. breaking right a mess at metro stations. >> there are rain drops on the radar and they're moving our way. we'll time their arrival and departure coming up. pope francis takes his message to cuba. what he is telling the faithful as he gets ready to head here. and before he gets here, we have all the last-minute preparations for you from security to traffic and everything in between. i'm aaron gilchrist, news 4 midday starts right now.

this didn't happen in a metro station. we want to clarify that. this happened near the stadium armory station on the other side of east capitol street. this happened amid the morning rush. it's a transformer fire, we're told. this is on the grounds of rfk stadium's parking lot as those rails go underground it wasn't on the rail, but it did affect rail service. we understand no one was injured. firefighters were on the scene. they had to get under the tracks and get to that transformer to put that fire out. the affect is being felt all over the system. the orange line, all services is suspended between eastern market and minnesota avenue. you will find buses on either end of those stations to get to you your destination, get you on the other side of the closed stations. the silver line, service is suspended between eastern market

and bening road. b buses on either end. the blue line, buses running from franconia to rose rosalyn. we don't have word from metro about when they will have the situation rectified. no one was injured, but a smoky fire in a transformer off the grounds at that station here. you can smell a bit of acrid smoke in the air. live outside station armory, derrick ward, news 4. happening right now, pope francis is celebrating mass in cuba. we have a live picture to show you right now of the pope holding mass at revolution square. thousands are there to hear pope

francis' message. it is his second mass during this trip to cuba. this afternoon pope francis will bless the city and look at the reception he received when he arrived there. there we go. then he'll fly to santiago to meet with bishops and visit the shrine of cuba's patron saint in the town of cobre. pope francis met with fidel castro and raul castro yesterday. he'll be here tomorrow afternoon. back to you. >> all right. thank you. we will cover all of the pope's visit to the u.s. on air and online. pope francis will get to washington tomorrow afternoon. he will celebrate mass at the basilica of the national shrine of the emaculate conception on wednesday. you can open the nbcwashington.com app and search papal visit for a more detailed run down and maps of road

closures. and good monday morning, everybody. still a mostly cloudy sky in place. these clouds are leading to increasing chances for rain drops, still not much if anything in the way of rain inside the beltway just yet. there are rain drops in abundance along much of i 81. these rain drops have moved on to western parts of falkier county, culpeper county, this is progressing our general direction. it's already raining and chilly upper 50s and low 60s in the shenandoah valley. we're low 60s here. as you plan out your afternoon, with the arrival of the showers, temperatures won't budge much. mid to upper 60s, might touch 70 briefly before the rain showers cool us down again. >> chuck, thank you. if tonight goes anything like this morning it will be a good first run for the new transit center in silver spring. structural issues delayed the opening for about a year.

there were concerns the concrete would not be able to support the massive number of bus traffic coming through montgomery county. silver spring officials say it is ready now after some rebuilding and reinforcement. in southeast wasngton, the council of american islamic relations or c.a.r.e. holding a news conference now calling on gop presidential candidate ben carson to withdraw from the race. this is after his comments to chuck todd on "meet the press" about a muslim commander in chief. listen. >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> dr. carson's reps say their candidate did not say muslims should be prevented from running for president, but he does not believe the american people are ready for a muslim president. this is happening just days after donald trump did not denounce a supporter who called president obama a muslim. experts believe both instances

are turning poll numbers in carly fiorina's favor. >> we just learned the name of dc's 115th homicide victim of the year. police say 28-year-old coran caleo died at the hospital. someone shot him on north capitol street near m street northwest last night. police offering a $25,000 reward for information on the gunman. and we're working to figure out how a person ended up on train tracks in prince george's county. the pedestrian was hit and killed by the train early this morning. this happened in beltsville on sunny side avenue. the accident did not affect morning train service. the next two weeks could be crucial for the redskins. starting with that match-up with the giants on the road just days from now. the skins could put the giants in an 0-3 hole. they could also stand to gain ground on the cowboys who lost tony romo to a broken collarbone. washington in second place after

they faced the giants. this morning the white house remembers one of its own who went to raise money for a good cause and never came home. we're also staying on top of our breaking news. a major metro

new developments out of california right now where the huge valley and bute fire are both around 70% contained. another 160 homes burned in lake county north of san francisco. fire officials say the damage makes the valley fire the fourth worst ever in the state. five people died between those two fires. today the anne arundel county executive will introduce a bill to ban medical marijuana. the new law would stop any growing, processing and selling of the drug for medicinal use.

