Transcripts For WRC News4 Today 20150920

Is set to open. Its something youve been followed closely. Absolutely amazing. Absolutely set to open in just about an hour. A 340 million project will welcome commuters. The Transit Center has been delayed many times due to construction. Were going to follow this story for you as the morning goes on. Obviously, the weathers going to be an issue. We want to stek in with storm team 4s tom kierein. Hey, tom. Good morning. As you take a morning walk with your dog, taking a morning stroll, youll notice as the drier air has moved out. Humidity has moved. The tower camera looking off in the distance, you can see clouds forming in the area. Off to the east is the bright planet venus. I took this a couple of mornings and you can see it playing peekaboo with the clouds now. Storm team 4 radar, you might have a few scattered sprinkles. Closeup High Definition radar, High Resolution not showingny rain anywhere in the vicinity, this front pretty much coming through dry this morning, bringing in cooler weather. Right now in the low 60s in the panhandle of shenandoah valley. Look at oakland down to a chilly 46. And some of that cooler air is going to be moving in today. Metro area, right now were in the upper 60s. Right downtown near 70. Right around the upper 60s to right around 70 degrees. A look at how long this fresh change will last. Were going to say goodbye to summer in september. Thats coming up in a few minutes. Thanks so much, tom. In a few hours a million cubans are expecting to watch pope francis deliver mass in revolution square. Mass starts at 9 00 this morning. Then this afternoon pope francis will meet with cuban president raul castro and his brother fidel. He called on both countries to do more to normalize the tide. And we do want to remind you weve got you covered for three days, just three days. Were going to bring you breaking news alert apps when he gets here and all the traffic delays you may experience. There are going to be plenty of those. Here are four things to know to travel around town once the pope gets here. As angie mentioned, hell be here on tuesday. By far, the most disruptive day will be wednesday from a road and metro executive. The brookland station is going to be extremely busy and the red line will be particularly crowded. As the pope moves around town, there will be rolling road closures. We know some details about his movement but there are some things we just dont know. If you dont have a ticket to the canonization mass, your best chance to see the pope is o at his public parade. Busy, busy, busy. Mmhmm. Tragedy in prince georges county. They lost their home in a horrific fire. Two firefighters battling the blaze are also recovering this morning. News4s Darcy Spencer has more from the scene. Reporter these photo shoes the heavy fire and thick black ceremony that virtually destroyed this home on endicott place on n springdale. No one was hope. Thats because they were here at ebeneezer church. They were at a funeral of this man whose home burnt. At that time no one really knew. They quickly found out the worst. The fire was reported around 1 30 in the afternoon. Flames were shooting from the top floor and roof. His widow and other loved ones raced from the home. As the firefighters worked to get flames under control, they spent the afternoon comforting one another and receiving guests. This is very difficult on the day that you bury one of your relatives, you also learn that your home, which is probably the second most important thing is also gone. Two firefighters were taken to the hospital, one for electrical shock, one for minor burns. The heat from the fire was so intense that it melted the siding on both sides of the home. The other question is what next, you know. Things have aha t tendency of happening in threes. We hope thats not the case. Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the fire. But right now theres an estimate 2d 00,000 in damages. A funeral will be held this morning for a young girl who was killed by a drunk driver. 25yearold Samantha Sumters car. Witnesses say they were yelling out of the window hang beer. The funeral is this morning at 11 00. It took d. C. Police less than half an hour to find them. Police chased down a car and arrested steven pew and more rico knight. Both are facing firstdegree murder charges. Shortly after that arrest they found dean tray ee gram shot and killed. This is the same place a man was shot while sitting on a metrobus last month. So far no arrests in this case. Police are offering a 25,000 award for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of this homicide. Were get nug numbers showing the devastation caused by two wildfires in the northern part of the state. 1,000 homes have been destroyed so far. 6,400 others are in thefires path. Five people have died. Theyre still working to get these fires under control. Looking at the day ahead, the maryland didnt of ail aig culture will spray for mosquitos. Youre going to see mda trucks on three main roads. Therell be half a dozen areas to go to if youre worried about spraying. This will be the last mosquito spraying session for the year. Take two. Are you ready . Okay. The redskins. How about i take the story. Do it. The redskins are going to take on the rams at 1 00 p. M. They lost the first game this season and theyve only one seven games in the last two seasons. Good luck to them today. Yes. Now on to decision 2016. Sorry about that. Having some promty issues. All eyes on donald trumtp. Now, trump did not correct the supporter when he called president obama a muslim. He did address the way he responded on the issue via twitter at the appearance in iowa. They wanted me to speak up in favor of the president. Do you think hes going to speak up in favor of me . Why do i think hes not. Trump has surged ahead of his republican rivals and foes but some wonder if his bubble is going to burst soon. Ben carson and john kay success will be on meet the press this morning at 9 30. If youre heading to the race this morning, the closest stop to the station is the smithsonian station. Thats the closest one to the starting line. You can catch the blue, original, or silver lines to the stop. New video. This is a yacht on fire. A family is on board there. Why theyre thinking a Good Samaritan this morning. And a developing story out of indiana where two children were hit in a driveby shooting welcome back. Its 6 13. New this morning, two children shot after an apparent driveby shooting in indianapolis. One victim has died. They were 9 and 11. Two adults were shot also. They boenlt believe it was a random attack. Four people including a 6yearold boy were on this yacht when it went up in flames. A passerby called the coast guard. The boat burned for an hour but everybody was ab to get off just in time. The fire started in the engine. Thats some scary stuff. You dont want to see that. Well, were starting off our sunday. Yesterday was kind of hot. It was hot. It was summer in september. Bye, summer . Bye. Nice seeing you. Bring on the smores. A more autumnal feel. Starting this morning youll notice a breeze coming off from the west. Right now to the east, weve got a glow in the eastern sky, and the temperatures are comfortable now, although its a little humid. The humidity is beginning to move in as the winds pick up. Right now, washington, 70. Upper 60s, near 70 around the bay. Off to our west, were still in the 60s in most locations. Look at oakland now. A chilly 46 degrees. And theres the glow in the eastern