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good evening i'm derek mcginty. >> and i'm anita brickman. tonight the life and legacy of a man known as the liberal lion of the senate ted kennedy. this was the scene just hours ago indu pont circle, about 100 people held a candlelight vigil in his honor. he touched their lives in so many different ways. >> senator kennedy was a champion for issues of all americans and right now we're in a space in our life where we really got to be fighting for what's right and le was one of

those guys who did that. >> i really respected him and i think he really loved and supported civil rights specifically but in turns of civil rights and in turns of economic issues, fair wages. >> and that really is at the center of it. senator kennedy made healthcare the corner stone of his political agenda for years. >> after serving in the senate for nearly half a century kennedy died last night after a 15 month battle with brain cancer. he was 77. his family is perhaps the closest we have to royalty in our country to compound he's known by some as cammellot, and for the past 40 years he was a patriarch, the last brother alive of a political dye faster. his life was marked with triumph and extraordinary tragedy. he was a target of the conservatives but respected on both sides of the aisle. >> he could passionately battle others and do so pure leslie on

the senate floor for the causes that he held deer and yet he still maintained warm friendships across party lines, and that's one reason he became not only one of the greatest senators of our time but one of the most accomplishes americans ever to serve our democracy. >> and president obama will deliver the eulogy at senator kennedy's funeral saturday morning. today he ordered flags to be flown at half staff to honor senator kennedy and earlier today, average citizens visited kennedy's washington office just to pay tribute. >> i think he probably went through more in his lifetime than most of us rxed to endure. he served the country. >> but for some there is partisanship in the morning mostly found on the internet with the blogs and websites that allow anonymous comments. >> there are angry posts, so we ask a question shouldn't bis they a time for grace?

britney morehouse joins us live with answers. >> reporter: well anita maybe it should be but here is another thought. more than likely the culprit is the internet providing a forum for those personal attacks. >> one scroll down any news website and you'll find them, mud slinging comments. >> so what happens is that you have a few extremeists saying very undignified things about the death of a very very longstanding public servant in this country. >> it didn't used to be this way says american university professor. >> look back to ronald regan's death. i mean, you didn't hear sort of the liberals and that end sort of saying outrageous things. >> there may have been people out there who may have said that but it didn't get much visibility. >> now it's visible everywhere, but that doesn't mean it's appropriate. >> if this is a virtual memorial service that our country is going through right now, they're effectively standing outside that service and saying really hostile and rude things. >> on the other hand perhaps

some figures draw more, and that's always been clear about ted kennedy. >> kennedy has always had that. >> so in 1980 the reporter asks the senator. >> why, why do people hate you so much and he paused and you could tell he knew it was true, you could tell that it bothered him, and he said, you know, sometimes if you stand up for something people hate what you stand for and they hate you, and then he said and i've had a very public life and i've made some mistakes. >> indeed those mistakes are making their way into critics comments on the web but as the professor comments in return, pick your time, pick your place, perhaps immediately following a man's death is bad timing. anita? >> interesting insights there, thank you. lawmakers on the hill republican and democrat alike all say ted kennedy never forgot how important personal relationships are. his good friend said if kennedy had been well the two of them

probably could have stopped the grid lock over healthcare reform and worked out a bipartisan bill. although the two were politically opposites, hatch said kennedy could find the common ground and was a man of his word when he did it. >> whenever we saw common ground, he would stand up even against the amendments of his colleagues and live up to the deal. and he gave his word, he kept his word, and that meant a lot to me. >> kennedy and hatch worked on major pieces of bipartisan legislation including funding for hiv and aids projects and healthcare for needy children. >> senator kennedy was a driving force looking to get affordable healthcare for every american and during his address at the democratic national convention in denver last year, he said, "this is the cause of my life, new hope that we will break the old gridlock and guarantee every american will have decent quality healthcare as a fundamental rights and not as a privilege." his colleague says now he hopes lawmakers can overcome their

differences to realize kennedy's dream. >> my hope is that this will maybe cause people to take a breath, step back and start talking with each other again and more civil tones about what needs to be done, because that's what teddy would do. he is passionate about the issue but there was no one better in trying to bring people together to get a job done. >> there's already a foot to rename the healthcare bill in kennedy's honor. >> we also spoke with virginia senator mark warner today and he echoed the sentiments telling us america has lost a great leader in ted kennedy, a lawmaker who worked tirelessly to get things done. >> he was someone who fought for his principles, fought hard for what he believed in yet was willing at the same time to cross party lines and find that common ground. that example is staying true to what you believe in but willing to still find common ground is what we need more of in american politics. >> warner says he hopes republicans and democrats alike

will honor kennedy by lowering the volume on the heated healthcare debate and reach for that common ground. >> as you might imagine the people of massachusetts have a lot to say about their native son and all day long they filed inside the john fkennedy presidential library and museum in boston to reflect and remember. >> he was for the rights of everybody. he was for the rights of disabled, for women's rights, the civil rights movement. >> i feel like for the first time i'm taking time out for teddy after he's taken so many times out for us. >> folks say senator kennedy was a real presence in and around boston attending labor union gatherings to ribbon cutting ceremonies and over the next two days there will be a public viewing and memorial service at the jfk library in boston and saturday morning a funeral mass followed by a private burial in arlington national seem etar it. visit wusa9.com and you can leave your condolences and watch a slide show of his life.

