jericho is now split.ng peebles said would have devastated his parents. >> they would be utterly broken, utterly broken. in fact, i am glad that they're not here. because i would never have wanted them to go through and see -- what has taken place. >> reporter: the board says the decision to terminate peebles stands and they quote, wish him peace and blessings as he moves forward. peebles says he is not going to give up on one day returning to jericho. tisha thompson, news 4, i-team. >> doug, when will we see spring again? >> 82 saturday. 50 today. little temperature swing. >> little confusing. >> roller coaster, very confusing. talked last couple weeks. hey maybe time to put away the coats. mother nature said, uh-uh. not so fast. over the next cup douple days a chiacht -- days. a chilly night. sitting in the 40s across much of the region. that's normally where we should be for early morning low temperatures. not where we should be at 11:00 at night. for the record. high temperature of 50 degrees. we have

reverend joe peebles took over the jericho city of praise.ut a disagreement led to his ouster last week. so today, peebles preached from a new location and loyal church members followed him from the jericho city of praise church in landover, just a short ways away to new carroll ton. derrick ward has more. >> reporter: the sunday scene at the jericho city of praise in landover. >> can somebody up in this jericho city of praise give him praise? >> reporter: and what could be the usual sunday scene for a while for another faction from that church led by ousted minister joel peebles. they worshipped in the ball room of the metropoint hotel in new carrollton. what lacked in grandeur made up in enthusiasm. >> for right now, i think this is good for right now. >> reporter: this is their right now after pastor joel peebles was locked out of the church. his leadership role and membership revoked. his mother and father founded the church. he was seen by many as the heir apparent. but not by the board of trustees which made the decision. but not say so

he was fired by the board that runs jericho this past week.he board members say when betty peebles put them in place, she told them she did not want her son to run the institution and are following her wishes. joel has challenged the board in court, but so far has lost. the congregation appears to be with the fired minister. ♪ >> reporter: the ball room and overflow room and the lobby were jammed with at least 1500 people in attendance for sunday services. >> his mother and father were my pastor before he were, and after they deceased now, he is my pastor. >> reporter: you're sticking with him? >> i'm sticking with him. >> reporter: during the service, peebles played down the long simmering dispute. [inaudible] [ applause ] >> reporter: but his wife referred directly to the firing of her husband. >> i'm going to be honest with you, because my husband won't tell you this part, it hurts. it hurts really bad. and it hurts to see the one you love the most on this side of heaven have that kind of pain. >> reporter: back at the church in landover, p

gants appear to be voting with their feet and sticking with the fired minister. >> reporter: the jericho city of praise mega church now located near fedex field, land over was a congregation of thousand, built over a period of 40 years by the late betty pebbls and her late husband and in recent years by their son pastor joel. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: but joel is now leading services in a rented ballroom in a hotel, in new carrolton this past week he was fired by the board, that runs jericho. >> those board members say when bet phi peebles put them in place she told them she did not want their son to run the institution and they are following her wishes. joel has challenged the board in court but so far, has lost. the congregation, appears to be with the fired minister. >> reporter: the ballroom, over flow room and hotel lobby were jammed with 1500 people in attendance for sunday services. >> his mother and father were my pastor before he were and after they deceased now he is my pastor. >> you are sticking with him >> i am sticking with him. >> during the service, joel played down the lo

. >> we have a new video of police removing joel peebles from jericho city of praise in landover, maryland. yesterday they escorted him out after the board fired him. when the pastor's mother passed away in 2010, control of the church went to the board. joel peebles continue to prepare. even though he's been ousted, he's urging parishioners to keep the faith. >> do-gooder that good to those that use you. >> be reached out to the board and they had no comment other than to say his termination is effective immediately and was necessary to protect jericho city of praise. >> three agents have now been forced out of the secret service and others remain on administrative leave, but their futures remain uncertain. >> jummy olabanji has the developing story. >> we're now hearing from one of the women involved in the middle of this scandal. we have also learned the night out on the town was not spur the moment for the secret service agents. abc news has learned the men deserve -- reserve does space large enough for at least 30 people before traveling to this club. they not only met prostitutes here

it is not every day you see police cars in front of a church but that is what is going on here at jericho city of praise. it is one of the largest churches in our area. some call it a megachurch because it has thousands of members and handles millions of dollars. for years the church was run by apostle betty peebles but since e shdied her only surviving son, joel, has been in a legal battle with the church's board over who controls the church and its money. they have been in and out of court over the last year suing and countersuing. today joel peebles says he was greeted by prince george's county police officers when he arrived at the church. then as about 30 supporters prayed and waited outside, officers escorted peebles to a meeting with the board, where he was told he was fired. this is what peebles said when he was escorted back out. >> a termination letter from the church that i was raised in, born in, married in, went to college in, went to graduate school in. >> i love the people of this church. the church is not the building. it never has been. >> amen. >> never has been. >> amen

