reims, sens, senlis, soissons beauvais, canterbury and chartres would soon show the influence of the new saint-denis. the medieval cathedral was the focus of popular pride and intense rivalry, for the prestige and importance of a town was determined largely by the size, height, and beauty of its cathedral. this rivalry pushed church spires to unprecedented heights. the spire of chartres would extend beyond the top of a 30-story skyscraper. a 40-floor skyscraper would be needed to surpass the spire at strasbourg. the dimensions of the cathedral at amiens made it possible for the entire city, 10,000 people to attend one ceremony. but it was in the height of the vaulting that the most intense competition reigned. when the vaulting of notre dame in paris achieved a height of 108 feet, chartres rose 121 feet above the ground. reims then surpass this with 125 feet. next, amie rose 139 feet. finally beauvais cathedral which would have beaten them with a vault of 158 feet went beyond the limits of safety and medieval engineering skill, and the walls of the choir collapsed. despite isolated d

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. >>> over in england, the archbishop of canterbury delivered his easter sermon in front of hundreds of people. he focused on the suffering of people facing conflict around the globe. >>> in ukraine, people came together to celebrate despite the ongoing conflict. people lined up to be blessed by a local priest and christians in the eastern city of donetsk say they are praying for a peaceful solution to their crisis. >>> syria's president bashar al assad made a visit to a christian town recaptured from rebels. his easter visit to the city of malula highlighted the government's confidence over recent gains against rebels around damascus and the lebanese border >> thousands of christians flock to the holy land to celebrate easter. pilgrims from around the world took part in ceremonies today at the holy church in jerusalem. aj's nick schifrin has more on the holy term. >> reporter: how old is this document? >> 1,261 >> the documents don't only unlock his family's past. >> so this is the surltan stamp? >> this is the sultan stamp. in gold. >> it unlocked the past, present and future of ch

out in uengland, the archbishop of canterbury delivered his message, focusing on the suffering of those facing conflict around the world. then in ukraine, people came together to celebrate the holiday despite despite the ongoing conflict. people wound up to be blessed by a local priest in donetsk say they are praying for a peaceful solution to their crisis. syria's president made a very rare visit to an ancient christian town recaptured from rebels last week. assad's visit highlighted the government's confidence over recent gains against rebels around damascus and along the lebanese border. thousands of christians flocked to the holy land and took part in sar known ease at the holy church. nick schifrin has more >> reporter: how old is this document? >> this one is 1,261. >> adebe's documents don't only unlock his family's past. >> so this is the sultan's stamp? >> this is the sultan's stamp. and this is written also in gold. >> unlock the past, presence and future of christianity's most sacred site >> they keep the church in peace. >> for 1,000 years. >> each sultan gave your family a

she's crowned by the arch bishop of canterbury.hristianity part of the royal family is not what they are leading with, but it is a fact that england is a christian nation, which actually means it's more tolerant in a lot of different religions can live peacefully and coe existent and they have. >> i felt it to be a fairly ago gnostic place. the second cue lar critics were saying let's not lose our heads over that. >> i've got a big neck. one more thing is up next. ♪ >>> all right. well time now for one more thing. >> one more thing. >> really, you have just forfeited your time. sorry. >> chicago teachers unit kbron president -- union president karen lewis joking about gun violence in chicago, take a listen. >> we still cannot continue along the lines, where we give up our pensions willing ly because they are offering false choices. take this cut or nothing. that's not a choice. that's not a choice. that's where you are going to shoot me here or here. i'm still shot. [ laughter ] >> this is chicago. >> you know why else that's not f

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and the archbishop of canterbury talks about the suffering of people in conflict around the world.nd of course, here in the u.s., a sunrise service was held at the lincoln memorial in washington. worshippers gathered on the steps and sang beautiful songs there, as you can hear for yourself. >>> the first family attended a service at the 19th street baptist church in washington, as they entered the church a small choir sang a rendition of "oh happy day." >>> easter weather is looking beautiful along the east. talk about picture-perfect. highs in the 60s in new york and washington. in atlanta last night, pretty rough weather. strong winds were toppling several trees. but the skies are fortunately clear today. jen carfagno from the weather channel is here. >> parts of texas, could see severe weather across west texas from lubbock down to midland, maybe toward the abilene area. hail or damaging winds would be the main thing to watch. chicago, our warmest in four years. 77 degrees. indianapolis, our best easter sunday weather in about 15 years. overall, we're going to have some much mor