and as we are live, here, in vatican city. just about empty now. ded much, much earlier this morning. and it was special, of course, meeting the pope. but there's more. they granted us rare access to the vatican. so, coming up, you will see portions of the vatican rarely seen by the public. but you will hear this morning. >> you also had a sense today, he is a historical figure. you also had a sense he's historic. the new history of the church, coming and interesting turning back to its roots. to that end, we have a chance to introduce you to the world's oldest standing army. the swiss guard, that still watches over the pope and his residences. in fact, the unofficial army of vatican city. >> right. >> we had a chance to go behind the scenes with them, as well. >> and they really helped out earlier today. >> yes, they did. >> he made in really well with them. josh knew who they were. and they made sure we were able to meet the pope. >> we knew one or two folks here at the vatican. >> a lot more from vatican city, coming up. >> so special to have you

for now we are looking at vatican city.erstand that pope francis has already met with his predecessor and they shared a christmas blessing today. and now, of course, they are gathered getting ready for a couple of hours from now for his first mass on this christmas eve. to bethlehem. the place of birth of jesus christ. ♪ parades and christmas songs all day long today. but the main event is mid might mass of the church of the nativity. connor powell is joining us live from bethlehem. connor, quite a scene there. >> reporter: very much a scene here. they do christmas particularly well here in bethlehem. it has been a real activity down in major square. all day long. you can see it is starting to clear out now because, as you said, everybody is starting to move to the church of the nativity for midnight mass. the festivities began earlier when the boy scouts led a long procession marching through bethlehem, drums and a lot of fanfare. down star road. bannister that leads from jerusalem to bethlehem. christmas is really a speci

. >> at vatican city the pope celebrated christmas for the first time as the head of the catholic church. delivering his message and offered wishes for a better world and prayed for people suffering from conflicts, battered women and trafficked children. >> the royal family turned out for a church service near queen's estate in norfolk. the queen talked about special events like the birth of her great grandson prince george. many of you well know >> the arrival of a baby gives everyone to contemplate the future. for new parents life will never be quite the same again. as with all who are christened, george was baptized into a joyful faith of christian duty and service the >> year marked the 60th anniversary of the queen's coronation. >> still ahead santa's sleigh got around on time but there were delays at ups and fed-ex. >> and san francisco firefighters make stops to firefighters make stops to spread holiday c i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for

. >> at vatican city the pope celebrated christmas for the first time as the head of the catholic church. delivering his message and offered wishes for a better world and prayed for people suffering from conflicts, battered women and trafficked children. >> the royal family turned out for a church service near queen's estate in norfolk. the queen talked about special events like the birth of her great grandson prince george. many of you well know >> the arrival of a baby gives everyone to contemplate the future. for new parents life will never be quite the same again. as with all who are christened, george was baptized into a joyful faith of christian duty and service the >> year marked the 60th anniversary of the queen's coronation. >> still ahead santa's sleigh got around on time but there were delays at ups and fed-ex. >> and san francisco firefighters make stops to spread holiday cheer. i'll be check it out. learning's fun now. yeah, back in our day, we didn't have u-verse high speed internet to play and learn online. all we had was that franklin fuzzypants. ah, the educational toy b

that has been live in rome in vatican city.et's bring you some breaking news coming to us, a report that the egyptian prime minister, arrested.dil, was he was the prime minister under mohamed morsi and was sentenced to a year in prison for not carrying out a ruling. his arrest was announced by the interior ministry but it is not clear where he was arrested and further details on that. just a reminder about that breaking news, hesham qandil has been arrested. more on that to come. let's stay with the situation in egypt where it is not clear who has been behind a par 4 car bomb outside of a police -- who has been behind a powerful car bomb outside of police headquarters in egypt. 15 people have been killed and more than 100 injured. the attacked was the fourth of of the attackce was fell 20 kilometers away. the muslim brotherhood has condemned the bombing. from cairo, here is our report. the fullht reveals extent of the damage. it was the first major bombing in the nile delta region but the target was a familiar one, the police.

