a live look as pope francis gets ready to meet with the full college of cardinals. >> good morning, everybody, welcome to "early start," i'm alina cho. zoraida has the day off. john is going to be co-hosting "starting point" a little later on this morning. >> i'm christine romans. it's friday, march 15th. the ides of march. >> as christine just mentioned, happening right now pope francis is about to begin an audience with the college of cardinals. we are told that the cardinals will be able to individually greet the pope. what an amazing picture there. we're talking about the full colle college, that includes the cardinals who did not take part in the conclave. some of the older ones, 80 years old and the like. the pope also may speak. we will bring that to you live if it happens. >> the other big story we're following, a carnival cruise ship in trouble at sea again. that's three major mishaps in a month, and two just this week. right now the carnival "legend" is having propulsion problems in the caribbean and can't operate at full speed so it's bypassing a stopover in grand cayman and