my interview with joel osteen coming up.t romney was also a bishop romney. we're taking a closer look at his leadership role in the mormon church. [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it may help lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just have to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> religion and politics in the spotlight right now with mitt romney poised to become this nation's first mormon presidential nominee. it's an issue many spiritual leaders including renowned pastor joel osteen are being asked to address. the houston church is the largest in the country with nearly 40,000 attendees each sunday. he took it over the death of his father in 1999. his television program is seen by 10 million people weekly and his first book "your best life now" has sold over 4 million copies. joel osteen is here in "the situation

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seven undecided best to get tonight at 5:00. >> part two of our interview with pastor joel osteen on later on, a picture worth a thousand words. will explain this coming up. keep that in mind and then we will talk about it at the top of the hour. >> my goodness. >> we want to talk about what is happening overseas in afghanistan. nato says three american soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in the eastern part of the country. officials did not release any more information about the attack that took place hours after the military said an afghan soldiers killed an american service member and an interpreter. thousands of u.s. marines will soon be on the move. the u.s. and japan have announced 9000 marines will move from the japanese island of okinawa to guam hawaii, and other locations in the asia- pacific region. 10,000 marines will remain on okinawa. it's part of an effort to remove tensions of what japanese see as a bird in some u.s. presence. >> a federal judge denied a request gto release photographs and video taken of the raid on the home of bin laden last year. a u.s. intelligenc

plus -- he's a star and a christian world, pastor joel osteen. we'll ask him why he thinks his message is so popular. >>> right now at fort mead, the lawyers for the army private accused of leaking government secrets are asking a military judge to dismiss all charges. bradley manning is charged with causing hundreds of thousands of classified war documents and diplomatic cables to be published on the website, wikileaks. the defense claims military prosecutors have failed to hand over a broad range of documents and they want the charges dismissed. >>> voters are back to the polls this morning in decision 2012. five states, including connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania, and rhode island are holding primaries today. it's the first time since rick santorum dropped from the race and voters will take part in a primary. that leaves ron paul and newt gingrich as the only gop candidates left to challenge front-runner mitt romney. romney holds more than half of the delegates needed for the nomination now. he plans to hold a rally in new hampshire

. >>> still to come, televangelist joel osteen visits news 4 ahead of his big service at nats park. > and we're ahead of [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear on the other side of town. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when you're ready to move. >>> welcome back to "news 4 at 4:00." i'm pat lawson muse. >> and i'm jim handly. at 4:35, people were found dead in an oxen hill home this morning. all apparent victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. a woman, her sister, her husband, and two renters. the exhaust pipe from the furnace had holes

. >>> what is it about joel osteen? nationals park was packed today. and it wasn't for the nats game. tens of thousands filling that ballpark for a chance to hear the megachurch minister joel osteen. his "night of hope" event was originally scheduled for last night but moved to today because of that bad weather. the televangelist is the senior pastor of lakewood church in houston, texas. his ministry reaches more than 7 million people in more than 100 countries around the world. today osteen focused on the struggles americans are facing and how god can help show people the way in these difficult times. >> today we let go of the past. we let go of the disappointments. we forgive the people that have hurt us. lord, we forgive ourselves. we have a fresh new attitude. >> this event was also streamed online and through social media. for the first time since last year's 5.8 earthquake, you can now get a closer look at the stone gargoyles that decorate the national cathedral. today the cathedral resumed tours that have been put on hold because of the damage d

. >>> and also, we want to mention on your vo, joel and victoria osteen.y have a big event in dc today. he's been called one of the most influential religious figures in the world. what do you think about that? >> well, i think he is. if you look at the numbers, he's got the biggest church in america. he took over a former houston rockets basketball stadium in houston, over 50,000 people go to his church services every weekend. his tv show, which is on right after us on fox news sunday here on channel 5, 10 million households a week in this country watch it. his book is a best seller not only in this country, but also in the muslim, indonesia. so he's a pretty powerful figure. of course he was supposed to have this night of hope at nats park last night. it rained, so it's been delayed till this afternoon. but we are going to sit down with joel and victoria osteen and they are indeed two of the most influential and popular preachers in this country. >>> chris, thanks so much. looks like a good show today. thanks for your time. >> thanks, melanie. >>> catch

