john boehner stepping down as house speaker. he'll leave the leadership post and his seat in congress at the end of next month. boehner took over and he is expected to speak shortly and we will bring that to you live when it happens. his rivals have threatened to oust him as they are trying to avoid a government shutdown. and mark murray will join us and what it means and take a look at the frontrunners to become the

first next speaker. the pope is in new york city. he started the day with an address to the united nations, which just wrapped up a few minutes ago. here you have the largest gathering of dignitaries, kings and queens, 170 of the world's biggest leaders, and he encouraged them to do better. this is the 70th anniversary of the u.n. and he touched on a lot of re occurring themes. >> respectfully to use creation for the good of his fellow man and for the glory of the creator, but he is not authorized to abuse it, and much less is he authorized to destroy

it. >> the pope is making his way to ground zero. we are told he will be there an hour, hour and a half, giving a multifaith service, and he will be speaking with victims' family members, so it will clearly be an emotional time there. next stop, a full day for the pope today, he will visit a school in harlem, and then after that, a processional through central park and then at least at madison square garden, where 80,000 people are expected to attend. the president of china arrived in d.c. last night. the white house gave him an official welcome less than an hour ago, and the presidents are expected to discuss human rights and china's economy and climate change, and the first ladies are

making news and we will be joined in 15 minutes with their big announcement from the national zoo. >> apple lovers, the wait is over. the iphone 6s is in store. >> megan mcgrath is at the georgetown apple store with some of the customers that might be pretty excited and anxious. >> pat and barbara, this is a big deal for diehard apple iphone fans. they want to get their hands on the latest device. the phone went on sale at 8:00 this morning, and take a look behind me, we still have a line here and some of the folks who were at the very tpropt, they got here yesterday. >> victory for lopez, she's among the first to get her hands on the new iphone. >> i got the 16 gig rose gold. so excited. can't wait. i need to go and play with it

now. >> she had a reservation, so her wait was short but for those without reservations, it was a long line out on the sidewalk. >> we got here at 4:10 p.m. yesterday, and it was awesome staying the night, because we were bonding with the people in the same situation and experiencing the same stuff, and so it was a ton of fun. >> i came immediately after the university, yeah yeah. >> any sleep? >> no. >> reporter: as the hours ticked by, the line got pretty long, and then at 8:00 a.m., the doors to the georgetown apple store opened, and they got to try them out before they made their decision and customers have high hopes for the new features. >> i think my favorite feature is the improved camera, moving from a 8 megapixel to 12 mega pix khul, and shooting 4k video,

which is going to be very cool. >> the screen's touch features. >> the new phone is not cheap. it will cost you between $649 and $849, and that's for the 6s, and it depends on how much storage you get, and the 6s plus costs about $100 more. at least they don't need an umbrella there waiting there in line in georgetown. we have a cloudy sky all around the area. there's a live view of the capitol and you can see the sun, a little fuzzy sun now coming through the overcast. temperatures cooler under this cloudy sky. mid-60s right around the northern suburbs.

the nearest rain right now is just to the south of fredericksburg to near charlottesville, and maybe getting closer to us but not until tomorrow. the rest of the day, we'll stay dry. a hearing happening in d.c. superior court right now. the man accused in the high profile mansion murders in northwest washington is there, and investigators say he killed the homeowners and was set on fire, but he was not charged with any of the other deaths. metro has the go ahead to start on the action plans after a series of deaths. in june the fta slammed metro saying there's not enough staff, not enough training and not enough time to fix any tunnel issues or maintain the tracks.

metro intends to fill the empty positions, and it will start doing track work earlier evening before the midnight close. we are following two big stories for you. first the pope's anticipated stop in new york, and that's about to get under way shortly and he'll meet a lot of people. >> and more on the surprise of john boehner stepping down from congress next month.

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we're in a battle between dry air and wet weather to our south. right now we're on the dry side. here the storm team 4 radar showing sprinkles creeping a little closer, but they are still south of fredericksburg, and most of this is staying well south of the metro area, and cloudy skies through the rest of the afternoon and mild temperatures in the mid-70s and then near 70 after sunset, dining out tonight, cloudy and cool and will be in the 60s through the evening, and then over the weekend, the big landmark music festival, cloudy and maybe showers late, and looks like we may have showers likely, and then for the landmark music festival over the weekend, and keep with it all on the nbc washington app. the white house staffer who was killed during the ride to con sir cancer will be laid to rest.