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the jericho battle coming up tonight on news 4 at 11:00. jim, doreen? >> thank you. >>> what's up, doug? >> you come back from vacation all tanned and rested to snow. >> you come back from florida, a nice little vacation, and it's snowing. in the third week of april. i mean, this is something you really don't see a lot of. >> and you love it. >> i love it. i love to be in it. we sent chuck up there during the day today. i would love it. this storm was something we were watching as meteorologists and you're thinking to yourself just how strong is this thing going to be? high temperature today? only 50 degrees. as a matter of fact, take a look. there it is. the spring snow out towards garrett county. if you're driving out toward pittsburgh, get ready tonight. along i-70 or 68 you are going to see some of the snow and it is on the heavy side. i did see a report of upwards of 18 inches of snow about an hour north of garrett county. that in central portions of pennsylvania. now as far as our temperatures went today, a high of only 50 degrees. a low of 42. we

. >> the police are still here as they have been four hours after the board of trustees of the jericho city of praise declared the past third persona non grata at the church is parents founded. -- the past her persona non grata. >> he had been escorted out of his office by the police. >> i am not allowed to go into my office. i was told it will have my stuff sent to me. >> this is the latest blow since the death of his mother, dr. betty peoples. the board says she left that in charge in the judge ruled in their favor. the matter has been on appeal. he had continued to preach. >> not just removed from the church. the term they said i think that an -- i am no longer a member of the church. >> the board issued a statement saying -- members and supporters of peebles or angry. but we do not vote. they put themselves in position. >> i will be preaching here on sunday. >> the preacher last sunday? >> i have been preaching here for 22 years. i have only missed three sundays. >> you can see some of the members are standing around outside of the church. what is going on here? the board had the s

police removed a pastor from jericho city of praise in landover. this was the scene wednesday. he was escorted out by cops. the board of trustees fired him with the founder passed away. pastor joel is urging parishioners to keep the faith. >> do good to those who use you or kick you out of a church youth participate in building. >> attorneys representing the board members had no comment. the resignation was effective immediately. >> metro has called in a special investigator to figure out why two bosses caught fire within days of each other. 94 buses were pulled after another model burst into flames this week. that is after another one caught on fire last week. they will use spares to keep routes running smoothly. both buses used diesel fuel. no one was hurt. >> a bombshell for the district's struggling school system. vincent gray in the senate -- said several schools will be closing due to low enrollment. the mayor says the city is averaging 300 students per school. no schools are in jeopardy for the remaining of this school year. a complete list is set to be released in janua

. >> like when they reached the walls of jericho, that is what this glory march represents to me. >> they came to celebrate easter and pray for their nation. >> because we believe our country needs to learn to seek jesus christ, recognize him as savior and ask for forgiveness for the sins of the nation. >> they led participants in the city center. during the rally, christian congresswoman rosey protested human trafficking in mexico. >> as martin luther king said we are all created equal. >> the crowd hoped their message and prayers would have an impact on the entire nation, andria garrett, cbn news. >>> that is all for this week's edition of "christian world news" wendy and george will be st pain and shortness of breath changed my life. i'm essence harris and it's been five years since an angiogram revealed a 90 percent blockage in two arteries. now, i'm asking all women to take control of their heart health. exercise and eat a diet rich with heart-healthy foods like leafy greens, oats and soy. and above all, liste to your body. to learn more, visit womenheart dot org. [female announ

was escorted out of the jericho city of praise in landover.oners who showed up for bible study found themselves locked out and forced to worship in the street. autria godfrey has reaction. >> we drop our money here on sundays. are we trespassing if we enter the church? >> it was a showdown with police. the weekly wednesday night bible study turned tense as congregation members were told the church is on lockdown. >> we have been instructed to keep everything closed for tonight. why is the search lockdown? if they are supposed to be christlike, then why hide? what are they afraid of? >> it is the latest developments in the controversy. their pastor joel peebles was officially terminated today by the board that to over after betty people's died. the board has worked tirelessly to oust pastor joel peebles even taking him to court. >> be as a conservation said that you are not going to use our money to sue our pastor. >> hosting an impromptu pe procession from the road, he encouraged supporters to continue to press for the church. >> do good for t

