i'm pat lawson muse. sickle-cell disease is the most common genetic disorder in the country. an estimated 3 million people carry the sickle-cell trait. for those who suffer from the disease, it can be pretty tough and pretty painful to live with. september is sickle-cell awareness month. joining me this morning here on "viewpoint," dr. patricia anneal, the center for sickle-cell disease and reverend be pamela newton, a are toer sickle-cell patient now cured of the disease. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> dr. o'neil, this is a very common disease. if it's so common, why is it so many carry the trait and have no idea they're carrying? >> well, it goes to the fact that sickle-cell trait is asymptomat asymptomatic. individuals that do carry the actual sickle-cell gene are not have symptoms. they may exhibit in extremes like climbing higher altitudes or scuba diving, for instance. so you honestly have to be tested in order to confirm if you do carry the sickle-cell trait. >> and for those who don't know exactly what sickle-cell disease is, what is it?

i'm pat lawson muse. on october 4th, more than 600 organizations from around the world will gather here in washington in a show of solidarity and collective force. they are coming together to help the 23 million americans with addiction to stand up for the more than 23 million more in recovery, and to act to save some 350 lives that are lost every single day. my guests this morning are johnny allem, who is founder of the aquila recovery clinic, he also serves on the facing addiction advisory committee. janice ferebee is a social worker, she's an author and speaker, who is also on the unite to face addiction committee. she's d.c. field organizer and african-american outreach organizer for that group. and juan callejas is success coordinator, partnership success coordinator, we should say, for d.c. prevention center for wards one and two. welcome all of you to "viewpoint." >> thank you. >> if we all watch television, enough tv, i'll say, if we watch enough tv you'll think we're all addicted to something, to

i'm pat lawson muse.he problem of domestic violence can't be solved at the police station or at the courthouse alone. our guests this morning say they're tackling the problem at its roots. joining me are rosie-allen herring, president and ceo of the united way, prince george's county state's attorney, angela alsobrooks, and reverend, pastor tony lee, pastor of community of hope ame church in temple hills, maryland. welcome to "viewpoint." miss alsobrooks, last year there were 54 homicides in prince george's county. how many were domestic violence cases? >> 19 of the 54 last year were domestic violence cases. it was an amazing number. and of the 19, seven of them were babies who were 3 and under who were killed in our families. so these numbers have concerned us, and we have to do something. >> what about the numbers so far this year? >> so far this year, we've seen seven homicides that we believe are domestic in nature, and so we have this year seen a decline of sorts. we hope it's attributable to the wor

about 11 minutes going strong with nbc 4's aaron gilchrist and pat lawson muse. we hope to see you there. >>> i want to go back to the live pictures from the pope's mass in havana. look at the crowd that has shown up. >> there is no elbow room. >> everyone is packed into revolution square. this mass has been going on for about an hour and it's gotten longer to go. they're handing out communion. that's toward the end of the mass ceremony there. but obviously that's a lot of people to give communion to. how do you hand out communion to a million people? you have to find a lot of eucharistic ministers and priests. that's the process they're going through right now. >> you can stream it now right now o >>> well, we have plenty to talk about. starting with this morning's "meet the press," chuck todd. >> he's under fire for not stopping a supporter who called president obama a muslim. is this different? is he losing neany momentum? >> i have new numbers that we're going to debut on the show in 14 minutes when viewers stay with us. we have three of the candidates, trump

i'm pat lawson muse. as we roll out the red carpet, road closures and tight security will surely create gridlock in parts of the city. ddot says expect long delays. try to work from home. take mass transit. plan ahead. and give yourself plenty of extra time to get where you need to go. joe madison s the city ready or will this visit bring the city to a standstill? >> i think this city will be ready for it more so than philadelphia. i'm heading up to philadelphia to see the pope there, but i'm staying in d.c. we're used to the diplomats and presidents on the move. i think what we're doing here today is giving people plenty of time to adjust to what might, you know, be a lot of road closures. >> well, it's going to be messy, no matter what we say. we'll be used to it but ddot is trying to use technology. they're saying, listen, we have these mappings, go online, take a look, these are the roads that will be closed. so much of the talk about the pope's visit is about snarling traffic, stay home, not working.

