also, i like your outfit." thanks universe, let's get me a lucid. come in and say hello to your new, easy to use smartphone. the lucid by lg for only $79.99. verizon. good morning, everyone. happy easter. i am angie goff. >> and i am richard jordon. everybody wants to know what the weather is going to be like today. lots of plans. >> a lot of people up early, and sun is up at 6:40 this morning. yes, indeed, a happy easter, everybody. temperatures on the cool side but not as cold adds we had feared. out west the weather service did have a freeze warning but

temperatures held 30s and 40s in the high spots, and culpepper, down to 34. frederick, maryland, down to 32. and in town, inside the beltway, temperatures mid to upper 40s. not much going on on doppler around here. the air mass around us is extremely dry so i don't think any of the drops will make it into our forecast. a pheubgts of clouds and sunshine. more clouds than sun by far. mild. yesterday we made 65, and today i think we will be closer to 70 degrees with the sunshine out there. and then by tomorrow clouds increase, and then my monday afternoon and evening, a couple quick showers are a possibility. but easter sunday, looks like a winner indeed.

we dropped down to freezing last year. >> thank you, chuck. right now at this very early hour, there is a crowd growing at the national mall. >> they are gathering at the steps of the lincoln memorial for the annual sunshine easter service. great to see you early, derrick. >> reporter: yeah, good to see you too, as well. there's a sizeable crowd forming on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the moon sits high above the memorial, but it's the promise of the sunrise that has brought everybody. it was back in 1979, a reverend was taking a walk down by the reflecting pool and he was struck by the sunrise and he was inspired and thought what a

great place to have an evening service. 300 people gathered for the first service, and it has grown steadily in its level of production and also its attendance. they are expecting 6,000 people here for song and praise when this gets under way at about 6:30. we will have more coming up for you on news4. the washington national cathedral has new decorations as it opens the doors to thousands this morning. the flower guild opens its decorations this morning. a lot were donations from gardens around d.c. >> pope benedict presided over a

mass on easter sunday and the pope said technological progress in the absence of god and moral values posed a threat to the world and he talked about the dangers of materialism. today he will hold another mass and deliver a speech from the balcony of the basilica. and the navy jet crashed into an apartment building shortly after takeoff on friday afternoon. the two pilots ejected before impact and they with five others went to the hospital with injuries but have since been released. the reports are coming out that civilians helped the pilots after they ejected. >> we believe a miracle has occurred here with us not having any victims. >> it was a display in virginia

beach of what citizenship means. >> the navy is investigating the crash. they said it will take weeks to figure out exactly what happened. residents whose homes were damaged are getting help from a special victims' fund. the state will provide aid. seven people were hurt when a british military helicopter had problems in yuma. everybody is expected to be okay there. a navy spokesperson did not reveal anymore details other than saying something went wrong with the training exercise. s this a busy holiday for maryland lawmakers. lawmakers are trying to reduce the deficit of more than $1 billion for the next fiscal year. central negotiators want to

raise taxes on those that make more thanked $100,000 per year. senate negotiators are considering lowering tax exemptions for those that make less than $100,000 a year. the general assembly must approve the budget plan before it adjourned on midnight on monday. and there's a measure to bring 1,000 slot machines to the harbor, and table games would also be there. maryland's gaming expansion bill would allow table games but not slots. any final bill needs state-wide voter approval before becoming law. and then in annapolis, sewer bills would go up from $30 to $60 a year. money would pay for upgrading

water plants and restore the plant in chesapeake bay. governor o'malley is expected to sign the legislation. he proposed the increase to help fight pollution. it will be determined if zimmerman should face any charges and meanwhile protesters are continuing the call for justice. yesterday, there was protests that began. the protesters say the trial needs to happen not only to bring justice for trayvon martin, but to help other young men that suffered the same fate. gay students from bringam

young university are speaking out to help prevent teen suicide. >> it gets better, even on this campus. >> it's part of the it gets better project which help bullied teens. they talk about being gay and mormon while attending one of the strictest universities. the mormon church as well as byu oppose homosexually. >> no concern for any showers on our easter bonnets today, and promises of a cooling trend as we head into the middle of the week and school week. don't go away, a complete check of your easter sunday forecast is next. [ male announcer ] a car is either luxury or it isn't.

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all right. we are in for a very nice easter. anybody hunting eggs here? >> i will not be hunting eggs. we will have a brunch, so we will have that. >> you must not have children? >> there will be eggs, but like eggs benedict. it won't be painted and i won't have to find it to use it. >> for those going out for a hunt, though, it will be a nice day. >> nice and cool out there this morning to get your easter sunday ar under way. and temperatures should be well into the 60s to near 70 degrees, and we will have fair weather clouds from time to time, but won't be bothering us. rain chances will wait for tomorrow. and a good-looking day outside. temperatures, we thought it would get cooler this morning than it did but nobody will complain about that since so

many people are up and going this morning. the winds have gone calm and i thought the clear skies and calm wind would drop more than they did. we really thought, myself and the weather forecasters thought it would be in the mid to upper 30s this morning as opposed to mostly upper 30s and low 40s. 41 in winchester and leesburg, and 36 down in st. mary's city this morning. your easter sunday forecast on the whole, a mostly sunny day today. the breeze that we liked or didn't like yesterday, it will be back. west winds today, 15 to 30 miles per hour. put temperatures up near 70, so a mild easter for sure. rain drops are out to the west. these are all drifting southeast bound, so most of the moisture is headed to south virginia. the air mass in place is extremely dry. the rain drops will evaporate.

heaviest rain today across oklahoma and texas. high pressure in charge and is moving. it could ring out one or two spotty showers, western maryland and a quiet day tomorrow. tomorrow another cool front comes through and that one may be able to generate a couple light showers here late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. but by tuesday morning, skies clearing out and high pressure settling in. temperatures cooler than average for much of the upcoming week. breezy at times, but mild. highs today upper 70s. and then for tomorrow, morning sunshine, giving way to a little more cloud cover tomorrow afternoon and then a chance of light rain showers coming in late in the day. mostly in the mid to upper 60s tomorrow. but behind the second cold

front, chilly weather moves in and it's 5 to 7 degrees cooler than average around here. breezy and cool. >> why now? >> because we pb did the have march in march so we will have march in april. >> that's what is happening. >> moving over to sports, the caps wrapped up the regular season and the nationals look to win their second. happy easter, everybody. we begin with the season for the rangers. there was a solid night in the net with 35 saves and the capitals beat the rangers 4-1. they will be the seventh seed in the playoffs which begin this week. washington faces the bruins in

boston in the first round. the nationals use a five-run eighth inning and another big hit from chad tracy to take down the cubs. and masters, round three, phil mickelson, he is in second place at 8 under for the tournament. one shot back from the leader, peter hanson. and then the sounders play to a scoreless tie. and that's your sports in a minute. have a great holiday, everybody. next up is reporter's notebook, stories affecting our community. welcome to "reporter's notebook." we will start with politics this weekend. we have a battle shaping up in

the sixth congressional district in maryland. this is a district that has been redistricted, if you will. roscoe bartlett has held his seat for 11 terms now and we had what was going to be a real battle on the democratic side, a lot of names in there, but it turns out, john dulaney won it pretty handidly. >> all the top people all backed raj kwroela. the new face, that's the way he portrayed himself. the new face, i can get it done. and then people like what i have done and i have a good record and i can do the same in washington and i don't need any on the job training and you

will, and apparently that worked. >> we talk about redistricting, and redistricting could hurt the republicans because there will be more democrats to vote for the new ticket. the game is not over yet. he won against seven other republicans on the other side. >> it will be a question of will the national party get behind bartlett on this one or will they see the handwriting on the wall and say it's not worth the fight because of the way it's redistricting. that's why it's not over yet. i think it's a question of seeing how the r and c decides if they want to protect bartlett or throw him under the bus. >> yeah, delaney already has

started with the ads. >> yeah, and delaney is a blank slate. and then easy victory for carton. he was facing seven or eight khal challengers. >> yeah, and there was 12% and 16%, and 48,000. it's the power in the incumbe y incumbency. especially in the u.s. senate. that's always difficult to overcome. >> he had the president behind him and making an appearance for him. >> yeah, and it was expected that carter would pull out of this. >> yes, the senator considered highly effective by his peers in

the senate felt that carton had not paid enough attention to african-american minority issues, and people think by raising the issue he did a good thing. and maybe he will have a chance in later elections. >> there's a battle that is too close to call, because there are a few thousand absentee ballots to be counted. closer than you guys thought it was going to be? >> yeah, i thought vincent would have a problem with this particular election because, number one, if you drive through ward three, you talk to people in ward three, and some of the community meetings, and ward three and four -- if you look at d.c. elections, those are the two wards you want to be on the

list of, because those are the heavy voting populations. so bittle is giving a run for the money. what we are going to decide in the final week or so it could be a big question mark for vincent orange. >> well, bittle had the backing of the powers that be, and was appointed to the post and then lost to orange, and a lot of people thought he had a good shot in retaining it and now it's close. while he did do better in the upper scale town districts, but seven and six, there's a lot of support for vincent orange down there, although there is a cloud over his campaign because of the links that contributed to the council. it's the big where did the money come from?

was bundling improperly done? there's concerns about all of the council members, and orange and bittle suffered -- >> orange did not suffer. it was mccartney that said throw the bums out, d.c. says no. >> but i will tell you what has really disappointed me more than anything as a d.c. voter, that there was only a 7% turnout. a 7% turnout! 93% of the voters did not vote. nobody could say they didn't know about the election. it was widely covered. folks got robocalls and peoples got flyers in the mail, and we were talking about this -- and we want to be a state?

and 93% of the people don't bother to go to the polls? i guess i will take an editorial position on this, you get what you decide not to participate in. so if you have got bums who are in trouble financially and you don't have the decency to go to the polls and vote, then, you know, more power to you because the reality is this is sad. >> partly, jerry, but the political scientists say when people don't vote that's a vote. the issues did not mean enough to them to come in and vote, and they don't care enough to vote. >> i think you raise a tkp point if you want statehood. but whenever there's not a presidential election, it's always a low turnout. i wanted to say that in light of vincent orange. i think he would have done much

better if there was a larger turnout. you talks about the wards, the lower percentage of voters, and even in ward six, capitol hill. >> usually that's true. but we have been hearing the drum beat of scandal of clouds and none of that is mattering. you see most primaries we have had this year a. voting turnout has gone down. and typically in primaries where you have to get your hard core people out to vote because not many people vote and that's where the extremes of either party often prevail, not just in d.c. but everywhere. >> we have not known that for decades. >> that's very true. i stick to my point.

logisticly, outside of a presidential election, it's always a low turnout. i am not going to get into why, but -- because i agree with you wholeheartedly. if you want to be a state -- >> it's embarrassing. >> but the point, logisticly, it's a

welcome back. councilman marion barry breezed through. is there going to be a lot of follow on this? >> yeah, by some corners of the political scenario that we are facing right now. somebody told me that rush

limbaugh even commented on it. knowing marion berpwe barry -- >> i am reading a tweet. we can do a better job, i do not disparage the asian community but the fact are there are some biz that can do better. he talks about plexiglass barriers, and it's not a racial issue, it's an issue -- >> it's public safety. >> it's about how people do business. but to answer your question directly, people in my business, talk radio, they are all over it. the right wing is going to use this, and he will be the poster boy of quote, unquote, reverse

racism. >> the issue or the way it has been portrayed, he seemed to be saying we needed more african-american intrapreneurs, and i didn't say this but this is what my reporting tells me, people said he thought it was time to replace them, get rid of the oriental people and replace them with african-americans, and he said that's not what he meant, he said some places owned by orientals need to be cleaned up. >> one thing i hope does not get overlooked, he is right. we need to look at the little mom and pop restaurants, a lot of them are filthy. >> we need to look at all of them, and not get into stereotyping. i mean, for example, we might get into criticism -- i am not

