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Rome. I want to say happy birthday to teddy and joseph, your 6yearold twins. Its a big day back home. Thanks for that. A big day in the berman household. That is it for early start. Starting buoyapoint with so obrian starts right now. Welcome, everybody. Our starting point this morning, the popes final day as head of the Catholic Church. In just about seven hours the office of the pope will be empty when benedict xvi is officially in retirement. This morning he blessed the cardinals who will pick his successor. Translator may he bless all of you in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit. Were live in rome this morning with the historic moment and what it means for the church. Well be talking with monsignor Rick Hilgartner of the u. S. Conference of catholic bishops. Senior Simone Campbell will join us and father edward beck is our guest. And time is running out. Two proposals meant to avoid drastic spending cuts but theyre both expected to fail, so can we avoid tomorrow
Thats all for us tonight. Youre looking live at pictures of saint Peters Square in vatican city. And in just moments, Pope Benedict will be arriving one last time as 1. 2 million catholics around the world prepare to say farewell to their holy father. Good morning and welcome to a special edition of early start. Im Christian Amanpour live from rome on. And we also want to welcome our global viewers on cnn international. This is the final day of the popes public audiences. Pope benedict is about to make his last one right here in the square before stepping down. It is a historic day. Becoming the first pope in six centuries to abdicate and he leaves behind a church with many opportunities behind and many challenges, as well. And well talk all about that later on on in a moment, take a look at saint Peters Square, more than 50,000 people were told are expected to witness the popes final general audience. The anticipation has been building. Here is the schedule for this morning and for th
Million from its budget, Law Enforcement agencies across california would lose 1. 6 million in grant money and reportedly 7 million in funding for californias National Parks would be lost. We have other headlines tonight. New leads in the case of an east bay couple missing in peru. They are bike enthusiasts and they were cycling in south america. Communication was suddenly stopped. There is Surveillance Video of the couple soon after their last posting on facebook. Nbc bay areas Jodi Hernandez has been closely monitoring the developments and joins thus evening with the new details. Jodi . Reporter raj, jamie neals coworkers here at the bike shop have been on pins and needles waiting for word on what may have happened to their coworker and her boyfriend. Tonight theres a very real sense that authorities may be getting closer to tracking the couple down. We have seized video, are security video, at the bus station. They were in line and got on the base. Reporter this couple is missing in
President hamid karzai is requesting them pull out within two weeks. The reason plus how officials are responding. Stewart 33. And that fiery nascar crash leaving questions about the safety of speedways. A lot of news coming out of daytona today. We will take you there, as well. But we begin with our top political headlines. There could be a deal in the senate on guns. A Bipartisan Panel may Reach Agreement on tougher background checks for gun buyers. The Washington Post reports the talks led by two democrats and two republicans are expected to earn more gop spurt in the coming days. The nras president said the president has done nothing serious to reduce the threat of gun violence. Even in his state of the Union Address where he laid out his second term agenda, president obama made not one mention, not one word of the need to improve security for our schools. Why . Because theyre not serious about taking steps that actually work. And ann and mitt romney will sit down for their First T