the council members will debate the bill next month. four votes are needed for a ban. today we'll find out who is replacing shawn williams on the loudoun county board of supervisors. williams resigned earlier this month after he was arrested on assault charges. the board decided to appoint an interim replacement through the end of the year. 13 people applied. the board is holding a special meeting tonight to decide who it will be. what a difference a day makes. in 60 seconds, chuck

right now, rain drops on storm team 4 radar. they're moving towards the d.c. metro area. don't leave home without that umbrella for your late morning and early afternoon plans. light rain from martinsburg to

winchester to culpeper. these rain drops coming in our direction. here is future weather. prot gresing of the rain drops by 12:45, rain in fairfax county, northern montgomery county. by 2:00 in the afternoon, 3:00, 4:00, almost the entirety of the metro area will be rained on for a stretch of a couple hours here, mid to late afternoon and early this evening with time, after about 8:00, 9:00, the first batch of rain should move away. we'll be left with cloudy skies and hit or miss showers. >> thank. this morning a northern virginia family is mourning the loss of a husband and father. jacob brewer died during the ride to conquer cancer. an suv hit him on his bike on saturday. he worked as a white house staffer. he leaves behind a pregnant wife and a young daughter.

a go fund me page has been set up for the family. nbc 4 was a partner in the ride to conquer cancer. a train company wants to get you from d.c. to baltimore in 15 minutes. northeast maglev is opening a new head quarters in baltimore today. the company builds magnet iic livtation trains it wants to build one to take you from here to new york even. the pope may not arrive in town for more than 24 hours, one of the biggest traffic headaches is about to set in we'll so he you what you want to avoid and when.

. this is your first 4 traffic. this week we'll have a lot of headaches downtown as far as road closures go. we'll take this step by step for you. first thing to think about, because of the pope's visit, tonight at midnight here, all the way until thursday, the 24th, at 4:00 p.m., going to have that big closure right in front of the vatican embassy. we're talking about northbound massachusetts avenue will be shut down right there between observatory circle and 34th street. as far as those southbound lanes, it will be allowed traffic from 34th street over to waterside drive. we'll have more developing throughout this week.

this is the first thing to think about. as far as alternates, q street, rock creek parkway, garfield or wisconsin to work you around this. allow extra time if you have to be on the roads. a lot of folks think being metro. again, allow extra time there. if you want to look on our website or the nbc washington app, look for pope road closures. breaking news into the newsroom. we are working to find out more about an argument between roommates that ended with one of them dead. police got a report of an assault in the 3800 block of hazenwood place in the hybla valley area. a man was shot. they think two roommates were arguing about something when one of them shot the other. so far no word on charges. that could happen later today. we'll let you know here and on the nbc washington app.

right now dozens of employees are helping people find their way around the brand-new transit center in silver spring. after a year of delays, it's finally open to the people in montgomery county. >> molette green covered the commute for us today. what's happening now? >> you know, when you relocate about 30 bus stops, it's a no-brainer what will be the most anticipated question of the day. >> the question asked over and over -- >> where is the 70 bus. >> reporter: in a hurry some run to bus stops, others run in circles trying to find the right bay. not the way to start off the day. >> it's not going good. >> reporter: the first rush hour morning for the new silver spring transit center where metro, ride-on and other shuttles come under a two-level concrete roof along with the taxicabs and connections to

metro or rail stations steps away. >> we didn't know about this. everything has changed. it's crazy. >> reporter: she's not alone. help wasn't far. staffers dressed in neon vests tried to keep commuters moving. after years of delays because of safety concerns, some commuters couldn't wait for this day. >> we've been watching it for seven years. >> reporter: but geraldine and others need time to adjust. >> no, i have to go to school and i have an exam this morning. i can't find the bus. >> reporter: metro firmly stands behind the safety of the concrete structure after, of course, years of delays stemming from safety concerns that held up this bus and taxi hub for so long for so many people and drove up the price tag by tens of millions of dolla.

