atlanta megachurch pastor eddie long made that announcement yesterday. he says he needs time to work on family issues. long's wife of 21 years vanessa filed for divorce on thursday. last spring long settled a lawsuit piled by four young men who accused him of sexual coercion. >>> the u.s. and pakistan mending diplomatic fences after that nato air strike that killed two dozen pakistani troops. president obama called pakistan's president yesterday making clear the incident was not a deliberate attack on pakistan. both presidents agreed to stay in touch. >>> let's get a quick check of today's weather. rob marciano is in atlanta. good morning, rob. >> cold weatherout west in between a bit of a mess and that's going to cause flooding issues. here's a look at the map. what you can expect monday. it pours in from canada, the cold air and there's your frontal boundary. a slow mover. here's how the rain shakes out. bull's-eye for potentially heavy flood threatening weather will be across the mid-mississippi valley. memphis will be the center of attention with sev

. >>> the megachurch pastor at the center of a sex scandal involving young men is taking some time off. atlanta based bishop eddie long made the announcement before his congregation this morning. this comes just days after his wife filed for divorce. >> we're not hiding nothing or anything like that. i'm going to take a little time off to work with my family. [ applause ] earlier in the week there was some confusion over whether the divorce was on or off. friday, eddie long's church issued a statement saying his wife vanessa long was withdrawing the divorce petition but her attorney insists the divorce is still on. the atlanta-based pastor gained national attention last winter after four young men alleged the pastor had sex with them. the suit was settled this past summer. the men claimed long had pressured them into having sex with him when they were still teenagers. >>> anti-government protesters in syria are getting help from the u.s. government in getting their voices heard. details on that, next. >>> and what do you think were the top stories of the year? we'll look at the leading

speaking of tv shows, houston me megachurch pastor announced he's signed an agreement with producer markurnett for a new reality show. lakewood is the largest congregation in america. some 3 million russians came out to see a sacred relic of the virgin mary that was on rare public display. the relic is a sash bhooefed to have been worn by mary. it's associated with fertility and good health. in moscow, thousands waited in long lines to see the sash. some reportedly for up to 24 hours. this week, the relic was flown back to the greek monastery where it's kept. we have a busy calendar this week. the death of the prophet moe hamd's grandson who was killed in a 7th century battle. his death is kmcommemorated in somber processions. on december 6th, christians celebrate the feast day of saint nicholas. december 8th would have celebrated body day when buddha reach it had state ofnirvana. he did so while sitting under a body tree. also on december 8th, catholics celebrate the feast of the immaculate conception whom they believe was born without original sin. finally, for most of the world's chri

. >> now, following other abuse allegations in georgia, eddie long is stepping down from his megachurch to focus on family. his wife filed for divorce thursday. this comes a year after allegations that long was lurg young men into sexual relationships. long settled that case and never disclosed details. his wife says there's no hope of recommend sill yags. >>> the latest tonight on a deadly shooting last night. two people were shot in the 4700 block of vancouver road. police believe the men were in a parked car when shot. one was shot several times and the other was shot in the shoulder. >>> in the heart of downtown annapolis, two were stabbed and left in critical condition right around 2:00 saturday morning. a police spokeswoman says a fight started in front of a bar and then continued tup block toward the market house. police say that 22-year-old daniel halverman was stabbed in the chest and another man was shot in the abdomen. they were p their injuries are nonlife threatening >> we try and go down and monitor for fights but then for people leaving the area who may be driving while i

. >>> megachurch pastor eddy long said he is stepping aside from the pulpit. more than a year ago allegations surfaced that the pastor was luring men into sexual relationships. he settled the case and his wife filed for divorce thursday. long will continue to serve as the senior pastor while taking sabbatical. >>> today in d. c. occupy protestors got in a shoving match with police. they surrounded a shed near mcfear son square. they gave them a deadline to teardown the structure. they didn't follow order. police convinced them to jump on an inflatable pad appeared others had to be removed. >>> they called it the bedlam series. it lived up to it last night. more than a dozen people were injured after a celebration in football country. oklahoma state fan took to the field after they beat the sooners. they pulled down the goalposts and some fans were tram manied as the crowd struggled to reach the exits. >> all right. let's talk about tonight's weather and one weather woe this evening, it has been a nice sunday, temperature warm, but foggy breaking out, mainly ea

