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to the white house press secretary areetting squeezed months after the controversy. considerable animosity. >> shame on you! >> a church goer calls out cardinal wuerl and tonight the arch diocese with the fin word. in less than an hour, labor day will mark the unofficial end of summer. good evening, everybody. i'm erika gonzalez. many of you are planning to barbecue, maybe hit the beach. how is that holiday forecast shaping up? >> unofficial e of summer, erika, is going to definitely feel like it actually is summer, and it still does right now because the hidity has been coming up all evening. take a look at the feels like temperatures. the heat i values we still have outside at this late hour. the temperature still 88 dree ds

in thecapital. temperatures will be close to 90 degrees by noon tomorrow. slight chance of an isolated storm. this hot weather is going to stay with us during theup ming week. the ten-day forecast details are coming up in just a f more minute minutes, erika. >> matt, thank you. a military hflyover toor the former navy pilot and war hero, senator john mccain. after a week of emotional s tributesator mccain is in his final resting place, buried next to his navy buddy in annapolis. people lined the streets to pay thei respects ae arrived earlier today. nbc's geoff bennett reportswa i a fitting good-bye for an american maverick. r eporter: final honors for an american original. the laten enator johmccain laid to rest where his life of service began. the u.s. naval academy in

annapolis, maryland. an aerial salute b navy fighters in missing man formation. day's private ceremony capping a five-day national mourning, a week of emotional tributes to a man whoose above bitter partisanship. >> we gather to mourn the passing of american greatness. the real ing, not cheap rhetoric from men who will never come near the sacrifice he gave so willingly.en >> reporter:or lindsey graham, a mccain family friend, today defending meghan's remas, widely seen as a pointed rebuke of the president and histy hostioward her father. >> if you say something bad about her dad, you will know it whete's the janitor or the president of the united states. >> reporter: at the naval academy cemery,ccain now resting alongside his best iend from the lass the '58, add mrl chuck larson. w >> it to watch the hawks among the sycamore and then take

my place in the cemetery on t severn. >> larson reserved fourts p for himself and mccain and their wives. john mccain remembered as a fierce but forgiving political fighter, a unyielding advocate for american values. >> we have nothing to each other. we are arguing over the means to bett secure our freedom and support the general welfare. but it should remain an argument among friends who share an unshaken belief that in our great cau and in the goodness of each other, we are america first, americans last, and americans always. >> today's burial caps a week of tributes to senator john mccain. that includes mccain lying in state.hi s public visitation and his memorial serve. we have complete coverage on all of the honors in our nbc washington app. just open that and search

"mccain." it was one of the most visible signs yetf the strain felt by some catholics because of the recent sex abuse allegations in the church. during a mass today in washington, somebody shouted out and then walked o out cardinal donald wuerl during the mass. but not everybody shared his sentiments. news4's da news4's derrick ward was there. >>. >> reporter: donald wuerl was asking for prayers for pope franci >> he is the object of considerable animosity. >> shame on you! >> reporter: as wuerl continued, ryan garfield stormed out. wuerl was there for the o installationf annunciation catholic church's new pastor. but during remarks, he called me for a new comm among all catholics, especially the priests and bishop >> we confess as a church, there's been a terrible evil present. >>eporter: during those

remarks, one parishioner stood with her back to the archbishop and the altar. she says she drew on a tradition of the prost spirit of the 60s. >> i'm celebrating mass but i don't agree with what is being said. >> reporter: she says the hierarchy which allowed priests to stay on in their position should have morsponsibility. >> i don't think they did this out of malice but ihink they abused their position. >> i ask your prayers for me for forgiveness in any of my of judgment. >> reporter: meanwhile brian garfield said he felt a little galled at being lectured to and didn't see the outrage he expected to. a lifelongcatholic, he says his faith in god is strong. he can't say the same about his faith in the church. >> we reached out to t archdiocese for a comment on today's mass. they responded with this statement. quote, one individual in the congregation expressed anger, and several left during the cardinal's remark

