but the most shocking is in fayetteville. pastor john harris said he was trying to communicate the word of god through marriage where dads should give their boys a punch if they showed effeminate behavior and, quote, crack their limp wrist. take a listen. >> so your little son acts girlish when he's 4 years old. instead of crushing is like a cockroach and saying, man up, son, get outside and dig a ditch because that's what boys do, you get out the camera, and you start taking pictures of johnny acting like a female, and then you upload it to youtube, and everybody laughs about it. and next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed. can i make it any clearer? dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. man up. give him a good punch. okay? you are not going to act like that. you were made by god to be a male, and you're going to be a male. >> dr. harris' sermon went viral online. he sort of apologized. here's what

shawn harris, the hate-driven pastor of a baptist church in fayetteville, north carolina, has finallyfor this sermon that he gave this sunday. >> so if your son starts acting girlish when he's 4 years old and instead of squashing that and saying get outside and dig a ditch because that's what boys do you, get out the camera and you start taking pictures of johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to youtube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid s. acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed. can i make it any clearer? dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and you crack that wrist. man up. give him a good punch. okay? you're not going to act like that. you were made by god to be a male and you are going to be a male. and when your daughter starts acting too butch, you rein her in. and you say, oh, no. oh, no, sweetheart. you can play sports. play them. play them to the glory of god. but sometimes you're going to act like a girl and walk like a girl and talk like a girl and smel

heading for fayetteville and fort smith, arkansas. 9,000 lightning strikes in the last hour. we also have the chance for some flooding concerns. at the peak of tornado season in may in the u.s. we typically have 257 tornadoes. that's almost just about ten a day we would average in may. we'll wait and see what happens. as of today not a big tornado threat but anywhere from omaha to minneapolis that's the biggest threat of severe weather this afternoon. that's a look at your national forecast. now here's a look at your weather outside your window. many areas of the country today will have a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms. boston will be cool and chilly and more rain than not. areas like raleigh and minneapolis, just a slight chance of storms late today. it's tornado season. this is the peak of it. the weather channel crew will be out there the whole month of may trying to chase these tornadoes. >>> coming up home ownership tumbles. scooping up sun could. and the big business that is mother's day. plus bobby brown sits down with matt lauer to talk about whitney ho

this is fayetteville, north carolina, right along i-95. back today greensborough and nashboro is where we're watching showers and thunderstorms this morning approaching interstate 73. there's still bad weather out there, but overall a lot better than yesterday morning at this time. we don't have any large areas of rain. and the reward is coming. cold front that has already gone through chicago, milwaukee, it's starting to head toward detroit, dry, beautiful canadian air mass is moving in. this will make even new england and the mid-atlantic clear out by tomorrow. so the forecast, we've already had 48 hours of rain in the area. i don't think we'll have much more. many areas picked up a half inch to about an inch of rain. the rest of the nation looks fantastic. here's that reward. look at washington, d.c., the next five days. temperatures in the 80s and 70s, i think we have five dry days in a row, in what should be a beautiful weekend, low humidity with temperatures in the 80s. that's because the rest of the country is gorgeous, a summerlike

to fort smith, to fayetteville, arkansas, springfield. and the line of storms moving along interstate 44, possibly with eyes on st. louis. two or three hours from now, in the peak of the morning rush hour. late today, if we're going to get tornadoes, central portions of minnesota, northern minnesota, isolated tornadoes, maybe get a handful or so. strong thunderstorms from omaha to iowa and then in areas of course, there in minnesota. but that's about it for today. so we can deal with that. as far as the rain goes this morning, if you're in new england, grab the umbrella, it's a pretty weak storm that's coming through, but there will be a good, steady light rain on and off, especially in areas of massachusetts, southern new england, eventually connecticut. in new york city, it's about to start raining here. and even in d.c., we think the line of showers is approaching you, not an all-day rain for the big cities, but this morning is when you'll get some damp weather. so the forecast for tuesday, chilly and cool for new england, high of 51 i