trying to correct here, but i remember one time i spoke at a asian gathering and i said oriental, and they said oriental is furniture, and asian are people. >> i will change that. >> and i am saying we have to be careful. that's what marion berry has to do, because quite honestly, he may have to give some of the asian money back from the campaigns. >> we live in the social media, and the point here is in the district of columbia, people have been complaining for a long time, in columbia heights people complain all the time about the filthiness of restaurants overall, and it's because the district government has not done the right thing with the inspectors and i think that's what marion barry is talking about. >> whoever owns the places has

an obligation to operate a safe place and make it clean. let's move on and stay in the district. we have alarming reports with respect to d.c. taxis and several assaults against women primarily. >> again, here we go with laxity, and not only the government but the taxi commission. you could write a book and fill the shelf in a new york library on stories about the d.c. taxi industry. but we find taxicabs now that are still number one not only assaulting women or people, but taxicabs that won't stop for african-americans in the district of columbia. i am not pointing fingers but telling the truth. a lot of people -- drivers don't have a understanding as to how you really respect and treat people.

>> the taxicab drivers are the ambassadors of this city. >> certainly. >> they get -- when you fly into any of the airports, you get into a cab. when you visit, you get into a cab. we just went through changes, meters versus districts, and the areas, and we have gone -- >> they just asked for a raise. >> my wife has been a victim of what they -- of being trapped in a taxicab in new york. this is not a pleasant experience, because a cabdriver refused to take us to brooklyn, i got out of the cab went to get a police officer, and the door opened and the cab drove off with my wife in the backseat. we had to press charges against the people. this is how it stops. if that's the case, what you do -- i am telling citizens, you press charges, and then you sue the cab company and this foolishness stops. >> the question is, what kind of

rules duty taxicab commission have, are they making the cabbies know what they have to do when they drive? had they made it clear that you in no way get involved in a passenger? you pick up everybody who is reasonably a good fare, reasonably okay to pick up, and maybe it's -- people have told me that maybe they need to read them not the riot act again. >> we used to have clean cabs in the district and respectful drivers. >> you are right, joe, it's the first impression in our nation's capital for people flying in. that's going to do it for us. we will see you next sunday. enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. welcome to "news4 today."

>> happy easter, everybody. we are going to like what we are going to tell you -- or actually chuck is. we're in for a sunny start to our sunday. >> beautiful way to get your sunday morning started. a lot of people up early and going. sunshine is at 6:40 this morning. if you are headed out to easter services, you better hhurry. >> a lot of people at the lincoln memorial this morning. >> that looks like a beautiful spot. there is a live picture of downtown, and the basilica way out there. temperatures are mostly in the 40s. not quite as cold as we feared it might be in most locations. down to damascus. temperatures in the low to mid-30s. and also upper 30s and low 40s for fairfax and loudoun counties. and there are a few sprinkles in the southern end of the shenandoah valley. they are not coming our way and

are drying up as they go further and further east of the mountains. i don't think we need to worry about rain drops in the district today. most of us will enjoy a partly to mostly sunny easter subpoenaed. the sun is up at 6:41 and down at 7:39. it will be breezy just like yesterday, so feeling a little more march-like with the wind around here and then back to work and school tomorrow. showers chances roll in late tomorrow into tomorrow evening, and that's on monday. easter sunday, no worries. highs near 70. and then turning cooler, we are talking about a cooling trend in the seven-day forecast coming up. >> thank you, chuck. right now police arrested two people in connection to five shootings in tulsa, oklahoma. the men were arrested earlier this morning and will be charged with first-degree murder. all of the victims are african-american, but police say the attacks were random and may

not be racially motivated. one of the victims said the suspects asked for directions before opening fire. d.c. police are searching for the people that shot men playing a game of dice. it happened in northwest washington yesterday afternoon. one person shot was just 15 years old. each are expected to recover. neighbors say robbery was the likely motive. police identified the toddler hit and killed by a van in prince georges county. investigators say 2-year-old guzman ran out into the street and was hit by a van. witnesses to the accident say the driver stayed on the scene and likely did not see the toddler until it was too late. >> the guy in the van was coming

out of the parking lot and he turned in and the kids were playing on the sidewalk, and the ball kind of bounced off the sidewalk and went across the street and the little kid just darted after it in front of the van and didn't look or anything. >> prince georges' investigators are re-creating the zaccident. a unattended candle sparked the candle in lorton. take a look at the scene, a girl up the hill said she saw smoke, and her father banged on the door and then rushed inside and told everybody to get out. his quick-thinking saved three people and a dog. firefighters had to call in extra help to help put out the flames but fortunately nobody was hurt. metro riders can expect to pay more to ride but not as much as they thought.

the ceo said next year's operating budget will need $16 million less than they originally anticipated. that means the metro board will look at smaller fare increases. right now the operating budget is $35 billion. they will expect budget changes later this month. and now the state's general assemb assembly thought fantasy sports was gambling, and the measure will be in place by october. right now we are just three minutes away from 6:40.

