we're giving you a look. "news4" tracked down father john ensler. in his words, he's siked to be one of them that will get to meet pope francis. he will feed the hungry with pope francis at the church. >> he ease going to help me feed the hungry. some 400 or so will be there thursday, and aren't i lucky. >> parishioners say he exudes joy and they hope he leaves americans with a renewed catholic faith. starting today you can pick up a limited edition commemorative sleeve if you buy a smart trip card at the metro sales office.

if they don't sell out, they'll give them away. the nbc washington app will be useful over the next few day. if you don't plan to visit the pope, use it. you can look for alerts on our news room to help stay aware of any significant events or problems that affect you. >> you and i are both going to be out in the field at different points while the pope is in the u.s. the app is going to be a great resource. >> all right. 4:31. this is a great resource for us. chuck bell is going to tell us what kind of weather we're going have. >> yes, indeed. i wish i had better news for you. hopefully we can get all the rain out of here before we have thousands and thousands of people standing outside for the pope's visit. outside on a sunday morning, a little rain. parts of fauquier and culpeper,

western fairfax, southern loudoun county, be on the ready for light raindrops this morning. temperatures are in the low 60s, upper 50s. 63 at 7:00 a.m. 68 at noon. 69 at 4:00 this afternoon with off-and-on periods of light rain and drizzle. on your way out the door for today, grab the umbrella, melissa mollet. >> a warning, you might see a little bit of traffic. a little good volume there headed northbound. at edsall ring place, we do have a crash there. westbound 108 at ashton road, we do have some roadwork blocking

lanes westbound at 108. taking a look at the parkway, everything looking good. everything rolling along nicely. back in ten minutes. we have 120 buses that will be coming through here on weekdays. >> you can take the buses as part of the new way to go to and from montgomery county. >> it >>. it's a massive hub and a place to lock off your bike. not only does it take the buses off the street but gets you where you want to go faster. it does mean new changes. centers tell nbc 4 they're ready for that. >> we have signs up inforling people of the changes for the buses here, but we're also going to have extra staff on hand here to make sure everybody knows where they're going. >> structural issues delayed the

opening of the center for about a year. there were concerns the concrete would not be able to support the massive amounts of bus trachlkt officials say it's ready now after rebuilding and reinforcements. >> there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony at city hall in fairfax, the city f fairfax. the north virginia transportation authority paid for it. we are following a developing story out of selma, alabama, this morning. three people are recovering after a church shooting. a man is charged after killing his girlfriend, a baby, and the pastor inside the church. this was a domestic incident. he was arrested less than a mile away from the scene this morning. he's being held without bond.

two americans held in yemen for months have arooived home. the u.n. ambassador was there to greet them after their release. darmon was working for his company and the other was taken back in march. 34-year-old david brewer died during the ride to conquer cancer. police say the suv hit him when he crossed the yellow line. president obama issued a statement saying brewer was armed with a blliant mind and a big heart. brewer's wife is a prominent conservative journalist and blogger. she's pregnant with their second child. nbc 4 was a partner in the ride to conquer cancer.

this morning one firefighter continues to recover after a devastating house fire in prince george's county. we're told he's being treated for second and third-degree burns. another firefighter was shocked when he was walking through the basement. the widow was at her husband ease funeral. we're following decision 2016. ben carson is on the hot seat after his comments about a muslim as commander in chief. he spoke to chuck todd on "meet the press" this weekend. take a listen. >> i would not advocate we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> it came days after there was a denouncement from a reporter about president obama being

muslim. we'll talk with tracie potts about what will be coming in the next few days. >> redskins, there was an injury to their top player. the cowboys are without tony romo who just broke his collar bone. the other teams in the division just 0-2. the rookie matt jones said he was glad to lead the team to a win. >> we executed everything we could. >> the team plays the giants and the eagles over the next two weeks. they could make a statement about how serious they are this year. wouldn't that be something. >> can you imagine? who thought we could be in this position. >> i can only imagine. >> it's only two weeks. a family terrorized. what made their boat go up in

