from the first local station with news in high 1d definition, this is 9news now. while our nation lost a great senator, my brothers and sisters and i have lost a loving father. >> senator ted kennedy's son, patrick in boston today. hello, i'm bruce johnson and thanks for joining us this saturday. we'll bring you a report on the funeral shortly. but first, this. senator kennedy's casket arrived at arlington national cemetery. the motorcade is stopping on capitol hill for colleagues and

staff members to give final good-byes. a huge owd has gathered on the steps of the capitol this afternoon. >> he did seem like a really nice man and wanted to come and be a part of history with everybody else and feel their spirit everywhere, you know. not just here, the kennedy center. >> i grew up in the kennedy era. ted kennedy became senator when i was 2. he has been senator my whole life and my family has been admiring of the kennedy family. as a government teacher, i keep an eye on things that are happening and kennedy has been influential in the last two or three decades. >> he will be buried alongside his brothers. digital correspondent, lindsey mastas is live right now. >> reporter: people are lined

up along memorial bridge. some got here hours and hours in advance, they want to be a part of history. >> how lucky we have been to have senator kennedy in our life. >> reporter: some arrived in their sunday's best and they hope to catch a glimpse of the flag draped casket, carrying the man they admire. >> i think he was a great human being and i think that he grew and changed and i really like that in people. >> some brought signs. >> especially my parents. they brought me up with his teaching. >> others signed a book hoping some of the kennedy's would see their support. fay smith came all the way from miami. >> he is a humanitarian, he is everybody's hero. >> reporter: as you can see behind me, there are hundreds of people gathered in a fairly small space. they are just sharing memories

right now of the senator and also talking a little bit about what they expect to see and what they expect to feel when he drives by. bruce, back to you. >> okay lindsey reporting from arlington cemetery. lindsey, thanks a lot. earlier today, senator kennedy's life was celebrated in a two-hour funeral mass. mourners from hollywood, star jack nicholson packed our basilica in boston. president obama and the former president, jimmy carter, george w. bush and president clinton sat in the first pew. president obama delivered the eulogy. senator kennedy's son, ted jr. helped eulogize his father this morning in boston. >> when i was 12 years old, i was diagnosed with bone cancer and a few months after i lost my leg, there was a heavy snowfall outside of washington, d.c. and i was trying to get

used to my any artificial leg and the hill was covered with ice and snow and it wasn't easy for me to walk. the hill was very slick and as i struggled to walk, i slipped and i fell on the ice and i started to cry and i said, i can't do this. i said i'll never be able to climb up that hill and he lifted me up in his strong, gentle arms and said something i will never forget. he said i know you can do it. there is nothing that you can't do. >> we'll have more coverage when we come back and we'll go back to arlington national cemetery coming up later. we are back in a moment. ha

the current president, three former presidents and enough senators to make up a

choir quarum were there today. president obama described the legendary massachusetts politician as a force of nature in the senate. for the kennedy's, the baby of its family became its patriarch. >> the world is saying good- bye to senator ted kennedy. >> we gather today with sadness and with hope. >> the funeral service to mark his passing was a traditional catholic mass. but much of it was extraordinary. six priests celebrated the mass. the senators performed during commune yon and president comunion. and president obama gave the eulogy. >> he surpassed them all

because of who he became. >> celebrities, dozens of senators, presidents carter, george w. bush and kennedy's extended family all attended the service in a soaring church that had special meaning. it's where he prayed when his daughter was fighting lung cancer. his dad remembered his dad helping him through his own battle. he told an emotional story about not being able to get up an icy driveway. >> he said i know you can do it. there is nothing that you can't do. we are going to climb that hill together even if it takes us all day. >> after the mass, the senator's body was flown to andrew's air force base for a motorcade here, arlington national cemetery. it's his final resting place next to his brothers whose violent sudden death shaped his

life. senator kennedy was expected to visit the capitol. the steps of the senate were lined with kennedy's staff. it was a fitting good-bye for the pay tri yak of the royal family. cbs news, arlington national cemetery. >> in a short time, we are going to go back to arlington cemetery live. he survived a plane crash last year, but celebrity dj a.m. was found dead last night in his new york apartment. the 36-year-old's name is adam goldsteen. they found a crack pipe and prescription pills where the body was discovered. last september, a jet carrying musical partner barker crashed upon takeoff. they were the only survivors of that crash. he was said to star in an mtv reality show, which he and families drug abusers helped to stage interventions. it couke ta weeks for autopsy

