How soon before youll notice. Theyre the drugs that couldnt be tested for until now. This is a moment of truth. The news team shows you the new technology only d. C. Is using to crack down on synthetics. We are now just 17 hours away from pope francis arriving for his first ever visit to the u. S. And whether you plan to get a glimpse of him or not, get ready, folks. This trip will have a big impact on your week. The pope still in cuba tonight. This is video from santiago, where he made an evening stop at the shrine of cubas patron saint. Santiago is the last leg of his trip to cuba, and right now final preparations are under way at all of his stops here in d. C. News4s Jackie Bensen is live on massachusetts avenues. Hi, jackie. Reporter hello, doreen. Well, those preparations will be going on right up until when the popes plane touches down tomorrow. The steps of the Catholic Charities building on g street northwest are being cleaned very carefully and by hand if necessary in advance of the historic visit to the facility by pope francis on thursday. Across town near catholic university, attendance for the outdoor papal mass at the basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will turn this humble gravel parking lot on monroe street into a valuable commodity. The company that owns, the Menkiti GroupReal Estate Firm will let employees telecommute during the papal visit. Theyre allowing an intern to rent out the Parking Spaces for a very good cause. We have an intern who is a senior at catholic university, an architect student. He is the Vice President of the chapter of the minority architect. Theyre raising money to attend the National Conference in new orleans. Reporter outside the papal on massachusetts avenue northwest, a mobile command post with the insignia of the department of Homeland Security and the federal Emergency Management agency is already in place there are endless rows of temporary security fence. Also there is john. He has held a daily oneman protest on massachusetts avenue for years. He says he was a victim of clergy sexual abuse as a teen in his native poland. We asked him if he thought Security Officials would ask him to leave the area during the papal visit as has been done previously. Probably. I dont know. I have no expectation. Reporter now the scope of this papal visit is going to be unlike anything we have seen here in the Nations Capital before. It is best for those who are commuting plan to be anywhere in this area, take a look at the events that are scheduled and really keep in mind when youre traveling if youre going to be through some of the areas that will be the most heavily trafficked during the popes visit. Back to you. Hey, if you think the popes ah rival doesnt impact you, think again. The pope lands at joint base andrews at 4 00 tomorrow. His convoy will travel about 18 miles to get to the vatican embassy. Here are the roads you want to avoid. Around joint base and drew, branch avenue here. Steer clear. Also suitland parkway and pennsylvania avenue. And without a doubt, the beltway, 495. All should be offlimits. Now around the embassy, consider massachusetts avenue a definite nogo. Also include 34th street. Because this is where the pope is going to be sleeping at night. Wisconsin avenue could also be shut down. Were giving you all these scenarios because we arent being told exactly what route the pope is going to be taking tomorrow evening. Its part of the intense security blanketing his visit to d. C. , new york and philadelphia. Something well take an even closer look at in just ten minutes. Doreen . Turning to our weather now, we still have some showers hanging around on storm team 4 radar. It is rain we really need. But doug, how much longer is it going to stick around. It wont stick around too much longer. You hit the nail on the head here. It really is much needed rainfall. Its coming at night right now. Of course we did rain out the nationals game unfortunately. But the rain is needed. And so far we have seen close to a quarter inch of rain at some locations around the d. C. Metro area. Down to the south a little more. Culpeper towards winchester. Leesburg reporting moderate rain. Thats going to be the case adds we move on through rest of the night. Light rain. The eastern portions of the beltway heavier rain from gaithersburg and urbana towards the warrenton area. We will still see this for the next couple of hours. Coming up, talk about the morning commute. Plus what to expect for the popes visit weatherwise. Ive got that for you in just a minute. At the live desk, were following a shootout outside a target store in which two Police Officers have been wounded. Now right now the store is closed and the officers are in the hospital. We saw it went down outside a target in sand city, california, a few miles outside of monterey. Police officers confronted two men with outstanding warrants. Both men were arm and shot at the officers and they shot back. All four were shot. All four had to be rushed to the hospital. The two suspects are now dead, but the officers were not injured nearly as