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. the pope is at the reflecting pool right now and will be shortly meeting with families of victims of the 9/11 attacks, and taking part in a -- what's being called a witness to peace, a prayer, a faith event at the 9/11 memorial.

accompanied by cardinal dolan, these are two reflecting pools, the waterfall features that reflect the footprint of the twin towers, a very powerful place to visit. ann thompson has been traveling with the pope.

he has moved ahead of travel, and what is happening. >> reporter: he's going to meet with 20 family members of victims who were here at 9/11, and then he will go inside for that interfaith service. this is a trip the pope insisted on making, and ground zero was not on it and the organizers thought that because benedict had been here when he visited the states, pope francis didn't need to visit it, but pope francis said where is ground zero, i need to go to it. he said he wants to accompany anybody who is suffering and we talked to some of the family members who are meeting the pope, and even though their lives have moved on, they are --

there is still some part of them that is suffering, and as one of them said, this is a sacred space, and to have the pope come and bless this space and for so many of these families, they never got anything back of their loved one, to have him here and to pray and to try and comfort means everything to them, because for 14 years these are wounds for many people that are still not healed. after he meets with the families, and a couple brought pictures of their loved ones, and they have things they plan to say to him, and after that he will move into the museum and go down to foundation hall, and that is where the interfaith service will happen, and there will be 600 people of all of the world's religions that will be fathered there, and foundation hall is the room that has the

wall in it that held back the river when the towers came down, and it has the last column that was found when they were cleaning up the absolute devastation of that day. so it's a room of resilience and power, and he will also see what has become known as the world trade center cross, the two pieces of steel that were forged together as a cross. there is a rabbi, and a imam, and a hindu prayer and a christian prayer, and it's to represent all of the faiths. i think that one of the things that when i think about 9/11, that day and one of the things that i remember is remember "the new york times" would everyday have pages of the victims, and i was always struck and i am still struck on september 11th when

they read the names, they are from all differentet ethnicitie all kinds of different religions, and everybody suffered on that day. >> we're watching as the pope greets various -- we believe family members, those that lost loved ones on 9/11, and you can imagine how comforting it is for them, and this is still a deep and painful wound for all of us, and certainly for the pope to visit the sacred ground is just profound. mar maria shriver, also watching the coverage. and you know, if mayor guiliani -- >> reporter: i thought i saw him here, lester. my vantage point is a little less now, but i believe i saw

him earlier today. we have not seen mayor de blasio. they had a lottery for the 9/11 families to come here and there are about 1,000 of them here surrounding the south pool, and to my right is a group of very vocal families that very much want the pope to come over to where they are, and they are behind two barricades, and they have like, so many of the families do on the anniversary, they have pictures of their loved ones and every once in a while, you hear papa francisco, as they try to call him over. >> of all the things you can see him visit in new york, this will probably resonate more than anything. >> i think st. patrick's and

9/11 is two spiritual places. it's very hard to know this, of course, for sure, but my guess is that day there were more prayers said in new york city by those who survived and those who were doomed out loud and silently, because it was a day in which we were all joined, i think, by the fate of everyone who was in those towers, and we were one, whatever our faith. by the way, 28 muslims died that day as well in addition to the attackers, so it was kind of a composite portrait of new york, and new york was once again where it was a big city. >> and he wanted to visit this. >> he talks about the church as a field hospital and he wants to meet those suffering and i think picking up what ann said, people

carry grief with them so long, and when somebody dies they think you should get back to your normal life, and i am sure he is meeting families in incredible pain, and i saw some of the mothers showing pictures on their iphones, probably of somebody who lost and introducing children who had to navigate through their life without father, mothers, brothers, and he spoke about that at the u.n. this morning, and he talked about the culture of care, and we need to love and respect and care for one another, and when he talks about immigration, he says to look into the eyes and minister, and he is there ministering to people in pain. >> if you never have been to the memorial and seen the pools, it's hard to communicate how quickly you are taken by the emotion when you see the

footprint of the twin towers, and the waterfall, it's something to be seen, and the pope appearing to have met with the victims' families now, and we believe he is making his way over -- it looks like there are more families and more people that want to meet him. >> i am very surprised we don't see mayor guiliani. mayor bloomberg was the mayor that followed him and rebuilt the city, and mayor guiliani became the vicker for this city, and he appeared at so many memorials and funerals, and he was there at the time it happened and he was up 24/7, so i am a little surprised about why he is not there. there must have been some very

