people are out here. they're looking at the preparations, they're seeing the progress, and they say it's starting to become real. in just two days, pope francis will be here celebrating mass. along with his arrival comes heavy security and road closures. it's quite the task when preparing for the pope's arrival. for the last week, crews have been working tirelessly to get the altar and east pour -- portico ready for the pontiff. no one will be allowed inside the gates without a ticket and going through a metal detector. >> it's a great time for dc and for the country. >> reporter: it's a historic event, but officials say one of the ways to ensure the pontiff and spectators are safe is by closing down several roads around the time the pope will be in the area. for instance, when he celebrates mass here on wednesday, roads around the basilica like

michigan avenue between irving and 10th street will be closed starting midnight wednesday until 8:00 p.m. near saint matthew, no-parking signs are already up. starting at 6:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. on thursday, rhode island avenue between connecticut and 17th will be closed. but despite the traffic delays and congestion that's expected, most will say they're still anxious for the pontiff's arrival. >> oh, i'm excited that he's coming. >> reporter: it's important to note that the general area around the ellipse will be closed on wednesday, when the pope meets the president, and around the capitol on thursday when he addresses congress. for those folks attending the mass here on wednesday, it's important to understand that you can't bring things like umbrellas or large purses, even selfie sticks or cameras are not

permitted inside the basilica. back to you. the i-95 express lanes in virginia will be changing this week for the pope's visit. on wednesday and thursday the lanes will reverse direction an hour earlier. the northbound lane will switch to southbound beginning at 10:00 a.m. instead of the usual 11 app a.m. the southbound expresses lanes will open at noon instead of 1:00 p.m. suppress lanes will return to normal on friday. a lot of people will be avoiding the roads and relying on metro to get around during the pope's visit. but a smoke incident today disrupted metro for hours. many now wonder if the system can handle the pope's visit. adam tuss is live with more. >> reporter: a tough day for metro riders. good news, service has been restored. take a look here. the silver line coming through. blue, orange, silver.

when we got here today, these tracks covered by smoke, and firefighters faced a tough situation. thick smoke above the metro tracks. it's becoming an all-too-common sight. today the fire department responding to a transformer that caught fire in a mechanical room alongside the metro tracks. basically this was one big power problem. >> this is very dangerous. the atmosphere down there is, you know, black, it's dark, you can't see. you are not 100% sure initially what's charged with electricity and what isn't. >> reporter: metro closed stations and put shuttle buses on the roads. >> riders had a bad commute this morning. our apologies to each and every one of them. >> reporter: there was frustration throughout the day. jonathan krum says he's an hour behind schedule and is just trying to make it home. >> ridiculous. >> reporter: what's the

communication been like? has there been communication? >> no. i have to call people to find out what's going on. i don't know what's going on. >> reporter: others with similar stories. >> i've been trying to commute for an hour and a half now. what are you going to do? >> reporter: of course all of this happening while people are being urged to take the metro, while pope francis is in town. now on top of that, metro has to worry about fixing this substation. the transit system says it realizes this is the beginning of a very busy week. we'll keep updated. jim? >> thanks, adam. the pope was in cuba today. 150,000 people saw him celebrate mass in a cuban city on the eastern part of the island. in his homily, he gave a subtle message to cubans to be more willing and open to change. nbc's jay gray is in havana now

as the pontiff wraps up his trip before heading here to washington. jay? >> reporter: jim, it's a message he shared with hundreds of thousands across this island. there's an excitement and energy that's gripped this country since the man they affectionately call "il papa." the enthusiasm is spreading across the eastern side of this country, heis final stop on what's been an historic journey here. there's been a unique rhythm and spirit to this island nation. thirsty for progress and change. and renewed hope now that the visit of pope francis can begin to quench that thirst. francis began the final leg of his tour, celebrating mass in this hitting city, although many cubans believe it's the

proximity to guantanamo bay that drew the pope here. for years francis has urged the u.s. to close the american military base and prison facility there. but his homily this afternoon made no mention of politics, instead focusing on service and the catholic faith. a testament to that faith, his trip to bless the city from the hill of the cross. his final stop this evening will be in santiago for a second mass. then francis will turn his attention to the u.s. >> the pope has made so many changes and is spreading the word of love and unity and hope for everyone. >> reporter: a message he now will share with the faithful in the u.s. and he will spend six days in our country, starting, as you talk about there, in washington. he's scheduled it leave cuba just before noon tomorrow. that's the latest live here in havana. jay gray, back to you.