sky this morning. You can barely make out mars. I thought i saw mars a few minutes ago. Maybe obscured by the cloud f clouds now. By 8 00, sun, upper 70s. Back down to the mid70s by 5 00 p. M. All across the region well be in the 70s. Just a gorgeous sunday. Enjoy the lower humidity moving in. Now, the winds may be a bit blustery for the fed axe game this afternoon. Kickoff is at 1 00. For tailgating, its going to be a bit blustery. It will be in the mid70s. Then by 2 00, just a few clouds, upper 70s. By the end of the game, it should be back down to the mid70s and lots of sunshine around. Then a cool start to the week. Right around 70 degrees heading a touf school and work monday morning. Starting tomorrow, a lot of clouds. Might have a passing shower. We could certainly use it. Theres a small passing of a sprinkle or shower. Small showers for the papal visit arriving on tuesday all the way through thursday. It looks beautiful. Night weekend to follow. Thank you, tom. Thank you, tom. We have reporters notebook coming up weechlt be back at 6 30. Good morning. Welcome to reporters notebook. Im pat lawson muse. As we roll out the red carpet, road closures and tight security will surely create gridlock in parts of the city. Ddot says expect long delays. Try to work from home. Take mass transit. Plan ahead. And give yourself plenty of extra time to get where you need to go. Joe madison s the city ready or will this visit bring the city to a standstill . I think this city will be ready for it more so than philadelphia. Im heading up to philadelphia to see the pope there, but im staying in d. C. Were used to the diplomats and president s on the move. I think what were doing here today is giving people plenty of time to adjust to what might, you know, be a lot of road closures. Well, its going to be messy, no matter what we say. Well be used to it but ddot is trying to use technology. Theyre saying, listen, we have these mappings, go online, take a look, these are the roads that will be closed. So much of the talk about the popes visit is about snarling traffic, stay home, not working. And there will be talk about how inspirational this visit may be, but it seems to be right now secondary to what is this going to do for your the life of those who live in the area and those coming into the area. I guess once he gets here, well Start Talking about what he has to say. And dave, mcconnell, throw in a concert on tuesday night and those nats games. Thats right. Theres a lot of competition. I dont want to go overboard on this, but kind of think like a snow day. Think of that. Were not quite there with the snow on the streets and slipperiness. This is not about snow. But the fact is when you close arteries, it causes traffic in other arteries. I think im going to stay home. I just wrote down, treat it like a snow day. Basically thats how we ought to treat it. Or inauguration date. Thats a little different because it happens every four years. Its a little more concentrated, isnt it . The head of opm says treat it like a snow day. Whether theyre catholic or not, so many are preesh ya tifb of the pope. Theres just this mood and they cant wait for him to show snup this is not only his first trip to washington but to the United States. The wizards heading to ward 8. Tea people are abuzz about it. The owner has unveiled plans for a 550 million plan. They expect it to bring jobs in. They hope it will bring hope to a community in desperate need of an economic shot in the arm. Dave, the mayor promised development east of the an cost ya river. Could this be a boon for ward 8 . Since theres been a concern in that area they really have missed out on the Economic Development of the rest of the city. This would be a great way to do it. If they build the arena, the allure of the wizards, look at all the people looking to go way down. You can imagine what this will do for the wizards. So it looks like a really good shot in the arm. Those numbers are starting to decrease a little bit for the football team. I think whats important here is mayor bowser is only following in the footsteps of mayor grey fowler and mayor gray theres an issue talking about crime. I think if you have redevelopment there and you build up the tax base, that sort os takes care of that issue. I this i whats important is the money thats going to spent here. 55 million. The city is going to kick in most of it. Leonys is going to put in 55 million. But still we havent to get the council to prove this. Were talking the major plan but she has to get support. Were moving now to another sports complex. I cant imagine anyone in that kouj would vote against it. This would be transformational. Lets go back. Remember what the Verizon Center did for chinatown. I mean weve been around long enough to know there was a time you didnt even go to chinatown. Stay out of china up to. Look at the restaurants. Look at the activity. The fact is its not going to be just a practice center, youre going have all kinds of restaurants and small businesses. The thing i do hope is that there will be Employment Opportunities to help build that for people in ward 8. And thats what i really hope will take place. I think thats where Eleanor Holmes norton will come into play. Very quickly naltds will tell you oftentimes building stadiums really dont mean that much of an economic boom for the communities. D. C. Is a little different. It has happened with nationals stadium and Verizon Center, but downdont see it out at the fedex field in landon. Look what thats done. D. C. Is a different outlier than most stadiums that go in the United States and sports i think we try to find someone avail snoobl the big issue with body cams converging with the deaths of black men and white policemen involved in a shooting of them, this whole series of things weve gone through over the last year is we need some way to see what really happened. Theres disparate accounts of it. Body cams seem to be thence. Now critics say theres a move to cut that uf. All right. Weve got to take a break. Well be right back. Stay with us. D. C. Will have to pay a former inmate. He wins a settlement. He pleaded guilty to simple assault charge stemming from domestic dispute. He was locked up. He had no way to council with anyone. A jury will decide how much he gets. Does it surprise you that even in the wake of this case t aclu is claiming inmates with disabilities are still being denied access and Inadequate Services at the city jail . It didnt surprise me what the judge ruled. He had a 46page report and was taking to task the way d. C. Was treating these inmates. Know its happening in arlington. Its also happening there. Obviously this is an issue. The aclu sees it as an issue. The thing is the judge says they knew he was there and knew what the rules were to follow and still did not do it. It seems to me its still a somewhat open and shut case. For this gentleman in arlington, this could become a bigger issue. I would add only one thing. I would hope they would incorporate in the settlement money for training so that this doesnt happen again. Johnnie cochran used to do that. He would have big rewards and the family would get x amounts. And then there would be money set aside for the Police Agency to have training, which would preeventual it from happening again. Thats what i would strongly recommend. This makes no sense whatsoever. You have to wonder if this isnt a time for the penal system. I mean ive read colby kings columns on this in the post and any number of investigations have been around about people