his name, john the baptist. >> john the baptist is the first chapter to the long and amazing story ofesus. he tees it up for jesus to come in and to really be the true messiah. >> he comes with the fire, and he wants people to feel it here. who are you? are you saved? why do you come here? he even questions their motives. this is a very intense figure. out in the wilderness, and the wilderness is where things really happen spiritually. >> he's a mysterious figure. he's strange. he's out there. he's dressed in this very, very odd way. and slightly dangerous and scary. >> yet today, the unique appeal of this charismatic prophet has been lost to history. who was this fiery preacher who would herald the coming of the messiah? and what was it that drew jesus to him? now, science joins history in a new quest. in the future, it may be possible to establish a blood link between john and jesus. today, their mission is to test fragments of bone believed to be john's. >> for the first time in history, we're able to place these relics in their proper time and proper date in order to understand mo

the baptist. >> yes.ijah, john came, but they did not know him and did to him as they wished. >> free him! >> free him! >> yes! >> free him! >> those of the council of the sanhedrin are a generation of vipers! >> vipers, yes! >> vipers! vipers! [ indistinct shouting ] >> i say destroy this temple. >> yes! >> destroy it! [ indistinct shouting ] >> and in three days, i will raise it up again. destroy this marketplace that shames our lord. [ indistinct shouting ] >> destroy it! destroy it! destroy it! >> hosanna! >> hosanna! [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [ chicken clucking ] >> [ laughs ] [ sighs ] >> i share your anger, rabbi. let me follow you. >> what is your name? >> judas iscariot. >> bless you, judas. [ chuckles ] >> jesus challenges us, but i did not hear blasphemy. >> and when he called for the destruction of this temple, calling it a marketplace -- what is that if not blasphemy? >> many devout jews criticize the commerce, the money lending. >> standing there, he derides this beauty, this grandeur with t

i'm already vilified for imprisoning the baptist.l him, and all of galilee turns against me. >> pontius pilate's praise of you to caesar could make you king. >> what i see is pilate praising what serves pilate. if he wants the baptist dead, let him drag him to jerusalem and nail him to a cross. >> so you are set on doing nothing? >> mm-hmm. >> salome told me you asked her to dance at the feast for your birthday tonight. >> did she also tell you that she refused? >> she's not a performer from the marketplace. you must offer her something. >> meaning...she is her mother's daughter. >> [ chuckles ] we like our rewards. >> and what would hers be for entertaining my guests? >> suppose i tell her that whatever she asks for, you will not refuse. >> she must dance to my satisfaction. >> be certain she will. [ mid-tempo music plays ] [ music stops ] [ woman laughs ] [ music resumes ] >> you remember your promise. salome, tell him. [ music continues ] >> [ whispering indistinctly ] >> show caesar you're a man -- and show us, too. [ music conti

i'm already vilified for imprisoning the baptist.ill him, and all of galilee turns against me. >> pontius pilate's praise of you to caesar could make you king. >> what i see is pilate praising what serves pilate. if he wants the baptist dead, let him drag him to jerusalem and nail him to a cross. >> so you are set on doing nothing? >> mm-hmm. >> salome told me you asked her to dance at the feast for your birthday tonight. >> did she also tell you that she refused? >> she's not a performer from the marketplace. you must offer her something. >> meaning...she is her mother's daughter. >> [ chuckles ] we like our rewards. >> and what would hers be for entertaining my guests? >> suppose i tell her that whatever she asks for, you will not refuse. >> she must dance to my satisfaction. >> be certain she will. [ mid-tempo music plays ] [ music stops ] [ woman laughs ] [ music resumes ] >> you remember your promise. salome, tell him. [ music continues ] >> [ whispering indistinctly ] >> show caesar you're a man -- and show us, too. [ music con

the baptist. >> yes.e elijah, john came, but they did not know him and did to him as they wished. >> free him! >> free him! >> yes! >> free him! >> those of the council of the sanhedrin are a generation of vipers! >> vipers, yes! >> vipers! vipers! [ indistinct shouting ] >> i say destroy this temple. >> yes! >> destroy it! [ indistinct shouting ] >> and in three days, i will raise it up again. destroy this marketplace that shames our lord. [ indistinct shouting ] >> destroy it! destroy it! destroy it! >> hosanna! >> hosanna! [ indistinct shouting ] ♪ [ chicken clucking ] >> [ laughs ] [ sighs ] >> i share your anger, rabbi. let me follow you. >> what is your name? >> judas iscariot. >> bless you, judas. [ chuckles ] >> jesus challenges us, but i did not hear blasphemy. >> and when he called for the destruction of this temple, calling it a marketplace -- what is that if not blasphemy? >> many devout jews criticize the commerce, the money lending. >> standing there, he derides this beauty, this grandeur wi

