Washington. And that is not the only traffic youll see. We have been telling you all week about this now. People are strongly encouraged to take metro with all the road closures that will be in place for the popes visit. Well share some of those with you in about ten minutes. And dont forget, download the app as well to get around the traffic. 4 31 is your time now. Want to check your hour by hour forecast. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell here with more on weather. Cool again, chuck. Little cool and a little wet outside early this morning. No heavy rain to deal with, but there are rain drops on the roadways early this morning. So that could slow things down just a touch. But most of the rain for now is in fairfax, montgomery, and howard counties lifting northeast bound toward the pennsylvania border. A big break in the action down south and west of us before you run in a couple more showers south and west of charlottesville. So wha should you be planning on your way out the door this morning as far as weather slowdown . The mist and the drizzle and the wet roads may slow you up a little bit here early this morning, but improving weather picture late near the afternoon. Out the door weather in the low 50s and low 60s and sky cast 4 for today, almost all clouds. I couldnt rule out a little sliver or two of sunshine, much later on in the afternoon. Temperatures inch their way up into the low 70s. Wet roads are never a good thing for traffic, melissa mollet. I know. Well keep our fingers crossed they dont cause any problems. We have enough of an issue in the district with the closures starting later this morning. Were going to be talking about this here and on twitter at first 4 traffic. 95 in virginia at dale boulevard, a sheen on the roadway there. Prince georges county overall looking good now as we hear in a little bit here, very different as the pope lands at joint base andrews around 4 00 this afternoon. We have a lot of closures there. 270 northbound, southbound, nice and clear now. Had a disabled vehicle that is now out of the way. And beltway at colesville road moving along just fine. See you back here in ten minutes. Breaking news out of kentucky now. Police have caught an escaped prisoner, but there is still one on the loose. Just getting word that Christopher Cornelius was caught and is being treated for minor injuries. Matt johnson out there now. The two got away tying bed sheets together to escape through the roof of a minimum security correction facility. This is in louisville. Both were arrested for heroin possession back in july. Police issued warrants now charging both men with felony escape and we will keep you posted on this ongoing search. Thank you. Blazed a lot of trails, but she also blazed these trails, ill use the term, she left a map for us. Words of praise for the first africanamerican woman to become the deputy fire chief in prince georges county. Carla blue served the community for 20 years and retired in 2009. She died in a car crash over the weekend. Police say the 48yearold mother was driving on indian head highway Early Saturday Morning when she tried to make a left turn on to old ft. Road. Another car ran into her. Darren ware says he was on duty when he received the alert. My first reaction was, wow. What are you going to miss the most about carla . What im going to miss most about her is a positive outlook on life, she was always smiling, and how she was always willing to take on any task. You can pay your respects next tuesday at a public funeral. We posted details on our nbc washington app and online. Search fire chief funeral. Closing arguments begin in the trial of a man accused of killing his stepfather. Prosecutores say antwaan james shot joseph knnewell more than dozen times. The two were arguing over yard work at their home. A surveillance camera at the neighbors house caught the whole thing. Detective newell was a 24year veteran of the police force. A Fairfax County public schoolteacher is not on the job this morning. Police say Michael Sweeney was arrested after being found in a parked car with a 16yearold girl on sunday in alexandria. According to online staff directories, sweeney teaches at Walt Whitman Middle School in alexandria. Authorities have not said how he and the girl knew each other. Sweeney is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. We may soon learn more about the bloody arrest of a university of virginia student. The office is expected to release the administrative report of the arrest of marquis johnson. Johnson and lawmakers have asked for this report. It is expected to be released pending signed consent agreements from those involved. Photos and video of the arrest outside of a charlottesville pub in march were circulated on social media, sparking public outrage. The agents involved in the arrest were cleared of any wrongdoing and are all back at work. 4 36. Loudoun county has a new interim supervisor following the arrest of a former supervisor, James Bonfils will represent the district. Also the chairman of the countys parks and recreation board. Williams resigned after being arrested. A newly elected supervisor will take over january 1st. In decision 2016, the republican president ial field is now down to 15 candidates with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker pulling out yesterday. During his farewell speech, he took one last shot at donald trump. I encourage other republican president ial candidates to consider doing the same so that the voters can focus on a limited number of candidates who can offer a positive, conservative alternative to the current frontrunner. Trump tweeted that he did not get to know walker very well, that he is a nice person and has a great future. As one candidate drops out, another rises in the ranks. Carly fiorina appeared on the tonight show with jimmy fallon last night. Here is a snippet of one of the topics they discussed, russian president vladimir putin. I would describe him as a formidable adversary. Hes very confident. Hes very he actually can be quite