when he needed to. he worked with archconservative orrin hatch to expand health coverage for poor children. >> he worked with the first president bush on the americans with disabilities act, opening access for the disabled in public places everywhere. and in an even more unlookly alliance, he joined forces with the second president bush on education reform. he could also clash mightily with republica as he did over the iraq war. >> you basically have mismanaged the war and created an impossible situation for military recruiters and put our forces and ornational security in danger. in baseball it's three strikes you're out. what is it for the secretary of defense? >> well, that is quite a statement. >> senator kennedy was well respected on the world stage as well. tributes are pouring in from ireland. >> all overhe world for ted kennedy, the patriahal figure of the kennedy family, inspired, respected. he was a stant defender of right for those in less fortunate positions. his contribution to the northern ireland peace deal paved the way for the the u.s.'s part in the deal. >> i'm very deeply saddened that kennedy has died. he made an enormous contribution to the peace process and to u.s. politics. he's probably the most influence senator in the last century. >> he was perceived as being a sympathizer at times with the ara. as a deal was brokerd between old enemies, senator kennedy's influence is recognized and last year was given an honorary knighthood for his involvement in the process. he was also recognized by president carter. he spoke in a maverick style on the international stage. ted kennedy was a great kennedy and was also a great friend of the state of israel israel. he has had a strong andriginal voice that was held and respected all over the world. >> these opinions have been -- wheel his passing maynd kate the end of an era, many are looking at how his contributions have helped shape much throughout the world. >> thank you, sonia. it could be a very stormy day in boston for senator kennedy's foon rahal on saturday. tropical storm danny to make landfall on saturday night bringing downpours and 75 mile-an-hour winds from long island to maine. here is a look at your thursday weather: stormy from dallas and des moines, a charge of large hail. and hot and dry for much of the west. >> 111 in fiend, 98 for boise, f 92 in pore land. chicago only up to 70 while sent a louis and ied indianapolis are in the mid 80s. 85 in boston, 86 in baltimore and 87 in atlanta. >> u watching "world news now." >> toyota has launched a recall of more than 59,000 cars that may have brake system problems. the automaker is recalling 2009 and 2010 corolla and matrix cars with 1.8 literin gins. also some 2008 and 2009 psion xds. they will make remayors at no charge. >> there is another rrl this morning. the consumer product rrl commission is recalling five million sets of wind open blinds that pose a strangulation hazard to children. >> three have already died, others have been injured. >> reporter: roger and i remembera usually wake to their son's calls. but one morning they woke to scream. >> you could see him standing in his crib can a cord from the curtain next to his bed looped around he is neck two or three times. as he pulled it kept getting tighter. >> reporter: robert immediately freed their 1 and a half-year-old from the window shade. >> reporter: the cord let these leg tur marks on his neck. the experience left them frightened for other parents. >> i just remember grabbing him, holding hieem, sing the marks around himself neck which i think will hnt us both for theg e cpsc has lives. issued voluntary recalls. now the a agency is vowg tougher design standard to keep problem products off the markets in the first place. >> you will see more action by the u.s. product safety commission. we are heart broken when when we see cases where children die because of la lack of product saty. >> there are four main strange u lags habits when children play near blinds. roman shades are one, roll-up blinds with a lifting loop for another. so basically any children is the enemy of children. >> some vert al kleins have an inner cord. and finally they've gotten entangled. they could die in seconds. >> certainly was lucky. we will look back at a time when ted kennedy was still struggling. >> it was a major political >> nor ted kennedy's life was marked by perm accomplishment and scandal. >> there was a time when many were asking if kennedy could survive a fight for political life. >> nearing himself 60th birthday, edward kennedy came to a school known for one of his brothers and smoke word that must have been come very hard. >> i recognize my own short comings, the faults in the conduct of my private life. i realize that i alone am responsible for them. >> reporter: they were a relative handful of word part of an otherwise unremarkable recitation of the liberal janned. but two factors made this extraordinary: first, kennedy's office sought the widest possible press coverage for the speech. secondly, kennedy was acknowledging his personal private behavior had become an unavoidable private issues. the death of mary jo, has tainted his represent timothy geithner for more than two decades. it is always on the edge of our view of the man. >> there is no proof that