on abortion -- evengalical view on abortion. >> there are issues of a consequence to the country and the world. that maybe, just maybe we do not disagree on. leon: sanders went on to speak after the university of virginia. eis on his way to manassas. that's where we find tom roussey. tom: we are still two hours away from when sanders will speak but you can see the line extends to the fairgrounds there. a lot of folks have already gone inside and are starting to fill up the seats. this is a big rally in manassas tonight.

he has a lot of momentum. check out the poll. if you look on him at the service, it's 42%. hillary up over bernie but then joe biden who hasn't said he is running for sanders. clinton is down 20 percentage point since july. we asked why they prefer sanders over clinton. this is what they said. >> i like hillary clinton. as a bethesda woman i think she would make a great candidate. but i love sanders. more populist. >> the only candidate that is speaking the truth. most people have no money and great 1% have most of the money. >> this probably won't get underway until 8:15.

he is a self-described socialist but he has gotten attention in virginia. it's one of the earlier primaries among the state and it's a purple state. both republicans and the democrats consider it very, very important. reporting live in manassas, tom roussey, abc7 news. leon: all right, thank you, tom. leon: his number within competitor hillary clinton worked to shore up the support for her among the women voters in iowa. at the university of iowa, clinton promised to address the problem of sexual assault on college campuses. maureen: the republican race for the presidential nomination is narrowing with a new poll some calling outsiders donald trump and dr. ben carson pulling away from the pack. jeb bush fell to third place polling at 8%. dr. carson on the other hand tripled his poll number since july. we will speak with him in a

few minutes. there may be a new candidate in the picture for the job of the metro general manager. after a month-long nationwide search it all came down to a tweet. brianne carter spoke with the possible candidate today. brianne: they are not commenting on anyone that is looking for the position but this tweet. metro rail info tweeted to this man saying interested in apply forking general manager position -- for applying to the general manager position? this is after he tweeted communication failure for mwata and again it can't happen and wouldn't if i were g.m. that is the top priority, he says. communication when it comes to metro. >> he needs to give us a heads up on what to expect when we get up. brianne: growing frustration for the riders looking for what seems like daily delays and worse impacting the system.

improving the communication is priority number one for kevin who is considering applying to be metro's next manager. >> you start with the communication and then you start tackling the communication and the maintenance problems, the funding problems. those sorts of big issues aren't going to be solved in one day. brianne: he is a professor of civil engineering at the campus with expertise in transportation engineering, public transportation and urban and regional transportation planning. he says his research in operations of the transit system could be an asset to the position. >> get together. getting the experts involved is the role of the general manager. that is something i could do. brianne: metro already reaches out to riders in many ways including text alerts, station announcements, weekly announcements to community groups and social media accounts including twitter. the transit agency has more than 100,000 followers.

look here live, in his twitter account will accept wmata g.m. position if offered. we understand according to the board, they say they hope to have a final candidate in place for the position sometime in the fall. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, brianne. metro riders could soon have a bit more room to breathe in the commute. metro completed a summer of maintenance. it will allow it to increase the number of eight car trains in service. metro has a cut-back to six car trains you might remember on many lines because of problems with the 4,000-series rail cars. leon: pope francis arrives in washington two weeks from tomorrow. plans have been in the works for months, the public is now getting an idea on how the pontiff visit will impact the daily lives. metro is adding additional trains and preparing for inauguration crowds for three

days. >> there will be service delays because of the traffic on the local treat grid. circulator service and metro bus service should experience some delays. leon: the d.c. department of transportation is warning that 70 key intersections will be impacted by closures. 70, 7-0. metro station will have a choke point on wednesday the 23rd. that is the day of the papal mass at the national shrine. they are expecting tens of thousands to show up there. we invide you to join us for abc7 news special. "the people's pope in d.c. " one-hour special airing wednesday at 8:00. maureen? maureen: a new traffic management system goes into effect wednesday on i-66 between washington and gainesville. drivers can expect greater use of the x-shoulder lanes between beltway and route 50. right now they are only available in peak hours. the $38 million project

updated hopes to make for a smoother drive. leon: coming up next at "abc7 news at 6:00", the criminal charges against a mother found pushing her dead child in park for days. maureen: we will talk to dr. ben carson about his surge in the presidential g.o.p. polls. doug: i'm doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. bright sunshine out there. how many more days? that's in the seven-day

leon: the man suspected of killing a trooper is dead. ponder was killed overnight and they closed in on johnson-thanks. they shot him when he refused to drop his weapon. ponder is the 26th police officer shot in line of duty this year. maureen: maryland grand jury indicted a woman found pushing her dead toddler on a swing. romechia simms charged with manslaughter and child abuse in the death of 3-year-old ji-aire lee. investigators say she pushed the boy on the swing for two theys and up to ten hours after he died. the boy died of dehydration and hypothermia. family members say simms

suffers from mental illness. leon: charles severance apparently confessed to killing three people while in county jail. he talked about it to other inmates while locked up for the crimes. he is charged with the three deaths. the trial begins october 5. maureen: arlington police are looking for the man who robbed a bank in boston this afternoon. suspect threatened a teller at the hsbc branch on wilson boulevard at around noon. the thief described as a black man in his 50's wearing a red hot, sunglasses, a green shirt and he apparently implied he had a weapon. teller handed over money and the man left. there were no customers inside the bank at the time and no one was hurt. up next, he is surging in the polls ahead of the next g.o.p. debate. we speak with dr. ben carson one-on-one. leon: plus, doug hill will be here and tell us just how long we can expect a beautiful,

california-like fall weather to last around here. maureen: a long time. doug: love it. robert: i'm robert burton in sports. the latest on desean jackson and his injury. how long is he out? someone is back. jordan reese. we go one-on-one with the i don't want to live with

