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We can this Sunday morning waking up to major news this morning. Terrorist bombings in Sri Lanka killed more than 200 people want more on that in a moment but first on this Easter and Passover weekend, consider how our faith so important in these troubled times is increasingly playing out on Phil John Blackstone reporter cover story the new movie breakthrough is about the power of prayer, a hallmark of faith-based films.

So if Jesus returned today filmmaker it's possible what is worth discussing God from church pews to the box office spirit with faith-based films head on Sunday morning and then will be going to meet the mayor mayor Pete Church of South Bend and yeah who has his young eyes on the White House. John Dickerson will be making the introduction and only 37 South Bend, Indiana.

Mayor Pete is not your typical candidate for president. He's in Afghanistan veteran Rhodes scholar and a newlywed weary on your always patted on the head and told the future by mattress and we can bring to the present. Later on Sunday morning meet Mayor Pete Sullivan Broadway is doubling as a master class tolerance and understanding. Tracy Smith will be talking to its leading me to kill a Mockingbird is one of the hottest tickets on Broadway and one of the hardest to get. Unless you were basically performing students. Are you cool with that cool person talk.

Another solution that when it comes time to learn therein had on Sunday morning. They Ventura, remembers Notre Dame in happier times and more all coming up in our Sunday morning podcast content watching the 10 commands earlier per trails of faith on a phenomenon that seems to be more common today than ever cover story by John Blackstone.

There was no red carpet at Lake St. Louis in Missouri, but for the film makers promoting a movie about the power of prayer place that provides a reason to believe dear heavenly father, we are literally in the spot of a miracle. I pray in the name of Jesus. Amen. Rise and shine like this is ready in 10 minutes. The new movie breakthrough is based on the true story of 14-year-old John Smith, who in 2015 fell through the ice on Lake St. Louis and was pronounced dead water recovery. Only his mother, played by Christie Metz of TVs. This is us believe. Not all was lost and started to pray.

It's undeniable that something miraculous happened that we still have answers as to why or how, you can't really deny that literally on the documents it states patient died. Mother prayed. Patient came back to life. The message that prayer can work is part of what drew Metz to the story I seen it work so many times not only my life, my friends, my family and I've used it throughout my life because I needed to break through with its themes of prayer download and even resurrection is what the film industry refers to sometimes disparagingly is a faith-based Christian.

Have you ever worried in the entertainment business. About being a person of faith wasn't asking me this question I thought were I think I needed to be worried. Metz and the makers of breakthrough hope their story will indeed breakthrough and appeal to a general audience. The greatest story ever told the big screen. There's a reason this scene is unforgettable. It's been on TV almost every Easter weekend 1973, not adjusted for inflation. The sixth highest grossing film of all time. But those biblical ethics largely faded from the screen until 15 years ago when Mel Gibson released the passion of the Christ films controversy must-see for the faith.

For Christians it was a huge moment in which we said, my goodness, we can actually our story on the screen. Robert Nicolosi is a film professor at Azusa Pacific University Frankenstein is saying is also a former non-what a lot of Christians didn't realize or think that with the passion was Mel financed that himself had millions of dollars. Very few Christians have a lot of cash anywhere near that and unfortunately in this artform, you get what you pay for the passion Hollywood started paying attention given me love you never had before. Faith-based films like fireproof and facing the Giants made on small budgets brought in money and is there mostly audiences.

If not, the critics are movies that are given faith-based films, a bad name. I think in the past. Faith-based films of the made by pastors but they're not really artists and that's kind of given us know that image in a way because you have Cory dialogue Christians who already Christians Rick Cole and his classmates at liberty University whispered Virginia are learning the art of filmmaking that one of the largest Christian universities in the country.

Here a day on a movie set begins with a prayer we pray for the performances today. God, that you would cover them. We give you glory and praise in Jesus name, amen. For the past two years.

