if you belonged to a synagogue and nourished by that synagogue, then you give a donation to that synagogue each year in an annual campaign. why is it important to think about giving beyond one's own lifetime? >> gifts like these are as much and exchange of value as they are an exchange of money. a planned gift is one that one may look at what they may given to an organization. an annual gift is one that someone makes available at any given time or new initiative or emergency program or capital program. a legacy gift is an opportunity to take a look at one's entire portfolio and estate. and people can make gifts that they could not conceive possible in their live times. >> i think most of us think that we give out of what we might think discretionary income after we've paid rent or mortgage or family member or bought groceries and made other decisions about our entertainment budget and out of that we give from what is left. but this is about understanding what you have in your entire set of assets, so to speak and that you can give beyond what you just have left. >> that is exactly it. and

you were grateful because you belonged to the synagogue. you give a donation to the synagogue each year. and the same thing for other organizations. why is it important to think about giving beyond one's own lifetime. gifts like these are in as much an exchange of value as money. a planned gift is in which one looks at what they might leave to the organization, that's a different animal all together. an annual gift is something that one makes often from what they have available. there's also a special gift from an emergency program in which one would go to their savings, perhaps. a legacy gift is a opportunity to take a look at one's entire portfolio and estate and in that way, people can make gifts they couldn't conceive possible in their lifetimes. >> most of the people think we give out of discretion their income after we've paid rent or mortgage or after we've bought groceries and made other decisions about the entertainment budget and out of that, we give from what's left. this is about understanding what you have in your entire set of

, which is one of, if not the oldest synagogues in america. and a place immortalized because of washington's visit during the his first term. rhode island, you may recall, had held back from joining the union. washington referred to rhode island's conduct as infamous. many people have said that about rhode island over the years but in any event, once rhode island joined the club as it were, washington was sure to include it on our extensive tour. in newport he went to the synagogue and his response to the congregation's readings remains the classic statement of american pluralism. this is washington. all possess alike, he's speaking of americans, all possess alike liberties of conscience and immunities of citizenship. for happily the government of the united states which gives to bigotry no -- to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens. there were of course as yet no formally organized opposition party or parties but there was certainly no shortage of anti-feder

then a synagogue. an army general and then a restaurant located next to an office building frequented by military officials. according to the charging documents, he went with under cover operatives to detonate explosives. when he dialed the cell phone, he believed would detonate. he was disappointed when the blast wasn't bigger and wanted a bigger bomb to carry out his attack here. now, back out here live, a lot is not known. we do know he is 29 years old. came here from morocco. he was here on a visitor's visa, which expired. he has been living here for the last 12 years illegally. he was not employed and was not associated with al-qaeda in any way, although some of the

at the sixth and i historic synagogue in northwest d.c. >>> a scandal you will only see here on fox 5. a tax preparation business is under scrutiny after dozens of people complained about missing money. customers say the instant tax service owes them thousands of dollars from refunds. others are accusing the company of filing returns with their information but without their permission. instant tax service says this is no, sir true telling us what he thinks happened. >> when the irs data bass crashed, there were 200 million people, all their information got lost. when it got lost, their money got lost, their information got lost. their numbers got lost. so the irs right now is reinputting over 200 million people back into the system.

here at the synagogue and then the interment will happy here in alexandria. reporting live in alexandria, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> thank you. >>> right now the driver responsible for this crash in baltimore faces dui charges. a tractor trailer overturned spilling printer ink on to interstates 95 and 895 shutting them down for most of the night. crews worked all night cleaning up the mess. both interstates opened in time for the morning commute. >>> turning to the weather now. rain moving into our area. this afternoon actually had some already today. storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein joins us for the first forecast. tom n. >> good morning, barbara. we have had some light rain this morning and there's somewhat moderate rain about to move into the metro area. this is a live view from our sky watcher camera. lenses sprinkled with raindrops right now. we are getting a little light rain in washington. and in parts of maryland but much of the rain now is in virginia and it is moving southwest to northeast. along a front that is beginning to move our way, moving

local synagogue to pay tribute to a paramedic killed in the line of dutiy good morning. welcome to "news 4 today." i'm eun yang. >>> good morning. i'm joe krebs. let's take a live look outside. we have 46 degree. kind of a mildish morning. clouds above us. we had drizzle overnight. let's see what kind of day we have ahead of us. >> it looks like steady rain but it's going to be a couple hours away before that happens so most of the morning commute should be dry, but then by later this morning into afternoon is when we could get steadier rain. you can see all that is advancing toward us out of the ohio valley into the mountains of virginia, west virginia, they're now beginning to head off from the southwest to northeast closer to washington. the leading edge of some of the rains advancing toward us right now into culpeper, spotsylvania, and into the shenandoah valley. those are areas of sprinkles and very light rein. also some on the eastern shore. as the morning progresses we'll get some of the rain picking up in intensity by late this morning. right now all above freezi