live in downtown silver spring, molette green. today the retrial begins for a man accused of molesting two girls in northern virginia. michael gardner is the former head of the falls church democratic committee. he's accused of molesting the girls at his daughter's sleepover in 2011. virginia's supreme court overturned his conviction. the court said character evidence was wrongly excluded from his defense. and we have a cloudy sky overhead. one or two little slivers of sunshine getting through here in northwest. there's an awful lot of rain out there. all clouds from this point forward for the remainder of the day with periods of rain likely. nothing all that heavy. enough rain to get the roads wet. it's been a while since we had much in the way of rainfall. temperatures now upper 50s and low 60s in the shenandoah valley. rains have been steady. temperatures milder in the metro. there's the rain showers along i

81. more rain in central virginia. this is all moving into the d.c. metro area. temperatures today in the mid to upper 60s. might be into the low 70s across parts of southern maryland. the rain drops will get there last. the weather slow down this afternoon and this evening, yes, back to green light conditions for tomorrow. >> chuck, thank. stewart parnell is being sentenced today for his role in a salmonella outbreak linked to nine deaths and hundreds of illnesses. jurors said parnell knowingly sold tainted peanut butter and altered lab tests. they are recommending a lab test. we are learning more about a lawsuit against fig and olive. the restaurant opened last week after a string of salmonella cases. fig & olive said they did not

want to comment on the lawsuit. it was tv's big night to shine in hollywood. the big emmy moments years in the making that everyone is talking about this

i'm eun yang, this midday social media buzzing over viola davis and her historic win at the emmys. she became the first black actress to win for outstanding lead actress in a drama. >> let me tell you something -- the only thing that separates women of color from anyone else is opportunity. >> that line from davis' speech lit up special media, just a powerful and emotional speech. oprah winfrey sent out this tweet saying, wow, another proud to spell my name w.o.m.a.n. moment. this also the hottest emmy

awards in a long time. 95 degrees in los angeles yesterday. all the lights and the people, the stars said it felt like well over 100 degrees. this is mario lopez showing us his soaking wet shirt. gross. eight times a charm for actor jon hamm. he finally won for best actor after many, many nominations this is for his portrayal of don draper on "madm men." he gets up and climbs over the stage, a big win for him this is what people were talking about as well. this is a standing ovation for actor and comedian tracy morgan who made his official return to the stage. there were a lot of cheers. morgan said he missed his fellow actors. he presented the best drama a

welcome back. a cloudy one out there for sure. still not much in the way of rain here inside the beltway. rain drops plenty in the shenandoah valley and across northern and central virginia. if you're planning on going down, battle of the beltway tonight. the baltimore orioles and the washington nationals. first pitch at 7:05. i could not rule out a little rain delay or two. the rain won't be that heavy, but it might be enough for a delay and maybe a postponement of the game. temperatures if they get the game in will be in the cool 60s. if you're planning on going down there, you'll need your slicker and an extra layer of warm vt. in the 60s with rain today. most of the rain chance is by 7:00 a.m., dry wednesday, thursday. another chance of a shower on friday. tonight you can be part of a public hearing on the

development of a hotel in anne arundel county. much of the conversation will be about approving the financing of maryland live the facility also cost about $25,000. once built, the air should have a new 17-story 300 room hotel behind the hanover casino. check this out. did you see that? that's a burning boat a close call for a family after their boat went up in flames. this happened off the coast of galveston, texas. thanks to a few good samaritans, they all survived. two men chartering a fishing boat rushed into action when they smelled burning fuel and fiberglass. they rescued the entire family. only one person was slightly hurt. right now on new 4 midday, counting down to the arrival of pope francis. the changes you may notice today. and gathering new details on a story we've been following all