. >> and yuba city will lead services tomorrow at jericho baptist church.he church has been in turmoil after a board of trustees with through the membership of some longstanding parishioners. the board issued a statement saying it stands by its decision to dismiss peebles. he has challenged the board's legitimacy. >> the decade-long search for the remains of the boughn tape. they ripped up the basement of a building not far from the home. they have been excavating the site of the past three days. george zimmerman will spend another night in jail while his family were still wave collateral are his bond. his attorney says he hopes to have this client free by the middle of next week. once free, the neighborhood watch volunteer suspected of murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin will be in a secure location, are probably out of state. >> security forces in afghanistan say they have pushed down a potential terrorist attack. five militants carrying 25,000 pounds of explosives were detained. they were smuggled in from pakistan. three other people were arre

there's nowhere in the bible that ever -- >> in a church statement they say it was necessary to fire jericho and move forward in compliance with the irs. >>> this morning a priest once known for protecting children from abuse is now accused of it. he faces accusations back from the late 1990s. he led the child protection services for the arlington diocese. he also worked at catholic high school, paul vi, and the roman church in annandale. they're cooperating with the police. >>> state senator charles koegen crossed party lines and voted to pass that $85 billion two-year wujt. democrats voted against it mainly because it did not include $300 million for the dulles rail project. it's expected to come from higher rates on the dulles toll road. it now goes to governor bob mcdonnell for his consideration. construction now hinges on loudoun county. they have until july 4th to ded side if they want to contribute nearly 5% or nearly $11 million for the cost of the silver line. tracks would be extended from reston to the airport. lou loudoun county has asked for more time. >>> remembering the icon. h

instead, the pastor, who preached to crowds of thousands spoke from the sidewalk in front of the jerichoty of praise chur church. fired and told he was banned from the property. >> we will be back here on premesis, preaching, teaching, we will be saving souls. and nobody its going to be able to stop that. >> reporter: in the wake of the death last fall of apostle betty peebles, most assumed joel would take over the multimillion dollar ministry. but a six-person board established in a will he claims his mother was into ill to dictate sued to remove him. this afternoon he was escorted from his office with police officers standing by. >> if the sheriff try to stop you, you are members of this church you, pay your tithes. they deniedenforcement. >> we are here, standing, strong, and believing in god to do what he said. victory. off up athe ch >> the church board issued a statement, the firing necessary to remain in compliance with irs regulations. the statement did not explain what that means. reporting from landover. jackie benson, news 4. >> three people leaving the secret service in the w

paster joe peebles took over jericho city of praise in 2010 after the death of his mother, apostle betty peebles. she and her husband founded the church 40 years ago. it's grown into a massive complex with a school, senior center, and thousands of parishioners. a disagreement with the church's board of trustees led joel peebles' ouster last week. yesterday, hundreds of his supporters worshipped with him in the ballroom at the metro point hotel in new carrollton. >> here we have the opportunity to worship freely. we have no problems. we're expecting god to work out the rest. >> the new church is being called city of praise. no word on how long they will call the metro point hotel home. >>> it's going to take seven games for the caps to try to keep their playoff run alive. >> he scores! >> the bruins scored the game winner just three minutes into overtime to force the decisive final game back in boston. the caps never led the game but kept fighting to tie the game with big goals from jason chimera and alex ovechkin whose second of the series forced overtime. all six games have been decided

ancient israel we sang about the river jordan we didn't sing about mali or song timbuktu we sang about jericho jerusalem and canaan's land. and the songs were passed down through the generations born and brought up in the united states they believe that when the ancient jerusalem temple was destroyed by the romans their ancestors fled to east africa from where they were taken to america as slaves in one thousand nine hundred sixty six chicago steel worker ben-ami been used well had a vision that it was time to return home everyone is called according to their portion and our portion was you know to establish the kingdom of your and the kingdom of your represents a new idea upon the planet and so been a me set forth with some four hundred people who much like moses in the bible spent two and a half years wondering in liberia before reaching the promised land when bellamy arrived here in one thousand nine hundred sixty nine just under half of those who had left america with him had managed to finish the journey this was to become their home here in the negev desert but successive israeli governm

