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Affiliate. >> you worked your way up. i did local news and you worked up and youre here. now you are the religion reporter. >> yes. >> you also played the piano for pope benedict. how did that happen? >> well, i happen to meet his brothers biographer at an event in rome about a year before that. he said -- he invited me to reaga reagans berg for his birthday. he said wed love to do a concert for his 90th birthday. the pope resigned. and they werent going to have this concert there. they said, he...

>> i still face the consequences of what i did. but i dont go around piled down with that guilt any more. yes, im guilty but god has forgiven me. >> but rupel told us her religious conversion wasnt easy. >> we had these ladies that would come in to do a bible study. i have to say, i hated them. they come in with their cheery little faces, smiling, telling me everything will be all right. everything will be all right. jesus will fix it. i was like, you dont know what youre talking about. maybe th...

>> they believe aaron hernandez killed odin lloyd, but they still have a big unanswered question. >> is there anything that, if you had the chance, you would want to ask aaron hernandez yourself? >> why. >> why did you do it? >> but why never had to be proven. people continue to ask, this is a young man who had it all, why would he do something like this? >> just by the fact that you have money and opportunity does not mean that you have character. so, yes, he had a lot, but he didnt have it all...

>> now look at this one. a surprise guest crashes a life tv broadcast in california. >> oh, im so, so, sorry. i cant believe what ive just heard. ive heard word that we have on our helicopter, a blue whale. >> the fv host can barely keep it together when a rare blue whale is spotted during that bbc show "big blue live". >> and is this the worlds most adorable game of peekau boo? that is isaiah shoot and young guerilla named cumolly having an impromptue play date. they look leak theyre having a l...

Fallen in. and if it only were just injuries. harry sledder, now deep in the crevasse, rolls on to his side and finds fellow climber john biggs lying next to him. >> i thought he was just knocked unconscious. he was -- sorry. i tried. >> two more who had fallen, three in all, suffered the same awful fate. three climbers dead. >> i had this wonderful trip where half an hour ago we were all smiling, go to the other extreme. >> cleve joiner doesnt know it, standing 30 feet above, but his son, cole,...

Things like that. >> thank you. >> as jacob passes through the gates after more than two years in prison, the reality of his release begins to settle in. >> you know, i cant stop smiling right now. when i was on the inside, you know, i was serious about everything. you know, right now i can, you know, crack a smile and feel good and be myself. you know? i mean, just it feels a whole lot better on this side than on that side, i tell you that. very nervous, though. very nervous. seriously, i dont ...

>> vegas is unique. but you go to the airport here, everybodys smiling. when they come in, they cant wait to lose their money. when they leave, theyre smiling after they lost their money. i think it is very, very special place that people can kind of take their basic instincts and let it fly. i think thats good. i have no problem with that at all. ♪ ♪ >> when you come to vegas, you see this. the lights and smoke and mirrors, the casino floors, but who manages the machine? where do they come ...

At wdbj a year ago. he was teamed with ward on the morning show. cnns randi kaye has more on what they both brought to journalism. >> when i was younger, i wanted to either become a doctor or become a pharmacist is. as a journalist, i get to cover those types of fields. >> this is how viewers got to know alison parker, a video produced by the station showing her smiling, full of life. >> i absolutely love mexican food. very, very spicy food, enchill lad das, tacos, the spicier the better. >> the...

In the fact although her life was brief she was so happy with it. she lived to it the fullest and her spirit will always be with us. our thoughts are with them tonight. 360s randi kaye has a look what made her and adam ward so special to so many people. >> when i was younger i wanted to either become a doctor or become a pharmacist, but as a journalist i get to cover those types of fields. >> reporter: this is how viewers got to know alison parker. a video produced by the station showing her smi...

Or pharmacist but its i get to cover those types of fields. >> reporter: this is how viewers got to know alison parker, a video showing her smiling, full of life. >> i absolutely love mexican food. very, very spicy food. you name it, i will eat it. >> reporter: the 24-year-old virginia native signed on with television station wdbj last year as a morning reporter. alison covered everything from zoo animals to weather. she graduated from virginias james madison university in 2012 and was the news ...