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[ technical difficulties ] >> the rain holding off long enough for folks who took a ride on the anacostia river today and the par has unique history and today the park celebrated a major milestone. derek warn takes us inside of thent cnial birthday bash. >> it looked nothing like it dio y. >> reporter: anacostia prk owes his existence to the river.

these were once wetlands filled in with dredge from the river in afailed to save a shipping channel but in the ensuing centuries, this park has had its ups and downs. it is amazing. i was actually raised over in anacostia so we come down to the park and it was always li a dirty place and now it's ean d a destination. >> and still a work in progressk but this wnd was a time to celebrate. >> they try to meet e goal t have it swimmable by 2025. >> it was an urban city and we wanted to bring people to the park to enjoy it. >> historic accounts of the area rsscribe pristine wa and thriving wildlife and still find those things today on the land and the water. back in the 1600s when john smith saw the waters they saw the trade and what the land

held. cen ries later the distri realizing, too, the important resource that the anacostia river and park are. in anacostia park, derrick ward4 ne police in maryland say they've recovered the body of a man after foodwater swept his car off a bridge last night but him an who tried to help remains missing. the man has been identified as 67-year-old daniel sammous of maryland. his sedan became disabled on a bridge in hartford count a m and woman passing by got ut to help rescue the stranded driver by the woman fell and disappeared in the rushing watt. a search continuing for herto ght. so we are in weather alert mode today. this is video from some wet roads in d.c. and prince george's county. storm team 4 meteorologist matt ryder joins us with a look at stuff outside. >> we have storms through the area right nostly in the -- through the heart of the viewing area right nowan that is putting down heavy rainfall in

some spots. other spots not so much. ilthe flash flood watch in effect. most of the scattered storms over the next couple of hours d slow movers with heavy rainfall and again pretty close to midnight coming to an end. and thenil patchy follow form and we'll deal with that first ining tomorrow morning. radar showing the of storms stretching from west of frederick through lewdon and over leesberg and then down to the warrenton and dn to fredricksburg as well. we'll z om inon lewdon county, heavy rainfall over route 15 to leesberg. rther south, manassas, big storms in the afternoon. those are kind of falling apart at the current time. but the motion on these, from the west to the east. very slowly and putting down heavy rainfall. but all things considered, we'll getting off lucky inerms of flooding. can't guarantee the nats game will stay rain free. currently 83 after a high of 89 at reagan national and temperatures across the region, a cooldown from the storms.

down to 73 in leesburg. 70 in winchester but still in the low to mid-80s where the e storms het to pass. and they will. future weather showing the line of storms accurately moving toward the district getting closer to us. by midnight should fall apart and move off to the north and easte we'll just hlouds and some fog overnight. tomorrow afternoon we repeat the process but i think storms will be much more isolatcompared to today. probab probably only opi or two p up in the day time heating and then a chance again monday afternoon on labor day. the flash flood watch continues until midnight. rappahanock county the closest to us and then out into west virginia and then at midnightdr maybe earlier and won't see more rain. ofttered storms for the rest the evening. tomorrow just a chance heading into labor day monday and just isolated stuff into tuesday as well. highressure will be building back in. that is going to bring a drying trend and heating things up. and w ll try to get in tst few days at the pool. tomorrow morning in the md-80s

by noontime. probably near 90 in the afternoon. but keep an eye to the sky for the isolated thunderstorms that could popwup late tomor afternoon and into the evening. ten-day out lookik looks this. 90 degrees tomorrow and a chance of a late thunderstorm isolat in the afternoon and same thing for labor day monday and tuesday and wednesday should be fairly quiet but low 90s, so another heat wave on the way for this week. 94 ony. thursd a cold front will move through on friday with scattered thunderstorms and that is cooling us back down into next weekend. erika. >> matt, thank you. so maryland opened the season very heavy hearted today. why the on-field tribute to jordannair only added to the day.

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because aloud has been over theerjornsanra tpi mcnair. a new season doesn't remove the clouds but offered light on day that was por than a game but part of a healingce p. jordan mcnair will have a locker and no one will wear hus number until 2029 when he would have cominged and the players on with the flag and his jersey as taken to mid field as the coin toss as the captain. and they took a delay of game penalty and texas coach tom herman instantly declined it, owing the circumstances. later in thedrive, true freshman desha jones and here is theemotion. first ever carry and maryland takes a 20-yard touchdown and -0.rapins up and still in the first, jones again and hill in stride. 65 yards for a score.

terrapins back if front 14-7. second quarter, terrapins still by 10 a jones could also throw it and a touchdown, rushing and now passing and maryland is in front 24-7. third quarter, though, texas is a very good football team. number 23. to kyle porter from two yards out and lohorns scored and they take the lead. and back come the terrapins.ot davis wille denied. 17 yard touchdown and maryland up 31-29. then as weti mened, due to lightning, nearly an hour and a half delay. just over a minute left. the emotion continued. maryland by five and he pass intercepted by brooks. that sealsit. the terrapins upset number 23 texas for the second straight season as they celebrate the life of jordan mcnair with a 34-29 victory. >> it is a great way to hon jordan. we presented the game ball to

jordan's locker andt we'll put in his locker and give it to his parents on senior day and this was a win for jordan and we're certainly proud of our team and program. everybody in our building stu together. so we're proud of everybody. we have a lot of people to pack ding, rachutes in the bu our food is always prepared and our taining room is always ready and working. we have a lot of people that care about these players and they got to get the pay day today. indeed, tart of healing processi and vting nc state, duke is on the board and finding stapleton and up 7-0. and a nice celebration urth quarter, just over a minute left a gillespie from six yards out and nc state hands jmu the first loss 24-13. it is one of the cmaellest o equations even with long division. there is no way that 90 goes into it is cut down day in the nfl here wh rosters have to be trimmed from 90 to 53 and no matter how you add it up, it is

the deadline was two hours ago at 4:00 but while the players might know, we're still waiti with the team tweeting out the roster will be announced later tonighwe can tell you that the nfl network isha reportingt has beenack capri bibs cut. that would lve samaje perine and marshall andelly under consideration for two spots in the redskins and can they keep four. nd espn is reporting that wide receiver brian quick did notit make and that is good orws cam sense from alabama who iv made impre plays in the pre-season. so coming up at 11:00, as long as our twit feed works, we'll have a look at who is in and out for the redskins. >> a lot ofnews to cover. >> check twitter. >> dave, thank you. and that is the news for now. thas for joining us. "nightly news" is next. e'll see you again after the notre dame season opener and we'll leave you more from the memorial service for senator jo mccain.

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tonight, a nation comes togethe to honor john mccain. his family, friends, and colleagues join for a powerful memorial led by a fiery, emotional tribut by daughter meghan. >> we gather here to mourn the passing ofam ican greatness, the real thing, not from rhetoric men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly. >> his two former paying their respect ares. >> a a warrior, statesman, a patriot. he embodied so mthh is best in america. >> tonight, america says farewell to a hero. flood disaster. the urgent search for the missing, d