just people sense. >>> in suburban, atlanta, one of the biggest megachurch pastors in the country willwithout its leader for a while. bishop eddie long of new birth missionary baptist church says he's taking time off from the pulpit to attend to his family. his wife, vanessa, filed for divorce three days ago. her divorce petition cites a marriage irretrievably broken and no chance of reconciliation. the church issued a statement in her name saying she had changed her mind about the divorce. and it just came out yesterday. but vanessa long's attorney strongly disavowed that statement. the pastor broke the news this morning to his congregation that he was thinking about taking a hiatus from preaching and he's going to do it. >> we're not hiding nothing or anything like that. i'm going to take a little time off to work with my family. >> all right. so the church says long is not quitting. long's problems began last year when four young men accused him of coercive sexual relationships. these are the photos obtained by cnn last year when long was being sued. they were supposedly sent by lon

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. >>> megachurch pastor eddie long faced his congregation to announce he's taking time off to work on his family. this comes three days after his wife filed for divorce. the atlanta-based pastor gained national attention last spring after he settled a lawsuit with four young men who said he pressured them into sexual relationships with him. >>> and celebrations get out of hand after a big college game in oklahoma. 13 people were hurt. the chaos broke out when fans stormed the field after oklahoma state beat arch rival oklahoma. two people fell or jumped from a high retaining wall and are in critical condition. several others were trampled. >>> now to the race for the white house. one month from today, results of the iowa caucuses and right now prominent newspapers in the state are starting to choose sides. the sioux city journal is endorsing mitt romney. it is the biggest paper in iowa so far to back a candidate ahead of the caucuses. the paper says, "if as a republican your number one priority is the defeat of obama, consider this, romney is the candidate within this field who is bes

. >> very quickly, carrie, how many megachurches is he going to hit on sunday?e him in church. he did two services last sunday. it was a surprise appearance. he talked a lot about the sermon actually last sunday was about redemption and understanding one's role in god's bigger plan. you could see perry nodding the whole time. >> all right. carrie dann on the perry trail. carrie, thanks very much. now let's go into the guy that's ahead of a lot of these folks. a little bit of a surprise. ron paul. he's flying out to los angeles today where he'll tape "the tonight show" with jay leno but will be back in iowa by wednesday to continue an aggressive ground campaign. now joining me anthony terrell. a lot of folks have been talking about how paul is sort of more old school caucus organizing than any of the other campaigns. explain it. >> right. well, chuck, he has a ton of volunteers here in iowa. he only has about five paid staffers in the state along with three other consultants but besides that when people show up to his campaign events, tons of volunteers are regis

. >>> and bishop eddie long told his parishioners he is taking time off from his megachurch to work on family. long's wife, vanessa, filed for divorce last week. >>> newt gingrich is surging in the polls, but he is continuing to get criticism about these remarks. >> really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habits of working and have nobody around them who works. so they literally have no habit of showing up on monday. they have no habit of staying all day. they have no habit of i do this and you give me cash. unless it's illegal. >> well, donald trump defended him this morning. he says gingrich is just telling the truth, and that's why he's, quote, skyrocketing. cnn contributors will cain and lz granderson with their takes this morning. let's start there. politically incorrect or just telling the truth? lz. >> newt's a jerk. ok? he is a jerk. and i'm just cutting straight to the chase. >> you're going to lay it out. >> well, you know, we were all wondering, right, if the benevolent newt we saw the last two debates had really been a changed newt, the newt that we hated

. >>> the wife of embattled georgia megachurch pastor eddie long is filing for divorce after all.friday said vanessa long was canceling her divorce petition to end their 21-year marriage but that apparently has changed. you may recall over a years ago, four young men sued bishop long, accusing him of luring them into sexual relationships. the cases were settled but long reportedly did not admit to doing anything wrong. >>> boxing great muhammad ali is said to be at his home in arizona and doing well. yesterday, a spokesman released a statement saying that ali was treated recently for dehydration. there was a report that he was hospitalized. ali spokesman did not confirm or deny that. he would only say that initial reports were blown out of proportion. muhammad ali will turn 70 years old next month. we wish him well. >>> time for weather. lonnie, good morning. >> good morning to you. let's get right to it. here is how we see it out there. the midsection of the country the real problems are. getting glazed out there. it's raining right now for a lot of you but turn over to icy condi