captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- the doors opened early and stayed open late last night for the crowds who want to pay their respects to edward kennedy. he is lying in repose injfk library in boston. thank you for joining us. after the public viewing there will be a private wake and funeral be for one last journey to washington and his final resting place. we have more on the services. >> the final farewell to ted kennedy continues with a second round of mourners lining up outside gen f. kennedy presidential library. >> i appreciated his accomplishments and out of respect for him i wanted to be here today. >> a memorial service will be held this evening, followed by a private funeral services tomorrow morning. president obama will give the eulogy and dignitaries are expected to attend, including four former presidents. >> the journey will end here at arlington national cemetery. he held this place dear to his heart after a loss of his two brothers. >> he can hear all the time. he came on the anniversaries of the deaths and births. >> he will be laid to rest down from the ththf er oete na et flame arcing need grace said of his brother -- rate down the line from his brother. >> groundskeepers are busy making the site khristine for the 200 people expected to attend. there will be military honors and polaris representing each branch of the -- pallbearers representing each branch of the military. his coffin will be brought to the national capitol building. at the national air and 10 cemeteries, pamela brown. -- arlington national cemetery. it was 46 years ago today that john kennedy said in the white house indeed martin atkin watched -- burton luther king marched on washington. -- martin luther king. time is running out for " extreme home makeover." now there are bulldozers and dirt were a new community center for troubled kids should be. we have the call for volunteers. they need a lot of help out there. >> they do, we are at the area. we have about 300 volunteers out here right now, but they need more in order to make deadlines. this is the fishing school. it is a recreation center that helped thousands of kids in dc, and it will surely help thousands more. this is the largest and most ambitious projects they have ever taken on. we are talking about 6200 square feet. they need skilled labour out here. we are talking about drywallers and framers. we are joined now by the senior producer with "extreme hall makeover." it was supposed to happen on saturday and will happen on sunday. >> we are about 24 hours behind schedule still. we need skilled labor to come in to get this done. every year we do 25 projects and we help 25 families. we can only do it if we do a project one week. here we are doing two projects to help more families. that is why we desperately need your help. >> how will this rain affect you all? >> the rain is not so bad because we have the roof on. if we did not we would be in big trouble. >> if you would like to help out, head to rfk where you can check in. i hear there is a rumor we wll see three of obama's cabinet members and ty pennington will be here as well. >> we wish them all lot of luck. thank you for that. she mentioned the weather, so we want to know could rain put a damper on this efforts? and also for our last weekend in august. we are are under a flash flood watch. brian is tracking this in the forecast. happy friday. >> we can see the gray skies hanging across the city. we have some hefty showers across the area as well. we will talk about danny coming h' but's le'jump over to t super doppler 7 the s yhahowout itit goingdo dosordwa northwestern partsrdff charles county and into prince george's county. we en even hadd somef re as hostf 4lemir 7 pe.s ur 7 a quick look at the weatherbug owshse c clouds are hanging eoms places have pickeed up a lt of rain. loudoun county has almost two inches. near 80 this afternoon. more to come later. missing records are getting in the way of an investition into last year as a water main break on river road. officials determined a 66 inch pipe was not installed correctly decades ago. they are investigating to see if any other pipes could be in the same danger. officials say documents explaining why the pipes were installed incorrectly were mistakenly thrown out. inspections will begin in the fall. you need to add 30 minutes on your trip on the metro lines starting at 10:00 tonight until sunday night. trains are a single track on the red line and on the orange line, trains will be sharing one line from 10:00 tonight until midnight on sunday. and on the green line there will be a single tract from 8:00 tonight until 6:00 p.m. on sunday. school officials saw this schedule increases coming before the first day of class. the superintendent apologized yesterday for the glitch with the computer system. officials spent the summer trying to patch up these problems but time ran out. >> this issue does not end when every student has a schedule. we are reviewing our contract to see if there are damages that can be recovered. >> nearly 2000 students were still waiting for their schedules. the hope is to get everything fixed by next monday. police presence is up at a metro station following several ol attacks. since e early july 8 attacks hae island avenue station. workers congregating outside looking for jobs say they are being targeted because they carry a lot of cash. people are using an effective technique to fight back. >> we have officers in plain clothes out there observing the activity going on and posing as decoys. >> a pedestrian tunnel also appears to be a trouble spot. police belve other victims may be out there and are afraid to come forward. there will be a vigil for two transgendered people stabbed inn attack. one died and he was bi aalog b mlywautan vili as a woman.via secondi vcte their attacker used an anti-gay slur during the stabbing. this could turn into a hate crime. a young child had to be rescued after a police chase and