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is the race for the republican presidential nomination over? there is mounting pressure on rick santorum to drop out of the race and many republicans say mitt romney has enough super delegates to clinch the nomination. >> joining us with more is moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. does mitt romney have it at this point? >> the expectation is this is his nomination. the pressure on santorum is personal, and his daughter is

back in the hospital and these are difficult moments over the course of the weekend. that is going to weigh on him. as he gets closer to the pennsylvania primary, he has to take a hard look at the prospects there. the poll something tightening up. in 2006 he lost in the state so badly for re-election, and there's a feeling in the campaign saying, look, do you want to jeopardize what you have done thus far, which is lose your own state and have the sting of that. >> and it looks like romney is already considering himself the nominee and taking shots at the general election and at president obama,and what is the difference here? >> anytime you get to the general election you start to reset and think about your message between now and november. he has been focusing on president obama for a long time and he wants to position himself

to get out of the primary fight and introduce the broader themes of what will be his message going into the fall campaign. we will see him talk every day about that. >> let's talk about the unemployment numbers out last week. new jobs not as high as expected. is that going to hurt obama? >> it's the defining issue. as long as there is this uncertainty which is untributing to why we are not seeing as many jobs created, it's going to be something the candidates seize on, both of them, and the ups and downs in the economy is where people are, and what he is riding is the confidence game. the jobs report was sort of universally accepted as disappointing, and that's only going to fuel some of the criticism against him. >> both sides of the aisle are starting to layout their sides for the fall. you have guests on today that will talk about that. >> we have real distinct visions

for the role of the government in this economy. we will hear from dick durbin of illinois. >> press pass today. >> >> we talked to nikki haley, and how hillary clinton inspired her to get into politics. >> and she talks golf, huh? >> yeah, and her view that women should certainly be admitted to augusta nationals. >> good to see you on "the tonight show." >> david works out. they showed pictures of his vacation and he has been working out. >> thank goodness for hulu. let's head over to chuck bell. >> yes, indeed. a beautiful day outside today.

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numbers through our seven-day forecast, and that brings us to april 14th, and that's next saturday. through the first 14 days of april, we will be 2 1/2 degrees colder than the month of march. i can't say we will be able to hold on to the differential through the month of april, but nonetheless it will be a rare treat. it will be only the second time. the only other time, 1907, and that was not only a blazing hot march but a chilly april as well. that's just climate kheuter chatter. and sun is just now coming up in the eastern sky. it's going to be a gorgeous day outside. and i can see the first rays of sunshine bouncing off the east side of the jefferson memorial. there is the national shrine in the northeast. and there is the old post office pavilion right there.

49 in washington. temperatures out to the west are just a hint cooler this morning. 32, frederick. and 34, culpepper. and 39 in winchester. and 39 degrees in wardsville this morning, and on the whole not a bad way to get your easter started. clear skies for now, and a few more clouds out to the west and southwest in washington. there may be a few clouds around in a few spots this morning. but mostly sunny. temperatures close to 70 degrees later this afternoon, and just like yesterday, do expect a bit of a west to northwesterly wind this afternoon, 15 to 25 miles per hour. maybe a little higher than that in the high spots. no rain around our ferreair rea this morning. and there's an air mass is that dry, so not expecting rain today.

shower storms will be part of the latter part of the week. a weather front sneaking our way could bring out spotty showers by later this afternoon, primary western maryland but most of us will have a beautiful easter sunday. and then tomorrow, back to work and school. another cool front coming our way. that promises a better chance for afternoon and evening showers tomorrow. and on the other side of that, cooler than average temperatures for much of the upcoming week. that's why i say at least through this upcoming saturday, it looks like april will be colder than march. today, mostly sunny and breezy at times, and highs today, upper 60s to near 70. and then tomorrow, starting off with sunshine. and then clouds on the increase tomorrow afternoon and a chance for a couple light rain showers coming in late in the day on your monday as a result of the increased clouds, a hint cooler

tomorrow. highs today near 70 and tomorrow near 67, with about a 30 or 40% chance of showers passing tomorrow and cloudy on tuesday and cooler, and highs on tuesday and wednesday and thursday staying below 60 degrees, and overnight lows in the upper 30s and low 40s. average now, 65 and 45. that's the reason that by the end of the seven-day forecast, you will have a pretty good differential between march and april. not saying we can hold on to that unfortunately, because april has a tendency to hold up. you can follow all of the amazing climate facts that i dig up for you following the twitter on chuckbell 4. the florida pastor who wants the right to burn the koran says americans should take back their country from islam.

he held an anti-mosque march. he said he is worried the growing population will owe press nonmuslims in 2010 he made national headlines for threatening on burn the koran in protest of building plans for a mosque near new york's ground zero. and pakistanis are digging to find people buried by a avalanche. troops from both countries have fought in the region for decades now. so far, rescuers with not found a single person since the avalanche. pakistan's military believe those missing are buried under 70 feet of snow. the army is bringing in heavy equipment to help in the search. out spoken baseball manager,

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good morning. i am richard jordan. >> and i am angie goff. welcome to sunday, april 8th. it's easter sunday. >> that's all you need to know. >> let's check out the morning top stories. everybody missing in the virginia beach fighter crash are now accounted for and safe. the navy is investigating the incident but believes a mechanical error caused the crash. a senate committee approved a bill to bring table games and

slot mans to the harbor. any final maryland expansion bill needs voter approval before becoming law. and we are off to a breezy start this sunday and chuck is here with your easter forecast. >> good news for everybody heading out this morning. bright and sunny weather already in place across the area. the sun came up about 15 or 20 minutes ago and it's now going to be shining brightly for most if not all of your easter sunday. temperatures are cool in some of the western spots this morning. 39 now in winchester and 36 in martinsburg, and 32 in frederick, maryland, and 36 in gaithersburg and 34 in culpep r culpepper. so there are chilly spots out there and the national airport is at 50 degrees. storm 4 radar, one or two fading sprinkles to the west of kha charlottesville.

the air mass in place, so the rain drops have no chance of interfering with easter sunday. temperatures in the mid to upper 50s and then in the upper 60s and low 70s for the afternoon. it will be breezy. the wind out of the west and north west, and might be stronger than that at times. good kite flying weather. >> maybe bring a little jacket for the easter dress. >> thanks, chuck. and next is nbc 4th "viewpoint." >> we are going to be back in a few minutes with another news update. good morning. welcome to "viewpoint." our topic today is the easter

message. is a relevant message today and if so how relevant. our guest this morning is pastor of metropolitan church here in washington, and charles pope, and thank you all for joining us. on this easter sunday, does easter mean the same today as it used to mean? >> i think easter will mean the same today, and will always be the same. the way we carry the message may be different, but it never loses its meaning. >> how has the carrying of the message changed? >> i think that we really emphasize today new life, joy, and being alive in christ jesus. when i was a young child there was more of a regimented rules and we focused a lot on sin, and we still do, and that's what we are saved from, but we try to

emphasize more of just being alive and experiencing the new life and over all the negative forces in our life. >> reverend, the message and the method of carrying the message? >> i would concur the message remains the great gift god has given us through jesus christ that comes to us today and i think the sharing of the message, i think we have important opportunities to look at how do we connect with the world today that is different from what it was even decades ago. i think it's always trying to make it relevant to where we are. >> so the message has not changed. that's what i heard you say. but does easter mean the same thing to the christians who celebrate it? to the ones sitting in your pews, reverend braxton?