funny and charming. But hes a kgb guy. Fiorina says the u. S. Needs to confront putins aggression in syria. In a recent cnn poll, puts Carly Fiorina in second place behind donald trump. Today in montgomery county, a first look at the machines youll be using to vote next year. Maryland will roll out the new machines across the state for the 2016 election. Each one will print out a paper ballot along with the digital one that you submit. Todays demonstration is in Silver Spring at 11 00 a. M. Our coverage of the papal visit continues. Straight ahead, how his trip to the u. S. Could impact the delivery of your new iphone. Hes called the peoples pope. But how much do you really know about the pontiff . An in depth look at his background before he became the head of the catholic church. It is going to be rough getting around town while hes here. Will the weather add to the trouble . Chuck bell is back with the commuter forecast. Your time is 4 38. Welcome back. You may soon be able to text, tweet and check your email inside a metro tunnel. The Washington Post says metro and four major Cell Companies have tentatively agreed to expand service to all tunnels. Thats within five years. The post says the selfproviders pay metro to do all the wiring itself. The final deal is expected to be announced in a few weeks. As we have been telling you, the popes visit will affect traffic all over town. Those of you who ordered your new iphones will have to be patient. U. P. S. Says it will try to work around the traffic changes. You can expect some kind of delay on your delivery for the rest of the week. U. P. S. Suggests you track your package online. Everyone is okay until they said the new iphone wasnt coming and now there is some problems. 20 somethings are like wait a minute. Whoa, i didnt sign up for this. Time for weather and traffic on the 1s. The other issue is whether wet roads will be a problem. Modern day pope, i wonder if he has an iphone. You wonder about these kind of things. He has the main line. He doesnt need an iphone. Who is on his speed dial . A cloudy start and lots of moisture to deal with this morning as well. No heavy rain, but there are light rain showers now across much of fairfax, loudoun and montgomery counties. Temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. Bus stop weather, gloomy today. Fog, drizzle and light rain, temperatures upper 50s and low 60s through 8 00. And rising into the 60s. The commuter forecast, wet start, but roads will be dry, even with the clouds hanging tough today. Drying out a little bit later this afternoon. Sevenday forecast in ten minutes, check on traffic now with melissa. Well have closures starting around the Vatican Embassy in about two hours here this morning on massachusetts avenue. Adam is out there live and well be tweeting about it as well. A closure in dickerson at martinsburg road. All lanes blocked because of a downed tree because of the rains perhaps, that wet ground from overnight. Outer loop at route 1, disabled vehicle to the right side of the roadway, sounds like it may have just gotten cleared here out of the way. 56 and 95, no problems. 270 coming up in a couple of minutes. People across the dmv being urged to use metro while the pope is here. Can the agency handle it . A possible Terror Threat during his holiness visit to the u. S. What Law Enforcement wants you to be aware of during the papal visit. Welcome back at 4 45. Around town, you can see the officials are ready for the pope to arrive later today at the basilica of shrine. The perimeter of the basilica has already been fenced in. No one will be allowed inside the gates without a ticket. There will be metal detectors at all entrances and over northwest, no parking signs are already around the cathedral of st. Matthew the apostle in anticipation of the popes visit tomorrow. We are counting down to pope francis arrival and the major traffic it will cause today. The pope will arrive at joint base andrews at about 4 00 in the afternoon. Then it is an 18mile trip into northwest d. C. To the Vatican Embassy right off massachusetts avenue northwest. So lets start with what you need to avoid around joint base andrews, pretty much thats going to be just about everything around joint base andrews, branch avenue is going to be off limits, the case for you right now as it is close to the base. Same thing goes for suitland parkway, avoid that. Pennsylvania avenue will be a route you want to avoid coming into the city. It is not clear what impact this could have on the beltway, you might expect there will be some and the experts suggest that you try to stay away from that as much as you can as well. In d. C. , youll want to stay off of massachusetts avenue, lets see, there we go. Magically appears for you. Stay off of massachusetts avenue not quite. There we go. And right around the Vatican Embassy and the naval observatory. The pope gets in, hell be going to the embassy here, 34th street, also going to be a road you want to avoid in northwest because this is where the embassy is and where pope francis will be when hes not out in the city. You might also want to avoid wisconsin avenue, which could be closed at different points as well. The vatican officials and security, theyre not telling us exactly what route the pope will take tonight, so it is best to just stay away if you can. Thank you, aaron. Looking ahead to tomorrow, the 95 express lanes in virginia will change for the popes visit on wednesday and thursday. The lanes will reverse direction an hour earlier. The northbound will switch to southbound starting at 10 00 a. M. Instead of the usual 11 00 a. M. The southbound express lanes will open at noon instead of 1 00 p. M. The express lanes will be back to normal on friday. You can expect a lot of extra tour buses and more pedestrians than usual in the Pentagon City area of fairfax of arlington actually. The fairfax connector route 599 buses will not stop at the following spots starting today. Army navy drive and 15th street west of southeast street and south hayes street at the Pentagon