good morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm jim sciutto. is there movement on capitol hill? we are watching closely this morning as standoff over who will be the next house speaker has now entered its third day. california republican kevin mccarthy failed to secure the votes needed after a total now of six rounds of voting, but, after furious negotiations last night, lots of coffee, new major concessions to his hard line opponents, mccarthy's speaker bid could be showing new signs of life. hard line members who is held out against his speakership are still meeting behind closed doors. >> these new concessions include what was once a red line for mccarthy. once a red line. agreeing to propose a rules change that would allow just one member to call for a vote to oust a sitting speaker. but even with that concession, it is not clear at this hour if mccarthy will ultimately be able to lock down the votes he needs.

>> do you have a deal with those guys right now? >> a lot of progress. >> he says a lot of progress. we're following that progress this morning across the capital and washington. full team on standby. lauren fox, let's kick things off with you. you have a little more information on this meeting with the mccarthy holdouts. what are you learning? >> reporter: we expect this meeting is going to be really important because it is a key sign of whether or not these lawmakers are going to get behind kevin mccarthy today, tomorrow, the next day, next week. i think one of the things we're going to be looking for is if these concessions are really making a difference. the most important one that you pointed out, of course, lowering the threshold of how many members it would take to force a vote to oust a sitting speaker, just from five members now down to one. the other concession that kevin mccarthy made that will fundamentally really change the way that the house could function is he promised to put more members of the freedom caucus, some of the hardliners

on the influential rules committee. that committee sets the agenda for which bills come to the floor, how those bills are structured on the floor, how many votes they take, what the amendment process looks like. it's a very important functioning committee. it's usually just an extension of the speaker's office, most of the time his key allies sitting on that committee. another important concession. i'll tell you this morning, one moderate i spoke to had a lot of concerns about how far mccarthy is going here and the influence it would have on their ability to govern going forward. jim and erica. >> we had a moderate on this broadcast yesterday, don bacon, who expressed some of the same reservations. lauren fox, thank you. let's go to melanie zanona. central to the ongoing negotiations, saying if negotiations panned out, that could flip a number of these holdouts. enough? what are you hearing? >> reporter: there's a reason

why kevin mccarthy is negotiating with chip roy and not matt gaetz or lauren boebert. mccarthy sees chip roy as negotiates in good faith and he's gettable and wants to get to yes. perhaps more importantly they believe chip roy is speaking for more than just himself. in fact, sources told me that chip roy informed gop leadership that he believes he can bring along ten or so members of the opposition with him and potentially get more detractors to vote present which would lower the threshold mccarthy needs to get to 218 if they can agree on some of the concessions. that's far from certain. they're looking things over, having a meeting right now to talk things over, members of the operation are. even if he does bring along ten or so members, that doesn't get kevin mccarthy to 218. kevin mccarthy would still have a lot of work to do. i think the other main concern right now among mccarthy's allies is how many people will never -- how many people are in

the never-kevin camp. he can only afford to lose four votes on the house floor assuming everyone is there and voting. take a listen to what warren davidson, a member of the freedom caucus who is supporting mccarthy said on cnn this morning. >> the tough part is i think the number that will never for kevin mccarthy is more than four. he may never make it to 218. he may make it to a majority of the house. there are a couple of procedural paths where he can pull that off. whether people change their votes or don't vote, don't participate, there's a way to change the number. >> so that is just a reminder of the tough road ahead for kevin mccarthy even as he attempts to show progress. as of right now, the goal for kevin mccarthy is to show momentum and potentially flip some more votes. even if he doesn't get to 218 on the next ballot, him and his allies want to show that things are moving in the right direction. jim, erica. >> we know you'll be following it all closely, melanie, appreciate it.

joining us republican strategist alice stewart. one thing that stands out to me in all of this. let's say mccarthy is able to pull this off, specifically thinking of the fact that one member could push for this motion to vacate. is there any concern among camp mccarthy that by giving up all this power, he could have the shortest term as speaker ever? if it's just one member, he could be there for five minutes. >> it's absolutely a concern. for weeks and weeks this was a red line. he said i won't budge on the motion to vacate. it will make me an i7b effective speaker. he refused to give this to the conservatives, their number one demand. now he seems to be giving in to it so he can get the votes that he needs to get to 218 even though it doesn't even guarantee that. this is a huge question.

