pope francis is now officially the 266th heir to st. peter s throne. the vatican held its installation mass this morning. he set the tone of the papacy with a couple to the poor, the marginaliz marginalized. it was the largest crowd since the funeral of pope john paul ii in 2005. they were join by spiritual leaders have to jewish, muslim, buddhist, and christian faiths, including the head of the orthodox church, the first to attend an installation mass in 1,000 years. there were also heads of state from 132 nations, including our own vice president biden. tomorrow, he meets with 30 delegations from other christian churches in major world faiths. friday, he addresses the foreign ambassadors assigned to the holy see. friday, something that hasn t happened in 700 years, the pope meets with his predecessor, benedict xvi. all there before palm sunday mass. we start with nbc s claudio, and also with us, father james martin, jesuit priest and best selling author. his latest book, t
welcome to american morning. good friday morning to you. it is april 15th. awful lot going on to end the week this week. so many stories we ve been following in japan, libya and all of the international events, but luts events at home. usually be tax day, but you get three extra days this year. if you re procrastinating. kick back and watch the whole show. no hurry. we want to bring you up to date on extreme weather. storms racing across the country. tornadoes possibly spawned in at least parts of seven states. witnesses say one huge funnel cloud touched down in tushka, oklahoma. some storm chaser in a pick-up found themselves too close to a funnel cloud in stonewahl, oklahoma. here s a look. we need to back up. we need to back up. we really need to back up here and watch behind us, keith. keep an eye on it. it s right there. it s a mile wide tornado. [ bleep ]. are you watching in. how are we looking? sorry. scary stuff. looks like something out of a mo