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a military flyover for former navyn pilot j mccain. jets flew in the missing man formation to honor the war hero and when in vietnam the plane pulled up in a vertical position like you see, there it signified the passing of mccain's soul to the heavens. he was laid tot rest a a private ceremony at the u.s. naval cad my -- academy in annapolis, maryland. >> shame on you! >> plus a stunning and personal condemnation of cardinal donald world during sunday mass. ♪
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>> saluting john mccain as h heads to his final resting place. good evening, i'm erica flag draped over route 50 on the way to the naval academy on the way there. people lining the streets stside to good-bye. today mccain's family holding a private final farewell. here is jennifer johnson. >> reporter: a funeral procession carrying the late senator john mccain to his final resting place. spectators lining the entrance to the u.s. naval academy in annapolis, maryland. of a private service attended b family and close friends, his y ass of 1958 and milit leaders. >> john mccain is an extraordinary individual. he isrrlaceable in the united states senate because of what his history was, what ways background was, what he focused >> following the ceremony, a private burial. mccain was laid to rest next to
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his close friend c larsson as the senator wished. >> then take my leave bound for a placer inck my old friend c larsson in the cemetery back where itan b >> fourfa-18 hornets d missing man formation. the private od-bye in contrast to his public service in washington saturday. planned in advance bye the l senator. a show of unity as former presidents from both parties spoke and senate and house together president trump was not invited. >> there is a lesson here for di everybody inc president trump. everybody makes mistakes. seen byo admit it are the public as bigger, not smaller. >> but sunday politics were set aside. the war hero laid to rest where his life of military service began. arizona's governor will name mccain's replacement to serve in the senate. he was waiting until after he was buried to make that
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announcement on capitolill, jennifer johnson, news 4. today'se urial caps m than a week of tributes to senator john mccain that includesccain lying in state, his public visitation and memorial service. we have complete coverage on all of the honorsn our nbc washington app. just open that and search mccain. considerable animosity. >>hame on you! >> someone interrupts and then lks out as cardinal donald world speaks at mass. he was athu annunciationh to help install a new pastor. he was con fronted by unhappy n peoplee wake of troubling sex abuse allegations against several clergymembers. news 4's derrick ward talked to p pa per igsers after mass. >> reporter: he was asking for prayers for pope fra >> he is the object of
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considerable animosity. >> shame on you! >> reporter: as he continued, a man stormed out. wuerl was there out of his do you think why, installation o a new pastor. t during remarks he called for a renewed commitment among all catholics, especially the breesbrees priests an bishops. >> we confess as a church, there is a terrible evil president rens. >> one stoodo with her back the archbishop at the alter. he drew on a tradition deep in th process, spirit of the '06's. >> i'm celebrating mass but i don't agree with what is being >> reporter: the hierarchy of the church which allowed abusive priests to stay on their position should bear more responsibility. >> i don't think that they did this out of mall ice at al but i think they abused their position. >> i ask your prayersor me for forgiveness in any of my errors of judgement.
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>> reporter: meanwhile, he did not feel lectured to. a life long catholic says his faith is god is strong. he can't say the samut his faith in the church. northwest, derrick ward, news we reached out to the archdiocese for a response to thur interruptioing mass. so far, they have not gotten back to us. police in prince george's county hope that somebody will come forward to help them solve a murder. itng happened this morn a neighborhood on south view drive in oxon hill. police found a woman lying on the ground inside an apartment, lying on the floor, there i should say. she hadnd traumatic injuries died on the scene. detectives are working to find a imotive and suspect this case. they say it does not appear to be a random act. we turn now to the weather and show you a live look at the tidal basin on this sunday.us it's been hot and it's been humid. storm team 4 meteo logist matt
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ritter joins us from the weather center to show us what we can expect for the rest of the day. hi matt. >> yeah, a little deceptive there. hot and humid today. it wasn't all that hazy. for the most part,de sta storm free. temperatures at this hour are still plenty warm. but w only dance with the 90-degree mark this afternoon. most are in the mider to u 80s right now. the heat index is higher than that though. we're really going about that in the next few days. plans for the rest of this evening, generally staying in the 80s. very slow decline because of the humidity. staying warm all the way until almost midnight. getting into the upper 70s. another heat wave is in that ten day forecast. that's coming up. >> all right. thank you. a man and woman are dead after an suv hit their motorcycle early this morning. lingce say the suv was tra the wrong way on route 50 when it crashed into the motorcycle nearhe fairfax court mall. the driver was arrested and is expected to be charged. and police inlt green are investigating a deadly accident involving a pedeanrian. a womas hit and killed early
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this morning on the rampso from uthbound kennelworth avenue to greenbelt road. the woman appeared to walk if the middle oe roadway and was hit by two cars. both drivers stayed on the scene. critics say a tribute queen of soul turned into an attack on black america. the eulogy that hit a sour note and how the pastor is respondg to the controversy. and a big disappointment for d.ns of one of the biggest rock bands in the wo why bono stopped the you2 conc