good reason. >> ann pointed out she believes she seen him in the crowd but he is not sitting here. >> reporter: lester, we now see governor cuomo and bill de blasio coming towards the pope, and i believe that it's guiliani -- >> yeah, we see rudy guiliani there, yes. >> and he is between chuck schumer. >> we all go back to that day, and that night following when the families were wondering the lower part of the city, holding up pictures of their lost loved ones hoping they had been lost in the crowd somehow. those are the moments that will linger with me, i think, forever. >> he speaks with such a message of compassion and all of the things he said and what i certainly remember about those days following the attack was

how this harden city just slowed down and people looked each other in the eye and had the compassionate moments. i remember being on a subway train a day or two after it and there was a man with a stack of flyers looking for someone, and you know, we had a moment, and normally on a new york subway train you wouldn't have that, but i think that was the kind of compassion reaching out to our fellow man that the pope has spoken so forcefully about in his calm way. >> reporter: lester, i think something that really struck me about all of this is how much america seems to be yearning for a figure like this, for -- he feels like kind of a father figure that acts or talks like a mother, he has his firm rules but wants to listen, and i feel like people that met on the streets but are not catholic and looking to this man to heal them and notice them and to understand their pain and

suffering, and i think it speaks to what we are missing in this country. >> i think that's an interesting point. i would like to bring in if we could, the archbishop of los angeles, and he alongside st. patrick's cathedral. if you could pick up on that point maria made, this country yearns for that kind of moral voice. >> yeah, just his presence here, the pictures are incredibly moving because not just as the leader of the catholic church but really as the spiritual leader of the whole world. one of the things that strikes me is what was done on september 11th, was done in the name of abraham, i think religions have to come together strongly to say, no, to speak out in protest against the abuse of the god of

abraham, and so the abrahamic religions can come together and protest, and it's it's an instinct of the christian religion where we go to places of suffering and we find god there paradoxally. and the cross, somehow we see that as a moment when god spoke most powerfully, so that's part of the instinct that brings us to a place like this. but i find it incredibly powerful to watch the pope move among suffering people, and that's his great instinct, to go to those that suffer, and the field hospital image is a powerful one for the pope. all that is going through my mind and heart as i watch these very powerful images. >> we watched the pope go into

the 9/11 museum into the foundation hall, and there were five to seven people of different religious communities are going to meet with him and pray with him at the interfaith meeting, if you will. the pope is expected to speak 5 to 10 minutes in spanish. this is not being referred to as a service, but certainly an event deeply rooted in many, many faiths. >> we have to remember that the victims that day were everything from wall street barrons to busboys to pastry chefs, and people that were there by accident that were there as tourists and there are haunting stories in the last moments of them when they knew they could not get out, and it will linger for as long as mankind can

remember in new york city on the day of ni91/19/11, and the sing of great tragedy, and the consequences of that are still going on in the middle east right now. >> long before we saw the memorials erected here, it became a place of sacred ground. you know, tourists wanted to see the place of the calamity, and you watch them become taken by the emotion. certainly the pope has to be feeling that as he steps foot there today. and there is one of the pools there and along the edge as you walk along, you will see the names of all of the victims. he

>> he is going to be taken out a different way, and then i believe it's going to be two hours of rest, and then it has a visit to a school in east harlem, and then in madison square garden to finish his day. >> he will be escorted around the exhibit and one of the crowds. >> this is a man that seizes opportunities and if not dictated by the minute-by-minute schedule, and some suggested he may spend more time than originally allotted, and he did arrive 20 minutes early, so he will have plenty of time. and there are some folks. >> i think many people may not

remember the design and the construction of the memorial was typically a disputatous event. they could not agree not only on the design and construction, and now the conclusion is, i believe, they did a magnificent job. >> we keep seeing the camera cut to this, and this is, of course, is the new one world trade center, and for those that live in the city would look south and the missing symbol was the twin towers missing, and we watched the new tower arise, and it's an anchor, if you will, to lower manhattan in the financial district. that shot you saw there, the exterior of the museum itself. >> i am struck by the quiet of this. he spoke about the time has come