buildings but despite these having a presence of troops there the situation the security station in jericho is highly volatile and crotches take place on an almost daily basis and today wasn't an exception we arrive to dare on the invitation of the information ministry which is now eager to show our reporters a bad life or slowly a gate getting back to normal and lambie arrive to this the clashes intensify violence and time to fight it but here at the sound of gunfire the sound of machine guns and as a result our visit was cut short we also know that a big time r t crew was embarrassed to be un observers also into this the. local officials told us the rebels are using any have these type profile visits. into military action what out was really surprised with is the reaction of the people on the ground the cd is very sort of calm because you don't see too many people on the streets most of the shops are closed but those people who venture out into the sea to one day hear the gunfire the rush to one side of the city or one side of the street or another to find refuge but two minutes afterward

mann who is at louisiana state university, who wrote a book a few years back called "the walls of jericho" about a fight for civil rights legislation in congress from 1954 on through 1965. and focusing on hubert humphrey, lyndon johnson, and richard russell. robert mann then did a more recent book. he's done an abridgement of that book probably for classroom use and then he did a more recent book on russell lawn of louisiana, nice biography of him. >> anybody else? >> oh, i like -- in terms of institutional history, i like my friend ross baker, no relation, up at rutgers university, who has written two very good books on the senate. one in the 1980s called "friend and foe in the senate" about the nature of friendship in the senate. and he really does a lot of interviews. he doesn't attribute who told him what, but he got into the fiber of the institution. and he's done another work probably for classroom work, "the house and senate" the differences between the two profoundly different bodies. i like the work of barbara sinclair a professor at ucla who has made a career of analyzing as a p

the pastor of jericho city of praise was let go and the turks was placed on lockdown if.john gonzalez is in landover with more. >> if we can tell you this morning it is still on lockdown. the 11th thousand member church is where joel peebles grew up and where he got married. he wakes up no longer the pastor of this church. he was fired last night. security has been advised to keep them off the property. >> on sundays we drop our money here. are we trespassing if we go to bible study? are we trespassing if we enter? >> the new board of directors has been working for months to oust the current pastor joel peebles. it changed the locks of his office door in the past if. now he and his congregation had been locked out. of the out >> we have been instructed to keep everything closed for tonight for. >> instead of the wednesday bible study, the scene turned tense. >> if you are really falling christ and they are supposed to be christlike, then what are they afraid of? >> it is the latest development in the controversy that has surrounded the land over megachurch if after the ch

. >> this happened yesterday at john-- at jericho city of praise in landover. john gonzalez has the latest. >> this 11,000 member church is where joel peebles grew up and where he got married. the wake-up this morning no longer the pastor. he was fired last night. this morning, security has been advised to keep him off the property. >> on sundays we drop our money here. are we trespassing if we go to bible study? >> for months, the new board of directors at the church has been working to oust the current pastor. the chains blocks of his office door in the past. now he and his congregation have been locked out of the church. >> we have been instructed to keep everything closed for tonight a. instead of their weekly wednesday night bible study, the scene turned tense. >> if you are really falling christ, then why hide? >> it is the latest controversy after his mother, the church's founder betty peoples, passed away in 2010, the new board decided that her son was not fit to run the church and insofar as to take him to court claiming that these are the former pasto

his parents founded jericho city of praise when his mother died in 2010, she left control of the churcho the board. >>> hearing in d.c. supreme court tomorrow in a case that gripped the district almost three decades ago. seven men convicted of raping and killing katherine fuller could receive new trials. attorneys say there's new evidence that wasn't available in the first trials. fuller was a 48-year-old mother of six when she was attacked in her neighborhood. police charged a group of men who called themselves the h and h crew. >>> the man charged with second degree murder in the death of trayvon martin could be released from jail any day now. on friday, a florida judge agreed to let zimmerman out on one history thousand bail. his defense attorney says it would only take a few days for the release to be arranged. he says zimmerman's family needs time to secure collateral for the bail. he says he's also working on finding a safe place for zimmerman to stay. >>> civil rights activists in baltimore hopes the martin case draws attention to an assault in maryland. the trial is now underway

call that the jericho method.f you remember correctly when joshua in the bible led the israelites around jericho blowing their rams horns, the walls didn't come tumbling down the first time. >> bill: right. >> they had to go around and around with the wall street reform, too, they beat us on a filibuster over and over and harry was persistent and the public called in and said what are you thinking? we've just done tarp. we've just been clobbered by wall street. we want this wall street reform and they collapsed but it took awhile. and the other route is to wait until the end of the year when the bush tax cuts expire and there is a major piece of legislation involving taxes and the budget and simply force it into that equation. so, there are a couple of ways to get this done but getting off to a strong start and making sure that the public is aware of it is key to either strategy. >> bill: i have to tell you we had in studio with us yesterday, a man from virginia by the name of charlie fink. he's one of the patriot

