about the security plan for the pope. i'm chris din wright at the live desk. dramatic video coming in on the devastating wildfire burning out of control in california right now. the damage already left behind and the evacuations in place at this hour. but first it is the coldest conditions we receive in months. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is helping you prepare for your hour-by-hour forecast. good morning, chuck. >> good morning. 40s and 50s. as you were mentioned, some of our coolest weather in months. but sunshine is here for the remainder of the day. 50 now in gaithersburg. planning out your day, 53 at 7:00 a.m. 74 at noontime. 78 with full sunshine today. just a delightful day to be outside. back down the comfy 60s by 8:00 tonight. look at that school day forecast in a couple of minutes. but first now a new crash. right now chopper 4 over

this problem. we have a problem here. eastbound powder mill road. you can see the main lanes at powder mill temporarily blocked while they're on the scene responding to this accident. we're going to keep you updated here in the next couple of minutes. outer loop at new hampshire we have that crash on the right side of the roadway. 66 through manassas, no major problems. dale city this morning, beltway at colesville looking quite good. back in ten minutes with travel time. >> thank you, melissa. today we'll find out how metro and ddot plan to handle thousands of people coming to visit pope francis in washington. officials have to figure out how to kp everybody moving. mow molette green this morning. >> good morning. just over my shoulder you can see a little bit of the national

shrine. it is just a short walk from here where the pope will deliver mass before 25,000 ticket holders on september 23rd. so getting around will not be easy. with lots of road closures expected and an impact to metrobus and rail service. so later today in just a few hours, in fact, ddot and metro will brief us on flartheir plan their strategy to make all of this work as smoothly and safely as possible. this metro will be exit only. after mass, entrance only. this station is one of the smallest on the redline. it can accommodate about 5,000 riders per hour, but it is also the closest to the national shrine here. so it will be quite busy on that day. that is the latest live from northeast d.c. into the brookline station. back to you.

>> thank you, molette. he was told earlier this week a classified secret service meeting brought up concerns in connection with the pope's u.s. visit. >> the -- i'm catholic by the way. he likes to get out with people. that comes a large security risk. we're monitoring very closely threats against the pope as he comes into the united states. >> the secret service is the lead agency handling the events in washington, new york, and philadelphia. in the day ahead, the trial begins for a man accuse of killing a d.c. police detective who was also his stepfather. prosecutors say antoine james shot joseph newell more than a dozen times in 2013. the two were arguing over yardwork at their home in upper

marlboro. that's according to prosecutors. a surveillance camera at the neighbor's house caught the entire thing. detective newell was a 24-year veteran of the police force. a father of two is now dead. detectives are looking for who killed him. someone targetted the young father. hes with shot and killed in the southern marketplace shopping center at 6:00 last night. it's in oxon hill on the d.c./maryland line. one bullet hit the wall of the chinese restaurant next door. no one was hurt. right now at the live desk we're watch drag mattic pictures coming out of newsroom in california. the wildfire is burning everything in its path. you saw the charred car, there's a truck. one person has died. a lot of worry and concern. entire towns evacuated. the fire has spread way beyond wooded areas, destroying about 400 homes and buildings in

middle town lake county. firefighters just cannot keep up with this one. it is too fast. imagine 60 square miles it has burned in 12 hours. back to you. >> thank you, kristin. it is 6:05. in decision 2016 bernie sanders is making two important campaign stops in virginia. the first at the university in lynchburg. later in the day sanders will be joined by local leaders at the prince williams fairgrounds in melissa. that event kicks off tonight. today the county clerk of kentucky who refused to issue licenses to same-sex couples is back to work. davis's office will now be monitored to make sure marriage licenses are being issued. students will head to class this morning aet the new stafford high school. the school was originally supposed to open last monday. the first day of school was pushed back because it doesn't have the occupancy permit for