. >>> speaking of trees, big crowds are expected to visit vatican city for the annual christmas tree aglow i st. peter's square. it was donated from a town in germany. the vatican says when the tree is taken down, the trunk will be used for toys and other objects. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> right off the radio joining us. talking about army-navy. >> winter wonderland. school it's hard to root against both sides. >> we're sort of partial to navy. >> left on the outside looking in reynolds may have put himself on the map for next year's race. it was the good guys against the good guys. 114th meeting between navy and army. the midis dominated the series. after 12 consecutive wins both teams are relying on the ground game doing it in the snow with, no problem, 34-7 the final. navy with the win. >>> college football. matt brown apparently on his way out at the university of texas. he announced his resignation just hours ago. there are reports that maybe jim harbaugh will be the guy and harbaugh says that is not the case. nick saban also ruled out. he signs a multi-year ex

the holiday giving back in just a moment but first let's go to cbs reporter alfonso van marsh in vatican city where pope francis delivered his first christmas message today. >> reporter: pope francis waved to the crowd that packed st. peter's square on this christmas day. >> this is the one place to be in the world today. >> reporter: many jumped up and down with excitement to hear his first christmas message as pontiff. >> this is what christmas bids us to do, give glory to god. >> reporter: pope francis called for peace in war-torn countries including syria and south sudan. >> prince of peace, in every place turn hearts aside from violence and inspire them to lay down arms and undertake the path of dialogue. >> reporter: here at st. peter's square, pope francis' message seemed to be resonating not just with the world's 1.2 billion catholics but to a broader audience. >> there's clearly people from all over the world, all different ideologies, religions, uhm, so that's definitely a change, i think that has to do with this new pope. >> reporter: this american isn't catholic but says the pope'

peter's basilica in vatican city, this is monsignor tom powers extending to each of you a warm welcome you join us here live for christmas mass during the night with pope francis. this is pope francis' first time celebrating christmas mass as bishop of rome and supreme pontiff of the universal church. we see the procession beginning led by a

. >> paying visit to the pope in vatican city today. the two embraced, exchanging the christmas greetings and then prayed together where the former pope has been living in the near isolations since stepping down in february. when pope francis left, he said merry christmas, pray for me. his predecessor responded, always, always, always. >>> well it will be praying for some rain here, brian. >> yes, we need it. >> we are in the air as the former boy. i would think that you would have it. >> i try. >> yeah. >> okay. but i don't know, man. apparently we don't have enough. >> keep praying. >> we just did. it will be high and dry. we've got extended models that work out a couple of weeks and beyond that and there is nothing on the horizon coming in. there's a little wrinkle coming in on saturday, but even if we got a drop or two, that will not put in a dent on anything. there's the numbers right now as we look out towards the bay bridge with plenty of sunshine, sunny and mild as the numbers will continue above 3 to 8 degrees. and in distinct

allen pizzey, cbs news, vatican city. >> axelrod: in their christmas address, the president and first lady asked americans to show gratitude by supporting members of the military and their families. more than 40,000 americans are spending this christmas in afghanistan. >> many of our troops are far away from home and far from family. they're spending extra time with their loved ones back home or setting up video chats so they can watch as the presents are opened so today we want all our troops to know that you're in our thoughts and prayer this is holiday season. >> axelrod: the president also encouraged americans to embrace the spirit of christmas by volunteering at soup kitchens and organizing food and clothing drives. in the middle east egypt's military government intensified its crackdown today when it declare it had muslim brotherhood a terrorist organization. this was in response to a bombing yesterday that killed 16 people in the nile delta. the muslim brotherhood denies any link. in july the generals began arresting members of the group and deposed president mohamed morsi, its