seriously. Theyre expected to be okay. At the live desk, im chris lawrence. Thank you, chris. You may soon be able to tweet, text, check your email, even watch news4 inside a metro tunnel. The Washington Post reports tonight metro and four major Cell Companies tentatively agreed to expand service to all tunnels within five years. The post says the cellpro vidors would pay metro and the agency would do the wiring itself. A final deal is expected to be announced in weeks. Orange, blue and silver line back to normal tonight and the stadium armory station is now back open after a transformer caught fire during the morning commute, sending up thick smoke outside the station. Train service was disrupted for hours and metro admits it was a mess. Thoughts of riders who had a very, very bad commute this morning. Thats our apologies to each and every one of them. Metro says all should be back to normal tomorrow as it gets ready for big crowds related to the popes visit. Expect the biggest crowds on wednesday and thursday. Prosecutors say it is a landmark sentence, and the implications will be felt in corporate boardrooms across the country. Today a judge sentenced the owner of the Peanut Corporation of america to 28 years in prison. Last year a jury convicted Stewart Parnell of knowingly shipping peanuts with salmonella from 2008 to 09. The peanuts killed nine americans and sickened hundreds more. New at 11, Loudoun County has appointed an interim supervisor to replace a politician who resigned in disgrace. James bondfield will now represent the broad run district. If that name sounds familiar to you he is also the chairman of the countys parks and recreation board. Bonfils will serve out the remaining months of Shawne Williams term. Williams resigned after arrest on assault and unlawful entry charges. A new elected supervisor will take over january 1. Tonight Prince Georges County firefighters are mourning a trailblazer in their department. Carla blue was the first African American woman to reach deputy chief. She died in a crash over the weekend. Shomari stone reports on the legacy she leaves behind. Right now were feeling a little bit of shock. Its unbelievable. Reporter darrin wear tonight misses his friend and colleague carla blue. She died in a car crash over the weekend. Im also reflect on the time and the positive influence she had on my career. Reporter the 48yearold mother was driving on indian head highway early saturday morning. Police say she tried to make a left turn on to old fort road when a car hit her. The crash is under investigation. What i found out about the horrible crash about 2 30 in the morning, i was actually on duty. And my first reaction was wow. Reporter the 20year veteran retired as deputy fire chief in 2009. What are you going to miss most about carla . What im going to miss most about her is just a positive outlook on life. She was always smiling, and how she was always willing to take on any task. Reporter her son jamar carries on her legacy. He is a Prince Georges County firefighter. She blazed a lot of trails in the Prince Georges County fire department. But also as she blazed these trails, she left a map for others so it will be easier for us to go the same route. Reporter and tonight we reached out the carla blues family. Theyre too devastated to talk on camera. Funeral arrangements have been made for next tuesday. The public is invited. We posted the details on our nbc washington app and nbc washington. Com. In fort washington, im shomari stone, news4. The large republican president ial field is slowly shrinking. Wisconsin Governor Scott walker is done. But he didnt leave quietly. The former frontrunner took a shot on his way out at donald trump. Im being called to lead by helping to clear the field in this race so that a positive conservative message can rise to the top of the field. So that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive conservative alternative to the current frontrunner. Frontrunner trump didnt take the bait. He tweeted that he got to know walker well, that he is a nice person and has a great future. Next at 11 00, criminals passing drug tests even while theyre high on something that the test cant catch. Theyre smart. They know what drugs are being tested for. Tonight the news team 4 shows us why that is about to change. Checking their apps. Tonight what apple is doing to protect you. And the popes visit not just impacting traffic. How it could also affect your next package delivery. The papal event is being called an unprecedented security event in this city. Three large city, 16 stops. Crowds topping a million. Police tell us its never been seen before. Law enforcement in d. C. Along with new york and philadelphia say theyre ready. There will be sniper, s. W. A. T. Teams, helicopters and boats protecting you and the pope. Airspace restricted in all three cities. Secret Service Officers are leading the security effort this week. They say the popes desire to mingle with crowds of people makes their job particularly challenging. They want to touch the pope and be around the pope. But we