an. an adult male was struck as he walked near the intersection. this is a townhouse development so it is unclear how many witnesses might have seen what happened. police say the driver did not stay on the scene but they have a tip about where to find him. >> a short time later. we received a call from a resident who stated that the driver and the striking vehicle were both at that location. >> a car appears to be a saab sedan with damage to the roof.

the homicide investigators are here as well, which may suggest it may not just be a case of hit-and-run. again, police tell us that the victim and the driver knew each other. live in clarksburg, roz plater, abc7 news. alison: okay. keep us posted. services were held today at the national cathedral for a white house staffer that lost control of his bike and hit a s.u.v. he was a senior policy adviser in the office of the chief technology officer and he leaves behind a wife and a young daughter. leon: a boyg story. months of headaches for people relying on the metro blue, silver line. alison: they have to live with the delays because of the power station. sam is live with what is causing an outcry, sam? sam: well, indeed.

i'm outside the metro station that is just across the river. metro officials say there will be delays and they are trying to find creative ways to the problems. but you should expect problems for six months for stations east of the river headed downtown in d.c. and maryland. it will be a problem. >> it has taken me 25 minutes more to get to work. >> for joyce and others who ride metro's orange, blue or silver line to work, it has been a rough week. >> i have to leave much earlier to get to work so i won't be late. sam: that is because an underground fire monday destroyed the transformer that powered the third rail for trains passing through the stadium armory station. >> if damage to the transformer is so severe -- sam: operations manager bob told the metro board it would take six months to prepare. as a fire in one transformer spread to two others. >> collateral damage due to

residue heat and the materials extended to the other transformers and rectifiers resulting in a total loss. >> without the transformers, stations on either side, potomac and benning road have to boost the power to get the trains through stadium armory. but it is enough for only a couple of trains at a time moving slowly. >> we will try to communicate the reality of what the trip might be. sam: until metro gets transformers in it means the longer commute times for any traffic through armory stadium and angry personals. >> six months? >> if i did my job the way they do their job i'd be fired. >> they have to be careful. right now they are having third rail all the way to the stadium armory.

that no longer work. be careful if they don't blow it out. alison: today's announcement from metro comes hours after the federal transit administration approved the safety fix plan. that plan addresses more than 50 safety concerns laid out by the f.d.a. in a scathing report last year. leon? leon: a political shockwave across the capitol today with a simple and consequential announcement from boehner. he is re-signing. -- he is resigning. we explain why. >> an emotional john boehner told reporters turmoil in the house led him to decide it was time to go. >> i don't want my members to have to go through this. i certainly don't want the institution to go through

this. especially when i was thinking want walking out the door anyway. >> he has been under pressure from the conservatives in his party to take a stronger stance in support of the issues like blocking federal funding for planned parenthood. at the values voter summit in washington, g.o.p. presidential candidate ted cruz credited conservative movement for forcing boehner's hand. >> yesterday, john boehner was speaker of the house. y'all come to town and somehow that changes. my only request is can you come more often? >> boehner reached his final decision after presiding over a rare joint session of congress addressed by pope francis. the speaker had planned re-sign at the end of the year but -- re-sign at the end of the year but says it was a simple design. >> i woke up and i went to starbucks to get my coffee. i came back to read. i went to pete's diner around i saw even at pete. i got home and thought yep, i

think today is the day. >> president obama praised boehner at a news conference and sents -- sent a message to whoever the next speaker will be. president obama: we can have significant diss on issues but it doesn't mean you shut down the government. >> talks are already underway to replace him. leon: boehner is the sixth how speaker in all of american history to resign from office while holding the speakership. the last democrat wright stepped down in an investigation in 1989. the texas democrat die earlier in year at the age of 92. >> we take a closer look at the political implications of boehner's resignation including how the local leaders are responding.