from the church but so far he has not been legally charged for any wrong doing his parents founded jericho city of praise more than 40 years ago when his mother died in 2010 she left control of the church to the board. >> government accountants are calling on the white house to cancel a costly medicare program. a report this morning, auditors say the $8 billion, would go to one's rated merely average. the gao says that would offset cuts under the new health care law. >>> finally a break at the pump for motorists, the pump, the lundborg survey of fuel prices says, a average gallon has dropped a nickel over the past two weeks the first decline since december here in our area it is 4.14 a gallon, maryland 3.90 and virginia 3 .8 3. >>> 7:27 a.m. on monday morning history in a sailboat a maryland man returns home after an eventful trek around the americas his story after the break. >> plus he is a free man for now, george zimmerman walked out of a florida jail on bond an in depth look into his high profile case coming up next. >>> a live lookout side things looking better here, well, this is i-

. >> the board at jericho said it needed to let peebles go to protect the church and move forward. >>ive look at 6:47 at the u.s. capitol where once again larm us will take on what's become a hot button issue. they're wanting to fast track the pipeline. jackie deangelis has more on this story. would would carry crude from canada to the texas gulf coast now, president obama blocked the pipeline earlier this year over kerrs that they would go a an environmentally sensitive ak question finer >>> and american airlines plans to cut 1200 nonunion jobs as it tries to trim costs. remember, american filed for bankruptcy back in november. the carrier is also closing a reservation center in arizona and its admiral club at washington dulles airport. they plan to eliminate 13,000 union jobs. >>> and finally a bottle of two-buck chuck may not look bad. they're predicting wine will go up. that dice the a looming shortage of grapes and higher gas prices. california wines will be the first to go up follow by other western states. not such great news. back over to you. >> we've been warned. >>> space s

the reverend joel peebles was ousted from the jericho city of praise in landover on wednesday after a conflict with some of the church leaders. peebles' late mother betty was one of the founders of that church. in a youtube video, peebles thanked his supporters. he says the church services will go on. >> it hurts my spirit to know that this building that has been opened to the community for the last 15 years is locked down. and it does hurt a little bit that there is police presence and those that are prohibiting people from entering into the house of worship. but guess what? the house of worship is wherever you are. >> services will be held sunday morning at 10:00 at the metro points hotel on annapolis road. >>> expect major traffic delays if headed to foggy bottom in the district this weekend. the international monetary fund is hosting the annual spring meeting. hundreds of people are expected. a temporary security perimeter goes into effect tonight. 19th street northwest will be closed from pennsylvania to g street. you can expect temporary closures from 18th to 20th northwest betw

a bible study group found the doors locked last night when they showed up at the jericho city of praise church. the board of trustees fired the church's pastor joe peoples. he took over for miz mother betty -- his mother betty who founded the church. they fired him in part in an effort to keep the 501p status for the which -- 001 -- 5013 status. >>> parents are very concerned in northeast washington. alleged abuse lapped last week at the -- happened last week at the zion baptist church. the day care at the church takes care of dozens of children. police aren't releasing any information about the suspect or the alleged victims. >>> d.c. mayor vincent gray says he is hoping a computer theft is not the work of trying to -- of someone trying to interfere with the city investigation. over the weekend someone broke into the d.c. auditor's office which is on 4th p street northwest. two dell laptops were stolen. the auditor examines city government, the accounts and the operations. >>> 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> it took a dip on wall street. just got the -- j

pastor joel peebles has been leading the jericho city of praise in landover, one of the region's largestrches. his mother, apostle betty peebles founded that church. since her death, joel peebles has been in a legal battle with the church's board, over who controls the church and its money. instead of bible study, people rallied in front of the church. pastor joel peebles said this is a trying time, but it will help make his faith stronger. >> the eyes of the world are looking at us right now. some people are looking to see are we going to be angry, are we going to be difficult. are we going to give people a hard time? we're going to be a beacon like to show the world, when you go through a difficult season, you come out of the season stronger. >> hallelujah! >> and you come out with victory. >> the board said it needed to let peebles go to protect the church and move forward. >>> celebrities and fans alike are remembering dick clark. his work set the stage for many of the shows that we watch on television today. the entertainment legend died yesterday morning at a los angeles hospital,