>> well, tamron, the motorcade is circling around downtown boston now going by some key spots in kennedy's life. the rose kennedy greenway you mentioned before is the site, and many people who have traveled in boston years back will remember the central artery which was an ugly, raised highway that kind of cut through the heart of boston. that was cut down and replaced with an underground tunnel, the big dig, that senator kennedy had a major role in securing the funding for, sometimes controversial government funding for this major project, but that has really not only transformed the boston landscape but has really restored it but reunited neighborhoods that were cut off by the highway. and then going around through downtown we're seeing it will circle back then again and make its way back to the south to dorchester where the kennedy library is, and just one thing i wanted to pick up on what senator rockefeller had said. i think it is a good point about the legacy of his brothers, but i think this gets missed sometimes. senator kennedy had his hand prints all over the conception that we h

>> he has left downtown boston, wolf. a little boston geography. he is in the south boston neighborhood now. he has crossed out of downtown. you saw a few minutes ago it went over a small channel of water. they took summer street. they are taking the surface roads here to the library. if i'm correct and i see water at the end, that is the beach in south boston. they've decided to take the surface roads from downtown, not the highway. i assume because it's late afternoon and it's rush hour and the southeast expressway is, shall we say, we call it a parking lot most of the time instead of a highway. coming through the streets into south boston. this is again one of those gritty, blue-collar, when i was growing up a very irish catholic neighborhood, now a very diverse neighborhood. i drove through exactly where the motorcade is earlier today. triple-decker houses, three apartments high, blue-collar neighborhood, people who tend to work in the city taking a short commute by car or the subway line. it is the red line of the massachusetts transportation

about 20 more miles to downtown boston. >> i want to ask you in a little bit. now i know there is danny boy, as you and i talked about it earlier, the hurricane off the coast of hatteras. danny boy is probably not going to hit the united states as a full-fledged hurricane. it still might have an impact on some of the weekend's activities. saturday morning, there is going to be a ceremony for ted kennedy. that might possibly be affected. i have got to get a break in now. when you come back, you can let us know how or when it is going to be affected. we have patricia murphy standing by. she is going to -- i want patricia to watch something with us coming up in just a little bit. this is going to be the speech that ted kennedy gave, the speech that he gave when his brother, bobby died. it is considered by some one of the most significant speeches of his life. perhaps one of the greatest speeches ever given, certainly on the list. we will let you share in that as well. stay with us. we're going to be right back. welcome to the now network. population: 49 million. r

>> reporter: hour after hour, they came by the thousands to the kennedy library not far from downtown boston. ordinary americans who wanted to pay their last respects to the senator they called teddy. many visibly moved as they filed by senator kennedy's coffin. >> well, i was completely overwhelmed, actually. >> civil rights and, you know, minimum wage and he really was a voice of the poor. and, you know, the common person. >> reporter: the line of waiting mourners stretched into the night. suddenly along the line came senator kennedy's widow, hugging and kissing, even though she had never met, returning their affection for teddy. >> we're so honored they came out to pay tribute to my husband. >> reporter: the senator's coffin had arrived before nightfall by a military guard from washington. nearly 100 members of the kennedy clan were on hand. here caroline kennedy, bobby son chris, and robert kennedy jr. the kennedy family saying thank you to americans as americans said thank you and good-bye to the family patriarch, senator edward ken different i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, boston. >>>

hour after hour they came by the thousands to the kennedy library not far from downtown boston. ordinary americans who wanted to pay their last respects to the senator they called teddy. many visiblyoved as they filed by senator kennedy's coffin. >> i was completely overwhelmed actually. >> the civil rights and minimum wage and he really was a voice for the poor. you know, the common person. >> reporter: the line of waiting mourners stretched into the night. suddenly along the line came senator kennedy's widow, vicky, hugging and kissing even those she'd never met, returning their respect and affection for teddy. >> we're so honored that so many people have come out to pay tribute to my husband, and i just wanted to thank them. >> reporter: the senator's coffin arrived before night fall borne by a military honor guard from washington. nearly 100 members from the kennedy clan were on hand. here caroline kennedy, chris kennedy, and robert kennedy jr. the kennedy family saying thank you to americans as americans said thank you and good-bye to the family patriarch, senator edward ke