the new building. county inspectors have now given the green light for the school to open and some parents are concerned about the week delay and how students will make up that time. well,oday we will find out how long the redskins will be without star receiver desean jackson. he went out of yesterday's game with a hamstring injury after kirk cousins did that. yeah. overthrew a pass in the first. the redskins wanted to prove this year's team is different. the fans didn't get that result. after the skins got a 10-0 lead, the dolphins came back to win it, 17-10. the redskins host the rams fy weekend coming up. they are a popular toy that most of us remember riding as a child. we'll show you why you may want to think twice before you buy your child a tricycle. and brand-new problem at eastbound powder mill road at 95. chopper over that crash. we're hoping it's going to open shortly. at 66, a new crash causing some

delays. back in a few minutes. >> but first, not the place you want to deal with a fender bernld. the mishap that caused two passenger planes to collide at the airport in los angeles.

new this morning los angeles airport officials are trying to figure out how two planes managed to collide at the gate. take a listen now to the pilot explaining the situation to confused passengers. >> essentially we stopped short of the gate because the pointing gates wasn't what was expected and the aircraft behind us continued to push back from their gate and the two aircraft met at the same point at the same time. thank you. >> so basically they had a bit of a fender bender there. the alaskan plane bumped into the united airlines plane. no one was hurt. the outbound plane made its to its destination safely.

6:10 now. later policy makers say changes will make ferguson, missouri, better. he called on them to address the underlying causes that led to widespread and sometimes violent unrest in the city after a police officer shot and killed brown in august of 2014. now we're looking at 6:11. and if you plan on going out to the car, cranking it up, you might be using the heat this morning. >> right. what a change for sure. storm team 4's chuck bell telling us what's happening this morning. hey, chuck. >> eun and angie, what great way to get your morning started off. cool and classic out there. temperatures will warm up. 50s at dulles airport. 49. as far as slowdowns, morning, afternoon, evening, nothing but green lights from the weather department. 53 between 6:00 and 8:00.

67 between 7:00 and 8:00. we're going to give today an a-plus for recess. now time for a check on first 4 traffic. >> eastbound powder mill road there at 95 we now have what looks like one right lane getting by most of that trappic chopper telling us being pushed on to i-95. 56 at fairfax county. we're jammed there. off to the right. still though very slow. taking a look at traffic, outer loop, no problems. 66 inbound right here from fairfax county parkway to the beltway and 95 quantico to the beltway. remember to listen to wtop this morning. >> imagine your flight to hawaii

with a border plane that never should have been used. what has american airls in hot water. also ahead, remembering her life a year after her death. how people in shar slots ville are drawing attention to hannah graham's life

preserving the memory of uva sophomore hannah graham, that was the goal of this event in charlottesville yesterday, one year from the day the 18-year-old disappeared. jesse matthew faces charges in her murder. charlottesville marked the anniversary of her death with attenti fresh attention to her life. volunteers from the organization helped save the next girl gathered about a block away from the spotlight's security camera that last caught hannah gram graham on september 13th. they're worried the community will only remember her as a statistic. >> we want to get out here and raise awareness. hannah graham was a human being and full of life. we want people to realize that. >> we'll tell you about any developments in jesse matthew jr.'s case. now to a developing story this morning, this one out of japan. take look at some of these

images in the newsroom. you see the volcano erupting. the eruption sent vulcan uk rock into the air, but it doesn't look like there was any lava flow. there aren't any homes near the volcano, so there weren't any injuries or damage reported. police in phoenix kojts to look for whoever's responsible for a series of freeway shootings. police did arrest three people over the weekend who admitted to hitting cars with rocks. police say they're not connected to the shootings. there have been reports of 11 shootings in the region. no one has been killed or seriously hurt. 6:17 now. right now the family is still searching for a missing girl from greenbelt. keira richardson is 15 years old. she suffers from seizures and does not have her medicine with her. she was last seen on friday night on breezily court. if you have any information, call the police.

