we are waiting for this private mass to finish.mily is in the middle of a private mass now inside the kennedy compound. they will start the motorcade that will take his casket from that will take his casket from their home

steven's church where kennedy's mother rose was baptized and her funeral mass was celebrated. from there it will cross over the rose filgts jerrold kennedy greenway, a park ted kennedy

if i go to mass once a month, i'm feeling spiritual. to go every day -- >> you have to rid all the guilt, have confession. it is the good, irish, catholic thing to do, doug, you know that. >> it is. i think that ted kennedy's sense of faith in the family, when you have the amount of tragedies that they have had, i think they have turned to priests, have turned constantly to catholicism as a source of refuge. one out of every four americans is catholic. yet, up until john kennedy's election in 1970, their had been anti-catholic bigotry. when al smith ran for president in the 1920s, people thought the vatican was going to run america. the kennedys broke the stigma against catholicism and they did it in protestant new england and by keeping the family unit together and at all costs, as david gergen said, putting family first. that's what this profession is really about. they are going to the kennedy library, which has become the sort of family meeting place. it is the public policy center along with the kennedy school at harvard where the

we're still under a mugg muggy r mass, a tropical air mass. off to west there's a cold front that is allowing for showers and severe weather to fire up in the ohio valley. that cold front will be pushing into our area but not until late friday evening and early saturday morning. temperatures warm and muggy. 77 degrees in baltimore, 74 degrees in d.c. and 74 degrees in hagerstown. on the future scan model to plan out your day, we can plan out your model. cockeysville and westminister a line of storms and another pop up thunderstorm right around 5:00 could be severe as well. we will see the thunderstorms develop late ghat for today. so here is your day cast, at noon, under mostly cloudy skies and at 6:00 p.m. we will see mostly scattered storms popping up to 90 degrees for the high today. we will still have hurricane bill out in the atlantic. we will get more details in just a few minutes. first we will look at the roads in a few minutes. >> reporter: thank you, candace. unfortunately we do have some trouble. the good news is that so far we don'

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

we haveatcaedpi atedatcapi l r mass on top of us. this is pretty much the same r ssmass that's fueling tropical storm danny out in the atlantic ocean. so while we will not get a direct hit from danny, we are going to have the gasoline, so to speak to pour on the thunderstorms in the form of high dew points. that will be causing problems with localized flooding. the flash flood watch in affect two this afternoon until 2:00 a.m. tonight. we already have some saturated ground, from some rain last night. in the middle and upper 70s for the time being. once the rain moves in i doubt we will get much warmer than that. tomorrow middle 80s with leftover rain and sunday we should be drying out. here's the tropical connection 67 again, highs around 80 today. keep an eye on the atlantic ocean as we animate this graphic for you. there it goes, danny is staying off the coast. it will provide heavy surf for ocean city. tomorrow it will turn more to scattered showers, 84. and this less humid air mass is what your sunday weather forecast looks like.

mild air mass in place. throughout day tomorrow, very good chance of seeing showers and storms, some of which could be quite strong then we'll see the humidity level drop and things will start to improve. still talking about hurricane bill as a category three storm. looks like it's going to skirt between bermuda and the u.s. bottom line 120 mile-per-hour sustained winds. not headed towards east coast, though. 82 and nice by sunday afternoon. >> sandra, thank you. it's the dream of many young baseball fans to play in a world series. and that dream is coming true for a group of young boyz playing in the cal ripken world series. >> and one maryland team is still in the hunter for the championship. >> now the quarterfinals of the ripken world series were played today here at cal senior's yard. four teams from around the wormed and the united states including the upper montgomery county team from maryland. i had a chance to ask those how cool it is to be in cal ripken world series. >> get to meet a lot of other p

president barack obama will deliver the eulogy at the people mass today. centre kennedy will be laid to rest at arlington natiolna cemetery. naabc 7 news will have complete coverage of all the events tonight at 6:00 and 11:00. >>> tropical storm denny has weakened to a tropical depression. representative currents a being blamed for the missing -- the disappearance of a 12-year- old boy. >>> and american servicemen died after being struck by a roadside bomb. the soldier's death is the 45th this month, making august the deadliest month for u.s. forces in iraq. >>> we are following a developing story -- a d.c. police of her is recovering after being shot earlier this month agreed happened in the 1700 block ofale street. he was shot in the leg and conscious and breathing with injuries that are non-life- threatening. the suspect has been arrested >>> the shuttle discovery blasted off from the kennedy space center. >> 2-1, left off of discovery. >> the launch took place seconds after being delayed twice this week. discovery is carrying seven astronauts as well a

