this is 9 news now. the lion of the senate is silenced. the nation stops to remember the life and legacy of senator ted kennedy [ applause ] health care reform. lawmakers from our region hold meetings toage kate constituents about the facts on potential health care changes. and necessary cuts. maryland leaders vote on cuts that will affect every state worker. i'm andrea roane. today is wednesday, august 26th. angie is here with the traffic. kim martucci is here and i can't believe this month is almost over. going by very quickly. >> september. >> kids are in school. >> the fall, turtle necks.

>> come next week we will have some weather. that feels more like autumn. >> so turtle necks maybe. >> yes. always that tricky time of the year with the open-towed shoes, turtle necks, hot, warm, cold weather. y.t's get moving, evyb erthis morning, i don't think y have too many complaints. first start with a look trs.e icop icm watched a disturbed batch of weather north of espanol la e goa odan teday wea will see this develop in to a tropical storm and it will likely affect our weekend weather. all right. out there right now we have 76 degrees. it is 73 up the road in frederick as it is in manassas. south and west hanging on to 64 in culpeper. 77 already in fredericksburg. today we will be similar to yesterday in which we will have plenty of sunshine. it will be different in that it will be warmer. we will be getting a squeeze play. today we have high pressure firmly anchored. after today it starts to slip to the east and we will notice

an increase in clouds and eventually rain coming at us from the northwest as we head to the weekend and from potentially what would be tropical storm danny. show you what to expect today. looking good. we just picked up to that forecasted 76 for the 9:00 hour. we will top off around 90 today. no rain in the forecast. good morning. >> that's good news. because i got some bad news. man, i wish we could always match up the weather and traffic reports. but fortunately when bad stuff happens things that can slow you down i'm here to tell you about it. to northwest dc where we have a power outage reported. this is near independence avenue by the botanical gardens, that area. if you are heading that way use caution and be prepared to do the four-way stop. if the lights are out, that's the rule. between seminary and king street, we have crash activity here. and it is taking away two right lanes. we know drivers are crawling along, backed up to the capital

beltway for now. past this point slow pentagon to the 14th street bridge. next take it over to 66 and show you the eastbound trip. jammed 50 to 495. on the inner loop, man, this has been an eyesore all morning. 95 to the gw parkway, below speed. we are slammed and that is thanks to an earlier wreck at the gw. that is now gone. that's a quick look at traffic. now, over to andrea. massachusetts senator edward kennedy, the last of three to go to political wars in washington died late tuesday night. this morning he is remembered as a beloved family man and for his political strength. 9 news political correspondent armando trull is joining us from captiol hill with more. >> reporter: ted kennedy was known the the liberal lion of the senate. the third longest serving senator in american history and during that tenure he compiled a legislative record that touched the live of millions of americans. when ted kennedy took over the senate seat left vacant by his

brother's election to the presidency in ' 62 he never suspected he would be among the longest-lasting senators in american history. the legislative record of 47 years which influenced education, civil rights, immigration and health care and earned him the respect of presidents. >> life of senator edward m. kennedy has made a difference for us all. >> reporter: he called himself the liberal senator from massachusetts and even the political opponents he faced down couldn't help but give him their respect. >> he is a fabulous united states senator. when he is against ya, it's tough. when he's with ya it's a great experience. >> reporter: americans never elected him president but the legislative record he enacted during his distinguished career has left a legacy that few presidents have ever matched. at the museum, news of his death made it to the electronic crawl and also the headlines of hawaii, las vegas, and

albuquerque. >> senator kennedy's death came so early this morning it even missed the boston paper. however, some papers in the newseum did chronicle his passing. >> he was alive in all of our lives. he was my age and older. i certainly hope that the senate and the house do the right thing and in his memory pass the health care reform bill. >> reporter: andrea, senator kennedy gave us the phrase, the dream shall never die. this morning senate democratic leader harry reid said the best way to keep that dream alive to pass health care reform. armando trull for 9 news now and wusa9.com. the senators death came in a statement released by his family. here's part of it. we have lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joy us light in our lives but the

inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts and lives. we knew senator kennedy was living with brain cancer but there had been signs his health was deteriorating. he asked massachusetts lawmakers to revamp state law allowing them to appoint his replacement instead of holding a special election. he said he wanted to be sure massachusetts had two votes in the senate. it made headlines when the senator did not attend the funeral of eunice kennedy shriver. the founder of the special olympics died at the age of 88. senator kennedy blamed his health for keeping him from her funeral. republicans are praising the life and career of senator kennedy. california governor arnold schwarzenegger, who's married to kennedy's niece maria shriver called him a loving husband, father, uncle brother and rock of the family. nancy reagan says he is close to the kennedy family and

released this statement -- laticia baldridge was the secretary for kennedy in the white house. she is joining us by phone now. she >> can you hear me. >> i can hardly hear you but we will continue on any way. >> i will speak up. your remembrances of senator kennedy. >> he was a did when he came in to the white house. young teddy was sort of the kid. it is amazing to see how he grew and matured and became clearly the head of the family in a very short time. with all the emotional things happening to his family, he really assumed the leadership of the family and we'll always remember him for that. >> what about former first lady

jacqueline kennedy onassis after the death of her husband, after the deaths of the late senator robert kennedy. did she encourage, did she advise against senator kennedy from trying for higher political office, the presidency himself? was she afraid for him? >> i would doubt she would advise against that. because the kennedys were all self motivated and patriotic and determined to get high office. i'm sure jackie would never try to dissuade him, but i think she would only encourage him and be proud of every battle that he won. it is really amazing to consider how he grew in to the senior statesman in many ways from this young man who was often getting in to trouble and by george he emerged a great leader in the senate. wonderful to see. >> what do you attribute him evolving in to the lion of the

senate, that great leader? would you repeat that again? i'm sorry. >> i was saying, to what do you attribute him changing from from from that kid that you first saw when he was 30 years old when john f. kennedy was in the white house through the trials and tribulations to the lion of the senate that he became and is revered by so many. >> i think it is in the blood. he certainly comes from a family of public service and achievement. i think wanted to prove that he was a true kennedy and he did. he was a confidant and leader crossing both sides of the house and the senate. that was what was so wonder. he worked very well with the republicans. >> thank you very much for speaking with us. >> thank you very much. right now on the phone we have maryland congressman chris van hollen. he is chair of the democratic national chair. when you heard the news of

kennedy's death. we knew this was coming but i'm sure it still took you by surprise. >> yes. even though we knew he was very ill, it is a sad day and a sad day for all of america. people of my generation, andrea, grew up with senator kennedy, watching senator kennedy, admiring senator kennedy, overcoming the trials and tribulations in the kennedy family and what happened to his brothers and becoming giants in american politics and i think he will go down in history as one of the greatest senators to serve in u.s. history. >> i don't know if you were able to hear but ms. baldridge said one of things that make him so great is the ability to reach across the aisle and many have been talking about his presence being missed on the hill as health care reform debate has been so contentious. >> you are right.

even though he was passionate about his particular perspective in accomplishing what he wanted to do, he had the abilitity to reach out and force those compromises that were necessary. even this year. you can see legislation that he was responsible for putting together from the serve america act that opened up new opportunities for americans to serve their country to expanding the children's health insurance plan, something that he worked on back in the 1990s. and so he's going to be very much missed and it's going to be our responsibility to rededicate ourselves to the kind of ability he had to reach across the aisle and make those compromises and i do believe he's the one who said that health care was his life's work and we do have a responsibility to pick up the torch and carry

on in that area. >> representative chris van hollen, thank you for speaking with us. >> we're joined on the phone by peter -- the author of the last lion the fall and rise of ted kennedy. peter, good to talk with you again. i remember when you visited in february. he was almost a political nonperson, speaking of senator kennedy after that devastating interview with roger mud on cbs. what brought him out of the depths of that interview in to becoming the lion of the senate? >> well, he eventually rededicated himself to the senate. that interview, i think, reflected his lack of comfort in running for president. he felt a family obligation to his brothers, to his parents to run for president, and he, you know, he did it out of a sense of family loyalty. but i think his real talent was always in legislative politics

