making news in america this morning, pope francis hours away from his first flight to the u.s. the faithful beginning to gather. the security ramping up. we're live in washington with the details. early exit. scott walker dropping out of the presidential race plus overnight ben carson clarifying his controversial comments on mus m muslims and ted cruz getting booed on a late show appearance. a man walking by and this close brush with death. "dancing with the stars," bindi irwin rocking out to her dad's favorite song. paula deen getting a leg up and the first elimination.

well, good tuesday morning. we begin with the pope's historic trip to america, just hours away from touching down in the nation's capital for the first time ever. >> yeah, but first the pope is expected to draw more big crowds in cuba this morning wrapping up his visit by celebrating one more mass and meeting with families. and when he arrives in washington this afternoon, he'll be greeted by president obama and unprecedented security measures. abc's bazi kanani has the latest right now from capitol hill, bazi, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis, good morning, reena. when the pope arrives here this afternoon he will have a brief opportunity to rest before his busy days ahead including meetings at the white house tomorrow and a speech here to congress on thursday. the faithful greeted with hugs and kisses in cuba, hundreds of thousands drawn to pope francis in the communist nation where ev era all castro is attending his masses. his message monday in the eastern cities of holguin and

santiago about tolerance and accepting change in our lives. more than a thousand miles away, law enforcement is getting ready for the largest security operation in u.s. history. the secret service preparing for months with drills like these practicing emergency scenarios for the pope's motorcade. >> all hands on deck. >> reporter: thousands of agents and local officers deployed in washington, new york and philadelphia to protect a world leader known for wading out into the crowds to connect with his flock. >> the holy father coming here is exciting. >> reporter: the anticipation mouchtsing in the three cities hosting the pope. banners in place, staff getting the grounds ready and stages set. nuns working long hours to make 100,000 communion wafers and shop owners stocking shelves with t-shirts, bobbleheads and everything pope. ♪ >> everyone really wants a memory of him.

it makes them feel close to him if they're going to have a t-shirt or a mug that they're going to use every single day. >> reporter: and as you might imagine those huge crowds and security considerations will lead to pretty big disruptions in the cities he visits. here in washington some federal workers are being told to stay home in new york and philly, everyone is urged to use mass transit. reena, kendis. >> i need to get my hands on one of those bobbleheads there. >> reporter: we all need one of those. >> bazi kanani live for us in washington, our thanks to you and stay with abc news as we follow the pope's every move in america. look for live coverage this afternoon at 4:00 eastern as the pope arrives at joint base andrews. >> there are major developments in the presidential race this morning. starting with that dramatic fall for one republican. >> wisconsin governor scott walker has surprised supporters by dropping out of the race and walker is urging others to quit, as well, so that one candidate can gain enough support to beat donald trump.

>> i believe that i'm being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive conservative message can rise to the top of the field. with this in mind, i will suspend my campaign immediately. >> walker had struggled financially after two lackluster debate performances. and republican candidate ben carson is trying to clarify those controversial statements he made that muslims shouldn't be president. he said he meant radical islamists. religion shouldn't matter as long as the president can support the constitution, he said. islamic-american groups have called for him to drop out. carly fiorina said carson is wrong and all americans have the right to be president no matter their religion and also talked about russian leader vladimir putin who she once met while waiting to make a speech in china. she called him a formidable

adversary. >> he's a kgb guy, we should never forget this and lusts for power and has gathered up a lot of it and is a very bad arc and it's a bad thing his fighter jets and his soldiers are sitting in syria right now. >> fiorina also said putin needs to see more strength and resolve from the united states which she said is not being shown by president obama. >> one more note from the political desk, ted cruz also appeared on a late night talk show, the texas republican candidate for president was challenged by stephen colbert over the issue of gay marriage and then the audience got involved. >> it's a question for the states because the 10th amendment says if it doesn't men it it's a question for the states. that's in the bill of rights. everything that is not mentioned is left to the states so if you want to change the marriage laws -- >> i'm asking what you want. >> i believe in democracy. i believe in democracy and i don't think we should trust -- >> guy, guy, however you feel he's my guest so please don't boo him.

