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[ cheers and ae ] >> and fight he did. senator john mccain in his own0 words years ago, at the republican national convention. good evening, everyone, i'm erica gonzalez. senator mccain died tonight with family by his side, one day after we learned he would no longer seek treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer. john mccain was a war hero, a prisoner of war for more than five years. a congressman, a senato twice a candidate for president of the united states. his wife cindy mccain said tonight, i passed the way he lived onis own terms, surrounded by the people he loved in the place he loved t best. his daughter meghan putting it simply, i love you forever, my beloved father. lester holtas a look back at mccain's life. >> john mccain has spent his life sving his country. >> i am the son and grandson of navy admirals, and i was born

into icamerica's se >> his reputation as a naval fighter pi t,rebellious. >> i was immature, reckless, i was cocky, but i also knew i was going to follow in my father and grdfather's footsteps. >> he flew bombing missions over vietnam. he was shot down or hanoi, dly injured and thrown into a vietnamese prison. >> john mccn. >> i don't think there was any doubt i was near death. >> he was k tortured,t in solitary, but when given a chance to go home ahead of other pows, refused.er finally, a 1/2 years, mccain was released. afteris marrying h wife cindy, he moved to her home state of arizona, entered politics, first as a member of the house, and then in '86 he was elected to the u.s. senate. mccain was a republican rising star, taking a r leadinge in

normalizing relations with vietnam. >> it's important for us to recognize that the war is over. > reporter: known as a maverick, willing to think for himself and to work across the aisle on everything from campaign finance reform to immigration, he made his second runor the presidency in 2008, winning the nomination and choosing a relative unknown, alas governor sarah palin as his running mate. the night he lost t barack obama, mccain conceded with grace. >> senator obama has achieved a great thing for himself and his country. i applaud him for it. >> mccain was elected six times to the senate.an a republ but unafraid to challenge his own party. >> we'reetng nothing done, my friends. we're getting nothing >>done. guided always by the lessons he learned from his father and grandfather. >> do what you know is right. act in a fashionhat you can look back and not be embarrassed

but proud. >> certainly a lot for the mccain family to be proud of tonight. this video just in from outside of his home. a procession of vehicles, caying the body away from his arizona. we don't know what plans are for tributes to the senator, but his body woml beg here to washington at some point. a look atop the white house nowr the american flag is flying at half staff in honor of senatorccain. mayor bowser has a order the d.c. flags to fly at half staff. senator mccain's father and grandfather are boths uried at aron national cemetery. he will be buried in maryland.he ill be buried at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapol annapolis. he wrote in his book back in may that's we wanted to be buried.

services are b expected to held at the washington national cathedral. former president's george w. bush and barack obama are expected to eulogyize him. mr. obama released tonight saying in part, few of us have been tested the way john once was, or required to show the kind of courage he did. john mccain was a plan of deep conviction and a patriot of the order.t president trump and first lady melania have tweeted out their prayers and sympathy for the mccain famil tonigh his longest friend in the senate lindy graham tweeting, america and freedom have lost one of her greatest champions. and i've lost o of my dearest friends and mentors. d tim kaine aocrat says, they just don't make 'em like john mccain any re. r 60 years he has served our

country as a man in iform, as a maverick leader, always seeking common ground. and then there's this from mccain's fellow senator from arizona. wordsannot express the sorrow i feel at john mccain's passing. the world has lost a hero and a states man. one person who knew senator mccain well is andrea mitchell.n she spokeht about covering the senator, and his determination to put country over party. >> h really showed that kind of determination and dedication. and he'd like to portray himself a maverick, he wasn't always a maverick, but when he was, he was grand. >> yesterday on news 4 at 6:00, "meet the press" moderator chuck todd joined us on set to talk about john mccain. his legacy in the senate and the way he treated >> every decade there's an unofficial lion of the senate.