for reflection and prayer, and he talked about the hyperconnected world, and i was struck by the canonization mass the other day after they asked for a moment of quiet after he had spoken, and this feels quiet to me as well, and asking people as a nation and people of all faiths to reflect on where we were, and you said this was a national tragedy and it's an individual and personal tragedy for all of these families, very personal. >> what do we expect to hear from the pope? >> words of comfort and healing and words of reconciliation. the fact that all the religions are coming together is a very powerful and symbolic moment. i think it was the u.n. speech, he talked about the danger of

phu fundamentalism. i think we seen on the terrible event, impose a uniformity, and i think we will hear talk about that, and this is not a confrontation figure but a healing figure. i think we will hear a lot of talk about reconciliation. >> i was going to say, you know, often when we hear from figures of the church, even john paul, you had to read between the lines to completely understand where he was going, and with this holy father you don't have to read between the lines, he is very direct and soft-spoken, but the commitment that he has to the issues that he keeps raising, for example, again today at the united nations, the ecological crisis and the large scale destruction of biodiversity could threaten the very existence of the human species, and that's a bold statement in the eyes of so many people, the kind of affirmative statement that needs to be made,

and he did that, not only at the u.n., but at congress yesterday. he is going to take this debate to a whole different level, my guess is. >> we are now looking inside the foundation hall of the 9/11 museum where this interfaith gathering is, and that wall behind part of the foundation of of the twin towers, and there is former mayor bloomberg, and as we watch this and wait to see the pope, i want to turn to peter alexander, and pick up, tom, what you were talking about, the pope this morning making a speech to the united nations, and picking up many themes he made in a joint meeting of congress. >> it was an incredible moment, let's be frank. this body has existed, the united nations, existed for 70

years, and pope francis is the fourth to address the u.n., but never on an occasion like this. there were 170 world leaders here on this day, the most powerful gathering ever under one roof, and as we look at the moving pictures from ground zero, he spoke to this universal fraternity. >> as the camera moves in you can get a good look at one of the beams from one of the towers there, it's a centerpiece of this museum and this exhibit, and the crowd gathered, about 500 to 700 people inside and there will be prayers offered in different languages by different religious leaders, and this is -- the service is called a witness to peace, and it will include prayers for those who died on september 11th. and here's the pope. ♪ ♪

[ applause ] >> cardinal dolan escorting the pope to the front of the gathering. you can see religious leaders of various faiths gathered there at the front. >> you know what was so striking, he was a little known cardinal in argentina and grew

up in modest circumstances there, and when he was selected it was a surprise, and if anybody was ever born for this position, it was pope francis. he went through a difficult period during the war, and he stayed true to his calling and then when he became the pontiff, everybody was saying, who is this guy? earlier i said i was in south america and i left argentina the day he was collected but i was in chile next door, and there was no buzz about him at that point and people were not excited about him. now he is the best-known man in the world. >> here is cardinal dolan. >> representatives of the hindu buddhist, native american, jewish, islamic, and christian communities of new york city, our civic and public officials and the board of the september

11th memorial foundation, i renew to you our welcome and our joy at your visit. welcome, holy father. [ applause ] now, i can tell you, papa francesco, we in new york are sinners, we are sinners, we have many flaws, we make many mistakes, but one of the things we do very well is sincere and fruitf fuful enterreligious friendship, and our ancestors came here for religious freedom and they found in new york city an atmosphere of respect and appreciation for religious

diversity about which you just spoke at the united nations. we, who have the honor of pa pastoring our people, we meet together and talk to one another and try to serve as one, the city we are proud to call our earthly home while awaiting our true and eternal residence in heaven, so very often do we recall the faith of the psalmist, god is in the city. your prayer and presence and words this morning inspire us, so thank you for being here.

>> you may be seated. in this place where horrendous violence was committed falsely in the name of god, we representatives of the world religions in this great city of new york gather to offer words of comfort and prayer. with love and affection we recall the victims of the 9/11 attacks. we pray that their souls and the souls of all those first responders are forever remembered for an eternal blessing, and today and every day may we understand our shared

mission, to be in the world of pope francis, a field hospital after battle, to heal the wounds and arm the hearts of a humanity in so desperate need of comfort. >> intolerance and ignorance, field those who attacked this place, and the courage of today's gathering distinguishes us from the opponent of religious freedom as we stand together as brothers and sisters to condemn the horrendous acts of violence and honor each life lost unconditionally, and as we read in the koran, one life lost is like all mankind and one life saved is like all mankind. let us be the peaceful reminders of that notion to his creation. >> the book of psalms teaches us, we should love peace and we should pursue peace. let us honor those killed in