however, the cardinal was also met with applause and expressions of support from the parishioners as he concluded his remarks. this sentiment was echoed as he greeted the faithful who approached him and expressed thr prayers and support after mass, end quote. an urgent search will continue tomorrow for a germanytown man who went missing last night on the eastern shore. 50-year-old george barnes went out on a boat yesterday from the yacht basin, which on the northern part of the eastern shore. officials say barnes was on the boat with several friends and at one point they jumped into the sassafras river for a swim. and barnes has been missing ever since. barnes is a personal trainer and a husba of a montgomery county police officer. and there is a frantic search for a woman who was swept awayer by floodw in harford county north of baltimore. she stopped toelp people who car was stuck on a bridge due to high water. the woman got out to help and o was sweptr the bridge. first responde have rescued two dozen people this week after

heavy rain caused the flash floods. lexington, rgia, is still feeling the fallout after white house press secretaryer sarah sa was asked to leave the red hen restaurant there. the incident in june sparked outrage and praise for the ownd taff who disagree with some of president trump's policies. the tourism office is apparently still getting calls about it. the rowan oaks times is reporting the tourism board isy using emerge funds to boost its online marketing campaign to try to get more creative and bring more positive coverage to the area. back here in d.c., we are getting ready for a hot couple of days. some folks celebrating labor day early, watching the national sim fony concert. ♪ >> reporter: the national

sympho symphony orchestra onstage for t concerual labor day the crowds are turning out on the west lawn for this free vent on a beautiful evening.t' >> the last hurrah of summer. it's a beautiful night, and the symphony is playing and we just thought it would be a nice night to be out and about. >> reporter: the concert attracts thousands of people lookg for something differe on a holiday weekend. it draws locals and tourists looking for the sounds of patriotic classics, popular songs and works by living composers. >> it sounded like a terrific thing, an opportunity to see a world-class symphony and to see it outside, on the lawn, in front of this magnificent building. >> reporter: crowds were alight in the blistering heat during a dress rehearsal earlier in the afternoon. by evening, more people made their waynd through security settled in for a holiday treat. >> i'm here on vacation, and i saw that you've got this wonderful concert on tonight, so

i thought i'd come along. but, boy, the security is jt mething i'm not used to. >> reporter: ah, the security. it's as much of ae tradition h in washington as the labor day concert. at thecapitol, darcy spencer, news4. new tonight, dramacac body m video shows police officers racing to the scene of a house fire. they are trying to save a woman from the flames i before it too late. the death of an iowa college student has sparked a heated political debate. tonight her grieving father explains how the controversy is causing him even more apain. >> wait until you hear why an 86-year-old pastor's bible study at his northern virginia community could get him kicked out. congratulations. you've made the roster for tonight's edition of "sports final." redskins finalize their roster p hear from ar of rookies that made the most of their long shot. from long shots to big

shot delle donne powers through l injueading the mystic to a n. playoff and remembering a teammate in a season opening upsetvictory. all that and more on "sports fina right here onl"

another plea from the father of a murdered iowa college tudent to stop using his daughter's death to score political points. ron tibbetts madeuehe r in a newspaper op-ed even as the president ctinued to talk about the story during a campaign rally. nbc's matt bradley explains.

>> reporter: in iowa, a father in anguish pleads forempathy. writing in saturday's des moines register, ron tibbetts asks politicians and pundits not to appropriate mollie's soul in advancing issues she believed were profoundly racist. the act grievously extends the crime that stole mollie from her family. her body was found in a cornfield after she disappeared wh ejogging. ouristian rivera, a man living in thery illegally was charged with her murder. tibbetts' column was published only one day after donald trump jr. wrote in the same paper that her murder never would have happened if we o policed southern border and that democrats' response to mollie's deatea wasless and despicable. and oer day aft police charged rivera with her murder, casedent trump raised the

