joel osteen's houston based mega church has been robbed. $600,000 were all stolen from the church safe late sunday. houston police are investigating that they have not released further details. >> and tesla boss is slamming new jersey governor chris christie. they're the third state to block tesla from selling their cars to customers. they require third party auto dealerships. customers would have to go out of state to buy a tesla. >> just ahead, four more teams are going to the ncaa tournament and a bench clearing celebration that you've just got to see, next. here in philadelphia you can access a philly cheesesteak anytime, day or night. just like you can access geico anytime, day or night. there is only one way to celebrate this unique similarity. witness the cheesesteak shuffle. ♪ cheesesteak, cheesesteak ♪ ♪ it's the cheesesteak shuffle! huh! ♪ ♪ every day, all day, cheesesteak, cheesesteak! ♪ ♪ every night, all night cheesesteak, cheesesteak! ♪ ♪ 9 a.m. cheesesteak! ♪ 2 p.m. cheesesteak! ♪ 4 a.m. cheesesteak! ♪ any time (ruh!) >>geico

pastor joel osteen's lakewood church in houston.ole $600,000 from the church safe, donations made during the sunday services. cash, checks, credit card numbers. and church officials say they are heartbroken but fully insured. they are asking parishioners to be on the lookout for clues. >>> and we have some news from our abc news family tonight. anne sweeney, co-chair of disney media networks and president of disney abc television group, announced today, after that 18 years, she's decided to leave the walt disney company for a new chapter in her life. sweeney will step down in january of 2015. she has been a strengthening supporter of abc news. a great friend to all of us here. and in her note to her colleagues, she said she plans to pursue her dream of reconnecting with the creative process, making and directing television. her note said what so many people ask themselves about their dreams -- if not now, when? >>> and coming up next, right here, what your dog could be doing when you're not home. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male an

someone cracked open the safe at joel osteen's church making off with $600,000 in donations and ryan>> reporter: the huge heist is a hollywood staple. in "oceans 11" clooney and the guys rip off casinos. in "the town" they target banks. >> let's go. >> reporter: but a church, a holy heist on the sabbath, come on. >> it's awful to hear someone would actually do that to a church. >> reporter: police say someone stole that thou shalt commandment big time ripping off $600,000, a big jackpot from the ultimate church, lakewood in houston. >> god puts people in our path so we can brighten their death. >> reporter: the church is home to joel osteen. 40,000 attend every week, people from more than 140 countries watch every week and houston police say they stole $400,000 in checks and $200,000 in cold hard cash gathered in the complexion plate. the haul of a single weekend lifted after being put in the safe right after sunday's services. was it an inside job. church employees whoop der. >> someone would have had to observe for awhile. someone has paid attention. >> reporter: some wrote their c

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even joel osteen's promoting the film so it's getting a lot of buzz out there. to this weekend. as i mentioned a couple of new films coming out300: rise of an empire and mr. peabody and sherman. >>yeah, remember last year warner brothers was going to release 300 the sequel in the summertime in august. in the beginning of the summer they moved it and pushed it to march which i think is smart move. i think they're gonna reap a few extra dollars because of that. i thought it wa going to bomb last summer and i don't think it's gonna do quite the money that the original did in 2006. that did over $210 million. so we'll see if the fans are still interested in that style that's been copied over the years. mr. peabody and sherman on the other hand is an even bigger disappointment because as a fan of that cartoon back in the rocky and bullwinkle rerun daysit's a film that doesn't quite know its audience. it's appealing to kids as opposed to the adults that remember it. it sort of a kid's version of bill and ted's excellent adventure and it actually turned out to be reall

with mega churches nationwide like joel osteen's houston church spreading the message. >> don't forgetfriday night "the son of god" movie is coming out that we're all supporting. >> reporter: and the crowds who came out got what they came for. >> we need more of this in the world. >> i don't think you can go wrong with it. >> reporter: how do you fill these seats? a distributor said you hunt where the ducks are, and here, more than 100 million weekly church-goers is huge. in fact, "the son of god" is the first of 13 christian movies released this year, with the upcoming "noah" with russell crowe. and exodus, with christian bale. will this be the year of the bible? >> if enough of them do well see more of them in the future. >> reporter: it can be tricky, that is why they say they're inspired by the story of noah. when a christian themed movie hits the cross-over sweet spot, like "passion of the christ" with 100 million in ticket sales, the results can be miraculous. mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. >> that is nbc nightly news for this saturday, i'm lester holt reporting. we'll be ri