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. >>> why joel osteen pushed back his service at nationals park. >>> and chuck's back to tel >>> a bigvent at nationals park for one of america's most popular preachers has been postponed until tomorrow. it was pushed back due to the chance rain, it's been rescheduled for tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. >>> they dress up like comic books, superheroes and hit the streets to fight crime. san diego's extreme justice league may look like they're ready for a costume party, but they take themselves very seriously. they trained regularly in karate, when they hit the streets, they carry stun guns and mace, no firearms are allowed. the group recently inspired an episode of "law & order svu." >> i was told last week by a police lieutenant that we're not welcomed in the city. >> these people are just private citizens, even though they wear costumes, they're not the respected police uniform that we wear. >> we're here to help, be the eyes and ears of the police. >> the extreme justice league has counterparts all over the world. >> chuck bell is here, he's going to tell us what to expect tomorrow. >> it will

. >>> hey, tony they have some big names coming out to celebrate, joel osteen, has flown in from houstonou everything you need to know to be part of the celebration yourself. live next fox 5 morning news stay with us -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ >>> big events planned to recognize a special anniversary. >> holly morris is in northwest with more toe dales about dc emancipation day. >> hey, guys the center of all the activity going to be going on today is at aproprietily enough, freedom plaza a lot of things will kick off 11:00 a.m. but the day has already begun in celebration a prayer breakfast ongoing at the will lard and has some pretty big names that happen to be taking a

they will come for america's night of hope an inspirational event put on by joel osteen. >> you are going to become everything god has created you to be and you are going to have everything god intended for you to have. >> chris: he is pastor of the nation's largest congregation, lakewood church in houston with more than 40,000 members and his weekly service on television reaches more than 10 million households. >> i know i'm looking at the mighty men, the mighty women right now of faith. you are historymakers. >> chris: joining us now are the pastors of lakewood church and two of the most influencual spiritual figures in this country joel and victoria osteen and welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> great to be with you, chris. >> you have been holding the nights hope around the country. tens of thousands of people coming out to hear your message. what are you trying to tell them. >> i'm trying to let people know even though there are difficult times in the country that god is good and on our side and nothing we face is a surprise to them and when you keep your faith in him you have can

joel and victoria osteen. and also the obama administration gets another going over in the supreme court. what happens if the former constitutional law professor has two priorits ruled unconstitutional. and the power player of the week. it is all happening in the zoo, all right now on fox news sunday. and hello again from fox news in washington. next week marks the first anniversary of the daring night time raid in pakistan when navev seals stormed bin laden's compound and killed the world's most wanted terrorist? we invited counterterrorism chief john brennan. welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thank you, chris. >> chris: before we get on the war on terror wheeland you about the chinese under u.s. protection. >> we are working closely with the individuals involved in this and so i am going to leave it to others who have for it >> chris: can you tell me this, how does the president balance his support for and desire to protect human rights dissidents on one hand and not wanting to damage u.s. relations with c

one story that caught our eye was an interview with joel osteen from lakewood chump, often called thet church in america. dan joins me now from washington. hi, dan. >> hi, alison. >> osteen is in washington for a big event at national stadium and you got a chance to sit down with him for a conversation earlier this week. and this, of course, was between him taking batting practice with the washington nationals and delivering opening prayer in congress. you know, at a time when most churches in this country are shrinking, osteen's lakewood church in houston boasts 40,000 weekly members. what is his secret? >> that's right. it's funny, most churches are shrinking right now. but if you ask osteen, he thinks christianity has never been in better shape. because his church is growing, and all of the churches of his mega pastor friends are growing, too. i think one of his secrets is a message that's all about self-empowerment and self-help. and he doesn't talk a lot about sin, it's about as far away from fire and brimstone as you could get. i think on the one hand this is his attraction. ten

