May 21th News Today

California minister who spent millions in contributions from his followers to advertise the end of days all over the world. nbcs george lewis reports now on what did and did not happen. >> times square, new york, at precisely 6:00 p.m. tonight. nothing out of the ordinary happened. the world did not end. that had been the prediction of oakland california pastor harold camping, spreading the doomsday word through billboards, pamphlets and radio, tv broadcast. >> it will begin with a huge earthqua...

He emphatically promised and broadcast that on 6:00 p.m. may 21th, 2011, christ would return to earth, all the good people would be raptured up to heaven. all of those of us who were left behind, the earth would immediately become a fatal hellscape. harold camping and his ministry were very successful in persuading people to go along with his prophecy. some of his followers spent their life savings paying for these billboards and these rvs and advertisements to spread the word about the end of t...

Nothing happened. >> pastor harold camping. his outfit called family radio out of california, near oakland. he emphatically promised and broadcast that on 6:00 p.m. may 21th, 2011, christ would return to earth, all the good people would be raptured up to heaven. all of those of us who were left behind, the earth would immediately become a fatal hellscape. harold camping and his ministry were very successful in persuading people to go along with his prophecy. some of his followers spent their lif...