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An amazing moment a kayaker goes over a water fall. check that out. lets check in with steve doocy. >> that was cool. >> take you live to rome coming up on "fox & friends." its almost time to pick a new pope. we will talk about who is perhaps the frontrunner in the so-called sweet sistine. donald trump will join us. he has made an offer. he will donate $5 million they are making gun ownership mandatory. , a breeze, a dunk of grilled cheese. catches and throws, and spaghettios. thats what happy k...

Ballot. of course, the first whiff of black or white smoke would be around 7:00 p.m. rome time. black smoke would signal there is no new pope. the white smoke signaling we have a new pope of the that is the situation right here right now. gretchen? >> gretchen: all right. lauren green, thank you so much for breaking that down. historically its amazing to hear the process and how it works and we can know relatively soon. >> eric: i went on the betting site and the archbishop from italy is the hig...

Pope. >> ben wedeman, before we see that white smoke, though, i know there are people betting on this. we have talked about the sweet sistine. who are some of the favorites for the next pope? >> reporter: brooke, the top two are mark oulette of canada. he would represent the south and american block. scola, more a favorite of the vatican and the european cardinals, but really it is wide open field, certainly compared to 2005, when benedict was the fairly obvious candidate at the time. this time ...

D.c. area. they were both elevated in 2012. you wonder if they will vote as a block, if they will sort of get together and decide who they want to support. its going to be really interesting. i think there is so much hope for somebody -- bill: oftentimes i like even it to a fraternity. when you socialize you try and influence toward one person perhaps away from another or maybe even be on your own behalf. all this is possible now as they get together and decide the next leader. do you like sweet...

Will be fascinating to watch this process. there are so much high hopes i think in terms of the selection. we will be watching you all the time, amy. thanks so much from the vatican. bill: they call in the sweet sistine, the sweet sixteen, the top 16 candidates, who might be the next pope. the conclave date not set but expected to be decided once all the cardinals ae arrive in rome. benedict the 16 r- xvi will not take part in it. martha: bigger numbers of americans than ever in this process of ...

I would be remiss if i didnt ask you that what do you think the chances are that you walk into the sistine chapel as cardinal and coming out as pope. >> as about a-rod for taking third place for the new york yankes. >> sports metaphors are not too far off when it comes to picking a new pope. there is a sweet sistine bracket under way. that sweet sistine bracket trying to predict who will be the next catholic leader. talk about march madness. meanwhile, the world waits to find out when the concla...

>>steve: weve been waiting a couple of days. brian kilmeade is back and so now we can start the conclave. >>brian: i love the way everyone is taking the pope thing to sport. no front-runner. anyone could win. >>steve: there is a blog called the sweet sistine which takes a look bracket style. >>gretchen: brian started to sweat because he heard that music and thought he had to go to confession. the last time you went to confession? >>brian: i dont know. nixon was in trouble. >>gretchen: i was glad...