alison: we have struggled to see sunshine. brian? brian what you see is what you get. this is not the prettiest weekend. but we could use the moisture. that is for sure. live in the belfort furniture weather center. there is not a lot out there but we could use rain. a live picture over congressional. folks are golfing. it's dampand overcast and sprinkle here and there. but it's not stopping folks from golfing. live radar. this is mild. the moisture looks more impressive than it did. get closer across the district. light spritz area wide. it's 71 in downtown. 72 in leesburg. 71 at andrews. 72 at manassas. through the evening, mostly cloudy and a little damp but should not mess up the friday night football games. even tomorrow morning the soccer games should be good to go. the best chance of rain is sunday. we detail that with a complete seven-day outlook coming up in a few minutes. back to you. alison: in loudoun county

police are searching for a man who attacked two joggers on trails. just a few miles apart. horace holmes is live with what police are saying. why this is bringing up difficult memories. horace: painful memories, alison. because just a few years ago a man, one of the folk's neighbors was beaten to death on the trail. less than a mile from here. this time the victim were women. out for early morning runs. this is a community that thought it had recaptured the sense of peace and security. >> we are not safe. we are not safe. >> but it is once again gripped with fear. >> thinking there is somebody out there, predator. you know, sneaking up on people. horace: yesterday morning around 5:45, police say a woman was jogging along the path when a man she says suddenly appeared, grabbed her and wrestled her to the ground. she was able to free herself and run for helm

>> in this community we keep seeing violent attack like that. >> they have been through this before. everyone remembers. march of 2009, retired intelligence officer william bennett and his wife were out for an early morning walk near their home when they were attacks. the suspect killed bennett and severely injured his wife. that murder happened less than a half mile from yesterday's assault. >> it brought back a lot of fear from what happened previously. just up the street. >> suspects were convicted in the 2009 crime but yesterday's suspect is still at large and police believe he should be responsible for an attack on wednesday. >> the similarities are too close to ignore.

>> the suspect was wearing a gray sweatshirt and hood up. in the leesburg attack he was spotted driving in a dark colored nissan. now the police want your help in this one. reporting live, horace holmes, abc7 news. alison: okay. thank you very much. the fate of the stadium maryland football and lacrosse called home for decades will be decided soon. specifically a special panel will decide whether it needs a new name. bird stadium for the former university president curly bird. many say the school should remove his name because of his racist and the segregationist views. leon: a surprise unveiling at the national zoo. >> wow! isn't that wonderful? [applause] leon: the first lady michelle obama, i'm sure you recognize her. joined by china's first lady

peng liyuan unveiling the name of the new panda cub. the name is bei bei. that is mandarin for "precious treasure." alison: bei bei and bao baoerer bao. what one of the people who own one of the millions of cars facing recall need to know. leon: o.j. simpson. 20 years after the trial of the century. new revelation from just release video. alison: the aftermath of a devastating storm that ripped across the south. >> the excitement is building for the papal mass here in

madison square garden. i'm suzanne kennedy in new york city. i have the story when "abc7 news at 5

leon: pope francis is getting out of the fiat he rode and getting in the pope mobile to make the final approach to the park. thousands are waiting for him. this is before the event tonight where he will conduct mass at madison square garden. suzanne kennedy is there and has a look at the historic day so far. suzanne: this city has been electrified by the pope.

these were the lakish -- lucky ones to get a ticket to see him. >> people who are here were meant to be here. somewhere, someway, god made us come here to see a pope. >> came here with flowers in hand. >> this is a lifetime experience. and a letter for pope francis. >> i go to st. francis school. i am in the sixth grade. i love you. >> newly ordained priest father mcroe has seen several popes but he here to his boss. >> for somebody that i pray for multiple times a day, awesome to see him. >> as they awaited the arrival the holy father was the fourth pope to address the united nations. spoke houstonois concerns for the environment -- spoke on his concerns for environment.