>> yeah, the message is about new life. the death on friday, and this resurrection today lends to us, gives to us a great gift of new life. and that's the whole easter, the whole spring piece. new -- new clothes the children wear, and there's blossoming of the tulips. everything is new. a budding up of the grass. it all surrounds new life. for those who come to our pews today, this is their hope, even in their communities that are depressed or owe pressed, the open is new life. whatever their conditions are, they come on this particular day, you know, craving this newness. >> is it just a hope even though

it may not be a reality for many? >> no, in fact, and this is always at the heart of the christian message. it's not just a hope or an idea. we proclaim and experience and as a preacher of the gospel, i am sure both of these pastors would agree with me, we have to breach from our own experience, i am seeing sin put to death and seeing new life and new confidence and new joy and new doors are opening. it's not just an idea but a proclaimed experience of the khur skpfp a shared experience, and i will tell you the parishioners work with us, and there's the call and responses going forth to celebrate the experience and not just the >> does it mean the same to the generation as it meant to our parents and grandparents for whom their faith was the foundation of the living? >> that's an important question

to ask for those grappoling with the experience today. people are not experiencing faith in the same way as their parents and grandparents. it's less of a, i would say, if you grew up in a neighborhood and been the to a community church, less so being connected to that way of experiencing faith. young people now, i think, feel and believe that they have lots of choices and lots of options. and i think that my parents' generation and grandparents would not have looked at it that way. they would not have looked at choosing jesus or not as a question in how they would proceed with life. so i think that the gift of the time is that there are a lot of things that are open for question, and the challenge of the time is for spiritual leaders. how do we convey the story of

jesus, the dying and the rising? and how relevant is that story to my life today? >> reverend, what would your response to that be? >> i think she is right. i want to go back to father's position, because for me, the easter message does provide the great hope for all of our lives. it is -- it contained in that message is the hope that our young people can rise out of their despair, rise out of their violence. how older people still carry the same -- our struggle in the church is how do we share the mess edge across generations so that we give to those who are our age, that keep reviving the same hope, and also how do we in

this mass media society say to the younger generation, this is the great hope of humanity, that we can rise above whatever keeps us down and live fresh and a you knew and christ offers that to us, and that struggle is how do we take that same message to that generation. >> we have to take a break and we will pick up on that when we come back on what about over here? sure. no problem. ♪

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it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. here's my rubarb marmalade, my kidney bean marmalade..., oh, kidney bean again. that's funny. ♪ welcome back to "viewpoint." we are talking about easter. you brought up changing the way the message is taken to the generation. you talked about the changing technology, the information age. i ask all of you, are you all on

twitter or facebook, and are you sending out the mass direct e-mails? not just sending mail through the post office anymore to the congregation? >> no, facebook and twitter, and right now we are beginning to post our worship service, sending it out so that can you get it in your ipad or cell phone, so when you come to worship, you don't need paper, you just flip through. they even have me preaching from my ipad. it's -- this is a generation where communication is so fast, and how young people receive it so fast. if we are slow in giving out the message, then they leave us and goes somewhere where it is at a

race where they can receive it. >> you have to keep up with the short attention span, so to speak. >> yeah, we have a tkpwhraug that we do, and every day a word goes out. i will say this, though, i think as far as effectively reaching people, faith is powerfully handed out person to person. at some level, all the techniques in the world are necessary, but it all comes down to this is all very good news, and they say it's sounds like good news and how do i know it's true? i have to say, look at me, and my life is changing and to have that be a credible statement, and then if you are a mess, but to be able to preach kredbly, we have to be able to say not just

parents, look at me at how i receive from the lord and this church. >> how does that translate on facebook and tweets and blogs? >> i think what monsignor is talking about, he is talking about relationships and this is a movement in sharing the gospel. in some ways the young people around me would say i screamed a little bit as i have gone to believe that can you connect a little over social media, and i think we can, but what i am discovering myself, i played a lot of sports in school and at some point i knew i had to up my game, and i had to up my game on this because there are people making a judgment on whether the christ that i preach is relevant to them or not by how much i participate and how i engage. that's a whole thing that i have been working on, and in some ways this lent season on myself,

and also that i can trust that somehow god is in this, that god is in this time, and also offering us opportunity to share our experience of christ made real in our new lives and our own resurrection experiences in a new way. that way i find it very exciting. it's very daunting, because i feel very behind on some of it. that's why i rely differently on young people, young adults around me that teach me. >> i am reminded on a u.s. census report that says 2.7 million church members are falling into inactivity every year. are they staying home and just reading their computers or washing their cars or are they not interested in more in this faith that you are talking about? >> i think they are staying home, but i have a sense that they -- what they are doing with their computers, and their televisions, and what have you,

they are now taking these technical apparatuses and using them as forms of worship. you will hear that they are worshipping -- >> is there anything wrong with that? >> i think the principle thing that is wrong with that is that if you do that too much, then you lose touch with the community of faith. and you cannot ever lose touch with the kpaoupb taef faith, because you have never really experience faith. if you just sit home and watch it on television or to your ipad or whatever. >> we have to take for my terrible allergy congestion, i get the power of claritin-d. sinus pressure? nothing works stronger or faster than claritin-d. get non-drowsy claritin-d at the pharmacy counter. live claritin clear.