not just that concession but allowing these members to pick who sits on the rules committee, bringing spending bills to the floor with an open rule, so members can bring up any amendment they want. all kinds of concessions offered behind the scenes right now, you have a lot of moderate republicans looking at this and saying, okay, this may get kevin mccarthy to 218, but what does this get us? will he be an effective speaker? there's a lot of concerns with that. >> alice stewart, is this smart politics for the gop? they just had a midterm election where the more extremist candidates lost by and large. whose interests does this fight and do these concessions serve? does it serve the parties? >> no. you hit the nail on the head, jim, in terms of one of the issues that's getting lost. republican midterm voters sent a resounding message to the extremist candidates and the election deniers and conspiracy theorists that they don't want anymore of that. the problem is those very people

really are holding the rest of the conference hostage. we have this fringe element of the republican party that are not operating in good faith, and essentially we have 10% of the conference that are dictating the terms for it, 90% of republicans. as we mentioned, kevin mccarthy has given many concessions as we have outlined with regard to motion to vacate, term limits, as well as votes on securing the border and freedom caucus members on the rules committee. he's really watering down the position and it's certainly not going to be representative of what the republican party is. i've spoken with many members, rational, moderate republicans on the floor. they're frustrated, frustrated that gates and boebert are dictating the terms. in their mind, many of them have said it's time for the morons to move on so we can move on to the business of running this country. it's really causing an extreme

problem with getting work done. if they're truly concerned about the issues that they were elected to do, addressing the economy, securing the border, addressing crime, they need to elect a speaker, seat people on committees and do the job that they were put here to do. >> alice, to that point really quickly, is there enough -- we talked so much and we have over the last several days about how 90% of the conference is with kevin mccarthy. but the reality is this isn't working. that other 10% does seem to hold all the cards yet again this morning. is there some ream strategizing? are they having hard conversations behind the scenes of we need another option? >> there are. many that i've spoken with say they had good conversations last night that lasted into this morning. mccarthy is making some progress with regard to having negotiations. >> but does it need to be somebody other than kevin mccarthy. to your point, alice, he's given away the store.

don bacon told jim yesterday he should take back those concessions, and instead he's giving more. >> exactly. those on the receiving end have moved the goal post. that's still not enough. they haven't thrown their support behind kevin mccarthy. they're not acting in good faith. maybe steve scalise can get the approval, work across the aisle. he's the kind of leader that doesn't kick a barking dog. if you disagree with him, he will work with you and still come to an agreement and continue to work and agree to disagree. he is someone that would work. many republicans would be fine with that because they realize every passing day with this circular firing squad, we're not taking the fight to joe biden and democrats which is exactly what we need to do. >> heather, you guys have been watching this very closely at punchbowl. has there been a momentum shift overnight and into this morning? there were republicans who were

all but pronouncing mccarthy's speakership bid dead. that seems to have changed. >> there's definitely been a momentum shift. the question is is it enough? right now a lot of these hardliners are meeting behind closed doors to see if they can get on board with the terms of this deal that chip roy and kevin mccarthy are negotiating. remember, chip roy has promised kevin mccarthy and his allies he can probably bring on nine to ten other republicans with him. but several of these republicans that he's talking about haven't even agreed to this deal yet. and even if they do, that still leaves a pool of about ten republicans who are saying i'm not going to vote for kevin mccarthy. sure conference pressure from other members can probably pick a few of those off. right now we still have a group of somewhere from five to seven republicans who say never mccarthy, there's nothing he can give me to get me to vote for him. for mccarthy, he just wants to

show momentum today because he thinks momentum will keep him alive and this will go into the weekend and possibly next week. >> jim, i think punchbowl hit the nail on the head and heather in terms of how they characterize this. there is signs of support and optimism for kevin mccarthy, you just really have to squint to see it. >> i love the images. they help. kick a barking dog. we got that. we got a squint to see hope here. helps me. alice stewart, heather caygle, thank you to both of you. in the next hour i'll speak to republican french hill, a key negotiator in all of this. he'll give us his take on these talks. we're also watching the courthouse in moscow, idaho, where the suspect in the murder of four college students could make his first court appearance today. there are new details from his cross-country drive. what we're learning from police body cam video. you'll want to watch it. it's chilling to see. also ahead, the buffalo