these families lost their homes over the weekend. take look at the damage. the fire ripped through 30 homes. this was in the tim pl hills area. prince george's investigators do not know how the fire was started. they say everyone was able to make it out safely. european ministers will meet to try to come up with a solution for the migrant crisis. germany saying it cannot handle all the people seeking asylum in that country. border controls in the country were put back into place yesterday. >> there are two new programs designed to help ex-convicts adjust to society. d.c. mayor muriel bowser will host the announcement. this is a flop-up. we expect the two initiatives to focus on training and professional development. check this out. incredible video.

they received a distress call in bliss bris toll bay. he reported engine failure. the helicopter safely rescued all three men on board. the first day of school is postponed yet again in seattle as the teacher's strike enters its second week. teachers are demanding pay increase and longer school days. they've also gone six years without a cost-of-living raise. they're looking for a court order. because of a strike three of its snow days are gone. the commissioner is considering short ping the breaks or adding days to the end of the school year. american airlines is trying to find out why the wrong plane was flown from l.a. to hawaii. it's a big mistake and a violation of faa regulations. the flight left on august 31st. american airlines flew a newer

plane that wasn't certified to land over the water. passengers were dropped off in hawaii and the plane was taken back. imagine how terrifying that would be. >> at least they owned up to it quickly and it won't happen again. if your kids have a tricycle and probably most of you do, tricycle injuries are sending thousands of children to the e.r. this year. >> more than 9,000 trike-related injuries occurred in 2013. they were the top cause of toy-related deaths in 2012. the american academy of pediatrics saying most children don't have the balance or coordination to ride a trike until they're around 3 years old. and i will tell you, a lot of my friends talk about this and we have found success with the balance bikes. they're low to the ground and the geometry and the way they're built -- >> treated like a bicycle, not like a toy. maybe wear a helmet.

>> absolutely always wear a hello net. >> a check on "weather & traffic on the 1s." >> they need to slow down. did you see that one kid driving so fast? crazy. same thing we tell adults. outside this morning, a clear sky out there. it's going to be a flawless sunrise. 6:48. another 25, 26 minutes from now. but otherwise in our eastern sky a little early morning color out there. the color is blue on the map this morning. temperatures in the 40s and 50s now. 48 in guy thuaithersburgaithers. what they wear today, they may need a light jacket. a pair of jeans and your short sleeves for later on this afternoon. it's going to be a beauty of a day outside. your exclusive skycast 4. there's a look at your sky today. hardly a cloud to be found. low 70s at lunchtime.

mid to upper 70s. plenty of sunshine. here's future weather. the computer model is working but there's not a cloud anywhere in the forecast for today, tonight, on into tomorrow as well. so high pressure large and in charge of our weather for all of the week. a couple of cool mornings this morning and tomorrow it will be a cool one as well. as we get later and later into the week, a lot of a warming trend around here. overnight lows. 40s and 50s this morning. it will be primarily in the 50s. mostly in the 50s tomorrow morning and then 60s to wake up wednesday, thursday, and friday. our average high now is 79 degrees some of we'll be just about average today. into the plus territory for tomorrow and way above average for most of the week. next little chance that a raindrop shows up on sunday. but there's a little chance of that. more on first 4 traffic. here's melissa. >> we still have this problem here. eastbound powder mill road on

95, you see the tow truck on the left side of your screen trying to get that one vehicle out of the way. right now we don't have this. a bit slow. inner loop, outer loop. it's completely norm afor this time of morning. 95. slow spot is not really slow and it's northbound. prince george's county looking pretty typical. don't have any major problems here. we'll see you here with another look at this issue here in hyattsville. >> melissa, thanks. happening today, amtrak is expanding its line. the new expansion will make it easier for you to travel with your bike. they'll hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the occasion. that's at 2:30 this afternoon at eun station in the northeast.

today the national bike program turns five years old. to celebrate there's a biking convenient happening at 7:30 this morning in arlington. everyone is meeting at the crystal metro station. they say it's in five years people have used their bikes more than -- 10 million times. pretty impressive. next year a volunteer group called adams morgan main street wants to be back in chard of adams morgan day. it went smoothly thanks to business leaders and members of the community. usually volunteers put on the event but the "washington post." over $30,000 and it says the organization's leader mishandled the funds. happening today president obama is expected to push his plan for free community college. he's heading to des moines for a town hall with high schoolers and their parents to discuss college access and affordability. education secretary arnie duncan

will also be there as part of his back to school bus tour. if you every find yours owing money from the irs, starting next year, the irs says it will reject all checks for anything that size. it says its check processing equipment can't handle a figure that big, plus thiel want to look at it by hand in order to catch any errors or fraud attacks. the richest among us will have to wire it in. >> who owes 100 -- i mean who owes -- who has that kind of money. >> it sounds bad but i kind of want that problem. >> you're sending checks for that? >> i have no clue. >> that's never going to happen to me, ever. all right, we've heard about the stories about how many car seats are stalled incorrectly. what you should be looking for to make sure you buy the right seats and what squlould do to make sure it is installed correctly. >> brrr. one of the coldest mornings

we've seen in months as storm team 4's chuck bell has what you can expect in your community with the hometown forecast at 6:31. i'm following breaking news unfolding right now in kentucky after a state trooper is shot to death. a massive manhunt under way right now. we just got a picture of who police are looking for. i'll have that next from the

right now we're getting in significant updates in the killing of a kentucky state trooper. in the past few minutes we found out who the trooper was. trooper joseph ponder was new to the force. he graduated from the training academy just this past january. he was only 31 and from kentucky. now, we're also just learning what police say happened. this is coming directly from kentucky state police. trooper ponder stopped a car on

interstate 24 last night. a traffic stop. the driver who police say was this man took off. trooper ponder chased the suspect down the freeway almost ten miles until that driver suddenly stopped and fired several shots into the cruiser, please s police say, before getting away. right now you're looking at manhunt going on. in the last 30 mijtss police say they're looking for joseph johnson shanks. that's the last man you saw. police say he's armed and dangerous and they're warning people to lock their doors and be very careful. back to you. >> thank you, kristin. brace yourself for a bit of a shock as you step outside this morning. you're going to see temperatures in the 40s in some spots. 50s too. our hash tag this morni morning #chillymorning. >> it's hard to believe we were so warm a week ago. chuck bell with our hometown forecast.

>> that's right. a chilly start. clear skies. not much of a wind. as a result, it was bombs away as a result. temperatures falling all the way back to 48 nguyen chester, front royal, 52 in frederick, maryland, 49 in calvert county. 76 at dinner time. just a beautiful day to be outside start to finish. no complaints. traffic -- well, it's monday. >> still over this problem in beltville. i said hyattsville. we're still blocked there at this point at th morning. police kind of pushing you off to 95 instead. 270 southbound here as you're coming out of frederick going slow. this is just volume. don't have an issue. slow as you're headed down

through frederick and hyattstown. once you get to germantown it clears out of the way for you. b.w. parkway, everything there is nice and green. no major problems. eun? >> thanks, melissa. 6:3 the 2. an explanation after an attack kills a dozens tourists. please called it terrorist elements when they opened fire on four cars. instead of terrorists, tourists from mexico were inside. 12 people died and nearly a dozen others hurt this morning. mexico's president say this explanation is not enough. he's demanding a thorough investigation. later today you have a chance to tell officials what you think about the police force in fairfax county. community leaders want your feedback. they set up tonight's meeting at the beginning of the month weeks before officials leased a controversial video of one inmate's death. news4's derrick ward with more on what we can expect to hear

later today. derrick. >> reporter: we already heard from protesters who plan to show up to this meeting. it plans to occur later this evening. it's a meeting of an ad hoc review meeting. it's over the death of john gear back in 20e 13. but protesters want to bring up another issue. this is the case of 37-year-old natasha mckenna. she was being transferred to alexandria to face charges of saulti assaulting a plj there. while detained she was tasered four times. all of this while tackle and restrained. the commonwealth attorney has rule thad this death was accidental and cited factors of mckenna's mental condition, stress over the struggle, and being shot.

but the protesters are not happy with that as are others in the county. they have put out on social media they want to have their voices heard. in the meantime at the jail the sheriff has ordered that the use of tasers be suspended temporarily while the investigation ensues. we're live in fairfax county, "news4." a former youth hockey coach accused of possessing child pornography heads to court in fairfax county. timothy bodenheimer working as a coach for a travel team. investigators say all the boys bodenheimer contacted were hockey players. ice not known, though, if those players were those that he coached. police say he used instagram and snapchat to contact them. in maryland another soccer coach is nation charges for human traffics. he used france websites to attract prostitutes and use

their services online in the u.s. he's a soccer coach and the own over aan academy in germantown. police say his accoucountses ar part of his soccer acadeacademy police say lucy green was the woman involved in a crash yesterday. a stretch of the g.w. parkway was closed for several hours and investigators have not said what caused that crash. the family of malik thomas is searching for him. police found a man dead inside his car. someonead shot him. police have not positively identified the body so they don't know whether thomas is the victim. the mother told us the two spoke just hours before police found the car. >> the last words i actually said to my son was be careful.

he did not say where he was headed. >> the family said they've turned over dental records and other information to investigators. those records could help them identify the body. >> concerns raised the morned ahead of pope francis ice visit to d.c. the effort to keep him safe is no small under taking. we're going to show you why some are worried about his security. >> we have good volume. inbound. details on that one coming up. plus, making sure your child is protected every time you strap them into the car seat. the mistake many parents make when installing those seats and how you can make sure yours is correctly installed today. your time right now is 6:37.

at 6:40. officials are making sure your children are safe in their seats. the seats need to be tied down. >> itly and the shoulder straps have to be snug. they do free demonstrations and checks at the dmv center. it's going to happen today from 2:00 to 6:00 this afternoon. >> don't brush this off. you may not be aware that your child's seat isn't safe. as a matter of fact three out of four seats are at risk because they don't use them correctly. here are common mistakes you might be making. either the straps are too loose or the straps around the shoulders are too lohse. they recommend keeps your child in car and booster seats until they're 4'9". it's so confusing because you have the infant seat and booster. >> and you have to have them in the infant seat until 2.

they changed that. >> and it varies. >> weight and height. not just age. isn't that a pretty shot? >> yes. >> everything is just, you know, falling into place for us, chuck. >> sure is. beautiful day outside this morning. that was a view down over national airport. another planeload of folks heading up this morning. sit on the right-hand side if you want a view of the national mall. there are 40s on the map this morns. noticeable chill at the bus stop this morning. 53 as your early morning start. 76 on the way home. again, full sunshine. seven-day in ten minutes. right now chopper 4. we had an earlier crash. we still have some delays that are remaining here this morning. as you can see ahead of here we have volume because of an early crash that is now out of the way. eastbound powder mill road h e have a fuel spill there. we have lanes blocked.

cars are out of the way at this point this morning. travel times overall pretty typical. 66 inbound is okay. 95 northbound to quantico. you're 15 minutes behind. remember to listen to our friends at wtop 103.5 as you head into your car. students are heading back to school. the newest high school opens up its doors. plus you wouldn't think it would be a very welcoming environment. the surprise bernie sanders is making today during your visit to virginia.

right now preparations are being stepped up for pope francis's visit. the plans to nash gatd the crowd and road closure plus concerns over the security plan for the pope. it's one of the stories we're working on right now to get you up to the minute the minute you're up. but we want to start off with meteorologist chuck bell who has more on this chilling morning, chuck. good morning. very chilly skies. not a cloud in the sky. temperatures really plummeted overnight. 48 in some of the rural areas to 58. a crystal clear start. it's a chilly one. more about the start coming up.

melissa? >> there's a disabled vehicle blocking the lane here this morning. eastbound powder mill road, we're shut down. police at this point pushing you off on 295. cleanup under way. tar spilled out of the vehicle. it's going to take some time. guys? >> thank you, melissa. thousands are coming to washington next week for pope francis's visit. metro and ddot are making sure changes are in place. we have more on these plans. it's going to be really business, molette. >> reporter: yeah. it's going to be really tricky, too, fixing out how to get 25,000 ticketholders in and out of this area coming to the national shrine. not far behind me we've got a csx train going through right now. everyone is encouraged to take public transportation, but it's still going to be requiring a lot of strategy and planning because anyway y way you look a

this, the pope's visit will impact the get-around in this city. lots of roads closed. tell troh and rail making adjustments for september 23rd, including at times making this station exit-only and entrance-only. one early morning rider tapped me on the shoulder to note the limited number of escalators at this brookland station, one that goes up, one that usually goes down. and that cob be a little tricky as well for passengers coming in. we will learn more later today from these critical city agencies, ddot and metro about the plan to make sure all of this works smoothly and safely. that's the latest from the brookland station. >> thank you, molette. chairman michael mccaul chairs the homeland committee.

he said classified meeting brought up concerns in connection with the pope's u.s. visit. >> the pope is a very -- i'm catholic, by the way, he's a passionate man. he likes to get out with the people. with that comes a large security risk. we are monitoring very closely threats against the pope as he comes into the united states. >> the secret service is the lead agency handling security for the events in washington, new york, and philadelphia. in decision 2026 bernie sanders is making two important campaign stops, the first at conservative liberty eun skrerts in lynchburg. later he'll be joined by others at the fair grounds in manassas. the kickoff is tonight. the e-mail controversy is having new impact on hillary clinton's campaign this morning. holly is with us from cedar

false, iowa. hi, holly. >> reporter: good morning, angie. there's going go a women's rally for hillary here in cedar falls. but new this morning that while clinton still leads the democratic race right now, she's dropped more than 20% in july when news of the e-mail controversy first broke. another poll from cbs shows in matchups from her, bernie sanders and joe bide whon is, of course, weighing a run, clinton, while she's ahead in south carolina would lose by double digits to sanders. down 22 points, angie, in new hampshire. these are really key early voting states. we'll have much more on all of this coming up inon the "today" show in a few minutes. thanks so much. a man is accused of killing

a police officer who is also his stepfather. the two were arguing over yardwork at their home in upper marlboro. that's according to prosecutors. surveillance camera at the neighbor's house caught the whole thing. detective newell was a 24-year veteran of the police force. a father of two is dead this morning and police in prince george's county are looking for whoever killed him. detectives on the scene told "news4" someone targeted the young father. he was shot and killed in the southern market place lart night in okayen ville on the d.c. line. one bullet went into the wall of a chinese takeout restaurant. no one inside was hurt. here in the newsroom we're getting in very telling pictures from out west. we want you to look here. a car abandoned on the side of the road burned to its core. yet another fast-moving wildfire in northern california is

burning everything in its path and one person has been killed. entire towns right now are unde. about 400 homes and buildings. so far firefighters can not seem to get a handle on this one. when i say it's moving fast, imagine the fire has burned 60 square miles in a matter of 12 hours. angie? >> kristin, thank you. students will head to class this morning at the new stafford high school. the school was originally supposed to open up last monday. the first day of school was pushed back because it didn't have occupancy permits iffer that building. now county inspectors have given the green light for the schools to open up. some parents, though, are concerned about the week delay and how students will have to eventually make up that time. >> it is now 6:51. and back to school started off with a lot of heat and humidity and now a big change. it is feeling like fall. >> humidity is going to stay on