City metro. All routes will return to normal on friday. Starting today, make sure you doublecheck the signs around where you park in the district. The department of public works says it will not hesitate to tow your vehicle if it is parked where it shouldnt be. Crews wont enforce street sweeping restriction on some streets, but will be near the park during the teams two games today and tomorrow. Metro will have a true test today of huge crowds using trains during the papal visit. We understand that some of you may not be very optimistic, especially with the mess and frustration from yesterday. News 4 transportation reporter adam tuss found out a transformer caught fire in a mechanical room alongside the metro tracks. You can see there was smoke along the stadium armory metro stop yesterday morning. This is very dangerous. The atmosphere down there is, you know, it is black, it is dark, you cant see. Youre not 100 sure nrinitiall what is charged with electricity and what isnt. Metro still has to fix that problem. It causes huge delays for thousands of commuters along the blue, orange and silver line. A document obtained by nbc news shows Law Enforcement is worried terrorists may impersonate First Responders to enter secure areas. The bulletin from Pennsylvania StatePolice Warns Officers to be on the lookout for attackers with fake i. D. Cards and uniforms. Philadelphias Police CommissionerCharles Ramsey says there is no specific threat and this is simply a reminder for officers to be vigilant. When the pope lands at joint base andrews, it will mark his First Time Ever in the united states. Pope francis was born jorge mario bergoglio, from argentina, the first latin american pope. Francis is a member of the society of jesuits and entered the jesuit in march of 1958. He did not become a priest until his ordination years later. He was elected pope on march 13th, 2013, succeeding pommxiii benedict xvi. He adopted the name francis becoming the first pope ever to use that name. The popes visit is generating a lot of excitement, even among noncatholics. Some leaders of other Christian Churches believe it is because of the popes personality. We spoke with one paster in herndon who said he generates positive discussion about important issues. Tom berlin says the popes message often transcends religious boundaries. He tends to leave people with a sense of grace and love and joy. And in so doing, he opens a space for all of us in the conversation that were attempting to have. Pope francis is also seen as a reformer to both catholics and those of other faiths. He has attempted to bridge the modern world with traditional catholic teachings. You can count on news 4 to cover all aspects of the papal visit on air, online and on our nbc washington app. Check out our list of road closures and the tips from the pros on riding metro. Search pope commute after you open our app. Also, turn us on tomorrow morning or watch us live on the app. Ill be live outside the Vatican Embassy tomorrow as the pope begins his travels to the white house and through the district. Complete coverage, full coverage, extended coverage here for all of what you need to know about pope francis visit. Youll be in philadelphia this weekend. Yes. Pray for me. Pray for me, please. Thank you. Were uniquely equipped around the city to handle big visits like this, because were accustomed to it. New york, not only will the pope be in new york, the u. N. General assembly. But philadelphia is caught in the middle. They dont deal with this a lot. The mayor of philadelphia said this will be the largest event this city has ever seen. 1. 5 plus Million People expected for the popes visit. The weather better cooperate. Yes. The pope tends to bring the weather he wants along with him. Hes got the kind of connections we dont have in the wather department. We have a cloudy sky out there this morning. Just in time for his arrival, about 4 00 this afternoon, might get a little sliver or two of sunshine. And the next couple of days, tomorrow and thursday look very cooperative for all of the very large outdoor gatherings that are expected to take place around here. Outside, on a tuesday morning, our hash tag today, gloomy tuesday. 63 now with clouds and mist and fog and drizzle and chilliness. Temperatures in the mid to upper 50s in some outlying areas. Storm team 4 radar, not a lot of heavy rain to deal with. But wet roads and puddles across the neighborhoods this morning. And as far as any more rain coming our way for later today, probably not. Most of our rain is going to be dealt with here this morning and it is very light rain. Only another 100 or. 200 of an inch of rain is all were expecting. Light mist and drizzle along the 270 corridor. Not a lot of rain inside the district just yet, but all the roads wet from the overnight showers. Puddles this morning and clouds this afternoon, drying out just a bit. Temperatures will rise from the upper 50s and low 60s now. To the low 70s for a time by later this afternoon. Not a bad day today. Highs in the 70s. It is the next couple of days where the weather gets much nicer. So 75 with the clouds today. Around 80 both tomorrow and thursday with fair amount of sunshine, both wednesday and thursday as we start heading towards your weekend, rain chances are back on friday and saturday now looks like it could be a bit of a lost cause for your weekend plans. Sunday looks dryer. Temperatures 80 for the papal visit and back to the 60s and 70s. Wet roads means trouble on the roads as well. Melissa now with first 4 traffic. Trouble on the roads for us this morning. Landover road, an accident with a blockage of one lane there. Be aware as youre headed out there. Doesnt look like it is slowing things down too much here right now. In dickerson, darns town road at martensburg road, that three way area there, all lanes blocked because of a tree that came down overnight perhaps because of that wet ground. 270 at old hundred road looks good. Sheen on the roadway because of the rain from overnight. Well talk about the road closures a lot the nex