anita hill has perjured herself. >> reporter: just last week, kennedy's friend, orrin hatch, made this comment which he later withdrew. >> the fact of the matter is anybody believes that, i know a great place in massachusetts i'd be happy to seasoned to them. >> in 19 0 -- >> why do ewant to be president? >> well, i'm -- >> reporter: only after he had lost did he redeem himself with a moving conditionings speech. >> for all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die. >> his off the job life, divorce, stories of excess of drinking and woman niezing raised the specter of hypocrisy. >> he has epitomized the framing of the dialogue in a good versus bad moral framework. someone who does that and who has a semi-public life that strikes many people as immoral comes to represent i think and he has come to represent a kind of rank hypocrisy. >> reporter: for supporters, his unbending opposition to the reagan/bush philosophy. he was prepared to make a fight when a lot of other people were not. he is the single biggest reason we've got a civil rights bill coming. >> but last spring stories of an alleged rape xhimed by his nephew at the compound changed the equation. >> there was a chang in the way people evat it. people started say and writing hp before >> his once impregable massachusetts base weakened. one pollshot 62% of the voters wanted a new senator. but the children thomas issue made things worse. television showed an obviouslyin comfortable, mostly silent kennedyin able to pursue the charge. >> at the end you make one bottom line decision, it's my life or my children's lives, is society life better because this persons holding off -- >> i think that the thomas hearings illustrated on national television what a lot of political gatherers have come to realize ted kennedy has a real problem serving as a public voice. >> in today's spech kennedy try to answer that question. he will, he said, stand and fight. >> above all whether the odd are in my favor or against me, i will continue to stand up in good times and in seasons of adversity for the people who sent me to the senate in the first place nearly 30 years ago. >> ted kennedy will not face those people for another three years and polls are fleeding things. he may well be able to keep his senate seat ongs long as he goes. now he wants to be a -- >> inerms of the historical time line, remember he was reelected in '94 and he also won reelection. >> you have to wonder were his ou wf he would.. fascinating stuff. stick around. a look at the" morning papers" coming up. kruse: 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the number on "your screen for your free consultation, information kit, video and test drive certificate. >> this morning we're taking a look at how some papers across the country are covers the funeral plans. here's the "boston herald" with an iconic picture of the bay state senator. their story spells out basically the plans for his fural. he's going to be driven from cape cod to boston. he'll lie in repose at his brother's presidential library, the memorial sv and the fural. >> we want to lock at the "boston globe" this morning, with which is something you're seeing across the nation right now. the flags floiing half staff. the article had two really interesting facts that i didn't realize. we all have heard obama is attending the funeral but according to a family friend, kaepd was famous for making unspecsed personal phone calls and offering handwritten notes of condolences and congratulations. they say his funeral plans were just as meticulous. he choreographed what would happen to the seat was left to sin in. >> i think a lot of people are terminally ill take the year to plan for this. but interesting he spelled it out. >> in the "new york times," right there on the front page they sort of spell out the final days of the senator. they say from the time he's diagnosed he spoke of having good ending for himself and as recently as just a few days ago he was still digging into butter cream ice crack. and that he and wife had been and started each morning by ie reading the newspaper. >> of course so much had been made of his love of sailing. it was funny in some of the coverage we had here at hyannisport today and this nem of him setting sale it would have been for him perfect >> eight fascinating look at the new york times and the boston newspapers today. can you get more fan act dating by going to our web site. we have some really rare pictures and story about his life. >> some of those images so part of our elect knowledge >> remembering ted kennedy. how colleagues and even boston red sox fans are paying tribute to a beloved senator. >> then kennedy's political prowess. what he's done for us.into words >> his accomplishments on capitol hill. >> and troubles and triumphs. >> to strive to seek to find and >> remembering ted kennedy. how colleagues and even boston red sox fans are paying tribute to a beloved senator. >> then kennedy's political prowess. >> i really can't put into words what he's done for us. >> his accomplishments on capitol hill. >> and troubles and triumphs. >> to strive to seek to find and not to yield. >> how ted kennedy persevered until his death. it's thursday, august 27th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> some