the republican will be in calvary baptist church and school. donald trump is expected in fayetteville tomorrow and hillary clinton plans to stop in our state on thursday. >>> it's not a million dollar question, it is a $2 million question. primary voters in our state are being asked to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to a bond referendum called the connect nc bond. in oppose it and proponents say it would spur job growth. >>> who wouldn't have two themes up on this forecast? >> i give it two thumbs up. the forecast grabbings great here. 75 today, 76 tomorrow. could make a run at some record high temperatures on thursday. our record in raleigh is 81. i wouldn't be surprised if some spots were a little close to that. we're a little cooler for your weekend. 70 on saturday, 72 on sunday. we'll have the chance for a few we change the clocks ahead this weekend and spring forward one hour early sunday morning. so change those clocks before you go to bed saturday night. let's take a look at the current commute right now. moving better than a lot of mor

due to the damage at central baptist church following last weeks tornado .. the voting location for the "chap precinct" will be moved to friendship baptist church. any tornado victim who still needs a photo i-d can get a temporary one at the appomattox county registrar's office. for more information on where what you need to bring ... visit wsls-dot-com. and be sure to tune in to wsls 10 tomorrow for full coverage of super tuesday. roanoke city police chief chris perkins spends his last day on the job. ahead on wsls 10 at 7 ... we look back at some of his biggest accomplishments while serving the star city. today is roanoke city police (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keep social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. chris perkins' last day with the department. he announced his plans to retire back in december. perkins to

. >> calvary baptist church, it is quiet now. it is early. ted cruz is scheduled here at noon today. doors open at 11:00 this morning. >> go home to mommy. >> donald trump campaigned in charlotte yesterday. >> we are going to win with our military, knockout isis, help our vets. we are getting rid of common core. we're going to have great if we don't have borders, we don't have a country. >> we cannot wait. we have got to keep the door open. you have to stand your ground. >> hillary clinton will be --. tickets are free, but you need to rsvp. after this, senator cruz will head to charlotte for an evening rally. john: while north carolina voters don't head to the polls until next week, four states are up for grabs today. stephanie rommel's has more. stephanie: it is time for >> thank you. stephanie: hillary clinton telling the crowd she wants to be there small business president to help folks get ahead. >> the sooner i can become your nominee, the more i could begin to turn our attention to the republicans. stephanie: clinton feeling confident.

he just got hired in the kitchen at palmetto health baptist parkridge - thanks to the skills he learned through project search. sot: "i am enjoying it very much!" project search is a yearlong program for special needs students -with the goal of getting the interns into the workforce after learning valuable job skills through three ten week rotations at the hospital. sot: "my favorite part is delivering trays and walking around the hospital - i like giving the patients a smile." the students stock rooms, put and make patients' lunches. each intern hoping to make their way into a job they've trained hard for. sot: "a job in the supply and distribution or supply tech in the er." and are passionate about... sot: "maybe be able to work in the near graduation from the program this summer. as for tarung, he starts work this month. sot: "he's a child that loves to work, but he's very happy every day when he comes here." project search job coaches are currently going through the applications for next year. they hope to have a new intern class picked early spring. in the newsroom, sb wis news 10.

and if you're missing something, go to evergreen baptist church. not get a tornado alert that the tornado was on the way. it was supposed to go to every verizon landline and to everyone that signed up for alerts on their cell phone. they are investigating the failure, but the company responsible for the notification service is to blame here. we reached out to eatton. and they say they were just made aware of the failure today and they don't have a conclusive answer as to why it happened. >> the company has assured us they fixed the problem. they haven't explained why it happened. >> danner: this is the first time an alert like that has not functioned since the system was put in place. >>> jesse matthew is expected murder of graham and harrington. matthew could have faced the death penalty in the graham case. he also faces first-degree murder charges in the death of morgan harrington. >> big money and coming to lynchburg and bedford county. $1.9 million is being awarded for area development. lynchburg is set to get $186,000 for the academy of music

paul missionary baptist church for the past two years. the church was established in 1927. but the staple and part of the roof have fallen over the years. today members had a bake sale. the first in a series of fundraisers to try to revive that historic church. >> it's the mother of the churches here in gastonia. you have different churches that have come from st. paul missionary baptist church. >> members say they need to raise $60,000 to make the repairs. they also launched an online fundraising drive. >>> you know about the warmth. we hit 80 degrees in charlotte today. i'll be looking ahead at the rain: or the lack of it. in 75 years. i'll show you when we'll see some. >>> thousands of people came to the poles early for next week's primary. but many did it under a different party affiliation. >> i feel like the candidates are fluctuating a lot. >> we're breaking down the ended up switching parties. there are two democratic visionsfor regulating wall street.one says it's okay to take rmillions from big banks and then tell them what to do. my plan -- break up the big banks

pastor, olive branch baptist church during a tragic time - trenika stringfield is able to smile - as friends, is what i need right now my spirit really needed that it's been one week since a deadly tornado took trenika's 2-year-old son, ian lewis. her 26-year-old brother, devine stringfield and her 50-year-old boyfriend, larry turner. c72 trenika 01:22:32 "it's still hard but it's, strength in the lord" nats c24 09:47 "tonight god is gonna help restore this young lady by using your hands." packed pews for this special benefit concert at the olive branch baptist church in suffolk - where trenika's father is a minister. c72 dad 01:23:52 its process but god is able singers - musicians - and dancers performed for free. as donations to help the family poured in. c12 pastor 03:53 "the lord has a way of allowing things to happen that will draw us closer together sometimes it takes things to happen, that we might come together." c72 24:48 my heart is just joyful you never know until it happen that people love e achother like they do tonight -- it wasn't just members from this church who came