. >> your quarrel is with what you call the heresies, joel osteens gospel of prosperity, god wants you to be rich. oprah winfrey's therapeutic religion. you can make yourself look better. >> right. >> glenn beck messianic nationalism which sees god as the commander in chief, so to speak. your quarrel, you call those the heresies, right? >> i try and look at popular theology. right? where are ordinary americans actually getting their religious teachings from today? right? and i think the places that they're getting it from are places like the oprah winfrey show. writers like you know, elizabeth gilbert the author of "eat, pray love" which i think is -- actually a theologically fascinating book. writers like deepak chopra, eckhart tolle and so on. as you said, preachers are sort of a religion of prosperity, like joel osteen who argued that god wants you to have that big house on the corner, that you need -- if you aren't rich now it's because you aren't praying hard enough, and i think those aren't necessarily -- you could argue olesstein is sort of right wing and oprah left wing but the

joel osteen's america's night of hope has been postponed due to the chance of rain. it's rescheduled for tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. tens of thousands were expected at nats park for osteen's event today. anyone holding a ticket for tonight can use it tomorrow. doors will open at 2:30. so chuck bell, what do you have up your sleeve for the weather? >> well, baptism by rain drops at the ballpark for tonight. and tomorrow, a much nicer day. so everybody that's going to plan on going down to the stadium foam tore that will have noticeably better weather. the clouds will be gone and the rain drops will be gone on your sunday. but between now and then, rain drops are a big part of your saturday evening forecast. so don't stray from home without your umbrella. out there, we look now. plenty of clouds outside all day today. and as a result, it stayed on the chilly side. we made only 56 degrees for a high today. that's 15 degrees colder than average. and now with rain drops starting to fall in and armed town, it's down right chilly and nasty. current temperature, 52 now at national

thousands of people filled nationals park this weekend for a chance to hear mega church minister joel osteen. osteen and his wife talked about the struggles america is facing and how god can help show them the way in these difficult times. >> today we let if of the past. we let if of the disappointments. we forgive the people that have hurt us. lord, we forgive ourselves, we put on a fresh, new attitude. >> osteen is the senior pastor of lakewood church in houston, texas. his ministry reaches more than seven million people in more than 100 countries around the world. >>> all right. time for another look at our forecast. we had a mixed bag this weekend. cold and rainy on saturday. then things turned around on sunday. what are we getting this week tom? >>> it's going to feel like summertime by midweek. >> i'm ready. >> get the flip-flops ready. bring it on. and this morning, though, if you're traveling, planning on traveling to the midwest, there may be some flight delays, st. louis down toward oklahoma city and dallas. there's a line of thunderstorms there now. and otherwise, no real travel p

. >> and it's a night of hope in d.c., joel osteen kicks off 2000 at nats park and gives us an opinion on a mormon presidential candidate. >> and later a d.c. hotel hosts the hottest celebrities in the country, but which one misbehaved at the white house correspondents dinner? stay with us. we're back after this. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was in my sister's neighborhood. i told you it was perfect for you guys. literally across the street from her sister. [ banker ] but someone else bought it before they could get their offer together. we really missed a great opportunity -- dodged a bullet there. [ banker ] so we talked to them about the wells fargo priority buyer preapproval. it lets people know that you are a serious buyer because you've been credit-approved. we got everything in order so that we can move on the next place we found. which was clear on the other side of town. [ male announcer ] wells fargo. with you when you're ready to move. >>> it was a year ago osama bin laden was killed by u.s. navy seals after a raid at his alexander in

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. >>> joel osteen will try to hold an event at nationals park. thousands were expected to fill the ballpark to see him last night. rain postponed the event, and instead the event will be seen today, and the tickets for yesterday will still be honored, and they will have better weather than last night. >> that was a good call on their part. nobody wanted to stand out in the rain. and i will be back in a couple minutes with a complete check of today's forecast and a look on down the road which will include very summer-like weather. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's one thing... to have created an icon and quite another to have done it generation after generation. to the long line of legendary mercedes-benz sl roadsters... ♪ the 2013 sl. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousan

. >> joel osteen will hold his america's night of hope today. thousands were expected to fill the ballpark last night but rain pushed back those plans and instead the event will take place this afternoon at 4:00. tickets bought for yesterday's date will still be honored. >>> president obama showed off his funny side at the white house correspondant's dinner last night. >> it was a starry night in washington. the annual white house correspondent's dinner, it's where politics and hollywood got together. ination, and thees for president is always front and center. this year was no exception. last night the president poked fun at political foes and even himself. he revealed for all his secret agenda. >> in my first term i sang al green, and in my second term, i am going with young geezi. michelle said, yeah. in my first term, we ended the war in iraq, and in the second term i will win the war on christmas. in my first term, we repealed the policy known as don't ask, don't tell. wait, though. in my second term we will replace it with a policy known a

it gives me a great amount of privilege today to welcome two humble spirits in pastor joel osteen and co-pastor victoria osteen and recognize their entire family and their delightful children, two humble spirits and as reflected in his prayer, joel has taught us to embrace god's grace and mercy and for those who will listen to stand in the sunlight of joy as one looks toward the hopefulness of a future. i am delighted that lakewood started in a feedstock store in the 18th congressional district. the story is told there was spiders and a lot of dust. organized by his wonderful father and his mother, two who loved each other dearly but really loved the lord. out of that wonderful union came five children and out of that wonderment as john osteen preached for 40 years as the love of his life provide add comfort at his side, they built a wonderful church called the oasis of love. but john was taken from us suddenly in 1999 and a young man by the name of joel was at school. but knowing how much he loved his family, he came home just a few years before working with his father's ministry and

joel osteen is here in the situation room. good to you have here.hanks very much for coming in. >> my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> so many people are inspired by, you moved by you. a member of your congregation comes to you and says, joel, i really want to vote for romney because i'm concerned because he's a mormon, i'm not sure he's a christian. what do you say to that congregant? >> well, my personal view, wolf, is when i hear mitt romney say he believes that jesus is the son of god, that he's the christ, raised from the dead, that he's his savior, that's good enough for me and i would encourage them in the same way. we don't all have the same views and i realize mormonism is not traditional christianity, but i'm probably a little broader and more open in the fact that when somebody loves jesus and believes they're the son of god, that's good for me. >> that november of 2011 pew poll, 32% say they don't believe the mormon faith is a christian reasonable. it's the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. but i hear you saying you do belie

>>> tens of thousands of people filled nationals park for a chance to hear mega church minister joel osteen. osteen and his wife talked about the struggles america is facing and how god can help show the way in these difficult times. >> we lets go of the past. we let go of the disappointments. we forgive the people that have hurt us. lord, we forgive ourselves, we put on a fresh new attitude. >> osteen is the senior pastor of lakewood church in texas. his ministry reaches more than seven million people in more than 100 countries. >>> 5:37. 52 degrees. >> we passed health care reform in my second term. i guess i'll pass it again. >> turning the tables. the people president obama is targeting for laughs at the annual white house correspondents dinner. >>> in trouble off the court. the charges facing a maryland basketball player after a weekend outburst. >>> a cool start to the morning. consider this -- a mouthwash with maximum fluoride, strong enough to rebuild tooth enamel, yet gentle enough for sore mouths. new act sensitive. strong teeth, fresh breath. in a sensitive formula. >>> they're o