>> jay, did the pope meet with the president of that island nation? two, what dyou feel in terms of the mood of those folks? >> reporter: your first question, jim, he did meet with raul castro, they spend 45 minutes to an hour together. it wasn't an official state visit. but that, he met with his brother, fidel castro, for 35 to 40 minutes. the meeting included castro's children and grandchildren. we're told the two men exchanged books as gifts and it was an informal meeting. people here are genuinely excited that pope francis has decided to visit their country. he's the first pope, and there have been three now in the last 17 years, he's the first in their native language, spanish. he's from argentina. that's excited a lot of the people here. even those not of the catholic faith believe that he is shining a light that the rest of the world can use to see cuba, to

understand cuba a little bit better. they are starving for change and progress here, and they believe the pope holds the key to generating those two things. >> thanks, jay. a document obtained by nbc news shows law enforcement authorities are worried that terrorists may impersonate first responders to enter secure areas while the pope is in the u.s. the bulletin from pennsylvania state police warns officers to be on the lookout for attackers with fake i.d. cards and uniforms. philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey says there are no specifics threats, and this is simply a reminder to officers to be vigilant. weather of course is an important consideration for all the people who will be here in town to celebrate the pope's visit. doug, how is it looking? >> good thing the pope wasn't here during the day today. plenty of rain across the area right now. i think wednesday is looking all right. the rain is out there, it's just

about everywhere for the most part. the exception, southern parts of maryland. for now, all of northern virginia covered in rain, now into montgomery county starting to see that rain too. in and around the beltway it will be a very wet night and evening. wednesday, a different story. if you're heading downtown, the ellipse, the white house, where the pope will be starting his day, temperatures 64 at 7:00 a.m. 69 by 10:00. 76 by 1:00. at that time he's heading towards the basilica. 80 degrees by 3:00 p.m. and 79 at 6:00 p.m. the weather could not be better as the pope visits on wednesday. >> thanks, doug. dr. ben carson, the presidential hopeful, is not backing down from his

controversial remarks business lamb, despite calls from a prominent muslim american group who calls on him to withdraw from the race. countri chris lawrence has more. >> reporter: this is a major shift in the political conversation. dr. carson's campaign says he will reach out to the muslim community, but his statement to chuck todd was as follows. >> i would not advocate that we put a muslim in charge of this nation. i absolutely would not agree with that. >> reporter: dr. carson's campaign says the islamic faith is inconsistent with the constitution. he cites a lack of separation between church and state. an islamic group says he's not fit to run for the presidency. >> we ask mr. ben carson to withdraw from the presidential race, because he's unfit to

lead, because his views are in contradiction with the united states constitution. >> reporter: remember just last week it was donald trump taking heat when we didn't denounce a supporter who said muslims are, quote, a problem, and called president obama a muslim. trump said he has no moral obligation to correct the man. the white house is reacting today, saying the comments of the candidates show a willingness by the gop to endorse what they call offensive views to gain political support. officers arrested a man earlier today and charged him with involuntary manslaughter. he's accused of striking and killing a woman outside united medical center last month. she had worked at the hospital as a physician's assistant and was hit crossing southern avenue on her way home. when this crash happened, there was no safe way for people to

cross the street between the hospital and a bus stop on the other side of southern avenue. news4's pat collins began asking the mayor about the safety concerns, since united medical was the only hospital in dc without such a crosswalk. now there is one in place. a tina hospital tonight after a terrible wreck in charles county, maryland. chopper 4 was over the scene near hawthorn and mitchell roads outside la plata. investigators say a school bus and three other vehicles collided. the teenager was driving a pickup truck and suffered a head injury. officers say they do not believe any of the children on the bus were seriously injured. that intersection has just now reopened. the investigation is widening. tonight, a new look at the damage as police search for clues after a series of shootings into office buildings in our area. we'll be right back.

important news in the race for the white house. wisconsin's governor scott walker has just announced he is ending his bid for the republican nomination.