he is making a stop at the calvary baptist church. the numbers are in from the first week of early voting. the polls open on thursday at three sunday night, 39,000 north carolinians back -- cast their ballot. 36% of the early voters are 33% are unaffiliated voters. we invite you to go to abc11.com /politics for continuing

florence baptist church was the one location for boone county. deputies directing lainhart made the journey and just walked.(sara lainhart- rabbit hash)"42--and it was a other ways to get here. we drove all the way into florence and turned around and had to park at a steak and shake and just walked" organizers say they were caught off guard.(***phyllis sparks-chairperson boone county caucus***)"this has exceeded everything we couldn't imagined. it's overwhelming...we've never had an elections with one location inside--this massive church 65 volunteers tabulating and directing voters-- organizers say the flow of the voters went well-- some issues causing delays--first names were not all in alphabetical order--delaying the lines--deputies were told to shut out the entrance to the church at 4pm -- leaving some residents who waitedto vote - -out of luck--some people just had enough--"they did not organize it at all."but despite it all-- some voters say -- it was still worth every minute."sitting in traffic to make sure my opinion is heard.""i'm worri

to meet with voters at olivet institutional baptist church britney attended that event and has more tonight. democratic candidate hillary clinton spent saturday on the around northeast ohio before visiting with voters at olivet institutional baptist church and cleveland as aa note to days of big in ohio. i hope everyone turns out to vote because there's a lot at stake. on for families and our o countries the townhall meeting gave clinton the chance to step away from the podium and answer questions from the audience. how would you use executive power to streamline the process for those who have been imprisoned far too long and did not deserve to be there. very much think we got to go further and provide more clemency to larger numbers of people. on other president as working very hard on this i expect you will see more clemency request granted during this last year of his presidency clinton address a like your plans to create more jobs and keep companies in the us.an wherein take that all the tech specs they got, city and county. the talk but please corruption and gun violence how she wants

@institutional baptist church @invited him. @the set up is happening as we @speak. @>> reporter: invitation only. @they're expecting about @1600 people and they have the @setup that just began for the @wrapping up at this point. @police officers are here, @security is here getting ready @for the doors to open around @noon. @and the event will begin right @around 2:00. @that will be sander's third @visit to northeast ohio ahead of @the primary and his second time @in less than ten days. @his downtown cleveland office @actually opened last week and a @couple thursdays ago sanders @brought his campaign to brooeia. @he told a big crowd that he can @win the buck eye state. @channel 3's tom baers sat down @with sanders for a one on one. @sanders says his campaign is @fighting for an economy that @works for all not just the 1%. @>> i would say that 80%-90% of @ohio knew what beres was. @national polls actually had us @in the lead over hillary @clinton. @all over this country we have a @lot of momentum. @>> reporter: a tight race @betw

they'll be at evergreen baptist church from 9:00-4:00. applications will be provided. >>> a local principal found himself behind bars this weekend for allegedly assaulting his life. dennis seamster is a principal school. his wife called 9-1-1 because he pushed her during an argument. when police arrived, they saw a knot on her bed. >>> tonight officers carried fallen officer ashley guindon to a memorial chapel. she was shot and killed this weekend responding to a domestic violence shooting. >> [inaudible] >> mark: the suspected shooter, army staff sergeant, ronald hamilton. his wife was found dead inside the house and their 11-year-old son was unharmed. guindon had just been assigned to that shift the day before. about to celebrate a milestone, and leaders there are speaking with us about what helps their community thrive. >>> tell us kids who are home schooled will have to wait longer for their chance to play sports in public high schools. and -- >> mark: >> mark: just about an hour from lynchburg is a hidden gem. for 50 years, smith mou

christian, yeah, i was raised southern baptist and i went to a baptist church." trump is staying focused on ohio, cancelling a florida rally today, focused on ohio, cancelling a florida rally today, to hold rally in youngstown instead. for continuing voters prepare to go to the polls.. now dot com or download the fox19 now mobile app. check on the morning forecast. frank joins us with ahead. we will start out areas of dense fog that will reduce visibilities less than a quarter of mile. then a warm of showers and thunder by early afternoon into the evening. a high of 68 degrees. tonight rain chances will taper with a overnight low 54. tuesday will be warm and breezy with sunshine mixed with some clouds at times a high of 73 degrees. we will watch for the chance of strong or severe storms late tuesday evening into tuesday night as a front will push through cooling us off to more normal like temps back in the mid 50s for the end of the week but dry. tuesday nights storms could give us damaging wind and lightning . carstar utility work requires short- term full closu