for the d lastade it's been john mccain. inwhen i defe lion of the senate, i think of it as the person who sort of speaks for the institution, and speaks for the integrity of the country.ha ands -- you know, john mccain grabbed that mantle and it well. the beauty of john mccain is that one of the things, personally i thought w amazing, he didn't care about your station in fe. meaning he -- the first interview i had with him, i was doing a chat in 1996, we were doing chat room stuff -- newfound website, he who i was, but people agreed to do it. he didn't care if it was -- it sn't just because it was "meet the press." he didn't know w i was, that's the pers he was. he treated everyone as equal, --h some respect, and it that's why people say, press loves john mccain, because john mccainreated everyone with respect, his constituents, his

political opponents. >> chuck todd will have much more on the passing of senator john mccain on meet the press tomorrow morning at 10:340. d we'll continue to gather reaction for news 4 today. still to come tonight at 11:00, a story news 4 broke this afternoon. the first arrest in the death of makiyah wilson. her mother feeling some relief, ott her fight is over. police continue their search for suspects and release a p of one man who they say was involved. the heat is building in the middle of the country and it's headed our way.

neighbors horrified after seeing what was left after a car hit a teenager in prince georges county. this happened at brown station road in upper marlboro enilier this e. a flair and police tape marking off the scene. a honda sedan hit the teen on the driver's side. you can see the car'sed sma in windshield. the driver stayed at the scene. a tense day at the university of north carolina chapelsu hill. orters of a now torn down confederate statue clashed with counter protesters. police were out in t force return the statue nicknamed silent sam. the monument honoring an anonymous confederate soldier is w in temporary storage after protesters tore it down this week. north carolina has become the latest focal point in a debate over what to do about civil war era rimes.

when we come back at 11:00, the interview with the mother of makiyah wilson. the return of heat and humidity in our 10-day forecast. stay with us, we'll be right back.

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darcie spencer has her reaction tonight. >> basically, overwhelmed with the news. >> and for once it was good news ar done wilson. police made an arrest in the death of her 10-year-old daughter. police arrested qawan thomas. and they have warrant for a second man. >> what would you want to say to is person to convince him that he needs to turn himself in. >> you broke me. that was my heart, my baby. >> according to online court records, both men were indicted in prince georgesg county on d charges. both men were released on bond aythree before makiyah was killed. ve men in masks pulled up a

of the ire in front apartment building. >> there are at least three other men who are responsible for this little girl's death. we will not rest until all of them are held accountable for makiyah's murder. >> this murder was devastating, this was a beautiful 10-year-old child. d we called onhe public to help us. >> there is a small shrine honoring makiyan in letter mother's home. >> she's looking over us and watching us i know that she would want i justice, and want justice for my baby. >>arcie spencer, news 4. it's been weeks since she was shot and killed, detectives still need a l of help in this vestigation. those gunmen opened fire outside her home, killing her andju ng four others back on july 16th, two days lateli found the getaway car.

that stolen infinity sedan stolen in oxon hill. the man who stole the car, kevin eugene jones. jones has not been charged in wilson's murder. a river running street through a family's home. this is video from tropinel storm a homeowner capturing theda flooding y. the news is getting better. the storm has turned away from hawaii. forecasters have dropped all warnings today, but even with no direct hit, the storms outer bands have dropped amounts of rain. the big island has received nearly four feet in some areas. mudslides areow a big concern. as hawaii recovers, so do thele pen southeast texas. today marks one year, the one year anniversary, when hurricane harvey came ashore. the storm caused $125 billion in damages. and killed 68 people. more than half were killed in houston.

people in the houon area did get some news tonight.vo rs overwhelmingly approved a 2 $1/2 billion bond proposal to pay for flood projects to cut down on thdamage caused by future storms. when you think of all the floodingme we've had this s and all the heat waves we've had this summer, hoping for one more reallyice day to round out the weekend. it's going to get more tocomfortable starting rrow. all the details are coming up in the 10-day. t73 insid beltway, the official high today was 82 at reagan international. it's going to start feeling a bit muggier too. temperatures across the region right now, definitely in the mid to upper 60s. 63 right now in manassn, 65 gaithersburg. loys will be right around the 60 degree mark. the river valleys will g down into the upper 50s.

