Becomes the first pope in centuries to resign. And hes leaving behind a vatican really at a cross roads. The Catholic Church facing difficult challenges and also opportunities as it moves forward. Now, as i say, usually when theres a transition and weve covered it so many times, well, not so many times, but the last one i was here, and that was because a pope died. John paul ii died after living his last years infirmed and in visible pain. Now we have a transition, we have a living pope. Youre not watching a funeral before the next pope is elected. Youre not watching the worlds heads of state come here to pay their respects to the departed pope. Youre seeing a much different kind of transition. John al whlen, what is Pope Benedict going to do the rest of the day . Normally the wednesday audience, the pope gives religious instruction rooted in scripture. But today i would imagine that knowing the momentous nature of whats happening, its probably going to be uncharacteristically personal
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Of the people who died here. Thats because they are saying some people, it is evident who they are, they can match it with fingerprints. With others, there is nothing to identify, they are having to get some source of dna. They are asking family members if you think you lost someone here to preserve a toothbrush and preserve a hair brush and put it in a paper bag and hold on to it so they can get to them. At this point, they are saying they would not be surprised if they do expect that the number of people who died here in the oakland fire will increase. Stephanie, thank you. Fireworks lighting up the night sky in north dakota. Protesters celebrating a federal government decision to reroute the oil pipeline that was set to be built under lake oahe under the missouri river. Supporters fear a leak could cause environmental damage. The protesters say they are worried that the Incoming Trump administration could reverse their victory. We have cnns sara sidner with the latest. Reporter cele
Welcome to early start. Im alison kosik. John and christine are off this morning. In a few hours, officials in oakland will hold a News Conference with an update on the huge blaze in the converted warehouse that killed 33 people during a dance party. Criminal investigators are on the scene looking for signs of arson or criminal negligence. Officials expect the death toll to rise. Cnns Stephanie Elam has more. Reporter it is too early to determine the cause of fire. Officials have gone through the building and broken it up into quads. They found victims in all four quads of the building. Some of the people who lost their lives were juveniles. 17yearolds and some 30 plus. They are in touch with embassies of people from other countries who lost their lives in the fire. At this point, they reached out to families, but still working to identify some people who died here. Thats because some people, it is evident who they are, if they had identification on them, they can match with fingerprin