. >>> busy local bridges are closed, the chain bridge and the frederick douglass bridge were both closed last night for structural repairs. that means there is no access to them for motorists, cyclists, or pedestrians. both are expected to reopen at 5:00 a.m. monday. the chain bridge will close again each of the next three weekends in october. >>> very nice saturday night. it brought about the rest of the weekend -- what about the rest of the weekend? brian van degraff is in the weather center. >> we are watching a gorgeous weekend developing. it is fitting because this is the last full weekend of summer, as we switchover to fall. the weatherbug network temperatures cooling off nicely, upper 70's, 80 degrees. 62 rockville. leesburg 59, 57 warrenton. 58 la plata. we are cooling off nicely. in the morning, 50's downtown, 40's in the suburbs. we warm to the upper 80's to more. afternoon clouds, but a very nice finished the weekend. >>> coming up, igor on the move. bermuda tourists are trying to leave before the storm makes landfall. plus, a star high school quarterback collapses and dies mi

they shut down the frederick douglass bridge two hours ago. crews will make structural repairs over those two bridges over the weekend. " >>> -- >>> first it was glenn beck, this time it is john stuart and stephen colbert. >> we received confirmation from national park service about colbert and stewart have filed for permits for 25,000 people to gather on the national mall. we expect to hear from the washington area and other parts of the nation embracing the idea. hollenbeck brought out the right. al sharpton -- glenn that brought out the right. al sharpton 0 left. now john stewart from the daily show. >> 8 million moderate march. >> i think people have a legitimate ideological differences. they should express those. but recently, there have been expressed in not so a constructive manner. >> simultaneously, there will be a bling rally by his so- called political nemesis. -- there will be a dueling by his so-called political nemesis. >> it would be funny. it would be entertaining. >> it is always good to laugh at yourself. >> they are not the

exclusion act was before congress in 1870, the first national leader to speak out against that was frederick douglass. the same man who fought against slavery. do you know that when the chinese exclusion act was voted on in congress, there was one black senator named blanche bruce, the only african-american in the u.s. senate, voted against it. similarly, we work side-by-side for semel -- civil rights and improve public education. in '86, and laundry owner sued the san francisco board of supervisors for a racially discriminatory law, and it brought equal protection to minorities, and that overturned the 1857 dread scott case, which held that minorities were not protected by the u.s. constitution. we have the landmark case of brown harris is board of education, 1954, to thank for equality in education. -- brown v. board of education. seven years later, the chinese community here worked shoulder to shoulder with the african- american community to expand civil rights and public education. we have a history of working together. mayer brown, and reverend brown knows very well. in the early 1970's, a commu

. >> lanes closed in each direction on the frederick douglass bridge all weekend. inbound reps closed from i 662 e street over not -- overnight. in major backups on new york avenue at the ninth street bridge all weekend long. >> then they have the speed cameras after the construction. as soon as you think you are going somewhere, the speed camera gives you a ticket. >> sections of the orange, blue, yellow, and green lines on the metro are down to one track. >> i have never seen something being repaired as long as they have been repairing the metro tracks without it getting fixed. >> alex remington has plenty of time to contemplate. am i am going to the baseball game. hopefully i will get there before it is over. >> caroline lyders, abc 7 news. >>> there was mystery, romance, even adventure on the national mall. hundreds of people turned out for the 10th annual national book festival. the library of congress sponsored the event. more than 70 authors and illustrators manned different stations. alison starling was there to it and see the presentation. >> it was a very

the frederick douglass bridge will also be closed. >>> we have our first check of the weekend forecast. >> it is shaping up to be a spectacular weekend for any type of outdoor activity. let's go to the belfort furniture weather center. there's a lot of blue sky over the city. clouds are keeping the temperatures down. 77 in falls church. 76 degrees down and gainesville. 75 degrees in rockville. our story for the evening -- a sunny to partly cloudy skies through the early evening with temperatures in the 70's. we have a cold, dry front coming in on sunday night. no rain is coming. we'll talk more about that and give you the tropical update on igor and his compatriots in a couple of minutes. >>> we're continuing to follow the developing story where six men were allegedly plotting to harm the pope. there were arrested early this morning. five of them are street cleaners and some of them may be foreigners. this is the first ever state visit by a pontiff. the pope has been made aware of the threat but has no plans to change his schedule. we will have much more on that threat against the pope

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