cardinal mccarrick was defrocked earlier this year. we do have a line up-to-showow the events came together in time. back in august 18th of 2018, that's when cardinal meerl's came up with a grand jury investigation into alv pennia child abuse cover-up. his name listed several times. october 12th of18 cardinal wuerl did resign. and then february 16th of this year, cardinal mccarrick was defrocadd. he himselfeen accused, as well, of sex abuse in his career with theatholic church. we can tell you inside and outside of the catholic church, the appointment of archbishop gregory as the archbishop of wear here.ce the d here, it has many people hopeful about the church moving forward. >> he's someone who has past experience taking a leadership ling with the sexual abuse crisis. he was president of the u.s. bishops conference dur g 200 and 2002. in that chair he was basically the front man for implementing the dallas charter which was how the church responded to the lasf round sexual abuse crises. i think he presents a steady hand. >> reporter:

and 40s, cardinal mccarrick defrocked after heou was to be involved in child sex abuse, as well, in his career. back to gregory, we can tell y the work -- the word that an african-american archbishop would riseo such a position of prominence in washington is meaning so much to so many, say catholicinsiders. >> that's a very important milestone in the church in this countrci and in the . this is an incredibly diverse diocese. i think it would b welcome. reporter: and nothing is official yet. at last check, a mass was going on in the evatican. officialord d at noon their time, 6:00 a.m. our time. we're watching as that comes down. if the news breaks, we'll let you know on air and on our nbc washington app. justin finch, back to you. >> thank>ou so much. e're learning new details as to why a bethesda man allegedly paid someone to terrorize a 7-year-old girl and her mom. >> the girl's father said the plot was driven by jealousy. massoud mctarry is charged with hiring a man to break into the townhouse and put a gun to the girl's hod-- girl's head. theit man hettempted to hire was a police of

mont before thesignation, theodore mccarrick, a former archbishop of washington, wasro expelled the roman catholic priesthood after an internal investigation found that sex abuse claims against him were credible. we are monitoring for the possible announcement. >>> now to the latest on the deadly new zealand mosque attacks. the man accused of carrying out the massacre will be backn in court friday to face dozens of murder charges. he's been charged with one count of murder after being arrested last month. 50 people were killed in the twr mosques int church. dozens of others were shot and wounded. friday's hearing will be about tarrant's legalrepresentation. tarrant has said he would like to represent himself. >>> it's 4:05. back in our area, a final report finds that a montgomery county police officer was justified in a deadly ceofr-involved shooting last summer. body camera video sho the the officbetween and robert white in silver spring last june. whit was unarmed, but investigatorsay he assaulted the officer after he attempted to speak with him. a police found folding knife in white's

his predecessors, cardinals mccarrick and wuerl, were both caught up in the clergy sex abuse scandal. gregory is 71, from chicago, and has been atlanta's archbishop since 2005. >>> up next, where you can find tomorrow's scientists and engineers. how about riding dirt bikes? we'll explain. >>> you might not think riding dirt bikes would help with math class. chip reid is about to change your mind. >> reporter: racing down city streets on dirt bikes while doing wheelies has been popular in baltimore for decades. about 20 years ago it was outlawed, but it's so much a part of the culture in some neighborhoods it's been impossible to eliminate. >> what's the machine again? >> reporter: brittany young grew up watching dirt bikers. now as a former teacher of technology with an engineering degree she's always looking for ways to get young students interested in stem, short for science, technology, engineering, and math. >> for me i heard stem is boring, it's hard. and i was like no, we just haven't put it in context in ways that people understand. >> reporter: and what even young kids here un