jesus crucifixion, burial and resurrection. tomorrow is holy fire saturday. they will light a huge fire in the center of the holy sepulcher church to signify jesus spirit. shepard? shepard: reena ninan from jerusalem. there is more from lindsay lohan who is off to the jail. how is easter weekend looking? looking tough. severe weather across parts of the plains right here. bad weather going on including threat for tornadoes. radar on top of this and you can see these storms getting going right across this exact area. watch boxes spread out across areas as well. two of them here until 10:00 p.m. tonight. one of them until 1:00 a.m. look at some of these cells and that one headed towards st. louis. tornado warnings in effect for this. st. louis area need to watch this closely throughout the overnight hours. weekend looking like a big washout across parts of the plains here. take a look how much rain we are talking about.
the route ended at the holy sepulcher church. which is thought to be the site of his burial and resurrection. they will light a fire inside the holy sepulcher church to symbolize his resurrection. gregg: lindsay lohan back in court. there is a bizarre case from in the university of kentucky. people are told to be on the lookout for a serial stabber with a thing for feet. it s ridiculous. if you are in the library stabbing feet.
christian pilgrims from around the world have come to jerusalem to mark this holy weekend. unlike the past few years, it rained for much of the day. scattered showers didn t prevent the faithful from coming. there were 14 different stations that christians will walk along the way of sorrow retracing the final steps jesus took before crucifixion. this is station number three where jesus fell for the first time because the weight of the cross became too much. it s always been a dream of mine to come to jerusalem and the holy land. i m roman catholic this is a sacred site for our religion. to be able to come during easter which is during passion and death is added. this time it will celebrate easter at the same time. the unrest throughout the arab world hasn t deterred christians from coming. 100,000 tourists are expected to come to the holy land this week alone. the route ends at the holy sepulcher church which was built over the site believed to be
the mount of olives here if you can t notice based on my hair, at the old city, the holy sepulcher church. one of the most famous churches in jerusalem. a lot of activity taking place, various denominations here, conducting services today. christian froms all over the world have come here to celebrate jesus resurrection, it s believed by many christians that the holy sepulcher is where christ was crucified and then buried. the calendars match up, celebrate easter on the exact same day and that s actually taking place today. so, it s a bit more crowded inside the holy sepulcher today. throughout israel as well it s not just easter, jews are celebrating passover so they re on high alertment especially inside the old city, a lot of security taking