a feral mass will be held in boston on saturday. later that day, he wi be buried at arngton national cemery, across the potomac from washington, on the llside whereis brothers john and robert, and his sister-in-w jacqueline, we all laid to rest >> woodruff: we'll have much more on senator keedy's life and lecy later in the program. >> woodruff: in otherews oday, the lieutenant governo of south carolina aed embattled repuican governor ma sanford to resign. in june, sford admitted to ving an extramarital affair with an argentine man. tod, andre bauer reaffirmed s pledge not to run for the republican nonation in next ar's governor's race if sanford agrees to stepown. at the statehouse in columa, sanford had th to say to bauer'request. >> i not going to be railroad out of this office by political oppents or folk that were never fa of mine in the first place or who-- to put it a difrent way-- a lo of what is ing on now is pure politics, pla and simple. >> woodruff: sanford inot eligible to n for governor agn because he can only serve two

a high mass at this boston church. president barack obama will deliver the eulogy. on the eve of the funeral, colleagues and family gathered for a private memorial at the jfk library. an emotional night and those who knew him best. a lifelong friend. >> [unintelligible] be at peace my friend. >> to colleagues on both sides of the aisle. >> i miss joking with him in the background. i miss fighting in public. him. >> they followed him. >> john fitzgerald kennedy inspired our america. robert kennedy challenged our america. our teddy, changed america. >> his personal life revolved around family. he embraced the role of patriarch. >> every single one of my brothers and sisters needed a father. we gained 130 uncle teddy. -- one through an uncle teddy. >> teddy has become a part ofwe have become the ones who have he would have done. >> larger-than-life figure in family and politics. he is inspiring the next generation to follow in his footsteps. once again live here. a lot of people are beginning to arrive. we are expecting president obama later this morning will give the

. >> reporter: the family is holding a private mass for senator ted kennedy. >> it's difficult we see the out pouring of sympathy. >> after the service, the senator's body travels in a motorcade past places that were important to him including a park he helped to create and then to the library in boston. >> what we're going to do is celebrate his life, it's a remarkable life. >> reporter: kennedy will lie in repose here tonight and tomorrow. thousands expected to visit his closed casket and the library will remain open until the last perp comes through. >> i'm coming to say farewell for a great senator. >> the kennedys have been a part of my life and it's the end of an era. >> reporter: tributes to the senator have been pouring in from all over the country. >> for your lifelong opportunity. including one from his favorite team, the boston red sox. an invitation only memorial service will be held on friday night and president obama will deliver the eulogy. he will be lay to rest at the arlington cemetery near john and robert. >> kennedy died tuesday at the age of 77 after a year-long b

it is bright sunshine, but a very chilly air mass.hat air mass is going to come into play with the motion and the movement because of danny. we have got this front draped over head, separating the air masses become by showers and thunderstorms, especially with the weekend. a lot of things converging over the weekend. the movement of danny will give us * of rain and cooler temperatures. finally, when we get to sunday night, this cold front comes through and we will be [unintelligible] close to 80 tomorrow afternoon with showers becoming more likely, maybe some steady rain tomorrow night. sunshine, cool, dry weather. it will beach gorges just in time for september. -- it will be gored jusgorgeousn time for september. >> here is the bad news today. nigel morgan at starting to steal third. he jammed his hand on the back during the slide and it is broken. ryan zimmerman at the plate. and there goes the base. before you know it, at 3-is 0 washington. -- 3-0 washington. he has got it. washington winds, 5-4. and and real plates from last nigh

did our weapons of mass destruction hit its target?. >> i'm erica hill. >>> also ahead, healthy, delicious and also good for the earth. our "chef on a shoestring" here this morning from texas, chris's old stomping ground, his menu of sustainable steak and seafood. what does that mean and more importantly, how does it taste? >> how about a double shout out, khou, houston, texas, that's where they're watching us right now. first, let's check in this morning for headlines. priya david joins us right now. >> good morning. hello, everyone at home. another chapter in the bernard madoff scandal is about to be closed. federal prosecutors expect madoff's former cfo to plead guilty to criminal charges. it's been rumored he's been cooperating with authority. madoff pleaded guilty earlier this year to bilking investors out of $65 billion. he was sentenced in june to 150 years in prison. >>> a matriarch of the kennedy clan is in stable but critical condition. a family spokesperson says eunice kennedy shriver is surrounded by love ones at a massachu

