breaking news. >> take a look at the mess here. a tractor-trailer has jackknifed on the beltway. chopper 4 has just arrived on the scene. lanes are closed and the cleanup has begun. this i a crash that is sure to impact travel plans. i'm eun yang. >> we have team coverage on that crash. we begin with melissa. >> first 4 alert on this getaway day. inner loop before connecticut avenue is where this is. ovwe have im here. we have three lanes getting by this morning. this is on the right side of the roadway. the issue now, the outer loop is getting slow because people are looking to the left and wondering what is going on.ng the best t to do is to think about the icc this morning. there is the delay. three lanes open. the fuel spill will take some time to get out of the way.

in tes the of the beltway is looking good. the ramp to the outer loop is havi a crash around there. and southbound catal, on t right side, blocked, overturned vehicle. it's .6: we have team coverage of the crash this morning. justin finch is at the scene. what do you seenow? >> it appears we are getting close to the scene being clear. we have both parts of that tractor-ailer on tows. look behind me. at's the front end of this tow, t closest the camera. and further back is the back end of that trailer. as melissa, traffic is moving in three lanes now. just the shoulr in this area and the far right lane are impacted by tw.s preparation to tow away this scene here. we have an environmental services truck on stand-byo likely finish up the rest of the standing fuel spill that resulted here, as well.

this crash happening at 3:30 this morning. a tractor-trailer, jackknifing and striking the wall here of the beltway. again, in just the past few hours, seeing progress out here, traffic moving at speed. seeingthe wreck, we're some slowdown. a far cry from what we saw a few hours ago. traffic movingt a much greater clip. back to you in the studio. >> all right. juyoin, thank u. that crash may impact some travel plans. the holiday weekend is and millions are expected to hit le road for a weekend trip. >> here's ae look at the areas that will be impacted. reagan national airport, the bay bridge and the road to ocean city. >> a lot of eyes are on the forecast, as you expect. as are chuck bell's eyes. all four of them. on the radar here, firis thing morning. rumbles of thunder to get your

friday morning going, near n, charlest west virginia, near harper's ferry. near the bluemont area. e western half of frederick county, maryland, and parts of washington county, early morning rumble that's about the only game in town for now. it's indicativ of how unstable the air mass is in place. temperatures in the 70s. rain-cooled 68 in leesburg. you'll get peeks of tenshine, orning into early afternoon. but a likelihood of mores thunderstoo fire up later in the day. high temperatures in the mostly low to mid-80s across the region. that's welcome news. rain chances remain fairly high for your friday afternoon. and rain chances diminishing sunday.-d five forecast in detail in a

few more minutes. today, senator john mcca will lie in state at the u.s. capital. the body arrived at joint base drews last night. a military honor guard escortedt his cao a hearse. james mattis greeted cindy mccain as she came off the plane. her husband's colleagues and er staffers were to meet the family. >> his casket is set to arrive around mid-morning. megan mcgrath has more on today's tribute to the man known as the maverick. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in just a matter of urs, members of the public will be able to pay their respects to john mccain during a public visitation. you see the preparations being made here, eecting a large crowd. visitation begins at 1:00 in the afternoon. ilmourners will be able to past mccain's casket in the rotunda. thousands of people turned out

on wednesday in arizona. they came to the arizona state capitol to pay their final respects. mccain's body will be brought here later this earning. his coes and other guests will attend an arrival ceremony. at 1:00, that's when the public visitation will begin. it goes until 8:00 tonight. we spo to aman, a democrat, who came all the way from connecticut to be here today. >> west hartford, connecticut. for me, the courage, the integrity, the end ance this man endured for 5 1/2 years as a p.o.w., north vietnam. he can never lift husband arms above his shoulders. i'm gting goosebumps talking about it. just feel compelled gratitude for what he did.