. >>> also in houston pastor joel osteen's megachurch suffering a theft.y $600,000 in cash, checks and credit card donations disappeared from the safe. they sent an e-mail to members monitoring or asking them to monitor their accounts. >>> amazing video here caught on surveillance cameras at a barbershop in texas. several people were inside when a white suv barreled through the front window. just one customer's leg was hurt. the woman behind the wheel lost control when she swerved to avoid another vehicle. she and her two small children in the vehicle were not hurt. >>> a mountain lion has been caught on camera prowling around the hollywood hills casually strolling between parked cars in a neighborhood not far from griffith park. national geographic believes this cat may be the one that it tagged and named p-22 but they don't know for sure. >>> well, moving to sports most of the major conference men's tournaments get under way and 12 teams have already booked their place in march madness. >> this morning's highlights though are all from the nba. we get tho

. >> pastor joel osteen's church was robbed.regation in the united states with an extended television ministry. >> with tithes, donations, the fact that it costs a lot of money to make a television show. costs a lot of money to go into the different cities we do every month. >> lakewood notified everyone by e-mail, anyone who donated, to monitor their history. >> denying accusation that it spied on senate investigators looking into the enhanced interrogation techniques. senator dianne feinstein took to the floor yesterday to express concerns about the cia interfering with a year's long investigation into post 9/11 agency activity. that investigation produced a controversial report that is still unreleased. feinstein claimed the cia removed documents that investigators were supposed to have access to. cia director john brennan says nothing like that happened. >> and the jury that was supposed to decide the fate of an army general accused of sexual assault has been dismittsed. general jeffrey sinclair is being court-martialed for

. >> "the houston cron tall," $600,000 in cash and check was stolen from joel osteen's church.e working with authorities to investigate and to insurance companies to investigate. >> and "usa today," survey shows drug and alcohol use among teens may be declining. alcohol and tobacco and marijuana use dropped by 25% but 4% of students say they used prescription drugs for recreational purposes. teens begin on averaging experimenting with illegal drugs at age 13. >> a couple of honeymooners never made it to their honeymoon. a fight got so heated, the flight was disverted to the cayman islands. his wife continued on to costa rica without her new husband. >> sounds like a good idea. okay, let's move on to more serious things. that's terrible. joining us on the set, the president of the council on foreign relation, richard haas, good to have you this morning. let's start with the cia and congress. >> it's a mess! >> it's a total mess. >> this started a long time ago with dianne feinstein who was all in after september 11th with the cia and do whatever you need to do and she was one of

. >>> police are investigating the theft of $600,000 from pastor joel osteen's megachurch. $200,000 in cash and $400,000 in checks are missing from a safe at lakewood church. credit card information was also taken. >>> it's 7:19. ahead, see the moment of family gets when they get >>> very gusty winds around the bay area to start out the day. by the afternoon, though, calming down and lots of sunshine all the way to the coastline going to be a beautiful day outside. but still, those winds really whipping around early on today. wind advisory in effect until 8:00 this morning. temperatures going to b impressive today, 70s in san jose, oakland and 71 in san francisco. very nice over the next couple of days even warmer over the weekend. >> announcer: this national weather report sponsored by safelite autoglass. call safe lite or go online to schedule now. >>> nearly 200,000 fugitives escape. >> ahead, how manhunts are ending at state borders. >> the news is back in the morning here on "cbs this morning." stay tuned for your local news. chili's lunch combos starting at just 6 bucks. try our

