and another person who should be up here with us is navy chaplain wes modder, who i have the privilege and honor of representing as well. and i know that chaplain would love to be here himself to tell you his story. unfortunately he can't do that. but what i am pleased to share with you all that chaplain modder is sitting here in the audience, right here in the first row. and chaplain modder, will you please stand up. [ applause ] these two men put everything professionally on the line. both had over 19 years of service in the military. both risked all of that because of what they believe in. and to do the right thing. and you know, two last points i want to make on this, travis, is first of all, there is a lot of misinformation out there about what rights we give up when we join the military, when we swear the oath of allegiance to the constitution. we don't swear an oath to the president or to the commanding officer, we swear to uphold the constitution of this nation. [ applause ] and second, we cannot forget why our military exists, which is to defend this nation. but i want to remi

. >>> still shut down, southbound 15 at modders station road.all lanes blocked there box of that accident from overnight. westbound dulles greenway moved off to the side of the roadway. >>> that is the broadcast. appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes. hope you'll join us then. until then, have a great >>> good morning. massive manhunt. communities on edge outside chicago and schools shut down as the search intensifies for three men who gunned down a beloved police officer. we are on the ground with the latest in the desperate search for the suspect. >>> ready to run? a dramatic return t the political stage for vice president joe biden. his first major speech since buzz about the 2016 run began. while jeb bush and donald trump ratchet up the slugfest over who is a real conservative. >>> an american hero. >> we did what we could to disarm him. >>> an nbc news exclusive with a california man who helped stop an attack on a

southbound at modders station road, all lanes blocked because of that motorcycle crash this morning.ar as travel times, no major problems. 270 southbound on german highway, looking good. outer loop from 95 to 70, ten minutes. 66 inbound fairfax county to the beltway, you're good. north quantico to the beltway on time. listen to wtop 105 fm when you hop in the car this morning. >>> get ready to start digging a little deeper in your pockets to pay your water bills. where neighbors will soon see their bills go up and by how much. >>> it's the tore that we're getting a look at the man >>> right now at 5:45, we are learning new details about pope francis' visit to the districts. we're also learning about what the government is doing to make his visit here easier for you. >> kristin wright is gathering all the details and will join us from the basilica of the national shrine in 15 minutes. a check with weather. good morning. >> all right. wake-up weather this morning. it's already warm and steamy outside. temperatures in some of the rural areas to 77 in downtown washington. going to be a s

remember, relative to sales of diesel models, select diesel modders here in the united states, many ofking about the passat, the jetta, the golf, the beetle, the audi a3, they are on a stop sale basis now, in other words, they are on the lots. look at shares of volkswagen. pummelled. it'll be curious whether there's a move with the stock today relative to any news from the executive committee meeting with volkswagen, with martin, gu but, again, the stock showing a bounce bag today, guys, but it was beaten up over the l.a. couple days. >> phil, stay with us. we'll bring in mike jackson right now. mike happens to be the chairman and ceo of auto nation, the largest vw dealer in the country, and, mike, the question has to be, what the heck, how did it happen? it's not a rogue engineering who did this, but a team of people who knows how high in order to get this through. >> becky, unfortunately, you're absolutely right. look at the scale of the decepti deception, over six years, 11 million vehicles challenges from the regulators, starting three years ago, already having one recall last year