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soon bryan kohberger the man suspected in the murder of idaho students is likely to appear before a judge in idaho for the first time. he's facing four first degree murder charges and one count of burglary. today we could learn more about just why police are focusing on kohberger as their only suspect at this point. a probable cause affidavit, as it's known, justifying his arrest is expected to be unsealed as early as today.

we can see some of the evidence they used for that. cnn correspondent veronica miracle following this from moscow, idaho. veronica, how do we expect this to play out today? will he get his first court appearance today? >> reporter: that's certainly the big question. because the judge made a sweeping gag order, the police and prosecutor's office have not been allowed to share details of the case including when brian kohberger could make his first appearance in court. the courthouse opens, the doors open at 7:15. that's when we're hoping to learn when and if bryan kohberger will be in court today. he is here at the county jail, in the same building as the courthouse, a small facility here. he was booked last night on four counts of murder and one count of burglary. that was after a very long flight from pennsylvania with multiple stops. he finally landed just across the state line in washington at the pull man regional airport.

he was quickly whisked awayment before that, you can see on camera police putting a helmet on a vest on him when they were making that handoff, when pennsylvania state police handed him off to the local authorities before they took him away in that car. the entire time, the police told us they were keeping the details about his transport very tight due to security reasons. you can see that extra layer of security that they added on him. the reason that he was in pennsylvania is because he took a cross-country trip with his father in that white hyundai elantra that police were looking for. that was earlier in december. we know he was pulled over two times and let off with warnings both times. we have new body camera video from that first interaction with the hancock county sheriff's office. take a look. >> i'm having a hard time hearing you because of the traffic. >> you're coming from washington

state university? >> yes. >> and going where? you work at the university there? >> -- >> reporter: he was later pulled over by the indiana state police for tailgating. he was also let off with a warning at that time. again, the doors open here at 7:15 this morning. nothing has yet been scheduled, but we are anticipating and we are going to be waiting to see what the clerk and the judge release in terms of when kohberger could appear, if he does appear in court. >> veronica miracle with the latest, thank you. another shocking crime to update on. officials in utah investigating after a family of three adults and five children were found shot to death. this happened inside a home in rural southwest utah. >> officials learned of the shooting after responding to a welfare check at the home.

cnn correspondent lisa cavanaugh following all this for us. they responded to a welfare check. what more do we know about what led up to that and what they found? >> jim and erica, such a tragic story. local authorities haven't released a ton of information yet. the victims all members of one family were discovered when, as you point out, police did the welfare check at the home. a all eight died from gunshot wounds. they don't believe there's a threat to the public or that there are any suspects at large. this is a tight-knit rural community of roughly 8,000 people, located about 180 miles northeast of las vegas, 245 miles south of salt lake city. it's the kind of place where neighbors know one another, where homes rarely go up for sale, making this murder that much more shocking. city manager rob dodson said the community was devastated. take a look.

>> it's hard to describe in words, emotions going through the people who live here. we all know this family. many of us have served with them in church and community and gone to school with these individuals. so this community at this time is hurting. >> reporter: he went on to say that a welfare check is done when a neighbor raises concerns or someone hasn't been seen for an unusual period of time. officials didn't release details about who requested the check or when. the city manager also said authorities don't have info about a motive and it would likely take a few days or longer before they could reach conclusions about what had taken place inside that home. i can also tell you that the iron county school district in cedar city, utah, posted a statement confirming that all five children were students there.

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critical condition, this after he collapsed on the field monday night during the game against the bengals. team officials say hamlin is showing signs of improvement. overnight the nfl's chief medical officer says the league is investigating every possible cause for the incident. >> signs of improvement, certainly good news. adrian broaddus is in cincinnati. coy wire, former nfl player is in buffalo, new york. adrian, what specifically is the hospital saying about his condition. >> reporter: jim, good morning to you. we still haven't received an official update from damar hamlin's doctors or any hospital reps. i did speak with a hospital rep here on the sidewalk yesterday only for that representative to tell me they would not be speaking to the media at this time likely due to privacy concerns. we do know, however, that damar hamlin is still in the intensive