always have to be concerned we can get out of any environment. New york also has the u. N. General assembly and the president coming at the same time. So far there have been no credible terror threats. But a bulletin warns terrorists may try to impersonate first responders. All that extra security means a lot of road closures, as you know. And we have a list of those closures. And tips from the pros on riding metro this week. Just open the new nbc washington app and search pope commute. Doreen . You can call it a case of divine interference. Diehard iphone fans, if you preordered the new iphone 6 or 6s plus, there is a very real possibility that pope francis visit will push back your delivery. Ups will try to work around the traffic closures and street closures, but expect some disruptions on thursday and friday. Ups suggests tracking your package online. As apple prepares to launch its newest iphone, hackers have found their way into the app store. Apple says some chinese App Developers were tricked into using Software Tools that added a malicious code to their apps. Dozens are now compromised, including the popular messaging app we chat. Apple says it has removed the affected apps. There isnt enough information yet to determine who is behind it all. The d. C. Court system is about to become the first in the nation to test all offenders for synthetic drugs. In a news4 i team exclusive, Tisha Thompson takes us inside the districts lab for the first time to show us how people were cheating the system and why thats about to change. Reporter in this lab, every cup you see contains a hidden story, a tale about someone who just went to jail or recently got out on probation or parole in washington, d. C. Everybody who comes through the superior court and the District Court we ask them if they would want to give a urine specimen. Reporter this is the first time he has ever allowed a Television Camera inside his lab because he has made a major decision that he hopes will dramatically change the drug culture in the city. For decades Pretrial Services has used machines like to one to prescreen for marijuana, pcp, amphetamine and opiates like heroin thinking tests positive for marijuana. Reporter forensic chemists process about 143,000 tests a month. The prescreening will say, for example, that youre on opiates. This confirmation will say that the opiate you were on is codeine. Reporter until now she has relied on these gcms machines to tell her how much of the drug was in someones system. One machine for each type of drug. This is a moment of truth. This will say whether you yae or nay. But they knew it did not cover synthetic drugs. So they allowed dr. Eric wish at the university of marylands center for Substance Abuse research to analyze their leftover samples to see what they might be missing. Among young men in the district, as much as 50 of the people who passed the limited drug test test positive for synthetic cannabinoid. Its so amazing. Reporter the doctor says it quickly became apparent why the number is so high. If people are aware that theyre going to be part of a drug monitor organize drug testing program, theyre smart. They though what drugs are being tested for. They know marijuana is being tested for but not synthetic cannabinoid. So they switch and use only the synthetic cannabinoid during that period when they know theyre going to be tested. That led him to sample test violent offenders this past july which revealed 20 were on synthetic drugs when they were taken into custody. But these new tests are expensive. Keenan says it costs 1. 60 to test for the traditional drugs. But a private lab charges about 25 a sample to test for synthetics. Which is why he bought this new lcms machine. Its very expensive. Not a little bit expensive. Its very expensive. Reporter it can test for any kind of drug, including synthetics for about 3. 50 a sample. People who are using some of the street drugs like bizarro and scooby snax and k2 who may have thought that we were not able to test those drugs, we are going to be in a position to identify those. And we will be reporting back to either the court or to the supervising officer the fact that this person was using the drug. Reporter keenan says this machine makes them the first agency of their kind in the nation that tests for these kinds of drugs. And hopes that as the word stressed, these samples will tell a new story about people no longer using synthetics to cheat the system. Tisha thompson, news4 iteam. Tisha has put the first batch of Violent Crime numbers linked to synthetic drugs on our nbc washington app. Just click on investigations. Were getting some much needed rain. But does it really amount to much . You know what . It will at least in the shortterm. The good news is, you know, most of that rain will be out of here by tomorrow. But we need a lot more. Right now the lawns are going thank you very much. But ill tell you, we do need a lot more. Were nearly 4 inches below average. Today we got about a quarter inch down at the airport. So yeah, only a drop in the bucket so to speak, but at least it keeps coming down. On the radar you can see where it is. Over the last couple of hours moving up from south to north across our region. Southern maryland, you did not get much as all. Towards calverts county, st. Marys. The bulk has been to the west. But around the metro area weve seen some light rain. Heavier showers around gaithersburg, right along 270 towards clarksburg and urbana. To the south seeing fairly heavy rain here too. Right along 66 down towards warrenton. Heads up around marshville, centreville and chantilly. Its raining now, but it will get a little heavier. Maybe help you sleep i love sleeping when its raining outside. 