pat lawson muse was out there. they worked so hard to pull our sponsor ship.opefully they won't be singing the blues at fedex field. football, game time, 1:00. in the mid-70s. a bit of a blustery wind. that wind diminishes tonight. students going off to school. if you're heading off to work early waiting for the bus in the morning, you'll need a light jacket. long sleeves. dress accordingly. it's going to be a fall-like day. might get a passing shower mainly in the afternoon on monday. then for the pope's arrival on tuesday afternoon, mid-70s and for the papal visit just terrific weather with sunshine and highs in the 70s. upper 70s on friday and saturday. a slight chance of a shower on friday evening. >> all right. thank you, tom. >>> coming up, have you heard about the new app that can get you into the hottest restaurant at a discount. at a discount. i'm going to take 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 ba

i'm pat lawson muse. news 4 midday starts right now. >>> still waiting to hear from a baltimore judge that has to make a big decision in the freddie gray case deciding whether to move that trial involving six police officers out of the city. the judge heard arguments from the lawyer making the case for the officers accused in gray's death and from the prosecutor who wants the case to stay put. the officers who face trial in this case were not inside the courtroom. our chris gordon is inside the courtroom and heard defense arguments, several points making about pre-trial publicity making it impossible for these officers to get a fair trial. then, there was the argument about the pressure from the community. then, you can see what's going on outside the courtroom in baltimore. we're hearing about one arrest of a protester as many gathered even before the pre-trial motions were heard, to make their voices heard loud and clear. there were officers, of course, who gathered outside the courtroom to make sure th

i'm pat lawson muse.ejecting a change of venue, the trials for six baltimore city police officers charged in the death of freddie gray will stay in baltimore city. a judge has dismissed arguments from defense attorneys who said that the officers could not get a fair trial in the city because it would be impossible to find an unbiased jury there. joe madison, your reaction to the ruling? the judge pointed out that the publicity in this case has been worldwide. >> global. national. yeah. he's absolutely right. so where would you go to find someone who hasn't heard about this story, hasn't seen the riots, the impact that's had. so with the -- i think with the defense attorney and the prosecutor, they will probably be able to seat a jury. it's not a question when you go to the jury selections it's not a question of whether or not you have seen it or heard about it. it's whether or not you have formed an opinion about it. >> bremante bryant, your reaction and your reaction to the jubilance outside the courthou

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. american airlines back online after a widespread computer outage grounded some flights today. service was restored across the country around 2:30 this afternoon. american says connectivity issues led to ground stops at hubs in chicago, dallas-ft. worth and miami. the airline took to twitter to apologize for the delays. >> with the pope arriving in just five short days and right now crews are transforming the east portico of the basilica where the pope will celebrate his first mass in the united states before 25,000 people. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is live. how are things coming together? >> reporter: they're making great progress, chris. as we know they've been planning and preparing over the last several months and crews have been out here on the east portico, working tirelessly. i want to show you what's most notable. take a look over here. you can see the roof and that's where the pope will celebrate mass. bottom line here is no detail is too small. workers have been repainting c

. >>> i'm pat lawson muse at the live desk right now.secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart are about to hold a press conference at the u.n. addressing today's air strikes in syria. we don't know yet what they're going to say, but we do know they've been meeting on the side lines in new york. russia unexpectedly launched the air strikes today without informing the u.s. and defense secretary ash carter says it appears the bombings targeted syrian rebels rather than isis terror iiv terroriveists. much more on the developments in syria and what secretary kerry had to say coming up in about 25 minutes. >>> well, if you haven't gotten one in the mail yet it is coming, but who's ready for it? the new chip cards are supposed to help protect you from getting your information stolen, but erika gonzalez checked to see if stores are ready for this change. >>> plus it was an emotional night. a woman was executed in georgia. how is that setting the stage for virginia's own death row case? child is an adorable baby who, although bor

. >> i'm pat lawson muse. >> along with chris lawrence. >> we have got your coverage from beginning to that's right. for the first time in history, a pope stood before a joint meeting of congress today ending his message with god bless america. >> prior to that the pope condemned the trade of guns. he called for action on immigration. he endorsed legislation on climate change and asked for the end of the death penalty. >> the pontiff then made his way to the capitol balcony and delivered a brief message to thousands on the west side looking over the mall. he finished this morning with a trip to catholic charities where he mingled with clients gathering for a meal. >> the turn to the north, he's making the short flight to new york city where his schedule is just as ambitious as it was here. >> i'm jim handly in midtown manhattan and now it's the big apple's turn to show its best face. we are along fifth avenue and no cars, just presence and 8 to 10-foot fencing and this is what we see around the city as we see rolling lockdowns all over this island. this city is home to 2.6 million cath

i'm pat lawson muse. will our city ever be the same again? pope francis spent three whirlwind historic days here in the nation's capital celebrating the canonization at the basilica mass and became the first pope to join the joint meeting of congress. how did he do? >> i like your first question, will the city ever be the same. i'm sitting here thinking, yeah, the day after the pope leaves boehner decides to leave congress and here we go right back. but to answer the last part of your question, i think all in all the city did pretty good. i think thanks to the news programs, you know, like tv 4, you got the message out. people knew. you know, stay home, work from home, adjust, and, you know, traveling around the city as i did, it was pretty easy because a lot of people either did what you guys asked them to do. >> metro had a scare the day before the pope arrive. there was a smoke incident at the rfk, the metro station there. and the day he arrived there was a power failure on the green line throwing a wrench in the afternoon commute for so m