pastor joel osteen's lake wood church reports more than $2 million of cash, checks and credit cards aretates with an extended television ministry. >> with tithes and donations and supporting the fact it costs a lot of money to make a television show, costs a lot to go into the different cities we do every month. >> lakewood advised anyone who donated over the weekend to monitor their accounts for suspicious activity. more than 43,000 people attend services there every week. >>> the cia is denying accusations that it spied on senate investigators looking into the agency's enhanced interrogation techniques. senator dianne feinstein took to the floor with her frustration about a year's long investigation into post-9/11 activities. which produced a controversial report that is still unreleased. feinstein claims the cia removed documents senate investigators were supposed to have access to. john brennan says nothing like that happened. >>> and the jury that was supposed to decide the fate of an army general accused of sexual assault has now been dismissed. general jeffrey sinclair is being c

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>> joel osteen? >> that guy right there! chris wallace. look at that, there it is.you see it a lot, generally speaking, it's a photo op. they have a nice meeting. president basks in the reflective glory of the upon active and -- pontiff and this one particularly who replaced obama as the great superstar in the world. having said that, the only one i could think of that really was very consequential and i remember it 'cause i was covering it was when ronald reagan met with pope john paul and it turned out that secretly that they had agreed to try to undercut the soviet union. i suspect it was nothing of that consequence that happened yesterday. >> indeed. >> meanwhile, we do have a fox news alert. mike rogers, chairman of the house intelligence committee, has made it official. he will not seek reelection. he's retiring and going into talk radio. chris, what impact does this have? he was one of the most respected intelligence guys on capitol hill with that f.b.i. background. >> well, i'm genuinely surprised by this. i certainly had no inkling of it and i think it's ju

. >>> famed pastor joel osteen's lake wood church is warning members to watch their account for i.d.heft of $600,000 from a safe in the church office discovered on monday. most of the donations were in the form of checks on envelopes. >>> who needs friends when you can volley all the ping pong balls thaw want with a partner that never gets tired. a german engineer not this in his garage. it uses two cameras and a computer program to track the ball. the only thing it can't do yet is serve, or ask for a beer, of course. i think it can outplay forrest gump, though. let's get a check of the weather with al. >> man, i love that. that's pretty good. all of our friends from davenpo davenport, iowa. and we've got -- your name is savannah, but you don't have an "h" at the end of your name. >> no. >> do you want to buy a consonant? like on "wheel of fortune"? "family feud", wrong game. wasn't that funny anyway. let's show you what we have going on today. we are looking at wet weather. 29 in chicago. 35 in cleveland. 48 in d.c. we're going to see some changes coming. look. look there, cleveland

this morning a big reward is being offered to any clues for money stop stolen from the safe at joel osteen's was not compromised. can too much homework make your child sick? a new stanford study says yes. excessive homework can cause high stress levels and health problems like migraines, ulcers and exhaustion. they say the magic number when it comes to homework for high school students is nothing over two hours. for students in middle school, no more than 90 minutes. needs some chicken noodle soup. coming up on the show, we are following a fox news alert now. brand new satellite image showing debris from the plane. >> and startling new numbers show americans are not saving enough money for retirement. up nec, how much you should be putting away for your future. >> but first let's check in with neil for what's coming up on the cost of freedom block. >> good morning, guys. is the president's health care law is turning 4. and if you're rushing to get your taxes in, is your information about to get out? why a major security breach at the irs is raising the fear? and the the one thing americans c

. >> reporter: the church is home to joel osteen. 40,000 attend every week, people from more than 140ountries watch every week and houston police say they stole $400,000 in checks and $200,000 in cold hard cash gathered in the complexion plate. the haul of a single weekend lifted after being put in the safe right after sunday's services. was it an inside job. church employees whoop der. >> someone would have had to observe for awhile. someone has paid attention. >> reporter: some wrote their credit card numbers on envelopes placed in the collection plates so this morning joel osteen is warning members to watch their