at a west virginia rally. >> you saw what happened to that incredible,ng beautiful woman. should have never happened. illegally inunur y. >> reporter: the white house also tweeting an emotional video of relatives of people killed by illegalmi ants. >> this man wasn't supposed to be here. >> reporter: in his column tibbet saying his family stands by iowa's hispanic community, even offering them a heartfelt apology. in this town, mollie's death is a privaloss. >> this isn't about him, and it's not about all the other issues that are getting attached to it. this is about mollie and the community and the people around here. >> reporter: not a way to score tical points. matt bradley, nbc news. in another line, tibbetts said his daeghter's a killer is no more a reflection of the hispanic community as ama white supst would be to white people. he said, quote, justice in my america is blind, end quote.

this just in. th secret service arrested a man who jumped over one of the short security barriers in frohe ofhite house tonight. this happened about 8:00. police say the man climbed or the bike rack-type barrier. officers quickly took him into custody, ae are working to determinehether or not president trump was inside the white house at the time of that ilcident. mean police in prince george's county need help catching a killer tonight. officers found a woman lyi on e floor inside an apartment in southview borhood on drive in oxon hill early this morning. she had traumatic injuries a died on the scene. so far, no arrests. no word on a motive either. bible study is an activity designed to brieople together. but at one northern virginia community, the practice is splitting folks apart. according to the freelance star in fredericksburg, an apartment co is threatening to evict semi-retired pastor kenne hauge if he continues hosting

bible stmeies. the apa says the pastor pressured tenants to join and de them feel uncomfortable. a nonprofit group that protects religious freedom is defenng e 86-year-old pastor and accusing the complex of di rimination. the pastor who caused an uproar, meanwhile, saying that black america hasost its soul during his controversial eulogy at aretha franklin's funeral isn't back down. the backlash was swift after reverend jper williams jr. also said black women were incapable of raising sons alone. some took that as a criticism of franklin herself, who was a single mother of four boys. many called his words inappropriate during a celebration of the queen soul. here's part of how he defended those comments today. >> now, it's been too many women who have raised excellent men. jesse jackson,ne of m dearest friends, was raised by a single mom, see. but t women need help in their

homes, and our race needs to become sensitive to that. >> williams also coming under fire for sayingn- afriericans kill the same number of black people as the klux klan did throughout history. today noted that frankly had specifically asked him to speak at her funeral. new tonight, threece police offirs being called heroes tonightgfter savin a woman trapped in a burning home. the entire rescue caught on their body camera video. this happenod friday afton o savannah, georgia. theicers got their before the fire department. they opened that front door. thick black smoke started pouring out. the officers called to the n, who was hanging out a window at the bac of the home. thankfully they were abl to pull her out safely. . police officers swear tond protect serve, and sometimes that means servi other members of the animam. king an officer in gene, oreg etlped out this little fawn who

got stuck in bween the slats of a fffence. theer covered its head with a cloth andck then quily removed it from the fence, placed it on the ground. after it took a littlebreather, the fawn quickly got up, ra off. all is well. >> announcer: noamyour storm forecast. unofficial. the unofficial end of summer is morrow because weave another heat wave on the way for this week. actual summer does not end until the 22nd, and it's still quite warm outside right now, especially at reagan national where we have just a few patchy clouds and a temperature of 82 degrees. we've only dropped just a little n.t compared to our high of 89 this aftern so we didn't start the heat wave today. just missed that 90 degree marky but we'll v easily get into the 90s for the next several days. still, again, 82 at washington. manassas down to 74. 77 in baltimore. 77 also in fredericksburg. humidity,nough especially close to the waterways, that we have a significantly different feelsat like tempe, the heat index. 88 in washington at this late hour. that's just nuts.