and we saw that in recent decades. >> laticia baldridge said that gsd kennedy was this youngste e kid and did he always want to be in politics? did he know he would follow in the family political footsteps? >> i think he knew it because he knew his father wanted him to do it and he wore hip -- worshiped his father. it was an appealing idea and the father said no, you are going to run for the senate of massachusetts and ted accepted it. i don't think there was any sense of anger or rebellion in there. i think he wanted to please his father and live the life his father planned for him. >> in everything that reporters and people are talking about referring to ted kennedy as the lion of the senate, the lion of the senate, the labs last liberal lion, who was the first

to designate him as "the lio "? hiecs stature, hithe to' 60s an appearance with the main of gray hair and the fact he had that sense of pearmains. it is hard to imagine the senate without him. he was always there and always a fixture. >> reporter: his death truly signals the death of a camelot era that his brother initiated. who picks up the mantes until the family politically in the kennedy tradition? >> i don't know. there are certainly members of the family who have been active in politics. some are in office now. patrick is a congressman but i think you are right that without the connection to camelot, without the connection to the ' 60s the kennedys, you know, have less mythic stature and that's what ends with his death. >> thank you very much. peter is the author of last lion the fall and rise of can

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for kennedy universal health care was a passion. with me now is bet senior political analyst pamela gentry and johnathon allen from cq politics.com. thanks for joining us. before we talk about his passion, health care, talk about his life and legacy. this new york times quote says he was quote good and bad. >> i think that's why he had the relationships he's had throughout his career. everyone who knew ted kennedy had something to say about him favorably or not. but he stuck to his conviction and one thing he wasn't is waiverring on the things he cared about. he will be greatly missed on captiol hill. >> he cared deeply about health care reform and other things. >> what is amazing about him is he seemed to grow so much in as a human being.

from a young time in his life he was in a public eye. he came from a family known for high living in addition to public service and a lot of other things and over time that hurt him some living in the public eye with the personal issues and he talked about that a lot. later in life. he seemed to wrestle those demons to the ground and by the end of his life everyone talks about a kind and generous person and obviously his legacy as legislator is unparalleled in modern times. >> a lot of people contribute the new ted kennedy to his wife who he married several years ago. one thing we talk about is him reaching across the aisle. a hand to the republicans but one of his last requests is a political move and that was to the governor to a.someone sooner rather than later and the whole problem came about because the democratic legislature was trying to prevent republicans from appointing republicans in the senate. >> we were on the road during the campaign together. so we talked about this -- we

were talking about this recently. the interesting thing is those two seats in massachusetts have been dynasty seats. kerry has been there for a very long time and the senator and they were very concerned during the 2004 election that had kerry won the presidential election that mitt romney who was seated there would now go ahead and appoint a republican to fill that or himself to fill that seat. so it was a proactive move and since then i'm sure they are extremely regretful because it is very doubtful now the state legislator will take that on. because of his death. now they may have proceeded while he was living, but i don't know if it will look the same. >> they are still in democratic control. >> it could happen but i agree i think it is less likely because it looks so much more political because you now have that vacancy so it is not something that might happen down the road.