These student driven productions have actually had theatrical releases were studying the art were studying people to come before us, whether Christian or non-Christian because good film. This is good film with the ground line is starting to be a cinematographer. This is where God wants me until cell just having that like a ground it will definitely help me out on recent changes in the film industry may help to narrow more Christian production companies and high-quality equipment for moviemaking is getting cheaper to say line Stefan Chelsea is the director of the film school at liberty University technologies change a lot. Now you can actually go make a movie. Reach your target audience and be successful on multiple platform forms like pure Flixster streaming service like Netflix for faith and family films movies that provide an alternative to Hollywood sex and violence that Christian parents like Lisa. So Lara says is not right for her children rather than spend a 2 1/2 hours watching something that can benefit them in something that's can strengthen them from the inside out and leave time to CF Cory's miracles from having miracles from heaven, starring Jennifer Garner was made for only $13 million brought in more than 73 million at the box office its producer was Bishop TD Jakes always been interested in film of always interested in teaching two stores with what Jesus did. Jakes has made 10 movies including the Christian megahit heaven is for real, starring Greg Kinnear brought in more than $100 million but on Sunday, you'll find Bishop Jakes.

Here is Dallas mega church known as the potter's house. Preach movie or not the Prince but I may be trying to message a message he hopes to deliver to those who may never go to church from an event eliciting perspective. There are more people in the theater on Friday morning so you have this huge sales to reach a wider array of different demographic of people with the lessons of positivity. Thank you for seeing with faith-based films like breakthrough getting larger budgets and attracting big-name talent.

Christian filmmakers may finally be getting an answer prayer fond memories of Notre Dame Cathedral as it was before that heartbreaking fire this past week have inspired this appreciation from Dave Ventura, Paris, I lived in Paris on and off for the past 20 years and I don't want to see images of Notre Dame were charred beans and I remember it from the story. I did while in revolution, neglect, as well as 40,000 tourists every handful of climate nearly 400 stairs to the top spectacular but Notre Dame is so much more than stone. This is above all living church with the staff and volunteer there sacristy and apply the devoted congregation given Michael Perry as a priest from Brooklyn who used to volunteer people every summer something happens you realize looking up at the soaring arches hundred and yet it isn't the highest cathedral in the world, though it was one of the most important because before Notre Dame churches were squat nearly windowless before Notre Dame.

It was impossible to build anything that stonewalls alone could not supported the weight of that route. The solution is Towers called flying buttresses away from the top into powers that are here waiting is dispersed not only allowed the builders to go higher but open the walls with great that would change forever the way churches ushered in Gothic style. And yet, despite all that, by the 19th century and fall into disrepair. Incredibly, there was a movement to tear it down until an architect named file Leduc stepped in the safe. He enlisted the help of a writer friend named Victor Hugo.

This is where the character Quasimodo enters the store. Most people know the tortured hunchback is merely the bellringer's story was pivotal because of Victor Hugo's novel hunchback of Notre Dame. The narrative pauses at the 14th chapter described and those 10 pages save this church. Thank God they did. The church is long been one of France's proudest so father Michael Perry keeps it all in experience, long time ago when this will ensure front door the church with her cousin Camille. Camille said, students seem wincing well. Camille's cousin the world disagree million dollars in donations for its restoration have already is the world and now a page from our Sunday morning 21st 19 101 years ago today on the Western front for that was the day German fighter pilot Manfred von Rick Tobin was shot down over France. Some of the German noblemen was Germany's most successful and celebrated relays dashing famed for his bright scarlet plane Rick Tobin was named Mary squadron a lead is called the flying Circus with 80 kills to his credit, like territory day in hot pursuit of a British fighter dogfight bullet lost control just 25 years of recovery was given a respectful military funeral by the British buried in France in 1925. His body was returned for reburial in Germany, though long gone. The legend von Rick Tobin and she really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view to the time inside of his walk around it Sunday morning on CBS and here again is Lee Cowan, Gregory Peck. Of course with Mary Badham to kill a Mockingbird classic film adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved novel detail has made it to Broadway serving as a master class in tolerance for schoolchildren today.

Tracy Smith saved us a seat if you know anything about Mockingbird you know that there are some mighty big shoes to fill someone in this building and maybe no one knows that better than just the guy who puts on that light colored suit becomes a Broadway play each night sorry for us no place forgotten who we were taking on a role that had made famous. I might be a little insecure about that. Did you have any doubt. I didn't and I think it's the age I think of been around long enough to know if you want challenges than this is a great one is remember to kill a mocking of course is based on Harper Lee's prize-winning novel about racism in the deep South and innocent black man on trial for his life in front of the jury said exactly what he meant that most people read Mockingbird in middle school passed through Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama book immortalized in the hands of the young schoolgirl now.

Broadway producers are putting their kids hands as well. Ever since it opened last December offered tickets to New York City public school kids for only $10. Now thousands of students play in the reaction is much universal one-word review of the play to go around to perfect execution, life-changing, but it was a life lesson. Motivation meaningful, which makes you stronger. But even with eight shows a week, the cast is now time to get the road earlier this month played to a few hundred, and VIP at the Library of Congress times of change issue and just last week showed up in the Bronx middle school class studying the book kind of a teachers dream come true.

My family and it was a big player is one of the great fictional American pension plan Broadway theaters considered the Carnegie Hall family can see it was also kind of deal). He felt to kill a Mockingbird was voted the most loved book in America is an easing of the pressure course passive met certain described his work as 1/4 turn ranch adjustments to make the story more relevant today like expanding the roles of African-American characters is something more make you know that's exactly why you in the process made a point of making sure that school. Casey why why it's important. I'm not looking to replace the book and anyway I think that there's more to this discussion than the discussion that at least I had when when I first read the book, which is a rudimentary discussion of race, justice and equality in the Jim Crow South and it's exactly the kind of conversation that you want students and teachers. Now, at the same time. You're also opening the doors to people who could be some of your biggest critics sure that's but that's cost of doing business right. We knew that we were going to be hearing about it.

No one cared. We all believe that what we were doing will we were ready to take whatever punishment was coming our way, and it didn't come.

In fact, the player settings box office records and for the kids. Anyway, it's a lot more than entertainment. You think other kids should see this is why I feel like I should give kids at a younger age, a perspective of how life was back then. I feel like even if their young. It will help them understand of how they want their life to be and help them develop the you think you can get that out of this play felt like every like lines was like a message like everything was purposeful.

Everything was just perfect Lexington year messages and lessons in understanding your own this matinees and adjustment Jeff Daniels says young audiences are more spirit, but the reactions the kids reaction are completely different places last night you will hear word I say, because the kids will 000-1400 people doing are you cool with that cool person talking in their solution that when it comes time to learn their generation.

My story seems to get to kill a Mockingbird is like a demand for justice shows how unjust the situation surrounding because like the fight is never ending. Now like me to continue fighting people to judge as a presidential candidate with a tongue twister is from South Bend and yet which is where John Dickerson of CBS this morning went to meet so close to downtown hospital where I was born is right across the river there people to judge wants to be president. Task almost as difficult as pronouncing his name its Buddha judge as in boot edge edge, but the 37-year-old Mayor of South Bend, Indiana and veteran of Afghanistan likes a tough project needed on a repair in the right market. The house was vacant and it was the price was dropping a few thousand bucks every few weeks and I realized it might actually get to where I could afford. Mayor, Buddha, judge, lives in this 1905 home with his husband, Kasten. Now he has his eyes on a different point in running for president. Once a long shot has been rising in the polls tracking contributions and attention. If elected, he says his top priority would be fixing the democratic system from the electoral college to gerrymandering.

Let's talk about what might be the great security issue of our time.

Otherwise, he believes progress on climate change in healthcare would be difficult. But what most people see you and Pete is the man who would become America's youngest president. Do you think because Donald Trump has opened the window of possibilities that you actually benefit what's possible in a candidacy in the present. In some ways I never thought is a 37-year-old Mayor that I would be able to say that I have more government experience in the present United States. What other part of your life would you point people to might be concerned.

