>> 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 thinking about

re-signing on his birthday -- resigning on his birthday in november but today he woke up and decided the time was right. yesterday was the pope on a bah cony overlooking the mall. house speaker boehner enjoyed the highlight of his quarter century on the hill. today the ohio republican decided to end his career. speaker boehner: i woke up and said my prayers as i always do and i decided today is the day i will do this. simple as that. brad: on the hill, nothing is that simple. boehner said he had been considering leaving for a year and in a leadership battle with the conservative wing of the party even as the federal government heads to another shutdown. speaker boehner: it has become clear to me that the prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable harm to the institution. brad: an announcement that caught washington off-guard. president obama: politically we are at different ends of

the spectrum. but i can tell you he always conducted himself with courtesy and civility with me. >> taken over the house of representatives. brad: mark meadows from north carolina among those leading the charge to oust boehner. >> sevenned with honor and distinction and his resignation was supers done with class and humility. >> who is next? many consider kevin mccarthy from california the odds-on favorite. for boehner, he says he feels like he is doing the right thing. >> ♪ zippedo doo dah brad: he is insisting that the time with the pope was hugely meaningful, he said it's not why he decided to announce the resignation today. he said had he engaged in the battle to retain the speakership, he would have

won. at the cap toil, brad bell, abc7 news -- at the capitol, brad bell, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. with speaker boehner stepping down some say a government shutdown becomes more likely. congressional leaders have five days to take action because september 30 is the end of the budgetary year. "7 on your side" watchdog investigator chris papst is live with an update. chris? chris: the federal government last shut down two years ago in 2013. if it does happen again. we have a good idea of what we can expect. but many feel the sudden resignation of speaker john boehner only increases the likeliness of it happening. these undercover video sparked a movement. many believe it shows planned parenthood selling body part of aborted fetuses and they say the organization should no longer receive tax dollars. >> we are not talking about whether it's legal to have an abortion. we are talk about if they have

broken laws in the way they are doing the abortion. chris: most democrats stand behind planned parenthood. recent funding moves failed. many g.o.p. leaders are looking at option which includes a shutdown. >> i agree with defunding planned parenthood but i don't agree with holding the u.s. government hostage for the shutdown. >> we need a lot of the programs. i know that from being a former soccer worker. chris: in 2013, the government shut down for 16 days over obamacare. 800,000 federal workers stayed home. employees were furloughed. national parks closed. standard & poor's estimated it cost the economy $1.5 billion a day. >> on a shutdown put it at 50%. chris: chief political correspondent for politico. >> 10-20% with boehner at the helm. enormous uncertainty right now. chris: as of now boehner's likely successor as brad bell mentioned is kevin mccarthy who is the current house majority speaker.

he is also staunchly pro-life and many believe the shutdown has become more likely. live in d.c., chris dris, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, chris. cooler temperatures and possibly rain ahead for the weekend. meteorologist devin lucy has the timeline. >> we are seeing rain moving in the region. but not much in the immediate metro. most of the rain has been west or southwest of washington all throughout the day. a little light rain sprinkle activity been here throughout the afternoon. but now, the last of it. you can see the rain across in eastern washington, away. high temperature with 72 with the cloud cover. the cloud cover is here all weekend long. that could be the notable aspect of the forecast. the rain we are expecting shouldn't rain all weekend long. currently still 70. sun and the clouds to the mark. saturday, still a lot like today. most of the rain going west, south of washington. sunday that appears to be the likelier rain day.

take the temperatures down. highs only in the uper the 60's. pretty cool fall day coming our way. we go to monday, and the rain lifts away. sunshine comes through. take the temperatures back up. we have rest of the seven-day forecast and fill in the gaps of the weekend outlook in a few minutes. maureen: all right, thank you. new developments today about police body cameras in d.c. district has been awarded $1 million grant from the obama administration. the money will go to implementing body-worn cameras. d.c. mayor muriel bowser proposed funding to equip 2,800 officers with cameras in the goal to increase trust and the accountability in interaction with the public. right now police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash involving a pedestrian in clarksburg. it happened in 11800 block of little seneca parkway. that road was shown for several hours in the investigation. police say they got a tip and took a driver into custody. investigators say the driver

and the victim knew each other. they with abc7 for update. abc7 update now. a loudoun county community is shaken after a man attacked two joggers on trails a few miles apart. the first attack happened wednesday in sterling. the second took place yesterday morning along a path in leesburg park. the cases bring up memories of the 2009 murder of retired military intelligence officer william bennett. he and his wife were walking near their home when they were attacked less than a half-mile from yesterday's assault. if you have any information about the new cases you are asked to call police. coming up on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- hon rorring the career of general martin. he retired at the chairman of joint chief of staff. important deal between u.s. and china. what both nations agree not to do. continuing coverage of the

pope in america. tonight, pope francis is getting ready to celebrate mass at the madison square garden. live in new york city just ahead.

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the joint chief of staff general martin dempsey stepped down from his post. with full honors military retirement ceremony was held this afternoon. at joint base meyer anderson hall. president obama attended the vent. dempsey ended his career with 41 years of service in the u.s. armed service. the navy seals want to open doors to women. the commander say it's open for women but he does warn women are at greater risk for injury. allowing women to compete for the job is the right thing to do but said the high standards for joining the unit cannot be lowered. an agreement between the u.s. and china today. the nations agreed not to steal trade secrets. china's president is in washington meeting with president obama and other top leaders. it means the countries will not connect or knowingly allow

trade secrets or intellectual property. coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- right now pope francis is celebrating mass at madison square garden. thousands are on hand to witness it. we will have a live report from new york city coming up. cooler temperatures and showers this weekend. abc7's meteorologist brian van de graaff is back with the timeline. >> i'm robert burton. coming up, the latest on deangelo hall. that and more when "abc7 news at 6:00" continues.