there is a lot of hot humidity with this air mass over head. by sunday, some lower due points -- dewpoints and 84 degrees. more on hurricane bill later. >> thank you. and identifying the event -- a debt-defying event you have to see to believe. >> do you think a scottish court shouldrelease the man convicted of the 1988 pan-am bombing, so he can die surrounded by his family? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> and eight year-old boy has flown into the record books over the sky. he is a daredevil strapped to the wing of a plane. his parents must be having a heart attack. they make sure every safety measure was taken. some men and women were reverting to childhood in san francisco. they have turned one straight into a board game. it is a real life in the land. -- candy land. that looks like fun. >> a seesaw can't send somebody for a ride if the person on the other end with a lot more. that happened in jacksonville after one of the trees have your limbs fell unexpectedly and fell on the back end of a vehicle. it said the person in

>> everybody is for mass transit we want it done the right way. financially, common sense wise, it makes no sense. >> the mta says it has considered placing the entire red line underground but says that would more than quadruple the line's $1.6 billion price tag. officials say the current plan is the most viable option. >> if you live directly adjacent to it you're going to focus on the negative aspects of t if you live a block or two away you'll focus on the positive aspects, how much more easley it will get you to downtown. >> residents are eagerly awaiting the arrival. >> i'm for it for the reasons i can get to the other side of town, without a cab that costs $20. people can, you know, drink and not get into their cars. >> reporter: the state says the red line could save people between 30 and 40 minutes in commuting time in the morning and in the evening. 42,000 people are expected to use it, again, more detailed plans will be announced today at 10:00 a.m. we'll bring them to you. don, back to you. >>> thank you very much mary. those plans will

a very tropical air mass. notice the humidity out there.conducive to plentiful rain. so bottom line is bring along an umbrella and july julie will tell you in a minute pack your patience if you are headed out the door. there zoo be some strong thunderstorms out there -- there could be some strong thunderstorms out there. humidity, 85%. winds out of the north and east at nine miles per hour. here is a look at the forecast for today. i'll sophia ill-- i'll show you the floodwatch in just a moment. some of us will stay dry. some will see some very heavy thunderstorms. it is one of those days where you have to be concerned about the potential for a thunderstorm dropping one, two inches of rain in a matter of 45 minutes or an hour. >> is that rare to have it issued before it starts raining. >> we are looking at the potential. some of the areas are saturated from yesterday because just because it didn't rain heavily at your house doesn't mean it won't later today. we are concerned we could get some runoff on the roadways. >> julie usually always

first, the family members attending a private mass. deborah feyerick joining us live from hyannis port, massachusetts. if you would, deb, if you would, set the scene for us. we're seeing more traffic heading to that location. >> yeah, absolutely. over the next hour we'll get pretty busy around here as people arrive for that private family mass and we're seeing some you some paying respect. caroline kennedy just arrived by taxi. just 1 of 29 cousins that relied on teddy to lean on and always count on filling that role. now, it will be also interesting, tony, to see how many people line the route of the motorcade, especially here. there's a long, narrow road that you go on to and have a lot of people coming and watching and seeing what we're doing. to close this section for the time being and it will be interesting to see whether some of the locals that consider the kennedys such a huge part, a huge anchor of this community whether they come out to see the motorcade or wave or just pay their final respects to this man who they adored in

today his family gathers for a private mass. and then a public farewell unfolds. a motorcade will accompany his body on a 70-mile journey from his cape cod home to the presidential library he helped build for his slain brother. there thousands of people will file past his casket and pay tribute to the last brother of a political dynasty. president obama and all four living former presidents will attend his private funeral mass. he will be buried near john and bobby at arlington national cemetery. >>> this morning, ted kennedy's family will gather for that private mass at their hyannis port compound where kennedy lost his battle with cancer and where his life is now being celebrated. >>> in washington, last night kennedy supporters gathered to light candles and honor his work. they vowed his causes will not be abandoned. let's look at the plans now both private and public for just a moment. cnn is in hyannis port with the very latest. deb, good morning to you. >> reporter: morning, heidi, and when you think about those who are going to attend the public memorial se

but is still part of this tropical air mass.will move up towards the coast of new england and the maritime provinces. a lot of clouds today. i think we will see some sunshine breaking through. the highest 82-88. 5-10 knots. 1 foot or less on the open waters of the bay. simmering chances may be back our way, but it will be spotty. rain chances diminished by sunday and monday. monday and tuesday will have some activity going on to our south which will increase rain chances to our set. rain chances will be minimal in baltimore over the next few days. once again into tuesday and wednesday, there may be some stuff percolating towards the day. temperatures will be in the 70's. city officials of baltimore are still trying to figure out how the mayor seemed to have gone into a british politics pack. someone did something on the sheila dixon in british>> the story starts here. >> knives, guns. >> british parliament member says a rising crime in great britain and claims some part of the country is now like "the wire" which is a gritty hbo