. >> scott broom has the story from the first baptist church of glep arden. >> reporter: jacai colson died in a tragic incident of friendly fire and received full police honors. his parents have been described as an emotional rock for police colleagues grieving the twin tragedies of colson's deaths has he confronted the suicidal gunman march 13th and the knowledge it was a police bullet that mistakenly killed him. >> jaca iran toward it. >> he faced it all head on. he put it all on the line. >> >> reporter: friends describe col son's charisma, and his mother broke hearts. >> jacai was a six-month baby. he fought to get her and he fought going out. >> reporter: colson will be buried in his hometown outside philadelphia. colson was 28 years old when he died. he was a police officer just four years. at the first baptist church in glen arden, scott broom, wusa 9. >> the man who attacked was wounded and survived. he and his two brothers are charged with age ising -- staging the incident. >>> noah's law passed named for the officer who was killed this year by a drunk driver. it would requ i

memorial service was held at west baptist church west. -- first baptist church west. it was a picture in the community, a former councilman, served in the administration and kept with up with current events in charlotte. they say he was one-of-a-kind and knew how to get things done. >> he always had me laughing about stuff that he would tell me about things going on in his life and so you know he was a good guy, fun guy to be around. >> green battle with cancer old and will be missed. >>> coming up, to be in our area both breaking records. we stopped by where kids on the east coast based on one of the fastest-growing sports and spreading awareness about colorectal cancer. what people are encouraging to when we return. . >> thousand came out today for the annual carolina weather fest all weekend the eight teams from all over faced off in back-to-back games the event is hosted by the north carolina youth rugby unit. that is a nonprofit group, the governing body for youth rugby in the state. it is their largest best yet and rugby has quickly become one of the fastest-gro

they march from east washington heights baptist church to a bus stop on naylor avenue. the bus stop is where a woman was killed and a man injured in a shooting last week. >> i don't know if you can point to just one event or one person. i think it is devaluing things that happened. kimberly: the group is asking for more police presence in and near east washington heights baptist church. could help. a simulated train derailment was the focus of a major emergency drill involving metro and alexandria emergency crews. ashley coleman watch the response. -- watched the response. like somethinged had gone terribly wrong, fire trucks and ambulances rushing in, dozens of emergency headed to what appeared to be a derailed metro train. world, we have to think the worst, unfortunately. luckily, metro was planning for what could happen. audible agencies were put to the test, working together, trying to safely evacuate riders from the derailed train while helping the injured. >> we are showing that we can handle real-world emergency situations. ashley: metro used to do one large emer

here are live pictures from the baptist church in raleigh. following the town hall meeting, he is expected to speak to you can watch it right now streaming live on abc11.com and andrea blanford is there and she will have the wrap up starting at 4:00. barbara: also developing, state lawmakers heard from the state health director about the zika virus spread. the joint legislative committee decided to monitor the virus and there is no cause for concern. john: the acc is underway in washington, d.c. -- wake forces playing in the opening game right now and at the half. it is wait for us, 33. look for updates starting at 4:00. barbara: remember that you can stay connected all day by going to abc11.com or to the mobile app on your phone or tablet. don: for the rest of today, a lot like tomorrow and thursday. lots of sunshine, mid-70's. and then we will start to work that back in on thursday and friday. saturday, warm and humid and cloudy. showers are possible sunday as we spring forward. monday, 74 degrees. barbara: they're a nice. thank you. from t

mark harris, pastor of first baptist church in charlotte. he told the crowd he is the only candidate that can take on donald trump. >> it is becoming abundantly clear if you want to beat donald trump our campaign is the only one that can do it. there are a lot of people who like marco rubio, who like john kasich, they are good, honorable men i respect, neither has any plausible path to the nomination. neither one of them can get to 1237 delegates. >> he criticized trump's loyalty in concord calling him a man who thinks he is an emporer. >>> go to wbtv.com and that is where you can see ted cruz's reaction after a reporter interrupted him at yesterday's event. >>> still ahead on wbtv news this morning, after nearly four years, charlotte-mecklenburg police think they have solved the murder of a pregnant teenager. how the teen's parents reacted to news of an arrest. [laughing] honey, you gotta see this! time warner cable now makes your internet do more. honey! [laughing] honey? our ultra-fast internet with home wifi keeps your devices connected,

. >> support irrelevants stopped by greater providence baptist church and friendship missionary baptist church. >>> protests continue at donald trump rallies across the country. dramatic scene outside a rally in kansas city, missouri, saturday night. people had to t use milk to clean their eyes of pepper spray. unclear whether it hit more anti-trump demonstrators or supporters. police say majority of people exercised their rights to gather >>> marco rubio shows he's torn about supporting donald trump if he becomes the nominee. >> i still at this moment intend to support the nominee but getting harder every day. >> rubio said having trump as the nominee will shatter and fracture the party. the comments come before the primary tomorrow in rubio's home state in florida. trump holds a substantial lead over him there. in addition to north carolina and florida, ohio, missouri and illinois will also be holding primaries tomorrow. a caucus for republicans will be held in the northern mariana islands. >>> a man from charlotte is expected to represent himself in court as the trial gets underway i