♪ ♪ maureen: at this moment pope francis is celebrating mass at madison square garden. thousands of people gathered to catch glimpse of the holiness. he has had a packed day zero in new york.to the u.n. suzanne kennedy is live in new york with the rest of the pope's visit. suzanne: maureen, the pope

went to madison square garden 25 minutes ago. he went through the aisle in a golf cart. greeting the followers there. he started the mass earlier than scheduled. we have live pictures from madison square garden behind me. the holy father is celebrating mass. 20,000 invited guests. celebrating the mass in latin, spanish and english. the doors opened at 2:00 this an. i can tell you that there is a concert and now the mass has gotten startedment it will likely wrap up earlier than expected. we got a chance to see him go by in the pope mobile. all the folks got a ticket through a lottery. many of them got there at 4:30

this morning. in order to see his poleliness. prior to that, he was visiting a 120-year-old school there. he saw 124 students from the four catholic schools in harlem. third and fourth graders. a wonderful treat for a school whose parish church closed in 2007. it's been an amazing day here in new york city. he started at united nations. he is concluding his day ated in dyson square garden and -- madison square garden and off to philadelphia tomorrow. maureen: thank you. you can watch the pope's full mass now going on at madison square garden at the sister station newschannel8. stay with abc7 for the weekend. we will continue the coverage of pope francis' historic trip

to america. we now have a name to put to the adoreably fuzzy face of the newest panda at the national zoo. [applause] >> the first lady chose bei bei. bei bei was chosen by the keepers, the experts in the province because it means "precious treasure." maureen: the precious treasure announcement made by first lady michelle obama and china's first lady peng liyuan this morning. bei bei was born in august that you might remember. the zoo usually waits 100 days to name baby pandas but scrapped the tradition so it would include the first lady of the u.s. and of china. i hope he is happy with the name. it's a him, right? >> i believe so. that worked out well. maureen: what is going on? >> a lot of cloud cover. it shouldn't be raining where you are all weekend long. there are areas southwest of

washington. and it may change. farther north you go, you don't have a good chance of rain at all. the entire weekend. doppler radar the last couple of hours through the heart of the metro. we had a little bit of light rain. sprinkles came where you are. in the last half hour to the hour the rain went away. 71 richmond. farther south. enough sun to take us to the 70-degree mark. what we're watching is we have northeast flow in washington. it is responsible to keep the temperatures at 20 degrees. we have a spin going on. this weekend we will still have the flow still there so the rain showers and how it is

going to go is not that great in the way of heavier rain. it's cool to start. not that chilly. watch the rain showers tomorrow. the chances for the spotty showers north of washington. 71 by the afternoon. we go into sunday, this is when the rain will be more light. especially as f you go in the early morning hours. that is why the 70% chance of rain is in sunday. monday the rain will start to end. sunshine pops up.

the temperatures will range closer to 80 degrees. maureen: summer is not yet over. >> no. maureen: ready to be over. we want fall to begin so we can have redskins wins. robert: exactly. we didn't get one last time. i think they had bei bei on the brain. now i see it. where was the d last night? not in new jersey. special teams took a break. who is to blame?

announcer: and now the toyota sports desk. brought to you by your local toyota dealers. coach gruden: i thought last week was a team effort in the victory. this was a total team effort in the loss. we're consistent in that regard. robert: consistency. for skins fan this is like the first part of the roller coaster. you seem to be on top of the world and it goes downhill. that is the past five days for fan. start with the injury bug with deangelo hall. he is out three to four weeks with a toe injury. maybe longer. kirk cousins didn't throw four picks this time but he did throw two. one in the first and one in the third to put the skins in horrible spots. then international teams the big flubb was the block -- the big -- the special teams the

big flubb was the block. >> how frustrating is it to know the situation you are in to get a division win and not getting the result you wanted? >> i mean it hurts a little bit not getting the win. we know we have the team to do it. we have the coaches to do it. we are not lost yet. i mean we are still fighting. we will fight till the end. robert: in baseball, nats' closer jonathan papelbon has been suspended of throwing in the area of the head of manny machado. papelbon is expected to appeal his three-day suspension which was scheduled to begin with tonight's contest against the phillies. hockey. caps beat montreal last night in preseason action. the real battle last night between the former cap alexander simmon and t.j. oshie's stick. talk about being in the zone. no idea there is a hockey stick that is sticking out of his jersey. didn't realize it until it

fell out. i guess he didn't give a stick. i'm here all week. wizards start training camp next tuesday. paul pierce is no longer with us bewe're not giving up hope. they still have a good squad. maureen: nor with you. >> the rain activity south and west of washington now. we have sprinkle and the lighter showers. washington will be on the north end of the rain chance saturday. that is why it's 30% chance of rain. better chance south. sunday is the likelier rain day across the region and throughout the day. it's light and steady rain. we won't get the heavy rain or thunderstorm out of this. sunday is the most fall day. maureen: we are ready for it. "world news tonight" with david muir is up next. see you at 111 :00. have a good weekend.

tonight, a special edition of "world news tonight." pope francis here in new york city. visits to ground zero, central park. and now, an evening mass. and the powerful moment at the 9/11 memorial. and the unprecedented security. a city on lockdown. and john boehner, revealing he's done as speaker. was the pope a factor? >> and the man shot while in his wheelchair. tonight, the family outraged. trump fights back. but what did he say at had the crowd booing? and, tr