including under cover of the night find out what the pope is doing when darkness to santa on the vatican city log on to r.t. dot com and see for yourself. plus with the festive season underway spirits are high in the russian capital and our emotional section there's a video from the heart of moscow were a traditional christmas fare and a huge ice rink have opened for the public. right to see. first street. and i think the trip. on our reporters were very. inspiring. britain's outages of wires around the fire after the government pledged to cut bills but this comes as little comfort to the thousands of u.k. families stop below the poverty line and still unable to heat their homes even with a promised help markets are still you has more. it's that time of year again when temperatures drop and to bill soar as the heating camas on. fellow. people who are protesting saying that it was out of the jam to the choice between eating or heating they're angry at the price increases of the energy companies and the government's lack of action to helping those who are most vulnerable not to mention the comm

including undercover off the night find out what the pope is doing when darkness to say and on the vatican city ontario calm and see for yourself. plus the tip season under way spirits are high in the russian capital in our in motion section there's a video from the heart of moscow where traditional christmas fare and a huge ice rink have opened for the public and. right from the scene. of. the first street. and i would think that you're. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. to be in the know. how britain's outages wires are under fire after the government pledged to cut bills but this comes as little comfort to the fountains of u.k. families stuck below the poverty line and still on able to heat their homes even with the promised help are she says her so he has more. it's that time of year again when temperatures drop and a bill sure as the heating comes on. zero. zero zero zero eight people who are protesting saying that it was i'd like them to the choice between eating or heating they're angry at the price increases of the energy companies and the government's lack of action to helping t

thing will be broken into and also find out how the pope filled the long dark winter nights in vatican city by spreading a little like to visit. the afghan president says none of his ministers will be allowed to sign a security pact with washington unless it fulfills certain key demands top american officials are in kabul and brussels is trying to persuade how it cause i to pen the crucial document which seals the number of u.s. and nato troops after twenty forty more smarties duty caffein off in the belgian capital. both time and patience are quickly running out here in brussels the situation has essentially devolved into a high stakes game of poker veiled threats and attempts to try to force and pressure afghan president hamid karzai to sign that deal between the united states and afghanistan that would determine the size and the shape of a u.s. forces after combat troops leave at the end of twenty fourteen now yesterday mr rasmussen decided to play hardball he said that if karzai doesn't sign the deal with the americans all nato forces could be withdrawn from of ganesan after thirteen ye

about this story and also bear find out how the pope fare with the long dark winter nights in vatican city by spreading a little light of his own. many british households are wondering how they will stay warm this winter after being hit with massive energy price rises just as the cold begins to bite and that is on top of thousands of u.k. families trapped below the poverty line and unable to heat their homes even with the promise of government help is tesla's syria reports. it's that time of year again when temperatures drop and a bill sure as a heating comma zon. oh. here we are protesting saying that it was like them to the choice between eating or heating they're angry at the price increases of the energy companies and the government's lack of action to helping those who are most vulnerable not to mention the comment from downing street the producer can't afford to pay the bills they just simply put on an extra job well. this really saved me gently as you can wrap the p.c. in the wing itself is indeed a success was leaving early keeling and his wife frieda keep the heating on for only t

as people all over the globe prepare for the christmas holiday, you can certainly that that vatican citydreds of people from all over the world came to see the lighting of its 82 foot christmas tree and st. peter's square. ii began thel tradition of having a tree in the square back in the 1980's. 6000 santaat least claus is an else took part in a fund-raising race. the race along the widest road to madrid for over three miles. the event was organized by the biggest department store. the money raised will buy christmas presents -- for children around the world. santa claus may live in the north pole when he hit the books, he heads to the small town of midland, michigan. more than 100 santa claus is attended classes at the santa school there. they get instruction on makeup, sign language, and reindeer care. get the latest headlines at the top of the hour on bloomberg radio and streaming on your tablet and am bloomberg.com. that does it for this edition of "bottom line." i am mark crumpton. thank you for joining us. see you tomorrow night. ♪

