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Eight years ago and in that case how did the voting go? well, as you know, right out of the gate, they went in they took one ballot. we know at that stage cardinal joseph ratzinger had strong support depending somewhere between 40 and 50 votes on that first ballot. the first two ballots of the next morning, his support continued to grow, and by that third ballot he was basically three or four votes away from the two-thirds majority. by that stage his candidacy had the inevitability about him. basically what cardinals told me, that lunch was a celebration. they knew they had a pope. all they had to do was go back in and make it formal. now will they be breaking off into smaller groups? if someone is very close to that two-thirds majority it may be a repeat of last time. if no one is, if there are two or three candidates who all have strong support then yeah, they re going to be breaking into small groups, organized by ....
Is predictable. without a clear front-runner going in this time, this conclave could be a cliff-hanger. that it for us from rome. early start begins now. pope watch at the sistine chapel. a live picture right here, the world waiting for the signal with cardinals voting right now on a new pope. a dramatic finish to an intense manhunt. police storm a motel room to catch a suspected killer. sinkhole. this is crazy! a dog suddenly swallowed up in a sand trap of a whole different kind. this you will not believe. you will when you see the pictures. it is crazy. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. i m john berman. and i m zoraida sambolin. nice to have you with us this tuesday wednesday, march 13th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. welcome to cnn s special live ....
Pope? maybe, maybe not. but certainly, as i bring in john allen our senior val can analyst and the inimitable anderson cooper here with us on smoke watch. this is a big day because this is the day that if someone s going to be a favorite they must show or go, right? yeah. i mean, to use the american political language, yesterday was the new hampshire primary. today we got our first test of who might have legs as a candidate. today is super tuesday. even though it s wednesday. because this is the day where the front-runner either closes the deal, whoever that front-runner may be. and of course we don t know because the balloting is going on behind closed doors. but somebody had the most votes last night. whoever that person is either going to show he s got the potential to get to the magic two-thirds threshold of 77 votes, or he s going to drop back in which case this thing becomes much more wide open and potentially could go on a bit longer. the idea of countries. we ve been doing ....
Catholic church has chosen leaders. it s a story full of surprising facts. it s a solemn process dating to the middle ages and born out of frustration after cardinals took three years to select a pope. the locals tore the roof off the building where they were meeting and decided to lock them in to speed a decision. eventually, pope gregory x was chosen. he wanted to avoid a repeat of his experience. thus, the conclave, with key, became a tradition. they would get one meal a day if they took more than three days to decide and bread, water and wine if it went beyond eight. the food restrictions are gone but pope gregory would be proud. they have chosen a pope within three days. if history is a guide, age, experience are clues. ....
As fast as possible. the long national nightmare is over. twinkies are coming back. thank goodness! i know, right? they could hit the store shelves by this summer. now we can solve the sequester, everything will get better. this is after a group of private equity firms agreed to buy bankrupt hostess for $410 million. hostess has not been making any new twinkies since november, when the company filed the liquidated business after a bakers union strike. now i can stop thwarting my twinkies. i didn t grow up on sweets, but i love twinkies. 25 minutes after the hour. ahead on early start, we re keeping an eye on vatican city for any possible word of a new pope. plus, you sure like them, you post them on your wall, but do you really know them? your facebook friends. and one man is making it his mission to meet all of his facebook friends. is that even possible? we will tell you about his journey, coming up. depends on how many friends you have. ....