let's go to the phones and hear from fayetteville, north carolina. leon is on our democrats line. hi. >> caller: hi, good morning. mr. cost, i wanted to tell you that i agree with your analysis in your book. i'm at the tail end of the baby boom generation, the '60s, president kennedy asking not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. that character seems to have dissipated. today it's all about what have you done for me, for me. this country is not going to work if we don't all kick in. making connections from the corner, asking whether or not america should get involved in syria and help out on a global aspect. i just feel as though if we don't work together, this thing doesn't pan out right. it's about service. service to our country. the youngest country now, compared to everybody else and we've got a whole continent. everybody is looking at us. i don't want to ramble but seems to get -- one i came up with, we all kick in no matter what. the other one, everybody coming to the table and saying what about me, what about me and forgetting about the u

sociopaths than the and the very very ugly pastor sean harris so called pastor during a sermon in fayetteville north carolina on sunday so called pat how could anybody who says this goes up be a pastor pastor here as talked about his support for the state's amendment one which would legally define marriage as between one man and one woman and without was civil unions and domestic partnerships in his sermon harris also suggest that parents should attack their children physically attack their children if they're displaying behaviors outside of typical typical gender norms take a listen. dads the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist you walk over there and crack that wrist. man oh. give me a good punch. is an intolerance aside so called pastor harris is encouraging him condoning violence against children it's not just very very ugly it's mind boggling and very very old. after the break since the occupy movement began last year there's been a struggle within the peaceful movement to keep those who use violent tactics out of the fold so where exactly do anarchists fit in the movement to

the university of arkansas at fayetteville.band and will be on the symbol line in his freshman year. >> i am completely deaf without these cochlear implants, i can't hear anything at all. >> like a lot of kids, he would drag the pots and pans out and spend a lot of time making racket. >> you can feel that, right? so i play that when i play it, i'm going to feel that, so that helps me keep time when i play, as well. >> just incredible. >> percussion is all about feeling. >> mitchell started playing drums when he was 3 years old. >> that gives me goosebumps seeing a story like that. it's seven minutes before the hour, folks. >>> some really good video of a jumbo jet crash and the jumbo jet snaps in half in the desert. why is it okay to watch this and not be worried? you might be a bit surprised how this came down and why. you're watching "early start." o? i have to be a tree in the school play. good. you like trees. well, i like climbing them, but i've never been one. good point. ( captain ) this is your captain speaking. annie g

. >> a lot of people talking about this reverend shawn harris who is from fayetteville who cold his congregationt's what jesus today. >> they do not want to talk about the new testament. i cannot find a person that can give a civil justification for this amendment. i bring up what about what jesus said? they don't want to talk about part two of that book only part one. and it's very frustrating, because i think christianity is a lot more than that. >> the "new york times" wrote a peace on this literally called bigotry on the ballot. this enshrines this obvious constitution. when you look at the later pew poll 47% are in favor of marriage equality 43% against. and yet this is really an important vote on tuesday in north carolina. >> it is. i believe the whole nation is watching. and alec is more than a talking point here in our state. they have the north carolina republican leadership our spoker of the house was voted man of the year by alec. wow. >> yeah. >> but it's all about education, and that's what we're trying to do here in the last three or four days and tell people the far-reaching conse

god bless you. [ applause ] the promise we're fulfilling today to the maroney family of fayetteville,can announce that army captain virgil maroney iii is coming home, and he will finally rest in peace. [ applause ] you know, some have called this war era a scar on our country, but here's what i say. as any wound heals, the tissue around it becomes tougher. becomes stronger than before. and in this sense, finally, we might begin to see the true legacy of vietnam. because of vietnam and our veterans, we now use american power smarter, we honor our military more, we take care of our veterans better. because of the hard lessons of vietnam, because of you, america is stronger than before. [ applause ] and finally, on this anniversary, and all the years to come, let us remember what binds us as one people. this is important for all of us, whether you taugfought in the vietnam war, fought against it, whether you were too young to be shaked by it. it is important that our children understand the sacrifices that were made by our troops in vietnam. that for them this is more than just a name in

