Benedict. During the meetings, the cardinals will set a date for the conclave to choose a new pope. Theyre also taking on issues and controversies facing the church. Mark phillips is in vatican city. Mark, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah and charlie. If the Catholic Church has been hit by the combined earthquakes of a retired pope and child abuse and other scandals its response has been deliberate and traditional. The cardinals have gunbegun to meet, but before they get down to the business of choosing a new pope theyve got plenty of other business to discuss. At the appointed hour, the cardinals began to emerge from the nooks and crannies of the vatican. Sometimes in groups like owe obedient students on a school bus. Others, though are staying elsewhere. And if they thought they could take a leisurely stroll to work they soon learned that that is not possible. With the papal election so wide open this time people hang on their every word and there are few words. The unwritten rule here is never say you want the job, and if you find your name circulating on a list of potential candidates say youre unworthy. Canadian Cardinal Mark ouellet is seen as a compromise contender, but knows what happens to favorites in the conclave. There is a famous saying. The one that gets in pope gets out cardinal. Reporter some came by car. How many cardinals can you fit in a fiat . Answer two. Others came by taxi. Theyre not here at this stage to vote on a new pope but to discuss the many problems facing the Catholic Church from its ongoing child abuse scandal to financial mismanagement. Chicago Cardinal Francis george says the church has obvious troubles it cannot avoid. How much of a role do they play in the discussions now thats been usurped by the headline stories . The headline stories do create context for discussion. We follow the press. Sometimes happily and sometimes not. Reporter in this case, not happily. The cardinals say they have so much hard talking to do that discussions could go on for a week or longer before they move into the Sistine Chapel and start voting on a new pope. Norah, charlie . Mark phillips, thank you. Were now going into the third full day since the start of 85 billion in automatic xwoft spending cuts. The standoff shows no sign of ending. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah and charlie. The president is trying to reach a budget cuts. To raise taxes and find a way to somehow soften these spending cuts. But the president is pro ektspecting for votes as top advisers predict a republican surrender. The head of the president S Economic Council said republicans skeptical about new spending cuts will face a public backlash. As this pain starts to gradually spread to communities affected by military spending to children who need Mental Health services, i believe that more republican colleagues who are concerned about this harm to their constituents will choose bipartisan compromise. Reporter but republicans like House Speaker john boehner appear content with the across the board cuts. Even though just days ago boehner warned in the wall street journal they could cost thousands of jobs and threaten national security. I dont know whether its going to hurt the economy or not. I dont know if anyone quite understands how the sequester is really going to work. Reporter some republicans do know how the spending reductions will work especially the 42 billion tarrette go ettegeting the pentagon. We will not have the proper training readiness, equipment in order to defend our national security. Reporter mr. Obama is looking for help from republicans like mccain worried about defense. Top advisers wont say how many republicans the president lobbied over the weekend, but their leader in the senate did not sound impressed. So far, i havent heard a single Senate Republican say theyd be willing to raise a dime in taxes to turn off the sequester. Reporter white house concedes these across the board spending cuts will not be felt everywhere and right away. Trickling out across the country over time. Meanwhile, its back to business as usual here at the white house. The president will nominate new leaders of the office of management and budget, the energy department, and the Environmental Protection agency. Major garrett, thanks. After a fight that began 30 years ago, this could be a change in the fight against hiv and aids. Doctors say a baby in mississippi born with hiv has been cured. The baby received aggressive treatment just 30 hours after birth. The child would be the second in the world considered cured. Director of national ins turt of al allergy and diseases good morning. Good morning. Is this a cure . If so, what are the implications . Its very likely a cure. The implications need to be determined because youre talking about a single case and its really more of a hypothesis developing or driving situation, where we need to see if this is going to be applicable. It looks like under the unusual circumstances that this is indeed a cure because the pediatricians aggressively treated the baby essentially immediately after birth, which is the time of infection as opposed to waiting to see if the baby was indeed affected. It was an aggressive approach that proved to be correct. Whether or not this is going to be broadly applicable to children really remains to be determined. It is an important finding because its an important proof of concept that if you treat early enough, you prevent that virus from establishing what we call a reservoir, where its very, very difficult to eliminate that after its been established for a period of time. So they got a jump on the virus, as it were. And just how often is it that doctors are able to treat a baby thats 30 days old so aggressively . Well, thats really unusual because particularly in this country, where theres good relatively good prenatal care most of the time if a mother is infected, the mother is treated during the pregnancy, which dramatically lowers the risk of the baby getting the virus through the birth canal or at the time of birth. Enter those circumstances where a baby is born you dont aggressively treat the baby. You give them whats called prophylaxsis, which is a less aggressive regimen, then you wait until you can definitively prove the baby is affected and then you treat them. Unfortunately, if the baby is infected then, that may have given the virus a period of time to establish itself. This is sort of a change of a paradigm. Were going to have to start looking at the relative risk versus the benefit of doing it this way. It doesnt often happen in this country. However, in the developing world where a thousand babies a day are born with hiv infection, this could turn out to be considerably applicable, but it remains to be determined, again, to underscore this is just a single case. One last question. Is this the same cocktail treatment that is being used effectively around the world against hiv . It is. In other words, its a treatment regimen. Its a triple combination of drugs you would use to treat rather than to prevent infection. Dr. Fauchi good to see you. Thank you so much. And a storm is bearing down on the midwest. Snow has just started falling in minneapolis. More snow and flooding is expected all the way to the midatlantic. Jeff is tracking this storm. Jeff, good morning. Good morning, norah. Good morning, everybody. This could very well be the biggest snowstorm of the year in both chicago and also into washington, d. C. First things first, lets show you whats happening on the radar. As you can see, its basically a thin strip of snow from fargo, which is actually snowing very heavily there all the way from about minneapolis. That will start to move southeast ward during the day today. You can see that minneapolis is getting snow this afternoon. That eventually makes it into chicago tonight and could be heavy at times during the day tomorrow. Then the question is what happens when it gets to the middle atlantic coast. As it seems right now, this could actually be a very heavy snowstorm, just inland to virginia, maybe washington d. C. , maybe baltimore. We could be talking about substantial snowfall there. As far as snowfall totals minneapolis in the darker shade of blue maybe six to nine inches. Madison, same story. Chicago, same story. That happens again today and tomorrow. Look at that bulls eye in the middle atlantic. Just inland from the coast in virginia. Maybe up into the mountains of West Virginia as well. We could be talking about over a foot of snow. And then the big question is what happens . Does the storm go up the coast and impact new york city and boston . Or does it fly directly out to sea . Its a little too early to tell right now. Jeff thank you. Britains Queen Elizabeth is said to be in good spirits after spending the night in the hospital suffering from a stomach bug. Buckingham palace says all her appointments for the rest of the week are cancelled. Clarissa ward is outside the hospital. Clarissa, good morning. Reporter good morning. The queen has now left the hospital. A dark green rolls royce whisked her away from just behind me. She had a few moments to say thank you and goodbye to the hospital staff. She is now on her way to buckingham palace. The queen appeared to be in good health, but she was forced to spend the night here because she was complaining of symptoms of gastroenteritis, essentially a bad stomach flu. Normally, it would pass after a few days. The queen is 86 years old. Next month she will turn 87. Presumably, doctors did not want to take any chances. The palace said this was just a precaution, though that she was otherwise in good health and in good spirits. But certainly this is a very rare event. The last time the queen spent the night in the hospital was ten years ago. She is a tireless worker doing hundreds of public engagements every single year. Shes now on her way back to the palace, but its not clear yet when she will resume her duties as the queen. Charlie and norah . Clarissa ward thank you. There is a mystery this morning in north africa. Al qaedas number one terrorist there may have been killed but no one knows for sure. Abu sayed is the leader of al qaeda in the islamic mogreb. That terror Group Controlled mali for nearly a year until French Forces threw them out. The head of frances military says its likely hes dead, but they havent found his body just yet. This morning demolition crews will seffner, florida, will continue to tear down a house above a sinkhole. The sinkhole swallowed a 37yearold man, now presumed dead. Reporter good morning, charlie and norah. Jeff bush was sleeping in his bedroom thursday