care unit in critical condition. at his bedside, his mother and his father. also stopping by, his high school teammate and close friend, rodney thomas ii. thomas, like so many others, holds on to hope. listen in. >> just keep putting prayers, thought, whatever you do, keep putting all the energy towards him, towards his mom, his dad, his family. they're the ones that need it right now. when he walks out of here and sees the support that he's had and the impact that he's had, it's going to be a real special day. he's going to be able to continue and even further, be able to influence and impact this place. >> reporter: that special day is what so many fans are waiting for. this community, close and beyond, has wrapped their arms around damar's parents. the family spokesperson, jordan

rooney telling me they've had to turn down meals because so many people have stepped in to help. meanwhile, when i spoke with his uncle earlier in the week, the last thing he told us is that the next step, at least from his perspective, is that doctors wanted to get damar breathing again, and that is the news everyone is waiting to hear. we don't know where doctors are in that step regarding that process, but once we learn more, we will share with you. jim. >> adrienne, appreciate it. coy, you've been speaking to folks in the league, talking to players and coaches. this is weighing heavily, of course, as we approach what should be a weekend of games. >> reporter: understandably so, right, erica. first and foremost, i was told that the bills players got an inspiring visit via zoom call yesterday. hamlin's father conferenced in with the team and players,

encouraged to hear that damar is making progress. as for the games this weekend, bengals quarterback joe burrow says he feels the locker room will be split on whether they should even play. he said he'd want to play. the normalcy would help him. another thing to consider, one player needs just two catches for half a million dollars. another needs a sack to earn a million dollars. regardless, whether they play or not, it's a challenging time mentally and emotionally and coaches, too, like dallas cowboys head coach mike mccarthy. here he is yesterday. >> definitely a sensitive day here. let's be honest, nobody is fine. i think we all have a tendency to say we're good. so that's where our mind is and that's where our focus is. >> will they be ready to play? there is no doubt, erica, that most players in the league have had the thought already that could have been me, that could

have been me. so images of hamlin will be in players' minds at some point before their first collision whenever they do get back out on that field. >> absolutely. we have seen such an outpouring of support from all the teams in the league and the players. but it is weighing heavily. appreciate it, coy: adrienne, thank you both. a bomb cyclone ripping across california with hurricane-force winds, also major flooding and some rescues like you see there. we'll be live next. i would have hired actually t talented people from all o over the world. instead of talentlesess people from all over my house. [♪] if you have diabetes, it's important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control®. it's clinicallyhown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and suort muscle health. trboost® today.

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a powerful storm known alarmingly as a bomb cyclone has killed at least one person, a young child sadly, as hurricane force winds slam california's

coast overnight. those winds knocked down trees and power lines leaving nearly 200,000 people without power this morning. the threat of flooding and mudslides with heavy rainfall continues as that storm now moves towards oregon. cnn's stephanie elam in live this morning in san francisco. give us a sense about how critical the situation is in some areas and also whether we know any more? >> reporter: jim and erica, it's a tragedy. we know it's a toddler and we know this happened when a redwood tree fell into the family home. we understand the others in the house were able to get out uninjured. when you hear these devastating stories, it shows how dangerous these storms can be. part of the issue here is it's just a massive amount of water that fell on the area in a concentrated time. there was no place for all of that water to go which was already saturate friday that new year's eve storm as well. so that runoff, loosening the soils and you can see the giant

trees fall. we saw them here in san francisco where a tree fell on a moving car. that family was able to get out of the car as well. it is a beautiful bay bridge behind me and the calm water here. i checked the radar. there's another band that's coming in. between that we see flooding roads a concern, rudd slides, mudslides a concern. we have feet of snow from the previous store in the sierra. we could see 1-3 more feet from this storm alone. another storm expected to come friday evening as well. all of that lending people to wonder are we past the drought? i have to tell you the answer to that question is no. we have new drought numbers out. one good thing to say is the exceptional drought category which is worst there is, that has been in place for many parts of the state. for the first time since may of last year, there is no exceptional drought in the state. however, we still see very strong drought numbers. 97% of the state in a drought. i know a lot of times we say

things like save something for a rainy day. in california, we need to save up the rain for a dry day. los angeles county is getting hit hard, it's not over for us. remember our climate here is changing. >> it's all about the extremes, right? extreme drought, extreme rainfall. it's tough, each phase of this. stephanie elam, thanks so much. as we turn to the bore dher morning, the immigration crisis one of many critical issues that is at a standstill on capitol hill. president biden saying he intends to visit the southern border as part of his visit to mexico city. it would be the first stop for him since taking office. it comes as officials in el paso are grappling with an influx of migrants. >> something he's taken a lot of flak from republicans for not doing. priscilla alvarez joins us live with more. republicans have been calling this for years. biden is going to go. with what function here? beyond drawing attention and