it can be seen as a public interest move. now you are actually sticking somebody in that job result of the legislator heys activity. it is interesting when kennedy was elected he said this seat is a kennedy's seat now. if i die my brother will take the seat. went to new york and if bobby should die ted will take the seat and looks like the kennedy family will try as hard as they can to keep it in the family hands. >> who would be the obvious successor to that seat? it has been two years since ' 53 was not this kennedy hand because seat warmer that john f. kennedy encouraged to put in. >> for two years because at the time kennedy was only 28 and the constitution required him to be 30 so he was a seat warmer. we talked about senator kennedy's widow, maybe a god go r fo and i brought up joe

kennedy he may be -- >> what about mitt romney. >> one other kennedy came up. >> there are any number of kennedys. >> when you say caroline. >> she will be the reverse. >> there are so many not named kennedy that have been waiting for the seat to come open. we saw this in four when john kerry ran for the presidency. you have any number of the house of representatives who might look at it, former congressman marty m.i.a. n who has been sitting on 3 or $4 million for the last few years waiting for a senate opening. i think there will be a lot of infighting before we find out. that said, the kennedys, they are good at one thing it is getting negotiations done behind closed doors. >> i have to get good at cutting you off. thanks for joining us. let's go to kim now with an update on the forecast. thank you. we are keeping an eye on

today's forecast. it will be sunny and hot. not too humid. the difference between today and yesterday is we will see temperatures crack the lower 90s. southwest wins five to ten. coming up tonight, a clear to partly cloudy night tonight, lows 63 to 73. let's focus on the numbers just in. we are looking at a beautiful morning. mid-70s. low humidity. feels good. 79 in leesburg. off to the west in winchester it is 73 and hanging on to 70 in cumberland, maryland. one place in the 60s, out there in culpeper, it is 66. satellite-radar loop tells the story best. we are getting a lot of sunshine in here today and with the trip expected to the lower 90s it will feel like summer. the next three, today calling it hot for now, 91. tomorrow an increase in the clouds especially late in the day, 88. friday shower and thunderstorms and an interesting story unfolds as we head to the weekend. we're going to be getting a squeeze play.

you see the front up here through the great lakes? this will be moving toward us. this stationary front, just off the coast, will probably be affecting the moisture from the tropics in here. we have been focused on disturbed weather in the tropics, which will likely become tropical storm danny. so the way i see it, today and tomorrow we will squeeze in two more dry day an then we have to think of our week plans an the rain moving in on top of us. down here north of espanol is a tropical wave for the time being but they have had gale force winds with this. if it turns in to anything tropical it will probably happen quickly and the name would be danny. the game plan to have it move toward the united. str esat esre's some esof the sutegg m s storthpafrom the cothermput computer mods. some bringing it up the coast and others keeping it out to see. any way you slice it we will probably get rain from it and another weekend of beach erosion. as for the weather tonight and tomorrow, lows around 72 tonight. tomorrow afternoon, 87.

and then we will start to see that rain move in, especially for friday and saturday. the weekend looking a little soggier than sunnier. in to next week we ease in to the 70s for a high. that's a nice change from the 91 today. >> thank you, kim. should we look forward tore back ward? the question is at the center of a heated debate as attorney general eric holder opens an investigation in to alleged cia abuses. with me now is university of maryland law professor michael greenberger and he's a former justice department official. thanks for joining us. we're asking this question because i believe, didn't president obama say we should look forward rather than look back ward in talking about bringing charges against anyone who may have been under orders to vigorously interrogate terror suspects? >> he certainly did. i think the problem here is that the reports that are coming out far exceed what anyone thought was going on in terms of these intense

interrogation practices. for one thing, the thesis had always been these were rogue interrogators or people who weren't properly supervised. but what these reports are showing is that the really severe practices that were used were almost calculated, minute to minute, by supervisors of the cia and the justice department, and the things that were done, especially in the opening stages, but even in the end, were pretty shocking situations, terms of 41 degrees, water on people. keeping them up 180 hours straight. slamming them against walls. putting dog collars an them. i think really when these kinds of reports came out the administration and the justice department could not stand back and turn their head the other way. >> that's what the attorney

general said. what you read in the declassified notes is i have to do something. talk about the special prosecutor appointed. >> he is an old pro prosecutor. the attorney general has turned to someone who's very experienced. he's conducted orvery sensitive investigations in to cia matters and has always done them with the highest degree of professionalism. he happens to be a republican. he has bipartisan coverage of the investigation but he has turned to someone who will be a reliable and effective investigator. >> reporter: despite that senate intelligence committee ranking member kit bond says this is a witch hunt and that you are targeting the terror hunters who kept us safe since 9/11. and he thinks this is going to interfere with the way we move forward in protecting us in the future. >> there's no doubt that what

the attorney general has done has drawn a middle path between two grounds and neither party is satisfied. number one, they are leaving aside the conservative republicans. there are human rights activists and civil liberties activists who really believe they had an ally in president obama and their view is when you see facts of this nature, you don't need someone to investigate whether something should happen. indictments should be brought. and secondly, the attorney general has con train strained the investigation -- constrained the investigation to whether they went beyond the discretion. on the conservative side there are those who believe this is a signal of weakness, vice president cheney went so far as to say that this demonstrates that president obama is really not able to handle sensitive

national security matters because these interrogations prevented further attacks against the united states. >> reporter: finally your thoughts on the death of the senator kennedy. >> it is a very sad day. i must say -- i had my own dealings with him and a close and dear people who work with me were closer to him evidence. he was a real pro and whatever your view on his policy he ran his senate office in to a degree of excellence that had not been seen before he got there and probably will not be seen for a very long time. he was the ultimate senator and set a standard for others to really follow. he was a terrific legislator. be, rgenk theran ry , veh.uc >> we'll be right back. h.

the mystics will trade in their jerseys for pink ones to raise money for breast cancer. it will be this sunday for the charity event. here is monica thompson a breast cancer survivor and the wife of renowned georgetown university basketball teach john thompson iii and we have breast surgeon coleette with us. how are you doing. >> wonderful. >> tell us about the even on sunday. >> it is fantastic even that we started last year. was the first year that suddenly joined forces with the mystics to bring awareness to breast health and for women and others for taking care of their

bodies. >> exactly. dc has a reputation of the -- not the necessarily the number of cancers but the highest mortality rate. so going right to women and their families is a great way to reach them at a fun time, as well. and their auction items, all kinds of things. tell us about that. >> there are. we have a couple of signed memorabilia tickets to events, and the team will be wearing pink jerseys this year which they will then be auctioning off. so these will be one of a kind jerseys unique to the game and the event that will hopefully bring in good money for sidley hospital. >> this is something i didn't realize you treat more breast cancers than any other medical facility in the dc and maryland area. you care for nearly 4300 women since ' 98. >> that's right, andrea. we -- basically we started our breast cancer center the

sullivan center for breast health ten years ago an we have treated approximately 400 to 500 women a year. we recently actually got an accreditation, which is given out by the american college of surgeons. very few centers have gotten this. it is something new and called a national accreditation for breast for programs in breast cancer. that is a great thing to have done. it made us pull everything together even more and we are excited about it. >> and also excited. you are working on a breast cancer vaccine, testing of one that could prevent breast tumors from recovering in 70% of women with cancers. who are the women that would benefit from this vaccine. >> this is a vaccine that targets patients who have breast cancers that are a particular gene called the hertonu gene. we are doing this with the

walter reed army medical center. we have put several people on that trial this year. and it is a really good trial for women because we're hoping this will prevent recurrence of positive breast cancer they tend to be one type that recur and can be obnoxious for a long period of time. with are working on that and excited about it. >> i like that word obnoxious and that's what cancer is obnoxious. how would you raise the money. >> last year we raised 37,000 from the auction. it was great. and we have used it to -- for programs for transportation to get people to their radiation that can't get to the radiation. we have a driver, joe. an we have -- we use it for a variety of other programs. we do have a lot of charity care and we use it partly for the charity care as well. >> the game is about making

women aware of the importance of early detection and from a patient's standpoint, from a doctor's standpoint early detection can make a difference in treatment options as well as the quality and longevity of your life, right, monica. >> huge differences and i think that's the biggest challenge is making women aware of getting screening and the importance of being screened. when you think about it, who wants to get a test to find out if you have cancer. it's not the nicest test in the world but it is a test that could save your life. so do it. >> anything to add to that? >> i couldn't have said it better. >> i think you said it well. >> thanks for joining us. you can read more about breast cancer. see a piece that we did on dealing with biopsy on our buddy check website an more on this on my a buddy blog on u.s. wusa.