coming up in this half hour, we'll take you to vatican city for the first midnight mass celebrated by he is breaking with tradition yet again. plus, it is one of our favorite memories while we covered this selection of the pope. charlie gets a one of a kind tour. you remember this. >> i do. >> one of a kind tour of rome vespa style. >> this sunday americans get a dlans to see some of our nation's great entertainers at the kennedy center honors. the ceremony features actress shirley maclaine and herbie hancock. it's a acknowledgment of a career he began as a little boy as wlernd the grammy halve famer is now working on fine tuning his life story. ♪ >> you probably have been asked this many times. i want to brag about it for the rest of my life, herbie hancock, what is jazz? ♪ >> well, freedom of the human spirit. really is a music that expresses the moment. >> herbie hancock has six decades of those moments. and the jazz legend sound knows no barriers. blues -- ♪ >> funk. ♪ i love you for my life >> pop. and, of course, classical music. where it all began. how old were you when you sta

pope celebrating his first christmas day in the vatican, by attending the christmas day mass at vatican city here's video of the pope from earlier this morning out of italy. this will be followed by solemnity of the native of the lord, the pope delivers his blessing on the world from the basilica. farther east, crowds gathering for christmas vacation, making a pilgrimage for the birth place of jesus christ, they saw a large illuminated christmas tree, also a midnight mass in bethlehem. >>> michelle obama had a bit of holiday fun, she spent half an hour getting calls from kids, the santa tracker hotline.b the nasa tracked his trek, thousands of callers around the world, wanting to know where he's going. the tradition came from the 1950s and moved online in 1998. >>> merry christmas, i'm erica, moving on in temperatures later today. a full look at your forecast when the kron4 news continues. female announcer: female announcer: it's time to make room for the new mattress models during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale. get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempur-pedic mattress sets, at l

to tens of thousands in vatican city. >> they are home for the holidays.e will tell you how you can help your wounded warriors. >> have you fallen victim to this? >> great gifts i got one for tim watley for christmas. >> who sent you that one. tim watley. >> some of you did. how to handle the regifter. how to handle those moments. "fox and friends" it starts right now. ♪ ♪ jingle, jingle, jingle ♪ jingle, jingle, jingle ♪ jingle, bells ♪ jingle bells jingle all the way oh what fun it is to ride in a one horsed open sleigh ♪ ♪ jingle bells jingle all the way ♪ ♪ oh what fun it is to ride in a one horsed open sleigh ♪ ♪ one horsed open sleigh ♪ dashing through the snow in a one horsed open sleigh ♪ ♪ ore the hills we go laughing all the way ♪ ♪ bells on bobbed tails ring ♪ >> we will be talking to her in just a bit. when she got to the school there were 20 kids in the squachoir a now they have a show choir. [ applause ] >> thank you guys. >> i'm so happy they are here. they are waking us up. >> that puts you in the mood. >> it is time to check in with santa

allen pizzey is in vatican city this morning. >> reporter: the highlight of christmas at the vatican is midnight mass. this one will be the first when two popes are in the vatican together. yesterday pope francis visited his predecessor, benedict xvi, who lives just behind st. peter's basilica. the simple meeting and modest car that took francis there were hallmarks of his style. in his first apostolic exhortation, francis slalted what he termed ideologies which defend the absolute autonomy of the marketplace and financial speculation. he's made significant strides towards reforming the church's government and focused on bringing the church closer to the poor. one recent tweet, for example, "christmas celebrations are often full of sound. it would be good for us to make room to hear the voice of love." such sentiments, along with comments like who am i to judge in relation to homosexuality, contributed to make the pope "time" magazine's man of the year. a recent survey showed the chuch attendance has increased significantly in europe, mainly lapsed catholic coming back to the fold. a

. >>> a disturbing incident in vatican city. the police are trying to figure out why a man doused himself in gasoline and set himself on fire. it happened in the middle of st. peters square. a priest tried to smother the flames with a jacket. the man suffered serious burns to his upper body. vatican says he has a piece of paper with him on that paper was his daughter's phone number. >>> a methodist minister is removed from his duties because he refuses to stop marrying same-sex couples. he was convicted last month for officiating at his son's ceremony. he had one month to agree to stop performing the same-sex marriages and he refused. the church took away his credentials for violating church laws. dozens supported him at a hearing monday. >>> lockheed martin is stopping donations to the boy scouts. the ban on gay scout leaders is at odds with their policy and commitment to diversity. the company didn't disclose how much they were contributing. u.p.s. and intel have also withdrawn support for the scouts. >>> debate over new devel