very familiar images there as we look back at the life of ted kennedy. i'm jeremy hubbard. >> and i'm vinita nair. ted kennedy begin today. >> thousands are expected to attend a public memorial there today and tomorrow. the funeral is set for saturday. t.j. winick joins us this morning from hyannisport. >> reporter: good morning. among those who will eulogize the late senator, president barack obama. at the kennedy compound on wednesday, the senator's flag signalled the end of his 15-month battle with brain cancer. his family released a statement on death of their patriarch. >> while these months have no doubt been difficult for him, they've also let him here from people from every corner of our nation just how much he meant to all of us. >> the tributes have bee tbu>> trites have been t the boston red sox honored the senator before their game at fenway park. senator kennedy will be remembered for his remarkable achievements over five decades. 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 gave his sisters credit as well for stepping into the gap. but the family was terribly, terribly important to him and i think he was to them. i thought it was interesting to him that arnold schwarzenegger referred to him as uncle teddy. >> jean kennedy smith is the last surviving sibling. smith is now 81 years old. >> ted kennedy said he was taught from an early age that public service is among the most honorable of professions. he put that philosophy to work serving as senator for massachusetts. here's linsey davis. >> reporter: history books will account for his political prowess. >> i can't put into words what he's done for us. >> reporter: during his 46-year career in the senate, landmark legislation from civil rights to health care to education had his fingerprints all over it. >> ideas and ideals are stamped on scores of laws and reflected in millions of lives. >> reporter: republicans orrin hatch and john mccain were among the first to extend their notes of sympathy to his family. >> so many of his foes embrace him because they know he made them bigger. he me them more graceful. by the way in which he conducted himself. >> reporter: but his life was not without controversy. >> he's had his problems but he also did a lot more good, i guess, than bad. >> reporter: in 1969 he drove his car off a bridge in chappaquiddick killing campaign worker mary jo kopechne. on this day he is largely remembered for his resilience and long-term commitment to health care reform. >> as long as i have a vote and as long as i have a vote in the united states senate, it's going to be for that democratic platform plank that provides decent, quality health care north and south, east and west for all americans as a matter of right and not a privilege. >> reporter: as the third longest serving senator, kennedb orhaored more than 2,500 bil.mo 0 became law. yonsey davis, abc news, new rk. >> even kennedy's democratic rival in the 1980 presidential race is paying tribute to the senator. he tried unsuccessful to unseat jimmy carter in what was somemes a bitter campaign, yet the two men settled their differences, even working to the on key health issues. >> i think among all the members of our u.s. senate and the congress of the united states, he's been preeminent. he's been a staunch and honest and open and very able to express his views to the american people and my on hope is that his deep commitment to comprehensive health plan in our country will be honored by his peers in the near future. >> former president carter made those comments as he meets with leaders in the mideast? >> for an in-death look back at kennedy's life and career including personal stories and rare historic videos, you can visit a special section of our web site abcnews.com. >> tropical storm danny could hit the east coast. it could become a hurricane by tomorrow afternoon. there's a chan danny could make landfall on cape cod saturday night. winds could top 75 miles an hour from eastern long island to maine. some areas could get six inches of ran and 12 foot waves. could be a messy weekend on the east coast. for toy'cas foreststrong forms from dallas to des moines with large hail, damaging winds and a chance of floods. g and alabama still hot and dry for south texas and much of the west coast. >> an excessive heat warning in phoenix as it gets up to 111, boise 92. 75 in boston and 80s from new york to atlanta. >> now back to senator ted kennedy who always went above and beyond the call of duty to get his message across, even if it meant breaking out into song. ♪ >> there's the senator singing in spanish, pulling out all the stops to drum up support for president obama last year. >> we now have seen he can throw a baseball and he can also -- >> sing in spanish. covered all the bases. >> coming up, more coverage of ted kenny's death coming up. >> we'll be right back with more "world news now." re benefit information and free scooter guarantee. imagine... one scooter or power chair that could improve your may entitle you to pay little to nothing to own it. one company that can make it all happen ... your power chair will be paid in full. the scooter store. why should you call the scooter store today? because their mobility experts are 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