again, that's wusa9.com. time to head out to the weather terrace with topper looking at potentially stormy days ahead. what can you tell us? >> we're in great shape. that's the good news. here is yo carefost. overnight clear to partly cloudyrenot quite as comfortable downtown, low 70's but mid to upper 60s ou the t yn teayeraturmp re, cooling off okay, noasas f ni as last wn todobuwn t ev to but everybody odelse mainly in the in's, 72 in fredrick and asnaa lltepisae e iturctof danny. guess what, danny has strengthened and we'll come back and tell you if he's made hurricane status and we'll also talk about a track that could affect our weather friday night and saturday coming up. new tonight, a disruption at the metro station, a suspicious package turned up near the kiosk at ninth and d street while police shut down the station at 8:20. the package turned out to be harmless and the station reopened at 9:45.

some are calling it the battle for afghanistan. august is on track to become the deadliest month yet for u.s. forces stationed there and surveys say public support for the war maybe slipping a bit as some americans are no longer sure it's worth the cost. digital correspond ebbet spoke with one noted d.c. security expert who tries to explain what the goal is in afghanistan. >> 2009 is by far the deadliest year so far for u.s. forces in afghanistan and there's still 1/3 of the year to go. >> no one likes to see more american casualties but in part that's coming from the fact we're becoming more aggressive. >> much of the criticism for u.s. policy in afghanistan is coming from the left wing of obama's own party faulting the president for not having a well defined exit strategy. 20,000 troops were added earlier this year and an additional 6,000 are already slated for years end. so, why are we there? >> we can't afford to have it under the control of someone or

a group that is going to give us to terrorists. >> security expert says it's the sort of environment of osama bin laden flourished in the months leading up to 9/1 and a forthcoming report to the top field reporter in afghanistan is expected to mirror earlier nato requests for more troops, to beat back a taliban in the south and east of afghanistan. >> quite frankly we can hold on for as long as we need. we may not control the entire countryside. we may not have a great government in power there but we can make sure that it is not a haven for terrorists. >> in the meantime this was the scene earlier today in the southern city of kandahar. following a massive bomb blast yesterday, 43 lives lost, the deadliest attack in the past year. digital correspondent andrew stack, 9 news now and wusa9.com. >> last month, it turns out was the deadliest month so far in afghanistan, 44 u.s. service

members lost their lives. closer to home two people stabbed along a residential street in d.c. and one of them has died. it happened this afternoon along the 200 block of q street in northwest. police found two adults with stab wounds, one of them was pronounced dead at the hospital. now the second victim is expected to survive. no word yet on any arrests and what lead up to the stabbing. maryland's board of public works approved state budget cuts. those cuts are expected to save taxpayers $454 million but they will mean pink slips for more than 200 state employees and 160 of those jobs will be cut from the health department and the counties will lose $211 million in state funding, money that's used for everything from police salaries to road repaving. also approved today a five day shut down of maryland's state government along with widespread furloughs. now when it comes to those furloughs there are some state employees who will not be sharing the pain including lawmakers and judges and as you might imagine that's not going over so well with some state

workers who do have to take the pain. among them darryl brown. he helped print refund checks at the treasury office. >> they make way more money than we do and we keep the state rolling and we always >>ve to take the allyre inurdonr s heer tpeak of e thpehouse dell ecat mike bush says he will voluntarily take a 10 day pay cut and he expects other lawmakers to do the same. next on 9 news now, she is the head of a local spca and some people accuse her of killing her dog. that's coming up. but first, topper has your full forecast, we are back te w?w;w?

and welcome back. i'm meteoroligist topper shutt. in the next three days out of the gate, tomorrow not a bad day at all, upper 80s, slight chance of isolated storm. most of us will not see anything thursday. friday different story, showers

and storms, not from danny but from the cold front. and that could impact the game. it could be a wet red skin game to watch on channel 9 and showers and storms possible on saturday depending on the track of danny. and that's going to really hinge on how close to shore it comes friday night and saturday morning. to the forecast overnight, partly cloudy not as comfortable. mid to upper 60s in the suburbs yes but low 70's downtown. temperatures right now pry marchly in the mid 70's, 75 in laurel, 75 in old town and also dumphreys, a little cooler out to the west, 73 at winchester and now for tomorrow morning, partly cloudy and warm, 70's and 80s, winds northeast early at 10, and by afternoon not a bad day, partly sunny, very warm. a slight chance, just a slight chance of an isolated thunderstorm, high temperatures in the upper 80s, winds easterly at 10 but if you'll decide to play golf thursday or friday, i'd pick thursday. all right, let's talk about the satellite picture, radar combined. see the showers, they are kind

of now more tilted from west to east and that's an association from a frontal system running west to east as opposed to north-south and that influences our weather friday. that may end up giving us more rain than danny. danny has increased its intensity a little bit and it's still a tropical storm and it's about 670 miles south southeast of hattares and its movement is still off to the west northwest. as far as we're concerned the shower is pretty close but the front is really aligning itself west to east and slow to move down here, it will get close enough on friday to produce rain and showers. winds are 50 now, movements northwest at nine. could become a category one by friday evening and the track is still offshore and that's pretty far offshore for us but don't focus on the line. focus on this whole cone because that's possible particularly west of that line and by 8:00 saturday, looks like it's going to be very very close to just offshore martha's vineyard as a category one. this looks like southern new england much more than us that's the way it looks like

whether it's a tropical storm or a category one hurricane. here are the wind fields. notice how they miss us, this is 60-mile per hour winds in orange and 60 in red, however by 8:00 on saturday, that 40- mile per hour wind field is well inland including boston and providence so if it takes that track we're just looking at heavy surf once again kind of like bill, maybe rip currents as well as we get into friday night and particularly saturday morning. from the headlines danny's track is important. the beaches will have you surf no matter which way it decides to go. the critical times for danny is friday night into 3:00 p.m. saturday. that's the critical time. right now it appears you might get more rain from the front friday than we will from danny. if danny hugs the coast, then we will get rain and some wind in the metro area but it's got to hug the coast and right now, indications are it's going to track a little further to the east not quite as far as bill

but generally speaking, should not be a huge problem for us. we will certainly keep you posted. all right, of course we're always on wusa9.com. now, the next seven days, shower or thunderstorm possible tomorrow, primarily west of town, just isolated, 87 and then showers and storms on friday, that's from the front, showers and storms possible on saturday from danny, right now i think generally speaking the showers from danny will not make it west of the bay, maybe left over thunderstorm on sunday as another front comes through, give you a shower early monday and a touch of fall, upper 70's tuesday and 80 with sunshine next wednesday. >> there's a lot going on. >> there is. >> things are happening. >> yeah, that's when hurricane season peaks. >> oh, okay. >> thanks, top. well there's an era that haunts richmond's number one animal lover. her name is robin stark and she's the ceo of the spca there and she was devastated to find her dog dead in the back of her car las week and she says her

husband is horrified he forgot an tell her he put the dog there. she drove to work, didn't notice her dog was in the vehicle until lunch time and by then temperatures had reached over 90 degrees and the dog had died of heat stroke. >> this experience has been a terribly painful and very traumatic one for our family. this tragedy does not change the tremendous accomplishments and country becauses robin has made to animal welfare in this community and it will not negatively impt g her. >> however, one volunteer from the spca has called on her to resign. time magazine plans to honor the late senator kennedy. here is a look at the magazines newest issue. time celebration of the life of senator edward kennedy will hit the news sand stands on friday. what you may not have known about senator kennedy is that he loved boating and football as much of his family did and

he played football for harvard and passed up an opportunity to play professional football with y ckers pafor public service. >> wow. now you have a whole different story tonight. >> yeah. >> as ted kennedy plays for the packers. >> wow. skins getting ready, excited. we're all excited of course. patriots coming to town this week with one of the games best quarterbacks. hear what the skins think of touchdown tommy as they prep for the patriot games this friday and then the that's send their newest member to the hill happened down the stretch? we'll tell you next in sports. r42rpp

this is the third pre- season game, skins fans will probably get a pretty good look at one of the best in this era as he makes his way back from a wicked knee injury, touchdown tommy brady says he expects to

play extended minutes on friday night against the skins and last season, brady blew out his knee in the opener against the chiefs and then spent the rest of the season and the off season rehabbing and now he's back, 14 of 23 for 157-yards in this pre-season, two years ago he chucked a record 50 touchdowns and the skins looking forward to facing one of the best. >> one of the more exciting quarterbacks in our league, he's pretty much done everything, super bowls to you name it. mvps, but he's a good player and we have our work cut out for us. >> he's for the league and not only a poster boy but a great athlete. why wouldn't we have tom brady and be happy 's back inplheay g?back playing? >> you can watch the skins patriots game on wu sathe game preceded by re dsnskins tailgate pre-game special, from fedex field and also brett sits down with coach done one on l tialart st a ng307:d an all starting at 7:30 and then the game at 8:00 right here on

wusa9. welcome to my crib. >> [laughter]. all right, big al. don't want to miss this tomorrow night at 11. one on one from the crib. sarah sits down at his home and they talk everything from football to family, that's tomorrow night at 11:00 o'clock. and the nats are playing better baseball since the all-star break. last nights win raised their record to 500 in the second half and after last nights game the team signed their pitcher hernandez who had been released by the mets and second time around, they put him right to work and guess what? brother brought it and struck out six and he had the cubs standing tonight, but tied at two and eighth inning, hill doubles down the line, no support for tonight, the flood gates open, cubs win 9-4. >> so r now dc unite the taking on the mexican side.

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quick look tomorrow looks good but after that? >> goes downhill. here is the seven day. nice tomorrow, 87 and slight chance of an isolated shower, a lot of showers friday that will impact the game, tapering off by the game and depending on what danny does will determine our saturday. >> okay, topnkr,ha t you. that's our show. thanks for staying up with us. we're always on wusa9.com. >> letterman is up next. have a great night. cb

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