he is staying in a guesthouse in the vatican city. he is saying basically i am going to play by different rules. some of this is bringing the internal essence of the gospel. he isn't saying that in some sense hasn't been said in 2000 years. but he is using 21st century tools. he is very aware of those tools and what he says and does is instantly shared and spread all over the world. >> but here is a guy who had no experience in what was going to happen to him. he was a cardinal in latin america who had been doing what he is doing now on that stage. yes? >> first non-european pope in 1200 years. i think that is enormously important. the places where the church is growing, where its influence is spreading is outside of europe and outside of north america by and large. among the things he's doing institutionally and trying to stir a change in the vatican is you have this counsel of cardinals he is talking to. they are not from rome. they are from chile and congo and honduras and boston and australia. it is a much broader reach. who needs

we leave you with the midnight mass at vatican city. >>> will may have been a mere cole 34th street. millions of americans are finding more coal than gifts in their health care stock thing year. that has the president looking more like the grinch. it is looking like a not so very merry christmas for millions of americans seeing their health care plans cancelled and others seeing their premiums and ded t deductibles going up. insurers are warning of more chaos and confusion and it all boils down to this. the live ear. >> if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. period. >> diane took the president at his word. calling this the lie of the year. do you agree? >> well, good afternoon, eric. it is nice to be back. what i would like to say is, i would like to clarify what the president said. he told me that i can keep my plan. here is where we are at now. on december 20, i was able to find out that i could keep my plan. i was finally able on december 20, okay, before the deadline of december 23 to get my new premium. guess what. we have new conditio

. >> you know, christmas day arrives in three days and with a new pontif in vatican city they have beenold movies never really get old. and in this christmas season, it is difficult to click on to a tv channel without one. white christmas, scrooge, miracle on 34th street. this year some were recalling a 1968 film entitled "the shoes of the fisherman." based on the best selling novel and they locked the public embrace. the plot involves a ukrainian pope, a graduate of stalin's gallog. at night in disguise he goes unrecognized among the streets of rome to spread the lessons of the gospel. there are several intriguing sub plots, all leading to the book's overriding message to the power of faith. at a critical point of decision facing the men nighs -- menace of a third world war, the pope is stricken by the loneliness of his office. a fellow cardinal reminds him, this is calvary holiness and you have just begun to climb. that's a powerful observation buried in the language of hollywood, but devoid of the snarky and often prejudicial view of the church that has become a hallmark of today's m

eve, pope bennedict joined the pope for lunch, lunching together at santa marta hotel, on the vatican city grounds. two other vatican officials joined them at the luncheon. >> the light are out for thousands of people in the north-east. it could get worse. an ice storm this week cut power to half a million homes from michigan to maine. warmer weather in some areas, the next two days could cause falling ice, bringing down power lines and causing problems. they are freezing in the mid west. over in the west nice warm beautiful temperatures in california. >> it's like good news, bad news. yin and yang, black and white. we have textures warming up. sacramento coming in, comfortable here. the trented will continue. in the next two orreor three days we'll see record-high temperatures, coming up from nice toasty air. different story as we go to the midwest. this is where we have a blizzard warning. winds gusting from 30 to 50 memberships, with temperatures near zero. that's making the wind chill drop fast. not only do we have a blizzard warning for light snow and dangers of frost bite. it's makin

when he leaves vatican city, even if it's to go next door to rome, there are all kinds of protocols andnform the italian government. it's just impractical for him to do this. lots of people want to believe it. i see it all over the internet today. unfortunately, it's not true. >> i don't know if pope francis could roll around incognito, just a guess. i do in reading about this and talking to you today, i'm hearing the pope worked as a bouncer in his younger years? is that really true? >> that is true. that one's true. so he was -- it's hard to believe, right? so he was talking to a church group in italy earlier this week, and he told a little bit about his early career. it was a way of relating to the people in this parish which is kind of a working class parish. he mentioned in argentina, he was once a nightclub bouncer. his father worked for the railroad in argentina. he didn't come from a family with lots of money. so that's one of the things he did when he was putting himself through school to study to become a priest. what's funny now is you can imagine pope francis being the worst