72 still in leesburg, not quite as bad in some of the western suburbshere some fog will start to formulator on during the nighttime hours. we'll see that moisture causing some of those clouds and some of the fog in our future weather. but by tomorrow afternoon, just an isolated thunderstorm or two will pop up in the daytime heating. this time of atmosphere, you don'get a lot of thunderstor activity. same thing for tuesday afternoon. one or two thunderstorms could pop up in the heat adi hu. the whole pattern being dominated by a big area of high pressure on the eastern seaboard, which has now consolidated itself quite nicely. so it's generating the heat. it's keeping it here. it's also keeping the humidity in place. it's also keeping the next bront held a in the nation's midsection in the upper midwest. there is cool weather behind that front. fall-like weather behind that ut front, it never really quite gets here until maybe this time earlyext week athe earliest. the pattern is going to be very slow to change. so just a slight chance of that isolated thunderstorm monday and sesday. even lhan a slight chance

wednesday, thursday. so for the rest of the week, basically the day are going to kind of blend together. lots of heat, lots of humidity. just a risk of an isolated thunderstorm cnd ofrse those will be after the warm and uncomfortable nights and early mornings. but the heat index value, the adjusted temperatures are going to be closer t 100 to 105 all week, especially as we get closer to tuesday and wednesday because the humidity itself will be even higher t compared to rest of the days. so 94 tomorrow and tuesday. just isolated thunderstorms possible in the afternoon. even more humidity making it feel even hotter wednesday, thursday. an approaching cold front on friday will bring scattered storms. still around 90 degrees. maybe a little less humid on saturday and sunday by comparison, but could get some more storms and showers then. >> all right. thank you. sll ahea thanks to their dynamic duo, d.c. united takes down the league's best as their playoff pursuit continues.

>> announcer: this is the xfinity srts desk. i'm going to have to steal producer heather mcdonough's line and say it is the new bromance. >> right, yes. >> everybody's new favorite bromance on the socceynfield. >> theic duo. acosta and wayne rooney. we're talking about relationships now. what a diverse sportscast. wayne rooney now in black and red. a new stadium in audi field and a surge in the standings. d.c. united has been sending shock waves through major league soccer. night's response by d.c. united was right on time. the supporters always ready. a sellout crowd at audi field.us 20,000 pl black and red gave them a show. 28th wminute, toayne rooney. this goes ahead to luciano acosta. this is the bromance we're talking about.

acosta stops, shoots, scores. what a setup by rooney. then acost g with theat move to get by the defenders. unit takes the 1-0 lead. now 52nd minute after a penalty kick, why not give it to wayne rooneyo take it? good decision. he scores. d.c. united is back up 2-1. 77th minute,nited not slowing down. another perfect ball from rooney to setp acosta. you see what's developing here. defenders closing in. wow, incredible feed from rooney. acosta with the finish. d.c. united a huge win the league's best team. 3-1 the final. do.'s what y you hug your brother, right? mystic hosting the atlantic dream. elena delle donne came back strong. third quarter, down ve. delle donne, the three. mystic start to pull away. up by eight.

kristi toliver ao happy to see delle donne back. delle donne, really her return the story. in the fourth, puts this one away. 15 points a 10 rebounds in her return. mystic scoredpo 9ints, beat the atlanta dream. game five in atlanta on tuesday. all right. hey, future's so bright, well, it's not but steen strasburg wearing shades watching the nationals close out their series against the brewers. tough day for the nats. two on, keon bronxton takes t i de center. gone. three-run shot off jeffreyig roz. later in the inning, new pitcher. same bad luck. this time bases loaded. this is a grand slam for goodness sake brew easy beat the nationa 9-4 the final. so we end on a loss but lots of

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this is our second title in a row. there's so much practice and c work andmitment that goes into that. it's great to have it all pay out with the pr e. >> nicejob, guys. the team says they are hoping for a three-peat next season. you can watch it's academic rightere on nbc4 saturday mornings. that's our news for tonight. "sports final" with his man is coming up next. why don't you stay up with him and then wake up with news4 today. we begin at 4:00 a.m. good night, everybody. th is is not a bed.

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