classes even only temporary while guidance counselors worked out schedules for nearly 300 one by one with pen and paper because of the new computer system that doesn't work. they said that there were 1900 students there. to have more than 8,000 students for them on the first day of the school. and that is there. >> reporter: the focus now is on a brand new $4.1 million school system called school max. the possibility that they will go after the company for damages. >> all eyes on them although we cannot forget the front that will roll out there on saturday. here is your forecast first. mostly cloudy skies and a bit muggy. showers and thunderstorms are wndo. ere for tiger rnoesht th . wnw, temperaturesig atth d. rthat bad. theykema ovab e toke maabove

y. dato back down to 93 onnaalti national r ered frksicd anfofrr mid-80s for fredericksburg at 88. i noticed two things on the sa lle.it one to thrie.ght, at is danny. they looked to the left all the moisture streaming up into florida and e ththsoutheast u.s that will get edhook uhoth oured d cold front. and we'll come back and we'll talk about just how much rain we're going to expect tomorrow. what that means for the redskins game and also what that means for the rest of the weekend coming up. at articlington national -- arlington national cemetery where they are preparing to last out there for them at the kennedy brothers. senator edwards kennedy will be out there just below national cemetery. >> that is just a few steps away from both of the assassinated brothers. the internal flames, essentially john kennedy, they were just

below the grave of senator robert kennedy who was assassinated while running for president. they want to remember them that the brothers, they are all together. >> no matter if you believe in the politics or you don't. this is a family that truly cares about the united states and did all they could for the citizens. >> we're still awaiting word for them and the motorcade route, it's a good thing for them to come down into the cemetery. >> this is open to the public. the service itself, they are private. >> these are live pictures from massachusetts. senator kennedy, they are proposed there where they will be for the next two days. they started about an hour ago until 11 tonight and then we start tomorrow. >> that is the father, gary.

and they went all the way back to 1975. and they visited senator kennedy during the latest illness many sundays to celebrate mass. and the father, they talked about the talent that the senator possessed. but some people knew about it. >> when they talked about that they could paint, and every year, they said, you know, the calendar. >> the senator'speclt sp includes water colors and picturesf the sea and sailing. a portrait of senator edward kennedy now resides in a new section of the national portrait gallery here in washington. the silkscreen print is on display at the museum's remembrance gallery. it was created in 1980 to raise money for the presidential campaign. they opened up the gallery after michael jackson died back in june. our coverage continues on wusa9.com. read more reactions to senator edward kennedy's death. leave your sites at web -- leave where are comments at

wusa9.com. $300, that's how much the delegate paid baltimore's police department for that marriage proposal stunt that landed him in some hot water. the cops stormed a boat that cotton was on with his fiance and conducted a phony raid two weeks ago at the baltimore inner harbor. that's when he made his marriage proposal. well, the whole thing raised quite a stink with some of the city state officials. aside from reimbursing the police department, he also apologized verbally. but much bigger trouble looming for the private fundraiser out there and other top democrats. he was arrested on tuesday for a bank fraud charge. right now, he's out of prison and under house arrest in his $20 million manhattan apartment. prosecutors alleged that he provided phony documents to get a $74 million loan. he served as a national finance chair for the presidential campaign and later raised money for presidential obama consider president o ball -- president obama. they are aiming that for the ur space shuttle discovery.

the 11:59 p.m. schedule launch time will be the third attempt this week. tuesday morning was scrubbed by the weather. yesterday's problem was a valve difficulty. well you're now likely to be carjacked in d.c. there were 600 carjackings in district of columbia in 2008. so far this year, there are only 200. a skwroeupt dc police -- a joint dc police task force is being credited for that. >> today, they graduated from an intensive six-month job program called training futures. it has a 90% success rate. several of the new graduates already have jobs like our niece, who is a new admissions coordinator for hc man care. >> i would get to the stumbling block in my position and it was because i did not have the basic skills that i needed to take me to that next level.

the training futures have put me there. >> reporter: they were funded mostly through donations and the companies such as them which owns wusa9.com. they also receive some public funding, but supporters say that the graduates give back far more when they become productive members, flying homes and paying taxes. well, still to come, let's face it. we all know the singles thing can be a jungle. but find out why speed dating might be the solution even if you are a real knuckle dragger. coming up, we've talked to an officer who rescued an 8-month-old baby girl from a smashed up burning car. and i'll have that story comingext. r42rpp fafa

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in tonight's hero segment, a little girl trapped in the car has the officer out there to thank tonight. and this is a correspondent from them talking to the humbled officer. >> yes, he was ingog about 100 iorepteter: it wasn't as much e as thr:crh as who was inside the car that took folks by surprise. including officer he'll oiler. >> it was a shot to me that th baby was in the car. >>ep orr:tean 8-month-old baby gi rl was trapped inside thissing up car. and the officer, he was doing radar when he clocked the driver of the crashed car going 40

miles an hour in a 25. when he tried to stop the car, he says that the driver sped off. he did not unt thderoe d rntoer unseded roe corner to see the wrecked car, and the driver trying to run. >> well, he fell to the ground because of the injuries telling me there was a baby in the backseat of the car. >> reporter: he jumped into action and rescued the 8-month-old girl. the impact of the crash was so forceful that it knocked down this concrete pileline. and get this, throughout the entire ordeal, the baby was asleep. >> slept through the whole thing, which is a miracle. >> reporter: it was amazing to me that someone would leave a child in the car that's on fire, crashed on the side of the road. >> i have a daycare, so yeah, you know, it is very, well, very scary to know that there is people like that. >> reporter: not only does she take care of children here, but says that it could have been a lot worse as school and the prince william county had already started. that is early this morning. >> now, they are thanking them for their quick action. >> and he did the best that he could do because he had to

wrestle the other guy to the ground. >> i'm happy that the baby was okay. >> 9news now and wusa9.com. the 23-year-old of centerville suffered a broken injury. charged with child abuse and driving on a revoked license. if you know anything about this, tell us about it. go to wusa9.com. and welcoming up, buying a car for your kid sounds like a great idea. you don't have to worry about them tearing up your car. but you may end up paying somehow, tonight's living smart sheds light on those unexpected costs. >> plus, topper is back with the rnimfo. keept righ i ihere. b@fafa

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them on behalf of the washington examiners. now, we're hearing that the first vacation is creating some ripples in the normally chilled waters of the venue. >> yes, dozens of local area businesses are hoping to cash in on their famous guests this week. we have a mexican restaurant there that has just served up the barack otaco. and you can wash it down with the obama rita. and if you feel like a little dessert afterwards, the candy shop there in town that is serving up some barackoroad fudge. >> baracko taco. followed by candy. >> that's out there big time. but this is starting to get ridiculous. >> the youngest jonas brother, nick jonas is in town this week, actually his third time now in two months. he has plans to run for president one day. actually, he announced that hi attempts to run in the 2040 and

currently selling bumper stickers at all his concerts. and you know, he appeased all the young fans there, probably the future constituents telling them that he's all single and that he loves a steak, made in his home state texas proud and picked golf as his favorite sports as many other presidents. >> fitting right in to the long line of presidents. thank you so much, we appreciate it. >> thank you. well moving on. the group that played a key role in defeating the gay marriage in california has now opened up an office in the district of columbia. the national organization for marriage ran television ads like this one that is a part of their battling of the past. now, the organization is promising to use a part of their $6 million budget to help defeat any attempt to legalize gay marriage in d.c. >> it doesn't make any sense to stand up and say the district of columbia deserves a vote in congress. but then to have the city council denying the people of the district of columbia, the right to vote on the very definition of marriage. that doesn't make any sense.

that's the definition of that. >> and what we can expect is that the folks from known to be outside of d.c. will come here to try to divide them along the race and the class lines. >> the digital correspondents, they have the full story on this one. and you will only see it on 9news now tonight at 11. buy a car for your teenager in tonight's living smart focus. every parent experiences a certain pride and fear when a child gets a driver's license. but sured.com say consider thcar foa r car fo. ch a semizeursid teyo. a mid size r updated chk nces chthe car's crash test ratings with whether it is new r used and consider the cost ofsu exrain peur yopremium to increase by as much as 100%. for more tips on our website, go to wusa9.com. click on living smart. you can expect to spend more flying first and second class

if you take u.s. airways. they are raising the fees on checked bags by $5 to $20 for the first bag, and then $po for the second -- $30 for the second. the new fees went into effect yesterday. i don't know if you can hear the noises of the area when i brought up those fees. >> you know, i pay for the ticket, hit me up in the ticket. just hit my bags, you know? >> i think that day is done. >> yes, it is done. >> let's talk about that. i've got this. >> yes, they will charge you different fees going and coming. they never charge the same. >> really? >> oh yeah. >> let's talk about daniel here. >> okay. >> i actually want to know about it. >> danny, we can write him off here in the metro area. the beaches, we're looking at rough surfs there. >> right. >> so you want that here? >> we have cleaned up the weekend a little bit here. that is your forecast. the next three days, a lot of showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. you cannot clean up on friday. i'm sorry. they hold about 80.

some of them will produce the heavy rain. time on that will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and now they will taper off. that is by friday evening and night. i can't promise a dry redskins game. but that should not be that, some consolation. showers and storms are possible on sunday. and the mid-80s on sunday. maybe the leftover shower. but still, the weekend not so bad. here is danny, the winds are 50 miles per hour. still a tropical storm. showing you this yesterday. we call them the spaghetti plop. that just means that each model is remitted by a color here. you can see the blinds, they are closer together than they have been in the past couple of days. so this takes it right over new england or a little west out there, almost over boston. if that were the case, then i would hammer the southeastern massachusetts area in the vineyard and the capes, and well, that is a tough track right there. it's close enough to us to produce some rip currents and heavy surf. that's about it. i mean, is that going to be in through sunday? it is, it'll be interesting. we're talking about high winds

there. let's talk about the wind field. it is offshore. these are 40 miles per hour winds. 60 miles per hour in red. watch what happens as they go through the kick. and at least the tropical storm forced winds will be in southeastern mass out there and possibly, well, winds up to 60 miles per hour. so we are dodging another one which is good news for us. again if you're going, well, you know, to the beach, summer is waiting here. please, please be advised of the signs posted on the beaches. there will be some rip currents. mostly cloudy tonight. a little bit muggy. showers and thunderstorms are possible. the temperatures are 68 to 74. and let me show you the live doppler. pinpointing a couple of the storms now. most of them are still out here. we'll zoom up to this storm which is just on the other side of the river. and that is in portions of frederick county, west of 270. headed towards here and adams town. headed actually, towards, well, worthington falls golf course there. and it is going to produce heavy rain. not severe, but some heavy rain. it is already heavy over 15. it's going to drift off to the

east, eventually cross into 270, right around here. and then going the east side of 270 in the next 30 and 60 minutes. all right, back to the computer we go. temperatures, well, theying managed to make it into the 90s today. but pretty comfortable. 79 out here. it is kind of rain cooled. and 82 out there and 84 here. tomorrow morning, mostly cloudy with showers and storms. some could produce heavy rain late in the mornings. 70s to the 80s. mostly cloudy and cooler. more showers and thunderstorms. some could produce heavy rain. high temperatures holding around 80. winds southeasterly at about 10. satellite picture radar combined. a lot of moisture. kind of combined about this. that will be brought up with the frontal system and really enhance our showers and storms tomorrow. and this is danny. not very well defined. drifting off to the west, northwest. and it's about 550 miles to the south, southeast out here. we're in pretty good shape right now. just a few showers back to the

west. they will gradually increase throughout the tphaoeufplgt 80s tomorrow, showers and storms. 86 on saturday, 84 on sunday. a couple of showers or storms are possible on saturday. again, also on sunday. i'll tell you what, not bad weekend once we get through tomorrow. then very nice next week, upper 70s, monday and tuesday. and partly cloudy skies with the sunshine next wednesday and thursday with highs only in the low 80s. that's almost perfect. >> i like that cleaned up weekend, sir. trying to clean it up a little bit. >> thank you, topper. well, let's get to our weird news file. this one gives a whole new meaning to the term, animal husbandry. it is speed dating for female gorillas at the london zoo. here's how it all works. all three females, they are shown pictures of their intended suiter. a dashing 12-year-old gorilla. he hangs out at the zoo in france, by the way. the photos were meant to wet the female's appetite for him. and apparently the tactics worked. they are now flying to london this year to meet all three. personally i think the lady gorillas need to ask how old was

that picture and is he really five feet tall with both knuckles on the ground? it's okay, they will learn the hard way. we want to hear what you think. send your e-mails -- send your e-mails to the address mailbag@wusa9.com. 9newsnow-- 9news now will be right back.

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it was never missed. senator ted kennedy persevered, stayed the course and tiredlessly worked to make that mountain of dreams a reality. well, thank you for that, john. and for those who have been tempted to get a little more specific regarding ted kennedy's human frailties, they had this to say. i'm angry to hear that any negative comments on the day a man deserves to rest in peace and a family allowed to grieve. the kennedy family has given so much to this country. we need to take a deep breath and let this family able to reflect and honor senator ted kennedy. we did miss one important fact. i appreciate you mentioning kennedy and his brothers, but both you and wusa9 admitted that the first brother who died on board a b-24 bomber during world war ii. originally it was joseph senior's vision that joe jr. ran for the presidency. you know, you're right about that, david. thank you for that from what i read as each kennedy brother fell, the younger was expected to take up the cause until it

got down to ted kennedy who some speculate felt liberated when he lost the run for president in 1980. then went onto become the iconic public servant we all got to know. s e wuat9.com. that is our report. i'll be back here at 11. log on any time you would like at wusa9.com. we'll see you later. bye. ♪ (beep) (beep)

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