translator: any harm done to environment is harm to humanity. >> and then to ground zero for a powerful and emotional interfaith service. suzanne: this mass will be celebrated in latin, spanish and english. when the pope is finished here at madison square garden he will go back to the diplomatic residence where he will spend the night and rest up for his next two days in philadelphia, pennsylvania. reporting live in madison square garden in new york city, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. alison: thank you very much. meanwhile in charleston, south carolina, people there are surveying damage and cleaning up after an overnight tornado. one home wednesday destroyed and ten homes were heavily

damaged. roads were blocked with debris. hundreds of homes and businesses lost power. fortunately no injuries were reported. leon: former for us we don't have that. look at our horizon. just rain out there. brian: it could be dach out there for the folks out there. tomorrow is like today as well. no heavy, heavy rain. a better chance of showers by sunday. alison: just stay inside. brian looking at the conditions across the area. upper 60's to the low 70's across the region. we continue to see the factors. the numbers are in the 60s and the 70's throughout the day. we haven't warmed up much because we have had a lot of moisture in the air. and the cloud cover. we didn't have a lot of

brilliant sunshine we had yesterday. i makes a difference for us. because of the extra clouds around. culpeper, 69. 68 in charlottesville. some of the areas have a decent amount of rain. nats park tonight. the phillies are in town. the game is 7:05 this evening. for the 7:05 game we will look for conditions to be fairly gray and dach. but it could lead to some instability in the atmosphere. in the south, the best chance of rain, closest to the storm system. we'll widen out the view here. show you what is happening and you can see the moisture.

high pressure keeping it blocked out. as far as the rain we are on the edge. tomorrow a similar setup. just on the edge. it allows it to lift north to introduce moisture chances for us around here. as we head to the weekend. sunday is better chance for organized rain than saturday. you can see the 60's wedging in here. the back side of the cloud is milder. but we are on the cool, dach side of things. tonight, mostly cloudy. sprinkly, drizzly. 60s and 50's. cooler evening for us. tomorrow, hour-by-hour we

could see peeks of sun. as we go through the day with the shower chances tomorrow it's mainly south of the area. get up to about 70. we will stay cool. looking at the next seven days you notice the shower chances linger to the start of next week. monday is 40% shot of showers. especially for the first half of the day. we get back and warmth on tuesday and wednesday. back to the upper 70's and maybe the 80 degrees. the take-away is not a wash-out weekend per se but not a sunmy weekend as well. sunday with a breeze it could be chilly. alison: it is. feeling like fall. leon: speaking of fall, waiting for the leaves to turn. brian: it's been dry of late. leon: thank you. alison: as we know, pope francis making every minute of his u.s. trip count.

leon: right. still ahead, the reception from the united nations to his historic speech there this morning. >> v.w. named a new ceo. the e.p.a. announces new admission testing procedures and the consumers are demanding refunds. i'm kimberly suiters

alison: the e.p.a. says it is

taking new step to stop emission test cheating. this is after volkswagen was caught cheating for the last seven years. the agency says it will step up the road tests of all new and used cars. the e.p.a. plans to begin testing all light vehicle models on the road in the u.s. to check for similar violations. as the e.p.a. is increasing overnight, volkswagen, itself, is cleaning house. appointing a newcee tonight. leon: joining us live with more, "7 on your side" consumer investigator kimberly suiters with what you can do if you have one of the cars in question. kimberly: i do not envy that brand new ceo. he has a lot on his plate. you can file to complaint with your state's attorney general and also file a complaint with the e.p.a. you can join a class action lawsuit or hang on for your recall letter to see how volkswagen plans to fix the car and repair your trust.

>> i just feel like they made it up. >> and she thought she was going green. >> imagine you could be polluting at 40 times the level you thought you were. >> pretty bad. kimberly: to the falls church car repair lot that services them and sells them. >> is it harder to sell audi and volkswagens? >> absolutely. for sure. kimberly: three local people out of hundred of thousands of diesel drivers nationwide now wanting volkswagen to pay. the change.org me division demanding no-fee buy-back program. >> i would like them to purchase the car back from members like myself so i'm not under water. >> the class action lawsuit has been filed against v.w. by a firm in maine with a d.c. office. >> cheaters do not keep their profits. kimberly: a retired of justice

lawyer says the class action may not hurt as much as a billion-dollar fine. >> i hope they get fined big-time by the e.p.a. that is the best way. kimberly: sue, sell or wait? >> wait i think. kimberly: wait for the recall letter. fuel economy and performance will both suffer. no doubt consumer trust already has. that is something v.w. knows well. quoting now the company says, "coming to terms with the crisis of trust will be a long-term task. the owner of one beetle who has been loyal to the company since 1960's told "7 on your side" they've lost him forever. reporting live in the newsroom, kimberly suiters, abc7 news. alison: thank you. still ahead on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- 20 years later. we are hearing o.j. simpson's

response to questions about his wife's murder. leon: and a lawsuit that a man says has ruined his life. alison: response for pope francis as he called on world leaders to change the course of history. take a look now. live pictures of the pope in the famous pope mobile in new york city. thousands of people in central park right here waiting to catch a glimpse of the pope. we'll be back after this.