imagine life sweeter. >>> look at downtown boston. sunny, 6 1 degrees. d kennedy will make its way through boston. a lot of people will come out to watch that procession. this is how the morning papers are reporting the death of the legendary snafrt. the front page of the boston herald. they call him the one and only. this is the boston herald. battle lost. and the end of an american epic. kiran? >> 10 1/2 minutes past the hour. we talk about it being the end of an era for most of -- for almost 50 years, this will be the first time there will not be a kennedy in the united states senate. will someone else within the family step up and carry on the kennedy torch as it relates to politics? edward kline has written five books on the kennedy family. he knows the story inside and out. he's the author of ted kennedy, the dream that never died. he joins us this morning. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> there's a mystique created from the kennedy family. growing up, my mother wanted to be jackie kennedy. we've known this for so many years. it's the closest

. >> reporter: from the priest saying midday mass at a downtown boston church... >> senator kennedy wasorshiper here and a great supporter of st. anthony's shrine. >> reporter: to new england's high profile superbowl coach. >> i have a lot of personal regret today on the passing of senator kennedy. >> reporter: and everyone in between. >> he was for the rights of everybody. he was for the rights of the disabled. he was for women's rights. he was for the civil rights movement. >> reporter: the people of boston are mourning deeply. for as much as senator kennedy was a player on the world stage, here he was teddy. and teddy belonged to them. reporter and boston native marty nolan covered kennedy for 40 years and wrote today's obituary in the "boston globe." >> he was full of charm and he enjoyed the odd drop after hours and so did i and he could sing an irish song like a clancey brother put together. he'd do it at an a.f.l.-c.i.o. meeting as well as he'd do in the a saloon somewhere. >> reporter: when kennedy threw out the first pitch of the red sox season in april, boston's mayor tom meni

is on a billing they were working on this downtown boston today.firefighters had to break a couple windows to get them to safety. they kept pedestrians away from the building in case there was any falling glass. the department says none of the workers were hurt but they did take one of them to the hospital just so somebody can look them over. but everybody is okay. >>> tests for sexually transmitted diseases will soon be offered at all high schools in washington, d.c. the district says a pilot program began last year at eight schools. the program found 13% of 3,000 students tested were infected with an std. most frequently gonorrhea or chlamydia. d.c. has been trying to reduce its aids rate which is actually the highest in the nation. >>> most of us feel a certain degree of helplessness when you try to file a complaint against a really big company. but the power may be shifting to the little guy. cnn.com live's virginia cha is here to explain exactly how that is. virginia, do tell. because i get frustrated sometimes. >> oh, i know it, richelle. so

it took a scenic tour of sorts, past many of the significant locations in downtown boston, locations significant to the kennedy family. among them, the church where the family matriarch rose kennedy was baptized and where her funeral service was later held. it also drove past the home where john f. kennedy once lived shortly before he ran for congress, and finally, it arrived here at the j.f.k. high brare ry, the funeral procession pulling up to the very front of the building. we could see in the front of the hearse, the son of the late senator, patrick kennedy, and we are told that there is going to be what they call a civilian sort of color guard of sorts, members of the kennedy family will be welcoming those who wish to come here today, bret to wish the senator well. we expect that they could remain here well past the scheduled closing time of 11:00. bret. bret: david lee miller live in boston. this weekend, fox news channel will have continuing coverage of senator ted kennedy's funeral, the funeral mass will be covered with shepard smith and then his burial at arlg arlington nati

downtown boston on the one track. so we have to watch it closely over the next couple of days.e how this plays out and see if it will affecting the eastern shore. especially toward ocean city. salisbury. the areas could be inundated with heavy rain and tropical force winds. as far as right now, temperature 84. in baltimore. looking at 75 in harrisburg. 74 in pittsburg. few showers and thunderstorms north of us. but continue to see breaks in the clouds out there. through the night tonight next chance of rain we can see, starting to build in from the northwest. and from the south as we see another system build in. on the future scan you can see how the activity moves in later. thursday looks good. chance for a pop-up shower. but i think the better chance arrives toward friday and then into saturday. we could see that potential from the storm out there over the drank. here is what it looks like five-day forecast. 88 degrees with partly cloudy skies tomorrow. clouds gather on friday. 60 percent chance for showers and thunderstorms. 78. and 88 on on saturday. with 50 percent chance