vacation. the warmer weather is totally going to make a comeback. still no 90s on the seven-day forecast. but a very significant warming trend after what was an almost chilly to cold start. it's the good kind. there's a view of the rising sun. the sun was up at 6:48 this morning. it's now 6:52. temperature now 56 at national airport. winds are out of the west. this is a cool morning indeed. coolest morning at reagan national since june 4th. we're down beloam 60 and dulles dropped below 50 degrees this morning. coldest since may 24th. what to expect for today? a nice cool start for the morning. mild and dry. 57 now in hagerstown, but 46 in manassas, 47 in culpeper, 56 in anacostia. hourly temperatures, mid-50s this morning. low 60s by 9:00. as we get toward lunchtime,

temperatures in the low 70s. we should be in the mid to upper 70s with plenty of sunshine. plan your evening. evening temperatures, low 70s at 7:00 as the sun goes down but dropping back into the mid-60s by 11:00 tonight. high pressure in charge. nary a chance of rain. you can get your car cleaned and drive it all wook. the nearest raindrop to us, new york and new england. if you're traveling that way, pack your umbrella. those raindrops will not be boktserring us. back into the 80s all week. melissa, back to you. >> we still have this closure at eastbound powder mill road shut down at 95. a truck was carrying tar we have a tar spill. it's going to be some time before that's completely clear. outer loop we do have a disabled vehicle still slowing things

down. 270 at falls actually looking good. no real problem. montrose road either as you're headed southbound. 66 headed into town. overall, looking a lot better than it was earlier. 95 south after quantico, we have the right lane blocked from an accident there. overall prince george's county, no problem. chopper 4 over b.w. parkway just inside the beltway, a little slow. eun? >> thanks, melissa. it is 6:54. gas prices are dropping. national gas prices around $2.32 right now. the national average in the district is a little higher. in maryland you're paying a little below 2 president $30. west virginia is floating around. today a kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples is back to work. kim davis spent five days behind

bars. a judge said dave's office will now be monitored to make sure marriage licenses are now being issued. the former prison guard who helped two prisoners escape in upstate new york is speaking out. joyce mitchell sat down with an exclusive interview with nbc's matt lauer. she faces seven years in prison after pleading guilty to taking in contraband to the clinton correction am facility in dannemora, new york. >> would take it all back if i could, but i can't, but i'm not the monster that everybody thinks i am. i'm really not. >> and you can watch matt's entire interview on the "today" show later this morning. today we'll find out how long the redskins will be without star receiver lesean jackson. he went out with a hamstring injury after kirk cousins through a pass.

rams didn't get a promising result after the skins had a 10-0 lead. the dolphins came back to win it, 17-10. >> we battled and came up short. and i guess we're all pretty tired of that around here. you know, we even done that too many times. eventually the tables need to turn. >> yes. cousins had a mixed start to the season. threw two interceptions. rg3 did not dress despite being cleared. four things you need to know before heading out the door this morning. students will head to class at the new stafford high school. the school was originally supposed to open up last monday. some parents are concerned how they'll make that up. in kentucky a trooper was shot and killed overnight. joseph johns-shanks shot ponder

during a high-speed chase. a fast moving fire continues in california. the entire town has been evacuated. today we'll find out how metro and ddot will handle the thousands of people coming to visit pope francis in d.c. officials will update us on road closures and all ter gnat roads and changes. >> that's going to do it for us. the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with news, weather, and

good morning. up in flames. one person reportedly dead. at least 400 homes destroyed by a large and fast spreading wildfire in california. the blaze out of control as the national guard is called in. we're live on the front lines. double-digit deficit. new polls show hillary clinton behind bernie sanders by ten points in iowa. 22 in new hampshire, but had she's matched against donald trump, it's a dead heat. longtime coming, vanessa williams gets an apology three decades after she lost her miss america crown over a nude photo scandal. >> i want to apologize for anything that was said or done that made