. >>> visitors to vatican city couldn't believe what they were seeing. this is awful.uthorities say a 51-year-old man set himself on fire, this is in st. peters square. a vatican statement says a jesuit priest threw a jacket on the man, tried to put it out. >> police put it out with a fire extinguisher. the man taken to hospital, serious burns. no word on his motivation. >>> and stunning video from india. you see a boy juggling a ball before a soccer game when a section of the bleachers collapses. there you go. more than 100 people injured, taken to the hospital. heavy rains in that area believed to have led to the collapse of the stands there. police filed a criminal complaint against the sports club which hosted that match. they said they were not meeting the safety requirements. >> no kidding. horrible pictures. >>> russia's president says, he envies president obama and defending his country's anti-gay laws. vladimir putin says, he's just defending russian values. that's next. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "juggle a bunch of r

josh elliott, abc news, vatican city. >> certainly is inspiring, isn't he? >> yes, he is. >>> as the holiday draws near we asked what you are grateful for this christmas. vanessa wrote for my grand daughter, born three months premature. hanging in there. good luck, vanessa. colleen says for my faith, family health and friends. certainly a lucky woman there. >> julie wrote, i can't fit all the things i'm grateful for in a tweet. 40 characters can't do it justice. tweet us using the #gratefulthischristmas. >>> we will show you what americans googled the most. that's coming up next in "the mix." we'll see you then. you are watching "world news now." and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her hard-earned money. unfortunately, millions of americans just like you learn all it may take is a little misplaced information to wreak havoc on your life. this is identity theft. and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most comprehensive identity theft protection available. if mary had

this is the christmas mass that happened earlier this morning at vatican city. e have into kron 4 because of the time difference. this was christmas morning there. so there's the pope leading his very first blessings on christmas day from the vatican basilica. and here are the crowds in bethlehem, making the pilgrimage for christmas eve celebrations. they had a tree lit up there, going to the biblical birthplace of jesus for christmas. a lot of tourists there as well. they had midnight mass in bethlehem. and some people, some kids who called and checked up on where santa was, you know, with norad's website you can call and see where he is, and they have volunteers to answer the phone, michelle obama was on the other line for a lot of people. she spent half an hour taking phone calls from children who called into the santa tracker hotline. they track santa's progress as you know every year. they did that yesterday. we showed you live on the kron 4 morning news. i think he was over kazakhstan yesterday morning. he's made it all the way around the world. and this tr

technically when he leaves vatican city, it's an international trip.ing in disguise, they would have to alert the italian authorities. it's just not happening. it seems real like something this pope would do. i think people are excited about it. >> it's a shame in a way. as you say, nobody was surprised because you can see him doing that. >> not a stretch based on his behavior recently. daniel, thanks so much. if you want more information on the pope, you you want to check out our belief blog on cnn.com. >> good reads. lots of stuff. coming up, if it you ask for extra peanuts, how long you'll be stuck on the tarmac, is that enough to kick you out of the frequent flyers club. >> a rabbi says it actually happened to him. now he's taking his case to the supreme court. a live report coming up. >> aren't they a bit busy for that? your morn you can always do something better for yourself. and better is so easy with benefiber. fiber that's taste-free, grit-free and dissolves completely. so you can feel free to add it to anything. and feel better about doing i

you're there, you are in rome in vatican city.ou see there maybe that we don't see that makes this pope so popular, even among atheists? >> reporter: i think it's just this idea that the pope is so inclusive. last week was his 77th birthday. he invited four homeless men plus their dog into the vatican for breakfast and to celebrate mass. i don't know many people that would do that, let alone the pope. so just this idea that he doesn't speak vatican-ese. he speaks the language of the people. i think that really resonates with people around the world. >> very well put. he doesn't speak vatican-ese. thank you, and merry christmas. >>> be sure to tune in for live coverage of the pope's first christmas mass. that special is tonight, 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> coming up on "the lead," tomorrow isn't just christmas day. it's also one of the biggest movie days of the year. what's worth seeing? that's next. ♪ [ male announcer ] they are a glowing example of what it means to be the best. and at this special time of year, they