taking aing loo, is there a solution in the works? >> reporter: the white house is clearly trying to reframe the debate on this issue. if you zoom out, there are a couple of things happening. we had a ruling from the supreme court last week that left that covid-era restriction known as title 42 in place. authorities are still turning migrants away. you have the pleas from the administration over the last several weeks to try to pass some sort of comprehensive immigration reform because the system they have is just not doing it. then also this comes at a time where the numbers at the border have dropped a little bit. we talked about el paso. they continue to struggle with an influx of migrants there. that doesn't look the same as it did a few weeks ago. you take this all in tow at that time. it provides an opportunity of sorts for president biden to make his first trip to the border as president. now, of course, the administration has been saying for months now that there is mass movement in the western hemisphere that. is unrelenting, it's continuing

to happen. they're continuing to troo try to roll out policies to curb the flow of migration. that's something we expect the president to lean into today, again while calling on congress to make changes, something you and i know is an uphill battle and has been a challenge for decades. >> especially with what we're seeing with the speaker vote right now. >> and the impact that is having on the inaction. we should point out, too, it's not republicans in many cases, but there have been democrats, especially those along the border who have been asking for more from the president biden. what is the reaction from some of them in terms of the announcement of this visit? >> we heard from representative veronica escobar during the influx of migrants in el paso who says she would like the president to visit while also working on preparations to help them and provide federal government assistance. to your point, what we expect to see today and the policies we'll hear from the president about is likely to hear some criticism

from democrats who says we cannot keep using this covid era restriction and we can't use it as a basis to turn people away. it does put the administration in a politically precarious position as they try to chart a path forward. >> priscilla alvarez, thank you. this morning the fbi, atf, d.c. police dramatically raising reward money from $100,000 to now $500,000 for information leading to an arrest in the unsolved capitol pipe bomb investigation. this coming a day before the two-year anniversary of the insurrection. >> it's really taken a long time to make progress in this case. federal authorities have said the suspect seen in this video may have placed bombs found near dnc and rnc headquarters the night before the january 6th riots. they say the bombs were viable though never detonated. the fbi released this statement, quote, we urge those who may have previously been hesitant to

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this morning a hit to the tech jobs market. achlson says it plans to lay off some 18,000 employees. the company ceo says the cuts will affect several units including amazon stores, also the human resources department. >> it comes after facebook parent company meta and twitter both recently announced their own lay-offs. cnn business correspondent christine romans joining us now. there's a lot of jobs, the larger jobs picture. when you look at this, how alarming? 18,000 sounds like a big number. is it -- it's significant to every one of those people. is it as broadly significant as it may feel? >> lay-offs are always troubling. somebody has lost a paycheck and has a big disruption in their life. if you look at these tech

lay-offs, these companies were hiring at breakneck speed for the last three years. amazon added a million jobs since 2018. this company has more than doubled in size. it is really, really astounding how fast amazon was growing. salesforce, the ceo in cutting 10% apologized and said, i get it. we were hiring way too many people for this environment. has the environment changed or were they just thinking it was going to being gangbusters with no end? they have to step back a little bit for some of these companies, it is quite frankly a margin error for how many people they've been hiring over the past few years. also, for jobless claims this morning, we saw another very low number. they fell again. those are lay-offs. you're not seeing lay-offs in this company outside of tech. tech is about 7% of the workforce. outside of tech, these numbers are still very strong. >> look at the trend. a lot of the big figures will

take the headlines. but look at the trend. overnight we heard from alan greenspan who says he's worried about a recession this year. he's not -- not everyone is in that camp. by the way, you look at some of the positive numbers which you've highlighted on our broadcast here. how are things at least starting out this year? >> alan greenspan like all exists doesn't have a perfect record either. he looks at those numbers and he happened to steer this economy to a soft landing in 1989 when the fed had to raise interest rates to get ahold of the situation. he's been in this seat beforement he says i don't think we can really avoid a recession. no one knows for sure. in the last year, economists really got it wrong. remember transitory inflation, that was really a bad call, and that was really wrong. maybe -- we heard from moody's, they're calling it a small session. maybe you don't have a recession, you kind of grind to a halt here. no one knows for sure. the job market still remains strong. tomorrow we'll get the jobs

