there are cardinal bishops, cardinal priests and cardinal deacons. there are only six cardinal bishops by tradition. we've seen cardinal john louis. he will be the cardinal who makes the we have a pope announcement. we saw one of the three cardinals who produced that dossier which has been the subject of tremendous speculation in recent days. >> let's talk about that a second. the pope did receive that document on monday. there were many of us who thought there may be a statement from the vatican as to what was in it. we don't know. he's the only one, including the three cardinals, who know what's in it. what do you think is in it and what will it mean for the next pope to have that land on his desk? >> well, the pope actually got that document on the 17th of december. what happened last week is he had his final meeting with the three cardinals, all of whom were over 80, who conducted the investigation. you'll remember this was an investigation of that sensational vatican leaks mess last year which culminated with the pope's former butler for being t

is the welcome to the cardinals by the dean of the college of cardinals. i cannot hear it. i'm sure he's delivering it in italian. i would be in no help in translating. it's a welcome to the cardinals. i'm sure he's saying some remarks about the pontificate of benedict xvi. you know, this is a man who do not want to be pope. you call him a reluctant pope. he wanted to retire. he asked pope john paul ii, once not if twice, if he could retire and john paul ii would not let him do that. he wanted to go back to bavaria and live with his brother. he wanted to go back to what he loves which is reading and writing. john paul said no, i need you here. pope john paul ii died and then he became pope. benedict is a far shyer man, he's a gentle man, he's far more than intellectual. he never sucked in the oxygen of the crowd. he at times, ren sant. since he announced his abdication, i have been struck by how much he relieved he looks. he actually ad lib when he got up there. when i looked at his prepared text. heed a lib an aline, people say that the church is declinin

, the cardinal electors but then there are the older cardinals, the more senior cardinals who will begood-bye. they are part of the process until the conclave begins. in some ways this is their time. they need to do this time to do whatever influencing they can do. >> absolutely. they all would be keenly aware of it. some of them will be poised to give their input, give their influence. over the coming days when the general congregation meets, that's when the cardinals have an opportunity to give input about what they think the issues facing the church are. they'll be looking at the state of the church and the various parts of the world. and that's the only moment that the cardinals over 80, many of whom are very, very active, will have a chance to give input and participate. >> i want to shift the focus from what's happening in rome to here in the united states. as american catholics watch what's going on there, what she enthusiasm look for? >> the piece, looking at the footage today they'll be able to spot the american cardinals. there are 11 who are electors, eligible to vote and a

>> well, i think the cardinals are going to be looking for three things. one, somebody who they think will make a good pope, which means somebody who agrees with them on their values and what they think of the vision of the church. the second is someone that they can have a personal relationship with. i mean they'd really like to have a friend in the pope. and third, i think they want someone who will be accepted and liked in their own country. i mean, you think, for example, of the cardinals that live in countries with lots of muslims. you don't want the pope saying something that upsets muslims because that would not be good for the people in their country. >> and whoever it is, tom, is there any possibility, at all, that some of the things that americans, especially american liberals, want most, which are things like permission for there to be married priests? >> uh, no. >> no possibility at all? >> i don't think so. you have to remember that more than half of the cardinals who are going to choose the next pope were appointed by benedict, and the rest o

the other cardinals -- cardinal whose reputation -- the other cardinals whose reputations have been tarnished are accused of covering up the crimes of -- the misdemeanors of others. cardinal o'brien is accused of covering up his own behavior. it is clear the vatican did not want a cardinal carrying those allegations into the sistine chapel in 10 days or 12 days and into the heart of the process to elect a new pope, so they moved very quickly indeed. >> do they -- do you think they move quickly enough -- moved quickly enough for this issue not to be a focus of the conclave? >> it is bound to be the focus of the conclave. time has beens besieged by scandal after scandal. the church has tried to paint these scandals as somehow the work of the enemies of the church. another difference with the case of cardinal o'brien is that the allegations are coming from inside the church, from priests, and in one case of former priest inside his own archdiocese. it is possible for the church in rome -- impossible for the church in rome to say it is all got up by anti-catholic bodies. it is a different kind th