results to provide the exact cause of death. today was move in day for some 7400 george washington university students in downtown washington. freshman and returning students moved in to residence halls. university president, steven knapp and his wife were on hand to get the students settled. knapp says gw has plans in place for dealing with the h1n1 virus on campus. >> i think we are on top of it in terms of being able to advise community. we have plans in place for if students show symptoms of h1n1. we can respond quickly and so i think we are in as good of shape as you can be. everyone is waiting for this to unfold. >> president knapp says gw had an h1n1 task force in place since last spring, including resources. the father of terri shivo

died, whether his brain injured daughter should be kept alive. he died today after heart failure in st. petersburg, florida. he had fought to keep his daughter alive, but her husband won the battle to have her feeding tube removed. she died back in 2005. wild fire in the mountains of north los angeles is creeping towards the homes. residents in 150 homes have been told to leave as a precaution. the fire is left a thick layer of smoke hovering over northern los angeles county. that is hampering efforts to send an aircraft to drop water on the flames. > it's a very serious situation we are in right now. current situation is the fire is approximately 5500 acres. it did grow last night, primarily under the national forest. however, we do not have a good estimate right now of where it actually ended up during that last night's burning period. >> we are told more than 600 firefighters are battling that blaze. officials say it could take a

week to contain the fire. we are going to go back to arlington live when we come back. more showers on the way. >> as the sun goes down, some storms are popping up, bruce. i'm tracking them on doppler 9,000. i'll let you know if they are oing to be in ckyard this evening. you are watching 9news now. stay with us. thfab@fab@fa b@

you are looking at a live shot of downtown washington. awaiting the motorcade and the casket bearing the late senator, teddy kennedy. some of his colleagues and onlookers will be able to pay their last respects there. lindsey is outside arlington cemetery. the final resting spot for the late senator. lindsey. >> reporter: bruce, in the past ten minutes, we have seen

ambulances pull up and leave their lights on, also fire trucks move through this area. they are all signs that senator kennedy's body is getting closer to his final resting place. the crowd, if you can see behind me is lined up almost all the way to the lincoln memorial. there's hundreds and hundreds of people carrying signs. we have seen people bring cameras with them. we have seen people bring out binoculars. what's really interesting is there's a man out here with a book and what he is doing is collecting signatures so that people can have a little note and he is hoping to get that to the kennedy family. people are getting anxious, they are hoping that they c catch a glimpse, of course some people say they are happy to be out here. they want the family to know that they are out here for support and to thank him for all of his years of service. we are anxiously awaiting his arrival and we will have more updates as he comes through. bruce, back to you. >> thanks a lot. we should point out senator kennedy was more than just a national politician.

he lived in washington for nearly four decades. kim, what kind of weather can we expect? >> a little touch and go. let's start with the regional radaeylor . we have a front that is passing through the area and it is starting to kick off a couple scattered shows loand rs des. i have been tracking them. let's zoom in on the ones closest to the beltway. just straddling the fairfax coun l theyreif ngtislowly to the east at 15 miles an ngur it ismoving towards reissten t g righonalthe pike. 'sth re watth he ings'sare goin be ir i'd say ha hour. thesare pretty slow movers. another spot that caught my eye iisthe laer cluster of storms. back to frederickurevg an anen neer and our last opne is going to ke us up to frederick county, maryland. up here we have one more little batch straddling an0 27d this will be keeping anu 0 mpcompr

the next 15 or 20 minute on . e urbana side of urbana. the numbers coming in, it till wa still warm. we have some 80s on the map. leesburg last hour is in the 90s. eased back down to 88. it is 82 in frederick and inside the beltway, we are at 83 degrees. your low temperatures tonight will span quite a big range. check out cumberland. they will get back to 58 degrees. the closest to the canadian air, inside the beltway, touching down around 68 in woodbridge to 70 in dc. 71 for leanard town. let's talk about what is going on. we have a lot of moisture, you know what this is? this was tropical storm danny, now it is just a tropical depression. it is getting absorbed to a frontal system. it is soaking the state of maine and atlantic canada. we are watching this front. this is the one kicking off thunderstorms this evening. by tomorrow, it's going to be to our east. it will stall not that far away. head's up.

this will be a player in next week's weather. tomorrow, we'll notice cooler air and some air with less humidity. it's going to feel good. i don't think we'll have any rain. you folks in southern maryland or the northern neck might get a stray shower. just about everybody else should have a gorgeous sunday. this is our microcast. it takes you hour by hour, notice your midnight plans, everything should be out on the delmarva. we'll have clouds linger today and tomorrow. they will be breaking up, leaving us with a fantastic sunday. into monday next week and tuesday, we are going to be watching our southern horizon, because the clouds will be thickening up again. by monday evening, we'll have to watch out for rain showers down by fredericksburg. all right, you want to see that seven-day. let me show it to you. next seven, it will start to feel like autumn next week. those are lower 70s for the high. we'll have some clouds around tuesday through wednesday. then as we round out the middle of the week into next weekend, nice weather returns with sunshine and tempatures

around the lower 80s. that always feels good. >> okay, kim, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. dan has something good to talk about. >> ahead in sports, washington didn't get a win last night, but it didn't stop them from feeling like they might have scored a small victory. jim zorn talks out about his press conference today. we will check in at college park. we have those stories next.

right now, we want to bring this to you. this is the motorcade carrying the casket. it has the body of the late senator, ted kennedy, arriving at the u.s. capitol. here his colleagues of nearly 40 years in the senate will pay their final respects along with other government leaders, cabinet members, and just regular folk. as we mentioned earlier, senator kennedy wasn't just a national figure, he was a local guy who lived here in northwest

for more than 40 years. a lot of those people will be lining the sidewalks and the biways to bid farewell. now we turn to you. >> in sports. yesterday was uplifting if you are a redskins fan. they had to feel better about what was going on. today, starters have a few extra bumps and bruises after playing their longest minutes last night. if you were a part of the offense, the aches and pains don't matter. jason campbell and company have to be feeling good. with building scrutiny, the quarterback went 4 for 4, leading a touchdown on the redskins opening drive. 209 yards for slightly more than a half work. that was better than the other quarterback, tom brady. jim zorn gave his performance a thumb's up. >> i saw him being real sharp on a lot of the things that he did for the most part. i thought he stood strong on the pocket.

i thought it was aggressive and ran our offense very well. >> i'm going to continue to play my game and i feel relaxed. i feel comfortable. i feel like i got into a groove. i feel like i was playing my game and it felt good. it felt great. >> the 17 points put out by the starters was a big improvement. on the flip side, the defense gave up that same amount and for defense expecting to be in the leagues upper eshelon, that's frustrating. the pair connected on two touchdowns, one for 26 yards and then the other for 27 yards. washington gets mad about giving up a field goal, they allowed brady to throw for 150 yards, leading the first half. watching game film is going to hurt. >> we played okay. i think we gave up too many points, i mean, i know i like to keep things under 17 points to be 16 and under to be a good game. it's a great team, but we have

to stand up and fight. that says a lot. we have a long way to go. >> the skins got a break from brady in the second and that may have been planned or because 350-pound albert haines worth landed on him. it is believed that brady keeps his shoulder today when bill was asked if x-rays were required. he would only say he would not get into a public diagnosis. they are tight lipped in new england. the maryland football team doesn't have the luxury of warmup games. instead, when they take on guys in other uniforms, it's going to count. they start keeping score one week from today. maryland opens the season out west, taking on california in a late one. a 10:00 kickoff last saturday. little is expected from a team. but just because you graduate seniors doesn't mean hope leaves with them. >> i think we can be as good as we want to be. everyone sees that we don't have a lot of starters back, but at the same time we have a

lot of guys that played. we are going to surprise a lot of teams. >> we can't let all this negative media hype get us down. >> you want randy moss on the redskins basically was our conversation. >> okay, right now we have to go back to u.s. capitol steps where the casket carrying the body of senator kennedy has arrived and you are looking at the service. we are going to close out here. we'll see you back here at 11:00. b@