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right now a large crowd is at the lincoln memorial for an early-morning easter celebration. this is the 34th year for the sunrise service at the national mall. capital church is hosting the event. organizers expect more than 6,000 people to show up. everybody missing in the virginia beach fighter jet crash is accounted for and safe. the two pilots and five others injured in the crash have left the hospital with minor injuries. it's believed a mechanical failure caused the crash. and a senate committee approved a bill to bring table games and slot machines to the national harbor. the house approved a similar version that did not include slots. now back to "viewpoint." we are talking about easter and the easter message and its relevance today. we were just talking a moment

ago about people staying home and having their services, worship services at home. how has it impacted our communities, monsignor? >> i think as we were talking about the internet approach, one of the dangers for faith and every dimension of life is we end up creating our own world, our world that affirms our own premise, but community, you are interacting with real people that sometimes throw up a penalty flag or teach you how to live. we have to live in a wider world where there are challenges. that's what i think showing up on that a sunday and knowing real people and being in real struggles with them is essential for us. >> is that a danger in general? it's not just that people are having church or worship services at home, but if they

are disconnected from the world? >> well i think when we look carefully at jesus' message, he was engaged in the world and for the world, and part of our faith is to trust that god is present in all people in some way. when we narrow down our worlds, we narrow down our view of god. i think that that that's part of the spiritual challenge that we live in in these times. finding a way to somehow make a new way between this that we have everything available on our little smart phone, and in some ways we don't have the flesh and blood of jesus that jesus kept putting us into over and over. what is the new way between those two in some ways desperate understandings of how we move together in the world.

>> let me ask you another question. we live in a very diverse country, and a time when there are so many issues that people are grabling with in their personal life styles. what do you say to those who believe the lifestyles conflict with the teaching of jesus, reverend? >> the message of jesus always found itself originally conflicting with society. and it is no way -- the message is the same today, and there is no way for the message of christ, even in this new life, not to be in conflict with society. and so if you embrace christ, you embrace conflict. if you embrace christ, you

embrace his suffering and his message of hope. but it does call for a discipline in living. so christ never -- the message of christ was never you are free to do everything or anything. it is a message of discipline, of control, and there's just no way to get around it. >> how do you pwhraf christians should approach the tough issues of birth control in the catholic church, abortion, which, of course, has always been a challenging issue, and same-sex marriage? many christians say christ is love and if christ is love then we should embrace love in its various forms. >> well, speaking from a very specific catholic point of view, we are not simply free in the catholic tradition to start tearing pages out of the bible or recasting what was handed on

to us in the biblical tradition. we have to keep, i think, calling people back to the fundamental message, and that's going to cause some people grief and anxiety and anger. as reverend braxton was saying, christ did not end up on the cross because everybody agreed. >> is that being exclusive, reverend? >> i think that the lutheran tradition that i come from has moved the evangelical church in america has moved to being an interpreter of scripture that

takes into account the changing soerb logical understandings of our day. so for issues around gay and lesbian, and gay marriage, and we are a place where we do hold gay weddings and i have done multiple weddings at church and in peoples' homes, and i think that where i have landed up as a pastor and being supported by my bishop is that it's standing on the side of love. that's where i ended up. we live in a time of long-term commitment of healthy relationships are often at a premium. i want to be part of how those are supported in the world today. i have found that many of my members, who are gay and lesbian are very strong examples of that. i have had a change myself in that over time, but also because i had the opportunity to be part

of something that is happening in washington, d.c. and in other parts of the country as well. we have to take a break and we will

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welcome back to "viewpoint." reverend you wanted to address the issue, and here's another question, can the church speak with one voice on all of these issues? >> i don't think the church can speak with one voice on all of the issues. i think there are many issues where the churches speak with a common voice and one voice, and that is the suffering of humanity. and that's the love of christ for all people. now, how we are processing that, there's another voice. but i think there's no division on christ and the suffering of humanity. we all speak on the same voice.

the love of god in christ jesus, we all speak from the same voice. and so on these principled issues, if we go back to the resurrection story, go tell my disciples, and it is -- he is alive, he's alive. and he was not alive just for his disciples, but for all of creation. that's the same message that we all carry. wouldn't you agree? >> oh, yeah. i think what reverend braxton has done so well is the link of good friday and easter, that they go together. when we slide one way or the other way, we are missing some things about what god is doing in the world and to have them both together i think are the message that we do have in common and we may sit at

different places in the table, so how that message is lived at or enacted publicly, and perhaps it takes a variety of ways for that to happen in our country and world. >> according to the recent article in "the new york times," more americans are undecided about god and many are turning to nonchristian faiths and i believe they are known as the nuns. what do you believe is behind this transition, monsignor? >> well, again, this is a time that we live in of questioning. there are so many -- even here in traditional news formats -- >> i should say nons meaning n-o-n-s, and not nuns. >> we have to be more clear in distinguishing what is the christian community, and we have

to understand why christ is superior to any other message. i am a christian because of all the things i explored, it makes the most sense and has the most to offer me. >> i think the pendulum keeps moving both ways. and even in my own ministry, 45 years i have seen it go one way to the god is dead theology, and then move back to, you know, he has risen theologies. it has its movements. final word, quickly. >> i think we have a great opportunity today. things changed. outside world has changed and what does that mean for church in the easter mess sing where -- message is where we are at. >> thank you all. >> thank you. >> happy easter.