walker joined the race as one of the front runners, but in a cnn poll released over the weekend, he earned less than 1% of gop support. walker just wrapped up a news conference and said he feels called to lead an exodus of candidates so that voters can focus on fewer options. >> i encourage other republican presidential candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive conservative alternative to the current front runner. >> walker is the second candidate to leave the race. former governor rick perry of texas dropped out before the debate last week. they hit in the middle of the night, wearing all black, and threatening employees by putting guns to their heads. police say the men in these surveillance photos robbed a hotel near reagan national airport, the crowne plaza hotel

in arlington. police are taking a close look at this case. news4's pat collins is in crystal city with details. pat? >> reporter: doreen, is a ring of convenience store robbers now targeting hotels? investigators want to know. could these guys and those guys be the same guys? sources say investigators from around the area are trying to determine if a ring of serial robbers targeting convenience stores may also be the same guys who knocked off a hotel in arlington last weekend. all of the robberies happened in the dark hours of the morning. all of the suspects dressed in black. all armed with long guns. in the crowne plaza case, no gloves, but no prints either.

they say the suspects slipped their hands inside their jackets so they wouldn't leave anything behind. the crowne plaza robbery happened around 3:00. masked gun men rushed to the front desk looking for cash. >> when you have a shotgun held to your head, that is very threatening. our witness testimony from their employees, they were extremely scared at the time, fearful for their life and complied with their demands. >> reporter: they won't say how much money was stolen here. but i was led to believe it wasn't that much. divided by three. hardly worth the jail time they'll get when they get caught. jim, back to you. >> pat collins, thanks, pat. new problems conducting drunk driving tests in the district. there was only one working machine this summer. police believe that may have been the result -- or the result

of that may have been fewer dui charges. our mark segraves found out there might be a fix in the near future. >> reporter: since late july, dc police have not been able to administer breath tests at police stations across the district, with the exception of the one working machine here at the fourth district headquarters in northwest. >> for a police department in the nation's capitol to only have one intoximeter is unacceptable. >> reporter: defense attorneys and judges were informed that the program had been suspended in july because the person in charge of that program at the chief medical examiner's offices had quit. the office has now hired more staff to maintain the testing machines. police continue to enforce drunk

driving laws using urine tests. in 2011 a similar problem forced the city to stop doing breath tests for two years. the city paid out more than $300,000 to people who sued after being convicted using the faulty machines. police union officials warn the new problems with the testing could jeopardize pending dui arrests. >> if there's a question about the reliability of the results, then you may not get that quick resolution. you'll have to go to trial and the city will have to prove that the machine has been properly reliable and create. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the chief medical examiner says they hope to have all the breath test machines operational by october 3rd. mark segraves, news4. somebody's been shooting into office buildings. our julie carey has a look at what's coming up next. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in herndon. plywood marks the latest location where bullets have gone flying into an office building. the count is growing. coming up, i'll show you exactly

where these incidents have taken place.

that forecast right now has rain across our area. right now, some moderate rain falling downtown. take a look at this dreary, rather icky view here. take a look at our city cam towards some of the monuments. not a very good night at all for the evening rush. current temperature, 65. winds out of the north. the rain will last for the next couple of hours too. 59 in winchester, 65 in dc. a very cool evening. one of the coolest days we've seen since early june. loot rain. we're socked in with the rain. the only exception,

fredericksburg toward southern maryland. winchest winchester, leesburg, frederick all seeing rain coming down at a moderate clip. dark green, yellows, around 66, in and around the dc metro area. it will be a wet start to the nationals/orioles game. it will be delayed, if they get it in at all, because of all the rain. rain out to bw parkway. once again, going to be a very wet night through about 8, 9:00. then we'll start to see things get on out of here. most of the rain ending by around 9:00 tonight, moving north and east. we'll have cloud cover, a lot of clouds across the eastern seaboard. monday night, around 10:00, that's when it moves out. watch what happens tomorrow morning. we stay in the clouds, light showers early, around 8:00 a.m. most of you will be okay. i think tomorrow is going to be

a cloudy day government mofor t. good idea to keep the umbrella handy tonight. tomorrow, i don't think you'll need it. high temperatures tomorrow with late sunshine. most of the day will be cloudy. possible late sunshine. temperatures get back into the low 70s. 73 fredericksburg. 71 towards martinsburg. hour by hour tomorrow, it will look better than this. look at this shot towards national cathedral. just clouds, around 75 degrees around 4:00. maybe a little bit in the way of sunshine but that will be about it. through the next a couple of days, the one thing you notice here, the rain moves out and so do the clouds. 75 on tuesday. the pope arriving tomorrow. that should be no problem out there at joint base andrews. then on wednesday, that's the day he's around the district. 81 degrees on wednesday, looking like a beautiful day, a great day to get a glimpse of the pope

as he moves around. next at 6:00, caught in the cross hairs. somebody's taking aim at the buildings in our area and the number of targets is growing. >> that's really scary.

