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new york. im wolf blitzer. thanks for watching. the news continues next on cnn. good evening, everyone. it is testing time in american politics. one leading republican presidential contender, texas governor rick perry, is about to make his debate debut and is drawing a political spotlight as his state deals with punishing wildfires. >> at this point were urging people to avoid any outdoor activity which could conceivably start a fire. >> another top-tier gop contender the former mc...

Years has passed since this square of st. peters was packed for the funeral of pope john paul ii. the be at fix process had been underway for that amount of time and, normally the process for beatification or canonization cannot begin until five years after the death of the person in question. the waiting period is to assure the person had in fact an enduring reputation for sanctity among the faithful. john paul ii waived three years of the five--year waiting period for blessed mother teresa and...

Theyre going to have a prayer vigil there tonight and there will be some comments by pope benedict via a video link. tomorrow though of course -- tomorrow morning is the big day. thats the beatification and part of a mass that will be presided over by pope benedict. it is an absolutely beautiful ceremony and i will give a plug and say that we will be broadcasting it live here on msnbc. but you will see this will be absolutely packed with people tomorrow and of course all of st. peter square will...

Paul has brought here to the vatican. and im sure we will see a resurgence of that after its moved into the main part, not down in the bottom of st. peters. >> yeah. well, that recent trip to rome that you referenced i took with my son a couple of years ago was made all the better for your recommendations, chris, because you know that city like no one else. youve got the tour guides. elizabeth lev coming up. she is phenomenal. the restaurants and the night life. youve also got the coverage tomor...

Cleanup. and in that first period, the next three, four years, therell be dangers of major radiation spills even under the best of circumstances. so thats why you have to keep watching. this crisis is far from over. harris: yeah. people let back into their homes for just a short period. authorities saying theyll do it again within two months, you get two hours. a lot of them only had a debit card and the clothes on their back, and youre talking a very long time until they can occupy those homes ...

Agree to do it was perhaps him. bill: i will ask him that. hes what hes saying, you guys are guilty of morale cowardice, a simple majority would have gotten this through, you didnt have to go for the two-thirds vote. i come back to the fundamental question, do you think people like peter king are against those who still suffer, who went to ground zero, the morning of 9/11, they stayed there day after day and week after week and are living with those consequences for a lifetime? >> well, i have t...

>> reporter: yeah, you know, the rain didnt really make a difference. it was pouring rain both during the mass and after the mass at noon local time when the pope gives his easter greetings, and his blessing, and i think, you know, if you had the time to count, it probably would have been a little more than 100,000 umbrellas out there because they come all the same, you know. a lot of people are here this week because theyre on vacation for holy week, and obviously as you say, st. peters is a ma...

Also talking about the persecution of christians and singled out pakistan saying people suffering for their faith and even dying for their faith. now, there were well over 100,000 tourists and pilgrims who came into st. peters square in and around it because it really was overflowing all the way down the main street out of st. peters. just about all of them with umbrellas as there was a steady rain for a part of the mass and certainly all of the time when the pope was giving his easter greetings...

He has not this week so far. >> and what is on the popes schedule for the next couple of days? >> reporter: well, its a very busy week always, and these are sort of the last three big days. the two events today and then tomorrow night there is the easter vigil which is sort of like an early easter sunday mass. again on sunday morning the easter sunday mass as well as st. peters, and then something everybodys waiting for because the pope does it in so many languages, he gives his easter greetings...

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