god bless you. [ applause ] the promise we're fulfilling today to the maroney family of fayetteville,can announce that army captain virgil maroney iii is coming home, and he will finally rest in peace. [ applause ] you know, some have called this war era a scar on our country, but here's what i say. as any wound heals, the tissue around it becomes tougher. becomes stronger than before. and in this sense, finally, we might begin to see the true legacy of vietnam. because of vietnam and our veterans, we now use american power smarter, we honor our military more, we take care of our veterans better. because of the hard lessons of vietnam, because of you, america is stronger than before. [ applause ] and finally, on this anniversary, and all the years to come, let us remember what binds us as one people. this is important for all of us, whether you taugfought in the vietnam war, fought against it, whether you were too young to be shaked by it. it is important that our children understand the sacrifices that were made by our troops in vietnam. that for them this is more than just a name in

there's been welcome home parades organizeded by civilians in houston, and tucson and fayetteville, northlina, and in florida. in richmond, virginia, the parade snaked along a mild longroute to the city's world war i memorial. the parade ended at a resource village of state agencies and organizations offering vets things like career advice and services. house majority leader eric cantor was there. so was the mayor of richmond, dwight jones. and on saturday, kansas city, missouri, people turned out for that city's welcome home parade. the mayor declared it welcome home heroes day. >> richmond, virginia, just the -- figuring out how they and their cities want to mark theend of the iraq war. this upcoming monday is not just a day off, it's the first memorial day since the end of the war. it's time to get going. to get your feet moving to the beat. it's time to start gellin' with dr. scholl's and feel the energy from your feet up. thanks to the energizing support and cushioning of dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles, you'll want to get up and go. >>> best new thing in the world. this is the u.

. >> harris preaches a biblical interpretation at the berean baptist church in fayetteville that homosexuality is a choice, a offensive behavior. anyone looking for an apology --. >> to be more careful, to make sure that no one thinks that sean harris is suggesting as was said, although i never said this, beat the gay out of children. those weren't my words, i don't even believe that there's such a thing as gay children. i wasn't saying that, i was dealing with efeminate behavior. >> is there anything you need to apologize for? >> i don't think i need to apoll ice for teaching to my followers what they need to know. >>. >> reporter: the protesters are down here, overyasway from theh. they were granted a permto say what they needed to say at this intersection. and the complaints they have are not just about the words that the pastor had in his service last sunday, but about the reaction from the congregation. >> give him a punch, i support you. and they were laughing. nc said wait a minute, hold on. >> i heard laughter, i heard a few amens on that recording. >> because they knew what i meant, t

sean harris tells the "fayetteville observer" he doesn't advocate hitting children and wishes he could was preaching about marriage prior to vote next week on the state constitutional amendment that would define marriage as a union between a man and woman. >>> celebrities are known for unusual baby name choices. levi johnson is taking it to extremes. and he said he will name his new baby girl after a gun, the name, breeze baretta. johnson and the new girlfriend claims she got pregnant when they went on a hunting trip and forgot birth control. johnson is also the father of tripp, the son with bristol pailin. >>> she said she loves her daughter and would never harm her. tmz catches up with the woman accused of taking her five-year- old into the tanning booth. >>> the cat -- caps game finished five minutes ago and lost in case you missed it and many, many overtimes. it was a heartbreak. what the caps are saying today and how they regroup. laura. >>> and i thought you were still in bed. after staying up so late. we continue to see more rain tomorrow. you don't want to miss the forecast. th

i mean until i know differently from detective locklear or the fayetteville police department yes, ma'amdefinitely keeping hope alive. >> i know you were spending some time in north carolina recently helping with that search. police seem to have scaled back some of the searching. what are they telling you about where the investigation is focused now? >> they're having to do a lot more, instead of the searching, they still have a lot of volunteers and organizations that do the searches, and you know, things like that, so they can actually get out and talk to the people, and you know, the people to find out what happened to kelli. >> mike, what do you make of this investigation? i'm sure you're frustrated as everyone is about the lack of progress. do you think the police have a working theory and they're keeping it quiet or are they truly at a dead end here? >> no, i believe they're doing everything they can to find her safe, bring her back home. i don't doubt what they're doing. >> johnna we just mentioned that the investigation has focused somewhat on this nicolas holbert who said that h

