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It's a quarter of the top of the hour here on this easter sunday. happy easter to you all. rising gas prices keep you closer to home maybe for this national holiday. the national average of regular has crept up to $3.86. compare that to last year roughly $1 more per gallon regardless of the grade. president obama, check that out, the president is acknowledging the financial reality at the pump. take a listen to him. >> whenever gas prices shoot up, like clock work you see politicians racing to the cameras waving three-point plans for $2 gas, you see people trying to grab headlines or score a f...

Waking up on this easter sunday, actually have a lot to be thankful for. we told you about this mess, hard to believe there's something to be thankful for. the part the city and county officials call a blessing, no one was killed, the round of storms and tornadoes that hit the city are just outside the city friday night. winds up to 170 miles an hour, damaged or strid about 750 homes, the city's main airport got hit pretty hard, a lot of damage there. they expect to be up and operating at 70% capacity today. earlier this morning i spoke with one homeowner, brea ma mcintyre. listen to her descr...

We're also tracking the threat for tornadoes in april but in may to let you know what's ahead may is the month we see the most tornadoes annually across the country. it's been a busy april unfortunately. it's going to get busier, the threat of flooding, flood warnings posted across much of southern illinois into kentucky, paducah under flood warnings and advisories posted across just where we don't want rain, in st. louis. what this means, we're going to see thunderstorms intermittently across missouri and illinois and particularly in indiana, if you're up early to head to friends or family in...

Is fascinating is today is reek easter. they don't have the pastel colors of spring, they have eggs dyed red. on blood thursday we will dye the eggs in a beautiful deep red color and cover them with oil so they become shiny and these eggs the red symbolic of the blood of christ and one of the more fun traditions of greek easter is have an egg smashing competition, take yours and mine and whoever egg smashes first is the loser but you have to go tip to tip. >> where do we get the easter egg hunt and the candy, is that us getting -- >> it's symbolic. the fact it's evolved into something that is ...

Just keep shooting him shooting us. i'm going to try to walk up the stairs now to where the service was meant to be held. let's see how far we can go. happy easter. happy easter. [ speaking foreign language ] we're trying to get through to -- we have to go another way? >> he says there's an event upstairs we're not able to go. >> reporter: okay, move back, we're not able to go. clearly we're being chased out of here. we're not going to get to see the church service today so we're going to leave. [ speaking in foreign language ]