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Here is typical dolan. >> its a great day for all of new york. this is the hat i want to put on the empire state building and the home plate at yankee stadium and the statue of liberty. so this is for all of new york, its not for me. >> reporter: even the pope is a fan thrilled by the blend of humor and devotion that dolan offered in a private speech to his fellow cardinals, the pope smiled as he presented the archbishop with his cap and ring. >> he said, "well, thank you again for yesterday." i...

Airborne bird flu before it spreads and kills thousands or millions. >> otherwise well be overwhelmed by mother nature terrorizing us in the future. >> reporter: a balancing act of deadly research to stop a doomsday virus. jeffery kofman abc news, rotter dam. all right. jeffery, our thanks to you. and at the vatican the pope elevated 22 high-ranked church leaders, including two americans to the position of cardinal. new york archbishop timothy dolan and edwin obrien, archbishop of baltimore,...

>> mason: elaine quijano in new york. thanks, elaine. overseas at the vatican, 22 new cardinals received their red hats today, two americans among them. allen pizzey has more on the ceremony and how it may impact the catholic church going forward. >> reporter: the official name for the ceremony is an ordinary public consistory. ordinary being something of an understatement for what is in fact the popes way of putting his stamp on the future of the church. the cardinals principal job is to choose...

More people involved in the group and what we did is had a book club. we used the volker rule as a book club. we met in public atriums and in diners and we go through and we -- discuss our assigned reading and come up with bullet points to the answers to the questions. the agencies, sec, fdic, asked questions in the rule. and so -- it turned into this very long lust of bullets we slowly started to write and write and write. and i guess this sort of -- the ball kept rolling and turned into 325 pa...

>> the spot has special significance for askey, who is serving 25 years to life, under californias three strikes law. >> i almost killed somebody during a burglary back in 1985. if they would have died, i may have been up there. thats pretty heavy right there. ♪ on a cold december morning a million miles out to sea ♪ ♪ stare down at a letter from my wife and kids to me ♪ >> why do you write such sad songs? >> i dont know. i dont know, actually. i really dont have an answer for that. they...

>> reporter: who joined forces with houston after once rivaling her on the pop charts, she tweeted, "she will never be forgotten as one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth." and then there was this from barbra streisand, "how sad her gifts could not bring her the same happiness they brought us." a chorus of mourning for the loss of one of the greats. ♪ >> reporter: linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> our thanks to linsey tonight and later on tonight in this broadcast, that incredib...

>> reporter: the president backed down friday. >> no religious institution -- >> reporter: now wanting insurance companies rather than religious groups to pay for contraceptive care. as part of health care reform. the catholic health association applauded the accommodation, even the church seemed encouraged on friday, but then the bishops blasted the white house for needless government intrusion and threatening coercion of religious people. republicans are ready for a fight. >> if this is what t...

about. when they look at exactly what may have caused whitney houstons death, the autopsy is complete. the results are on hold. theyre waiting for toxicology reports which they say could take up to eight weeks or longer. whitney houston was found in a bathtub at the beverly hilton hotel on saturday late afternoon. there were some reports that maybe she drowned an there are some sources who said it could have been a combination of drugs and alcohol. radar online is saying that police fo...

Liberty. and in political terms that we need to 23ig out ways to decentralize economic power in order to both maintain competitive market and then also have, you know, a truly competitive political market. so i think these things tie up in a real way. i think that the -- people in the country are aware of that. >> the things are not going to change than fundamentally in terms of getting good policy over the long term. until you find way of getting money out of politics. because special interests...

Women to be able to have that. >> i dont know of another case in american law where a religious institution or religious individual has been forced to pay for an activity that he or she views as sinful. >> reporter: it seemed an unbridgeable chasm. one the president attempted to solve this way today -- the new rule, health insurance policies of nonprofit religious organizations, do not need to include birth control in their coverage. but the government is mandating that the insurance companies o...