so it's a sport which we can't say that we appeal to the mass market but we know who we approach and they are the people that we are now targeting >>reporter: on a positive note, however, the sport is managing to row into previously uncharted international waters, with 130 national federations worldwide, opposed to just 70 20 years ago. asia and latin america are seen as key territories for expansion and represent important opportunities for enhanced tv coverage, an essential tool to lend more power to the oar >>smith: we're making a new partner for the distribution and expansion of distribution outside of europe and will be starting that at our world championships this year in august >>reporter: meanwhile they can count on strong support from their traditional partners, for whom the rowing world cup is an excellent marketing opportunity. >>perren: for us really important, a lot of people show it and come here to see it, spectators, but also tv coverage, the spinoff is really good for lucerne >>reporter: so it seems that with or without a lead sponsor, more and more countries are des

. >> people -- eight people are dead after weekend mass murder. the details ahead. >> first i want to give you a live look at traffic. on the major roadways it is looking okay. on the west side at liberty on your screen. we will get you up-to-date next. >> welcome back on this monday. it's the last monday of august, but it won't feel like it. if you like fall. highs in the 70's. a mix of sun and clouds. there is a disturbance to our south that won't make it any farther north than it is now. it is over southern maryland. if light showers to the south of annapolis approaching ocean city. it's going to be nice in baltimore with partly clouds at 70 degrees. >> in california they're all wildfires destroying acres of land, houses, and commercial properties. hundreds of people were evacuated from the town of all burnt-- of auburn. the station wildfire in the southern part of the state, meanwhile, burns out of control, claiming the lives of two firefighters. it's burned 35,000 acres and swallowed two dozen structures. next door to a police investigating a

and behind this front, they are less humid air masses.hey will feel quite comfortable on thursday and friday. after that, they will have a little buckle in the jet stream that will move back to the north. that means that they get to come in from the south. they will kind of be right on the dividing line between the hot air masses and a comfortable one up in the northeast. i don't think that we'll get quite into the the core of the heat. but we'll be close enough to push the temperatures out there to near 95 perhaps, by monday of next week. we'll be in the low 90s over the weekend. each one of those days, a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm. and then a cold front that will sweep through here on tuesday. it looks like to get rid of the heat and the humidity, with the temperatures, they are falling back into the 80s. that's been the trend for most of the summer. you know, even if we get a day or two of the significant heat. it doesn't stick around very long. that'll be the case again this time. >> all right, thank you, tony. >>> let

services begin with a private funeral mass at 10:30 a.m. eastern in boston. the burial is set for 5:00 p.m. in virginia. he will be laid to rest near the graves of his brothers. president kennedy and senator robert f. kennedy. >>> a school bus hijacked. terrified students jumped into action to save each other as their bus goes out of control and crashes. g to college, so she needs one. - can you help me? - ( shouting ) - yes, you. - our line of next class laptops are perfect for college, and they start at just $650. are those good? 'cause i don't want to get her something - that she thinks is totally lame. - no, they're awesome. and they come with pre-loaded software so she won't have to do a thing. - great. she's good at that. - ( blue shirts laugh ) laptops designed for college and thousands of people eager to help. best buy. buyer be happy. >>> let's get you to wall street now. the dow is riding an eight-session winning streak. i can't even say it it's been so long we've seen this. and there could be positive momentum for the final trading day of the week.

nice, dry air mass in place. a very good chance of showers and storms until at least wednesday of next week. 84 on the shores of ocean city. cooler down there. the surf temperature not far off from the air temperature at 78 degrees in the atlantic. east-southeasterly flow waves only a foot or less. no problems in either of those catagories. 103, that is a problem with the eat when we go back to 1988. on this date back in 1964, a 49-degree record low was set. so nice chilly air mass back then. we'll be near normal tonight. normal is 64 degrees. just a couple degrees below that. 66 to 68-degree range around downtown and at the airport. mostly clear skies, so it will be more refreshing than we've been lately with the cloud cover overnight. >> high pressure will be the dominant feature but for the next three or four days or so, highs will hold steady over the east coast. then a cold front that's on the map, move in from the northwest, and give us a chance of scattered showers and storms. >> take a look at tropical st