report, jim. i think maybe it will be less strong than recently and that's what you want to see after six months of the fed raising interest rates. i would just caution after the last year no one really knows for sure what 2023 holds. one story has been the resilience of the economy in the face of giant interest rate hikes. we'll continue to watch. >> the consumer is a brick wall between us and recession so far. it has been nearly two weeks since southwest airlines stranded millions of holiday travelers. the airline still has a big problem. al those lost bags. the winter storm upended flight travel for days. many passengers at this point still do not have >> that's no fun. meet someone teen has more on the challenge of cleaning up that big mess there. >> it was supposed to be a perfect holiday for toya martin of maryland. instead she spent almost two weeks searching for her family's three lost bags.

>> two words. mentally exhausting. >> reporter: martin said southwest airlines lost the checked baggage of her nephew and mother who flew in from st. louis. in one of her mom's stut cases, critical medical supplies needed for her. >> it is like being lost. you're in the middle of the ocean with no way to get back and they're looking at you sand saying we don't have to tell you. >> reporter: southwest is returning lost luggage with great urgency. the pilate southwest baltimore hub has disappeared but the pile is still dwindling at airports like denver where they canceled 2300 holiday flights. >> southwest has a lot of work ahead of itself. >> reporter: rob finestein said they correct the most checked bags for free. in an employee memo, they said

they have cut the numbers of bags in half since last thursday and were on track to get all bags shipped to customers by later this week. >> it is unacceptable and customers are frustrated trying to track down their bags. >> but the issues go beyond just one airline. >> reporter: this week valerie found her bag after it was lost bia united airlines vendor but using an apple air tag. >> they said it was safe in a delivery center and none of that was true. >> reporter: the latest data shows airlines mishandled two million bags in 2021 after many like toya spent their holiday without bags and without patience for southwest airlines. >> southwest was one of my favorite airlines to travel on. and it will never be the same. >> reporter: travel experts say tracking your check bagu using n air tag is not perfect but

better none nothing considering they do not let you track their bag on its app. experts offer this one extra tip, jim. specially when you check a bag, take a photo of what is inside before you check that bag. southwest airlines ensures checked bags up to 3,800 and you have to prove what it in the bag. >> that is smart. i'm going to start doing that. pete muntean, thank you very much. still to come here, pope ameritus, we're live at the vatican next, thousands were on hand today for the funeral this morning. with just one pill a day. choose acid prevenention. choose nexium.

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benedict xvi following a mass followed by tens of thousands of mourners in st. peter's square. benedict was the first pope in almost 600 years to step down rather than hold the position for life. he died saturday in vatican city at the age of 95. cnn correspondent fred pleitgen joins us now. this is the first time in modern history because of his retirement that a current pope has presided over his predecessor's funeral. i wonder if you could describe the scene there and how significant that is. >> reporter: well i think it is hugely significant. something something that made this funeral very remarkable and we did see pope francis the entire time presiding over what was going on. he sat for most of the time in the actual most of the ceremony was actually carried out by the dean of the college of cardinals but pope francis did speak at various times during this

funeral, praising the life of pope francis benedict and the things that pope francis benedict had done for the catholic church. and pope benedict, he was only pope for eight years but he was a highly influential here in the vatican, most influential over the past is half century and this place was packed. pope benedict himself asked for a fairly humble ceremony. so a ceremony could only be so humble. but certainly being here really was a special atmosphere with tens of thousands on the square. not many government delegations here. also in line with the way the pope benedict wanted but the italians did send large delegation to pay final respects as hundreds of thousands paid

final respects over the past couple of days as he lay here in state. and you guys were talking about the fact that just a couple of minutes ago, we got video of the actual burial of pope benedict xvi which took place in the grotto in the crypt under the vatican. that also a ceremony in itself. the pope himself was placed in a casket made of cypress which was place in a casket made of zinc and then made of wood and all that was sealed and he's now in his final resting place in what is truly a remarkable moment here at the vatican. >> fred pleitgen, appreciate it. thank you. very good thursday morning to you. i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm erica hill. at this hour, on capitol hill, the republican standoff for house speaker still going after a long night of negotiations, resulting in a new round of major concessions to hardliner holdouts, front-runner for