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: well, pope francis is on a global stage today. it's his first full day in new york city. right now look at this. thousands gathered in central park where pope francis will shortly travel through here. in fact, the pope mobile we saw a moment ago. he was get out of that. he is on his way at madison square garden. earlier, though, he challenged world leaders to do more. senior political reporter scott thuman is in new york city with that story. scott: well beyond america's boards. he made sure of that today at the united nations. making global requests and pressuring for intensified focus on climate change. heartily endorsing the iran nuclear year. translator: i express my hope this agreement will be

lasting, efficacious and bring forward the desired fruit with the cooperation of all the parties involved. scott: on the streets another desire. to hear more about immigration anted the open borders. this match came to follow pope on the crusade. >> in the country there is a lot of violence. salvador, mexico. >> sanchez and her four children drove 13 hours and she hopes it will lead to her being a legal resident. >> do you think he can have an impact? >> yeah. yeah. yeah. yeah. >> a different migrant crisis with millions fleeing the fighting from syria to sudan, iraq to afghanistan. that he said must be met with more than idle chatter. translator: the idea of saving

sug seeding generations from the scourge of war, promoting social progress. and better standards of life. >> remember you can watch pope francis' entire mass at madison square garden uninterrupted on sister station newschannel8 that begins shortly after 6:00. leon: check the top stories. montgomery county police are on the scene investigating a fatal hit-and-run. it happened this afternoon in clarksburg. the investigators say the man's death may not have been an accident. investigators say a tip led them to the driver and it turns out the driver and the victim knew each other. a second crime was also under investigation. alison: metro is making the temporary service changes in the wake of the fire near the stadium armory station this week. it has during the rush hour orange and the silver line drains will run every eight minutes instead of every six.

leon: the question tonight, who will be the next speaker of the house now that john boehner says he is leaving congress at the end of october. president obama says boehner is a good man and a patriot. >> the man accused in the mansion murders in northwest d.c. back in court today. the brief hearing set the next court date for daron wint for december 17. wint is charged with first-degree murder in the death of the savapoulos family and their housekeeper vera figueroa. wint held them captive for hours before killing them and setting house on fire. police say it was part of a botched ransom scheme and his d.n.a. is tied to the scene. leon: a playground fire broke out in 1400 of southern avenue yesterday. they are calling it suspicious. they are not saying that it is connected to the other playground fires that were reported in the county a few

years ago. alison: coming up at 5:00 -- the simple act that has erupted into a legal battle between a woman who says a man attacked her and the man who says she has ruined his life. >> i hurt my wife, yes. leon: 20 years after the crime of the century, the depositions of o.j. simpson we have never seen until today. alison: time is ticking for spending agreements. deadline to avoid a government shutdown and how john boehner's resignation may impact the possible deal. all of that i

brian: we are looking ahead to the weekend. for this weekend maybe you are not as excited by it. we will have gray skies around. tomorrow there could be peeks of sunshine for saturday. a few peeks of sunshine possible. mostly cloudy and on the cool

side for saturday. there could be a little sunshine here and there off and on but i think most of the shower action tomorrow will be south. southern virginia. that's what i'm thinking for tomorrow. sunday a little different story. once we get to sunday, i think sunday is where we start to see things become less nice around here. that is the increased chance as the moisture lifts northward toward the area. if you are participating in the clarendon run on saturday, it will be a cool, gray start for racers. we ha

