kick off the big event. wearing easter bunny ears. children of all ages dressed in sunday best enjoyed holiday treats. and of course the easter bunny

and mrs. easter bunny they made an appearance today as well. >> tens of thousands of people gathered at the vatican pope francis to celebrate easter sunday. from the central balcony of saint peter's basilica pope francis made a apply for piece around the world especially in syria. he also you were the leaders not to escalate current disputes some americans agree. >> i love that he is the very unifying -- unifying figure for not just the catholic world but for the entire world and all christians and all faiths. >> wonderful to hear the pope say that. i believe the pope has immense moral authority. >> security around the vatican was exceptionally tight people had to pass through metal detectors before reaching the square. vice-president mike pence in south korea visiting you u.s. troops a day after failed missile launch in north korea. now fellow lawmakers reacting to the launch that wasn't and also analyze wagon it means now for

the american korean relationship in the future. cbs news correspondent wendy gillette has more. >> reporter: vice-president pence landed in south korea sunday where he visited us and south korean troops. hours earlier after parading military strengths north korea launched a missile but it failed exploding almost immediately. >> this morning's prof provocation from the north is just the latest reminder of the risks each one of you face every day in the defense of the freedom of the people of south korea and the defense of america in this part of the world. >> reporter: president trump spent particle of his easter sunday attending church service with familiar family in florida. he was briefed about north korea's failed missile launch saturday and took to twitter saying, our military is building and is rapidl rapidly becoming r than ever before. frankly we have no choice. >> his national security adviser commented about the president's

views on north korea. >> the president has made clear that he will not accept the united states and its allies and partners in the region being under threat from this hostile regime with nuclear weapons. >> reporter: republicans senator john mccain says the situation in north korea might be the first test of trump's presidency. this is really very serious. this guy in north korea is not rationale. his father and grandfather were much more rationale than he is. >> reporter: president trump returned to washington sunday evening to take part in monday's white house easter egg roll. wendy gillette for cbs news new york. >> 21,000 people taking part in the easter he will roll tomorrow at the white house. stay with us everyone. still ahead, disturbing crime from cleveland man on facebook life. police say a murder is committed on social media and the man responsible says he's done it before. plus -- we're supposed to be in row 24, um, when we got to row 24

there was a gentleman stalled across the row with his shoes off napping. >> kicked off their flight hours before their wedding. why united says this couple had to go before taking off to costa rica. plus coming up in sports the phillies in washington looking for a win against the nationals. leslie van arsdall has those highlights and more when we come back. it's now open in the poconos! america's largest indoor waterpark. kalahari resorts & conventions book your african adventure now!

searching for a murder suspect who posted video on a pair of homeless on facebook. his name a steve stevens and. >> ohio, the victim's family says they had just seen their loved one a few hours before the incident. >> he was a good man. and he's gone. you know what i mean? i don't know what i'm going to

do. stevens is driving a white ford armed and dangerous, the fbi is assisting cleveland police now in the search for this man. the virginia tech community gathered to commemorate the 32 people killed ten years ago today. a ceremony yal candle was lit after midnight for the 32 students and faculty members gunned down by a fellow student marking the deadliest in history. a man in his soon to be wife, they were nearly missing their wedding when they were booted from a united airlines flight in houston, michael said the trouble started after he and his fiance boarded their flight. a man was sprawled out on their seats napping so with multiple open rows they took empty seats. but united considered the role an economy plus upgrade. >> a marshal came back, not more than two minutes later and

removed us from the plane. we got to the gate and asked why. and they said because we were in the wrong seats and being disruptive. in a statement, united said these passengers repeatedly attempted to sit in upgraded seating and would not follow through instructions to return to their assigned seats. they did not move at all, the couple were eventually flown to their destination on a different flight. volunteers made easter a lot brighter for new parents in chesterfield. st. luke's hospital helped them by getting newborns in their care snuggled up in decorated costumes, they spent the whole year creating three these cute little out fits. >> as kids all over the united states hunted for easter eggs some children in wisconsin took part in one of the most unique in the country. it held its second annual under ground egg hunt. they helped light up the 1

million-year-old cave as parents and children made their way through the aging maze. today, it is easter sunday and for many who observed the holiday across the region, at time to reflect a time of rebirth but also a great excuse to indulge in traditions. anita oh found out easter bread is a one of those things a lot of those can't refuse. >> reporter: an historic church founded in 1816 >> places like the vatican to catholic, it's the central location founding congregation >> worshippers gathered at mother bethel ame church on easter, one of many across the region and the world >> i wouldn't be here if it was not for second chances. for me, i'm grateful, i think that's the spirit of what easter is, nothing is impossible, that everybody can come back from something, even death.