washers are now become on solid ground after being stuck hanging upside down 37 stories up over downtown boston. a fire department spokesperson says one side of their platform somehow shifted downward. firefighters rescued the workers by breaking the windows on the 40th story office building. neither one was seriously injured. i bet they were scared, though! authorities kept pedestrians away from protect from falling glass. >> whether you were up in the sky or down on the ground here. >> wow. >> thanks were hot. >> it was little warm today, but we lucked out with the thunderstorms. i really thought there would be a lot more rain today. but we lucked out. and the wind shifted to the west and dried everything up. i think we're going to get some rain tonight, and probably during the day tomorrow. but certainly this evening, it's not that bad. it's a little warm. but the humidity isn't bad. let's start with the three-day trend and see what is going to happen over the next couple of days. i think the chance for rain will go up late tonight, and tomorrow morning there could be showers around for the

gathered around him, if you want to and have time i'm going down to the union oyster house in downtown boston. come and meet us there. the union oyster house as we pointed out last night is the place where ted kennedy often went by himself and sat at the bar and had a drink and a couple locouple oysters and talked to people like the regular people. as you pointed out all day long people have been coming by the tens of thousands. no real crowd count but it wasn't necessary. for most of the day it was a line that stretched about a quarter mile, eight across, moving steadily. if 21,000 came yesterday afternoon and early evening that many at least came today and tonight as you point out is the memorial service with a number of speakers, four of senator kennedy's senate colleagues. there will be a film by film maker ken burns, a tribute to his life and a couple sfepeaker from the family ending with remarks by caroline kennedy, his niece. an extraordinary day here. so many people carrying thank you teddy sinls. quite an amazing day. >> what's interesting, mike, that you mentioned ken burns and his

jane, you know, my job was where is the church, it's a big one in downtown boston. hill. and i'm from boston, my daughter says you must have the wrong location, i said, tell me is it in the north end. >> no, she says it's mission hill. for those who don't know boston, i grew up there and i lived there most of my life. i can count on one hand on mission hill, a formerly poor, struggling working people, a real neighborhood in boston and it was there today because that's where senator kennedy prayed and those were the people senator kennedy served and he and vicky, who is an amazing woman, picked that church, picked those readings, so that he brought the leaders of the world to a poor neighborhood of government, to underscore the message of his life. even in dying. . >> richard, you know, as we watch that service, it was obviously a incredibn incredibl assembly of the powerful of washington and beyond. three former presidents in attendance and yet, to me, the most moving were the tributes given to him by his two sons, your thoughts? >> yeah, listen-- listening to the fa

as i was walks around on the streets in downtown boston, just trying to get someone who would say, perhaps, something else, like what else do you remember about senator kennedy as he was in the hospital and there were a lot of questions at the time about what had happened to him. he had suffered a stroke or what it might have been at the cape. everyone time and time again would say, here is someone who really cared about senior citizens and about the poor. and that's one thing. the other thing was that i was always sort of taken aback by how he just was a fighter. even after, you know, the prospects were not that good, he came out and said he was going to fight on. and he did. then he would, you know, this goes back to a question you asked a few minutes ago about how he was in the public on to the end. right after he came out of the hospital in boston, i remember he headed back down to the cape. this was after his surgery or after he was, you know, in the hospital here in boston. he went back down to the cape and there were a lot of questions about whether or not he would go back out on th

then just a short trip, a couple miles away to the mission church, the basilica in downtown boston whereborhood, a church where the senator went frequently to pray when his young daughter, kara, was being treated for lung cancer. he picked that because of his special connection to that church. he is hyannis port at the compound and he will come to the capital of massachusetts for the public to have a chance to view him before the funeral mass on saturday and make the final trip to arlington national cemetery. >> john, stand by. david gergen joins us from the kennedy compound in hyannis port. you knew senator kennedy for a long time. i'm going to play a little clip for you and our viewers. back in 1964, after that plane crash in massachusetts that almost took his life, two others on that plane did die, he was in a hospital bed. we don't have it right now, but i'll get it for our viewers later. health care reform, maybe it started then, maybe not then, but it was the issue that dominated his domestic agenda. we have that clip. i'll play it for our viewers. he's lying in bed, recovering. >>