happy resurrection. welcome to "news4 today." >> happy easter, everyone. we want to focus on the weather because many of you are probably up and at it getting ready for much or getting ready to go and hide eggs in the park. >> whichever side of the egg distribution they are on -- >> they usually go hand and hand. >> i used to hide them until my dogs found them all, and then i had to stop hiding them so much. >> you must have put good stuff in the eggs. >> he has a very good nose. >> he's close to the ground, though. >> temperatures not all that

chilly in town. there are a few cold pockets out there. manassas, virginia. i am talking about you, 33 degrees there. you are the only spot below the freezing part. 50 at the national airport. 34 in waldorf. and then a few rain drops west of charlottesville and drying up as you get close to the mountains. i say it will be a dry easter sunday today. temperatures will hop up by 10:00 this morning, and in the upper 60s and low 70s. it will be a breezy day today. and tomorrow, back to work and school, everybody. temperatures tomorrow, back into the 60s. little shower chance and a cooling trend coming our way later in the week. >> we had a great weekend, though. >> no complaints. three in a row. >> enjoy it while it last.

while easter has many up early on this sunday morning, one of the larger celebrations is going on now at the national mall. derrick ward joins us live from the service. >> reporter: indeed the sun has risen, and the service that is going on, they are in the sermon phase of the annual event here at the lincoln memorial. it's being resi being resided o. it gone under way back in 1979. it was march of that year when a pastor was taking a walk down by the reflecting pool around sunrise, and he was inspired and wanted others to share with that experience and wanted them to bring in easter that way. there are about 300 people the first year. this year, every bit of 6,000 folks here. we did speak to one of those who

chose to usher in the easter observance this way. >> we had six people with us, so we all packed into one car really tight. feels good to be out of the car. >> reporter: folks will make their way here one or the other. for many, this is the beginning and they will go to church after, and others will linger here on the mall. they call it a multiple service here. >> a wonderful way to celebrate easter this sunday. easter services start in less than one hour at the national cathedral. the entire building was decorated in flower.

they use more flowers on easter than any other time of the year. many of the decorations were donations from gardens around d.c. >> that's new video in from the easter service at vatican easter this morning. the alter was set up on the steps of the basilica. today's service comes after the potpourrisipe resided over a th sermon. pope benedict turns 85 years old next monday, april 16th. officials in virginia beach are calling it a miracle. everybody involved in the fighter jet cash is accounted for and safe.

the navy jet crashed into an apartment building friday afternoon. the two pilots ejected before impact. they and five others went to the hospital with injuries. they have all since been released. reports are coming out civilians helped the pilots after they ejected and made sure neighbors were okay. >> we truly believe a miracle has occurred here with us not having any victims. >> it was an amazing display in virginia beach of what citizenship means. >> the navy is investigating the crash. they believe a mechanical failure caused the accident. virginia governor, bob mcdonnell, says a special victim's fund will help those impacted in the crash. and then a crew in arizona was practicing near yuma when the problem occurred. everybody is expected to be okay. a navy spokesperson did not reveal more details only saying something went wrong with the

training exercise. she said the navy will investigate the accident. a budget battle is one of several issues maryland lawmakers are trying to settle in the next few days. lawmakers are trying to reduce the deficit of more than $1 billion for the necessary fiscal years. senate negotiators raises taxes on those that make more than $100,000 a year. senate negotiators are also considering lowering tax exemptions for those that make less than $100,000 a year. the general assembly must approve the budget plan before it a it adjourns on monday. table games and the gaming expansion bill would allow the

sixth casino in the state. friday a bill was approved but will need voter approval before becoming law. sewer bills could go from 30s to $60 a year. money would pay for upgrading waste water plants and restore the chesapeake bay. the senate gave preliminary approval yesterday and the house passed the bill. governor o'malley is expected to sign the legislation. around the country, protesters hit the streets calling for justice for the murdered teen.

>> we are trayvon martin! >> joining up with the remaining occupy d.c. protesters, the protesters say the trial needs to happen, not only to bring justin for trayvon martin, but to help other men with the same fate. it gets better, even on this campus. >> it's part of the it gets better project that hopes to help bullied gay and lesbian teens. they talk about being gay and mormon. the mormon church as well as byu opposes homosexually. maryland

prince georges county police identified the toddler hit and killed by a car. investigators say 2-year-old ethan guzman was playing outside his home and he ran out into the street and was hit by a van. witnesses to the accident say the driver stayed on the scene and likely did not see the toddler until it was too late. >> the guy in the van was coming out of the parking lot and he

turned in and the kids were playing on the sidewalk, and the ball bounced off the sidewalk and went across the street, and the little kid darted after it in front of the van. didn't look or anything. >> police are still investigateding and re-creating the accident. they have not said if the driver will face charges. d.c. say the police are looking for a gunman behind the shooting of three people. as news4's darcy spencer reports, a game of dice may have brought on the violence. >> reporter: tell us how many shots you think you heard? >> nine or ten shots. >> reporter: on the warm, sunny saturday afternoon a group of young people were gambling with dice in the courtyard area behind the apartment billings on q street in northwest d.c. four men approached and opened fire. three victims shot, and one just

15 years old. >> they were out here playing krapz. our information is we have four suspects that came out here in dark clothing. >> reporter: this woman says she knows some of the victims, and she said their gambling makes them a target. >> they know they have money and they are bgambling. >> reporter: you think it was probably a robbery? >> probably. >> reporter: they want police to do more about the gambling. >> you would think this is charles town, you know, the casino. this is every day, 24/7. >> reporter: the police need to do more to try and make it up? >> they need to do more to break it up. >> reporter: many residents say they were busy making preparations for easter when the

shots rang out. this man called 911. >> when i called i saw people laying down, like some people limping and what not, you know, so i just called to get somebody some assistance. >> reporter: d.c. police say all three victims were transported to the hospital with serious injuries and are all expected to survive. a girl and her father are being haled as heroes. an unattended candle sparked the fire. a girl that lived up the hill told her father she saw spoke. he jumped into his van and drove down the street and he banged on the door and rushed inside and told everybody to get out. his quick thinking saves three people and a dog. firefighters had to call in extra help to put out the flames and nobody was hurt. the "today" show is next on nbc 4. lester holt joins us from new

