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to earth cam, thousands of revellers are expecting a soggy countdown. we'll go live to the big apple later in the show. gillian: first to our top story this hour, the world is now mourning of loss of a historical religious figure. the vatican is announcing death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. and charles has more on his long lasting legacy. >> what a story he had. pope benedict xvi had an impact on catholics across the world in a position he never imagined himself in. for decades cardinal joseph ratsinger had been a key advisor to pope john paul ii, as a staunch conservative. and too...

wild pigs, the super pigs. all right. 7:00 in new york city. hour two of "fox & friends" for this wednesday starts right now. >> a search is underway after a u.s. military aircraft with six people on board crashed off the coast of japan. >> ainsley: japanese fishermen found three of the crew members. >> lawrence: one of the engines looked like it was on fire. >> more hostages released set to begin again. >> there was a direct link between ground operations and pressure on hamas. >> more than 140 hostages remain in gaza. >> every day counts for that baby. >> hunter biden is ready to t...

In sight the more that it tighten around donald trump, the mor extreme and crazy is going to. b and all the, while you hav the republican party jus singing along as backgroun singers as part of that course as well, going down with the ship >> speaking, of course, let' talk about someone who just wo the residential republican primary caucus former arkansas governor asa hutchinson announced today o abc that he is indeed joinin the race for president jennifer, what lane is he goin to occupy. can he occupy. >> he is going to operate th bike lane, because that is all it has of the seeing decen repu...

Now the republican presidentia primaries about to get a littl bigger here is former arkansa governor, eta hutchinson, this morning, on the abc. >> earlier this year you sai you are thinking about running for president, have you made a decision, are you running? >> i've made a decision and my decision is yes, i am runnin for president of the unite states the formal announcement will b later, but i wanted to mak clear to you, jonathan, but i' going to be running. and the reason is that i hav traveled the country for six months i hear people talk about the leadership of our country, and i am conv...

Winner who inspired generations of journalists across the globe. for more details on her life and legacy we have media buzz host with us howie kurtz. walk down memory lane, what strikes you the most? >> people talked about her as a trail blazer. thee kicked down walls as a woman and scary to look back when she was a today show girl, that's condescending and then a co-host. she couldn't ask a question until the other co-host asked three questions. she j ups to abc and harry reasoners co-host, and he was such an insufferable prig, and he left. gillian: the golden years of television, i guess i'm...