also on downtown boston this morning, a live picture of the kennedy library.s expected that people will be arriving there to pay their respects to the kennedy legacy. this, of course, marks not just the death of a senator, but the end of an era. a little bit of tape to show you. this happened shortly after 5:00 this morning outside of the kennedy compound in hyannis port. the coroner's van leaving. do not know if the van was carrying the remains of senator kennedy or not. that was the picture that came to us at 5:00 in the morning. another picture that came to me a little while ago, if i can share a personal e-mail with you was this one. this was senator kennedy at the inauguration of president barack obama january 20 of this year. it came with the caption -- drum major for justice. the person who sent me that e-mail is democratic strategist and contributor donna brazille who joins us from seattle. good to have you with us. let me ask you your thoughts on the passing of senator ted kennedy? >> well, john, i'm very sad. he was a drum major for justice, a champi

but the crowds at the motorcade yesterday were 8-10 people deep in downtown boston, a sure sign of howssachusetts loved senator ted kennedy. back to you. >> what are people saying up there. we know the ted kennedy here on washington in capitol hill and he was also -- lived here in washington, but massachusetts was always home. what is the reaction from folks up there? >> reporter: i think it's -- there's been a tremendous outpouring of support for the kennedy family. and here is a guy that was just a real people person. you wouldn't have known that to attend maybe a press conference, but i remember being a young radio guy and i remember bringing a radio tape deck into his conference out of college and he brought me into his office and showed me his brothers and showed me jfk's desk that he used in the u.s. senate. here is a genuine guy to sit down and talk to people and take a young reporter in and show him around and he's so proud of his brothers and family legacy. >> and interesting thing here. reporting from washington and i was looking at the headline of the boston her ald and the

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the picture there, the big picture at the bottom of the screen, is of downtown boston, where the motorcader this afternoon. let's exhale for just a moment here, as we wait for the motorcade to begin and have a conversation about the life and the legacy of senator edward kennedy. we've got two tremendous guests to help us do that. let's bring in our cnn analyst, david gergen, an adviser. david, i was saying, i was trying to remember, four or five presidents, and david is on the phone with us. and the noted historian, douglas brinkley. he is the author of books on ronald reagan, gerald ford, and also a professor at rice university in houston. it is good to both -- have you both with us. and, david, let me start with you. i know you offered up a number of reflections on the senator yesterday, probably to a number of media outlets. i wonder, the next day, today, what are your thoughts? >> my sense, tony, is that if anything, the -- it's sinking in to people just how large a figure teddy kennedy was. one of the most effective legislators of the 20th century. a man who was enormously persuasive

you can imagine i lived in downtown boston and you cannot spit without having a teaching hospital. our health care issues were unique and required an awful lot of tweaking in washington in terms of getting reimbursements for medicare and medicaid. he was always there on issues like that. the real basic kind of bread- and-butter work that gets done in congressional and senatorial offices, no one did it better than ted kennedy. because he is such a huge figure it is one of those things come on so many different issues, sometimes the little things get lost. at the end of the day they're not such little things to the people who are waiting for a visa for a relative, or passport, or waiting for someone to clue through the thicket of red tape in washington to get something done. so, those of the things that kind of stick out on the local level for us. there is probably not a reporter in town who does not have a billion personal stories. this man, it did not matter whether you were for or against him. he was always just a very kind hearted and a thoughtful. and more than one occasion he w

now, the 52nd floor building is the tallest in downtown boston. we, of course, will keep you updated. this power failure at the prudential center there in boston. >>> also, we've been following this case for a couple of days for you. reality tv contestant on the right is on the run, and now charged with the gruesome killing of his ex-wife a swimsuit model. the mutilated body of 28-year-old jasmine fiore was found stuffed in a suitcase in a trash bin near los angeles over the weekend. police say the prime suspect is her ex-husband, canadian ryan alexander jenkins. jenkins appeared on vh1's "megn wants a millionaire." police say her teeth and fingers had been removed presumably to make it harder for authorities to identify her. jen since kins is believed to h driven to washington state. police say he may have then take an boat to a peninsula on the border where he walked into canadian territory. take a listen. >> while we believe he's crossed in canada, we're not 100% sure of that, and there will be no stone unturned, and we will look under every roc

