good evening. from the u.n. to ground zero to madison square garden, it is a big day for pope francis here in new york and we have it all coming up. but first the political shocker that has rattled washington, exposing a dif rift in the republican party. the announcement house speaker john boehner is calling it quits. he is offered toing from congress at the end of next month in the face of a challenge from members of the far right of his party who believe he's gone soft on democrats. and while his exit is illicit clearing from those on the right, some view it as a selfless move to spare the government from another shut down. kelly o'donnell explain explains. >> reporter: out the door. john boehner walked this gauntlet today. minutes after he stunned republican colleagues by abruptly announcing his resignation at house speaker, effective october 30th. >> i decided, today is the day i'm going to do this. it is as simple as that. >> reporter: looking relieved and even happy. he has been under pressure from a few dozen angry house conservatives plotting to oust him. charging he caved to democrats too often. >> just all of this stuff i read about in the paper, and -- you know, i really don't want to hurt the institution and i don't want my colleagues hurt. >> don't want my -- i don't want to put my colleagues through all of this. for what? >> reporter: today the republican adversaries did not gloat. >> the speaker made a very humble and class move today. >> reporter: but grassroots conservatives at a washington conference claimed victory when they heard the news. >> speaker boehner announced he will be resigning. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the resignation frees him politically. advisers say he will prevent a looming shut down next week by working with democrats to fund the government. with fun for planned parenthood that conservatives wanted to block over abortion. his exit comes one day after he made history. the devoutly catholic son of an if ohio bar keeper tried for 20 years to bring a pope to congress. his trademark tears flowed ant the pope's message of politics for the common good moved him. >> the pope put his arm around me and pulls me to him and said please pray for me. wow! who i am to pray for the pope. but i did. >> reporter: boehner leaves with the same motive that brought him here in 1990. >> people throughout this country do want congress to change. >> reporter: now the sudden resignation sets off a scramble for successor, perhaps majority leader kevin mccarthy. >> are you going to be the next speaker? >> but will congress function any better with a new speak. boner said by turning the page he hopes his party will unite around a new leader but democrat and some republicans i talk to worry things could get even worse. lester. >> kelly o'donnell, thanks. let's get insight into the strife that led up to the announcement and what happens next. we want to bring in our political director, moderator of meet the plus, chuck todd and from morning joe, a former congressman himself, joe, let's farlt with you. what is part two? will they get the replacement they want? >> well one insider, a very powerful insider in congress told me it will be the same problems but a new guy. but john boehner has taken himself out of the fight and out of the fray, he is going to make his successor's job much easier and that successor most likely is going to be kevin mccarthy. he is moving support in his direction and most people that i talked to believe it is going to be kevin mccarthy. and i've been through this before and chuck was reporting back when we ran newt gingrich out of town and it put the far right on the defensive and made the next speaker's job easier. john boehner was there when we did that to newt. he suspects this will make his successor's job easier as well. >> and chuck, let's step back and look at the environment this is happening in here. we're looking at the political environment of a campaign right now. do they reflect each other? >> they do. look, the same energy that this conservative group in the house was tapping into and was sort of expressing and essentially forced boehner to do what he did is what we're seeing on the campaign trail. in fact we have new nbc news "wall street journal" reports out to show among republican primary voters that we've been testing with presidential rate, 72% were dissatisfied with the congressional republican leadership, mitch mcconnell and john boehner. and that is where the fight is playing out. the same energy propelling others is the same energy that ousted boehner. so this fight continues on the trail. >> chuck and joe, thanks to both of you. chuck we'll see you for "meet the press." including interviews with hillary clinton and carly fiorina. the fight among house republicans reflecting as we just talked about, what we are seeing in the race for president. the battle of in siders versus outsiders. and today in washington, at a meeting of conservative evangelical groups, the political outsider leading in the polls, donald trump, tried to cut down marco rubio. it was another personal attack of an opponent but perhaps not the response trump expected. as katy tur reports. >> speaker boehner announced he will offered to. >> reporter: at the summit in d.c., cheers for speaker boehner's resignation and boos for donald trump. >> you have this clown marco rubio. >> the front-runner not on home turf but trying to court this evangelical and conservative gathering. a crowd which feels let-down by the republican establishment and by slamming marco rubio on immigration. >> he's in favor of immigration and he has been. he has been. it was the gang of eight. and you remember the gang of eight. it was terrible. >> reporter: trump running at the outsider, painting the florida lawmaker as part of the problem. but rubio, a first-term senator who it appeal to the -- can appeal to the conservative base, didn't back down. >> is he qualified. >> he has to prove it. up until now he has not. >> he's rising in the poll. >> i think he's a baby. he's using me for publicity. >> marco rubio