i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time. i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was cutting it close. but it was ok. i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td bank.

somebody's shooting up office buildings in the middle of the night, seven times in northern virginia in the recent weeks. police think the cases might be connected. >> julie carey joins us from

herndon with a story you'll only see on news4. >> reporter: you can see the plywood still in place at the scene of the most recent attack. this one happened on september 2nd, when somebody fired bullets into the td bank. now police are connecting it to incidents in leesburg. six of the seven buildings that were hit are within a half mile of one another in herndon, all of them just off the dulles toll road. some were high rises, upper windows shattered. but in early september this bank along eldon street was the target. now investigators think in mid-august, when the window was shot out at this leesburg bank along the green way, that is also likely the work of the same suspect. no one has been hurt, but in at least one case, some employees were inside when the bullets came flying in. >> shooting into a building is a crime, and a dangerous one at

that, because you don't know who is inside. >> reporter: this map provides a bird's eye view of the area police are urging residents to keep an eye on. trouble is, few residents have heard about the incident. >> that's amazing. if it was going on here, you would think there would be more publicity about that, especially with the amount of people walking in the area. >> reporter: because buildings seem to be the target, this man isn't too worried yet. >> it hasn't brought it down to a level where i'm concerned for my safety. >> reporter: police want people to call if they say anything unusual. >> we urge you, if you see anything suspicious, if you see vehicles outside of buildings at night, people walking around, please, if it's suspicious, call the police. >> reporter: crimesolvers is

offering a reward for information that leads to an arrest in this case. word just coming in that a man who works for fairfax county public schools has been arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. police picked up michael sweeney on sunday after he was found in a car with a 16-year-old girl. it was in a parking lot just off richmond highway. we know the girl is from the alexandria area. seen s sweeney is from woodbridge. we're still working to figure out where he works. if you have information, police are asking you to give them a call. we'll have more as it comes in. >> thanks, chris. this was a tense day for more than a hundred employees at laurel regional hospital. they've all been laid off. and more pink slips could be coming as that hospital downsizes. it's in prince george's county. our bureau chief tracy wilkins explains the impact on the

workers and on healthcare services in that community. >> jobs are not easy to find. >> reporter: the number rose to over 100 workers laid off from laurel hospital when 80 people received pink slips today. >> people are frustrated, on edge, upset. >> reporter: the letter was expected friday. >> there had been aing about buildup to that. at 3:00 they called up and said, oh, the person with the letters didn't get here yet so you have to wait until monday. most everybody that i've talked to was very disturbed by just being treated that way. >> reporter: the icu and intermediate medical care units were impacted today. their layoffs will take effect in november. the maternity ward is closing in october as dimension prepares to close laurel hospital and open a walk-in care center. >> they made a business decision, which i think is the correct one. >> reporter: the prince george's county executive has criticized by political leaders on every level, as well as residents, who say they have not heard from him

on the downsizing. he told me today he supports the closure. >> the option would be for us to continue to put more money into a hospital that's losing money. and that means that the county, which is strapped, we just don't have the money. >> reporter: stay lawmakers who represent the laurel area threaten that if the hospital is closed, they may derail money planned for the regional medical center in largo that dimension is expected to build with the university of maryland medical center. baker adamantly objects. >> my job is to make sure that we have a fully functional access to healthcare here. >> reporter: in laurel, tracy wilkins, news4. >> according to the nurses union, they do not appear to be enough jobs within the dimension system for all of the employees who are being laid off. officials at dimension say that it is also working to place workers in hospitals outside the system as well. all eyes will be on pope francis during his historic visit to washington.

but lawmakers are getting a warning on what not to do if they see the pontiff in person. we'll be right back. out there right now, looking at retain across the area. just in, the nationals have now delayed the game for the orioles. no sign about exactly when that will start. i think this rain lasts for another one to two hours again. [ female announcer ] business travel isn't just about the going.