embassy in vatican city. the president had nothing to do with that decision. it was to consolidate the embassy with the italian u.s. embassy in rome, and it was a state department decision based on security concerns. now, some of those falsehoods were mistakes. i think jeb bush qualifies there. but some were outright distortions. no lie, it is a disturbing situation. and that's the memo. now for "top story" tonight, joining us from washington, the aforementioned glen kessler, who writes the fact chr-checker col for "the post." you must be busy with these pinheads spouting stuff out every day. how many people do you have checking for you and how do you decide what to take and what not to take? >> well, it's actually, it's just me. i'm the one that does it. >> you're the guy! no backup for you? you don't have a brain room like we have here? you don't have any of that? >> no, no, no. it's a high-wire act every day. and believe it or not, i find something to write about every single day. >> well, that's a given, but with one man, you, as brilliant as you must be,

cross around his neck, he's not staying in the papal palace, he's staying in a guest house in vatican city. necessary every way signaling i am going to play by different rules and when i know he goes out into the crowd of st. peter's square-- and i was there last week and i watched this-- and he goes out and he hugs and he kisses the face of that terribly disfigured man, that picture goes around the world instantly. but he's using 2 1st century tools to perform a first century office and he's very aware of the power of those tools in the fact that what he says and down is instantly shared and spread all over the world. >> rose: but here is a guy -- you know, who had no experience in terms of what was about to happen to him. he was, in fact, a cardinal in latin america who had been doing what he's doing now on that stage. yes? >> first non-european nope 1200 years. the first jesuit pope. and i think that's enormously important. the places where the church is growing, where its influence is spreading is outside of europe, it's outside of north america by and large and so he has among the thi

. >> pope francis paid a visit to pope emeritus benedict the 16th in vatican city yesterday.he two embraced seen there and christmas greetings and prayed together in the former convent where the pope has been living in near isolation since hestepped down in february. when pope francis left he said merry christmas pray for me and his predecessor responded always always always. >>> the rush is on the get the gifts in time to get them under the tree. fremont busy last night and stores are going to be closed tomorrow. that means today is the last day for shopping and remember a lot of the bay area malls are closing early today. you might want to check your times before heading to the stores. >> your -- you still tot some work to do. >> i do. >> that a girl. >>> christmas eve of course trending today and also tending santa. more than eight million letters to the man in the suit are expected by postal services all around the world. the iphone 6 believe it or not apple's latest gadget is going to come out in the spring. edward snowden says he's accomplished what he set out to do by

imagine being in vatican city right now. in vatican square.ime, you're waiting for that midnight mass. and for the pope to come out and deliver the midnight mass message. so that's one place, one christmas i think i would like to be. i don't know if you saw earlier the beautiful nativity scene and the pope. but one christmas tradition, universal around the world, and hundreds of millions of people will be doing that tonight and that is the christmas -- >> gift. >> michael holmes. >> you shouldn't have. >> [ speaking foreign language ] and for suzanne malveaux, a very merry christmas or as some say happy chris ma hanu kwanzaa ca. >> we're nothing if not inclusive. >> is this south african biltong. >> that is the idea of the gift and you have to open it tonight. >> suzanne has our gift to you. she'll give it to you later. >> every time i talk to you. >> we're running a little bit behind schedule. of course, we dress in christmas wear at red and the black. >> i was doing that tomorrow. >> michael. >> i was doing that tomorrow on christmas day. >>