york. >> coming up, we have breaking news. police arrested two people in connection with the string of shootings in tulsa, oklahoma. the victims appear to have been chosen randomly. we will get the latest on the case. and then new images and accounts of the horrific navy jet crash in virginia beach. we will get a live report from there. and then from passer to pastor, and this morning tim tebow is preparing to deliver a message to 20,000 people at a church in texas. and meet beyonce. not that one, but this one. almost as famous. the tiniest puppy, and an amazing story of survival, and will be here live. richard, we send it back to you

now. >> i am sure a lot of pet lovers will be watching that. thanks. it's now time for the app of the day, and this is one of the biggest hits when we talk about apps. we are talking about instagram. it's pretty much like photographs or -- twitter for photographs. if we look at the app right now, every time you up load a picture, you basically create a feed. can you update it with a status update as well, and you can tag people in it. that was yesterday when i gave richard jordon his easter bunny. you notice i follow nbc news chuck todd there. i will take a picture of you guys. smile. and what is wonderful, it takes these really poorly lit iphone -- i was not talking about you. but they take poorly iphone pictures and allow you to make the filters to change it, and the lighting is in here with the news lights, but say i will use

this one, i will check it and tag the location and say we are at nbc 4, and say, hi, everybody -- make this real quick. i can set it to post on my twitter account. you will foe tuesday this will post instantly to the twitter account. and you are automatically in my feed. what is neat about this, you can follow the most popular pictures on instagram. you can also see who is following you. it's like twitter. you can see who likes your photos. you can keep track of the photos that you like as well. let's turn it over here -- oops, let me get back. these are some of my favorite photos. happy easter, and chuck todd eating georgetown cupcakes. >> can you pick an affect? >> yeah, eight to nine different types of effects. it's really gaining in popularity. pictures are one of the most

popular things. doora's new shoes we are finding, and that's a bunny that did not make it this easter apparently. and what is better news, if you use it, now it's not only available for ipad and iphone, but they just made it available for android devices as well. and while you are online we want you to encourage you to go to nbcwashington.com and learn more about the android app and iphone app now. you can get all the news and traffic there in an instant. >> i think she is the most photographed kid in the world. >> yeah, i am that annoying mom. i think my kid is the cutest in the world and probably lost many facebook friends because of it. and construction will take place at night to make the

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thaeug leagues. maryland officials determined it did not qualify because their games are partially decided by skill. i have to admit, i didn't know that. i thought it was a complete guessing game. you just went off luck. >> i think some people guess. some people throw caution to the wind, and a lot of people take it serious -- >> aren't there magazines dedicated just to that? >> yeah, there's still a little luck involved. luck is what happens when opportunity meets preparation. i have been trying to work that in all day and now i have done so. we will talk about

welcome back. the florida pastor who once threatened to burn the koran is sparking more controversy. he says the americans should take back the country from musli muslims. islam's only goal, he says, is world domination.

he said he is worried the growing muslim population will opress nonmuslims. for a second daypack stannie so -- pakistani troops are looking for people after an avalanche. so far rescuers with not found a single person since the avalanche. they believe those missing are buried under 70 feet of snow. the army is bringing in heavy equipment to help in the search. and one of saddam hussein's officials are showing this. the video was posted on a website connected to hussein's

now out-lawed political power. his whereabouts are currently unknown. and ozzie guillen's comments may have gone a little too far. he apologized for saying he loved and respected former cuban dictator, fidel castro. the team quickly released a statement denouncing castro. in the past guillen has made controversial comments supporting hugo chavez. >> i would not know that they changed the name of the team. >> they changed the name of the team, and new uniforms and -- >> they look like they are wearing black jerseys. >> they have black and white. i don't think the colors are

necessarily different, but they added a little -- it pops a little more, a little floor yessa - fluorescent. >> you can wear black in april, sir, but i don't know about june, july, august and september. a beautiful sunday here in october. our second sunday here in the month of april. it's a good one. mostly sunny skies in washington. our temperatures are sneaking up into the 40s and 50s in a few of the warmer spots. winds are now out of the west at 8 miles per hour, and that west to north west wind is picking up speed again this afternoon. so be ready for a fairly breezy day coming up on your easter sunday. temperatures now, mid to upper 40s in most of the western suburbs. a few cool spots left.

everybody has the full sunshine. quantico, virginia, you are in the 30s right now. you will be up near 72 degrees by 4:30 this afternoon, and by the time your sunday evening is coming to an end, the temperature back down to 64. and the startoff temperatures are in the low 50s. meanwhile for your easter sunday, everybody, a good-looking day ppl temperatures in the 50s in the next couple hours. plenty of sunshine, but again, that west and northwest wind will blow between 15 and 20 miles per hour. the air mass over head is really dry, so the rain drops are evaporating on their way down. we will have a beautiful easter sunday today with a little breeze. the cold front will slide through late today and another one on its heels come sliding through tomorrow. maybe a few sprinkles in the mountains tomorrow. better chances for a few scattered showers tomorrow

afternoon, and then high pressure comes in and temperatures will be on the cool side for tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. for today, though, it will be nice. mostly sunny. quite breezy today. winds out of the west. 10 to 20 miles per hour. highs, upper 60s to 70s. and sunshine early, but clouds coming in tomorrow afternoon with a chance of passing showers late in the afternoon and evening timeframe, and it could be just enough to cut down the pollen count a little bit. this week will be a little cooler than average as well. highs mostly in the 50s for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. so we may have to crank the heater on one or two more times. >> i have been doing that all week. >> have to do it every now and then. >> thanks, chuck. the feathers were flying at the national mall yesterday. >> 200 people took out their frustrations by taking part in a giant pillow fight.

it was part of the international pillow fight day. similar battles took place around the world. >> she was not messing around. >> very angry people here. a group called the urban playground movement started this event in 2008. the organization encourages the public to enjoy public spaces, and if you were to -- >> jeez. >> does that girl have a mask on? >> some people were just putting their pillow over their head for protection. >> or the people crowd serving and they have the aerial [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework