the summer, just lessening. in the state of maryland it's just beginning to drop off some recently. but we fully anticipate that as

the students come back to school and you have that concentration of those youngsters that we can see an upsurge of influenza like illness again. >> the presidential panel this week said that half the country could be infected. didn't talk about so much how severe most of those cases would be. alarming numbers, though, that came out this week, talking about the number of hospitalizations, too, could reach 1.8 million. just staggering numbers that came out. pretty frightening. >> they are significant. i think that it's something that the hospitals are preparing for and that we're preparing for in public health is a significant amount of burden on the health care system. so wanting people to make sure they're following some basic measures to prevent themselves from getting sick in the first place, hopefully as a method to reduce the likelihood of them needing to actually need to get care and need to go to the hospital at all. >> talk a little bit, if you

would, doctor, about some of the basic measures or steps people can take to prevent contracting this virus. >> well, certainly hand washing. frequent hand washing or using hand sanitizers is a good idea across the board. what we call cough etiquette. people should not cough into their hands. they should cough into their sleeves because that's really safer. you're less likely to have hand contact then. perhaps most important of all, stay home if you're sick. this is very difficult for people to grasp. we have a tendency to say, well, i don't feel so good but i'll still go to work. that will spread illness. and this holds for children going to school. children should not go to school if they have influenza like illness. people should not go to work. they should stay home until they're asymptomatic, without fever for at least 24 hours. >> that's what the cdc said this week.

>> exactly. >> that was the barometer there for that 24-hours fever free. >> they've changed that from earlier on. they were more conservative, stay home for at least seven days. but that's been changed somewhat to recognize that people aren't going to necessarily be ill that long. but while people are ill, they need to stay home. what's unusu about h1n1, not only t number of people who could be infected, but clearly this is diss proportionately affecting young people. most of the people who have been seriously ill have been under 65, which is very different from seasonal flu when we see most of the hospitals' deaths over 65. young people, pregnant women. >> do we know why that is? why young people and why diss proportionately pregnant women? >> think the areas of focus, if you will, with the spectrum being more younger folks is just

a function of the virus itself and how it's spread to some extent and the populations in which it proceed live rated for the most part. i think pregnant women are considered to be of concern because of their immune status and because of the fact that they are a population we want to make sure we take care of very well and that's why they've been made a high priority. the points about it being so prevalent in that particular segment of the population means th it's a lot of working people who are liable to be sick and that's why we've been pushing for folks to, at the business side of things, have effective continuation of operation in place so essential services can be continued. this point about it being sort of younger people is important because those younger people are often working people who keep our services and functions moving and going on a number of different areas. so it's important to recognize that having a plan for

continuing operations is important not only for government but also for businesses as well. >> and each of you, i would imagine, has been working on a plan. are we ready for something or a worst case scenario this fall and winter? >> well, we're much more ready than we would have been five, six or seven years ago. there's been a lot of focus over the past five years especially on planning for a possible pandemic of influenza. the concern was originally over avian flu, but it's applicable to influenza across the board. a lot of eort has gone into planning so we're in much better shape than we would have been. however, there's still a number of potential gaps, including unknowns about how well the health care system could handle a surge, a surge in intensive care unit admissions or emergency room admissions. a lot of concern about the

stress on the health care system. and as dr. vigilance mentioned, how well we can continue services when a significant number of people are ill. >> i want to talk more about that and other topics as well around swine flu or the h1n1 virus, including when this vaccine might be available when we come back on "viewpoint."

welcome back to "viewpoint" this sunday morning. our topic again preparing for the swine flu, h1n1 virus. the virus, we have learned from the cdc and the presidential panel this week could end up causing symptoms in 60 to 120 million people. some staggering numbers again. talk a little bit, if you would, about the kinds of symptoms that people might be feeling or might come down with and are they very similar to the seasonal flu? >> and i would say yes, they are

similar to the seasonal flu in that one can have the fever. can be a 100 fever. you can have the ache iness, sore throat or cough, general malaise, feeling rundown. that can continue from three to five days or may be less. depends on a person's underlying condition of whether or not they get over it quickly. but at this point in time, because, you know, the novel h1n1 has spread so rapidly across the united states between april and august, you know, of this year and is in our community, you really cannot distinguish whether it is seasonal flu or h1n1. it's not even worth it to be doing a laboratory test to distinguish because they both basically need to be treated the same way. again, just as dr. kaplan said, the best thing you can do is to stay home. of course, you need to monitor yourself. if there's any worsening so that you can get attention quickly