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>> riders traveling should pack some patietience today. derrick ward has the latest on the delays there. >> good morning again. 1÷ metro is doing to alleviate those delays. these are some of the shuttle buses being fed up here at the stadium armory station. this fire did not happen at the station. it happened a short distance away in the rfk parking lot, but it's felt in the metro system. because primarily it happened amid the morning rush. sometime before 8:00 this morning a fire broke out in a transformer in a traction station in the rfk parking lot. this is just as those rails go from overhead to underground at the parking lot. did not happen in the station or on the tracks. no one was injured. train service was greatly affected. they cut off the trains coming to this station. it was closed. i can tell you about some delays

and what you'll be expecting in a minute. first, of course, some riders were affected, some weren't. one guy was happy with it. one guy was indeed affected and delayed. >> it's not that big of a deal. previous time the metros had to shut down they usually set up shuttle buses quickly. not really a problem. >> it's a lot. we riding from southeast all the way back over to georgetown. >> here's a run down on what you can expect. the orange line, service is suspended between eastern market and minnesota avenue stations. you will find shuttle buses and people directing you around. they'll get you on a bus around those stations. the silver line service is suspended between eastern market and benning road. and there will be people there to help you. finally on the blue line, trains between franconia and rosalyn

only. there will be some trains that go through to pentagon, people will help you out there. no word on when this will be over. live in southeast d.c., derrick ward, news 4. last minute preparations are going on ahead of this week's papal visit. if you walk by the capitol later today, you may notice a security fence in place. officials at catholic university will make sure it's ready for the floods of people getting ready to visit. right now pope francis is in cuba he's in the middle of celebrating mass. jay gray is in cuba with a firsthand look. his live report in 15 minutes. here's what you can expect in washington tomorrow. pope francis should fly in from cuba and land at joint base andrews tomorrow afternoon. the president and first lady will greet him there, then the pope will travel to the vatican

embassy on massachusetts avenue. this could impact your commute. keep your phone handy and download our nbcwashington.com app. this man will be a part of history. francis will canonize this man and it is the first time someone will be elevated to sainthood on the u.s. soil. he founded missions from san diego to san francisco. but some native groups say because of what happened under serra's leadership, he was no saint. >> our people were enslaved, beaten, they were tortured, women were rained and it was forced labor, and a forced religion. >> tonight on new 4 at 6:00, i have a closer look at what happened in the system of church communities that father serra founded. and why the church now believes his life was saintly.

developing now, the fbi looking for two men who pulled off a big jewelry heist in rockville. look at the pictures of the two suspects. one of them, this one here, had on a fake beard. the other was covered head to toe in a black robe. agents say they went into van jewelry store on viers mill road with guns last tuesday and ordered employees to get on their knees. the thieves emptied several display cases and stole $110,000. according to the fbi, they left in an older white car, possibly a honda or toyota with a white paper temporary registration plate. there's a $5,000 reward in the case. back to you. in your weather headlines, finally a cloudy day and a cool day as well. if we don't make it to 70 today, that will be the first time since june 4th that d.c. didn't make it to 70 or higher.

cool for a change. rain likely this afternoon. but the papal visit looks cloudy and dry. there's the radar now. quite a few showers in the panhandle of west virginia, more rain in culpeper county, page, shenando shenandoah. the rest of today, kind of cloudy and cool. temperatures in the 60s for the remainder of the hours. on a monday, all anybody cares about are the weekend. both saturday and sunday look dry. could be a shower maybe early saturday morning. >> okay. the trial begins for the man accused of killing a repot man. carroll gregg confessed to shooting george montero. montero came to repossess gregg's pickup truck last year.

gregg says the shooting was an accident. one person is dead after a shooting on greely road. crime scene teams worked late into the night processing the scene. no word on a suspect but police say this was not a random act. all eyes on the republican party candidates in the race for the white house this morning. front-runner donald trump is flipping while carly fiorina surges in the tolls today. dr. ben carson is being urged to drop out after a controversial comment about muslims. tracie potts has the latest. >> the first big poll after last week's debate shows carly fiorina surging, up from 3% to 15%. in second place behind donald trump. >> people come to know me and they understand who i am, what i've done, most importantly what i will do, they tend to support me. >> reporter: fiorina replaces ben carson as number two. muslim groups are calling on carson to drop out of the race

after he said this -- >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolute would not agree with that. >> he said that on his own. that was -- that was startling. >> reporter: it came days after trump failed to correct a supporter who called president obama muslim. he's not. >> the fact is there's a problem with some, and it's a very severe problem. >> he's fueling a level of paranoia and prejudice. >> reporter: the nbc poll that takes positive numbers versus negative numbers, carly fiorina is at 38%, the closest person to her is marco rubio at 8%. the question shifted from will joe biden run for president to will he make his decision in

time? he said before he makes the decision he needs to make sure his family is comfortable. jill biden said she would stand by her husband if he decided to run. still no word on a timetable for his decision. jarring claims against a man whose name is used at a

there's a new push to change the name of the football stadium at the university of maryland. byrd stadium is named for former maryland president carl byrd. some say he was racist and segregationist and that the name should be changed. they delivered a letter to the university president asking him to bring the issue to the school's board. they've asking him to deliver that letter by november 4th. we can tell you more about the u.s. plan to take in

refugees that two-year plan comes as thousands of people try to leave shell-shocked countries like syria. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. will accept 85,000 refugees next year. in 2017 america will take in 100,000 people. people across the country are demanding that the u.s. do more to help people in crisis. a husky puppy named loose traveled from damascus to the croatian border with his owners. they say they have not had problems getting through border crossings. they say sometimes they made it to the front line of the group, got priority status when plice saw the husky in his carrier. notice any issue with your netflix or amazon this weekend? you weren't alone. we'll tell you about that coming

if you planned on spending sunday on the couch watching your favorite netflix shows, you

were out of luck. amazon suffered an outage for five hours yesterday morning affecting not only netflix, but amazon video and others. the cloud facility in virginia is to blame. that's your cnbc morning business report. cloudy skies over washington this morning as we get ready to head towards lunch hour and the afternoon. not much rain over downtown just yet. there are rain drops on the way. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s. cloudy, school, soon to be cloudy, cool and wet. an area of light to moderate rain moves towards the metro srep"

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in the crowd there. pope francis will bless the city. he will then travel to santiago, cuba later today. today's mass is the second one for pope francis in cuba. we can only imagine how many people in cuba now have special stories of his visit. in havana, nbc's jay gray talked to a few of those people. >> reporter: for many it was overwhelming. >> at first i started to cry. it was very moving. >> reporter: emotions and excitement spilling out of the plaza. >> you can feel the mood of everyone. everybody is happy. everybody is excited. everybody is in the mass. >> reporter: an historic mass. pope francis, the first of three popes to spend time here to speak to the cubans in their native tongue. sharing a devotion of faith,

family and service. following his very public morning, francis spent the afternoon in private meetings. first with former dictator, fidel castro. then with his brother, current cuban president, raul. excitement over the papal visit returned to the streets of havana as francis moved to the papal where he spent time with seminaryians. celebrating his shis historic v to cuba. new policies may affect you if you go to visit cuba. they're all designed to improve u.s. business in the country. you can take a cruise directly there. internet and telecommunication

companies can also open and hire workers in cuba now. these metro card sleeves, there they are, they are now on sale after a bit of delay. a news 4 producer tried to pick one up on the way to work and couldn't get one. our transportation reporter got on the story and confirms you can now buy the commemorative sleeves at a central office. metro says if any are left over they will give them out at events during the pope's visit. the nbc washington app is the place to go for information before, during and after the pope's visit. tap the peacock in the top right to open the menu, then click papal visit for the latest information. an update on the breaking news, a fire in the rfk parking lot closed the station. shuttle buses running for passengers affected by the closing. if you have to travel near stadium armory, expect delays in that area. no word on when the station will

reopen. >> cloudy skies, we are waiting on the rain. that ought to be a song. outside, mostly cloudy. rain showers from hagerstown and martinsburg to winchester, rain now across the northern half of fauquier county. these rain drops are working their way east and northeast bound. temperatures today will stay in the 60s around the metro area. could get into the 70s. here's the way future weather handles our rain chances. clouds, light to moderate rain showers around. by 11:00, most of the rain will come to an end. we'll stay cloudy but we should be drying out. there could still be puddles on the roadways early tomorrow morning. by tomorrow afternoon, skies starting to clear back out by 4:00, 5:00 in the afternoon. >> all right. thank you. a man accused of several highway shootings along a highway in arizona say police

arrested the wrong guy. leslie merritt jor. is in jail n $1 million bond. police say his gun was used in the shootings over the last four weeks, however merritt's father says his gun was not used. >> in a high profile case it takes weeks to get forensics in t his case it took 24 hours? >> the merritts claim that leslie merritt jr. pawned the gun. he is accused of four shootings of nearly a dozen. the book that is shaking things and making big allegations against one of the most well known politicians in the world.

i'm eun yang, wheers we're here's what we're watching on the internet. a nonstop broadcast.

the united nations called for the day of nonviolence back in the 1980s. here's a facebook page dedicated to this day. it's been updating frequently since this weekend with stories about this day and messages of peace. there's one message hear for jane goodall. and this is going to be continuing throughout the day. also trending today is this story about seattle seahawks' marshawn lynch this morning. you probably know he doesn't like that talk on camera. check out what he did here. >> okay. as long as i don't have to speak. they said, okay. would you at least move your lips? glug, glug, glug, glug, glug. >> that's pretty funny. he recorded this whole commercial without saying anything. that's impressive. he had his message right there. how about that? this is the final story that's trending right now. this is all over the world. it involves a biography about british prime minister david

cameron that just came out. this biography accuses him of doing several things, including drugs, when he was at oxford. we can't say some other things he's accused of doing on tv. we'll leave it at that. back to you. >> interesting. thanks. in 60 seconds, a once in a lifetime opportunity as the pope comes to the u.s. >> for one man, once in a lifetime has happened three

we have an update from the live desk on that situation at the stadium armory station. that station is still closed it will be closed for the rest of the day because of a fire in the parking lot of rfk. the new information that we have right now, is that these delays on the blue, orange and silver lines are expected to continue

all day. so, expect that the rest of the day, delays on the blue, orange and silver lines. metrorail service is suspended between eastern market and minnesota avenue on the orange line and between eastern market and benning road on the blue and silver lines. we'll keep you updated. a sweet story now. a huge moment for one man ahead of the pope's visit to america. >> composer michael valenti says it is almost unimaginable. for the third time he will see a pope greet a million people to the tune of his original score. >> this is the fanfare. ♪ valenti said he wrote processionals for a pontiff when he got a phone call about pope john paul ii's visit in 1995. >> you feel like you're out of water. is this really happening? i kissed his ring and i said --

what do you say to a pope? >> that sounds about right. pope francis will walk to the eight-minute peace friday. he will process through madison square garden in new york. >> the luckiest guy on earth. outside now we have rain showers out across the shenandoah valley. here we are zoomed in. rain along i 81. rain will find its way on to the i-95 corridor with time. seven-day forecast, 80% chance you need that umbrella. most of tomorrow's rain chances before 7:00 a.m. it will be dry by tomorrow afternoon. sunny for weapons and thursday. highs back near 80. maybe a chance for a shower on friday. thank you, chuck. >> that's it for news 4 midday. we're back on the air this afternoon at 4:00. >> you can get all the news and weather updates any time with the nbc washington app. we hope you have great day.

>> today on the meredith vieira show, we break down the emmys and trump sparks outrage when he refuses to defend obama on triter. debra messing is here. >> and transforming thousands of lives. >> oxford house means everything to me. it starts right now on meredith. [applause] ♪ makes you feel real good. ♪ feels real good. [applause] >> meredith: hi, everyone.