just like this or improperly treated or some people have had medical conditions and theyve died. Really the critics say it just has to change. Alexandria bans flying the flag. The Confederate Flag will no longer fly twice a year on state property. Theyre hoping to pass the raising on confederate mourning day in may. Its currently at the intersection of washington street. What do you think of the idea . It gets us into the old discussion of the flag again, what it means, what it represents, how it hurts people. At the same time its a representation of a stand, a cause, if you will, an illfated cause certainly. But the people i talked to said its time the Confederate Flag should go in that area to a more proechlt place. A museum or private ceremony or Something Like that. Many people were surprised that the Confederate Flag still flies several times in alexandria. Everybody knows my position on this. Im like dave. I think it should be in a museum. This issue is not going to go away. Its been a long time coming. And i just think this is part of people saying, you know, lets just get rid of it. Were one country. Were not two countries. The civil war is over. Very monte, everybody does not feel that way. Do you think other jurisdictions will follow suit . I think what you see in South Carolina. Virginia, what you saw in richmond, there can be those who will show others to follow if South Carolina and virginia can do it. Were talking about the Confederate Flag. I will say i was surprised. I was surprised it was a unanimous vote. And theyre talking about possibility renaning streets and highways. There are 33 of those. Thats going to be dicey. The fact that it went through, i would say its progress, its not rewriting history. Its communities deciding what and who you want to honor as a nation and that will be a continued debate. Ill add one thing. If you rename the streets, you take away the reason why people get angry. Gore by dal said it one time. The Edward Pettus bridge which was a horrific demonstration where people were mauled by the police. People might forget why that bridge, what that name Edmund Pettus means. So some of these symbols might be a bad reason. I think thats so tied to a movement and a particular time, and i think thats a perfect example of the ed monday pettus brid bridge. I think thats a little different. Having crossed ed mumd pettus bridge, what i do here is theyre hoping hes rolling over in his grave. The other thing, too, keep in mind a lot of people dont know this. Did you know that robert e. Lee at his funeral did not want the Confederate Flag posted . His view was over, we won and even though he had a problem with africanamericans and his views are certainly not consistent with what we believe today, he was really unstru mental. They said, no, its over. Weve got to become United States citizens. Weve got to move on. Thank you. Thats reporters notebook. Im pat lawson muse. Stay with us now as news4 today continues. \ good morning. Im angie goff. Im adam tuss. Today is the day the new Transit Center finally opens to the public. It makes its debut in about 30 minutes. Well have a live report coming up later on news4 today to see how things are going after the highly anticipated opening. Two wildfires in Northern California have destroyed 1,000 homes, 6,400 are in the fires path, five have died. We want to go to tom kierein who has more on the fresh change. Hey, tom. Good morning. Starting off with low humidity moving in from the west. The winds picking up a little bit this morning and looking off fr to the east, a peaches and cream sunrise on this sunday morning. A beautiful day. Right now storm team 4s radar not showing any rain. Might have a sprinkle around tl shenandoah valley. The High Resolution radar not showing any clouds in the vicinity. Shenandoah valley and panhandle and suburbs midto upper 60s. Near 70 right around the chesapeake bay. A look at the forecast for the papal visit coming up in a few minutes. Tom, thanks. Right now the coast guard are searching for migrants. Rescue boats have picked up 20 survivors so fafrmt hundreds of thousands of migrants are fleeing to europe to avoid violence in the middle east. The ride to conquer cancer continues today after a tragedy. A rider was killed during yesterdays first leg of the race. The alexandria man died after a car hit him in howard county. The accident happened. He went around a curve and crossed the center lines. An suv hit him. This morning the Fire Department is mourning the loss of one of its own. She retired. She had been with the department for 29 years. Police are still investigating that crash. A permanent memorial is now in place to honor the legacy of allison ward and adam. A helicopter dropped roses at the memorial. What were doing here with this long lasting tribute. We have scholarships in place for them. They will never be forgotten. Well, donations from this weekends remembrance all went twaurnd funds set up in allisons and adams lanes. Investigators say ballistic evidence from the same gun matches the first four shootings. He claims he pawned the gun months ago before the shootings began. There have been 11 confirmed shootings. Right now the police can onto connect the suspect to four. Police in an run dal county say they caught the man accuse 60 to 90minute sexually assaults two women. Police say he sexually assaulted a woman on crane highway and last thursday a woman was attacked on Hospital Drive less than two miles from this first incident. Three children are recovering in a hospital this morning after a horrific boat accident. Take look at the aftermath. All the kids were under 10 years old. They were flown to a hospital in d. C. A 3yearold was in cy critical collision. The 9yearold was badly burned. 59 yfrld girl and the adults were not hurt. Still no word on why the boat exploded. What a welcome for pope francis as he gets ready for his biggest event in cuba. Up to a Million People are filling revolution square in havana for a mass that will happen at 9 00 this morning. Then this afternoon the pope will meet with cuban president raul castro and his brother fidel that i will be there because you will be there. See you in philadelphia. Well, thats the welcome pope francis sent to philadelphia in english to help them get excited for his visit next weekend. Crews in philly are still trying to put together the stage when he comes to the world meeting on f families. Next week pope francis will speak at Independence Mall and hold a mass on Benjamin Franklin parkway. Coming up here, you can hear more about the steps on the silver line. Theyll cover the bridge expansion over centreville road. Construction is expected to start in two weeks there. On tuesday, a new greenhouse will open at the high school. Those fruits and vegetables will eventually be use for the schools cafeteria. A housing plan will add close to 16,000 apartments by the year 2040. The board listened to three hours of personal and heartfelt testimony from those who have benefitted from the countys existing housing. That testimony apparently swayed lawmakers decisions in favor of that plan. It mate be the most intimate part of the popes trip to d. C. What the pope expects to see when he meets with the homeless this week. And the literary another marathon debate and the pope. Talking all about it, moderator of meet the press, chuck todd. Good morping. Good morning. What did you make of it . Did you make it through the ten. Were going have the last hour of it this morning. It was as advertised what i thought it would be. You felt a little sense of i think desperation of candidates trying to be relevant yochl u saw an entire field comfortable going after trump now. I think that was pretty clear. And you saw a candidate in Carly Fiorina get an opportunity and take advantage of the opportunity. She did well. Right. When you take a look at it, i think she did well. Of the frontrunner, i think ben carson missed opportunity. Here he was center stage and this is not his strong suit clearly, the debate format. And i think jeb bush calmed his donors down. If youre trump, you have to get nervous that the whole field is beating you up and maybe, you know, is your shtick wearing thin . Is there a second act because its wearing thin. The backandforth between him and fiorina was between she and him. And that stone face she gave him was a moment. It was great to see Chris Christie play moderator. Hey, children, calm down. By the way, of what i would call the desperate candidates, the ones that were trying to stay afloat, i think he did the best among them. I want go to the other side among the democrats. I feel like were in a different place than we were a week ago with joe biden and that emotional interview with colbert. Now were hearing rumblings from his aides. Hes traveled all over from detroit to los angeles to columbus. Anywhere hes met, hes been having private meetings. And my sources in all of those different cities are all saying the same thing. He wants to run, hes saying hes ready to run, hes saying his family is on board, yes, hes still trying to figure out the emotional part of this, but theres also some nuts and bolts that he hasnt fully answered the question but he does feel as if hes a edge closer. Quickly, the pope here do, you think this will have an impact politically . What can this do . Hes bound to. This is unlike any other pay pap visit we have seen. John paul ii, benedict, they were all sort of above the fray a bit. Hes going to be a political participant this week wlrks its on climate challenge, whether its on human rights issues. Im sure hes going to way in on the refugee conflict. Its going to be fascinating to watch. Were going to see the pope replace trump in the headlines, right . Definitely for the week. The impact he has on stirring the debate, particularly on climate change, its going to be interesting. Hell have an impact on traffic. This morning were having ben carson, kasich, and jamie dimon. You can see meet the press right after news4 today. Speaking of the pope, after the pope meets with members of congress thursday, heal have what may be the most impactful part of the trip. Reporter its easy to look at a line like this and just think homeless people, and getting to know them isnt easy. Its hard. But not impossible. Ive been homeless off and on. Reporter scott morgan came to the st. Maria meal. Its the smallest stop on his trip. Maybe the most important because he actually gets to interact with people currently on streets who are struggling. Reporter people looking for something to sustain not just their bodies but souls. Theyre hoping to hear words of encouragement. Reporter dr. John ensler is excited. Where were sitting right now, hell be here to bless this chapel. Reporter not just a pope. This pope. Pope francis lives the message. He seems to be want to be with those. What would i say to the holy father right now . I would actually say thank you for actually addressing the refug refugees. Reporter scott morgan has been watching whats happening in 00 gra gary and appreciates the pope challenging the catholics to help them. Reporter if he gets an audience with pope francis, hell say, thank you. Also ill welcome him to the u. S. Now. Father ensler will be with pope francis while he niece d. C. Father ensler is officiating a mass at 8 00 at st. Bartholomews in bethesda. The active times looked at campus dining and Athletic Facilities at 50 colleges nationwide. Virginia tech ranked number one because of its organic options, fitness experts and dynamicdyna are you ready to do this . Yesterday people got a chance to test their strength. Teams of 25 tried their tugging at this 156,000foot airbus. They do this every year. Its impressive every year. It gets the crowd farid up. It all goes to a good cause. It was hot. Just to make it a little bit harder, they loaded the plane up with weights. They stopped video. They pulled up hard enough the plaep took off. It was amazing. It was close. There it is. Weve got a bit of a blustery wind now coming in from the north and west and the cooling is down a little bit. Its going take a couple manufacture hours for the lower humidity to move in. It really is dropping in shenandoah valley. Temperatures right now are near 70 in washington. Low 60s. Shenandoah valley valley out of the mountains. s down 20s. It will be partly sunny and breezy by 8 00 a. M. Then hitting upper 70s maybe around 3 00 briefly as we get increasing sunshine. So a mild and very pleasant. High temperatures north and west. Shenandoah valley, panhandle of West Virginia. Into the mountains. Lots of sunshine there. Theyll be in the upper 70s to near 80. Southern maryland, northern maryland. Beautiful day around the bay. Partly cloudy. A delightful september day coming up. Great football weher. The kickoff is at 1 00. Well have the great weather for the tailgaters early as we get going later this morning. Well be in the mid70s for that. Then by kickoff time, the up err 70s. A few clouds and blustery wind coming through. Tomorrow morning, a chill in the air drachlts your students accordingly. They wont need their shorts and short jacket. Have an umbrella handy too. Long sleeves. It will be cooler with a slight chance of a passing shower and highs around 70. A lot of clouds around. Again, a possibility of a shower. We certainly could welcome that. Maybe all its going to do is tamp down the dust. Then on tuesday the pope arrives in the afternoon. Mid70s and partly cloudy. And for the papal visit on wednesday and thursday, now it is look beautiful. Right around 08 during the afternoon noons. Then on friday, partly sunny. Thats a small chance of a sprinkle. Highs in the upper 0s. Both of those days with morning lows in the low to mid60s. Average high this time of year, upper 70s. Average low is right around 60. That is pretty much the average as we get into the weekend. Thats the way it looks. Well call it divine intervention. Thank you, tom. The moment of truth tonight. Whos going to take home the plays throughout sometimes, at last doesnt happen at first. Your dad just kissed my mom. Turning two worlds into one takes love. Helping protect that world takes state farm. Good morning, everyone. Paefr sunday for shall e we say revenge against the rams. A 240 loss and fans headed to the exits early. The redskins, not too wired about history. Theyre just trying to avoid an 02 start to the season. Sits definitely on our mind. Were playing a team that embarrassed us last year. Were coming up with a good game, especially at this time of year because you dont want to in a situation think shoulda, woulda, coulda. You have a lot of young guy playing a lot of ball. It will put the guys in the right mindset. It can get the team on the role. If you lose it can put them on the wrongway. Redskins and rams kick off at 1 00. Im dave johnson. Enjoy week two of the nfl season. Coming up, best selling author jack auth author Jackie Collins died of breast cancer. Her breakthrough book came in 1983 titled hollywood wives. It sold 15 million copies. Collins was 77 years old. Tonights the night. Will jon hamm take home an emmy. Nbcs mike will break it down. His final season playing don draper finally get him a trophy for lead actor. Im very, very thrilled to have been part of the show and sorry to see it end. Mad men has never won a single acting emmy. If it doesnt happen, i cant imagine. Hes sort of the status loser in television history. For outstanding lead actress. Viola davis in how to get away with murder is killing the competition, but she could lose the emmy because she didnt submit her most memorable scene. She did not show that moment where she took off her wig and everyone has been talking about it. The real battle of the night, best drama were game of thrones versus mad membership. Theyve gotten 24 nominations. I think game of tloehrones is gg to win. We loved him on breaking bad. As for the ladies its a raise twoos ouzo adieu ba who worst lanier and hee tell. It culminated with a walk of shame where she was naked walked through the streets with people throwing garbage at her. Thats pretty tough to beat. Another development, adam . Yeah. At tonights award ceremony, no selfie sticks. Theyve been banned from the that it teller. I didnt know they actually brought them in. Theyre saying its for safety reasons. Youre not dwoimg to see the cool big shotting. You look so funny. It gets in the way of others trying to take pictures. How much Good Television there actually is out there right now. But i was surprised to see that mmad men not got an awar. That includes an hour by hour look at ava and i needed a little vacay. But we needed to watch our spending. Meaning i needed to watch nikki. Shes the spender. Im the saver. So, mobile banking from td bank helps me keep track. For both of us. She was just browsing. We gotta go. Im ava. Im nikki. And we bank human at td bank. What . What can i make for you . How about one of our reuben sandwiches . Choose from tender corned beef or oven roasted turkey breast, topped with sauerkraut, melty swiss cheese and thousand island dressing. Enjoy one while theyre here subway. Eat fresh. Right now on news4 today its finally going to happen. The metro hub in Silver Spring is about to open. What it means for patterns coming up. Plus the major loss and what families are mourning. What they came home to following a funeral. Off and running into the 7 00 hour. Im adam tuss. Im angie goff. Are you ready for a fresh start . Im ready for pumpkins. Lets see what tom kierein can deliver. Hey, tom. Ive got a blueberry mango yogurt sunrise under way. Heres a live view from the storm team 4 tower camera. Looking off to the east, a promising start to this sunday morning. Just a few clouds are floating through. Thats part of a front thats bringing in some lower humidity and some cooler temperatures. Over the last few hours you have a few sprinkles right around winchester. Storm team 4 radar not showing any rain around the vicinity as this front is coming through dry this morning. Temperatures are beginning to drop out of the mountains as is the humidity. Shenandoah valley and points west. Mid60s. Nearby suburbs. Downtown near 70 right near the bay water asnd that that bright sun coming up. Well have a look at how long this fresh change may last and the forecast for the paypal visit for the coming week. Thats coming right up. Thank you, tom. Happening today, the long awaited Silver Spring Transit Center is opening. Can you believe it . The threeyear, 140 million project is getting ready to welcome many. Millions in cost overruns but now its ready to roll. Taxis will also be there. News4s derrick ward is there. Hes going to show us how things are going a little later on news4 today. In a few hours a million cubans are expected to watch pope francis deliver sunday mass in revolution scare. Later hell meet with cuban president raul castro and his brother fidel. He called on both countries to do more to normalize. Keynote forget weve got more to cover in just three days. Well bring you breaking news alerts when he arrivings and well keep you up to speed on everything like traffic delays. Theres going to be plenty of those for sure. Here are four things you need to know traveling around town once the pope does get here. As angie mentioned he arrives on tuesday. First things first, the most disruptive day will be wednesday from a road closure and a metro perspective. Now t Brookland Metro station is going to be extremely business on wednesday. Brookland is the closest to the basilica shrine at the immaculate conception. We know some details about the popes movement but there will are others we dont know. If you dont have a together to the canonization mass. The best chance is around the public parade around the white house on wednesday morning. Lots going on. Right now we continue to follow a tragedy in prince georges county. A springdale family already coping with the loss of a loved one now has to start over yet again. While they were at the funeral, their home was heavily damaged in a horrific fire. News4s Darcy Spencer has more now from the scene. Reporter these photos show the heavy fire and thick black smoke that virtually destroyed this home on endicott place in springdale. Nobody was home. Thats bus they were at the Ebenezer Church of god a few miles away for the funeral of wilson. He died september 5th. Family decided to bury him today, which would have been his 60th birthday. We heard some people say the house is tote ally burned, some saying the roof is gone, but at that time, no one really knew. Reporter they quickly found out the worst. The fire was reported around 1 30 in the afternoon. Flames were shooting from the top floors. Wilsons widow and other loved ones raced from the funeral as firefighters worked to get the flames under control. They spent the afternoon across the street comfortable one another and receiving guests. This is very difficult. On the day you bury one of your relatives, you learn your home, which is the second most important thing is also gone. Two firefighters were taken to the hospital. One for electrical shock. One for minor burns. The heat from the fire was so intensity melted the sidings on the homes on both sides of the home. The next question is what happens next. Things happen in threes. We hope it doesnt happen in this case. Well, investigators are still trying to figure out how that fire started but right now theres an estimated 200,000 in damages done. A Memorial Service will be held this morning for a young woman killed by alleged drunk drivers in spotsylvania. The victim, Samantha Sumter was 25 years old. Police say several called reporting a car driving dangerously. They tried to catch up to the car. It70y÷ hit two other vehicles a then sumters car head on. Witnesses say passengers were hanging beer oust the window and yelling. The Funeral Service starts at 11 00 this morning. D. C. Police arrested two. Marcellus green was found shot to death on 28th street after 1 00 a. M. In the morning. They chased down a car. Both are facing firstdegree charges. Another man was shot and killed. This is the same place a man was shot sitting on a metrobus. D. C. Police now offering a 25,000 award for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction of those responsibility for this homicide. Developing this morning out of california, were getting new numbers showing the devastation caused by two wildfires in the northern part of the state 1. 000 homes have been destroyed so far. 6,400 others in the fires path. Five have died. Fires are 50 contained. Over 100degree temperatures and winds are threatened any progress. In a matter of days the department of agriculture will begin spraying for mosquitos around laurel. Now, there will be a half a dozen nospray zones you can go to if youre worried about being around chemicals. Well post those in our nc washington app. By the way, this will be the last mosquito spraying session for the year. Right now you can catch the metro train to the navy race. If closest stop to the starting line is the smithsonian station. Okay. This video is something youve got to see. This yacht is on fire. Get this. The entire family is on board. Why theyre thanking the family this morning. A develop story where two children were hit in a driveby shooting. Tragic update when we come back. I had quite a couple of days as you noticed. And donald trump explaining why he did not speak up after a supporter called president obama a muslim. Welcome back. Two children have died after a driveby shooting. The adults were shot but expected to be okay. Police dont believe the shooting was a random act. A Salt Lake City man is accused of killing two adults and their baby. Police arrested him for murder. The three victims were found shot to death friday night. The family was renting the upstairs part of his home while he lived in the basement. Police have not said what led up to their deaths. Check this out. A yacht goes up in flames includes four people with a 6yearold on board. Take a look. You can see the boat is totally engulfed in flames. It happened off the gulf in texas. A passerby called the coast guard. They got off in time as the boat sank. The fire started in the engine. Take a look at this. Inside this inferno are 20, yes, 20 vehicles. They went up in flames outside a condo complex in st. Louis. It happened saturday morning. People ran out to find their cars engulfed in flames and exploding one by one. The bomb and arson unit is trying the figure out how uall f this happened. Coming up. And we do want to take a live look outside. What a beautiful shot on a sunday morning. But its going to feel a lot different than it did yesterday. The fresh change. Tom kierein said youre going to feel. Heres a few things youre going to feel. You can check it out. Theres the makerfare with krakts for the kidders. Its appreciate day. Thank you to all our servicemembers. They can get job training and at 7 15, were going to take a look. As donald trump huge makes his way. On the controversial comments about president obama trump did not address the reporter. He did address the issue via twitter at the appearance in iowa. They wanted me to speak up in favor of the president. Do i think hes going to speak up for me . Why do i think hes not . Some question whether his bubble will soon burst. Up this morning on meet the press, chuck todd will speak with ben carson and john kasich. On the other side of the aisle, joe biden may be close to milwaukeeing a run for president. Biden has been weighing the president ial campaign but has been struggling with the decision since the death of his son beau. Hell need to make that decision soon, however. The first debate will be held in october. There were aweinspeiering stunts and maneuvers. A chance to get up close to military plane. Tens of thousands came out to watch the pilots show off all their stunts. Derrick ward shows us that it was well worth the wait. Reporter floating, soaring, and tull blinmbling its been t years. Its exciting to be back. Reporter they lined up to touch a war hoog or touch an osprey. There are some you cant tach like the 535 lightning due to be combatready sometime next year. A lot of this have their foundations in real life operations. We also use the opportunity to tell the public a little bit more about ourselves. Reporter like those who serve on d. C. S International guard. We try to show d. C. We do the Mission Every day. This young boy may take to the skies but he has a few issues to overcome. Im scared of heights. Hes keeping it real. Today the redskins take on the st. Louis rams for sunday football. Kickoff is at 1 00. Skins lost their first game this season and the team, get this, has only won seven games in the last two seasons. Well see if they can get it done today. But a lot of people are headed out to fedex again this week wondering what the weather will be like. Should they bring a light jacket . No. No. It should be perfect. You can come out in short sleeves. Lower humidity. It was sweltering. With the heat, we got it. Arriveder arrivederci, summer, and hello, fall. There are clouds associated with a cold front thats pushing in some of the lower humidity and pushing a few clouds now. Partly sunny through 8 00 and the winds are picking up. The latest wind gusts are 15 to 20 miles an hour. It will be upper 60s by 8 00 a. M. Mid afternoon briefly jumping into the upper 70s. About a 10degree difference from yesterdays 80s and back down to the 80s by the afternoon. Temperatures now are in the mid60s north and west of washington. Upper 60s and often the bay. Farther west its in the lower 60s. Shenandoah valley only in the 40s, 50s in the mountains. Look at the afternoon highs. A gorgeous day. Shenandoah valley along the blue ridge and panhandle of virginia. Mid to upper 70s. And in southernmontho marylan 70s. The low humidity moving in there too. Look at the sunset yesterday evening over a sunflower field. This one was posted on my twitter page by jen johnson. Post your picks on facebook and twitter and ill share on tv. Well share on instagram as well. So for the game this afternoon at fedex field, kixoff at 1 00. A bit of a blustery wind and then through the game should be in the 70s. Just a few clouds coming through, but the winds may still be a bit blustery, gusting around 20 to 25 miles an hour. Students tomorrow morning, they need to layer all bit. Wear a light jacket and have an umbrella handy and long sleeves as it will be a cool start, right around 60 degrees and then hitting near 70 tomorrow afternoon. So quite a bit cooler even then. Well have a lot of clouds and a chance of a passing sprinkle. Have an umbrella handle for tomorrow. Mainly during the afternoon, a passing shower is possible. Then driving out just in time, the mid70s. Then on friday, clouds close in. A small chance and then drying out on saturday. Morning lows in the 60s. Thats the way it looks. All right. Thank you very much, john. Coming up, have you heard about the new app that can get you into the hottest restaurant at a discount . I have. Were going to take you for a spin and p well, weve all run into trouble deciding where to go to eat. Now theres an app for that. How many decisions go into that . Theres a lot of back and forth in my household. That decision can be made for you in less than ten seconds all while saving you money. Check it out. Some of the most memorable meals out can be those that dont always go as planned. But in the nations most powerful city, planning is everything, and when it comes to dining, it can be a downright pain. Doesnt matter if its friends, family, you spend 15 minutes talking about where to eat. Reporter its that ageold question theyve answered. Theyre helping people find a place to eat every day. Heres how it works. Pick your neighborhood, spin, and wherever you land is where you score the biggest deal of the day. The discount can be as high as 35 and is based on factors like date, time, and weather. Prices on tuesday at 2 00 p. M. When its raining should not be the same as friday night at 6 00 p. M. 10 adds up to an extra beer at the bar. Reporter and its fun, especially when she lands on a favor its like you hit the lottery for a second. Reporter like a game, there are perks particularly in sharing not necessarily at the table or the bar but hosting about your experience online can get you more points and that can translate into more spins. Reporter restaurants say theyre winning too. Gets more traffic on slower days and real feedback from customers. When a customer comes in, they do a review, its gps verified. We know they came in and its not our competitors, for example, saying something bad about us. Reporter the reviews are done through the app. Because its so new there could be some confusion. Internally in the restaurant it could be a tough time. But as we grow, its become easier and easier. Reporter so far more than 200 restaurants have signed on. They include hubs of due point and rockville. An app feeding an appetite for Something Different by feeding a wheel that always gives a deal. Angie goff, news4. Weve been spinning it this morning. Regardless f of where you land, you can get your 10 . You get your highest did kounlt right there in the middle, which would be at angelicos and then 10 off everyone else. This would eliminate any sort of like debate about whats going on like here it is, boom, boom, boom, thats where we should go. The biggest thing i heard on the street they average like 40,000 spin as month, 250,000 users. Its all locals. They say one thing it urges them is it gets them to try something new. It expands their taste buds. I love it. Yeah. Its pretty cool. I love it. I will be there because you will be there. See you in philadelphia. Well, its one of the first messages in english for pope francis. Its how hes getting ready for his newest visit and the problem theyre rushing to fix in philadelphia right now. And its going feel more like fall today. Tom is also timing out when we could see rain in the workweek ahead. And developing, a desperate search going on in greaece afte a boat in todays top story, the Transit Center is finally open. Well have more for you. 6,400 are in the fires path. The firefighters have it more than 50 contained. Right now rescue workers are searching for refugees. A boat with 43 sunk off the isla island. Hundreds of thousands are fleeing to europe to avoid violence in the middle east. Good morning. Im angie goff. Its very busy. Im adam tuss. Were going have the general manager here coming up at 9 00. We have a lot coming up. As angie said, good morning. Im adam tuss. We want to talk about the weather. Weve got a change in the air. Weve got a big change going on, right, tom kierein . Yeah. As you walk the dog youll need a light jacket. We have clouds right now. We have clouds lined up like church pews gracing over the horizon. It will clear later this morning and well have increasing sunshine. Right now storm team 4 showing no rain in the vicinity. Its cool, low to mid60s. Shenandoah valley low 60s. Out of the mountains, look at oakland, 46, petersburg is 60 around the bay. Upper 60s to right around 70 degrees. A look at this dry pattern continui continuing. Look at the papal visit. Thats coming up. A rider was killed during yesterdays loefg the race. An alexandria man died after a car hid him. It happened in mt. Airy. Police say he was going around a curve and crossed the center line. An suv hit him. The driver wasnt hurt. This morning the prince georges fire didnt is mourning one of its own. Coll carla blue was killed in a car accident. Police are still investigating that. A permanent memorial is in place to honor Alison Parker and adam ward. Im so fortunate to have been the person saved. What were doing here with this long lasting tribute, we have scholarships that are in place for them. They will never be forgotten. Donations from this weekends remembrance all went toward scholarship funds set up in alisons and adams names. Police say the gun used in several freeway shootings once belonged to allan Leslie Merritt jr. In his First Court Appearance he told the judge they had the wrong guy. Right now police can only connect the suspect to four of them. Police in Anne Arundel County say they caught the man accused of sexually assaulting two women. Steven proctor is charged. He sexually assaulted a woman on crane highway back in july and last thursday another woman was attacked on Hospital Drive less than two miles from the first incident. Three children recovering at a hospital after a horrific boat accident in calvert county. All the kids were under t10 yeas old and flown to the hospital. A 9yearold was seriously burned. The other girl and adult were not badly hurt. No word on why that boat exploded. What a welcome for pope francis as he gets ready for his biggest event in cuba. Up to a Million People are filling revolution square in havana for a mass that will happen at k th9 00 this morning. Then the pope will meet with cuban president raul castro and fidel. I will be there because you will be there. See you in phil philadelphia. Thats the welcome pope francis sent to philadelphia in english to help them get excited for his visit next weekend. Crews in philly are still trying to put together the stage when he comes for the world meeting of families. Next weekend hell speak at Independence Hall and hold a mass on Benjamin Franklin parkway. Dont worry. Weve got you covered which happens in just three days. Well send you breaking news alerts when he gets here and keep you updated on big issues like traffic delays. Coming up in the week ahead, you can learn more about the next steps for the silver line. A meeting on thursday at Herndon Elementary School will cover the expansion over the road. Now, on tuesday, a new greenhouse opens at centreville high school. It will be used to help teach students about disabilities about growing food. Those fruits and vegetables will eventually be used in cafeteria. The Arlington County board affordably passes a housing plan. It will add close to 16,000 apartments by the year 2040. The board listened to three hours of personal and heartfelt testimony from those who benefitted from the countys existing housing. That apparently swayed lawmakers decisions in favor of that plan. A popular restaurant already dropped their spokesperson who admitted to lying about being in the twin towers on september 11th. He gets to keep his one job. Who will walk away with the emmy and the actor who lied about being in the twin towers on september 11th is now keeping his show on comedy central. Steve ran a see city lied about it. They decided to run the premiere of his new standup show breaking dad last night. Bestselling author Jackie Collins has died of breast cancer. Her breakthrough book came in 1983 titled hollywood wives. It sold more more than 15 million copies. Her family said she led a wonderfully full life and was a trailblazer in womens fiction. Tonights the night. Were talking about the emmy awarding happening tonight. Lots of folks wonder willing jon hamm finally take home an award. Im surprised he doesnt have one. Whats the other . Game of tloens. They have 24 total nominations, so its sure to get at least one golden statue. Theyre saying if jon hamm doesnt get an award i cant imagine. Hes sort of the saddest loser in television history. Dont know. Hes done pretty well. We also learned that selfie sticks are banned from tonights ceremony. Officials cite safety as a reason. Dont look for any of those group shots. You know, ellen did the original one, which was really cool. Yeah. That was viral. I think that was the most tweeted picture. Theyre going have to come up with something new. Well, one group of catholics are especially excited about the ponti pontiffs visit. How their connection with the pope makes history. Will it rain when the pope is here. When tom says well see showers next. Here are a few events happening today. The office of human rights is having a picnic to celebrate diversity. It starts at 1 00 until 3 00. And the curefest to end Childhood Cancer is going on at the national mall. It starts at 11 00 and th welcome back. The todd show is next on nbc 4. It starts at 8 00. Erica and craig live at 8 00. Good morning. Good morning. Youre back. We let them back in for another day. Nice sunrise. National cathedral. Very nice. Very nice. Speaking of cathedral. Look at that segue. In all seriousness, were coveraging the pope whos in cuba as he kicks off his trip to the United States. Tens of thousands to see him on his first day there. The pope has strong words getting a lot of attention. This morning we have more on his visit and his message. Remembering Jackie Collins. The best selling author died late yesterday after a sixyear battle with cancer. Well take a look at her remarkable life this morning. Could this be the year jon hamm goes home with an emmy. Hes never won. Of course, now that mmad men s ov over, theyd like to see don draper recognized. Fantasy football. How you can get rich quick and Congress Takes a look at the fantasy sports. A Live Performance from cellist yoyo ma th. People think he looks big. Cant believe he eat not won anything yet. I know. This is the year. A lot of folks are saying this is the year. Well see. Tough category. Bye. See you in a bit. When pope francis coming to d. C. This week, its going to be spatial celebration for hispanic catholics. There are thousands of hispanic catholics in our area waiting to see the pope. Hes our pope. Reporter father cant wait to welcome the first hispanic pope to washington. He pastors our lady, queen of the Americas Catholic Church in northwest d. C. There are more than 200,000 hispanic catholics in the archdiocese alone, all eager to embrace their pope its the same excitement that polish used to feel for john paul ii. Now it is our turn. Hes our voice, our champion. He says theres a familiarity about the pope that resonates with latinos. And the pope not only speaks spanish. He feels like us. He thinks in a way like us, so hes presenting this church that with are so familiar with the. Popes mass of the basilica will be on wednesday. Still he says he doesnt believe anybody will struggle to understand. On the contrary he says with a romantic language like spanish, he believes it will be a message that penetrates the soul. We believe that that message is going to stay with us longer. Its going to go from our heads to our hearts. While the focus of the popes message is still unknown, he believes that it will be about people. Hes going to be inviting the government here and the church and the society in the United States to also look at the person as of the center of everything politics. The laws and everything. Will there ever be another pope like this one for the hispanic communities . There are pockets. Were not closing the door to other hispanic popes. Lots of excitement certainly for the pope. Know. And the weather, it looks like its going to be pretty nice for the visit. Just in time. Its looking up. Weve had this dry pattern thats been continuing here for the last several weeks and this morning clouds coming through. They did produce a few sprinkles around winchester a couple of hours ago, but thats it. Now the try air returns and its turning cooler as well. As we take a look outside h e have a few clouds floating over the metro area. Clouds over the capitol. Theyll be gone here over the next couple of hours. Right now were in the low to mid60s in the suburbs and rural areas. Panhandle of West Virginia and out in the mountains. In the 40s in western maryland. Quite a chill coming through there. Milder around the bay where its still humid. Nearby suburbs in the 60s. Post your pictures. I took this one yesterday at the bluebird blues festival. Had a great time there. A lot of people showed up there, and i want to thank the nbc 4 crew. I was there along with veronica johnson. Jim handly, pat lawson hughes. We had a terrific time yesterday. It was great seeing so many of our nbc 4 viewers. There are clouds but theyll be ot. By 8 00, 9 00, well be in the mid70s. By mid afternoon, upper 70s. Mid70s by 5 00 p. M. Highs all around the region from the mountains to the bay will be in the 70s today with just a few clouds coming through. A terrific day with low humidity passing by on a blustery wind that may be kicking up to around 20 miles an hour. So thatmay be a bit of a factor for the game. The kickoffs at 1 00. But good weather for tailgating this morning. A bit of blustery wind. Just a few clourds around in the upper 70s. Mid afternoon. Back down to mid70s by late afternoon. Then monday morning you need to dress accordingly for cool weather. Light dressing. Heading back home from work and school you might need that with a passion shower and cooler with highs only in the low 70s tomorrow. A lot of clouds around and about a 40 chance of a passing shower. Then the popes plane lands around 4 00 on a tuesday afternoon. And for all the events of the papal visit on wednesday and thursday, heaven scent weather. As we get into the new england weekend. Look dry, still, low in the 60s each day. Average high this type of year is upper 70s. Were finally getting toward the typical september weather. Thats the way it looks. Tom, you to hold onto that heaven sent as a hash tag. Like that. Will do. The black lives matter folks in florida are angry over an upcoming bear hunt. Theyve decided to send their own message creating a whole new controversy. Reporter signs like this saying black bear lives matter popping up in neighborhoods. I think its uncalled for. Theres no reason to kill them. Reporter she said sits an Important Message to help folks smile its fun and something i definitely want to stand up for. Reporter the signs are no laughing matter for the people behind black lives matter. Theyve been used to protest the deaths of young blan men. Youre equating the black lives that were killed by Law Enforcement to a bear, thats wrong and not funny. Reporter sharon helped create the controversial signs and sold them on facebook and told them about the criticism. Honestly we didnt mean for this to be offensive as all. Will you continue to sell the signs . I think not. Well take them down. We dont want to offend anybody. Reporter nor does hogue. Our intention was never to offend anybody. Weve got to the redskins today. Whats the weather going to be like . The navys half air force. Its a great day for running if youre about to walk the dog or do your own run or ride your bike on the path, a pufl day. Youll be bucking the winds at 20 miles an hour. Upper highs in 270s. Lookin good morning. Francis and his flock. Tens of thousands of cubans line the streets for pope francis, as his historic visit gets underway. The pontiff praising the new relationship between cuba and the u. S. , and telling nbc news he cant wait to meet the people of the United States. We are live in cuba. No apologies. After a rare 24hours of silence, donald trump speaking out. Defending himself for not correcting a supporter who called president obama a muslim. For the first time in my life, i got in trouble by not saying anything. Why trump says he was in a nowin situation. Plea of innocence. All i have to say is im the wrong guy. I triedli