abc news has learned the israeli embassies and jewish schools and synagogues around the globe have been told to increase security, as a warning was issued today by a mysterious man, the supreme leader of iran, a man rarely seen. and abc's national security correspondent, martha raddatz, who has covered every middle east war for more than two decades, tells us what is happening tonight. >> reporter: this is the man who is the true decisionmaker in iran. and today, in a rare and fiery appearance, he delivered what may be his strongest attack on israel. calling it a cancer that must be cut out. ayatollah ali khamenei warned israel not to attack iran's nuclear facilities. threatening the u.s., as well. saying an attack would be ten-times worse for the united states than for iran. the new threat comes as u.s. officials are increasingly concerned that israel will strike iran's nuclear facilities as early as april. >> deadline is being driven by the israeli belief that the iranians are progressing so rapidly on their capability to enrich the uranium and build a nuclear weapon. and they're bury

save our synagogue to shake down. well t.m.c. calls the move a similar to a dude a costing you for money at a gas station or something i want develop the fish. well it is kind of what you see happening around the globe you see banks everywhere in every single nation in the western world in which the citizens are hugely in debt the banks are hugely in debt as well and they're saying we're so in debt bail us out so yeah exactly right it's a microcosm if you will of the entire global market where you've got folks that are shaking down governments and shaking down the citizens for bailout money for mistakes that they made you know the wall street made a bunch of mistakes and they shut down the taxpayer to bail them out in the u.k. the banks made here. mistakes and they got the government to bail them down in ireland they got the government to transfer all the bank's debts to the government's balance sheet one hundred percent no questions asked they're still paying off anglo-irish debt they're still paying them out so you know there's

an internal security document obtained by abc news warns that jewish schools, synagogues, community centers, could be targeted. if the iranians close the strait of hormuz, where one-fifth of the world's oil passes, iran could send gas prices skyrocketing. >> a big question tonight. is this just saber rattling, martha? or is this something that could be avoided? >> reporter: i think it could be avoided. but it's up to iran. israel has to see something concrete. they have to see iran shutting down its nuclear weapons program. but is it saber rattling? i spoke to a u.s. official just a short time ago. he said, this is real. >> a lot of people think it could be a collision course. thank you, martha. >>> and still ahead right here on "world news," we get answers from the super bowl. from the turf, to the trophy, to tom brady's uniform. how much is really made in the usa? >>> and the parents who asked millions on facebook to name their baby. the results are in. we'll tell you what they chose for this little girl. forty years ago, he wasn't looking for financial advice. back then he had something

the new york city police department increased security around israeli government facilities and synagogues last week amid growing tension over tehran's nuclear program however the n.y.p.d. says it has not received any specific threat related to iraq upping the ante a u.s. senator has called on federal agents to quote increased scrutiny and vigorously monitor the iranian mission united nations but us politicians police officers and most mainstream journalists perpetuate a terrifying scenario for new york city officials in washington have thrown a wrench in this armageddon theme type news narrative by stating the facts about iran era surrogates were revelations of a much less threatening tehran was recently disclosed during intelligence briefings the agency assesses iran is unlikely to initiate or intentionally provoke a conflict they continue to develop their enrichment capability but the intelligence does not show but they've made a decision to proceed with developing a nuclear weapon. many experts have labeled iran america's new iraq critics then and now say washington paves the path and

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. >> wouldn't it be the same if the government came to you, look your synagogue must take this actiones the tenets of judaism. >> we have people that as a sincere matter of religious conviction say they don't want to pay any taxes for any military action abroad. they believe it. do we permit those people to do that is in the scenes, we do not. >> that is not the question. if the government said to you, your synagogue must take this action that fundamentally violates the tenets of your faith.... >> would i personally, there ticking ota i can the stand of father morris, yes. as a matter of public policy, does a church or mosque have to the right to do whatever what they wishes. >> they have an exemption from this particular element of the law. >> religious institution, that hires people from the general population outside of that church. >> that's right but the money must come from the church. >> hopefully find a common ground. remember the great story, seven children and their mother who decided that they were going to go to death in order not to eat pork. right? it was mandated by the

