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Day that was historic and fascinating right from the start. >> reporter: into st. peters it came. the men who will soon to be cardinals and the man who will soon to be pope and the one who will choose him. side by side, step by step, some vital, some feeble toward a mass not seen in eight years since the last pope was elected at a moment not seen in 598 years, the succession of one living pope by another. a mass for cardinals, but also the masses. people waiting hours to get in for a ceremony ...

There are many around the world and several are here in rome trying to spend another day to elect a pope. they are secluded right now. sworn to secrecy. the only means of communication, the colors from the smoke from the ballots they burn. a black or a white answer. so, today, the first ballots burned and the answer went up in smoke, black smoke, no decision. chances are though, the field has been narrowed. chances are a handful of men went to bed last night thinking it could be me or it might a...

>> shep: shannon, thank you. a finally farewell to a flock of more than one billion followers. pope benedict speaking in the public for is last time before leader of catholic church before he resigns. he will go into at the including. he said goodbye to a crowd of 150,000 who jammed into st. peters square, many who waited for hours. he will be the first pope in nearly 600 years to step down from the position. today he asked the faithful to pray for whichever cardinal takes his place. >> in faith...

Late last night with the death of the gunman. 40-year-old ian stawicki walked into a cafe and shot five people, killing four of them. a half hour later, he killed a woman in another part of town while stealing her suv. police launched a citywide man hunt. when they found stawicki, he shot himself and later died. we turn to the vatican where pope benedict xvi spoke out about the leaked documents for the first time. the pontiff said he was saddened by the betrayal. his butler was arrested last w...

her bedroom nine days ago. the focus this morning a new surveillance video capturing three people outside of her home. heights of freedom on the eve of osama bin laden death. one world trade center marking a milestone today becoming the tallest building in new york city. blasting the bible. dan savage from "it gets better" campaign goes on the attack saying, quote, he should learn to ignore the b.s. in the bible and when it says about gay people. this morning, he is not backing dow...

decent timing and kimmel pretty good as well. s john fugelsang with us, political comedian, with the professional opinion and will cain, columnist of theblaze.com. >> good morning. >> our starting point this morning, pretty shocking and daring escape that could have an impact on the u.s. relationship with china, a blind chinese discy dent evaded layers of guards after 18 months under house arrest, he made his trek 370 miles north to beijing. secretary secretary tim gigter in are expect...

unconscious in the tub of her beverly hills hotel room where she was pronounced dead. the site also claims her bodyguard attempted cpr and pills were found at the scene. this is also courtesy of tmz. a picture of the 18-year-old daughter of whitney houston and bobby brown, bobbi kristina rushed to a los angeles hospital in the last few hours. no word on why but her condition was thought not to be life threatening. fans gathered outside the hotel where houston died laying down roses and...

The faith itself, is there hasnt been much talk about it. partially because of this reticence reticence, its a mystery. and even religion that has mystery can freak people out. >> well, it is a deliberately secretive religion. youre not allowed in their religious buildings, if you ar into st. patricks cathedral anytime they want. you make this point in your piece which was actually found in that e-book the politico team wrote about the campaign saying the romney campaign strategy about this issu...

eve bash in the world on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning, everyone. so glad you could join us. it is friday, december 30th. im deb feyerick along with alina cho on this "american morning." >> thanks for joining us, everybody. up first this morning, mitt romney trying to steal the deal in iowa. former massachusetts governor is the front-runner now, a few points ahead of ron paul. with four days to go before the caucuses, romney is tweaking h...

>> congressman, lets talk about infrastructure for a moment. how are the cardinals going to replace albert pujols? whats whats the mood among cardinals fans today in st. louis? >> good point. good point. and that brings me to discuss i-70 which runs from closest into st. louis. and we know that we need a transportation bill because for every billion dollars spent, 40,000 jobs are created. and thats good government. and we need to be debating a transportation tax as opposed to playing chicken as ...