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washington is working to prevent ma massacres. the goal is to concentrate resources in certain areas where communities are at risk for mass casualty events. take a look at this. a close call for a family after their boat went up in flames off the coast of galveston, texas. thanks to a few good samaritans, they survive. it could have been a disaster. two men nearby were chartering a fishing boat. they smell eined burning fiberg. they were able to rescue the family before the boat went down. one person was hurt. the fire is still under investigation. a cool start to our morning. chuck, what a change. >> you bet you. cloudy skies and cooler weather have moved back in and rain

chances are increasing as we go out of this morning into this afternoon. don't leave home without an umbrella. already a little light rain west of fredericksburg and i-95. this is all listing in our direction. light rain early this morning. nevertheless, even light rain needs an umbrella. bus stop weather, cloudy and cool early but chances for rain. so don't send the kiddos without an umbrella today. it's going to be tough. we're only going to give threce a c. roadwork. anything, melissa mollet? >> northbound connecticut avenue near beach, you have to get around that. 66 here in town, you don't have

any problems. actually looking great this morning. nice and good commute eastbound and westbound. i-95 northbound, that truckfi fe is out of the way. prince george's county looking good right now. nice and green and looking good right now. see you right back here in ten minutes. a live look at 95 and maryland. >> see you then, melissa. new poll numbers are out for 2016 and you may be surprised at the results, who's losing points and who could be to blame. this morning, the father of the suspected arizona highway shooter says they have the wrong

new developments now in decision 2016 at 4:46. the polls are showing a boost for gop presidential hopeful carly fiorina. that may be due to controversy surrounding donald trump. but what does this mean for the democratic race too? tracy pots breaking down the presidential politics for us live from capitol hill. tracie. >> hi, aaron. yesterday ben carson created a lot of buzz among muslims saying he would not advocate putting a muslim in charge of this country. his campaign manager responding you have to be careful how you take what he said. he said that he thinks there's inconsistency with the constitution. his campaign manager clarifying he does support freedom of

religion. he sort of backed off the comment of not supporting a muck limb for president. it's generating a lot of buzz after donald trump failed to correct a supporter who failed to correct president obama being muslim and whether we should be getting rid of them in this country. both candidates taking a hit while the polls show carly fiorina is rising. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. thanks. new regulations making it easier to travel to and do business with cuba go into go i effect today. the change has also opened the door to financial transactions. americans can set up bank accounts in cuba and cubans can have accounts outside of cuba. as far as travel, cruise ships would be able to go without

stopping another country and close relatives can visit family members for more reasons than before. u.s. officials tell the "associated press" that the obama administration might not vote against to lift that embargo. we can tell you machinery more this morning about the u.s. plan to take in refugees. the two-year plan comes as thousands of people try to leave shell-shocked countries like syria. secretary of state john kerry said the u.s. will saccept 85,00 next year. by 2018 they'll take in 100,000. an olympic-level coach accused of molesting children is now dead. marvin sharp died in an indiana jail this weekend. police believe he killed himself there. sharp coached two women on the

oliympic gymnastics team. a man accused of the highway shootings is in jail. his father say he's innocent. police arrested leslie allen merritt. leslie merritt jr. said he didn't have a gun at the time. >> i'm saying even in a high-profile murder case it takes weeks to get forensics, yet in this case it took them 24 hours? >> now, the merritts claim he pawned the gun to be a boater father. police are looking for other suspects right now. today we could learn more about a lawsuit against a trendy washington restaurant. a woman filed a

multi-million-dollar lawsuit. the woman is claiming personal injury and product light. figure and olive didn't have a comment. they pulled both truffle french fries and mushrooms from their menu. the county auditors says the facility at maryland live will cost about $25,000. they're creating a tax district. once built they should have a new 17-story 300-room hotel behind the hanover casino and a 25,000-square-foot convention center. the council members will begin debating the bill next month. four votes are needed for a ban. that meeting starts tonight at 7:00 in annapolis. and today health officials

in montgomery county are warning the flu is growing. you can get your flu shot starting mid-october. >> it's hard to believe it. >> you've got your flu shot. >> i got it last week. hopefully i'm protected. i don't want to get sick. >> if you have three kids, good luck. >> i missed mine. i'll have to get it the next go-around. today, a complete change the way things have been shaping up around here. clouds are back in our sky and rain chances are back in the forecast. we're about four inches behind in rainfall over the last six to seven weeks. right now with mostly cloudy skies it's a noticeably cooler 65. courtesy of the northeasterly

wind. what to expect? clouds, cooler weather, light rain is likely today. grab the umbrella on your way out the door. temperatures this morning mostly in the 50s and 60s. about 59 in luray. hourly temperatures courtesy of the clouds, not much of a rise in temperatures. only in the upper 60s to right around 70 degrees. if you plan on heading out, battle of the beltways in baseball tonight. there will be clouds and there could be a light rain delay during the game. storm team 4 radar this morning, showers just down to our south and west. light rain across much of the roanoke and new river valleys coming our way. but there's already a couple of light rain drops early this morning. primarily west and southwest of the beltway. future weather carries the rain chances in and out. not a lot of heavy rain.

just hit and miss opportunities for light rain showers through the afternoon and into the first part of the day tomorrow. there's your seven-day forecast. a 40% chance of the light rain showers today. should be out of here by lunchtime tofrmorrow. two best days of the week will be wednesday and thursday. over to melissa mollet for a check on traf snook good morning. still have an accident at williams lane and falls church. they're hoping to get that out of the way this morning. northbound connecticut avenue at beach drive had the left lain getting by there. 50 at 202, landover road, also rolling along nicely. overall 66 and 95 looking good. headed a little bit north coming out of frederick coming all the way down to 70 is nice and green. see you back here in ten minutes at 5:01. >> thank you, melissa.

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we have breaking news in prince george's county where an investigation is under way after a deadly accident involving a

train and a pedestrian. "news4's" derrick ward is just pulling up to the scene and will bring you the latest in just a minute. something else we're keeping an eye on you for. the rain. take a looket the radar. chuck will let you know if the rain will hit you on "weather & traffic on the 1s." boston nicknamed baby doe after she washed up on the beach. she's now known as bella bond. her mother rochelle is charged with accessory after the fact. her boyfriend michael mccarthy is charged with murder. joseph said rochelle told him michael killed the baby because she was possessed by demons. he called her satan. the 2-year-old died weeks before

her body was found washed up in a trash bag on the beach. >> i believe everything she told me. if she told me michael mccarthy killed bella, i believe she did. he had never returned to boson and was hoping to return to connect to her. fairfax officials say a woman fell from the rocks in a run. she fell about 40 feet. the fire department said she was awake and talking after the incident. they put her in a rescue basket and used a u.s. park helicopter to get her to the hospital. one other person went to the hospital but not seriously hurt. folvolkswagen is stopping t

use of dees iesel cars. volkswagen of america headquarters are located in herndon. gas prices are slowly falling in our area. you're saving about 5 cent as gallon in this week. in d.c. it will cost about $2.52 a gallon for gas. you're paying about $2.22 in maryland. the cheapest, $2.03. we start this 5:00 a.m. with breaking news. a person dead after being hit by a train. this happened at beltsville near edmondson road. >> these tracks are the same ones used on the marx camden line. let's begin with "news4's" derrick ward who's live on the scene with more on this investigation.

derrick? >> reporter: good morning. this actually happened around 12:20 last night. we have some video. this happened on the northbound csx tracks as they crossed sunny side avenue. as you said, it's north of that greenbelt rail yard. we don't know the identity of the victim or how that person came to be on the tracks. we do know the train was 57 cars lodge and two locomotives. it was going between tampa and new york carrying food products. just about a half hour ago they reopened this railroad crossing and we have seen traffic going through here. the good thing is there are two lines through here. i talked to a csx official who said ideally the mark trains can use one of the alternate tracks here. we believe it's a train involved in this. we have seen train traffic come through here. we don't know what that means