alison: it's hard to believe but it was 20 years ago next week the verdict dame gown in the trial of the century. simpson found not guilty of murder. but there was a different outcome in the civil trial. tonight, abc7 "20/20" has been given access to the deposition tape used in two upcoming documentaries. >> simpson not guilty of the crime of murder. >> nearly 20 years ago o.j. simpson got his acquittal. he was found not guilty in a trial that captivated the country. when goldman's family filed a

civil suit he was forced to feoff for the first time. in the recordings in two documentaries he admits to hurting nicole. >> i hurt my wife. yes. >> you never struck her with your hands? >> i never punched her. >> you had your fingers around her throat. >> i could have touched her neck, yes. >> then a bloody shoe print at the crime scene of a rare size 12 criminal bruno shoe. they could never proved he owned a pair. but watch this reaction of a video showing that he wore them before the murders. >> that is a picture of you at exhibit one. >> it appears to be me. >> the story is that's me in the picture but not my shoes. >> the civil jury found him responsible and awarded the victim family $33al million. the goldmans say they never

collected a dime from simpson. he is now serving a 33-year prison sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery. his latest appeal rejected this month. >> it will hair tonight at 10:00.

report of a woman screaming her help while scaling a wall has ended in the saudi arabian prince being arrested. he is accused of trying to force a worker performing a sex act on him. police say he does not have diplomatic immunity in this case. the state department says it is following the case closely.

leon: you probably post to social media without thinking about it. but for those claiming they have been victims online can cost you. we told you about a local man who claimed he raped years ago in online blog. and investigator joce sterman is back with more on the case. >> a story that started with a fen-word headline could cost susan shannon millions of dollars. >> he is wrote on her blog and facebook about a rape she claims happened decades earlier when she was a cadet at west point. >> i've been asked why do i do it? it took me 20 years to be able to say it. >> what she said has landed her in court after a man she

accused a wormer west point class -- former west point classmate filed a defamation lawsuit. >> i never raped her or sexually assaulted her. every aspect is false. >> the truth is now a matter for the court. to case for advocates of sexual assault are watching. >> survivors who come forward run the risk. >> she says the defamation case against suzanne kennedy is not the first of its kind -- against susan shannon is not the first of its kind. it's becoming more often as people turn to social media. >> people don't always think of facebook or blog out there in the wide world. they think of this is this is my community and the people who will give me support and who i want to share the story with. >> sharing allegations in an online world can have consequences. the man that she accused is

seeking damaging saying it cost him a post. depending on the outcome the advocates say it could have a chilling effect, keeping the victims from coming forward. >> this is something that people consider and make their own choices. >> there is one area has not kept up with the i'm. in some cases the accused can sue for defamation but the accuser cannot sue for pain and suffering caused by the rape itself. it's about the sta chau of limitation and it depends where you live. leon: thank you. jamie sullivan is watching traffic for us. how does it look? jamie: it's not great. as we get later in the commute you can see that people are turning the headlights on. we have a few spots throughout

that are yet. thatting is to remember. if you turn the wipers on at all, turn your headlights on as well. take a look at the map to talk about how slow we are through the stretch. in the 20's in some spots. you even drop in the teens. inner loop and utter loop from -- outer loop from the 270 spur to gw. focus on 66. outbound takes 20 minutes. that is pa point will loosen up. a lot of this is just the volume. no crashes. we move to d.c., slowing on the 295. look at the freeway to get a good idea on the 395 as well as how congested you are approaching the 14th street bridge. accident on the shoulder. southbound 395. past the third street tunnel. this has you at 10 miles per hour.

that is a look at traffic. back to you. leon: thank you. tonight at 6:00, abimportant deal between u.s. and china. what both countries are agreeing not to do. new details about a political bombshell drop and what john boehner is saying about stepping down. metro scrambling to make repairs and how it impact the commute is up next at 6:00. alison: all right. first, go ahead to check the weather. see if it remain gray and damp. brian: it will be. showers and drizzle tomorrow but the best chance for organized rain is the back half of the weekend on sunday. look outside now. 68 in culpeper. 71 in fredericksburg. we had sprinkles but they have dissipated somewhat.