>> moments later cruz got applause when he argued that issues like gay marriage should not be won in court but rather at the ballot. >> the white house is offering another $400 million in humanitarian aid to help ease the refugee crisis. the money will bring the total u.s. assistance package to $4.5 billion and help to pay for emergency health care, food, water and shelter for displaces syrians with the united states planning to take in more refugees over the next two years. lawmakers are saying the plan is too big. more migrants are pouring into the u.s. from mexico. a surprising uptick in the number of people illegally crossing the border, many children traveling alone. the border patrol arrested nearly 10,000 unaccompanied children and families last month, that's a 52% jump from the same time last year. many of them are escaping violence in honduras, guatemala and el salvador. in california a close call for a navy pilot, an f/a-18 jet

crashed into ray field near an air station during a training flight but the pilot ejected safely. in fact, he walked away from the landing site and right up to the paramedics at the scene. there were no injuries on the ground either. the huge cloud of smoke was seen, though, for miles. turning to weather, remnants from what was a tropical depression will bring downpours to the southwest today. on the radar you can see heavy rain in new mexico heading toward colorado. it brought more than an inch of rain to tucson, arizona, more the city's average for all of september. well, still ahead, the american food executive now spending nearly three decades in jail with connection with a salmonella outbreak. saved by technology, a teenager not feeling well, his apple watch alerting him that it was something very serious. plus, wild wreck. a race car catapulting into the air in a terrifying crash caught on camera.

residents of a dallas suburb are spending the night out of their homes evacuated after a house exploded yesterday morning. the cause of the explosion has not been determined but it may have been natural gas. five people were injured. at least two of them seriously and at least ten other homes damaged. the fire chief says it's a miracle no one was killed. experts say you should leave the building if you smell natural gas. a former georgia peanut executive is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison over a deadly salmonella outbreak. stewart parnell was sentenced to 28 years in prison for shipping contaminated peanuts. he was allowed to remain free on

appeal. at trial prosecutors shared e-mails where they say he pushed employees to sell tainted food saying just ship it. i cannot lose any more customers. the head of volkswagen in the u.s. says we have totally screwed up, his quote. the german automaker admits it rigged some of its diesel cars to report lower emissions. that could cost vw as much as $18 million in environmental fines plus other penalties are possible, even jail time for executives. the company's stock plunged monday. the scandal spreading to europe and asia. many vw owners say they feel betrayed. apple is reportedly accelerating its efforts to build an electric car. "the wall street journal" says it is a committed project for apple and could be available in years. it is code named titan and has a green light to triple the number of people working on it. the titan would not be a

driverless car at least not at first. >> not at first, looking good very apple-like. with we come back an abc news exclusive, kim davis, the controversial clerk who refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses getting emotional about the backlash. and close call, a man walking down the sidewalk in the direct path of a falling piece of glass. veks. ♪ ♪ ♪ and off you go, ♪ ♪ ♪ and off you go, ♪ ♪ ♪ and off you go, ♪ for every step, every stride, every start, begin strong with the lasting energy of 100% whole grain quaker oats... and off you go. after a dvt blood clot.mind when i got out of the hospital

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this sea of pink you're looking at is the water at a bird refuge in santa barbara, california, it started turning pink friday and the color became more intense in the last few days. officials say it's caused by bacteria that's flourishing in the heat. the water is not good for the birds so they may have to be treated. now for a look at morning road condition, heavy rain could flood streets across the southwest. slick at times in the upper midwest from duluth to des moines and showers could make for a wet commute from florida up to the mid-atlantic. it looks like a great day for flying. weather-related airport delays only expected in phoenix. well, same-sex marriage supporters say kim davis is still not cooperating. >> the aclu says deputy clerks in her office are altering the marriage licenses that they issue to gay couples so that the licenses are invalid. davis' attorneys tell abc news she is making a good faith effort to comply with the court's order and in an abc news

exclusive, paula faris speaks with davis herself and says what others say about her does not define who she is. >> i've been called hitler, i've been called hypocrite, a homophobe. those names don't hurt me. what probably hurts me the worst is when someone tells me that my god does not love me or that -- >> you'll see much more from paula's exclusive interview with kim davis later on "good morning america." the family of a 14-year-old muslim student who got in trouble over a homemade clock mistaken for a possible bomb has withdrawn the boy from his dallas school. ahmed mohamad's father is still deciding what school is best for him. he was a special guest at the google science fair in california, even scoring this photo there with the co-founder

sergey brin. a meeting with president obama is also in the works. a high school athlete from cape cod says his apple watch saved his life. paul huli says his watch gave him a heartbeat but later it shot up. >> you could feel my heart pounding and after practice a i went and took a nap it was still 145. >> he rushed to the hospital where doctors found him suffering from heart liver and kidney failure. it could have killed him. he can't play football just yet but he has something else to look forward to. an internship next summer with, of course, apple. and incredible close call caught on camera. take a look at this. this is in saudi arabia. a sheet of glass falling on to this man from a skyscraper. amazingly, look, it only struck him a glancing blow knocking him to the ground but he was able to

get up and walk away. >> pretty remarkable. another wild scene to show you during a high-speed ride in germany. watch, the left side of your screen, a white car gross straight across, slams into the safety fence, rolls a half dozen times and the driver who crashed was able to walk away from the scene under his own abilities. >> absolutely incredible video there. okay, well, time for sports and it's starting to get to that time of year. >> when football and baseball are in full swing. monday night highlights from espn. >> there were eight 0-2 teams heading into monday night football. there are nine now. >> yeah, indianapolis colts in that number now. didn't want to be but andrew luck and company have turnover problems once again, third quarter, colts down 10-0. luck, no luck. darrelle revis with three takeaways in the game, two fumble recoveries and the interception and ryan fitzpatrick and brandon

marshall. look at the determination. got held and two defenders on him but able to get a touchdown. luck, looking for andre johnson picked off by gill crisis, 250 yard, 21-37 jets win it, get 2-0. one of the best baseball race, jays and yankees. david price way win the a.l. cy young, between him and keuchel. three-game series, the jays up by 2 1/2 games and price goes 7 innings, 7 ks, 2 hits. full count to brett gardner, this is brett cecil who struck out the side. gardner does not like that call. you know what, get over it. jays, 4-2. >> that's all we got. anything else? >> all we got. we have so much pore but we just can't share it on television. >> time restrikszs. >> no. >> back to you. all right, stan and neil

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>> ♪ >> good morning, i'm tamala edwards. it is tuesday, september 22nd. here's what we're working on. pope francis arriving in the u.s. later today. they are geared up in washington, d.c., new york and of course right here in philadelphia. we're live with details. it's the world meeting of families finally gets under way. a child has been hit andd killed by a septa paratransit bus of investigators say the little boy started into the street with his father and a friend standing there but they're calling this a tragic accident. more people facing charges in connection way fraternity hazing death in the poconos. fall is on our doorstep. karen will tell us why it may still feel like summer. we'll see you in two. "dancing w" >> yeah and one more pair will go home tonight. here's kabc's george pennacchio.

>> reporter: chaka khan and keo. >> reporter: singer chaka khan and her partner keo mowere boot off. she was disappointed but not so much for herself. >> i feel like i've done him a disservice. you know, this is such an amazing dancer. a wonderful human being. >> she's relieved to be going home and heel's reveal why on "good morning america." now 12 couples remain with chaka gone, victor espinoza at the bottom and bindi irwin at the top, her tango with derek hough. game on. >> it was such a good night. look, i took my shoes off. i am so done with these shoes. >> this is such a good night. we had so much more energy. so much more fun. >> i'm having the time of my life. honestly, i came here because i really want to know how to dance

like everything does not require a twerk. i'm done with twerking. now i know how to do cha-cha. >> learning how to dance like who would have thought and then it's so much fun like once you do it and get the applause at the end and you haven't screwed up majorly it's like a the greatest feeling ever. >> reporter: you have no fear. >> no, fear stands for false evidence appearing real. it is not in me and the people who are afraid, they create it themselves. >> reporter: gary and anna trebunskaya will next dance to the 1812 overture. the dancing continues tonight when the pros skah lawsuit their hometowns. then at the end of the evening, one more couple goes home. in los angeles, george pennacchio for abc news. >> false evidence appearing real. i love that. >> i'm a little scared watching him dance. there's some moves. well, that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for the big interview on "good morning

ama. >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning. we're following a developing story on this tuesday september 22nd. >> a firefighter was one in a blaze overnight in montgomery county. >> a plan is charged with chasing down another driver and shooting him to death. investigators say his target turned out to be the wrong man. >> the event that would bring pope francis to philadelphia gets under way today. >> good morning. it is of course 4:30 here on this tuesday. matt and david are off. nydia han is joining us as is matt pelman taking a look at your traffic and karen of course has your accuweather. good morning. >> good morning and storm