still not too bad at night, wite southwy winds tomorrow, sunshine will get back to fire the 90 degree mark, if we do, tomorrow will be the start of the new heat wave, because next monday, tuesday and wednesday are guaranteed weill have ree days in a row of 90 or above. no storms right now on sto team radar, everything is quiet. about 24 hours from now, we'll see a few remnant thunderstorms, a couple storms are going to try t.to move out of ohio toni get closer t the i-81 corridor. a lot of that activity will fall apart.we l see them fire up again. only isolated storms tomorrow aftirnoon. the h of the day, the higher elevations will cause that. here we are, 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, things will fall apart. we'll repeat the process on mond afternoon, wit couple isolated thunderstorms popping up. gh pressure brought us beautiful weather, now heading out of the area, the northwesterly flow that kbrout us the dry weather is gone too.

southwesterly flow starting at the gulf of mexico, pumping in the heat and humidity. tomorrow, it's gng to more comfortable than it was today. not really oppressive untilge w to tuesday and wednesday. that's when the humidity is really going to getp ther that's when we'll have heat in the index values, close to the century mark. give or take a few. the temperaturet adjustmay as well be 100 degrees. that's what the heat index is. here's your 10-day forecast, looks like this, 90 degrees esmorrow, low to mid-90s tuesday and wey. a cold front will move through weayesday. laboreekend looking better, looking a little more comfortable. >> i can't believe we're talking about labor day weekend. i can't believe we're talking about any moreer sh >> thank you. the nats season hasn't gone as we expected, right? it didn't get any better today either. we'll

. a rough one for the nats, they have three under their belt like that, how do you come back. >> i have no idea. they've been trying to do this for a living. >> come on, man. we were out dancing, i don't know, look,n everyone's b playing out the scenarios in their head about what's going to happen if thels natio are going to get back for the race. the week started o all right. took two from the phillies, including ryan zimmerman's walkoff home run about since then, the nats have forgotten how to score runs. back to back shutouts with today's matinee with the mets. and beginning the day 8 1/2

games behind the braves. tanner rourke was on the mound this afternoon. to thefifth, scoreless, nats threatening, two on for bryce harper, he hits into the inning ending double play. the shutout streak continues. to the sixth, stillfocoreless, nolong, though about rosarioakes row hards deep. mets on the board first. 1-0 new york. this time, todd frazier hits on. de mets take a 2-0 lead. to the eith, nats trying to get something going. here juan soto single, he tries to extend it into a double. he's moving fast. goingo go for the bag, but his leg comes off the bag on a slide. he's called out. that shutout in three straight games for the t firste in team history. 3-0, 8 1/2 games back of the braves.

>> we have opportunities early, we can't score points. it's frustrating right now 37 a lot of zeros, we have to come back tomorrow. we have to start swinging the bat. we're behind. we had opportunities for, we couldn't. >> baseball this afternoon, a camden yards, game one of the doubleheader with the yankees. th's my favorite sho of the day. tie game in thethird, it's a three-run home run. yankeesp 3 5-2. more yankees power. a two-run shot to right. no doubt about that one, that one clears the wall easily. new york wins the first game 10-3. to the nightcap, andrew castern on the mouor the orioles, already down a run, baseslo ed. and caster gets away. flies in safely under the tag.

and theankees in control.oh non carlos stanton matches o one the wall. just a long single here. another run scores to make it 4- orioles lose a second game 5-1. 37 and 93 on the year. high school football is back. de massa taking on st. thomas. early season jitters her down 3-0, jordans, batt comes up with the fumble, returns itor a touchdown. de massa trails 10-0. same score in the second. eric feels the, pressuree's fumbled. st. thomas picks it up with the third forced f turnovere half. and then st. thomas would make them pay. first and goal, daniel carter, up theiddle for the score. de massa would trail 24-0 in the half. they would lose their opener

38-0. the mystics and atlanta dreams. the semifinals starting tomorrow 37 mysre going to make their first wnba final in franchise history. that's the only good news i have for you tonight. >> george wallace, thank you so much. thank you for joining us for news 4 at 11 w0 many as leave you. we leave you with se images over the white house tonight where flags are flying at half staff, as this nation remembers its maverick, senator john mccain. xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. even when you've got serious binging to do. wherever your phone takes you, your wireless bill is about to cost a whole lot less.

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