crashed in manassas. police arrested gustavo adolfo diaz-bautista after he sped away from an officer and crashed. he got out as the vehicle began to catch fire. that is when officers rescued his eight-month old daughter who was trapped inside. the trial was relatively unharmed and was returned to her mother. -- the child was unharmed. a new campaign wi increase hiv testing in the district. more than 15,000 residents are infected with hiv. still to come, the astonishing reunion and troubled details of the past 18 years of a kidnapped girl. >> we were getting very scared to see the flames. >> residents are on the run in southern california. here in the d.c. area we are under a flash flood watch. is a grim milestone in afghanistan. august was the deadliest month since the 2001 invasion. an american killed today was the 45th to die, one more than july. tragedy is now touching the virginia tech campus. a passer-by found the bodies of two campers. sheriff's officials say it appears the two had been shot. authorities have no suspects. a young woman held prisoner for 18 years after being kidnapped as a child reunites with her family. police are unraveling the tale of her idol lacing -- tale of her isolation and captivity. >> the happiness of hearing that she had been found alive has given way to horror over what she suffered at the hands of a registered sex offender in the california bay area. >> the hidden backyard had hidden areas where they spent most of their lives. that is where she was bent -- that is where she spent too heavy a decades after she was kidnapped. until earlier this week he was spotted by -- spa and on a college campus. he was brought in for questioning. with him came a young woman. >> the female was identified as the child. >> it is a disgusting thing that took place at the beginning. but i turned my life completely around to be able to understand you have to. >> in a phone interview he spoke of his ability to speak in tongues and his love for his daughters. >> they slept in my arms every single night from birth. i never touched them. >> her stepfather says he is happy she is ok but worried she might have to deal with lifelong trauma. >> >> authorities say she and her daughters appeared to be in good health. more than 1000 firefighters are scrambling to contain a wildfire in southern california. the flames broke out in steed hills just north of downtown l.a. -- the flames broke out in steep hills. >> it just came over the crest of the mountain and spread out sideways. >> so for the flames havburned hundreds of acres. one fire was reported 60% contained overnight, but the rest are still burning out of control. tropical storm danny is weakening in the atlantic but forecasters say it could still bring high seas abd heavy rain. -- high seas and heavy rain. forecasters are having a hard time predicting exactly where danny will make landfall. let's talk more about our weather and this flash flood watch we have. >> the tropical storm will probably impact the coastline but around here the rain is coming from inland systems. that is will affect us with the showers. there is also a severe thunderstorm warning for prince 's coty. hawe ve been watchingth is show was pushed hr tgh and we do have a flash fldoohr watch for a chunk of oe tr area. ncep george'suno cty, a severe thunderstorm was locatedn oo the graveyard near fort washington. oc l o--atedn theat map. you can see these checkers indicating lightning bolts and wind gusts near 60 miles per hour. it is slowly moving into upper marlboro and heavy shower outside interstate 66. also seeing it shers of to the near bwi and a few more down to the south and west. let's go to the weatherbug network to show you a has been pretty overcast. 77 at congressional and wil probably not get much above 80 degrees. temple hills dropped to 68 degrees and 76 in fairfax station. the tropical system is working its way up the eastern seaboard and it will brush by the carolinas but it is not to organized. the biggest impact will be on the shore. there is a flood watch for now and -- flood watch for loudoun county and fairfax. showers could be heavy at times with some thunder in their. a few warnings and another band of heavy rain tomorrow for the first half of the day. behind it we will have clearing for sunday and we cannot rule out a shower. next week we are looking at a refreshing blast. we may see some extra clout to move and earlier in the week -- we see some extra clouds moved in earlier we do have a wet stretch for the next few days but it will be better on sunday. a severe thun my husband and i, we love to go to steakhouses i can smile, i can carry on our conversation i do most of the talking yes i wear dentures and they fit wonderful super poligrip acts as a seal between my dentures and my gums super poligrip makes eating more comfortable. even well fitting dentures can feel more comfortable with super poligrip. just a few 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friends and family members tonight who were devastated by the way she was murdered. >> just a terrible story. we have learned a well -- we have learned more about the crime itself. that was after they found her car, right? >> they found the car and there is evidence of blood in the back seat. and a lot of dirt on the underside of the car, so they think he was driving off road. they are trying to retrace the steps to find out where he went or if he had any help. they think the murders took place in the hotel but they are trying to piece back together. the car will provide a lot of forensic evidence. >> a story that has captivated a lot of people. thank you so much for your time. this story on tonight's "20/20," and stay with us at 11:00 p.m. after that. andbrian is back with a finalcki cock-a-doodle-do. i do 22 more inspections than the government requires. and my fresh, all-natural chickens are never given any hormones or steroids. and no candy, gladys. 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