>> there are some road closures in place. if you t look at map here, you get an idea for the area here. first street and east capitol streets, already closed in the area. right against the u.s. capitol. on rday, a formal funeral service will be held at the national cathedral. it's by invitation only. former presidents barack obama and george w. bush will be giving eulogies. on sunday, senator mccain wil be buried in a private ceremony. that's going to happen at the naval academy in annapolis. >> megan, thank you. preparations lasted late in the night for aretha franklin's funeral. thousands are set to say

good-bye to the queen of soul. her funeral gets undhi way at 5:30morning. >> jay gray is outside of the church where the service is taking place. we understand that there's a limited number of fans inside the service. >> reporter: they have. eun, aaron, good morning to you. behind me, they are setting up barricades for the lines that are expected. there are crowds here that beginning yesterday afternoon. about 2,000 fans may get the chance to be inside for what is going to be an incredible tribute. outpouring of love and respect for theoman who ever changed american music. dignitaries will speak, including former president bill clinton. and the singers at thisevent, overwhelming. stevie wonder, faith hill, fantasia, ariana grande. should be a great celebration of an incredible woman's >> what do we know about where

aretha franklin will be ried? >> reporter: she will be buried at woodlawnte ce, about seven miles from here at the church. a procession of 100 vehics and several pink cadillacs will take the queen of soul to her final resting place. >> a true celebration of life. this morning, thousands of federal employees are reworking their budgets. president trump is cancelling their planned pay rais. trump says the federal government does not have enough money to give thousands of federal workers the raises they were promised. that comes one month after his tax cut bill. this morning, we're following developing stories. we begin in northeast d.c. with a hit-and-run accident that left one woman dead are another

in >> we're working to get a description of the vehicle that hit them and took off. police have tracked down the person accused of attacking a crossing guard. wi esses say he threatened shoot or run over the crossing guard. told him he shouldn't be working with wrete children. s gave police cell phone video of the man's car. he faces charges of felony threats and stalking. breaking news, as well. sen people are now confirmed dead after a crash involving a greyhound bus and a semi truck mexico. >> state police say the truck blew a tire, crossed thethedian and hibus head-on. this is in thoreau, just outside albuquerque.

the driver survived that crash. colin kaepernick is headed to court, after an arbitrator rulehe his case against t nfl can go to trial. they will hear his claims that leagueer cons cluded to keep him from signing with a team. he said he was shut out of the nfl aft he started kneeling during the national anthem to protestolice brutality. the skins didn't pull off a win in t bottle of the beltway. the skins didn't pull off a enn last night. they lost to the r 30-20. >> sherree burruss goes over what needs to be done. >> reporter: hooray,he preseason is over. we turn to the season opener i arizonl 37 playersnot make the final roster.

ine of the strongest competitions at ruback. rob kelly had 49 yards. he knows his job is on the line. >> i have nervous in me. it's a thing for me to think i would make the roster, that would be stupid. i am confident in my place. making the squad, that's up to the people. >> i think what i put out on film, i'm proud of it. i'm proud of my trning camp and otas. i'm proud of my whole season. this coaching staff will have a hard time. we have some amazing players on this team.>> everybody had a shot. everybody had a chance to ke the football team and show us what they can do. and in returto we will have h decisions because of that. >> tough decisions ahead and soon. the redskins have to go from 90 players down to 53 on saturday. there are a lot of diets out there. south beach, atkins, juice cl

nse. which is the most effective at preventing early death? >> still ahead, we'll show you which diets the expertest. plus, police are cracking down on viimpairedng and using new technology to do it. and getting into the garden game. a bend-the-scenes look at the veggies growing at nats park. if you go to nats park this evening, the brewers are in town for a 7:00 game against ourna onals. and likely to have showers. a rain delay possib. uva starts their season tomorrow evening in richnd. a 6:00 p.m. kickoff. cavaliers and the spiders tomorrow down the in richmond. thank goodness, colleg football ason is here. we're kicking off the holiday weekend with a d.c. tradition. lots and lots of crabs. oh, yeah. claurn clarence, you put them right

here. >> you are speaking my. langua as we head to break, another look at the big news we're followingrnhis g. backup on the inner loop after a tractor-traickr ifed. the tractor-trailer has been removed. right now, only one lane is blocked. continuing coverage of the impact this mess is having throughout our are

you're watching "news 4 " toda >> welcome back. labor day weekend is the deadliest time of year on our ros. gwhen more impaired drive behind the wheel. >> usually that conversation revolves around drunk driving. but this year, the spotlight is shining on a different problem, driving under the influence of drugs. the department of transportation is putting out safe driving ads. it pushes a response to roadway deaths associated with marijuana, opioids and other drugs. many will tell you there is nothing better than c eatingbs on a summer day. this tradition is noex ption. >> dozens of people will stop by the warf to pick up their crabs. molette green is at the warf now, with a guy that's been

providing bushels of crabs for decades. i visited that stand many times. molette? >> is it brad that i brought my own tables and cheers. i got clarence goodness. along with pete in the background, greg in the background. they're expecting a busy weekend. t's talk about the warf. you've been doing this for 47 years? >> yes. d moick was a goldfish when i started in 1971. that a lot of history. >> we have the female and the male crab right here. lots of people love the females. tell me about the deals that you can get this weekend. before we go into that, i want to talk about the backdrop. the warf is here in the shadow of a $2 billion development. we have o pictures of the warf through the years. it's amazing to look at you're still surviving.

>> we have. this is all i've done. for 47 years, seen a lot of changes but nothing like this. we are in historyhere. we're a land mark. >> i love it. yes, you are. th is what i used to do on my summer holiday weekends. we would come down to the warf. tell me about the deals. >> the deals rightow, the lot of people aren't going to ocean city and places like that. ou know, it's probably all-you-can-eat. the crabs aren't that great because we get the reports. as far as sitting down wh your family, friends, and eating crabs, we have the medium-siz crabs. male or female, your choice. mix them. free steaming while you wait. or you can call in. by the time you get here to pay for the crabs, you're o your way. you don't have to go to ocean city. we bring ocean city to you. >> i asked folks to send in

theirrecipes. we're going to talk about that later on in the hour. ban to you guys, while i dive in. thank you, clarence. >> i couldit for hours eating crabs like that. looking for a dieouthat can he live longer? following that diet duces death by 25%. the greatest protection came from healthy oil in fish and moderate amounts of alcohol. we want to go back to melissa for that first 4 traffic alert. >> good news fou this morning. just hearing that all lanes area all- everything has just reopened. inner loop after connecticut

avenue. this is a big pain for a lot of people. perhaps using the inner loop to get over to 50 and cross the bay bridge. this should start to fix itself heretn the n couple of minutes. the rest of the beltway, looking fine re. mclean, northbound g.w. mpparkw. o the outer loop. 66. is fi 95 northbound, no problem. southbound, near quantity coco. inbound 66, oinboun 95, nice and green. very rare for this time of day. some fol taking off today and not doing the normal morning commute. 270 looks remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. your forecast, looking a littley

clere as we get our holiday weekend over national airpint. at plane t their airplane run. number 35, there they go, up the river.th tre flying northbound. at least untily flip the field around. later in the afternoon, winds out of the east and south. they may have to flip itaround. 79 degrees, down at national airport. lower 70s, in fairfax, montgomery county. and by the bay there in annapolis. as you plan out your day, your friday will be filled with a lot of clouds. some peeks of sunshin before thunderstorms become likely later on in the day. this morning, not a l of coverage area. we are getting rumbles of thunder here. headed towards frederick county and towards the haguerstown area.

your gardening forecast, make sure the hanging baskets are soakedll the way through. here's your five-day forecast. lowest rainhances are the holiday itself, on monday. it will be the warmest day ofe eekend at 90 degrees. >> chuck, thk you. 6:22. attention all thrill-seekers. x flags is debuting a new ride. >> today on "ellen." >> why the mexican guy has to do the macarena g >> i like thd jacket. mario lopez is hosting and he is tackling the '90s. "ellen" at 3:00.

you're watching "news 4 today." >> the term flying high is an understatement for a new ride at six flags. it's being touted asulhe tallest pe ride in the world. scit's a giant rotating di. 17 stories up in the air at 75 miles per hour, while it rotates. it will be the fastest ride in that park's history. the ride will debut next summer. children will be lost in the round there. >> you have to be a special kind of somebody to get on that good luck. if you like the garden, head

over to nats park. >> you will be able to harvest veggies at the ballpark. f-the nats opened up the rp farm. this is happening because of a partnership between nats park andza a d.c. orgaon called cultivate the city. l of the produce grown i the garden becomes part of what you buy at the ballpark. it's used in everything from stir fry to tacos. >> we use fresh cocktails. nfluence any of the area that we can with any of the produce that's growing. >> right now, volunteers are planting crops for fal including lettuce and onions. coming up, eating out and g leavine tab for others to pick up. restaurant owners say he's a serial dine and dasher.w ey finally caught this hungry crook. go morning. your planner over the holiday weekend. today and tomorrow have the highest rain chances. sunday and monday, the highest

"n 4 today" starts now. >> 6:30. people across the area hitting

the roads for the big laboray weekend. we're watching what are sure to be some of the busiest spots today. >> melissa will get us caught up on the roads in a moment. we begin with a look at the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. friday is off toou a start. a lot of places handled the rain overnight. more rain likely before today is dope. we traded the rain drops or the 90-degree weather for the rain chances. showers over today and. tomorr and things start to dry out and improve. radar thismorning. thunderstorms here, on the tip of the west virginia panhandle. these areylorthern md and parts ofnn pesylvania, with northern parts ofn lou county. no rain on the capital beltway. temperatures in the 70 hse to get your day started. planning out your day, 86. it comes with a 60% chance for

rain today. if you're beach-bound from ocean city to rehoboth, the showery weather will be today. rainmohances ow. but nice weather and the ocean is nice and warm, as well. good morning, melissa. chopper o 4, towards the bay bridge. we're clear here this morning. something else is clearing up for us. inner loop, through connecticut, had that jackknifed tractor-trailer. now, we have outer loop delays. outer loop at colesville is going to start slowinghi ts. in mclan the ramp to the outer loop. 270 southbound, looking quite good, nice and clear on this friday morning. >> melissa, thank you. 6:31. > roads are closed on capitol hill, as hundreds prepare to say

good-bye to senator john mccain. he arrived at joint base andrews. his family will accompany him to the funeral home in southwest d.c. >> the man known as the maverick will make his nal trip to capitol hill. megan mcgrath is live with more on today's tribute events. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. r a matter of hours, sena john mccain will lie in state under the rotunda. his bodyas brought by military transport. take a look. he landed last night at joint base andrews. in a few hours, he will be brought to the u.s. capitol and placed under the rotunda. colleagues and invited guest will attend a private arrival ceremony. vice president mike pence will speak dung the arrival

remony. at 1:00, that's when the public visitation gets under way. if you look live here, you can see what they have down first street. the road is closed and the fencing is lined up. they are expecting a large crowd. you're going to come to the visitors center at first street to line up and go inside to pay your respects. you have to go through travel light. the vitation lasting until 8:00 tonight. people are starting to arrive. they haven't lined up. but people are starting to come to down. we talkean to one a little while ago. he traveled six hours to be here today. >> i think he had the ability to reflect back. theanoihilton, where he spent many years. through the pain and the suffering he endured over the five years, he just developed an incredible character. >> tomorrow, senator mccain's casket will make its way tona t onal cathedral.

and the motorcade will be making a stop at the vietnam war memorial. his wife, cindy, will lay a wreath there. and the rmal, invite-only funeral service will be on saturday at the national cathedral. barack obama and george w. bush will be giving eulogies. and on sunday, a private burial at the u.s. naval academy in annapol annapolis. >> thank you. right now, the accused killer of aou fairfaxy teen is behind bars. the 18-year-old is charged in the death of the murder of his girlfriend jholie moussa her family is happy about the arrest but still upset that ht to be a tho runaway.

we're just a few days away from the start of a major murder trial. news 4 has new questions about the way the evidence was collected. police say he killed his former boss and wife, child and ho ekeeper. in court records, investigators found a screwdriver hoa window open in the basement.e is that how spect was able to get inside?he >>orensic biologist asked that the screwdriver be collected. she does not belie it was recovered.er s much more in the report that you can find in the nbc a washingt. in the meantime, they're anxious to see how the government came to accuse the wrong maof the heinous crimes and in the rush to judgment they overlooked the true culprit. >> t atf had no comment.

you can look next tuesday as we examine the evidence with lingering questions and a panelp ofts. that's tuesday night at 6:30, for "mansion murder: inside the inveigation." we could learn the fate of a former fairfax county teacher accused of abuse. a jury is deciding if he sexually molested a former student when she was 14. he lost his job and the license four years ago when the improper relationship was discovered. but the student revealed new details that led tthe charges. the defense says her statements don't match the physical evidence. the skins lost to the ravens last eght. th team faces a major roster ng dline that involves cut players from the team. today, we learn if the mysticsorward will be healthy enough to play in tonight's

semifinal game. last game, she injured her left knee against the atlanta dream. game three tonight at >>8:00. right now, the holiday travel rush is getting started. a live look at the bay bridge. isn't that a pretty sight there? we're working for you for all of the travel warnings you need to know. >> and molette green is live at the d.c. ,wa getting ready for a holiday priest. >> that't. august is the best time to get the best flavored crabs. we're going to share the recipes that you sentme thank you. thank

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you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back. 6:45 on your friday. we're kicking things off with the srt of holiday weekend. a look at chopper 4 over the day brid bay bridge. we have some warnings on the road. your news 4 team working for you, coming right up. today, senator john mccain will lie in state at the u.s. capital. the late senator received a hero's welcome.a litary honor guard escorted his casket to a nearby hearse. >> the welcome followed an emotional day and service in the state he represented for six terms. nbc's peter alexander has more on the arizona farewell for senator mccain. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to ayou. it was powerful day, a poignant ment throughout the

course of that memorial. it was a celebration of the life of john mccain with multiple expressions of love from one of of staffs and from joe biden, as well, talking about how he viewed john mccain as a brother. he said the two, the republican and a democrat, had plenty of their family fights, which got a laugh from people in the room. b it was remarkable that politics used to beb ae about the political partisanship thatts exn this country right now. people addressing the loss of john mccain. the football star,arry fitzgerald, heard the music play, a native american band serenading the audience with a beautiful song. more on what you will see this morning and throughout the weekend when we see you later today. >> peter exander, live for us this morning. thank you. coming up ull report next on "today." we have everything you need

to know about today'sn events the nbc washingtonpp. thousands of federal employees are reworking their budgets. trs cancelling their planned 2019 pay raises.mp most federalyees expected the raises in january. the president sent a letter to congress saying the federal government can't afford to increases. the president signed a $1.5 trillion tax cut bill. critics say, that bill only helped big companies, not the average worker. breaking news out of new mexico, seven people confirmed dead after a greyhound bus and a semicrashed. this happened just west of albuquerqu the bus was traveling from st. louis to los angeles. the truck's driver survived that crash. a hit-and-run accident left on injured.ad and another

that vehicle hit the two women near the d.c./maryland line. we're working to get a description of the vehicle that hit them and took off. today is the busiest travel dayf the labor day holiday weekend. 2.7 million americans will board planes today. >> over theen we 16.5 million americans are expected to fly somewhere for aal fin wa . head to the airport extra early. no matter how you plan toe travel,ave eyes on the travel rush. let's get live to justin finch, live along the beltway. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. coming off the beltway here, in the mixin bowl area. surprisingly moving very well here. not much traffic wve seen on the roads here this morning. making our way around town. we can tell you this, the advice, as you mentioned, does not your best bet, if you are traveling by car, is to leave

off-peak times. that means earlier this the morning and later in the evening. aaa expecting for our area alone, for some 800,000 people to travel 50 miles or more for their long, labor day weekends. the maryland state highway association expecting that the eastern shore will catch a of traffic, which means the bay bridge, as usual, will be very packed, as we make our way garoughout this long weekend here. is going to be a bit higher for drivers making their way oun for this weekend, as well. the average price nationally, about $2.84, up from last year. close to $3. won't stop g that many drivers from going away this weekend. >> justin, thank you.

melissa has more on our first 4 traffic. what's going on? >> right now on the roads, guys, look here. chopper looking good. bay bridge, into town, out of town, noch problems, w way you're headed right now. a pretty picture from choppis 4 morning. in chevy chase, inner lap after connecticut, one jackknifed tractor trailer.nd leftight shoulders are blocked. this is why, the outer loop at colesville, right side blocked by a disabled vehicle. zooming in, mclean, northbound, g.w. parkway, the ramp to the outer loop. you have to stay right to get by that crash this morning. 66 into town and out of town. so was 270, bywa the talk about the getaway routes, we're starting to see some slowdown. southbound as you approach quantico. northbound in virginia, on time.

er loopthe beltway, o not so bad here. and 270 looking pretty good here, right now. remembero to listwtop103.5 in your car. this is a rain-free start to the morning over national airport. there goes another elpld of folks, headed to destinations unknown. 79 degrees at national airport. most of the suburbs are than that. we have rumbles of thunder across the panhandle of west virginia and maryland. in loudon county. those showers are drifting northbound. there will be a higher chance day ain later on in the today. if you plan out thehe day, chances for rain increase later on in the afternoon 60%. today's high temperatuns will be the mid-80s. that is coole than yesterday's

93-degree day. college football getting started, noon tomorrow at fedex field. the maryland terrapin playing host to the longhorns. uva playing in richmond. a lot of people doing some backyard barbecuing over the next couple days. saturday, sunday, monday, the 4:00 in the afternoon forecast, 87 tomorrow, at 4:00, with thel liod of thunder showers around lower chances with a high of 89 degrprs. and it wilably be dry on monday afternoon. sun is not down on monday until 7:35. if you go down to the bea es thweekend, pretty good weather. a little showery when you geter but most is on the rain-free side. our forecast calls for a significantly warm first week of september. all the kids that haven't been backo school yet, it's a

tradition. it has to be blazing hot when b you gok to school. maryland kids thought they would escape that going back after labor day, not so much. >> first back to school ouit. >> bic shopick shorts. many in the dmv will tell you there is nothing bet to eat crabs today. >> molette is with a guy that's been selling crabs for years. talking about prepping ways to have your personal feast. >> don't judge me, i set up my own table outde of jesse goodman's. >> white chocolate. i'm the bro without the fro. >> i have been asking folks to tweet me the best crab recipes. everybodyai the same mixture.

vinegar and beer and old bay. >> there's your butter lovers. i like butter. pretendinghey're like lobster. you know? >> yeah. crabs are as good deal t holiday weekend. a bushel is going to cost me what? >> $75 to the public. >> that's not bad. >> males, females, mix them up. >> and women. women, we like to buy >> they're the best. shoppers >> i love that. >> they got us wrapped around eir finger. >> you've been doing this for 4r ye pete behind you. greg behind you. >> nothing but love. >> show me what you got when y t hitt mark. >> actually, i've got it on. that's my 1995 for being here 25 years. that's my birthstone, april. an of course,y baby, she is the cancer sign.

>> best of luck toyou, down here this weekend. it will be a busy one.pe you at 7:00 this morning. >> i want them to come down. >> i am tasting them ahead o time. eun, i know you love them. aaron, c you open a crab? >> you bring back a box. i'll showt you how f i can open a crab. >> i can sit for hours and eat crabs. >> we're here waiting. ee seating. >> this is what we do. >> appreciate it. >> by theime you get here, pay for them, you're on your way. good morning. i'm seema mody. walmart has increased its selection ofoys and is expanding toy aisles. it's part of an effort to lure shoppers after toys "r" went out of business this summer. walmart will begin its layaway program one day earlier this year.

with your cnbc business report, i'm seema mody. thank you. heergs here's four things to know. the redsks fell short to the ravens 30-20. by thursday, they face a major roster deadline that will cut many players from the team. d.c. police have tracked down a person who was threatening a crossing guard. they say he yelled slurs at the guard.he faces charges of felony theft and stalking. john mccain will make his final trip to capitol hill. he wl lie in state at the rotunda. viceresident mike pence will make a statement. the public will be allowed into e capitol rotunda at 1:00 p.m. today is the busiest travel y of the labor day holiday

weekend. here's route 50 by the bay bridge. aaa says there's been a record number of travelers for the past three years. follow us on first 4 traffic. look pt thistty picture out to the bay bridge, out to the beach thismo rning. looking good. light traffic. leave early or late if you're traveling today. >> those are pretty pictures, for sure. a high chance for showers and storms today and tomorrow. but not a rainout on any day of theoliday weekend. but temperatures will be above average. >> thank you, chuck. s tha the news for today. >> the "today" show is next. have a greatweekend.

good morning. breaking overnight, his final flight. john mccain's flag-draped casket arrives in washington aboard a military plane. the defense secretary, fellow senators, and dozensf mccain staffers come outis to greet h family after that emotional farewell in arizona. >> iht always tho of john as a brother that had al of a lot of family fights. >> today an honor usually reserved for presidents, john mccain will lie in state, his 106-year-old mother, roberta mccain there to see it. head-on tragedy. t the deoll climbs to at least seven people, dozens more crash in a horrific bus in new mexico. >> oh, my god, there was one person hanging out the window! >>