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He was stately in his sunday best. Let us pray that the holy spirit at home in the church to choose a new pope. Reporter officially, no one runs for pope, but supporters can get carried away. Case in point, a music video put out today by fans of the cardinal from manila. Reporter catchy tune for sure, but slightly jarring in the context of electing a pope. Still his youth, energy, and ability to inspire are what some say the church badly needs. It has been too roman, perhaps too european, too western. Reporter this South African cardinal, a potential pope himself, has several names in his mind...

team u.s.a. ahead of the winter olympics. the warning is, keep your red, white and blue under wraps when not competing. if you're outside olympic village, wear something else. the state department confirms olympic officials are telling american athlete their uniform could mak them targets. this week designers unveiled the official team u.s.a. form, a clear tribute to the american flag. the olympics two weeks from today in sochi, russia, city near that country's hotbed of terrorism. extremist groups have prom mickeded to a -- promised to attack. the olympic torch is right now in the s...

flames will stop and they won't go any further. if it works out right, it will burn itself out. >> that was paul miceal, sadly dead this morning. he was aboard that c-130 that crashed that. crash does underscore concerns about the ageing fleet of those c-130s. today the air force has grounded all of them. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is joining us now to tell us more. good morning, chris. >> carol, this is taking a major weapon out of the inventory, so to speak, when it comes to fighting these wildfires. these c-130s were patrolling over four states. wildfires raging over fo...

boot camp for suri? overnight reports that katie holmes didn't want her 6-year-old daughter in an intense religious training program. so was scientology to blame for her split with tom cruise? "newsroom" begins right now. and good morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being with us today. we begin this hour with the western wildfires, growing in size and claiming more lives. so far, 1.9 million acres have burned. that's equivalent to an incredible 3,000 square miles. to give you an idea of just how huge that is, it's roughly the size of delaware and rhode island...

Last winter olympicics said this is a first for him. let's bring in dara torrez. the only american swimmer to compete in five olympics. her first in 1984, in the games in l.a. she had already set an american record at 15 years old, a record she went on to break herself 25 years later. she became the oldest swimmer to compete in beijing in 2008. in all she has racked up 12 olympic medals, four gold, for team u.s.a. she is live in boston. it's nice to meet you. how are you? >> nice to met you, too. i'm cold but good. >> it's cold. it's going to get colder, especially in boston. i read that you h...