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pope celebrating his first christmas day in the vatican by attending a christmas day mass at the vatican cityly. this is video of the pope from earlier this morning. this will be followed by a blessing from the vase can basilica. >>> in bethlehem crowds gathering for christmas eve celebrations, making a pilgrimage. >>> back in the u.s., the first lady had fun with kids checking up on santa. she spent about a half hour taking phone calls from kids calling the santa tracker hotline. they track santa's progress every year and has more than 1,000 volunteers helping update callers from around the world. this tradition dates back to the 1950s, and moved online in 1998. >>> merry christmas, everyone. live in the weather center, cold temperatures to start off the holiday, but we could be approaching the 70s as we head into the afternoon. i'll have a full break do you know when we return. wouldn't it be nice if there was a wireless company that put you on their gift list? well say hello to aio! at aio wireless you can get an android smartphone free with activation. free android phone?!?! yes please. p

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historic images from vatican city as pope francis delivered his first christmas message to thousandse violence of suffering and focused much of his attention to the refugees. >> translator: help and protect all the victims of natural disasters, especially the beloved people of the philippines gravely affected by the recent typhoon. >> pope francis also focused a large part of his message on peace asking jesus to inspire peace in warring factions around the world. >> translator: god is peace. let us ask him to help us to be peacemakers each day in our life, in our families, in our cities and nations, in the whole world. let us allow ourselves to be moved by god's goodness. >> while the ceremonies involved a lot of pomp and circumstance as erin mclaughlin shows us, the pope kept his christmas message simple and to the point. >> reporter: as you can see, they're streaming into st. peter's square. people from all over the world, pilgrims and atheists, men, women, and children of a multitude of religious flooding the square to hear what pope francis has to say to the world on christmas da

also live pictures from the vatican city. about 30 minutes, pope francis will begin midnight mass, his first service as pope as the world watches. it is the top of the hour. i'm kyra phillips in for brooke baldwin today. as you probably know, pope francis has brought sweeping changes to the church. among several other things, he's created a commission to deal with the church's infamous sex abuse scandal. and he's told his flock to refocus on serving those in need. john allen here to talk about all these changes as we head into a new year. he's cnn's senior vatican analyst. he's joining us live from rome. we're talking about a pope that brought homeless men to his apartment on his birthday. how unique of an approach is that? >> reporter: well, we should remember that pope francis didn't bring just three homeless men to his apartment for a piece of birthday cake. they also brought their dog. it was a very inclusive birthday celebration. >> i'm so sorry. i didn't mean to forget the dog. >> reporter: well, named for bob march mar

. >>> in vatican city, pope francis asking for piece in iraq and spots while celebrating his first christmashurch. the pope is calling on athiests to unite with believers of all religions and work with a homemade peace that can spread across the word. recent polling suggest that is the pope has a favorability rating of nearly 90%. jamie: we have spent much of the last hour 1/2 telling you some feel-good stories of people doing wonderful things for christmas. christmas wishes in fact coming true for dozens of families in wisconsin. their loved ones, home for the holidays after serving seven months overseas. if you watch this channel, you know, i love our troops and i appreciate what their families do too. check out this from jonathan greg, fox affiliate, witi, in milwaukee. he has some more. ♪ >> reporter: sometimes we don't get the gift we really want for christmas. >> pray for him every day. talk to him when we can. >> reporter: you feel bad for being ungrateful and a little selfish. >> i can't even express the emotion. >> reporter: we can't help but wish for the perfect gift. the schmidt's

. >> holiday tradition in vatican city, how the catholic church is welcoming thousands of visitors celebratingll continue into your weekend. when i expect the warmest day will arrive, and the temperatures expected for your neighborhood coming up. [ male announcer ] some things are simply better at home. like the enticing aroma and distinctive taste of nespresso. elegant capsules meet masterfully crafted machines, and one touch creates the perfect coffee, cappuccino, and latte. ♪ tempt all your senses with one extraordinary coffee. [ penélope cruz ] nespresso. what else? [ male announcer ] available at these fine retailers and nespresso-us.com. >>> the vatican is getting into the holiday spirit. the vatican christmas tree has been lit in st. peters square. the 82-foot fir was donated by a town in germany and thousands of visitors flock to the vatican every year for the holidays to hear the pope's christmas eve mass and christmas day address. >>> a san jose middle school is getting a whole new look this weekend, 1500 volunteers are taking part in the massive makeover at ocala middle school in ea