an 8th person has just died as a result of those mass killings inside a mobile home. tonight we report for wjz that police are offering a $25,000 we ward for information leading to an arrest. >> reporter: inside this small mobile home authorities in glenn county georgia ga are investigating the biggest mass murder they have seen. eight are dead, one critical. >> somebody went in and murdered them. >> reporter: police don't have a suspect and hope a reward will create more leads. >> what is $25,000 mean? we need help. anybody with information that can call us to tell us we need that help. that's the simplest way i can put it. >> reporter: not know figure a mass murder is on the loose has residents scared. >> i lock my doors now. i don't -- i try to stay in and i lock my car. if i'm the only one in the car. >> reporter: police have arrested a 22-year-old. he made the 911 call telling them about the murders. so far police have charged him with illegal possession of marijuana, tampering with evidence and making false statements. however police will not call him a suspect

we have the humid air mass. until the cold front moves through, we are stuck with a chance of rain today. let's take a look at what happened during the day yesterday as far as precipitation is concerned. 1 inch and a half of grain was the measure yesterday. a lot of it occurred in the -- of rain was measured in yesterday. and lots of it occurred in the morning hours. yesterday we were in the 70's from because of the cloud cover. school starts. we had a high of 77 degrees yesterday. 83 is the typical high. the days are getting shorter. it is getting tougher to make the record high that was set back in 1948. that high was 101. college park 73. there is a dewpoint reading. it is a measure of how much moisture is in the air. a tropical feeling. it feels like we are in florida or the panama canal zone. as a move off to the northwest, things are less moist. the temperatures are cooler. a very tropical air mass nonetheless. all the moisture here on these satellite pictures, it is associated with what is left with danny

they gathered at the family compound for a private mass overlooking the ocean, ted kennedy once loved to sale. >>> and then the half dozen or so vehicles, began the long slow 70 mile trip to boston. they went their way out there in their life. and that is where he announced their bid for the presidency in 1980. and the ceremony will be on saturday at articlington national cemetery. for the next two days, he will lie out there to propose that in boston massachusetts and people are already lining up to pay their final respects. they will actually extend the hours if there is call for more time for people to say good- bye. >> from what we have seen today, there will be. >> they now have an open senate seat for the first time in 25 years. now the questions are, how will it take for them to fill that seat and who will sit there? the current massachusetts law requires a special election out there, 145 days after they become vacant. and they are asking them to appoint a temporary replacement sooner. >>> he like i, we support the current law that provides for a special election about five mon

we do have video. >> reporter: the mass killing has shaken the community in coastal southeast georgia. >> everyone needs to be cautious, including you all. i would not rule out anything right now. >>> in california, police spent the day searching a yard next to a home where the girl who was kit napped 18 years -- kidnapped 18 years ago was kept. investigators want to know if the couple charged with kidnapping had anything to do with murders in the area. jaycee dugal turned up last week. >>> the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate by weather rate. and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> it will be difficult to craft a better day than we had today weather wise. >> but we're going to do it tomorrow. don't doubt the power. >> it sounds fantastic. >> we'll even have a nice evening for most of us. the very southern part of the state seeing showers. most of us are seeing nice conditions, very calm. relative humidity at 59%. our temperature at 71 degrees. out on the bay, will are the high and low tides. the wind out of the north brisk. satellite composite shows we had partly c

. >> is it normal procedure in scotland, that someone, a convicted mass murder who gets cancer is free to go home to his wife and family. >> thankfully in scotland we don't have many convicted mass murderers and this crime devastated our country as it did people in the united states and elsewhere. >> is there any precedent in scotland, where a mass murder, someone who killed 270 people in cold blood has been freed to go home to his wife and family because he's suffering from canner? >> this crime is unprecedented in our small country. it's actually the worst atrocity, terrorist atrocity ever perpetrated anywhere within the united kingdom so it's a circumstance that has never happened before and i hope that it's a circumstance that will never reoccur. >> are there precedents where murderers, just regular murderers, someone who killed someone in cold blood, and served only a very small persian of his or her sentence has been freed to go home to his wife and kids because he or she is suffering from canner? >> there's been certain times under individual circumstances. in scotland, justice