their two sons from oakland's allen temple baptist church boy scout troop 409 just earned eagle scout badges after years of hard work. >> finally weathered the storm and made the journey, what they were looking for, and i'm proud of them. >> reporter: in fact who sets of brothers get the honors. the youles and kennedy and cameron watson. this troop has produced 39 eagle scouts since 1989. >> the scout motto is being prepared. i learned to be prepared in all falls sets of my life, school, parents, my brother. >> clayton earned his eggle scout status in six years but his brother cameron wanted us to know. >> i did it in five years so tell me about brotherhood. we are all brothers in the troop. >> this troop wants to keep scouting going, but money is tight. equipment and uniforms are pricey, and they need help. parent gloria crowell says she is not slur he boys would be without troop 409. >> it really does involve trying to stay out of the streets, and being able to help expand this troop and help seek continual donations for us. >> a safe haven in the neighborhood. we see a lot of thing

the scout troop here at allen temple baptist church has a long history of scouting, and they are putting out the call for more scouts to join the troop but they need donations to make that happen. >> talk bat proud movement. these four teens from oakland's allen temple baptist church boy scout troop 409 just earned thunder eagle scout badges after years of hard work. >> very impressive. only four percent of all joys who join scouts become an eagle scout. >> they have produced 39 eagle scouts since 1989. today two set's brothers get the honors. >> the motto is be prepared. i really learned to stay prepared in all facets of my life, in school, work, my parents, my brother. >> clayton earned his eagle scout status in six years but his brother, cameron, wanted us to know -- >> i did it in five years. so, taught me about brotherhood. we're all brothers in the troop. >> this troop wants to keep scouting going but money is tight. they need help. parent glow ya crowell is not sure where her boys would be without at the troop. >> involves trying to stay out of the streets and being able to happen

expected here at the calvary baptist church in school. we're told he is going to get here around noon. it is free and open for the public. you do have to register online before you show up. they say if you register, you do want to show up about an hour early. ted cruz has been busy battling republican front-runner donald trump over the past few weeks. trails trail behind donald trump in most polls. he's leading up to into tuesday's primary. both candidates have been going head-to-head in various debates and been hitting the campaign trail where ted cruz says he has been very outspoken about what would happen to donald trump if he won the republican national convention. >> a bunch of washington deal- makers try to step into a brokered convention and steal the election, i think we'll have a manifest uprising. >> reporter: donald trump says to drop out so ted cruz and he can run against each other. 5:30. reporting live in raleigh, i'm carolina. >>> democratic front-runner north carolina. location. her challenger bernie sanders has not yet be

. >> reporter: as for the clinton had a speech at olivetete baptist church last night. she may have another rally in northeast ohio today. as for bernie sanders, he will be rallying in northeast ohio tomorrow. live in the newsroom, meg shaw, newschannel 5. >>> >>> as meg said hillary clinton stayed in cleveland after her rally at the church yesterday. a group of supporters will be meeting with area voters on her behalf today. they call themselves the mothers of the movement. they are six mothers who lost their children to gun violence or police involved shootings. for months they've traveled the country speaking about why they think hillary clinton is the best candidate to put a stop to the violence. today's events include a luncheon with the mothers of eric garner and dantre hamilton in cleveland, and two other both start at 1:30. >>> while most protests for donald trump remained peaceful. thanks in large part to cleveland police, tensions ran high as the frontrunners moved on elsewhere. police in kansas city said on twitter they used pepper spray to control the crowd

joe bruno is live outside central baptist church where tonight's rally will be held. joe? >> reporter: senator ted cruz is trying to emerge as the alternative to donald trump as they both court north carolina voters. the texas senator will be speaking here today at the central baptist church in kannapolis. this is coming after front runner donald trump visited concord yesterday. according to the poll, trump leads cruz 28-19. marco rubio is in third with 16 points. his first since the past june. he spoke in mississippi about donald trump and how he intends to take over the lead. >> it is easy to talk about making america great. but the real question is do you understand the principles and values that made america great in the first place? >> reporter: and right now governor kasich and marco rubio haven't announced any upcoming stops in north carolina. donald trump will be back in the state on wednesday. joe bruno. >>> a serial burglar is back behind bars after he broke into three homes where students were sleeping of the one home two young women were asleep when one woke up

family that lost their loved ones. 10 on your side's liz kilmer is outside suffolk's olive branch baptist gathered for a benefit there. liz -- what is their connection to this family? several of the victims' loved ones attend the church here. they came out tonight for a special fundraiser -- a concert - that raised 26-hundred dollars to importantly, tonight helped to uplift their spirits. during a tragic time - trenika stringfield is able to smile - as friends, family, community members - offer their hugs, and support. c72 21:03 this is what i need right now my spirit really needed that it's been one week since a deadly tornado took trenika's 2-year-old son, ian lewis. her 26-year-old brother, devine stringfield and her 50-year-old boyfriend, larry turner. c72 trenika 01:22:32 "it's still hard but it's, strength in the lord" nats c24 09:47 "tonight god is gonna help restore this young lady packed pews for this special benefit concert at the olive branch baptist church in suffolk - where trenika's father is a minister. c72 dad 01:23:52 its gonna take time its a process but god is able sing