>>> tens of thousands of people filled nationals park for a chance to hear mega church minister joel osteenoday we let go of the passed. we let go of the disappoints. we forgive -- disappointments. we forgive the people who hurt us. we forgive ourselves. we put on a fresh new attitude. >> osteen and his wife talked about the struggles america's facing and how god can help show them the way in these difficult times. osteen is the senior pastor of lakewood church in houston, texas. his ministry reaches more than seven million people in more than 100 countries worldwide. >>> nats park was available because the team is on the west coast, and they probably can't wait to get home. they got swept by the los angeles dodgers and have lost four games in a row. the dodgers completed the sweep with a 2-0 win yesterday in l.a. phenom brice harper had one of his four hits for the nats. the nationals will try to get back in the win column tomorrow night at home against the arizona diamondbacks. >>> don't be alarmed if you see small planes flying low to the ground. norad is conducting test flights in the a

now pastor joel osteen of lakewood church in houston, texas is bringing his message here to washington. appearing live tomorrow night at nationals park. he's been making the rounds in d.c. since arriving here on tuesday. >> you know, people have been great here, from the government just to the ordinary citizens -- or i guess nobody's ordinary. but just everybody's been very warm and just friendly, and sometimes people say down in the south you're in the bible belt, but up here we found people are just as responsive and just as open with their faith. >> the event, entitled "america's night of hope," is tomorrow night at 7:00 at nats park. today crews are busy preparing the baseball stadium for the big event, setting up the stages, chairs, and sound system. thousands of people are expected to attend. >> busy at nats park. >>> fedex field is buzzing today, too, now arobert griffin iii is o'fushlgly on the redskins roster. the team will formally introduce the first-round draft pick tomorrow. as richard jordan reports now, fans are grabbing anything with two letters and one number, rg3. >>

. >>> thousands were expected to fill the ballpark to see joel osteen last night.ed organizers to postpone the night of hope. gates to the park hope at 2:30, and tickets bought for yest >>> the day is off to a nice start and it will only warm up from here. let's get details from meteorologist, chuck bell. >> the sun is shining brightly here in washington. there are a few clouds out in the sky but i don't think they will bother anybody, and they are not rain-making clouds so the rest of your sunday is looking rain free. temperatures remain chilly. 50 downtown. 49 in annapolis and fredericksburg. just a couple clouds lifted over this morning. we will have plenty of sunshine this afternoon, and temperatures mid to upper 60s today. and 60s tomorrow with plenty of sunshine before we warm up for the week. >>> now back to the "today" show. >>> we're back on a sunday morning, april 29th, 2012. our thanks to a great group of people who decided to come out, spend part of their sunday morning with us. can't thank them enough. outside on the plaza, i'm jenna wolfe alongside dr

joel osteen. >> our message is positive, it's hopeful.n though there are a lot of things trying to pull people down that we believe when you put faith in the lord he'll help to make it through. i think when you tell people good news it resonates on the inside and helps them move forward. >> a grounds crew spent the past few days transforming the ballpark into an arena. >>> you've probably seen the heartwarming surprise reunions soldiers have with their wives and kids. we have one slightly different and it's just as touching and still ahead. >>> extreme justice. tonight on news4 at 11:00, how real life crime fighters are keeping their neighborhoods safe. [ male announcer ] does your cable company keep charging you more... and more... and more? stop paying so much for second best. upgrade to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month, guaranteed for two years with no annual contract required. unlike cable, fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers america's fastest, most consistent, most reliable internet, and the be

. >>> evangelists, joel osteen, delivered to the masses it was originally set saturday at nationals parksunday due to rain osteen urged the crowd to be like a big sponge and soak up god's goodness. >>> a milestone to be marked on the new york city skyline. >> construction on one world trade centre will today make it to 1,250 feet once again making the world trade centare tallest building in new york city. live in new york now with more robert good morning. >> reporter: allison and tony good morning to you and good morning everyone this is a historic day here in new york city let's show you the star of if show just over -- the star of the show just over my shoulder, one world trade center it is interesting because this milestone comes nearly, a year after we learned of the death of osama bin laden. later on this afternoon the installation of steel beams at one world trade centre will propel that building, into rare fied air here in new york city it will become the tallest building in the city's skyline as you guys said, eclipsing the empire state building right now standing at 1,250 feet