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Great to be back with you. the 85-year-old pontiff says his poor health is the reason for his resignation. that could leave rome without a pope for nearly a month. martha: lauren green outside st. patrick's cathedral with how catholics are reacting today. what is the clergy in the united states is reacting to this? >> reporter: the realization they could have a new pope by easter which is march 31st. global population of 1.2 billion catholics is trying to absorb the news that pope benedict will step down in a little more than two weeks. the a vatican spokesman says this was the pope's personal...

atlanta georgia. in all, more than two dozen victims. most of them strangled. by may, 1981, the police and f.b.i. were hiding in the brush beside and below theiver bridges. this was toe be the last niekt. almost the last hour. >> i heard the splash. >> reporter: bob campbell, a police recruit, jumped to his feet. >> i was really startled. it sounded like a body entering water. >> he looked up at the bridge. >> and i saw brake lights of a car. i saw red lights. the car started slowly moving away from me across the bridge. >> reporter: campbell radioed the other team members up above h...

So nothing's alien to me. i'm part of you. i'm part of your family. and by the way, i had difficulties in my life as well. i happened to be born homeless. there wasn't room for me. all the angst, all the suffering, all the tears that's associated with the human condition, god took on in what we call the incarnation, it was what christmas is all about so we're not alone. we need god. god is with us. he knows what we're going through. if that doesn't give us consolation and hope, i don't know what does. >> that's your message. >> is that all right? will that come out ok at st. patrick's? >> abso...

We're thrilled when the world celebrates christmas with us. >> and this, of course, christmas week and it is always a pleasure. >> thanks, glad you feel this way! don't wait until easter to have me back, all right? >> all right. what are you doing on valentine's day? >> how about st. patrick's day? >> all right. >> we'll be busy that day. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. blessed christmas, steve. >> thank you, merry christmas to you, sir. >> all right. straight ahead, wow, this is a change. the president probably didn't want to believe in actor matt damon now saying the same thing about h...

Mccain will be on the show, the man who presided over that uproar at the house yesterday, he'll be on our show. congressman fitzpatrick. >> christmas is a couple of days away and the guy that presides over st. patrick's cathedral, archbishop dolan is in the house and sharing his christmas message to our vast audience. >> everybody pales in comparison to archbishop dolan. he's amazing. >> i'll put a good word in for you. >> i'll need it. >> nato revealing what caused a deadly coalition attack that killed 24 pakistani troops and put several u.s. troops in danger. it happened near the afghan-paki...