Given your age might say what has he been tested on number one moment in Afghanistan when I was responsible for making sure the vehicle that I was driving got to where it was going safely in your warned that, for example, magnetic IED could be placed on your vehicle and once it sounded to me as though somebody could attach something to the vehicle I was driving and for a split second. We had to figure out whether to ditch the vehicle which would've been obviously very risky as well because you're very obviously targeting the middle of the city where some people are prettier to attack you if they got the chance turned out what happened was that there was a better who had no legs. He was on a sort of Dolly and he slapped the side of the car in order to move himself. Nothing else. It taught me not to overreact not to panic when something is coming along is pretty alarm is a trained pianist is also a Rhodes scholar from Harvard and is studying the rise of another Democrat I know also from Harvard, also a veteran, and also once considered too young for office to look at his old campaign poster. When is running for Congress is this scrawny to see young guy and the slogan is the new generation offers a leader.

Truman came out and said Sen. Kennedy. I'm sure you can have a great future. Now is not your time. May I hurt you or only when you're young you're always patted on the head and told you the future by mattress and we can bring to the present and the presence is always shaped some measure value elected mayor of South Bend at age 29 Buddha judge took over just after Newsweek declared his hometown, one of America's dying city and its Golden age was more than 15 years ago, is home to the carmaker Baker more than 20,000 strong men and women make. But in the early 1960s Studebaker shut down overall shattered old-school factory style and took much of South Bend's economy along with it. This place is really hot until it all came crashing to a halt part of the old factory is now a tech center code school for teenagers run out of this Buddha judge calls it a symbol for what's happened in South Bend under his leadership and what he do for the country as president. America deserves our courage and deserve. Talk about improving the symbolism of the presidency. Why is that important because the presidency is also more office calls this nation to its highest values and it sets the tone for the story that we tell ourselves narratives very powerful thing and we need to make sure that everybody in America understands where they fit in this country story, but until recently, the mayor's own story was only half told when you went to serve.

You wrote a letter in case you didn't come back.

What's in the letter on people care about me to know that I wouldn't felt that I've been cheated as tragic as it would be my wife were cut short. That was so full that I wouldn't have left it with with a sense of anger but it's a strange thing to think about to because I didn't come out until after I came back. I also packed my bags for Afghanistan having no idea what it was like to be in love and the richest and fullest part of my life is what happened after I came back in my chest and got married so so think I can back Buddha judge came out publicly during his reelection bid in 2015.

Last year he married junior high teacher, chest, and Glassman. I'm so happy about is here there to rescue dogs, Truman and one night buddy have their own social media following. It was Buddy who interrupted our interview. This is like politics. This is like you think you're doing a great job and someone comes from the left and everything walking the kind of marriage.

Voters have seen before in the present raises the question, is the country ready for a gay president feel that your marriage is campaigning as well because you are doing something that is new in American politics are you.

I don't have to answer for me with past marriage equality on the Answer for my average anymore. Think how could I possibly be doing this if it weren't for chest if I didn't have someone in my life who cares about me is me the messenger is the message youngest candidate is promising generational change with the campaign built on reanimating his parties values for a new era including a connection with faith to have a particular passage from Scripture that your particular fund. If there's one that I always try to think about what I'm deciding what to do. It's the Beatitudes. I also think about the Scripture that says that when you pray like the hypocrites who left standing in the synagogues in the corners of the streets that they'll be seen by others and prays for, so there's lots turn to and want to check yourself Scripture, and there may be a lot to check the political rise of Pete Buddha judge.

But for those who have trouble with his name. He says call me Mayor Pete I we count thanks for joining us this Sunday morning.

Will see again next week with Garrett this week. Stephen Long live Mitch McConnell in one of Washington's biggest midterm money list for me to Senate races you think Republicans have the best chance of taking a democratic seed with Nevada not Georgia. George is right up there with New Hampshire's surprise, New Hampshire people really just kind of don't like you have for more from this week's conversation followed the take-out with major Garrett on Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts