For the 1. 2 billion catholics around the world, then he should step down. Its something that nobody has considered in modern times. A pope today has to conduct, you know, hundreds if not thousands of audiences, meetings, encounters every year. It takes a tremendous physical toll. Reporter Pope Benedict xiv has just said i had enough of this. Hes also been kind of a lowkey person, who just wanted to retire into a Spiritual Life. Thats exactly what he will do now. He will retire to Spiritual Life into a monastery in the vatican for the rest of his life, while somebody else will take his place. President obama reacted with this statement today. He said on behalf of americans everywhere, michelle and i wish to extend our precious and prayers to his holyness Pope Benedict xiv. Michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009 and ive appreciated our Work Together over the last four years. The church plays a Critical Role in the United States and the world, an i wish the best to those who will soon gather to his Pope Benedict xivs successor. D. C. s Catholic Community is also reacting to the surprising announcement. News4s tony tull talked with the archbishop of washington and churchgoers about the popes decision to step down. Pope benedict xiv to resign. Not that long ago i was in rome and the holy father made no indication at all. Though the cardinal would not specifically comment on who may take Pope Benedicts place, he did mention however the impact he will leave behind. Pope benedict xivs legacy is his engagement of faith with the modern world. Randy thomas was on his way to 7 00 a. M. Math at st. Matthew when he heard the news, news a surprise to him and many others. Wow, thats pretty amazing, because i really admire him, you know, the pope and all that. To see him go to retire due to his health, you know, thats kind of like an early start. He didnt last too long. Over at the basilica, churchgoers were supportive of the popes decision. Even when youre not feeling well, some people just keep going on, but maybe its the best for him. He visited the basilica back in 2008 where he addressed the the chair he sat in still on display. For morgan white, this action is one she never imagined. I didnt think i would see two popes elected in my lifetime. Tony tull, news4. We invite you to stay with news4 for more on the popes abdication. Coming up at 4 30, some cardinals talk about what theyll look for when selecting a successor. Now some incredible video of the tornado as it tore through hattiesburg in the southern part of the state. The twister destroyed hundreds of homes and vehicles, knocking down trees. But no one was killed that twister was part of a wave of severe storms that ripped through several counties in mississippi. One daylight hit, Emergency Management officials were able to get a better sense of all the damage. However as nbc reports, heavy rain today hampered the cleanup effort. Area views sunday confirmed it stayed on the ground for some 75 miles, which Officials Say actually gave people in its path plenty of time to seek safety. I tell anybody when you hear the sirens, you know its for real. Reporter the halfhour warning kept serious casualties to a minimum. When a tornado is bearing down, it gives you the opportunity to respond, to get to a place of safety within your home. Reporter of more than 80 people hurt, only two were critically injured. Hattiesburg was especially hard hit by the twister, caught on camera tearing through downtown shortly before sunset sunday when it wasnt very crowded because most businesses were closed. Still, dozens of buildings were left mangled, including offices of the local red cross. Theyre devastated theyre not knowing where theyre going. Reporter this prompted a warning from the governor. Do not become a sightseer. This is not an amusement park. This is the scene of a disaster, and we will treat you as such. Reporter the storms dumped more rain on already saturated ground. On the home front, cloudy here, but certainly calmer. Get ready, though. We have big changes. Von cashes it was warmer today. Yeah, it was. A few breaks throughout the area. You can see more of that happening to the north and west of frederick, maryland, just north of front royal. Areas of western maryland clearing out, so its clearing skies tonight. Our temperatures will be cool. You request see right now they sit at 52 degrees. 55 in manassas, and even higher temperatures to the south and west. 58 degrees around warren ton. Faulkiers county, so forecasts, as we look at your city planner for ft. Washington, well drop to 50 degrees by 7 00 p. M. As we getting to 9 00 p. M. , 47 degrees. So on your fast forecast, clearing out, yes, for the evening, more sunshine tomorrow, and weve got a storm system to talk about for midweek, could give us a chance of snow. Ill have the details coming right up. Thanks, v. J. Raising the stakes, the reward thats leading to new tips as Police Search for a former Police Officer who may be going after former colleagues. The unique offering by a popular tourist the big gamble by folks in Atlantic City. Plus tickets for beyonces d. C. Tour gone in a matter of seconds. Have you missed out . Well tell you. Coming up on news4 at 4, she is was one of the deejays involved in the prank call that ended with a nurses suicide. But now shes getting a fres investigators are trying to figure out why a gunman opened fire inside a deck aware courthouse. Police say he walked into the building and xwe again shooting. Officers returned fired. Two women died in the exchange, and the gunman is also dead. Police tell us two officers also were injured, but their injuries are not considered seniors. At this hour police are not confirming any details about the suspect or his relationship to the victims. Gabby giffords has a new tv commercial out. Its aimed at curbing recent gun violent. Tack it from me, Congress Must act. Lets get this done. Americans for Response Solutions is behind the 30second ad. Thats the group giffords founded with her husband, retired astronaut mark kelly. As you know she was shot in the head two years ago. Six others died. This ad pushes for University Background checks. It will air this week here in the district and air throughout the country. A merge are between American Airlines and us airways is set to take off. What does it mean for passengers . And the highs and lows of last nights grammy awards. Billy bush joins us live. Cooler temperatures are heading our way. woman 3 days of walking to give a break cancer survivor a lifetime thats definitely a fair trade. It was such a beautiful experience. jessica lee and its beautiful woman why walk 60 miles in the boldest Breast Cancer event in history . Because your efforts help komen serve millions of women and men facing Breast Cancer every year. Visit the3day. Org to register or to request more information today. It was 3 days of pure joy. And its beautiful coming up, the top cities for women looking for good salaries. How the d. C. Area stacks up. Stay with us. Im keith russell. This just into the notify noif live desk. Today we have learned that Penn State University is consideration settlement offers from dozens of people impacted by that child sex abuse scandal. The lead lawyer in the negotiations says hes delivered the demands to school officials. Weep keep you posted on what happens from here. Assistant coach jergerry sandus was convicted. Three officials are charged with covering up the case, but all have said they are innocent. Today we have learned about a happy ending from an agonizing wait. Families have received final permission to adopt two kids and take them home. In december president putin banned americans from adopting children as retaliation for u. S. Sanctions and political issues. Last month judges ruled the adoptions could continue. Despite fears of more delays, the families can return home can their new children. At the live desk, im keith russell. Glue and the grammy goes to. Babel. Mumford and sons takes home the album of the year. For somebody that i used to know, and pop rocks fun got best new artist and song of the year. They kept coming up and up on stage a lot. They sure did. The ratings are in. Last nights broadcast got the second highest ratings in a decade. Joining us with a look at some of the highlights billy, rihanna, she performed twice last night. A lot of folks are talking about her cozying up with Chris Brunell last night. Yeah, well, it was four years ago to the day, well, the night before the grammys in 2009, where rihanna didnt make it to the show because she was beaten pretty severely. Its uncomfortable for something watching them could noodling away. The interview on the carpet, and it was not even brought up. There they were, back in love. The night went on forever. We chronicled them all the way through. They arrived separately on the carpet, but ended up in the wee hours of the evening together. It was the shot that all the still photographers, everybody wanted. All that is broken down tonight on the show, but she perform jas first, fashionwise she looked devastatingly gorgeous and performed stay a beautiful balance lad f. Written about him, two troubled souls. She sang beautifully as well. Billy, we know this year there was a fashion dress code, but we also know that everything decided not to follow, so lets start with j. Lo. It goes back to the year 2000. We remember people think it started there. The thing is, though, i dont think anyones at the grammys, i dont think anyones pushed the envelope to that degree in the last 12 years. What would want this memo, this email that went to the presenters and performers telling them no undercurvature of the buttock, no female breast, nipples, all these different things. The one person that broke the rules, hands down, all reports are in, alisha keys. It was the whole second half underneath that was exposed. And rihanna in the red dress, certain elements were pops right through. Other than that, everybody else a lot of people skirted the line, but those are the two major fouls. Beyonce a bit toned down, especially compared to halftime at super bowl last week. Whats the reception to mrs. Carter from last night . Ill tell you what, shes got to do it differently. If everyone else is going to walk the edge and flirt with the wardrobe reinstructions, she goes the other way. Shes going to stand out. She went very damour, stylish, little black and white, the pantsuit. When i think beyonce, i used to think, you know, very sexy and sex i filled. I think she is it pulled it off perfectly. You mentioned alisha keys, we want to show the folks just to go back to it, i think. Are you doing the play by play . We have a banner up over what you were talking about. Were seeing the description, but its tough to top your play by place. How about the song . It ranged, from what i see, if i look at the whole, i would say we had an eighth and a quarter at one point we a half, which is a huge thats 15 yards on the foul. We should say adam levines singing there, he at least covered up his tattoos, which we know he is mothered in. That song was pretty incredible girl on fire. Thank you very much. See you at 7 30 on access hollywood. Thank you, guys. Speaking of queen bee, shes coming to town with many beyonce fans were disappointed when they tried to get a seat for the mrs. Carter show world tour. Tickets for the july 29th show sold out within seconds, seconds this morning. That was no surprise, since many tickets had already been allocated to fan clubs, promoters and credit card companies. We checked. There are Tickets Available on resale sites, and there will be a second july concert july 30th. I dont even want to know how much those tickets are. More winterly days ahead. We have big changes. We have the potential of getting a nuisance weather system storm around here. I think it will affect the afternoon rush on wednesday. Lets talk about today. Its taken us so long to clear the sky out. Shrouded in fog this morning, umhmm. Now were starting to see some clearing skies. Lets go strakt to the maps. Well look at your evening planner. Mostly cloud use sighs, so i think well see more clearing taking place. It will be cool, temperature at 9 00 p. M. , 47 degrees, then its clear and school by 11 00 p. M. As we drop from the current 54 to 46 degrees by 11 00 p. M. On the radar, at least, we dont have any rain at all. Storm team 4 radar, were dry across the area. I think the next precipitation will start showing up on wednesday. Right now it looks like probably during the late morning we could start to see precipitation, so late clearing for us, wince out of the northwest, well have a partly sunny to mostly sunny skies. I think temperatures will be comparable to today. Lies from the low to mid 50s. The next system will start organizing, area of low pressure that will start to dig across the south, around atlanta by the time we get to early wednesday morning, watch this area of low pressure make its way northeastward toward our area early on wednesday, so again were still dry, then that area of low pressure comes up, starting as rain, i think in most locations, but then with colder air coming in, its snow for us, with some accumulation possible for the wednesday evening rush and wednesday night. Right now heres the way its looking. The best chance of accumulation is there will be some chance that well see accumulation, areas around fredericksburg, but the best chance will be north and to the west of d. C. , for gaithersburg, for areas around columbia, maryland, around sterling, best chance of accumulation right in here for the wednesday evening and wednesday early night. Heres a look at your goodnight wakeup forecast, upper 30s by tomorrow morning. Tomorrow afternoon breezy and mild. A look at your fourday forecast from the 50s to 40s, falling on wednesday, briey conditions follow for the remainser of the were. Again the next one coming to us on wednesday, with 730 chance of precipitation, with again a chance of snow near the evening rush. The best accumulation north and west of the area, and well keep you updated, the one coming up for the weekend. Ill have more in just a bit. Thanks, veronica. The action heats up on the season of the biggest loser. We catch up with one of the contestants from maryland at his home. Its the new technology making it tough on our wall either in our area wherever you drive. Were coming right back. A 14yearold boy has been charged with murder, accused of killing his baby sister. Police say the boy admitted beating his 7 moral inside their white oak apartment friday night. They say the mother left him in charge of the child while she worked as overnight shift. He also told police he covered the babys mouth and nose when she started to cry. At this time right now the boy is charged as an adult. News4s pat collins will have the latest on this tragic case. The red light cameras getting more picky, especially in rockville when making a right on red, or if you get caught, its going to cost you 75 bucks. Dish out, nearly 18,000 tickets, thats up substantially from 2011. This new technology, part of the reason for the big increase. Why a local autogroup now says the new cameras might not be fair. Were all concerned about our credit. Its a bigger problem than first thought. The errors in Credit Reports that could be costs you, and what can you do to fix them. The pentagon makes good on a promise today. How theyre reaching out to samesex couples in the military. An Atlantic City casino, coming up next, police take new steps to find a killer who brutally beat an elderly woman. Were right back. Welcome back at 4 30, im jim handly. His decision is being praised around the world as honest and courageous. The popes announcement today stunned the world when he said he will step down at the end of the month. Pope benedict xiv says hes too old and too frail to lead his flock. The last time the pope did not die in office was the year 1415. This is what it looked like when a tornado tore through hattiesburg, mississippi last night. The twister destroyed hundreds of homes and cars, knocked down trees, left a trail of debris. 60 people were hurt, but luckily no one was killed. Getting off to a cold start again tonight with more wind. Veronica has the latest. Well, were going to be dropping down into the 30s tonight. We stand at 54 degrees right now. We have overcast skies, but we are seeing some clearing. You can see the wind is picking up, too out of the southwest at 13 Miles Per Hour right now. So a bit of a breeze even throughout the day. Were at 52 in gaithersburg, 53 over in buoys, mid to upper 50s just to the south and west, down toward warrenton, so for your city planner forecast, 50 degrees by 5 00 p. M. , 48 by 7 00, Cool Conditions will drop to 46, a starry sky for us tonight, and then mild conditions tomorrow, but again breezy, so 49 to 5 may feel more like were in the mid 40s tomorrow. Well look at that extended forecast that does include the potential of a bit of snowfall midweek. We have u. S. Reaction with the latest on the popes sudden announcement that hes stepping down. Steve handelsman has our story. Reporter Pope Benedicts decision to step down came as a surprise. Wow, thats big. I cant give a reaction. It hasnt sunk in yet. Reporter the first pope to abdicate in over 600 years. Chicagoans were stunned. To me its like losing a father. Reporter he cited failing health, with the statement that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of my ministry. Vice President Biden is a practicing catholic. This is a man of great integrity and looking out for what he believes is the best interests of our church. I admire him to if. Reporter benedict used twitter, but had visibly slowed down as the papacy became more demanding, thanks in part to energetic predecessor john paul ii. Cardinal dolan on benedicts react. Almost in the beginning he shrugged and said, boy, i dont know if im up to this, but with gods grace and mercy, ill give it my best shot, and hes done well for eight years. A man in the full possession of his physica