making news in america this morning, the pope's historic tour. hundreds of thousands gather for pope francis in cuba. as american cities prepare for his arrival. we're live with the latest. tough talk. the republican presidential hopefuls taking questions about muslims in america. as new polls show a big shift among gop voters. fool in the road. the heart-stopping video of a race fan jumping on to the track and walking past the world's fastest car. and television's brightest stars honored at last night's emmy awards. all the big moments, the historic wins, the major comebacks and who dressed the best and beat the heat.

well good monday morning. we begin with pope in cuba. holding face-to-face meetings with the castro brothers. >> a message of reconciliation, hope, and service, as the pope departs havana this morning for a city in southern cuba. bazi kanani is in washington where the pope touches down for the first time tomorrow afternoon on u.s. soil. >> reporter: the vatican says it was the largest crowd a pope has ever received while visiting cuba. he warned the faithful there against elitism and encouraged lives of service. an enthusiastic welcome for the first latin american pope in the least catholic of all latin american countries. hundreds of thousands of cubans stream into havana's main laz za to celebrate mass with pope

francis. the pope steers clear of politics in his homily, but has said in the past he hopes this visit to cuba will lead to more freedom for the church, where the faithful have lived through decades of communist this man gets a few seconds with the pontiff. he's pulled away and arrested. the pope later meets with 89-year-old fidel castro and separately with his brother and current president. he's joked this pope might make him consider returning to his catholic roots. at evening vespers, the pope calls on cubans to pray for him. >> i think this time is very important because of the fact that the united states and cuba are opening doors to each others. >> reporter: pope francis is the man they credit for helping to

restore that critical relationship and for bringing hope for more change. he'll travel to eastern cuba to deliver mass this morning. he debarts for his first ever visit for the united states on tuesday. starting right here if washington where he'll visit the white house and speak to congress. reena? k kendis? and the pope is not set to arrive in philadelphia until saturday. they're clearing the streets ahead of time. the towing has begun. legal parking spots will be in short supply in the coming days. some residents are moving their cars to the suburbs. the latest abc news poll shows a change in american catholics. 56% of persons say the pope snow in touch with their views. that's up. 34% from when francis began his papacy. 81% of american catholics now

have a favorable view of the church. at home, religion is major issue in the presidential race this morning. ben carson says a muslim does not belong in the white house. his words prompting a prominent american islamic organization to call for him to drop out of the race. abc's devin dwyer this morning. >> reporter: questions of tolerance are testing the republican kpcandidates. >> would you consider putting a muslim american in my cabinet? absolutely no problem with that. >> reporter: how about a muslim president. >> i would not agree with that. >> reporter: what about the religion of president obama? >> i haven't raised the question pip don't like talking about somebody else's faith. >> he's born in the united states. he's a christian. >> reporter: the debate back in the open this week at rally for donald trump. >> we have a problem if this country. it's called muslims. >> reporter: a statement of intolerance that trump left

unanswered for days. >> most are fabulous pip have friends that are muslims. >> to play into some of the worst impulses that people have these days is just irresponsible. it's appalling. >> what trump is doing is appealing to the baser instincts amongst us. zen pho xenophobia and frankry racism. >> reporter: scott walker once a front-runner, now an asterisk. the united states is promising to do more to stem the refugee crisis. the u.s. plans to accept 85 thoux refugees next year and 100,000 more in 2017. secretary of state john kerry acknowledged we need to do more. meanwhile, another tragedy the off turkey.

13 refugees died when their both collided with a ferry. two american hostages were freed. darden had been helping deliver nad the region when rebels kidnapped him and others. the fate of a third american hostage sun known. a new wildfire in northern california may have claimed another life. the blaze in monterey county has destroyed or damaged at least ten home paps body was found among the ashes. the death may have been an earlier suicide. two other wild fires are burning to the north of the bay area. those fires have killed five people and destroyed 1400 homes. the search resume this is morning for a 6-year-old boy after last week's flooding. 12 women and children were confirmed dead after their vehicles were swept away. the body of tyson lucas black

has not been found. checking out the radar today, another round of heavy rain and scattered storms is moving into the southwest. flash flooding is a risk in southern california, arizona, and utah. the outrageous and overnight price hike on a live-saving drug. the best of primetime. including jon hamm's reaction to finally winning an emmy. and the man who thought this would be a good idea. hopping on to a racetrack right in the middle of a race.

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airport delays possible only in phoenix. also in phoenix, the suspect in a series of freeway shootings say police have the wrong guy. >> leslie merritt jr. says he's not the guy. he's accused in four of the shootings that have terrorized the region. police linked the shootings to a firearm they believe the suspect sold to pawn shot. his dad says the son is innocent. >> if he committed a crime with a firearm, my son has more sense than to pawn said firearm because it links directly back to you. >> police have not given the community the all clear as yet. many school buses are being ordered to avoid freeways. new details expected to be revealed in the murder of a boston-area child once known as baby doe. after a three-month mystery, the child is identified as bella bond. the mother's girlfriend allegedly admitted to killing the girl because she was possessed by demons.

the mother is charged with helping cover up the crime. the rock band u2 had to cancel last night's concert in sweden after what is being called a security breach forced the frantic e evacuation of the arena. a man with a gun awe lenledly entered the arena. a former peanut executive could be sentenced to life in prison today for his role in a deadly salmonella outbreak. stuart parnell was found guilty of 65 charges related to the outbreak that killed 9 people. authorities say he knew the peanut butter was contaminated but shipped it any way. passers by prevented a vehicle fire from turning into a tragedy. look at the images.

they rescued a woman from this burning rv. she stayed inside the camper to get dressed and rescue their cat. two men claiming they went in and pulled her out. moments later, the rv and the car it was towing began to roll backwards. setting two other vehicles on fire. there were no serious injuries. a rather unusual sight at the formula one car race in singapore yesterday. a fan went for a walk on the track. >> what? who does that? >> see him there on the right? the race cars were going right past him. just a few feet away. officials put the race under caution while the guy walked a bit further. he was arrested shortly after. climbing over a barrier. the race resumed shortly after. >> i always thought those google walking directions would make me go the wrong way. week two of the nfl season has just one game left in it. >> for some of what and who went down, here are our guys at espn. >> alongside john b., i'm john a. buccigross. anderson. another devastating injury for the cowboys. you want to see my tony romo impression?

>> that's it for now. a week after losing dez bryant, tony romo, broken clavicle in a sling as he watched the rest of the game. there he is looking spry before the whole thing happened. team's winning, 13-0. looks like they're on the way to victory. here, broken left collarbone on this play. our dr. mark attux thinks it will be about eight weeks. the normal time it takes for that part of the body to heal. brandon weeden came in, was fine. terrence williams takes it 42 yards. cowboys are 2-0. we'll see how they do without their key players for a lengthy period of time. packers-seahawks. we got no score. aaron rodgers finds james jones. this is a guy people didn't want in oakland or with the giants. comes back to green bay, his third td catch in two games. pack up,

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a prime-time emmy awards edition. and we start with a groundbreaking win for viola davis. >> yeah, the star of "how the get away with murder" won for best actress in a drama series. she's the first black woman ever to win that award. afterwards, she reflected on her accomplishment. >> i just think there is so much work that needs to be done in so many -- areas in the business with actors of color. so many narratives that need to be seen by people. so many stories that need to be kind of seen and felt. that -- i know that it doesn't end here. >> boy, is she right about that. her character just so powerful in "how to get away with murder." i just think it couldn't have come at a better moment for her. >> not just the first black person but the first person of color to win that award. >> pretty remarkable, huh? >> oprah winfrey tweeting, wow,

it makes her proud to be a woman. also a historymaking night for hbo's "game of thrones." four emmys, including best drama. you add in the creative arts emmys, eight of them, the most wins for a single show. >> that's one of your favorite shows, right? and jon hamm made a scene by foregoing the steps and crawls on to the stage to accept his best actor award for playing don draper. on "mad men." he lost on seven other occasions. he could have crawled, walked, jumped, run, skipped. >> he made quite a ham of himself. >> oh. >> went a little mad. i'll stop. there was a dramatic moment before the presentation of the best drama award. tracy morgan walked out on stage. >> morgan got a standing ovation. he suffered a traumatic brain injury in june of last year in a deadly traffic accident on a new jersey highway. morgan thanked his doctors and his family for their help in his recovery. then he delivered a one-liner about his accident. >> i finally regained consciousness, i was just

ecstatic to learn that i wasn't the one who messed up. >> morgan also told his tv industry colleagues he missed them very much. he presented the best drama emmy to the cast of "game of thrones." and now to some of the hottest stars on the red carpet. we do mean hot. >> this is what mario lopez looks like. as the temperatures hovered near the triple-digit mark. his shirt totally drenched with sweat. kerry washington seemed to keep her cool, shining in metallic. one of the biggest trends of the night. and "orange is the new black" star taylor shilling dazzled in bright yellow. >> also in yellow, heidi klum. but the usually supermodel get pting panned in r gown. she was compared to big bird and egg drop soup. sounds delicious. >> she looked beautiful. >> she did. >> for some, your local news is next. for everyone else, we'll be back.

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good monday morning. hope you had a great weak. i am eric kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. >> what will happen with the weather? >> a hot one for most of us. the heat advisory is extended except for the cost and san francisco bay, so 3.5 million of us will enjoy the sweltering heat. what are you going to do? fine air conditioning. we are starting off warmer this morning. that will spring board us to 90 inland by balloon and temperatures nearing 100. low 80s around the bay at noon to nearly 90 by hurricane. along the coast we will feel the comfort. in the 70s. and the morning commute? sue? >> good morning, everyone. happy mop. so far, it is light.

the san mateo bridge and the flat section moving at the limit to the high-rise to foster city. no delays. we had an early problem with a car into a ditch in rohnert park area southbound 101, they got a tow truck there with a long cable and they are trying to get it out. south 880, marina to davis for half an hour and northbound 17 to northbound 85 closed until 6:00 because of construction. >> thank you. one person was seriously injured after being hit by a car in san francisco. it happened before 11 o'clock last night near southbound 101. it is not clear if the victim was on foot or a bicycle. the off-ramp was shut down. it re-opened after midnight. the victim was rushed to san francisco general hospital. >> frightening moments for drivers in san francisco. they traveled along northbound 280 when something hit and crashed their windshields.

>> we drove in here and the first thing that happens, welcome to san francisco. >> initially the victims thought it was a bullet that hit the windshield but authorities determine it was a battle or rock thrown from the overpass. so far, no arrests have been made. >> parents of a berkeley middle school will be open alert as they take kids to school after a couple of attempted abductions on friday. our reporter, janet o has that story. >> quite a scary situation, two separate incidents near willard middle school. the first happened where we are on telegraph and stewart. two middle school students were walking to campus a man approached them and tried to get them in his van. they refused but he tried again. the students quickly made it to school and reported the incident to staff would called police. there was a second incident reported when a