night when the tragedy struck. Over the weekend, officials tried to recover his body, but they deemed the ground too unstable to do it safely. Now they say they have no choice but to raze the house with bushs body still trapped beneath it. The demolition had to be done from a safe distance by a backhoe with a long hydraulic arm. The operator tried to salvage some of the familys belongings. He took a lot of time to reach in and selectively grab items as much as he could. Reporter a bible and military memorabilia were among the items retrieved, but jeff bushs body may never be. Ive been crying every day, man. I aint been able to stop either. I cant help it. Reporter the sinkhole, about 30 feet wide and 60 feet deep was still almost entirely covered by the house, but authorities worried it could grow sucking in the rest of the house and even those next door. There is a very large, very fluid mass underneath this house, rendering the entire lot dangerous and unsafe. Reporter sinkholes form when underground water eats away limestone, leaving crevices and holes in the rock. Eventually, the ground above collapses under its own weight and tumbles into the void. The bedroom floor just collapsed, and my brotherinlaw is in there. Hes underneath the house. Reporter thats apparently what happened on thursday night when bush and his bedroom suddenly disappeared into the sinkhole. All i could see was the top of his bed. I didnt see nothing else. I jumped into the hole and tried digging him out. I couldnt get him. All i could hear i thought i could hear him screaming for me hollering for me. I couldnt do nothing. Reporter as this point bush is presumed dead. Officials say once the house is cleared away they hope to get a better look at that sinkhole and figure out the best way to fill and stabilize it. They say even then they will not be able to go into the sinkhole and recover bushs body. Charlie and norah . Manuel thanks. Cbs contributor is a physics professor at State University of new york. Explain to us sinkholes and why florida is especially susceptible. Even for florida where sinkholes are common this was the godzilla of sinkholes. Were talking about the fact that two reasons why florida is sometimes called the sinkhole capital. First, rainfall. Florida gets about four feet of rain annually which moistens the soil. And second of all, limestone. About 50 of the state of florida sits on top of a layer of limestone, carbonate rock which are porous and water which will actually dissolve. Many of the beautiful lakes you see in pictures next to the golf courses are actually former sinkholes that collapsed hundreds, thousands of years ago. How do you determine if you have a sinkhole under your house . First, you can use common sense. You can look for cracks in the foundation fences and telephone poles that begin to wobble doors and windows that dont close properly. If youre thinking of buying a house in florida, i would advise you to think about gaining a test with an engineer to look with Ground Penetrating radar, which is several feet underground, and a cylinder that you actually insert into the soil to sense the solidity of the rock. So there are tests that you can make. Are there other states other than florida where this is a problem . There are seven states where this is a growing problem. You have texas, alabama, tennessee, pennsylvania kentucky. This is not confined to florida. Areas where there are large limestone deposits and have a lot of moisture . Thats right. Thats the key. How common is it that people are getting one of these tests . I wouldnt ever think to call in and check to see whether theres a sinkhole under my house. First you want to check for insurance. Check your Home Insurance policy and see whether or not you are covered for sinkholes because testing is advised before you buy a house in one of these areas. Thank you so much. Nice to see you again. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines from around the globe. The wall street journal says the u. S. Is widening its role in the war against islamist militants in mali. American drones are helping French Forces locate and identify militants for attack by the french air force. The Washington Post says secretary of state john kerry has released 250 million in economic aid to egypt. Kerry met for more than two hours with egypts islamic president mohamed morsi. Haaretz reports there will be palestinian only bus lines running from the west bankk into israel. It was created by complaints by jewish settlers that palestinians on their bus were security risks. Palestinians will not be removed from other bus lines. The stock market may be thriving, but the Unemployment Rate remains stubbornly high. Little pressure to raise salaries or add workers despite gains in productivity. The results have been a boon to corporate profits. Usa today says its okay to exercise just before bedtime. Sleep experts say more examiner sides, even at the end of the day, is linked to better sleep. Weather looking good around the bay area. We are going to see a little sunshine and some fog. Other than that it should be all right outside as were going to see plenty of blue skies into the afternoon. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s. By the afternoon, sunshine in the valley. 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