there is an air mass from texas into nebraska.t is a hot air mass and it is getting ready to move our way. we're getting excited for this nice comfortable weather. we will feel it when it gets here. >> we do have a transition. the heat will make its return tomorrow. then it will slap us across the face on sunday. temperatures near 90 tomorrow. you will feel the added heat and humidity. you'll notice it tomorrow and into sunday. when we get the heat and humidity, you get the heat index. that is what it feels like. the kids feel possibly like 105 degrees or so. if we do get into that dangerous zone. there will be keyed advisories'. the city will open some of the cooling centers. you do not want to exert yourself. we will look towards the weekend. tomorrow is a transitional day. sunday will be a hot day. it will not just be for sunday. it will continue into monday as well with the heat and humidity. not much in the way of relef and storms. the sheep will have to be tolerated. hopefully -- the key to will have to be tolerated. hopeful

nearly 1500 people are expected to attend a funeral mass in boston.deliver a eulogy. last night a three-hour memorial service and celebration of the senator. >> i looked up and there was this one star hanging low in the sky that was just bigger than all the rest and brighter than all the rest with a twinkle and sparkle louder than all the others. i know it was jupiter but it was acting a lot like teddy. >> his mass will include seven d honor honor ayl pirauyirlaushi to eed tlo ro ped cs.ololitapap entering fromto r d en fthpr en den cown constitution avenueo arlington national cemetery arriving at 5:30 p.m. weather is up next. ow >>> chuck bell joining us now. it's very gloomy. >> yes, it is but it is still the weekend so, all is not lost just yet. cloudy skies will give way to rain showers this afternoon. we do need the rain. it's been on the dry side the month of august. all of heavy rains are staying offshore. not going to be a good day at the beaches thanks to dangerous rip current and big waves. for us, temperatures in the mid-70s, a cloudy and h

. >> reporter: the funeral service to mark his passing was a traditional catholic mass. >> our father who art in heaven. >> reporter: but much of it was extraordinary. >> have mercy on us. >> reporter: six priests celebrated the mercy of the mass. senator placido domingo and yo yo mas delivered the communion. >> the greatest expectations were placed upon ted kennedy's shoulders because of who he was. but he surpassed them all because of who he became. >> reporter: celebrities, dozens of senators, presidents carter, george w. bush and clinton, and kennedy's considerable extended family, all attended the service in a soaring church that had a special meaning for teddy. it's where he prayed when his daughter carol was fighting lung cancer. kennedy's son, teddy junior, remembered how his dad helped him through his own battle, having lost his leg to cancer as a child. he told an emotional story of not being able to get up an icy driveway to go sledding. >> he said, "i know you can do it. there is nothing that you can't do ." we're going to climb that hill together. even if it takes us all

look at the tropical air mass overhead.storms fire up in the daytime heating. they dissipated at this hour but they'll fire up again later today. that is a very vigorous cold front. that will get in here as we get into the weekend. by saturday afternoon and sunday, you will notice drier air moving in behind that. we'll get into the tropical air mass as you get into the weekend. hue temperature, about 90 degrees and we do it all over again tomorrow. first part of saturday could be some showers and thunderstorms. by saturday afternoon and sunday, the trier air moves in from canada and it will be really nice around here by sunday and monday with high temperatures in the middle 80s. let's get to on-time traffic and julie wright is in with a look at area roadways. >> i was going to say don't cover up my sunny and 85. >> i got out of the way. knew i would hear from you. >> exactly. we are checking out the commute. better news knew. eastbound 66, the ramp to go northbound has been reopened to 495. 14th street bridge, lanes are ope

. >> the horror and the outrage because here is a mass murderer, the mass murderer of 270 innocent victimsincluding 11 lockerbie residents. -- 11 lockerbie residents on the ground. >> i think they will treat him as a hero returning home. >> scottish officials will be making their decision by the end of the month. >> still ahead, an injury leads a popular toy maker to recall more than one -- 1 million toys. up next, the problem that left one day be seriously hurt. >> and 18 million americans suffer from a particular disorder. we have the symptoms and what he may do to fight it. >> what effect does this have on president obama's health-care reform plan? we have a new poll and it is bad news for washington. >> someone is holding a mecca millions ticket for $250,000. if you're holding it, the deadline to claim karl, don't you have friends coming over? yeah, so? it stinks in here! have you smelled this chair? or these curtains? you've gotta wash this whole room! are you kidding? wash it?! let's wash it with febreze! whoa! [ sniffs ] hey mrs. weber. [ sniffs ] hey, it smells nice in here. you kn

