geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. saying good bye. a grateful nation preparing for a final farewell tribute to john mccain. a groupelivers a special remembrance at the vietnam memorial. a violent road rage incident ught on cameras a a bus driver recovers this morning after being hit by a car. a d.c. woman is facing serious charges. >> plus college football is back. but the head coach will not be on the field for the game against texas. we'll have live report at fedex field in a few minutes from now. at 9:00 on this saturda morning, we welcome you in to news 4 today.av i'm culver.

angie goff has theni m off. millions of folks are getting ready for what is often the last ste of summer. the political world is focussed on a final tribute to senator john mccain, and tse tributes are going underway right now here in the washington area. coverage. full team of we'll get to that in a moment. i want to begin with what is a storm team weather alert day. heavy rain overnight. >> we're weather alert once again today. we had the rain overnight las night dropping a lot of water across the area. a lot of ponding on the roads still there. prd some road as you head out the door this morning. also expect somefog.

>> this is how it is across the region.re again, we seeing some much dryer conditions than last night. a few isolated showers right now. this cell, i drove through it last night. dropped a lot of rain through the southern portion of the again, just isolated showers. some back toward thehendoah valley where i-81 meets i-86. damp and foggy. if you're aveling, you'll be okay except for that fog. 77 degrees is the temperature right now. plenty of clouds around northeast wynn at about 9 miles per hour.he we alert because we have a chance for showers and thunderstorms later this afternoon. some ofhich could be a little strong. we'll talk about those. time them out for your ighborhood coming up in 15 minutes. >> all right. >>e want t give you a live look at the vietnam veteran's

memorial. you can see defense secreta attis and to his left, the right of your screen, it appears to be the mccain family joining for the breatheaying ceremony taking place as the late senator john mccain, his body has left the u.s. capitol and is in route to the national cathedra before then this ceremony taking place to honor a man whodi ted much of his service and spent time in captivity for fighting for this country in vietnam. folks across the area are preparing for a final tribut it's a weekend that's difficult for many people who have come into town. of course, it is labor day wee end. at the sme they're pausing to remember john mccain, and we're going to continue with much more coverage ofhis throughout the morning as we're going to stay on this for just a moment. i want to just give it a little bit of time as we can kind of

take this in, the mccain family there in this final tribute. now, these are other images right now as guests are arriving at the national cathedral n far from our studios. we're expecting about 20 invited guests. politicians from around the world, folks from military service and many who the mccain family wanted to be there. politicians on both sides of thi e. notably not invited? president trump. f.at was at the request of john mccain hims as we're seeing the dignitaries and leaders, arri it's expected to be a service that is a celebration of life as they're calling it. a memorial that will be of joy. and paying tribute to a man who dedicated so much. i want to stay athe moment.cathedral for a

we have blaine alexander. we often talk about what people have wanted when c ites to their final moments and being remembered on this earth. we know exactly what the late senator john mccain wanted because he left those words pretty clear. >> reporter: you viknow, good morning to you, and you're right. i think that as we watch everything that's gone on this week right now the procession stopping at the vietnam veteran's memorial. everything we're going to see iter today at the national cathedral, it'smportant to keep in mind this is exactly what senator john mccain wanted. he had a chance to really plan out every detail o this week. we know his family has been workinat with thenal cathedral for months. you'll see his strong influence on the program from the music,o he people he chose to give tributes and perhaps no more notably an the people giving e

eulogies. tit 'srivals. we're talking about barack obama and george w. bush. senator mccain asked them personally to deliver his yule j -- eulogy today. that's part of the message tod and all throughout the week. this kind of bigger message of putting aside fferences, political or otherwise, and coming together. as you reow, thesehe two men that essentially squashed senator mccain's owns a separations of becoming president out united states. so we are going to expect to see the processional arrive here nutes from now, but this is expected to go no longer than two hours later this afternoon after they leave themo al, senator mccain is going to take one final ride through the nation's capital, washington d.c., a place he loved so well before arriving here athe national cathedral. >> blayne alexander on a moment of unity and what is oftentimes

a divisiv nature in our country. we appreciate it that. we'll continue to check in as the procession continues. i also want to remind you our d digital team is continuing to stream live images. go to our nbc washington app and follow along. we want to cover other top stories on this saturday morning. the university ofaryland football players will take the field in a matter of hours for their first game of the season. but this season begins shrouded in some controversy. news 4'ser ward is live with more.in good mo >> reporter: good morning. well, you know, it was sort of a bumpy road to get to the start of this season, but the fans that are here early now in th parking lot and folks tailgating are looking forward to it. the maryland team takes on the university of texas at noon today. what happened in the off season is heavy on people'smind. first off there was the death of 19-year-old jordan mcnair.

he was an offensive lineman who collapsed during a practice and passed away two weeks after the may 29th. practi it led to an investigation by the state board of regents looking into the culture of football and the things that happened that day of that practice. also some revelationsbo ag earlier issues. kevin anderson was found to have acquired lawyers for two students embroiled in a sexual misconduct case. that was apparently csing some problems becse theniversity supposedly only supposed to provide leg referrals, not actually payor this. we're told the lawyers were paid for out of d athleticartment funds. that's all in the backdro re. what really matters to tho folks is what goes on now. to movethe possible way forward as we hear from one fan ere tailgating. take a look. >> i think that it's just important that we're able to take today and enjoy a football

game. there are tons ofdi ractions in an off season. it's easy to make up story lines, but tbe able to focus on what's important and getting backo footbal and appreciating our friends and tailgatednd some g weather, it should be a fun day. >> yes. that's all very, vimy rtant. now, of course, coach d.j. dirken will not b on the field. he's on leave pending the ttcome of the investigation. again, the apins take the field against the long horns. the long horns want to get relange. ma wants to defend it at home. we're live here. derek ward, news 4. a shocking road rage incident. all of this caught on camera and this morgng we are lea more about the suspect involvedc you got tock out this video right here. shocking footage. d.c. polic arresting a 21-year-old woman yesterday.

they say on thursday evening silver crashed with a greyhound bus. what you're looking at is what police say she took out this tire in and smashed the bus's side window and the windows there. they say she then g into a car and tried to leave. but the bus driver in blue there tried to stop her. that'shen authorities say that silver used her car to run him over. >> somebody can't getway with this, something like this. this magnitude? it was horrendous h everything happened. >> silver is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. more than three years after a quadruple murder at a d.c. mansion the case is aut to go to trial. but new court filings are raising concerns about evidee found days ago. found days ago. those details c

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$105 was recovered. a former federal prosecutor says that was a misstep by detectives scene. >> medical examiners aren't responsible for searching clothing. that is exclusively sort of the lice purview. >> reporter: legal experts say this mistake could be used to convince the jury of negligent police work. but another set of court documents shows that wasn't the only piece of evidence that was missed. when an atf forensic expert was inside the house in the hours after the murder, sherecalled seeing a screwdriver holding up a basement window the expert says she asked for the screwdriver to be collected but she doesn't believe it was. >> of course she sees the screwdriver and you do swipe dna and fingerprint analysis on it. >> reporter: but according to thoe report, it't appear as though that ever happened. bernard grim is crimina defense attorney with decades of experience. he says that screwdriver could have led police to another

suspect, b n rig daron wint is the only person charged. it will soon bep to a jury to decide if he'll be convicted. >> each one of these potential missteps will give the defense team something else to argue in course. >>eporter: meghan fitzgerald, news 4. and news 4 is f worki you diving deep into this high profile murder. we're t examining evidence against daron ,wi the clues left behind and the questions that remain. join us tuesday night at 30 for exclusive reporting, inside the investigation at 9:15. let's ge you a live look at the vietnam veteran's memorial. there's a crowd gathering around a wreath just laid by cindy mccain to honor her husband. our live coverage continues right after this [music playing]

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our live coverage nation remembers the late senator john mccain continue this is saturdaymorning. the hearse there carrying the casket of e late senator. just pulling up a few minutes ago. this is where a s memorialvice is expected to get underway. what they're calling a celebration of life it will start in about 30 minutes from now. prior to arrivthg e, we'll give you a live look inside. we saw a few fks who were gatherin who were on the 2500 invited guest lists. among them ivanka trump and rered kushner. thedent was not invited.

those were some of his last requests. inside, though, a crowd that has grown. it's a somberaturday here. you're seeing politicians and leaders from all over. we do expect president obama, former president obama, and former president bush to be there. and we'll continue our live coverage as the nation remembers john mccain right after this.

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today on this saturday. the first of september, 2018. good morning you. i'm david culver. angie goff has the morning off. we're keeping close watch on the procession hon thorring john mccain. we'll continue to bring you the nal farewell, a nation bidding good-bye to a man beloved by in. we'll have a special report in 25 minutes from now. ofore we get to that, we want to start youff with a check of your forast on this saturday. it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. lauren rickets, heavy rain out there at times? >> at times. especially into the afternoon and into the evening. had a few pretty heavy downpours overnight last nig as you may have heard. especially after about 9 p.m. and then we had a few overnight early this morning, i should