it feels like # 8 at the gillman school in the baltimore area. your forecast for this evening will be sticky giving rise to shower and scattered storm activity. 80s for the next couple of hours. tomorrow, yeah, we're going to repeat it once again. we'll tell you all about it in just a couple of minutes. >>thanks, norm. > >>in a somber concession to his health senator edward kennedy is appealing for a speedy succession if that becomes necessary. the senator who is battling brain cancer has been too i will to return to washington and recently missed his sister's funeral. >>reporter: it's a request only senator edward kennedy could make. in a recent letter the ailing senator asks massachusetts governor patrick to change state law making an appointment to replace him if he leaves office before the end of his term. a special election would be held five months later. >>there's no reason at all why we wouldn't appoint somebody in the interim who isn't going to run for the state. the country needs every vote they can get. >>reporter: the message is clear