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maureen: joining us live is retired neurosurgeon turned presidential candidate dr. ben carson. thank you for joining us today. >> good to be with you. maureen: earlier we showed a national poll showing you closing in on donald trump. you have support of up to 20% of potential g.o.p. voters. with this poll comes two days with a debate. debate in two days. donald trump has upped the attacks on you. when you are in the debate you will be facing trump and also, of course, all of those behind you. what is your strategy going to be? dr. carson: it's simple and what it has always been. to tell the truth and talk about the issues. i'm not going to get in the mud pit and talk about the

people. i don't see anything productive about that. maureen: that seems to be the style in the last few weeks. slog mud at the candidates. do you promise not to do that? dr. carson: i won't do that. the perception i had done it earlier in the week is just a perception. never the intent. maureen: this week the nuclear deal negotiated to keep iran from acquiring nuclear weapons go into effect. you said it puts the nation at risk. it borders on being antisemitic. the deal is done. is it something that is worth fighting over no that it's over? dr. carson: it was done as executive deal rather than a treaty. it carries no wait when the

investigation is finished. maureen: will you try to repeal it if you become president? >> i would definitely be looking at a different avenue. i'm concerned about the future for your children. what would you do? >> i would look to severe sanctions. we establish our relationships europe and the allies. ja let's talk about the possibility of facing a federal government shutdown in next few weeks.

over debate for federal funding for planned parenthood that gets $500 million a year from the federal government. is it worth it to you, you said you support shutting down the government for the issue. why is this important and is it worth the cost of doing this? >> i support women's health. there are a lot of ways to get it without planned parenthood that has a dubious past history. i believe there are other ways to do it besides shutting down the government. maureen: so you would not be in support of pursuing it further, the government shutdown? >> it's a last ditch effort that i don't think is necessary. >> dr. carson, thank you for joining us. >> always a pleasure. thank you. maureen: we have invited other top presidential candidates to appear here on abc7. you can count on us for complete coverage of the race for the white house. join us live coverage

wednesday on the upcoming g.o.p. debate starting on abc7 news at 4:00. >> let's talk about the weather. right now, no disrespect but if you can make weather like this every day -- doug: believe me. i'd run with that if i had to chance to do that. it's gorgeous. this weather pattern we have in october. let's get to it and show you. the high pressure is dominating. we have several more days with beautiful weather as well. the numbers are inpressive. this is how dry it has been.

in is a big deficit. no wonder we had a brush fire earlier. it's dry. 77 at andrews. tomorrow morning another fresh start. feeling more like autumn with the temperatures in the lower 50's for redrick and manassas. 6 of 0 tomorrow morning at reagan national airport. this is a pattern dominated by the area of the high pressure controlling the eastern third of the country. with it, hardly anything with the way of the cloud

formation. slowly as the high center moves east we will pick up a southerly wind. it will rise in the mid-to-the upper 80's. for tomorrow, another gorgeous day. cool and clear in the morning. now over the next seven days more of the same stuff. sunshine, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday. it will be warmer on saturday. cold front comes through. more sunshine with slightly cooler temperatures. that is the latest. leon: boy, the skins can't get rid of the injury bug. >> it has been a long time since jordan reese broke the plane. we is v the latest on desean jackson and his injuries and when he is expected to come

back next in sports.

robert: well a sight we have seen too often. the skins battle in the first half and then the second half comes. rockstar receiver jackson went down early in the game. it happened in the first

quarter. going hard down the sideline. if he catches its, it's a touchdown. he would leave the game with a pulled hamstring. jay gruden says he is out for three to four weeks. >> he is one of the stars. you hate to lose the star. we feel good about the receiver that take his place but no one substitute him for the speed that gets down. this a big loss for us. a great player. no question about it. leon: good luck. robert: some good, welcome back jordan reese. he had seven receptions for 63 yards and a touchdown. the last touchdown was against minnesota in 2013. we went one-on-one with jordan yesterday's loss. >> the connection between you and kirk, was that the plan or did it just happen that way? >> we have a couple of packages to run.

>> how important was it to start the season off the right way considering how you finished last? >> very important. we hav to take it game-by-game. >> all right. other redskin note. they released the kicker today and the strong safety anacho will undergo wrist surgery and may be on injured return. leon: he could be the biggest loss. robert: definitely. maureen: what we hope for in the weather is here. beautiful days ahead. doug: yeah. in the 50's in the region. it will be a while before we see rain. the next few days more sunshine. temperatures are in the middle 80's. that is sweet. then if you look for rain you

have a long wait. temperatures in the 80's. a warmup over the weekend. a look for this the next seven days. sunshine. making a slow warmup and cooling off. rain is absent. brian van de graaff in for steve rudin will take a fresh look at it tonight at 11:00. maureen: thank you. "world news tonight" with david muir up next. leon: enjoy your evening. we'll be back here at 11:00.

tonight, the breaking news. the state of emergency. the deadly wild fire right here in california. several unaccounted for tonight. hundreds of homes destroyed. as the fire sweeps in, each home igniting the next. families trapped in flames as they try to evacuate. tonight, we take you inside the fire zone, what's left of their community. the stunning images coming up. also at this hour, the manhunt right now under way. the campus lockdown. the students with hands behind their heads. a popular professor shot and killed at an american university. back to work. the defiant county clerk returns as couples show up to get their marriage licenses. the scene that played out today. and made in america is back tonight. wd-40. the secret recipe made right here in california. and can you guess tonight what wd-40 stands for? >> made in america!