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tens of thousands of people will be trying to get a glimpse of the pope during his time here in washington. our chris lawrence has a look at his schedule during the visit, which begins tomorrow. >> reporter: jim, it's packed. we want to break down where the pope is going and when you can see him. first of all, i would take tomorrow off your itinerary. i'll be at joint base andrews with the paparazzi tomorrow afternoon. from there he goes to massachusetts avenue. wednesday will be the big day. just after 9 app:00 a.m., pope francis meets with president obama at the white house. your best chance to see him will come around 11. he is going to basically come to -- there you go, 9:15. he will meet with the president at 9:15. then i'm travel around the

ellipse in the popemobile, then head to services at st. matthew. be ready to pass through a lot of security at this point. he will go to the basilica, but you need tickets to attend that mass. finally, on thursday morning, around 9:20 in the morning, he's going to address congress, and there will be a special viewing area out on the national mall. at 11:15, he visits st. patrick's and catholic charities downtown, then drives back to joint base andrews for his flight to new york. whew. it's going to be akzfz whirlwin. officials will telling lawmak s lawmakers, no selfies or cameras or fist-bumps. they want to keep things moving. that's our goal, to keep you moving throughout the week. we have a list of road closures

metro. go to our nbc washington app. >> chris, thank you. a meeting with the pope may cap off a big week for month county teenager jake edwards. we know him as the son of a news4 photographer, but jake is also an autism ambassador in montgomery county. he's worked with police to help them better understand the needs and challenges of people with autism. today jake and officer laurie reyes were honored at the white house as champions of change. these are people who have built bridges between youth and law enforcement. >> this is the pinnacle. this is fabulous. >> this might be a really big joel for the united states. i might help people all around the world, everywhere. >> on wednesday, jake edwards will attend the papal lunch at the vatican embassy. >> good for jake. still ahead, pope francis

will make history in dc when he declares a saint for the first time on american soil

pope francis will make history on wednesday when he declares a new saint for the first time on american soil. news4's aaron gilchrist has more on the honor and the anger it's

causing in some communities across the country. >> reporter: you may not recognize him, but his face is one of the best known in california history, a teacher in spain who felt he needed a change. >> what he was doing as an academic was not exactly what he felt he was ordained a priest for. >> reporter: this author writes about how the teacher worked to make native americans citizens of the spanish empire. >> he wanted to do that by making them catholic and teaching them agriculture. >> reporter: his missions converted as many as 90,000 indianst to catholicism. >> he is a founder of

catholicism. sometimes he's called the apostle of california. >> reporter: saint pope john paul ii beatified him in 1998. earlier this year, pope francis announced he would elevate sera to saint and called him a saintly example and a patron to the hispanic people. not everyone is on board. >> i was stunned, amazed, surprised, all of the above. and then i was angry. >> reporter: anthony morales is chief redblood of indians in los angeles, one of several groups against canonization. >> our people were enslaved, beaten, tortured, our women were raped. it was forced labor and enforced religion. >> reporter: the group has held protests accusing the church of, at minimum, inincentivcenssensi.

>> that mix is difficult for us to understand in the 20th century. >> reporter: indians who tried to leave catholicism were found and disciplined, usually flogged. european diseases from which native americans had no immunity killed up to 150,000 native californians. >> by canonizing sera is kind of canonizing the whole mission system, accepting and even approving the huge death rate that happened there. >> reporter: but he thinks the pope is being more influenced by his views on latin american missions which were considered places of safety and missionaries' protecters. so sera's revered position in history takes hold as the church moves forward with canonization. at the basilica, sera stands prominently in the room reserved for priests to prepare for mass.

father sera clearly had a special connection to the basilica. a platform will be built here, where pope francis will declare sera a saint. pope francis will say mass and make the formal declaration entirely in spanish. just below the mosaic of sera, commemorating his journey to and his mission to the new world. aaron gilchrist, news4. doug is back with more about our weather. things are looking a little brighter for the pope's visit. >> right now on the gloomy side for sure. off in the distance, you see nats park back there. postponed, or at least delayed that game a little bit, as we take on the orioles. that's a three-game stretch. as we look towards the southwest, we are looking at plenty of cloud cover. the rain is falling down at the airport. temperature only 65 degrees. temperatures will drop to the lower 60s by 9:00.

if you're heading to the game, take the poncho. wait and see what time that delay ends, if at all. manassas, 63. it is definitely a cool evening. look at the rain. we've got a lot of rain down there. it continues all across our region. northern virginia, around dc metro area, everybody to the north and west. the only exception, calvert county, st. mary's county, northern neck. that's about it. fredericksburg, some heavier rain could move in across our region. once again, maybe not a good night to go to the game. over towards portions of the cho cheverly area, you could see some rain. tomorrow, clouds, isolated showers, not too bad. high temperatures back into the 70s, 71 to 76 degrees. wednesday, the pope will be down towards the white house and the ellipse early in the day. i think it's going to be really

nice. a lot of people getting there early to get your spot on that route. 64 degrees around 7:00 a.m. 69 by 10:00. 76 by the time he's leaving this area. on thursday, another nice one. high temperature of 80. friday, we'll watch for a chance for showers coming up friday, saturday, and sunday. it depends on the storm system to the south. right now we've got a 30% chance of showers. some of those could linger into the weekend. once again, we'll watch that weekend forecast closely. >> thanks, doug. coming up, a win about no time to celebrate. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans

and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong. a little later we passed some dancing. and who doesn't like dancing? especially when it's followed by fireworks everyone's nola is different. follow yours.

this could be a real test, because those guys don't want to -- you're coming into their house and they're 0-2, this could be rough. >> the giants lost bottom of their games by living up fourth quarter leads. they beat the skins by a combined 42 points in both games. >> i remember that well. >> everybody's angry today. first win of the season by the first practice of the week. redskins win, now moving onto the giants. one of the recent draft picks is not making the trip. jason pugh is live at the park with the latest roster move. >> reporter: yes, carol, the big news that for a second straight monday, the redskins have cut a prominent player from this roster. today, cornerback david ammerson released. he was the top pick for the skins in 2013, was a member of the last draft class for mike

shanahan. yesterday against the rams he did not play a single defensive snap. the week before that he was targeted eight straight times against the miami dolphins. as for the team, a short week with a thursday night matchup innein ed f new york. one more practice session for the guys, then it's off to face the g-men. getting healthy is a concern for these players. >> our bodies;zt are banged up. >> it's tough, because you can't get the same amount of practice reps that you get. ultimately each time has the same advantages and disadvantages. your body is pretty much recovered by thursday. we've done it before. we've had this kind of schedule for the last couple of years now. it's something i guess the nfl likes. we'll continue to keep playing sundays and thursdays. >> reporter: this thursday night game for the redskins extremely

they have not beaten the giants in new york since 2011. that's all from redskins park, i'll send it back to you in the studio. >> the redskins are due, jason. thanks for that report. a story today that kirk cousins and robert griffin iii are not getting along at all. they don't talk, according to the report, and can't even be in the same room together. the story says this isn't the first time robert has had issuance with teammates. rg iii tweeted today, when the hate don't work, they start telling lies. i guess celebrating that your team won with your teammates is isolating yourself. baseball almost a year ago was too painful to even think about. you can't ignore the fact that this time last season, man, everything was good. but tonight they meet with

minimal at stake tonight. if they get in the playoff, they get in the game. rain delay right now. bryce harper top right now, tied for fourth in the league with 95 rbi. chris davis back to crushing. the orioles first baseman leads the major league with 43 home runs, third in the mlb with 109 rbi. expect plenty of fireworks tonight at nats park, again, if they get the game in. preseason game on for the washington capitals opening up tonight against the canes, a debut for the olympic hero that is now new to the caps. we'll see him on the ice. >> pretty soon we'll have all the major teams playing at the same time. >> all at the same time. that's a big night. when is that?

i'm taking that night off. >> nightly news is coming up next. >> see you at 11.

tonight, breaking news. scott walker suddenly dropping out of the race as outsiders like ben carson surge in the polls. so carson faces controversy tonight, doubling down on his comment about muslims. >> and protecting the pope and millions of americans who flock to see him, an unprecedent ed security prep on the eve of his historic visit. s.w.a.t. teams and snipers by the ready by land, sea and air. homes in ashes. crews go all out to attack a new fire in california after battling one of the most destructive in state history. nearly 1800 buildings up in flames. and deadly gamble. an alarming rise in crashes from drivers trying to beat trains at crossings. you won't believe how many people our cameras caught tempting fate. "nightly news" begins