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Conclave. ♪ take a good long look at these men here, streaming inside the sistine chapel, because this is the last time we will see these cardinals as they are heading into this tip-top secret conclave behind the locked doors, conclave means with key, the locked doors of the sistine chapel where they are now possibly casting their ballots as i speak. remember, they have to have, you have 115 cardinals, you have to 77 votes or two-thirds here necessary to pick a pope, but important to remembe...

Between the vatican cardinals, those 38 cardinals who represent the bureaucracy of the vatican, and cardinals from many other parts of the world who frankly believe this place needs a dose of 21st century business management. >> so it is interesting, brooke, as i listen to the conversation, ive gotten the benefit of john -- everything i know that is right comes out of john allens mouth. it is an interesting dynamic from this point forward because whether or not there is smoke tonight, whether or...

This conclave. there is a chimney somewhere amidst the night sky here in rome, vatican city. might there be a vote? might we see black or white smoke? well let you know any minute now. meantime, what women want, the question is top of mind after two very powerful women are flexing some serious muscle. you have on one hand, sheryl sandberg, coo of facebook, the latest "time" magazine cover star. she came out with new book it is every where the crux of her less message, lean in, pushing women to b...

They have this one vote, then three days, they vote, then two times a day. if they continue to vote for the same next pope, and they have yet to select someone, they take this day of prayer, but it is my understanding, it is not just praying here, there is papal politics happening. tell me about the alliances, john, that begin to form. >> the first point to make, brooke, is that although were expecting them to take a ballot tonight, they may not. it is optional. and, in fact, the vatican spokesp...

And, again, it is not about doctrine, not about substance, it is about governments, it is about how the place is run. what we have seen over the last eight years is that there have been a number of breakdowns that arent just interm, but have created big public messes. in 2009, there was the rehabilitation of a holocaust denying bishop. last year, the massive vatican leak scandal, perceived mishandling of the child sex abuse scandals. when these bond goes off in rome, they have to pick up the pie...

Peters square, awaiting, perhaps a sign from this conclave on day number one. anderson cooper and chris cuomo are live in rome. gentlemen, hello. >> well, we are here, looking at about as you nunique a spectacl we have had. a chimney, but the significance is huge. on top of the sistine chapel, were waiting to see if ballots are burned tonight, if the color is dark, we know there is no pope. if it is white, we know there is. as simple as that. we must wait, with all the technology in the world we...

He reads out, scola, gives it to you. you mark down scola. there is three other cardinals that do the exact same thing and all the 115 are marking it on their own ballot, the intensity of getting it right is huge. think about what other process, what other election works that way? obviously were talking about the smoke that just came out of the sistine chapel. it was black smoke here on the first day of the conclave. first vote, the cardinals chose to vote, but did not select a pope. welcome to ...

See the smoke. we will certainly be watching as we have crews there in rome. well bring that news to you as soon as we know from italy. meantime, cardinals, they have now officially cut off contact with the rest of the world. but for first time, social media playing a huge role here, trying to unveil some of the secrets of this papal conclave, so before heading into the sistine chapel, new york cardinal timothy dolan tweeted a link to his latest blog post, greetings again from rome. from the twe...

It is the white smoke, then what you get is this enormous acclimation from the crowd, and then, of course, people are on pins and needles waiting for that moment when they step out on the central loga to not only give us the announcement, but also to give us the name of the new pope. >> we dont know for sure there will be a vote even today, but this being the first day of the conclave, but if there is a vote, and assuming it is as pretty safe to assume there wouldnt be an actual decision at this...

Now they have a tandem stove system with one stove that has these chemical packets in it and they join the main chimney of the stove that burns the ballots and that chemical is supposed to change the color of the smoke, but even that gets very difficult to decipher. then on top of that darkness, humidity, rain and hail and all the other things we have seen today makes it very confusing. then what we do, brooke, is we wait for bells. the problem is bells ring a lot in rome. you dont know if this ...