we learned that the man dubbed the liberal lion succumbed to brain cancer. a great void is left with his passing. and now we are learning more about services to honor the late senator edward kennedy. flags are flying at half staff in his memory. kennedy will be buried at arlington national cemetery near his brother. today, president barack obama and other politicians reflected on kennedy's work that opened doors to millions. >> his ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives. and seniors who know dignity and families that know new opportunity, in children who know education's promise and in all who can pursue their dream in an america that is more equal and more just. >> politicians from both sides of the isle are expressing their sympathies over the loss of ted kennedy. former president george hw bush

said today and this is a quote, while we didn't see eye to eye on many political issues through the years, i always respected his steadfast public service. secretary of state, hillary clinton said kennedy inspired generation after generation of young americans to enter public service. the stand up for justice and fight for progress. and british prime minister, gordon brown said even facing illness and death, he never stopped fighting for the causes, which were his life's work. i'm proud to have counted him as a friend. and while with we've known since last year that this day would come, the passing of senator kennedy is still hard on the country and his family. kate baldwin has more from massachusetts. >> reporter: america is remembering senator edward kennedy, whose extraordinary political career spanned nearly a half century. >> he was a champion from massachusetts, for the country, and for the world.

and as part of this community, it's a very, very tragic loss for all of us. >> i was saddened to hear the news this morning. especially now with the healthcare debate going on. his voice is going to be missed. >> reporter: reverend patrick was present when the senator died at his home in massachusetts. >> he had expressed to his family that he did want to go to heaven. there was a certain amount of peace. a lot of peace, actually in the family get together last night. >> reporter: vice president biden worked with kennedy in the senate for 36 years. >> he left a great void in our public life and a hole in the hearts of millions of americans and hundreds of us who are affected by his personal touch throughout our lives. >> reporter: and fellow senator and friend, chris dodd noted kennedy dedicated his life to healthcare reform.

an issue congress is hotly debating. >> my hope is that this will maybe cause people to take a breath, step back, and start talking with each other again in more civil tones about what needs to be done. because that's what teddy would do. >> that was kate baldwin reporting. president john f. kennedy gave one of his most important speeches at the au field and on the american university campus in january of 2008, ted kennedy passed the torch to the man he felt could fulfill the kennedy's dreams for all americans, barack obama. >> with barack obama, we will close the book on the old politics of race against race, gender against gender, ethnic group against ethnic group and straight against gay. >> senator kennedy referenced that the day that he endorsed barack obama and really did say this is the next generation.

the torch is being passed to this new young senator. >> she is now a communications professor works on ted kennedy's presidential campaign in 1980. kennedy was okay with not being president and devoted himself to a rich decade long legacy in the senate. senator kennedy was a driving force to get healthcare for every american. he died with the future of healthcare reform still in doubt. but bruce leshan is live on capitol hill where a lot of people are saying, bruce, with his passing the senator may have given that effort some new momentum, right? >> you know, there is already a move of foot to rename the healthcare bills in senator kennedy's honor and you could look for growing pressure on any waiverring legislators to pass health reform as a kind of enduring legacy for the third longest serving member of the

u.s. senate. a town hall meeting tuesday night in resten -- >> these folks are not from the eighth district. they don't belong here. >> reporter: senator kennedy has been too ill to participate in much of the debate over what he once called the cause of his life. health reform supporters wonder if his talks might have made the difference. >> his son patrick told me, that's all he could talk about was the healthcare bill. >> ted was born to a life of advantage, but he spent his life bettering the lives of the disadvantaged. >> i didn't have health insurance. >> people like abby working her dream job in new york, but two months shy of earning health insurance when she was diagnosed with an ovarian tumor. >> i can't afford my bill. my parents had to refinance their home to help me pay off

my debt. >> i hope that this will be a reminder to them about what can be best. >> it was that effectiveness that is one of the reasons the flags across washington fly at half staff in his honor. that and the tragedy that filled his life at even republicans lining up at his senate office to pay tribute. >> i mean, he served the country. >> four kennedy brothers each served his nation. bobby and jack, congressman muran says teddy kennedy may be the kennedy, will have made the biggest difference for his untry. audrey. >> bruce leshan, live on capitol hill, thank you bruce. the museum in washington is where america's history is chronicled. senator ted kennedy's death became part of that history and many that stopped by to see the

small kennedy exhibit spoke fondly of the liberal lion of the senate. >> he is someone that had, as i said, strong principles that he believes in, which was unusual for many current legislators. >> he led the way for civil rights, american disabilities act, and a lot of people that didn't have the opportunity to speak, he spoke for them and that's why it's such a big loss. >> the majority of those we interviewed agreed with the decision that teddy's final resting place would be alongside his two brothers at arlington national cemetery. be sure to stay with 9news now, cbs news, and wusa9.com for continuing coverage on the death of senator ted kennedy. leave your comments at wusa9.com on kennedy's legacy. tonight at 8:00, watch a cbs news special, it's called kennedy, the last brother. still to come when 9news now returns, facts and figures

are in. you might be surprised to hear what companies benefited the most. >> not all state employees are facing furloughs and layoffs. those that are are saying that's not fair. and i'm topper shutt, a nice summer day. we'll take you out with the numbers. this is available on our website. 91 and 71 goes in the books. average is 85 and 67. record high for today, 97. record low, 51. we will come ou t ououdanny and where he is headed. stay tuned.

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alternative baby travel systems on our website, wusa9.com. just click on living smart. next, when the news continues, she said she had an affair with one of the most notorious financkers in u.s. history. but first, here is a preview of what's ahead on the cbs evening news. >> remembering senator ted kennedy. how he leaves behind a legacy of landmark legislation. our coverage continues continues tonight on the cbs evening news. 9news now is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealer. fas

a five-day shut down of maryland government along with widespread furloughs and layoffs was approved today. there are some state employees who will not be sharing the pain, including legislators and judges. and as you can imagine, that's not going over well with

everyone else. digital correspondent, scott broome is keeping up with the developments in annapolis. >> marvin benson checks in to his job facing a ten-day furlough. and unsure which of his coworkers may end up unemployed. >> you have housekeepers, plumbers, we don't make a lot of money. for us to take the hit for the state, basically i think that's wrong. >> across town, employees in maryland's court system and the employees who work for the state legislature, including legislators themselves are exempt from all the budget slashing. not going over well with people like darryl brown, who helps print refund checks at the treasury. > they make way more money than we do. we keep the state rolling and we always have to take the hit. >> i don't think it's fair. >> it may not be fair, but it's the law. governor martin o'malley has no control over the ju

legislative budgets, but legislators . speaker of the house of delegates, ke mi bush says he will voluntarily take a 10-day pay cut and expects over legislators to do the same. a spokesman for the court system says administrators there are studying the situation. >> the cuts made today include $# 11 million to counties, which use the money from paying police to paving the roads. layoffs of local employees in jurisdictions all around the state now appear all but inevitable. in annapolis, scott broome, 9news now and wusa9.com. >> today's budget cuts approved by the governor, treasurer, and controller amounted to $454 million. and investor who claims she had an affair 16 years ago with bernie madoff says she plans to send him a book about their alleged relationship. right now he is serving more than 100 years for running a

ponzi scheme. madoff pursued her from the moment they met. >> it was an adult affair. i think it was about as adult as an affair can be. unfortunately, it was with the biggest crook the world has ever seen. >> an attorney for madoff's wife, ruth madoff said his client did not know about the alleged affair. we are learning more about the final hours of michael jackson's life. especially the period of time between when police found the singer not breathing to the moment someone called 911. a police affidavit said dr. conradt murray found the singer not breathing at 11:00 a.m. the day the singer died. he told investigators he had given him drugs to help him sleep. however the 911 call wasn't made until an hour later. and now, cell phone records show the doctor made 47 minutes worth of other phone calls. >> i think any reasonable

person would expect dr. murray to administer cpr and call 911 immediately. this is reckless conduct. that's exactly what law enforcement needs for a manslaughter charge. >> so far, dr. murray hasn't been charged, but his las vegas office has been closed since jackson's death. a huge wild fire continues to burn right now near los angeles. a thousand firefighters are battling the flames in the foothills of the valley. fire officials report no homes or businesses are threatened by the fire. no word yet on how that fire started. >> pretty dramatic looking, isn't it? >> it is extremely dry out there. they need more humidity, they aren't going to get it for a while. we have to watch danny. not a big storm right now. not hurricane or anything, but whether or not it maintains tropical status isn't that important to us. the track is what is important. here's your forecast first now. the next three days, 87 tomorrow. just a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. a little better chance tomorrow night and a real good chance of

showers and storms on friday. 80, looks like it could be a wet redskin game and depending on what danny does, saturday could be wet with showers and thunderstorms. maybe heavy rain on saturday. high temperature in the low 80s. here's the satellite picture, a different view of danny. again, not particularly well organized. it's about 725 miles southeast. it is moving off to mithe west, northwest. this storm will miss bermuda. winds are 45 miles per hour. gusts to 58. by 2:00 on friday, it's going to be off the southeast coast and move off the north, northeast. by 2:00 saturday, it is off the delmarva and it begins to recurve. i put the fan pronounced here. this is what you have to think about. this whole track, not just focus on the line. if it goes to the west and we are talking about rough surf.

anywhere from this line westward would be a rough surf for our bay. if it hugs the coast, well then we have to worry about heavy rain here in the immediate area. a partly cloudy, not as comfortable. a big discussion on this. click on the on the pepco cast. 66 to 72, winds northeasterly  at 5 to 10. temperatures right now are warm. 90 up in frederick. 89 downtown. 90 in manassas and 90 in fredericksburg. 70s and 80s. winds northeast at 10. partly sunny, very warm. a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm. highs in the upper 80s. for the most part, a nice day tomorrow. satellite picture, radar combined, you can see a front right here. eventually it is going to approach the metro area. we are going to p sandwiched between danny to the east and a front off to the west. we'll zoom down and take a look at danny. very tough to figure out an exact location of where the

center is. that's critical because where that center is, when the computer models put that in to run their equations, that will determine how far west that track is. very, very critical getting a well defined center. we have a couple days to narrow down the track. we are looking at partly cloudy skies. all the showers and thunderstorms remaining in new england with that front. for us tomorrow, here's your zone forecast. all six zones on our website, wusa9.com. upper 80s for oakland and dumfries. a little better chance to the west. less of a chance in dc. 86 in frederick. 87 tomorrow. isolated storms. it gets kind of tricky. showers and thunderstorms friday into saturday. the game is right here on channel 9 in hd. hope it's not really super wet. we'll have to just wait and see what danny does. and then after everything goes through, danny and the cold front, it gets much cooler. we are in the 70s and barely 80

next wednesday. >> that sounds good to me. >> it's good running weather. >> yes. >> all right. >> good football weather, too. >> football fans like it cooler, don't they? >> what they really want to see is redskins offense. >> exactly. no matter how hot it is. >> preseason, no bearing on the actual outcome, but don't tell that to redskins fans. they want to see some production, especially it from that guy right there. hear what he has to say about his performance so far and the t sports.odgo y.k an oldy, but coming up next in srts. fafab@

and now, 9sports. the best sports in town. >> welcome back. coming into the season, the redskins offense and jason campbell in particular were under the microscope. why you ask? an offense ranked second to last would be the answer. now what jason campbell really needed was to come out on fire in the preseason and put all questions to rest. hasn't worked out that way, just 4:13 for 48 yards, including one of 7 against the steelers. campbell will probably play a half, maybe more against the patriots and the qb says i'm not worried about my numbers. >> everyone is trying to put pressure on me. right now, more negative than it is positive. there were games i was being 20 for 23. >> i don't think he needs to

worry about what everyone else is worried about. he has to do what he do. he is a quarterback of his offense that has a bunch of weapons. >> all right, now todd collins certainly has the backup position on lock. but check this out. today in practice, he is working out when he gets nailed by a kick from one of the punters. ouch. no word on whether a third string coat ordered him to kick the ball that way. no worries ifis is okay. just a close call. wusa9, the place to be on friday for the skins skins and patriots. brett haber, sara walsh, out there at fedex field, also brett sits down with coach southern. the game at 8:00 right here on wusa9. if you can't beat him -- he is beating him three times, has a complete game to his credit. that won't be happening anymore, because mike went out

and signed the former nat late last night. this will be his second stint with the nats. he pitched with the organization from '03 to '06. he is still the winningest pitcher. he had been with the mets until they gave him his conditional release. the team option to collin's syracuse. move on. going right back to work tonight with his hard hat against the cubs. he will face rich harden. hernandez has a 7-8 record and it will be his first appearance against the north siders. a couple college football games. indiana and penn state will play there in november of next season. virginia tech and boise state will play in october and the 112th army, navy game will be played in december. now continues to be a busy time of year for dc united on the soccer field. fresh off with lagalexy. the game starts at 8:00.

afterwards, they will go to the playoffs. talk about fans taking the love of their game to the grave. here something new out in la, there's a place where you can have jr. casket or earn with your favorite baseball logos. names on the handles, the whole bit. it only costs $4400. major league baseball has approved it. not sure if you can have the nats colors available, but we are checking. our research staff is checking. >> you can get just about anything these days. >> just about anything. >> wow. thank you. >> that's all i'm going to say. >> seven-day real quick. it's nice tomorrow, an isolated thunderstorm. then we get into danny problems on friday and saturday. 80 on friday, 83 on saturday. the track is going to depend on whether or not we get hammered or just a little bit. >> thank yory