nats game should be okay. culpeper is where we will see it tomorrow. the heavier stuff will stay away. at some point the low will lift up for our best chance of rain. the showers are south of the city. mostly staying dry. long-term seven-day forecast. sunday is best chance of rain. monday later and next week we start to dry out and next shot of rain to the middle of next week. alison: thank you. leon: get back on the redskins roller coaster.

robert: after sunday's once again the rams, even talked about saying we could win the division. everyone said cousins gets it now. but cousins went back to his, quote/unquote, old self if you will. the first game he threw four picks. tom only two. but after the game, jay gruden said there are other people on this team. >> we have things around him. we can't make this all about the quarterback. we have to run the ball. receivers have to make plays and he has to do better. we all have to do better. >> i made a couple of bad plays tonight. i have to clean those up but i did good things, too. >> there is no quarterback controversy. robert: the defense wasn't so hot.

giving up 32 points. the starting corner back hall left the game with a toe injury. jay gruden says he's out for a week. expected to see a food specialist. you remember the mean joe green coca-cola commercial. hall had a similar experience. a kid said hey, i'm praying for you and in return he tossed a jersey to show appreciation. nats' closer jonathan papelbon will miss time. he has suspended for three games and fined for throwing in the head area of manny machado. he is expected to appeal the three-game suspension which was schedule told begin with tonight's contest against the phillies. nats can't afford to lose one person on the roster. leon: absolutely not. zero.

alison: thank you. pope francis left his mark with hisser rib visits to washington and now new york. leon: that's right. that is where he is now. coming up next, wait to expect when he make his way to philadelphia tomorrow. as you can see, the pope, live picture here in a golf cart making his way to the front of the crowd where he will be speaking there in a bit.

alison: pope francis preparing to speak to tens of thousand of people. leon: two days after the mass in washington, 20,000 people packed into madison square garden where the holy father arrived to speak. alison: and tomorrow he arrives in philadelphia. john gonzalez has what to expect once the pope arrives. john: the catholic sisters from pennsylvania traveled south to d.c. to be part of the canonization mass. now they are back ready to

greet the pope at the world meeting of families. >> we were inside. there were many religion and they are all here. john: you beat them here. >> i hope so. >> in his stay in philadelphia, the holy father will celebrate two masses. one outside of the philadelphia art museum where close to a million could show up. >> welcome to the city of up. >> welcome to the city of philadelphia. philadelphia. john: the first ever member by a pope at a prison and the speech at independence hall using the lectern that president abraham lincoln used in the gettysburg address. the locals here tell me that they have never seen market street here downtown so empty. a market street now lined with

hundreds of pope francis banners. ronald gainer the bishop of harrisburg, pennsylvania, maneuvers around the closure and can't believe he will meat the pope. >> monday morning we have a private audience. john: in philadelphia, john gonzalez, abc7 news. alison: coming up tonight at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- a frustrating commute. transit troubles made worse by a transformer fire. what metro is planning to do about it. and an abrupt resignation. house speaker john boehner is leaving. why he made that decision. and the leadership shakeup comes as we tilter on the verge of a government shutdown. the ticking clock that lawmakers are facing as "abc7 news at 6:00" starts now. >> now, "abc7 news at 6:00".

on your side. maureen: first at 6:00, frustrating commute ahead. metro dealing with transformer fire that caused problems throughout the system. sam ford is live with the plans and the prepares happening now. sam? sam: maureen, i am outside the benning road metro station in northeast washington. subway trains must pass through the stadium armory to get here from downtown. the message for metro today was get used to delays. there is nothing they can do to stop them. that was also the me stooge the metro board -- message from metro board. monday's fire destroyed three transformers in a substation that powered the third rail. they said the station on either side of the stadium armory, benning being one, are straining to provide enough power for the trains to limp through the armory slowly. at most, two at a time. that won't change soon.

>> we are looking at different ways to accelerate the process. if i leave an hour early i'm still running late. this is not fair we have to deal with that. that is something they need to fix and they need to fix it right now. [no audio] maureen: we are having trouble with sam's report. we'll try to bring you that later. bombshell today in the political world. house speaker john boehner resigned from his position. brad bell is live with what the speaker said and how congress is reacting. brad: the speaker said he has been planning to do this. complete sur praise to even. he was t