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Brave the rain on the red carpet. We began with a breaking news from the vatican. That is where local media say Pope Benedict xvi has announced he will resign. We are hearing he will step down on the 28th of february. He was elected pope as the age of 78. We will be getting more information on this breaking news story in just a couple of minutes right here on al jazeera. Stay tuned. It just a reminder, we are hearing from the vatican that Pope Benedict xvi has resigned. Lets find out more and bring in sabine joining us on the telephone from italy. What more could you tell us on this announceme...

Senate offices around the country and in the has the capitol hill, and at the cincinnati last night, both on the floor where Senate Democrats held the floor for hours, and they went outside and held the Capitol Steps, an impromptu protest which started with senator corey booker, john lewis, and soon grew to be hundreds of people on the steps of the capitol deep into the night after a score from the Congressional Budget Office that said the rep bill to kilobama care would kick 22 million americans off their Health Insurance . Not just off the Health Insurance youre on now, it would kick 22 mill...