. >> still ahead -- the untold stories of extraordinary women at the abyssinian baptist church >> march is national women's history month, a time to pay tribute to generations of women committed to excellence. the book "church ladies: untold stories of harlem women in the powell era" does just that. history of the abyssinian baptist church during the heyday of the fight for civil rights -- it does so through the eyes of the women in that struggle. here today is dr. martia goodson, who is the author of this new book, and longtime abyssinian church member grace l. jones. thank you both for being with us this afternoon. >> so, martia, i'm gonna ask you, what made you decide that this was a story that needed to be told in print? >> ah, that's a great question. i'm an oral historian. i interviewed a great number of women, and their stories were very compelling to me. but as i got deeper into the process of figuring out what to do with their interviews, it became apparent to me that these were not famous people. their deeds were unrecorded. their voices were silenced. and also, they offered a

due to the damage at central baptist church following last weeks tornado.. the voting location for the "chap precinct" will be moved to friendship baptist church. our super tuesday coverage begins tomorrow morning starting at five a-m on virginia today. we will bring you around the clock coverage on air and online throughout the day and evening. and... make sure to tune in governor terry mcaulife vetoes legislation aimed at allowing home-schooled students to participate in public-school sports. the governor says the measure would disrupt the level playing field of public school sports competitions. the so-called tebow bill is named for tim tebow-- the former n-f-l quarterback who was home schooled and allowed to play football for his local high school meanwhile -- governor mcauliffe awards the town of boones mill a 600- thousand dollar redevelopment grant to build a new economy. the money will be used to renovate a factory building on the former north american homes property. the factory closed in 2007.. removing the town's largest employer. the grant will a

for bernie, because some of the members wanted bernie. sanders headed over to olivet institutional baptist church where hundreds turned out for a town hall forum. the ticket event was organized by the coalition concern for black lives. >> after singing lift every voice, the black national anthem, senator sanders addressed the congregation and spoke on law enforcement. police brutality, gun control, voting rights, unemployment and poverty. he also answered questions from the audience and this one from a woman who identified herself as tamir rice's cousin. >> what is your message to families like ours across america who even after years have yet to find justice? >>be every instance where there is a death at the hands of the police there will be an immediate federal department of justice investigation. >> okay. i like that he is angry and that he is passionate about all the things that he talks about and like, he can honestly he's the everything he's arguing he's lived through, so i like him. >> that was fantastic that they had -- basically a black venue. some black questions and some black a

catholics, baptists, you name it. >> this is good friday. christians eat fish on friday. sam: it seemed for most it wasn't even religion as much as tradition. d.c. thing. >> my mother and father were living, this is what we'd usually do. >> it's a tradition. i was raised like that. my father used to bring fish home. >> i was brought that way. i like tuna fish today. >> from the church to the carry out good friday brought out d.c.'s fish eaters as it does every year. in n sam ford. abc7 news. leon: president obama and the family back in d.c. tonight. you are seeing the video of the first family arriving back from a trip to cuba in argentina earlier. the obamas are helping to celebrate 138 years of easter egg hunt of the south lawn on the white house on monday. the theme is let's celebrate. more than 35,000 people will be out there enjoying the first family. including shanda of "handle" and "how to get away with murder fame." and shaquille o'neal. it has been an american tradition since 1878 started by president hayes and the first lady lucy. another annual event at the che

. >> right now ted cruz is preparing to speak in kannapolis at central baptist church. speakers before him are wrapping up the texas senator is expected to speak around auto 5:45. and we will bring you part of the speech. and you can watch it by going to wbtv.com. campaign 2016 is heating up in north carolina one of the main points starting here. >> absolutely. and talk about what you think of this. current temperatures in our area right now. look at that! hard to complain! >> meteorologist leigh brock is tracking what is heading our way and is live in the first alert weather center. >> how nice is it outside? up seasonal for this time of year. temperatures in the mid-70s. 74 in charles. and -- and 72 in land lancaster. and let's look where we are. 75 was the high temperature. your average high is 61 . if you really would love to get outside and start planning fight it don't do it yet because our average last frost is the first week of april we could go back to the cool temperatures and go back to the frosty situation hold off a little bit longer. not going to take too

the baptist church was built in the 1880's. some letters to the editor saying every going to let black people go to church right here on market street? the election of jefferson davis and the organization of the confederacy. the martin luther king memorial. the leader of the whole civil really sprangt from that church. you have a wonderful contrast. one of those strange parallels. selma as thefrom civil rights movement changed from the focus on transportation to focus on voting. the marchers came. at saint jude's just a little bit west of town. through the streets of montgomery. they came through court square. this thoroughfare is main street because some any things that happened here. it is a national main street as well. aspects ofbeautiful the issues of civil war and civil rights. both in the same locale. we are want to take all the credit or all the blame. our cities to her staff recently traveled to montgomery, alabama, to learn about its rich history. you're watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-spa

