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The sistine chapel itself. how long could it go on? okay. you want it to go on long enough you get somebody that represents who you think is important. and that is the mood among these cardinals, more than it has been in recent conclaves. however, it goes on too long, then you look weak. and if nothing else, the cardinals, the college wants to come out of there unified, and the more votes there are, the less unified you appear. so that is a little bit of the balance that they're going to be going through. also, remember, the whole way the conclave started was because the card nalls were taking...

Cardinals in the conclave as this is day one of the conclave, have selected the next pope. that given the fact that this is first time they have met behind these closed locked doors is unlikely, possibly the black smoke, possibly even no vote at all. anderson cooper is there in rome. anderson, set the scene for me. >> it is an extraordinary scene. i'm here with chris cuomo and john allen, our vatican analyst, a scene we have seen so many times in our lifetime as the world stops and watches a very simple stove, very simple pipe, very simple chimney, waiting for word on whether or not a pope has...

He gave an interview to a german journalist in 2010, he said under some circumstances the pope would have the right and the duty to resign. he made two pilgrimages to the last pope who resigned voluntarily. you could kind of see it coming. when it got there, it was still a stunner. >> and, chris, it is -- it is old school, watching this newly built chimney, but incredibly exciting, not only for all those 5,600 media personnel covering it and the thousands assembled in peters square. >> don't know if there is anything like it left. the vatican has a great sense of theater and certainly it is th...