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the pastor w delivered that controversial eulogy at aretha franklin's funeral is standico by his ents. the backlash was swift. after jasper williams jr. said black women are incapable ofin ra sons alone. some took that as criticism of franklin oferself that was a single mother of four boys. many called the words inappropate during a lebration of the queen of soul. williams also said african-americans kil same number of black people as the ku klux klan did throughout history. today williams says he was trying to illustrate that black community needs to show respect for>> one another. u2 has just started the experience and innocence tour i. euro the show hit a snag when lead
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singer bono lost his voice. bono was in perfect voice in berlin on♪ friday. ♪ >> but then yesterday the band got on stage, sang a few songs and had to stop the performance when it became clear bono uldn't go . and here he is apologizing to the crowd. >> . >> the band then left the thage. haven't given an explanation for bono's voice problem but u2's website says he is getting medical advice. anare getting ready for a different concert much closer to home. darcy spencer live at the capitol. it is the annual lab day concert here at the capitol. there is no rain in the torecast. but you might wo bring one of the. esi'
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it's a scorcher out there. that's not stopping people from spending time out side this labor day weekend. we're already enjoying the concerts tonight outside the capitol. darcy spencer has a preview. hi, darcy. >> hey there. it sure is hot out here. bu you don't wanto let that stop you from coming out and
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having a good time. you just got to be pre this heat. you are allowed to bring a small umbrella on to the ground and this is perfect for shading yourself from the blistering sun. let's show you video that we shot just a couple hours ago when the dress rehearsal was just getting started. not a lot of people you can see there breathing the heat. the early arrivers were able to find a shady spot and that's the key. this is the annual labor day concert. it features the national sympho orchestra and several solo per foremaners. it is a free per foremananforma >> we have a great group of musicians. we have program of americana, living american composers, african-american composers, we have great soloists who are members of the orchest performing today. shenandoah and marches and it will be a great night.ta >> it cly will be.
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the actual concert itself gets underway at 8:00 tonight. a itut an hour and a half. i can tell you the gates are already open. if you're planning to come on down, come on down. just be prepared. erica, back to you. >> a great night for it, darcy. than f you. >>m the classroom to nats park, one group of high schoolers is hfting a lot home runs this year. the academic team from monlt y ga blare high school made a special appearance at today's game. so they won the championship two years in a row now. the team says the secret to success is studying not just facts but the format of the game. >> there is so much practice and work and commitment that goes into that. it's great to have i it pt pay . ea>> the says they are hoping for a three-peat next season. music has the pourer to bring peopleet togher.
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there is a day of unity, peace and prayer today. the event took place on the national mall. leaders from various religions came from around the country to be here in d.c. they said they want to promote the cooperation. it's the first time they put on this and hoping to have more in theur f it was definitely a day to take it easy because of the heat and the thunderstorms stayed away. it looks like that will be the case for most of this season. evening. temperatures are warm. most of us in the mid to upper 80s. it is 88 degrees. s thecalled feels like temperature, the temperatures -- the adjusted temperatures which are going to be significantly higher as we head tto the rest
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evening. currentl degrees. 89 was the official high at reagan national. just missing that 90-degree mark. so today was not the start of the newest heat wave. the next several days, no problem at all getting into the 90s. we'll have ourselves a post labor day heat but our storm team 4 radar, we're all clear. tried toe storm that form around winchester about two hours ago. fell apart almost as soon as it started. closest actual storm right now is all the way down in southern maryland on t peninsula near salisbury. that's where it's going to stay. future weather showing the future clouds anduture radar, not much happening the rest of this evening. just some clouds and some patchy fog forming overnight tonight, especially down in some of the river valleys. that will dissipate by tomorrow afternoon, maybe one or
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two isolated thunderstorms could pop-up. most in some of the higher elevations. that is because of the heat. an humidi in this type of atmosphere, we don't always get the storms forming toech forming. atmorrow afternoon, the weather is going to coop heading into tuesday afternoon, a chance of an isolated storm here or there. the rain outlook for the next several days is not. impressi maybe a chance monday and tuesday. mostly in the higher elevations. heading into the middle part of the week, high pressure will get stronger. really diminish the chances more. to get one more pool day in tomorrow, no problems for the most part. 86 by noon. about 90 degrees by mid afternoon. definitely stay hydrated and cool. a storm heading into the afternoon. a big ridge of high pressure setting up shop in the eastern united states. keeping the atmosphere capped, sinkin air. you don't get a lot of thunderstorms forming. the cold front will start to ve towards the end of the week. and that should break the heat wave. very easily getting into the low to mid 90s for the next several days. good chance of storms on friday
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with a ct.d fr and then less humid and cooler heading into the upcoming weekend. st a chance of storms next saturday and sunday. but looks like temperatures will stay more on the seasonable side in the low to mid 80s. >> matt, thank yti. ll ahead, backs against the wall. the mystics superstar shines! only half the story?