>> reporter: after service, many bakeries like termny brothers to pick up easter treats. >> rosily remembers coming to the bakers as a little girl each year christmas and easter >> every year i'm 49 >> she says the tradition and taste of this bakery remain unchanged >> all these years kept the same pace tree >> my great grandmother would make them. >> believers the sweetist thing about this holiday is the meeting behind it >> cries has risen and makes it happy >> all looks good, i'll take one of each. >> a beautiful easter. >> it was easter egg hunts this

morning, people getting urge going to church services, no problem, you didn't need the umbrella. >> that was good, everybody got to wear the easter best, few showers on the way. for tonight, but it was again a very warm easter sunday, our record high temperature for today, that was 90 degrees, we didn't get quite that warm this afternoon, we got to 87, officially here in philadelphia. and across the rest of region, feeling like the summertime rather than spring, that's for sure. trenton came in 86. the atlantic city area was the warm spot across the region, came in at 88. 86 was the high in reading. we were warm, poconos to the shore, great day if you could be outside. temperatures currently still extremely warm still we have above average. 78 degrees. northwesterly wind is the indication that the cold front officially gone through the metro area but it's very breezy, 17 miles an hour winds continue to pump in what should hopefully be some cooler air for us and

that will cool things more tonight, not so much tomorrow but as we get into the rest of the work week, seasonal temperatures out there have not there's the cold front extend south of boston through new york city down towards dc/baltimore but lots of dry air, even though the front is coming through, the dry air is eating away. no real shower chances for us currently. there's a little bit of precipitation we're seeing around doylestown town and back into where is the trenton area, that's kind of the remaining moisture where we could see a few sprinkles. overall it doesn't look like the philadelphia metro area will get too much to find the but a few spotty showers can't be completely ruled out future weather for us cloudy skies definitely by tomorrow morning, you can see maybe a few light showers developed across the areaing definitely not a wet drive but be careful if you wake up and see precipitation, there could be residual moisture.

by lunch time, another light chance for showers, cloud cover and clears out as we get through the afternoon, sunshine through parts of monday and we'll see warmer conditions on monday afternoon before we get a little bit more seasonal as we get to tuesday, where the sunshine will definitely be in the forecast, wednesday, a frontal system kind of sits just off to our west. and that will allow for shower chances to enter back into the forecast. of course the seasonal temperatures will be acknowledging it. for tonight, 63 we're very mild maybe an isolated shower or possibility. up to 74, ten degrees as we move through the day, forecast, 67 on tuesday afternoon. we'll look for nice day there, 43 for the overnight low, tuesday night into wednesday morning, so much more kind of seasonal nighttime hour there and then quickly back up to near 70 by thursday. then we could also see maybe again a couple more 60's.

not too bad. >> not at all. thank you so much, matt, we appreciate it. phillies down in dc. >> on the road. and the nation's ca

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in louisiana there's a different kind of drive-through. hundreds stopped by and faithfully prayed for anyone. mary teresa king said she's a prayer warrior >> preparing for people because that's my duty. god asked me to pray for others. not just for one. but for others. with the hand to hold and a quick prayer, the congregation believes the prayer can bring hope to others beyond the church walls. is it a lovely forecast tonight? we need an umbrella? we don't know >> couple of -- >> showers out there through the night. maybe a chance for some of that in the morning hours on monday,

but monday afternoon sunshine we're back to the 70's. not quite as warm as easter but above average, and then tuesday, wednesday, and then i think even in the end of the week, 67 on tuesday, 66 for the middle of the week, not too bad >> thank you so much. matt. appreciate. thank you for joining us, we're always onre handing things over lesley and the cbs3 sports zone. ♪ ♪.