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The country, from coast to coast, in hispanic, african-american, asian communities, talking about our party, talking about our brand, talking about what we believe in. >> at the bottom of the hour, ari fleischer the former bush white house press secretary will join us. he co-chaired this rnc project. he helped write this report. president obama expected to announce his pick for labor secretary today. it's thomas perez, the assistant attorney general who heads up the justice department civil rights division. the president also preparing for a visit to israel tomorrow. this will be his first i...

Head coach, a young mother who was six months pregnant, were killed. >> everyone's devastated by the losses. almost seems like we're coming together, you know, as a school. >> christina quigley's unborn child did not survive. police say they don't know what caused the crash and no other vehicle was involved. they're examining the bus for possible mechanical problems. >> the little boy she was carrying, that's what reports say, and she had another little boy at home. president obama expected to announce his pick today for labor secretary. it's tomas perez, assistant attorney general, who head...

prosecutor explains why. good morning, everyone. i'm randi kay. we start with mitt romney's eventful visit to israel. he went to the western wall after he sat down with leaders like benjamin netanyahu and shimon peres. and jim acosta has been traveling with mitt romney, and he joins us by phone. mitt romney is due to give an address today and what do you believe that the focus will be on, jim? >> well, he is expected to say in remarks later today that the islamic republic facing an inevitable war with the west, and potentially israel if it does not give up the quest for nuclear wea...

Paul ended up in rome after his arrest in jerusalem. >> you cannot kill me here. i am a roman citizen, and he went to home and the emperor was nero and he was a killer, but in the roman way. the roman cannot be crucified, the romans must be beheaded. >> reporter: the first church here, the constantine basilica was built over peter's tomb, 17 centuries ago, after constantine's conversion. the great roman general, whose victories are evident in the glorious arch near the coliseum had a vision of christ's cross at the battle. his conversion changed the course of history. st. peter was crucified o...

Peter would have come here, eventually, because it was the center of the empire. he would have been drawn to proclaim the gospel to the christian community that was present. paul, on the other hand, appealed to the roman emperor during his trial in jerusalem and, therefore, was brought here as a prisoner. ♪ >> reporter: millions of visitors come to rome, many for artistic reasons to see the splendor of the city and others for spiritual reasons. today the pope lives in rome and the city is the spiritual home of bishops, cardinals and more than 1 billion catholics, worldwide. it is all because...