library to the boston basilica for the funeral mass.e'll watch for about 10 minutes. ... >> president and mrs. obama were present. these are pictures from inside the boston basilica before the funeral mass began. >> after members were seated inside the church, here's a look as the motorcade and to the sanctuary. [bells ringing] [no audio] >> earlier today, family, friends, and colleagues of the senator edward kennedy gathered for a funeral mass. also, in attendance, former presidents jimmy carter, bill clinton, and george w. bush. this lets about 1 hour 45 minutes. >> so, good morning, everyone. once again, there has been a series of introductions. president and mrs. obama, president and mrs. bush, president clinton and secretary clinton, president and mrs. carter, vice president and mrs. vicodin. -- mrs. biden. a sister that everyone would love to have in the world, you jean. the great team of doctors and nurses and so many helpers in hyannis port these last weeks and months, and most especially the youngest of ted's gang it, greasy an

that's the simplest way i can put it. >> reporter: not knowing whether a mass murderer is on the loose has residents scared. >> i look my doors now. i don't -- i try and stay energy i lock my car. if i'm the only one in the car and stuff like that. >> reporter: police have arrested 22-year-old guy hines junior. he made the 911 call alerting them to the massacre. so far police have charged him with illegal possession of prescription drugs and marijuana, tampering with evidence, and making false statements. however, police will not yet call him a suspect in the murders and are asking for the public's help. >> so it's not a matter of actually see something. it could be hearing something. >> reporter: police say the autopsies on all eight victims should be finished by monday. investigators are are still gathering physical evidence from the crime scene and say they have no reason to believe that any of the victims committed this horrible crime. harvey screen is an, cbs news, new york. >>> ple fishermen are safely back on dry land. the coast guard brought them back to port after the men were

a funeral mass will be set in boston on saturday. early this afternoon senator kennedy's casket will be transported by motorcade from the family compound here in hyannisport to the jfk presidential library in boston where a public wake will be held late this afternoon and all of tomorrow. in hyannisport, t.j. winick, abc news. jeremy and vinita, back to you both. >> hundreds of kennedy supporters gathered in washington's du pont circle for a candlelight vigil last night, carrying signs and quoting lines from one of kennedy's most famous speeches. the hope still lives, the dream shall never die. they are the closing words from his address conceding the 1980 democratic presidential nomination to jimmy carter. >> ted kennedy was also the patriarch of his famous family. as such he stepped in as surrogate father. cokie roberts looks back as to how he was central to the family. >> important, symbolic things like walking the girls down the aisle for the wedding and being there for the baptism of the babies and counseling the boys. he always

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six priests held the mass. and president obama delivers the eulogy, calling the for the greatest legislature of our time. the greatest expectations were placed upon his shoulders because of who he was. but he surpassed them all because of who he became. >> reporter: celebrities, dozens of senators, president carter, bush and clinton and the extended family attend the service in a soaring church that had special meeting for teddy. it where he prayed when his daughter kara was fighting lung cancer. he told an emotional story of not being able to get up an icy driveway to go sledding. >> he said i know you can do it. there is nothing that you can't do. we're going to climb that hill together even if it takes us all day. >> reporter: and eventually they made to the top of the hill had. one of many life lessons tried to teach by example to never give up. >>> remember. wjz is always on. for more on the life of senator ted kennedy, including a slide show and more reaction, log onto wjz.com. >>> a 16-year-old boy has d

and this humid air mass that's been sitting over the region. some shower activity later or the chance of a passing shower or thundershower. cold front dies down through the mid-atlantic. total rainfall through tonight will be a half inch to an inch of rain. we're going to lean more toward the half inch as we move closer to the coast. more like an inch. but the bulk of this moisture will fall through the morning hours. one low leaves, two low leaves, and we're left with a pretty good forecast. cloudy skies this morning. maybe a passing shower or thunderstorm. chance of an evening instability thunderstorm. beautiful tomorrow. high of 84 and the 5-day's really cool looking. literally. 72, 72 and 75. normal day time high is 84 degrees. we move toward september, it'll be noticeably, on the low side of that. 78 degrees. thursday we start to trend. temperatures back up toward the labor day holiday weekend. don, take it away. >>> the fbi is telling of ways to earn extra money. a check arrives in the mail urging you to be a mystery shopper. the check wi

they had a private mass in hyannis port. then they'll be assembling in the motorcade and coming for this 70-mile trip from cape cod down here. as we're watching all of this happen in front of our eyes at that fabled, iconic location in hyannis port, we're thinking back over the past-year-olds and decades. you knew ted kennedy when he failed to replace jimmy carter at the top of the ticket. how much of a disappointment was it, do you think, that he was never able to get the nomination and run for president? >> well, i don't think we can ever measure the disappointment. i think what we have to measure is what he did with it. he stayed in the senate and he became a great senator and he stayed true to the causes that he believed in. >> one of the thing that is very striking is to see some of the early footage that we played earlier of the civil rights debate in 1964. when you think back over what the climate was and how the kennedys were not always, as we've now learned, completely supportive in the early years, bobby kennedy, a

the kennedys will gather for a private mass in hyannis port.cade will send the senator on a farewell to boston procession. he'll lie in repose in the smith center in the john f. kennedy loy brar in boston. >>> pirates holding a hijacked ship off of the coast of somalia fired at the helicopter. no rounds of ammunition hit the chopper. the surveillance flight over a time when he's flagged the vessel called the wind farm. pirates held the crew and the 30-member -- the ship with the 30-member crew inside since april. >>> more pictures surfacing with fidel castro's meeting with venezuelan students over the weekend. the first video we've seen of castro in more than a year. he underwent abdominal surgery back in 2006. >>> a technical dpliglitch is o thing, but imagine opening a letter that says you have lou gehrig's disease. a cruel disorder that robs you of your life before killing you. what do you tell your family and friends? days later, we say, we're sorry. it was a technical glitch. you shouldn't have gotten that letter. that's what happened to h

reward is being -- $20,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest for the mass eight people in georgia. police say they found nine victims. two rushed to the hospital. one remains in critical condition. police say it's one of the most brutal murders they've seen in 25 years. the killer was not among the dead or injured. a man who reported the bodies is in custody accused of lying to police and is now facing other charges. >> i want a complete congressional investigation. because there's more to this than just what you have heard. >> joe jackson speaking to sky news about his son's death. he says the doctor is not the only one to blame in the king of pop's death and wants to find out how many people are involved. typically the local authorities handle homicide investigations. the l.a. county coroner's office ruled the death a homicide caused by two powerful drugs. michael jackson's personal doctor told police he gave jackson the drugs on the morning of his death after saying other sedatives would not help him sleep. >>> after what would have been his 51st birthda

was convicted of the mass murder of 270 people. -- megrahi was convicted of the mass murder of 270 people. independent medical a vice is that he does not have long to live. >> no compassion was shown by him to them. that alone is not a reason for us to deny compassion to him and his family in his final days. our justice system demands that judgment be imposed but compassion be available. our beliefs dictate that justice be served but mercy be shown. >> it is more than 20 years since pan am flight 103 exploded over lockerbie. it was the longest night of the year, and dawn revealed to the horror -- holds obliterated by debris falling from the sky. 150 tons of what remains of the transatlantic flight are piled in a scrap yard. thousands of fragments of metal, a permanent reminder of so many destroyed lives. the evidence that helped convict megrahi was circumstance, including 5 lots of clothes and said to have been bought by him and found in a suitcase which contained the bomb. this man lost his son in the tragedy. he supports the libyan going home. >> i'm very pleased about this, and also, i

good morning, jim. >> reporter: that mass will be celebrated at the basilica behind me.nator prayed here daily when his daughter kara was facing her own cancer battle. he would live inconspicuously, kneel and pray at the shrine of the lady of perpetual health. >> a little indescribable, the comfort you get here. kennedy knew that too. and i'm very happy for that. ♪ when irish eyes are smiling ♪ >> reporter: the funeral will follow a more light hearted celebration of the senator's life last night. >> and two weeks ago as i was coming out of surgery, i got a call from ted. well, he roared, between going through prostate cancer surgery and doing town hall meetings, you made a great choice, he said. >> reporter: the family wanted something close to an irish wake, with music. ♪ >> reporter: and with stories and laughs. >> there we were just two weeks before the caucuses and his voice boomed out, you voted for my brother, you voted for my other brother, you didn't vote for me. and as the crowd roared with laughter, ted bellowed, but we're back here for john kerry and if you vo

the internet became a mass communication media used by the large part by the public with the clinton scandals. that is how things like the drug report -- drudge report entered people's lives. then we did not understand it completely in terms of the political implications. >> he really had a professional medium for breaking news the internet is. this repackages prince and television media. -- this repackages print and television media penda. s nbc may have as little bearing on the cyber future as howdy doody did on mtv. >> i was talking about msnbc as a web site. there i was sort of right. because of that was exactly true then. it was parallel television pensi. this unchanged at a bigger war speed because of the way electronics work today as opposed to tv in the analog world. >> i found a " in harvard magazine. -- found a quote in harvard magazine. you were at the harvard crimson. were you the editor? >> i was the editor of the editorial page. evan thomas, mike grimsley, they were with me. many people. it was an interesting crowd. jim glassman, the conservative columnist. >> who was i

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