peter's missionary baptist church in dayton. the brother, 68-year-olds daniel gregory schooler was arrested at the church, taken to jail. we're learning schooler sued the pastor in 2011 saying he was owed money from the real estate value of the church. a court ruled against him. police are not saying if that was the motive for the shooting. they plan to meet with prosecutors today to discuss charges against daniel schooler who has a history of mental illness. >>> san francisco citius about catches fire at a gas station and causes an explosion. >> the fuel pumps were destroyed in the fire. officials say the bus driver pulled into the station after his engine started to overheat they are still trying to figure out if a series of loud booms heard during the fire were from exploding tires or gas tank. one firefighter did suffer minor injuries fighting the blaze. >>> 9:16. the average taxpayer now pays well over $100 to have taxes done whether a professional or tax software programs. many could file free. consumer reporter john matar

this is live at the baptist church, that voting precinct will open to a rush of voters in just under an hour. ashley joins us live now with the crucial things you need to know before you head out to good morning. >> reporter: good morning. a very big day here in florida. national attention is on us, i am joined now by the supervisor of elections craig lattimore. how are you feeling >> good. i think we're going to have a great day here. >> reporter: how did you prepare today? it didn't sneak up on you. >> no, we've planned this for months. we have 348 precincts so we've deployed equipment. we've trained several thousand poll workers. we're going to be ready to go experience today when they come out. >> reporter: talk to me a little bit about any problems you could be anticipating. what you have done to make sure that those don't happen. >> the only problem i'm anticipating is traffic. there's a railroad closed on highway 41 in lutz. it's going to impede people fromet going to the polls. we're going to be watching things all day, watching our polling sites, making sure everything is go

. >> reporter: that's right, he said to speak at calvary baptist church. people had to preregister although the event is free and all the seats are spoken for, and there is a waiting list for people to attend. cruz is trying to position himself as the only republican that can beat donald trump. the texas senator is second in the gop primary race. he is a southern baptist who has made appeals to conservative christians as the core of his campaign. but, trump has won more evangelicals than ted cruz in rivalries. this sunday, donald trump will rally with glenn beck as well as chuck norris. today's event in raleigh set for noon. we will air it on our website, www.wral.com. >>> donald trump has north carolina on his mind, this week the republican front runner was in concord yesterday speaking to a letter of more than 3000. trump frequently referenced trade deals he thinks are costing americans drops and are vowing to get waterboarding and other torture techniques on terror suspects change. he will be back tomorrow appearing at the crown coliseum. >>> former pre

reynolds and his wife, along with a handful of christ followers founded the midway baptist church in clear water harbor. the church is considered tonight first organized church of any kind in what later became the city of clear water, and the very first baptist church. during the 1920's under the leadership of pastor a.j., the church undertook a major building project. the ornate rotunda was completed in 1926 and became known as one of the most magnificent buildings in the south land. it stood as the home for the church and recognized as a clear water landmark for nearly 80 years. the history is a story of god's grace and providence. it endured the effects of both world wars and great depression and continue to experience years of significant growth under the leadership of pastors burton throughout the 19 50 east -- 1950's and 1960's, bill anderson who led the church from 1975 to 2002. since fwour, pastor willie rice has led this vibrant church and expanding outreach. the church is distinguished by its faithful adherence to the message of god's love. the church has served its local c

full effect now, hillary clinton staying in cleveland overnight after her appearance at olivette baptist church last night. though she has no publicly scheduled events in our area supporters will meet with area voters on her behalf. they call themselves the mothers of the movement. they are six mothers who lost children to gun violence or police involved shootings. for months they've been traveling the country speaking about why they think hillary clinton is the best candidate to put a stop to the violence. today's events include a luncheon with the mothers of eric garner and dantre hamilton. and in cleveland with sandra bland. hamilton's mother goes there as well. both start 1:30. >>> while the protests at donald trump's rally remained peaceful and uneventful thanks to the heavy cleveland police presence, tensions running high as the frontrunner moved on elsewhere. to kansas city for another rally and police said they used pepper spray to control the crowd and arrested two people. during his rally in kansas city trump called for all protesters to be arrested. >>> the incident in kansas

the ballad first baptist church was silent for one hundred thirty years but it was recently restored and people were invited to come bring it during black history month the colonial williamsburg foundation says more than four thousand people came to wring the last month a social media hashtag let freedom ring challenge and why i will ring showed up more than one hundred thousand times on twitter and were seen by more than seven million people on instagram when you think of williamsburg history probably comes to mind now the chamber and tourism alliance is trying to add sports to the equation city is focusing on sports marketing. hope is to bring more athletes and more families to the area for sports vacations. city officials tell us the girls softball national fast pitch world series in twenty thirteen twenty fourteen really helped out the local economy each one of those tournaments frog athletes from all over the country they were here for seven days thousand room nights and so each year that was about a four million dollar economic impact we're also told the economic impact of host