. >> reporter: so they thought it was a fine idea to put the camera in front of their synagogue. for a car that wasn't moving at all. >>> it does sound funny. >> reporter: look at the photos sent along with the ticket. >> you can see in the first picture where the car is parked and in the second picture, it's still parked here. >> reporter: your first thought might be this camera is pointed in the wrong direction. but that's not it. the whole thing is positioned in such a way that when somebody pulls up here to parallel park along 16th street, which is perfectly legal, that parked car blocks the view of the lens. the solution they've decided is to move the whole box about a block north to a spot at the next intersection where you can't parallel park. >> their response was quick and appropriate and considerate and everything you would want a city government to be. >> reporter: the police department issued a ticket to the wrong car in the case. the synagogue's executive director hopes it will help drivers and pedestrians. >> they all know there is a speed camera. don't speed there.

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. >> we'll get a lot of support, even my friend, barry, jewish, he came with his rabbi to the synagogue in arnona. they were quite disgusted. they wanted to call the mayor's religious affairs. >> police investigated whether it is connected to an attack on a mosque. dr. mortkia zachen. >> i think i present overwhelming majority of israeli citizens. >> he said this kind of incident wouldn't have had this press coverage 10 years ago. >> israeli society is progressing, showily but surely. >> julie stall, cbn news, jerusalem. >>> coming up, freedom sunday. how churches around the world are fighting back against sex trafficking. >> 4600 churches around the world have committed to observe freedom sunday this weekend. goal is to raise awareness of human trafficking. as many as 2 million children are victims of sex trafficking. more than 100,000 in america are victims every year. >> only a handful of shelters for victims currently exist. >> even the experts admit, they are only beginning to how best help them. there is a faith-based shelter in north carolina. >> reporter: it is a cold quiet nigh

. >> firefighters and first responders have already made their way inside the synagogue here in alexandria. the funeral is expected to begin about 1:00 and expected to last nearly two hours. he will be buried later this afternoon. in alexandria, suzanne kennedy abc7 news. >> stay with abc7 for continuing coverage as the community honors weissman. we will have updates tonight at 5:00. as for the road closures to expect, you will have that information on wjla.com. >> adam caskey has a look at the forecast. >> temperatures are warm enough where we will see a train across the region -- rian across the region could the weekend, there is still a question mark. parts of prince william county, the haymarket area getting hit as well. it is crossing over the potomac at this time. swath orf rain midday and in the afternoon. other locations in the upper 40's for highs. more on the weekend coming up. >> police are investigating three reports of armed robberies in northwest washington. they all happened at the dupont mattress station -- metro station. these attacks themdays after three other armed robbe

possible targets included a synagogue, some -- a government building. just last month, he tested out a bomb with the undercover agent and a west virginia korry. he said it was big but he wanted it to be even bigger. he decided that his final and only target would be the u.s. capitol building in sight. today at 1230, -- 12:30, he had a automatic weapon and the suicide vest as his choice of how he was going to pull off the plot. both were inoperable. they arrested him. he is being held without bond. he will make his next appearance wednesday night. we are letting much more about the 29-year-old from morocco. we will have that more throughout the evening. >> thank you very much. we are going to go out to richard reeve with more about the arrest. >> behind me are the pointe center condos. a lot of government employees live here. neighbors pointed us to this building earlier today. it is where they say the suspect actually lived. we have some video of the apartment. let's take a look. shortly after 2:00 what appeared to be heavily armed swat team members ent

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temple beth israel is the oldest synagogue in palm beach county.len out of use a while back. >> so the old temple was put on wheels and moved a mile away to another synagogue which had lost its chapel to a hurricane. despite some trouble at a pothole and a close brush with power lines, temple beth israel can once again say let my people come. >> i'm surprised you didn't say that. ♪ let my people come >> you've got a pretty good voice. >> that's the caffeine talking. we'll be back with more "world news now" after this. ♪ move along, move along like i know you do ♪ ♪ and even when your hope is gone ♪ ♪ move along, move along just to make it through ♪ you're hope is gone ♪ ♪ move along, move along just to make it through ♪ [ male announcer ] medicare... it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement plans can help pay some of what medicare doesn't, so you could save up to thou

