it was found by pastor jerry falwell who touted bush's education work. bush had faced criticism for his support of common core education standards. liberty is where republican candidate ted cruz announced his bid for president. >>> you want to give yourself extra time if you're headed into downtown d.c. as the district celebrates emancipation day. there will be road closures. today honors the day slavery became illegal in d.c. thousands of people are expected to celebrate with a parade down pennsylvania avenue. that parade kicks off at 4th street at 11:00 this morning. the festivities continue with a concert at freedom plaza. you can head to the nbc washington app for a list of complete closures and a fireworks display will cap it off at 8:45 tonight. >>> we hope the caps can bounce back tomorrow after a rough start to the quest for the cup. the islanders big star tavares won a face-off. that led to the goal right there. that means the caps lose home ice advantage with the islanders. game 2 is tomorrow night at 7:00 at verizon center. got to come back. g

the school was founded by pastor jerry falwell.has faced criticism for his common core education standards and that's a frequent stop for republicans running for president. ted cruz announce his candidacy weeks ago. >>> it's a lot of hard work and a lot of commitment because it isn't magic. it helps but it's not magic. so i feel a lot better. >> that's new jersey governor chris christie speaking about his weight loss surgery exclusively with matt lauer from the "today" show. christie hasn't announced he's running for president but he has a lot to say about the 2016 field. he's not mincing words. you don't want to miss this interview. >>> all right. time to look at the forecast. 5:51. we are hoping to see more sunshine. yesterday was overcast pretty much all day. i saw the sun briefly. oh look there it is but it's gone. >> and the temperatures are nice. >> you saw the movie groundhog day. >> i did. >> i feel like i'm living my life all over again today. because it's almost identical to yesterday. deja vu day is we'll -- because we'l

reach out to evangelical christians and other american to tell them what we stand or then the jerry falwell's and the alan keyes will continue to hold sway. obama had defeated alan keyes in the senate election. still obama's confessional liberalism was on display, he did not shy away from referring to his position. just as boldly obama asked the faithful to adjust to a more pluralistic america, he said democracy demands the religiously motivated translate the concerns into universal rather than religiously specific values. jim wallis likened the speech to the kennedy all of branch to the southern baptists. obama had achieved much more the phenomena was born. the storyline of a new direction for politics was a critical part of the obama campaign narrative. more important arguably than the actual tally of evangelical vote. especially notable from the modern evangelicals who came over. obama made a point of reaching out to robin it evangelicals who were not customarily associated with the christian right overwhelming sentiment at the time that george w. bush had damaged the evangelical brand and

he announced his candidacy at liberty university which is a university founded by jerry falwell.t strike you, to see a candidate for the presidency of the united states launch his campaign from a university that is essentially founded by christian conservatives? >> i think it would have worked well in the '90s and maybe pre-2001. i think it's tone deaf now. i think it's tone deaf because i do not think faith is under attack. what i do believe is i have members of my congressgation who want to embrace faith. when they hear the last two weeks, if that's what faith is about, they don't want any part of it. they want spiritual life inner life. before 2001 it was a luxury to think of the mary sciavo's of the world. well guess what since then i think it's 36 states have now passed gay marriage laws and i think either america's beginning to move on or beginning to see that people of all stripes have a place around the table. >> father beck what do you make -- because i think it's fair to say that ted cruz is wearing his religion his faith on the sleeve. i don't think that's a slam on te

reach out to evangelical christians and other american to tell them what we stand or then the jerry falwell's and the alan keyes will continue to hold sway. obama had defeated alan keyes in the senate election. still obama's confessional liberalism was on display, he did not shy away from referring to his position. just as boldly obama asked the faithful to adjust to a more pluralistic america, he said democracy demands the religiously motivated translate the concerns into universal rather than religiously specific values. jim wallis likened the speech to the kennedy all of branch to the southern baptists. obama had achieved much more the phenomena was born. the storyline of a new direction for politics was a critical part of the obama campaign narrative. more important arguably than the actual tally of evangelical vote. especially notable from the modern evangelicals who came over. obama made a point of reaching out to robin it evangelicals who were not customarily associated with the christian right, overwhelming sentiment at the time that george w. bush had damaged the evangelical brand an