is a popular conservative figure in the republican party and i think you're starting to see at some emotional level the unwinding of donald trump under the pressures of the presidential campaign trail. >> reporter: after months of flying under the radar and refewing to comment on trump, rubio is now attacking. smelling blood in the water on trump's foreign policy debt. >> donald trump had a bad week. carly embarrassed him the other day and he spoke to an empty room in carolina and he is not handle it well. >> tonight he put his spin on today. >> i have tears. i got boos and i got jeers. >> he did get a standing ovation when he walked into the room and applause and cheers before and after the booing. but when i asked someone in the crowd if they would vote for him and they laughed and said no, he is not religious or conservative enough. >> katy tur, thank you. filled with emotion and deep symb symbolism as pope francis touched the lives of tens of thousands. the scene at the madison squard garden. 80,000 people crowded street along central park as the pope traveled downtown for the tonight's mass. at the u.n. he appealed to world leaders to protect the planet and at ground zero remarkable scenes at the september 11th memorial as the pope called on the world to build uni -- unity from the circumstances. >> reporter: pope francis prayed silently at the south pool. the one place in new york the pope insisted on visiting. of the thousand family members on hand, he met with 20. including monica murphy, she showed francis a picture of her first husband michael who died on what she called sacred ground. >> what an honor. he is the closest thing to god. >> it was an emotional moment. peter is a retired firefighter. >> it does mean something. it meant a lot. that he came through here. >> reporter: the pope then led an interfaith gathering of the religious in the museum's foundation hall. [ singing ] >> reporter: in front of the wall that held back the hudson river on september 11th, francis prayed for peace. his day began at the united nations. meeting with staff. and delivering a forceful speech about protecting the earth. before 170 world leaders and mallalu useef, he insisted that a right of the environment does insist and man is not authorized to abuse it. the eco logical crisis and the large scale destruction of bio diversity can threaten the very existence of the human species. at central park, thousands lined up with tickets to get in, others just hoping for a glimpse. the park became francis' playground with a larger than expected crowd and extra security was order ordered. from francis the celebrity to francis the teacher. stopping at our lady queen of angels school in east harlem where he was given a lesson in tuck technology and he gave them a history lesson about martin luther king and the power of dream. and then a homework assignment. please pray for me. and like any good teacher -- >> don't forget the homework. >> a reminder. >> reporter: tonight pope francis celebrates mass at mad square garden and early tomorrow he heads to philadelphia to wrap up his trip. lester. >> and what do you expect the message will be in philadelphia? >> it is another one of his favorite subjects, lester, it is all about family. >> anne thompson tonight in new york. thank you. at the white house, the president is hosting a state dinner honoring the chinese president, sky jing pin. the strain on hold for a few hours. earlier today the two presidents came to an agreement on the big issue of cyber theft. we have more from our white house correspondent kristin welker. >> reporter: a elaborate welcome for the president of china, masking underlying tension between the two largeef superpowers. but today a small step forward. president obama and jinping announced a joint agreement. neither the u.s. nor the chinese government will engage in cyber theft of intellectual property. >> this is progress but our work is not done. >> the u.s. has accused china of stealing trade secrets from u.s. companies. >> about 80% of economic espionage today is conducted by the chinese. >> and their record on attacks is extensive. the company achoosed of breaching the office of personal management, stealing the records of 20 million people. other major corporations, defense and even the u.s. postal service. today the president announced he is still skeptical. >> when i said to president skooi jinping, and to others, the question is are words followed by actions. >> reporter: mr. obama has pursued a strategy of engagement, meeting with him six times in less formal settings meant to foster candid conversations. critics say the u.s. hasn't been tough enough, allowing them to expand military presence in disputed waters an carry out human rights violations. all of this casting a shadow over today's progress. >> it is important to have china understand that it is a two-way street. >> reporter: now china has consistently denied being behind any cyber attacks. meanwhile the two leaders will have a chance to build on diplomacy tonight featuring lobster and lamb in a blend of american and chinese cuisine. >> kristin welker, thank you. what caused that horrific deadly crash on a bridge in seattle. federal investigators are on the scene trying to answer that. and why this pope has such a universal appeal. has such a universal appeal. why some have made the this bale of hay cannot be controlled. when a wildfire raged through elkhorn ranch, the sudden loss of pasture became a serious problem for a family business. faced with horses that needed feeding and a texas drought that sent hay prices soaring, the owners had to act fast. thankfully, mary miller banks with chase for business. and with greater financial clarity and a relationship built for the unexpected, she could control her cash flow, and keep the ranch running. chase for business. so you can own it. you can't work from home when you're sick. you need real relief. alka-seltzer plus day cold & flu has three cold symptom fighters to relieve your tough symptoms. stay unstoppable. 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