jesus christ on the cross for al the sins of all humanity. but remember, it all begana with a mob tied to lecci. the unreasonable mob rushedhn in, arrested and killed for the things he said , whichai upset rankled them. trutd.truth h was snuffed out b, at least for a few days. that wall street journal poll recently revealed that the importance of religion has p among americans has dropped from 62%. pe 62% 25 years ago t twenty five years ago to thirty nine percent today. i t i m not sure that s really true. you see, religion seems alive justwell to just look at the fervor of these religiously minded people. look at them communication. o i know the experience of humanity during these times of catastrophic climate change is needed now that s religious activism. liturgies repeated again and again, rooted not in god , but in this case, the green gospel.. they mus t commit these acts of artistic vandalism to furthert d the cause of environment i justice. never mind that
they re striking over plans to raise the retirement age. rising tensions, tough new talk from china s foreign minister who warns that u.s. and china are headed for confrontation and conflict, unless the u.s. changes course. state of emergency. the situation increasingly dire in communities in the southern california mountains. residents remain trapped after that unprecedented snowfall. and we re about to get an update from the state department on the late news that two of the four americans kidnapped in mexico last week are dead. what we re learning now about the whereabouts and conditions of the other two americans. our nbc news reporters are around the country and world with the latest developments. we want to begin at the state department where we re about to hear from those officials for the first time since we learned of the american deaths in mexico. nbc s morgan chesky is in brownsville, texas, just north of where the americans were kidnapped. what are the big un
will: yet another installment today on our way to easter. pete: making our way to easter. there he is he will be joining us at the top of the hour and at the bottom of the faith and friends concert series and that opening shot clarksville, tennessee just outside fort campbell, so everyone in the 101st airborne good morning, hope you re watching. will: it was an army base of knowledge or i m a new tennesseen? pete: that s army base of knowledge combined with the tennesseen getting his bearings abdomen wanted to show it off a little bit. rachel: we re super-impressed. pete: thank you. will: we have to get to news starting with a fox weather alert. it s now 26 people who are dead after historic outbreak of tornadoes in the south. pete: the path of destruction stretching for more than 100 miles leaving communities in ruins. rachel: fox weather correspondent is on the ground in mississippi. robert, good morning. reporter: good morning to you. the sun is up here this morning in the
josé diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart. we re following breaking developments out of israel as it expands its ground operation and pushes its military deeper into gaza. we ll talk to a physician with doctors without borders about why she thinks going to a hospital in gaza could soon mean a death sentence for patients. back at home, new questions surrounding the deadly mass shootings in maine, how authorities issued a statewide alert just last month to be on the lookout for that gunman. and new polling numbers giving us a glimpse of the state of the 2024 race, former president trump still running strong in iowa, but now there s a tie for second place. in acapulco, mexico, chaos and desperation as residents form long lines for water and search for supplies almost a week after hurricane otis slammed into the resort town killing almost 50 people. and we remember actor matthew