63 degrees. Wind out of the north at 8 miles per hour. It was a very, very cool day. And were already down into the 50s. Matter of fact, we were in the 50s all day towards luray. Right now 55. 59 in leesburg. 66 over there towards annapolis. Tomorrow a better day. What we have here is the cloud cover temperatures 64 degrees at 7 00 a. M. If youre there early. 69 by around 10 00. 76 by 1 00. And a Beautiful Day as you head up towards northeast d. C. For that mass. Looking good there the phillies looking good too. I know handley is going to be up there for that. New york. New york. Sorry. 81 on thursday. 78 on friday with a chance of shower activity. And those showers could last through the weekend. Again, maybe some shower activity and much needed rainfall. Unfortunately, it could fall during the weekend. But thats something we will continue to watch up there. I thought you were going to no. No. Were everywhere. Thank you, doug. Rg3, kirk cousins reportedly not getting along . Well, jason pugh talked to some is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity. Your home for the most live sports. Three days before the giants, they dont need a distraction. People are talking about this. So we have to talk it, i guess. Today there was a story from Bleacher Report claiming that Robert Griffin iii and kirk cousins dont get along. That report went on to say that the two players cant even stand to be in the same room as each other. What . Tonight i reached out to several redskins players. All shot down that report. Rg3 said everything he had to say regarding that story is in the tweet he sent out earlier today. In that tweet, griffin said, quote, when the hate dont work, they start telling lies. I guess celebrating that your team won with your teammates is isolating yourself. Httr. Now griffin has been inactive the first two ball games like most third team quarterbacks. However, rg3 has remained engaged during games and even in practice. Now the other news out of the redskins park today. Moving on from cornerback david amerson, jay gruden announcing the team has released him. Amerson was the top pick of the skins in 2013. Against the rams, amerson did not play a single defensive snap this week. Before he was targeted eight straight times in the miami game. The third year corner gave up a touchdown in that game. Moving on to baseball now. There is no baseball to move on to. The nationals and os, they were postponed due to weather. According to the nationals, though, the ball game will be made up thursday afternoon at 4 00 p. M. At nats park. Elsewhere, preseason opener for the capitals. Hockey season already. Theyre hosting the hurricanes. T. J. Oshie looking good in red. Braden looking great after signing that huge fiveyear contract this offseason. He shut down the hurricanes. Stopped all 14 shots he saw. Third period, the offense got going for the capitals. Working the puck around. He gets over to tom wilson. He shoots and scores. Capitals, theyre up 10 first preseason goal for them. Later in the period, fouronfour hockey off the canes turnover. Derek roy puts that one home. He is trying to make this capitals roster. Helping his cause out a bunch right there. The caps would beat the hurricanes 20. All right. I dont like that at all. We thought wed be ready. But demand for our cocktail bitters was huge. I could feel our deadlines racing towards us. We didnt need a loan. We needed shortterm funding. Fast. Our amex helped us fill the orders. Just like that. You cant predict it, but you can be ready. Another step on the journey. Will you be ready when growth presents itself. Realize your buying power at open. Com. You know what they say. Drastic times call for drastic measures. So when a citys Football Team starts 02, fans need to do something, right . Seattle fans especially. Theyre so disgusted by the seahawks early season drought that. Started a go fund me page. They wanted to raise 50,000 bucks to break up quarterback Russell Wilson and singer sierra. The fans said the money would be used to jumpstart her career and guarantee she has no time for a relationship. Ouch. I wouldnt mind that. The go fund me page. You can pick up the piece theres. Go fund me, the page has been taken down, jason pugh. Thats going to do it for us. Carly fiorina joins jimmy fallon next. Next on the tonight show. Steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests ryan reynolds, republican president ial candidate, carly fiorina,