to use and initially had his sights on attacking a rest are raunt in washington, d.c., possibly synagogues, possibly a military location and here's more interesting information from court documents from an affidavit. it alleges that last month when he settled on the capitol, he had modified his plans for an attack, that same day on january 15th of last month, at a quarry in west virginia, the proposed suicide bomb operations, he dialed a cell phone that he believed would detonate a bomb placed in that quarry. the test bomb detonated and expressed his desire for a larger bomb in his attack. he listed today as the day of the operation and he was picked up at a garage near the u.s. capitol as he was picking up what he thought was going to be a suicide vest. it was a vest gift into him and a gun about those of thoet were inpop rabl. some very interesting details. allegedly, according to law enforcement officials, he had this under. >> brian, thank you. let's dig deeper. we're joined by cnn contributor todd fuentes. they are controversial sometimes. when you have an operation like this, you hav

military offices, as well as a synagogue, u.s. army generals, and a restaurant frequented by military officials. but in january, he decided rather than conduct an attack on a restaurant, he wanted to conduct a suicide attack on the u.s. capitol building. he each traveled to a west virginia quarry to practise where he detonated a bomb and expressed a desire for a larger explosion in his attack. now, the documents show he traveled to the u.s. capitol building on multiple occasions to conduct surveillance, choosing the spot where he would be dropped off to enter the building for what he called his martyrdom operation. the specific time for the attack, and the method he would use to avoid attracting the attention of law enforcement. of course, that did not happen. this is the area where agents arrested him today. an undercover agent gave him an inoperable mack 10 automatic weapon and inert explosives. after he took possession, agents arrested him just blocks from the capitol. we want to give you some perspective. right up here, louisi

he was aplanning to attack a restaurant and then a synagogue and then the capitol building. >>> the birthontrol debate stale hot topic. you remember president heavily criticized religious employees to cover the cost of birth control. >>> president put on the table a very principal compromise on this issue. making sure that women would have the health care they need, including contraception and also making that people could pursue their own religious liberty. and that's why groups like catholic charities and hospital associations said this is a fair compromise >> he is a political philosophy that believes he can mandate certain benefits and activity of the american. these trump our constitutional rights. >> some people thought he was taking a jab at the president's christianity >> rick santorum was talking about his agenda >> dz it's not about you or your quality of life or jobs. it's about some phony ideal or theology >> that phony theology line has the obama campaign crying foul. >> it's wrong and destructive and makes it impossible to solve the problems that we all face together as amer

white house says the law has nothing to do with religious beliefs, pointing out that churches, synagoguesther houses of worship are exempt. they're also trying to work out what they say is an acceptable solution for these institutions like religious universities and hospitals by giving them until august 2013 to implement the plan. >> we want to work with all of the organizations to implement the policy in a way that is as sensitive to their concerns as possible. but let's be clear, we are committed, the president is committed, to ensuring that women have access to contraception without paying extra costs, no matter where they work. >> currently, there are 28 states that have some form of mandatory contraceptive insurance coverage and a poll shows that 58% of catholics agree birth control should be covered. the former lieutenant governor of maryland on the board of democrats, ralph brk rie on the chairman of the faith and freedom coalition. great to have you with us. i really appreciate it. both sides represented. a new poll that came out yesterday shows this. 55% of americans agree that e

white house says the law has nothing to do with religious beliefs, pointing out that churches, synagogues and other houses of worship are exempt. they're also trying to work out what they say is an acceptable solution for these institutions by giving them until august 2013 to implement the plan. zpl we want to work with these organizations to implement the policy in a way that's as sensitive to their concerns as possible. but let's be clear, we are committed, the president is committed, to ensuring that women have access to contraception without paying extra costs, no matter where they work. >> currently, there are 28 states that have some form of mandatory contraceptive insurance coverage and a poll shows that 58% of catholics agree birth control should be covered. the former lieutenant governor of maryland, ralph brie, chairman of the faith and freedom coalition. great to have you with us. i really appreciate it. both sides represented. a new poll that came out yesterday shows this. 55% of americans agree that employers should be required to provide employees with health care plans that

the mayor walked into the sixth and i historic synagogue with a positive message about the state of theistrict. >> i'm proud to share that the state of the district is stronger and getting stronger every day, ladies and gentlemen. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: the mayor said 9,500 jobs had been created in the last year and he project 45,000 new jobs by 2015. >> our economy is growing and indeed is one of the strongest of any city in the country. >> reporter: the mayor also talked about crime. although it spiked in street crimes recently, purrs were down in 2011 and the -- murders were down in 2011 and the mayor laid out his plan to train and hire 300 new police officers. gray was also cheered when talked about the progress of fighting hiv/aids. >> no baby in the district of columbia has been born hiv positive since 2009. >> reporter: as the mayor laid out pot news, it comes at a -- the positive news, it comes at a time when he still is being investigated by the u.s. attorney for alleged campaign violations connected to sulaimon brown. the mayor has always said those allegations