arocession will leave his home in hyannis port and make its way to boston, a city where he spent his childhood. it will wind its way downtown to the john f. kennedy library where he will lie in proposed today and tomorrow. >> he told his family he was ready to go. >>ars e expected to turn out. after visitation ends tomorrow, an invitation only memorial will be filed -- will be held inside the library. then there will be a private family service. the guest list includes president obama, who will give the eulogy. it is a place kennedy held dear to his heart after his daughter was fighting cancer. >> there was another part of his life very few people knew o o ad that is his deep faith. >> a procession will then continue to logan international airport. the journey will end at arlington national cemetery where he will be buried saturday evening. his burial sites sits between his two brothers, right down the line from where a cross stands. the burial will be closed to the public. at arlington national cemetery, pamela brown. >>> there is worth the kennedy compound could be transformed from a family home to a public museum. ted ke

downtown and 50s north and west. tomorrow, yeah, we are pushing 90. comfortable buffalo over to boston. look at sunday. temperatures shoot up to the mid, maybe even the upper 90s. going to raleigh, 100, norfolk 96 and even richmond well in the 90s. only boston stays in the 70s. 85 beautiful degrees this afternoon. we have 90 tomorrow. 95 at at least on sunday and monday and by thursday, maybe we will cool down in the 80s. that's weather. have a great weekend and stick around. 9 news now at noon returns ea after this. ♪ i am stuck on band-aid® brand ♪ ♪ 'cause germs don't stick on me! ♪ only band-aid® brand plus antibiotic waterproof... has antibiotic ointment directly on the pad. and now it's 100% waterproof. one-step infection protection from the brand you trust. ♪ 'cause band-aid® helps heal me! ♪ ouch! ow! oops! it's neo to go!® ready. aim. protect. neosporin® gives you infection-protection, and pain relief. neo to go!® plus pain relief. every cut. every time. everywhere. to being able to manage your diabetes properly. it's very important for me to uh check my blood sugar before i go on stage. being

boston. the in inwith are -- the men were dangling from a platform at a downtown office building 40 stories up. firefighters broke windows to get to the workers who were stranded after their hanging platform malfunctioned and one side of the basket dropped. the crowd gathered below and some took pictures with their cell phones. >>> a baltimore city police officer changes her story on the witness stand setting the stage for a jailed suspect to go free. abc2 news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> a police officer changes her story after a fatal shooting. good evening. i'm marrybeth marsden. as abc2 news jeff hager reports, she blamed the young man. >> reporter: a domestic dispute brought the officer to this baltimore neighborhood where she shot and killed 61-year-old joseph forest after an apparent struggle for her gun. >> one shot was fired at this time. two the -- to the suspect. both the officer and suspect fell to the ground. at that point the suspect was witnessed going after the officer's weapon and additional

downtown, relatively dry. looking what's going on on regional temperatures. across the mid-atlantic. 73 in harrisburg. 82 in new york. bostoncool 68 degrees. one of the nice days to open up the windows. 80 in richmond. still warmer and toasty. back northwest. cooler air moving in behind the cold front bringing the showers and thunderstorms. especially across parts of pennsylvania. over virginia. right around maryland though, baltimore, we did not get a lot of activity rain wise. but there were showers and thunderstorms firing up and erupting over pennsylvania. heavy downpours of rain and few severe thunderstorms in adams county earlier and york county. but looking at 81 baltimore. 81 in d.c. 82 in fredericksberg and continue to see the temperatures warm up through the day tomorrow. back into the mid to upper 80s. and good news is, like i said, relief pushed through and we will continue to see just slightly cooler temperatures with off-and-on shower through the next several days. future scan shows a clear start for the morning commute. then a few pop-up showers possible by late afternoon. then we will see a nice quiet night

it will go into boston proper right downtown and pass a lot of sites that were very dear to the senatorell 47 times representing the 47 years that kennedy served in congress. this evening a public viewing at the kennedy library. he spent decades developing that library for his brother. thousands will file past the closed casket to pay tribute to the last brother of a political dynasty. >>> a private funeral for kennedy is to be held on saturday in boston. president obama will deliver the eulogy at and all four former living presidents were invited and believed that all four will attend. he prayed every day in 2003 where his daughter, kara, underwent treatment for lung cancer. he will be buried just several feet from his fallen brothers, bobby kennedy and john kennedy. he is eligible for burial there because of his service in congress and the two years he served in the army. >>> stunning developments in the case of a california girl who went missing in 1991 and maybe has turned up. police say jaycee dugard has been found and in good health. she was abducted walking to her bus stop in tah

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