this place by becoming in the words of st. francis, instruments of peace. where there is hatred, let us so love. where there is injury, pardon. where there is doubt, faith, where there is dispare, hope, and where there is sadness, joy. >> men and women from all walks of life ran to this place in hopes of saving lives. the sole intent of the first responders was the protection of others regardless of the cost to them as individuals, and the worst of humanity thought to take life and they exemplified the best of phaou mhumanity, wio give their entire life in hopes of saving anothe, and their story is one each of us should carry with us as we move forward

from this place. the koran declares the laws with those who are righteous and those that do good, let us embody their unwavering hope and their pursuit of good as we seek to build a much-needed peace. >> let us learn to share this big apple we all call home, in all of its diversity and flavor, through friendship and dialogue, may the timber and tonality be heard in the great city and nation. on this, the historic anniversary, let us sell pwraeupwraeu celebrate, and affirm, and share in the commitment to religious dialogue, and in the words of pope francis, may we respect and love one another as brothers and

sisters, and may we learn to understand the sufferings of others, and may we live to see the day as envisioned by the prophet, micah. everyone will sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid, for the lord almighty has spoken. >> the koran states oh, mankind, we created you from a male and female and put you in tribes as you might know one another, and through our knowing of each other today, let us move beyond a mere toleration of our differences and work towards a much-needed celebration of them, and let us be bold enough to build partnerships with new friends and allies and together be the reason people have hope in this world and not the reason people dread it.

>> please rise. 0, god of love, compassion and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and religious traditions,

who gather today on this hallowed ground, the scene of unspeakable violence and pain. we ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all who died here, the heroic first-responders, our firefighters, police officers, emergency service workers, and port authority personnel, along with all the innocent men and women who were victims of this tragedy simply because their work or service brought them here on september 11, 2001. we ask you, in your compassion, to bring healing to those who, because of their presence here

14 years ago, continue to suffer from injuries and illness. heal, too, the pain of still-grieving families and all who lost loved ones in this tragedy. give them strength to continue their lives with courage and hope. we are mindful as well of those who suffered death, injury, and loss on the same day at the pentagon and in shanksville, pennsylvania. our hearts are one with theirs as our prayer embraces their

pain and suffering. god of peace, bring your peace to our violent world, peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of the earth. turn to your way of love those whose hearts and minds are consumed with hatred and who justify killing in the name of religion. god of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude of this tragedy, we seek your light and guidance as we confront such terrible events.

grant that those whose lives were spared may live so that the lives lost here may not have been lost in vain. comfort and console us, strengthen us in hope, and gie us the wisdom and courage to work tirelessly for a world where true peace and love reign among nations and in the hearts of all. the pope delivering a prayer of deliverance, and we will hear six meditations of peace by

representatives of six mayor faiths, hindu, buddhist, christian, and muslim and jewish faith, each in the language of the faith. [ speaking hindu ] [ speaking hindu ] may god protect us. may god nourish us, may we work together. my our dialogue be enlightening,

and may we be free from hate. peace, peace, peace. lead us from untruth to truth, from darkness to light, from dust to immorality, may all know peace. [ speaking foreign language ]

>> homage to tbudah, and they ae discarding victory and defeat. one should not do any slight wrong, which the wise might censure, and may all being sad have happy minds, peace.

god judges us according to our deeds, not the coat that we wear, that truth is above everything and the highest deed is truthful living. know that we attain god when we love, and only that victory

endures in consequence of which no one is defeated. [ bell tolls ] >> this is the gospel according to matthew, the beattitudes. [ speaking foreign language ]

[ speaking foreign language ] >> blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, and blessed are those who mourn, for they shall comforted, and blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth, and blessed are those that hunger and thirst for

righteousness, they shall be satisfied, blessed are the merciful, for they shall have mercy, and blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called the sons of god, and blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. [ bell tolls ]

[ chanting ] >> o, allah, you are peace and all peace is from you, and all peace returns to you. ♪ ♪

grant us to live with the salutation of peace. and lead us to your abode of peace. you are blessed, our lord, be exhalted. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, please stand for a prayer for the fallen. ♪ ♪

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