let's go to angie for an update on this. >> don't forget to join beyond's buddy blog on facebook. you will always be in the know when things like that happen. great events going on. 395 northbound not so grit between seminary and king street. that's where we have crash activity to the right shoulder. drivers are still below speed. backed up. 20 minute commute all the way to the beltway. moving along, another wreck on 50 westbound at kenilworth avenue. a slow ride on 295 and on 50 approaching the scene. on the outer loop we take it outside and show you the slow go from new hampshire to georgia. take it 10 to 15 minutes but starting to prove. heading to the crash on the outside clara barton parkway right past chain bridge road and looks like it is cleared. so good news there. and finally check out the inner loop in virginia. slow ride from 95 to the american legion bridge. still tracki that at 20 minutes. it has not fully recovered from that earlier accident at the gw

parkway. back to andrea. >> all riac thank you. it is 9:38. 'lu are watching 9 news now. l be l right back.

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turning our attention to local news. we are a few months away from november's election in virginia. this morning we spoke with creigh deeds. he mentioned steps he would take to deal with the state's budgetary problems. >> what i'm going to do when i'm governor is impose a zero- based budget. i'm going to require every agency to justify every cent that we spend we start from scratch every year to determine how to most efficiently provide services. i will have performance reviews of agencies to squeeze every

ounce of goodness out of every tax dollar. >> reporter: he says no state agency would be spared from budget cuts. he said every possible idea would be on the table. today the maryland board of public works will vote on a half million dollars on budget cuts it is one day after governor o'malley outlined the reductions the o'malley administration's cutbacks include shutting the government down for five days, furloughing state workers, lay off 205 employees and cutting $211 million in aid to county governments. >> these are difficult times, and we have to make the decisions necessary in order to continue to move forward to the other side of this recession. >> reporter: in the last three year the o'malley administration has been forced to slash state spending by $4 billion and cut 3200 jobs. when we come back, we will check in with wall street and kiecch k ona chk on the seven-day forecast. stay with us. ♪

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time to check the number on wall. as you can see the color of the arrows shows it is a mixed opening. the dow is down 18. the nasdaq is up a point and a half and s&p is down almost two points. here's a look at what's on tap for the rest of the week, maryland congresswoman donna edwards stops by tomorrow and we will talk to comptroller peter franchot and on friday, mind over money. our experts will have free financial advice for you. >> kim, here's a check on the seven-day forecast. we will have the sunshine and the 90s today, everybody. as we inch toward the weekend, so, too, will be what cube tropical storm danny.

either way you slice it that and that front coming from the west will do the squeeze play in time to bring rain for the weekend activity. so, i say get it done today and tomorrow while the sun is shining and it is dry outside. today will be the last hot day in the 90s for quite a while. >> we're anticipating a press conference starting momentarily from martha's vineyard in massachusetts. president obama will be reacting to the media an the rest of the country about the death of senator edward kennedy. we will carry that live here on 9 news when it happens, and of course you can watch it streaming live at wusa9.com. again -- >> i want to add that we are enjoying the interaction we are getting from viewers when i signed on at 5:00 a.m. on facebook, people are leaving excellents rest in peace ted kennedy and on our website you have a story where you can comment. i have commented and we want you to join our community and be part of our coverage. we continue on you guys.

>> so, again, that is at wusa9.com. right on our home page where you can leave your comments, your thoughts about the life and the legacy of senator edward kennedy. as we said, in quoting that new york times article, moments of greatness, moments of missteps and moments of going forward. and hoping to see something better. president obama has already said with senator kennedy's death an important chapter in our history has come to an end. and again we are waiting to ar more from him but we will have tethn e la ost9 news now at noon.