a fayetteville pastor is apologizing, kind of, for saying this weekend that parents should beat their children if their children appear to be gay. the wife of the sponsor of the anti-gay amendment is reported to have described the impetus of the amendment for defending the white majority, encouraging caucasian reproduction in north carolina. white people can't be in gay marriages, they need to be in straight marriages so they can make more white people. the amendment sponsor is denying that this was his intention, but that's what the anti-gay politics around this is like in north carolina. president obama has actually waded into this state issue. his re-election campaign has said that they oppose this anti-gay ballot measure in north carolina. the democratic party in the state is fighting against it. so mitt romney's taking -- so president obama has taken a position on this. mitt romney has not. whatever mitt romney's position is on this north carolina anti-gay thing, mitt romney will not say. he will not say publicly, at least. what does he think privately? well, i'm sure privately y

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a sermon by a fayetteville, north carolina, pastor has gone viral online, triggering a lot of outragecing him to issue a retraction of sorts. shawn harris is the senior pastor and gave a fiery 55-minute sermon denouncing same-sex marriage ahead of next week's vote in north carolina to outlaw such marriages and all civil unions. now, in the course of his sermon he told fathers in his congregation if their young sons acted efemininely, he should give them a good punch. if they have a limp wrist, they should crack that wrist. if girls are butch, they should be reined in as well. here's some of what he said during his sermon. >> so your little son starts to act a little girlish when he's 4 years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that's what boys do -- [ laughter ] you get out the camera and start taking pictures of johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to youtube and everybody laughs about it. the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies t

[applause] it's a promise we are fulfilling today to the maroney family of fayetteville, arkansas. 43irgil maroney iii is coming home and he can finally rest in peace. [applause] some have called this war an era of scar on our country. but here's what i say. as any wound heals, the tissue around it becomes tougher, it becomes stronger than before. in this sense, finally, we might begin to see the true legacy of vietnam. because of vietnam and our veterans we use american power smarter, rehonor our military more, we take care of our veterans better. because of the hard lessons of vietnam, because of you america is stronger than before. [applause] finally on this anniversary and all the years to come, let us remember what binds us as one people. this is important for all of us whether you fought in the vietnam war or fought against it, whether you were too young to be shaped by it. it's important that our children understand the sacrifices that were made by our troops in vietnam. that for them this is more than just a name in the history books. it's important that we know the lesson of

this is the prom we're fulfilling today to the maroney family of fayetteville, arkansas. 43 years after and will finally rest in piece. come called this war era a scar on our country. but here's what i say. as any wound heel, the tissue around it becomes tougher, welcomes stronger than before. in this spence, we finally might be able to see a way to treat our veterans better. because of the hard lessons of vietnam, because of you, america is stronger than before. let us remember what binds us as one people. this is important for all of us, whether you fought in the vietnam war, fight against it, whether you're too young to be shaped by it, it is important that our children understand the sacrifices that were made by our troops in vietnam. but for them, this is more than just a name in the history books. it's important that we know the lesson of a gift once left at this memorial. most of the tourists and visitors departed. and there it was, a football helmet. black with white stripes and a wristband. and with them was a handwritten note. it was a young man in high school. but in that sho

shawn harris is the senior pastor of a baptist church in fayetteville, north carolina.on. >> dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. man up! give them a good punch. >> harris is now apologizing for his word choice. >> if i had to do it again, would i say it differently? yes, i would. everyone in the congregation on that morning understood that there was no intent in any way, shape or form that i meant to break a wrist. >> harris says he is not backing down from the message of the sermon, saying, quote, god makes it clear that effeminate behavior is ungodly. i'm not going to compromise on that. >>> a high school lacrosse player in florida has been suspended for sucker punching another player. the player he hit was knocked out for less than a minute. later appeared okay. champion has been suspended from classes for at least the rest of the week. >> that's it jb just suspended from classes? >>> next story, much better. dream come true for a paralyzed college football player named eric la grand. the rutgers univer