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y hey,'re right, don henley, i sawst a dead head ker on a cadillac. a voice said don't look back. you can never look back. yeah, summer is over. we know that is nfl rosters have been trimmed to 53 playersea as we closer to the regular season. the redskins, theyxt kept an running back. instead of four running backs like we heexpected, redskins going with five running backs. and that was good news for a guy wh produced yards but also turnovers, perod was considered on thele bu. but he stays as does rob kelly. undrafted didn't matter, cam sims impressed enough to get a
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roster spot at wide receiver. >>ne thing i can say is we gave everybodyn opportunity to make the football team, drafted, undrafted,okies, free agents. they all got the opportunity to make the ttrm. we always y to pick the best guy. they made it. they took advantage of the opportunweies. they sho us signs ofot great ball natural instirvegots. hats off them. this year we had more discussionsn who should sta and who shouldn't stay. so it was tougher probably than any year this year. >> the redskins adding eight players in practice squad. among them,ri c bibs. he was let go. the receiver simmie cobbs jr. was let go and darvin kidsy. >> the washington mystics a more than alaina della done. t the need her.
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della done suffered a bone bruise in game two. did in the play iname three. and now facing elimination in today's game four. natasha cloud predicted del he done would get it out. fans excited to see elena back on the court. so was herseteam. nd quarter. mystics up 12. let's go down to delle don. gets a tough shot to go. that's right. she gets it to go. even chuck norris can't stop her. third quarter. drinm back. kicking up to del el don. yeah.hits the deep three. she was g batond the arc. really the story today in the fourth. puts this one away. 15 points and ten reyeunds. , she got a double-double in her return. mystics score a team play-off and beat thts dream number question she was
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going to return today. >> i would have killed coach if he didn't let me play full out. he knows. i gave him the look and he knew i was fullyo ready t go. and wanted to be in there as much a i possibly could. >> i just think more than anything else she gives everyone else around her confidence that we got this. that we have the best player in the game on the court. and that helps a lot mentally. first 10,000 fans 12 and under received a kids pajama set. very ni s. but ine ways we have already gone to sleep on. this seas i know. i know. the nationals still coete. they enjoyed a 5-4 win over the brewers. but the nationals this afternoon tried to get back to .500 with a win in the series finale. i talked my way out of that one, erica. vey martinez's team trying to take the series from the brew crew with a win today. things looking good in the third. tied at two.
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bases loaded for mark reynolds. he came through for the nats ri rips one up the middle. a big two out hit. e nats not going to sleep. they take a 4-2 lead. butt all t excitement, didn't last. the fifth inning a big problem for the nats. starter rodriguez in trouble. two on for brunson who unloads this, a three run homer. brewers on top 5-4. rodriguezh charged w seven unearned runs and gave up seven walks. timir collins man out of the bullpen, things just get worse. what they blast this one out of the park. that is a grand slam. mi milwaukee upe seven in frame. bruins win. tomorrow. at it they host 1:00 with matt scherzer on the mound tonight, a big game d.c. united is at home in audi field to take on atlanta. >> all right. dave johnson, thank you so very much. so that's the news for now.u we'll see again for news 4 at 11:00. "nightly news" will have complete coverage of senator johnccain's burial. we leave you tonight with more on his funeral.
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laid to rest, a soaring tribute to senator john mccain as mourners pay their last respects. >> if you say sething bad about her dad you will know it. >> what senator graham is saying about the surprise appearance by jared and ivanka. the father of molly tibbets. the embattled archbishop of washington confronted during a speech. the longest layover. a man stuck at the airport for nearly six months with
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