seats are already reserved here for this rally at calvary baptist church in raleigh. there is a waiting list of people hoping they might have a chance to get inside the doors here this afternoon. himself as the only republican who can defeat front runner, donald trump. the texas senator right now second in the gop primary race. he is a southern baptist who has made appeals to conservative christians as the core of his campaign but trump has more evangelicals than cruz in eight primaries. later today, ted cruz will hold a rally in charlotte. this sunday he will be back at the charlotte area for a larger rally with glenn beck and chuck norris. today's rally in raleigh is set for noon. we will air it live on our website, www.wral.com. >> thanks. tara lynn live in raleigh. >>> donald trump is also focusing on north carolina. the republican front runner was in concord speaking to a crowd of more than 3000. he frequently referenced trade deals he things are costing american jobs. he also vows to get laws changed to legalize waterboarding and other interrogation techniques o

john kaisch will hold one man's is holding a town hall at the institutional baptist church at 2:00 p.m. we will have real-time results at fox8.com as the ohio primary turns coming in on tuesday. stay with us video complete over the results. the man who was shot was taken to metrohealth medical center.sprprmimi police have not said they have any suspects are made any arrests. the trying to determine what sparked the tenth a house fire. crews say an elderly couples say another the couple lived in the home. were working smoke detectorsov been allocated to a massivee explosion at 300 miles from the shopping center. witnesses from a small plus and seven shooting up this just kept five firms running parkway fortunately no one was seriously hurt fox 8 has exclusive video . -ellipsis crashid they say that the cake was arty downward the driver was running got stuck. the driver of the blue right thereri for 7:00 a.m. is our new ball coming to the area were going to climb back up to the welcome back. scott sabol. good morning everybody. they had kind of felt wall and moved out. this is from when

she will campaign at the olivette institutional baptist church tomorrow night. governor kasich will hold a town hall in strongsville sunday at the earnfelt rec center and meet with people at the restaurant near canton on sunday night. the ohio primary is tuesday. we've got you covered here on air, but if you want to get up-to-date information on the candidates or find out where you're voting, check out our election tab. everything is there for you online. >> brian: excellent, q. thank you. >>> huntington bank released they're plan of how many of the merger with first merit. it's ten branches between summit and port aj county and? stark county five close or merge. >> brian: we could have a buyer cleveland. the local real estate developer told cleveland.com he has a group of investors in a mix to buy the 57-story office tower. it went up for sale back in september. there's no deal in place right now, but he says the negotiations are underway. >> tia: we hope to learn today what caused a huge explosion at crocker park in westlake. >> brian: the fire and explosion a

gloria: i am at calvary baptist church. ted cruz will be speaking at noon. ted cruz is one of several presidential candidates making their way to north carolina. donald trump campaigned in charlotte yesterday. 5000 people interrupted his speech, all of them kick doubt. >> we are going to win with our military. we are going to get rid of obamacare. we are getting rid of common core. we will have great education. we are going to have borders you will be proud of. if we do not have borders, we do not have a country. gloria: bill clinton stopped in raleigh, stumping for hillary clinton. >> we have to keep the door open, stand your ground and find common ground. you need a president who can do both. gloria: hillary clinton will be in north carolina on thursday, tickets are free, but you will have to sign up at the door or online. we have a link to that information on abc 11. rodriguez. john: north carolina voters head to the polls next week. four states are up for grabs today. it is being called super tuesday round two. >> the sooner i could become turn attention

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. >> outside of the olivet institutional baptist churchh in cleveland . this is where bernie sanders accepted an invitation to speak to a ticket only audience saturday. >> bernie sanders comes to saturdayay. >> ohio i think is a tossup and come down to who has a better organization.tt >> his campaign chairman calls the nextxt 10 days a sprint to the finish. >> is it is extremely important in this primary season it may be one of the most important states in the country, we all know it is important november general election al, the sheer ohio is a battleground in the primaryth and a battleground for both democrats and republicans. >> bridge's campaign to the baptist church is not of what his thoughts are on the as president would do to impact our local community sodas are important. >> on friday hillary clinton was to speak to the ohio black caucus which includes thousands of voters to push to win the buckeye state winning is gaining momentum. >> a volunteer from washington statete and decided to leave my community and quit my job i am self-employed i have

he is second in the primary race, a southern baptist, made appeals to conservative christians as the core of his campaign. trump has won more evangelicals than cruz. later today, cruz will hold a rally near charlotte and return to the area where he will hold a larger rally with glenn beck and chuck norris. we will air it live on our website, wral.com. >>> dom trump is also focusing on north carolina this week, the republican front runner was in concord yesterday, north of charlotte speaking to a crowd of 3000 people, trump frequently referenced trade jobs, he vowed to get laws changed to legalize waterboarding and other interrogation techniques on terror suspects. trump will come back to north carolina tomorrow, he will be in fayetteville appearing at crown colosseum in fayetteville. >>> president bill clinton rounded up votes for his wife. he spoke to a crowd of people in downtown raleigh before heading to greensboro and charlotte. he urged voters to support his wife, touting her experience at home and abroad. >>> we know the funeral arrangements for nancy reagan, the former first l