and seek attention. >> when do you call a doctor or your health care provider? what types of seriousness are we talking about beyond the fever and the sore throat? when do you know that this is very serious? >> well, certainly having signict difficulty breathing, whether in a wild or an adult. in a child it can be more difficult because often time they have a hard time telling you about their symptoms. if you notice paleness or blueness of their fingers or their lips, people who are confused. if people aren't eating or drinking, especially concern with children if they're not drinking, they can become dehydrated. so, very high fever that can't be controlled. but most -- a you mentioned, the concern about going to pneumonia is quite significant so really severe difficulty breathing, uncontrolled

coughing. >> is this more easily spread, dr. vigilance, than seasonal flu? >> my understanding is that it is no more easily spread than seasonal flu has been, and i think that's what's interesting and is necessary to note here is that as much as there are these concerns around these signs and symptoms people have to some extent police themselves around deciding to go to work. there's the extreme situations that the doctor was referring to, but the decision made around whether or not you are well enough to go to work and whether or not your workplace -- again, i go back to workplace preparedness. whether the workplace has allowed you to work from home so that you can continue to do it, you need to do it. also very important. what we don't know about this flu as it comes back is how severe illness is going to be. so the assumption is that -- not an assumption we're making that

it's going to be the same degree of mildness we were talking about in the spring. we are concerned that it may be more severe and so that more people will be sick and more people will be sick. that's something that's of note as we look into the fall. we're not sure exactly how much more severe it's going to be. if it's the way it was earlier on this year, then we will be considered lucky. >> montgomery county schools go back next week. d.c. already back in school. alexandria. some have gone back. is the school system prepared and ready to handle this? are these systems ready? >> we are certainly ready in our school system. montgomery county has more than 200 schools, but we are already prepared that has the students come back nextweek, the parents will be getting letters with information. and something that we've not brought up yet here in this conversation is that we now have campaigns under way so that people will be vaccinated against seasonal flu as well as those who need to be vaccinated against h 1 n 1. >> the seasonal u vaccines are

out there, and people can start getting those now. >> yes. >> definitely. it's really important to be vaccinated against both bause just having vaccination against seasonal flu will not protect you against h1n1. or waiting to be vaccinated against h1n1 won't protect you begins seasonal flu. in montgomery county we will be getting out the information to the parents, for them to do the consent forms because we will be doing school-based vaccinations for seasonal influenza. we expect to get that under way to the third week of september, getting around to all our elementary schools. for all the children who have the cob sent to have it we will ve them a vags nation. in that situation, we will be fortunate to have that intranal vaccination so that will be simple, just the general spray in each nostril for the kids. takes one minute to do per child.

>> we will be right back to talk more about the timing, too, as we head into fall. when we come back on "viewpoint."

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before sheas run over. the other woman was dragged for 80 feet. now back to "viewpoint." welcome back this sunday morning to "viewpoint." our topic again the h1n1 virus or more commonly referred to as the swine flu virus. let's talk about the time line, folks and really when we'll be able to get our hands on this vaccine. everybody is pointing to october. is that a firm, and will we have enough? >> well, you know, certainly there are at least five manufacturers that are out there producing it. we can't get a guarantee that it's all going to be ready at the same time, but the centers for disease control and prevention has told us all that we should be looking toward mid-october to begin receiving shipments of the vaccine. so that's what we're counting on. >> and it could b a nasal spray. it could be a shot, and more

than likely will you need more than one? >> more than likely a two-shot series. right now we're looking at potentially three weeks between the shots being required but it's more than likely that, yes, it will be a two-shot series and there will be some nasal options as well. >> we're also already planning for those people who we really need to focus on getting the vaccine early. >> who should be getting in line first for this? >> well, the recent panel from the cdc has recommended certainly pregnant women because they've been disproportionately affected with severe disease. health care providers, including ems. care providers for very young children, children under the age of 6 months can't receive the vaccine so we want their care providers to receive vaccine. children, certainly at least up to the age of 24 if we have enough vaccine, especially those

with underlying disease. such as asthma. and then any adults with underlying disease that put them at risk for more severe disease and complications. >> so if i'm in my 40s and i'm perfectly healthy, can i get that vaccination, or would -- is there a priority here? >> would not be in the priority group because it's really going to be that age group from 24 to 64 that, with underlying conditions, that should be getting the h1n1 vaccine first. and once those priority groups receive the vaccine, then it is anticipated that it can be open to every one who wants it. >> a great deal depends on how much vaccine we're going to get, when, and then as dr. vigilance mentioned, there is this issue toings vaccine shots, probably three weeks away. once we get the first shot we have to make sure we follow up with the second.

>> so much focus with the regular or seasonal flu has been with the elderly, but with this there are indications tt they could be less vulnerable. is that right? >> potentially so, although we don't want to necessarily suggest that theyon't need to be protected from this. it's just that the data to this point, based on what we have as experienced from the spring, is -- it does indicate that they may be less vulnerable. however, again, not knowing how severe disease is going to be in the fall and anticipating that it is going to be more severe in the fall, we would want to priorize the groups and make sure everybody got access to vaccine and hopefully we are significantly frontloaded so we're able to, over the course of time, provide vaccine to everybody. >> there is always, every year, with the seasonal flu vaccine, some people say, oh, i'm worried about side effects. can i catch the flu? are there sideffect concerns with this? we're still coming up with it,

still in the testing phase or studying phase right now. what do we know about side effects from the vaccination? >> the vaccine safety trials are still under way so we don't have the results of that as of yet, but thus far, at least up until about august 21st what we are hearing is that the vaccine is safe and that they are not seeing any side effects that are any different from what you would with the regular seasonal flu shot. basically that's going to be soreness from the injection site in the arm. that that's basically what's related. but we don't have more information at this point in time other than to date the vaccine is safe. >> and you cannot get the flu from the vaccine, which is a common misconception with seasonal flu, will be a concern with h1n1. there is no risk of getting influenza from the vaccine itself. >> a complication this year, which is going to be hard for us to separate, is that when you already have circulating virus in the communities, people are going to be lining up to get

their vaccinations. they could already be exposed to one or the other. >> right. >> and really get sick before the vaccine has enough time to mount enough resistance to it. that's where there will be more confusion this year. >> very interesting. >> but it's not the vaccine itself that's going to cause it. >> that's right. >> make that clear. we'll be right back with more "viewpoint."

welcome back to "viewpoint" this morning. our topic this morning, preparing for the swine flu. doctor, i'll turn to you. you talk about the plan being in place. in the district, all students conceivably should have access to this vaccination. is that right, this fall? >> as we roll through the priority groups, yes, students will become a focus once we've taken care of, as we mentioned before, women who are pregnant, people who take care of children who are under the age of 6 months and health care workers. we will also then need to take

care of folks who are at risk for medical complications and primarily the children who are at risk for medical complications first and then the rest of the pediatric and young adult population. >> you actually have a hotline in virginia that you were telling me about. people can call with their questions. not personal consultations. >> exactly. this is a hotline run by the department virginia of health. we have a toll free number. it's been operational for a couple of weeks. it was operational in the spring, has been very valuable for answering people's questions. this is not a medical consultation line, per se. but to answer people's questions about h1n1, about the vaccine, about what they might expect. >> how much of a strain could this put on our health care system? i would imagine that you have to think about the worst case sen ir yoe. that's what we heard from the cdc and the presidential panel this week. how much of a strain -- letters have gone out, you mentioned -- to health care providers.

>> we are in the process of reaching out to health care providers not only for this activity but also the specter of back to school immunization that's going on right now. so, there is concern that there will be significant pressure on hospital emergency departments and intensive care units should there be a large number of people presenting for care who are extremely sick. part of the reason why we're focusing on this prevention message up front and why we want to empower providers to be able to take good care of people in their sort of care settings, if you will, and provide good advice to those people and not necessarily immediately refer them for emergency care if it's not necessary. so, we are going to be asking our providers to be a bit more sort of -- to use my own name -- vigilant. >> it is going to be so appropriate. >> very important. >> dr. tillman, we had talked about supplies and we just don't know for sure if we're going to

have enough. is that a concern for all of you, i guess? >> it is somewhat of a concern. it's even more so a concern about the timing of when we will get it so that we can get it out. you know, cdc has made a large effort, and i applaud them for it, in making it available to private providers as well as the public health sector, so as soon as we get it then we can begin immunizing people and that's what's important, you know, for us. the other message i wanted to pick up on that you were mentioning, in terms of so many people potentially being infected and sick with the flu this season it will be very important for people to do again, as doctor said, stay at home when sick. we have to do more of the self-care because if everyone wants to go to the e.r., the system will be overwellend. >> sure. >> that is going to be very difficult. so it's really going to be how to do that self-care at home and to take those sorts of precautions. >> okay. you stay home and you've got a

family of four or five. how do you protect them or guard against the whole family coming down with this and what's the best remedy for this? antivirals, rest? fluids? >> certainly fluids to prevent dehydration. rest. we're recommending that in a family one person be designated as a care provider in an effort to protect others in the family. certainly its a concern to try to protect others in the family, but again, hydration, rest, staying home while people are ill. i know there's a lot of concern about whether people can take off from work and we've been encouraging workplace to develop policies to allow people to stay home. the commonwealth of virginia took the step to put in place public health leave so that people can stay home when they're ill and can stay home to

take care of their loved ones. >> all right. that's all the time we have. we want to thank you all for coming in. certainly making us more aware about a very important topic that we are sure to hear more about as the weeks come up on us with students heading back to school. thank you again. >> thank you. >> thank you for sharing your expertise. we thank you for watching "viewpoint" this sunday morning. have a great weekend, everybody. now back to "news 4 today." the great ex expectations were placed upon ted kennedy's shoulders becae of who he was, but he surpassed them all because of who he became. >> arlington national cemetery re-opens today, the final resting place for another beloved politician. senator ted kennedy has been laid to rest beside his brothers. plus, many knew him well. others didn't know him at all. hear from some of the thousands

who lined the streets to honor senator kennedy. and horror in a small town. a disturbing find inside a mobile home. seven people are dead. good morning, everyone. welcome back to "news 4 today" on this sunday, august 30th. i'm keith garvin. a look at what's making news this morning in just a moment, but first meteorologist chuck bell is in storm center 4 with a look at the forecast. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, keith and happy sunday, everybody. off to a fairly quiet start across the area first thing this morning. there are some clouds left in our skies, especially for you folks to the east and to the south of washington this morning. here's a live picture over the potomac river. you can see that little hole of blue skies out there. that's going to be the trend as we go through the rest of the day. quick check of doppler shows nothing all that heavy on radar this morning, a couple of lonely sprinkles on the eastern shore. temperatures upper 60s to near

70 around town. but the dew points are falling on a northwesterly wind so i will be a pleasantly warm afternoon with temperatures once again back up into the mid-80s with increasing sunshine. it won't be so muggy as it was yesterday, keith. >> don't have a problem wit that. thanks, chuck. >> okay. >> another american political icon is now buried at arlington national cemetery. today the public will be allowed back inside to visit senator edward kennedy's grave site. he is buried near his brothers, john and bobby. yesterday those who knew senator kennedy best got a chance to pay him a final tribute. briamoore reports. >> reporter: on a day both somber and celebratory, senator ted kennedy took his place alongside the brothers he idolized. in the end he was an icon in his own right, and thousands lined the streets of the nation's capital to say good-bye. >> i'm a conservative republican but i'm here to pay respects. >> reporter: his last journey took him to the u.s. capitol where he was saluted by those

who served with and for him. >> he knew that he was only great because he had great people supporting him, and he knew the value of good staff and that's why he was so successful. >> reporter: the day began in boston where family considered american royalty mourned alongside the nation's political elite. among them, four american presidents. >> the greatest expectations were placed upon ted kennedy's shoulders because of who he was, but he surpassed them all because of who he became. >> and we slowly made it to the top. >> reporter: son teddy jr. stirred the crowd to tears. but there were also moments of laughter. >> he even taught me some of life's harder lessons, such as how to like republicans. >> reporter: the day followed the path of ted kennedy's life, from massachusetts to washington, with brothers john and robert at his side. honored by a new generation of

kennedys who some day may hear their family's call to servi. from beginning to end, the memorial services were sharply focused on family, both political and the kennedys, literally bus loads of children, grandchildren and a sprawling extended family paying tribute to its fallen patriarch. brian moore, nbc news at the arlington national cemetery. >> some of the people who lined the streets to say good-bye to senator ted kennedy knew the senator well. others, though, had never met him. craig melvin takes a look at how ted kennedy touched the lives of so many people. >> reporter: emma lang is a grad student at gw but she was born in cambridge, massachusetts. >> i grew up with ted kennedy. i'm only 24. he's been senator since well before i was born. >> reporter: thousands lined the streets. regardless of age, so many here seemed to grow up with senator ted kennedy. they brought their signs, their kids, their pets and their

memories. >> we grew up with him, civil rights issues. he was always for social justice and peace and the poor. >> i think he represented the people of massachusetts quite well. we're very proud of the work that he did on our behalf. >> reporter: while some were here to thank kennedy, others merely wanted a front row seat to history. >> the kennedy family is like the family of america. i figured since i'm here, i might as well check it out. >> reporter: as the motorcade made its way down constitution, onlookers glanced for a last glimpse. meanwhile, at the capitol where he served for 47 years, many of kennedy's current and former staffers stood on the senate steps for two hours. when the lion arrived, they all roared. >> well, i've seen a lot of processions and a lot of ceremonies in this town since i've been re. i've never seen anything like this. >> reporter: this man ran the

massachusetts democratic party in the late '60s. he's one of many of kennedy's former staffers who became successful. melody miller worked for the late senator longer than just about anybody else. >> i was with him for 37 years. >> reporter: 37 years? >> who would want to leave? he was at all of our weddings, at our funerals, at our bedsides. the loyalty was a two-way street. that's why you have the entire steps filled with his former staff. there's no place we would have rather been. >> reporter: the thousands of others here seemed to agree as they waved flags, sang songs and wiped away tears, all seemed to have something in common. >> we love senator kennedy. >> reporter: craig melvin, new 4. >> this morning on "me the pecial hour-long ib ttrtolie hefe," legacy and fe political career of senator ted kennedy. some family members and long riil w share their me amoes tilutrihebo senator.he guests include mhrar s, erivia kw er kndhnry a chrisdodd, his hnie,ecisrymeor fisr press

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>> police have not said how the victims died. mea in the area are reporting some of the victims are children. prince george's county are investigating a double shooting. it happened before 11:00 last night on happenedover road in chever cheverly. officer arrived to find two men shot. one of them ended up dying. police are not saying much about the crime but if you know anything, they are asking you to give them a call. we know the name of the man accused of shooting a d.c. police officer yesterday morning. he's 26-year-old michael grayton of washington. police say two officers on patrol saw a group of people involved in a dice game. when they saw the officers, investigators say the group took off. police say grayton and one of the officers eventually got into a struggle over the officer's gun. the gun went off during the fight, hitting the officer in the knee. he is expected to be okay, though. grayton is charged with assault on a police officer. two women are recovering from serious injuries after a

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already flying high. here's hakem dermish with this morning's sports minute. >> good morning, everyone. your sports minute begins with the nationals. last night on the road in st. louis, the sweet-swinging cardinals were back at it again. colby rasmus crushed a three-run homer to right, capping a four-run fifth inning. the cards down the nats 9-4. preseason football. ravens taking on the panthers. baltimore qb joe flacco was spectacular. completing 23 of his 28 passes for 247 yards and one touchdown. the ravens win it 17-13, are 3-0 in the preseason. in golf at the barclays, fairfax native steve marino has a share of the lead at 9 under par. marin marino, who bir i had 3 of his last five holes yesterday. in soccer, d.c. united on the road in chicago, bryan namoff scores on a header in the first half, his second goal of the season. d.c. united wins it 1-0.

the black and red earns its first mls victory in more than a month. that's your sports minute. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> 72 degrees outside. coming up on this edition of "news 4 today," chuck will tell us if we will stay dry today. and classes and books not the only things on the minds of rurpg college students. advice on how to avoed the dreaded freshman 15.

next up on nbc 4 is the "today" show. lester holt joins us with a preview. good morning. >> good morning to you. coming up this morning on "today," authorities in georgia are investigating a mass murder that has stunned a small community. seven people were found dead. two are in critical condition. we'll get a lot more on this story coming up in a live report. plus, with senator ted kennedy now laid to rest the question turns to whether his

death will alter the debate over health care reform. we'll be talking about that. after years of negative headlines, wiss knee houston is trying for a comeback. britney did it but can whitney revive her career? a terrifying 10,000 foot plunge. look what happened to a seasoned skydiver when his main parachute got tangled. we'll tell you how he survived when jen in and i see you later on "today." >> i can't wait to hear whitney's voice. >> i hope she does well. >> it is back to school time at george washington university. more than 7,000 students moved in yesterday and about 1,000 student volunteers and staff were on hand to help. many first year college students will be gaining more than just a good education. they will also be gaining a good 10 or 15 pounds, better known as the dreaded freshman 15. brittany glazier has some tips on how they can keep that weight off.

>> reporter: whether it's being away from home for the first time or the freedom over food choices, the first year of college can be brutal to freshmen waistlines. >> they have all the you can eat meal cards. they also have the availability of alcohol and the late-night establishi snacking for all night study sessions. >> reporter: coined the freshman 15, this label reflects the number of pounds freshmen pack on. before amber walks into her first college class, she knew the reality of this condition. >> it's a big social issue, and with so many people saying, i gained so much weight when i go to college, it's kind of ner nerve-racki nerve-racking. am i going to do the same thing? >> reporter: determined to not do the same thing, amber stayed active, even finding ways to intertwine her body and mind at

once. >> i will make flash cards and study while i'm running so i can do two things at once because i know time is a big pressure for most college students. >> reporter: exercise specialist sheena caro says students should utilize one break in their day for a half hour of exercise. >> you definitely want to try to get your cardio in most days of the week, at least 30 to 60 minutes of cardio. you also want to do a basic weight training routine, do each part of the body. do that maybe two to three times a week. start slowing it down. >> reporter: now that amber's a college sophomore, staying fit is more than a weight goal. she says it trickles down to perper form answer when she hits the books. >> makes you focus more so you do better in classes. makes you an overall healthier person. >> another tip for keeping those pounds off, use the campus rec center. it is covered by tuition and many of them have great equipment and fitness classes. a man who, chuck, you probably could have used those 15 pounds.

>> where were my freshman 15? i showed up in school. i weighed 128 pounds as a freshman. >> you've only gained about 5 or 10 pounds sips then. >> that's right. outside today, we are looking for sunshine back into the area. not right now but you have to be patient. patience counts.

some beautiful but not impoedzing clouds out there right now. >> we're not afraid of thighs clouds. they're going away from us, not coming toward us. may generat one or two lonely sprinkles, especially for you folks in southern maryland and. i think our rain chances are somewhere between slim and none so that is a good thing. the sunshine actually i think by later on datoy, that sky will be a lot more blue than it is gray. outside right now with temperatures steadily in the upper 60s and low 70s around town, but they'll be climbing pretty quickly here over the next couple of hours. once we get rid of these morning clouds, get a little extra

sunshine in our area, that will really help. temperature right now at ronald reagan, washington national airport nestled alongside the branches of the anacostia and potomac river, 72 degrees. our dew point continuing to drop. down to 61 degrees now, thanks to that northwesterly wind. we've had a very warm august. august has been 2 1/2 degrees warmer than average. only once in the last three weeks have we had a day cooler than average. that was on frida wn we made it to 79 degrees. we have some cooler weather coming our way as we go into the rest of the forecast. all right. so, 66 degrees in frederick, maryland, right now. 73 in quantico, virginia. radar shows a couple lasting showers now on the delaware coastline and into the lower eastern shore. another patch here headed toward richmond and petersburg. that may graze the northern neck and extreme southern maryland owe the next while. that's the area that might still see a little shower or two later on this afternoon. right now, temperatures in the

mid-70s ahead of the weather front, but 50s back behind it. these are the dew points here. 40s and 50s for dew points. that's the measure of moisture in the atmosphere. as that drier air continues to push in, we're really going to notice the change around here by later on today. so there's the weather front just now dragging through the washington area. the humidity and the rain chances are heading south and they're going to be staying mostly to the south for much of the next five to seven days. so during the day today, increasing sunshine. temperatures today once again back up into the mid and perhaps even the upper 80s in a few spots so it will be warm as you would expect in august. but a lot less humid than yesterday. a little ripple of low pressure may bring some ext clouds and another slight chance of a shower to the area, especially southern parts of the area by late tomorrow. but no real big rain chances at all as we get into the upcoming week. so, for today becoming mostly sunny, warm, a little bit lower on the humidity scale than yesterday so that will be welcome change but another nice day. then for tomorrow, partly sunny skies. we'll start with the sunshine

tomorrow, end womit sh e clouds by tomorrow afternoon, only the slightest chance of rain late in the day tomorrow. after that, get ready to open up the windows and welcome in the month of september on tuesday. we have not been below 60 degrees at national airport since june 1st and i think september 1st, three full months later, may be our next good chance to get below 60 degrees. >> this is the time of year the power bills take a dip. >> that's correct. >> get the windows open. >> i love my power company, but i hate my power bill. >> you and me both, buddy. thank you, check. in sports this morning the nationals attempt to play spoiler not working out so well against the cardinals. jason campbell talkabout quieting his critics. here's hakem dermish with this morning's sports. >> good morning, everyone. when you play the cardinals, you're really playing against the sluggers from st. louis. one night after albert "i hit bombs" pujols punched the nats in the stomach with a walk-off home run, the sweet-singing st. louis club was back at it again. we pick it up in the bottom of the fifth. cardinals lead it 3-2.

stammen facing ludwick. ludwick bounces one to short. guzman maybe takes his eye off the ball. uh-oh. that's an error. goes into the outfield. that allows pujols to score. cardinals up 4-2. bad news for nats. that keeps the inning alive. villone comes in to face the next batter. you knew this was coming. colby rasmus gets ahold of it, rocks it to right for a three-run jack. his 14th of the year. the cardinals win big 9-4 the final. talking football now, and before friday night's game against the patriots, redskins quarterback jason campbell had completed 4 of his 13 passes for 48 yards, zero touchdowns. the criticism was loud. friday night he quieted the naysayers, even if it was only for a few hours. campbell was effective, completing 13 of his 22 passes for more than 200 yards and one rushing touchdown. his biggest gain, confidence. all eyes on jason campbell on friday night. on the skins' first offensive series, jason campbell was in control.

here drops back, goes deep down the sideline to santana moss who makes an incredible catch. gets his feet down for a 21-yard pickup. campbell was perfect on the drive, leading the first team offense to its first touchdown of the preseason. then campbell proves he can do it on the ground. drops back here, can't find anyone open, so he says, i'll take it in myself. it's a four-yard score. the redskins, however, lost the game 27-24. so, jason, was your performance good enough to quiet the doubters? >> never. it's never enough. there will be something to think about, this week it will be, well, he didn't hit the big ball to santana. or, you know, it will be something. but i'm just joking. it really doesn't bother me at all. you always got to contain the move. in this business as an nfl quarterback you're going to get scrutinized with the good and the bad. you have to be able to take it and continue to move forward. the one thing you have to do is take the negative and turn it into a positive, keep that issue in your mind because the road is

not going to be easy. >> i saw him being real sharp on a lot of the things that he did, i thought was very aggressive. ran our offense very well. >> jim zorn and the skins back on the practice field later today. in three full seasons on the pga tour, fairfax county steve marino has won nearly $5 million but has yet to win a tournament. that could change this weekend at the barclays. if he snags his first victory, he would earn $1.3 million. the feeling, however, would be priceless. we're in new jersey. we start with tiger woods who began the day eight shots off the pace but he makes a charge. here on number 16 his approach from 124ards out is headed left, but he's tiger woods and he's lucky. gets a nice bounce, rolls within ten feet of the cup. check outiger's reaction. he's le, i know i'm lucky, but i know i'm also good. he would par the hole, finish at 4 under. five shots behind this guy. steve marino, here on the par 3 14th this is his tee shot. folks, it's a good one.

thball lands past the hole. then he pulls it back, like on a string. that's a give me for marino. he would birdie to move 7 under, two back of the leader. putting for birdie on 16 from 11.1 feet away, precision. got it. marino birdied 3 of his last 5 holes. has a share of the lead at 9 under par going into today's final round. he tees off in the final group at 1:45. in soccer, d.c. united on the road against chicago last night. the black and red trying to pick up their first mls win in more than a month. tom soehn coaching his first mls game since being misdiagnosed with swine flu. turns out he had bronchitis. first half, no score. christian gomez serves into the box for bryan namoff. namoff using his noggin, scores his second goal of the season. d.c. united beat chicago. 1-0 the final. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> all right. we plan to. that does it for "news 4 today." the "today" show is next. we'll be back in about 25 minute