cardinal timothy dolan. in an interview cardinal dolan reflected on what kind of man will emerge as pope. >> all the other things where they're from languages they know leadership skills managerial competency, that's gravy, isn't it? but, boy, you better look for somebody who reminds us of jesus, which in a way, allen, is another word for you are looking for a holy man. >> reporter: benedict was widely seen as a great teacher and a less-than-efficient manager of the vast church bureaucracy. >> is not the big problem the next pope will face is cleaning up the church? >> sadly, sadly, sadly, sadly, we leaders of the church and that's why we say mea culpa through my fault all the time sadly, tragically we leaders of the church have often given people reasons not to have trust in the church anymore. >> reporter: a major reason why is the sex abuse scandal which several of the cardinals, dolan included, have been accused of trying to cover up. so will it feature in the conclave deliberations? >> it should certain

i'm not a cardinal, of course. that room, i would want to take my cue from pope benedict in a sense. he has brought the papacy more fully into the modern world and i think the cardinals might really look at how the office of pope should work in the modern world. especially in terms of management. and the relationship between the pope and the roman curia. i think there are a number of things that could be done, you know, some of them more radical than others, but i'm thinking there may be an appetite for change even here in the vatican and that pope benedict may have sparked some creative thinking with this move. >> one of the things, though, we are, again, this might be fantasy, but is that we are at a time when, as you said, your eminence, young people are not necessarily relating, and you see, for instance, and i'm looking at numbers of the american catholics, where two-thirds disagree on issues like married priests and women in the priesthood. so do you see any appetite for some sort of council or something to o

and cardinal angelo sodano, the dean of the college of cardinals, started out by making a speech. this is what he said and what the pope replied. >> translator: you addressed the people in st. peter's square. today we should thank you for the example which you have given us during the last eight years of your pontifficate. i will continue to serve you in prayer, in particular in the coming days, so that you may be touched by the holy spirit in the election of a new pope and hope that the lord will show you the right way. >> reporter: and of course what he also said was that amongst you, as he was talking to the cardinals, amongst you will be the next pope. and to him i will offer my continued devotion and obedience. it is, as we've been saying, such an unprecedented situation, literally centuries. none of us remember nor do our ancestors remember the last time a pope stepped down so we are headed into uncharted waters. and particularly this is what's going to be the focus of everybody's attention when we hear hopefully next week the date of the conclave for the election of the new

cardinal dolan, possibly. i think the cardinals will look around the world, sure, for a possible candidate. >> right now, they are looking up at the stage and the pope is going to speak in portuguese as he continues his final good-byes to the faithful, speaking in many different languages. there are preparations under way already, something that is, again, as we talked about the historic nature of what we're seeing and the difference from anything we have experienced before, in a situation, in all of our lifetimes when we were talking about a conclave, there was a funeral to plan. and so, the people who lived within the vatican were very much focused on honoring the pope who just died, we have a very different circumstance here. nevertheless, liz, they have to prepare the sistine chapel, do they not? >> oh, yes, they have to prepare quite a few things, as a matter of fact. in a certain sense, this last day will kind of open the gates to keep people busy with roles and jobs to focus on right now. for example, w

any male catholic can be elected pope, but traditionally the cardinals choose one of their own-- a cardinal. we asked mark phillips who's in the running. >> reporter: for the princes of the church, the cardinals, the sudden resignation of the pope can be more of a shock than the death of one and it is they who have to choose the next one. according to retired american cardinal theodore mccarrick, the church will now be looking for a new pope with a combination of the qualities it liked in the last two. >> i think they'll be looking for someone who would have some of the wisdom of pope benedict and some of the charisma of pope john paul ii. >> reporter: in the murky world of vatican politics no clear front-winner to replace benedict has emerged. a church which has come to see its future more and more in the developing world will have to decide whether its next leader should be from there. cardinal peter turkson of ghana is a campaigner for social reform and is often cited as the leading african candidate. but the 64-year-old has already stumbled on the issue of the church's relations with is

even in that case, the cardinals are no not obliged to select another cardinal as pope.a bishop, but that would certainly be unprecedented as well. we would expect that one of the cardinals going into the conclave will emerge as pope. again, i think they're going to be looking for a person that has some linguistic abilities as did pope benedict and john paul ii before him. they'll be looking for somebody that would have the ability to travel because that seems to be the new requirement of the papacy in the modern age. again, the pope is scheduled to go to rio de janeiro this summer for world youth day, and i'm expecting the pope will go. we just don't know the name of that pope as yet. >> interesting to watch as it happens. archbishop of miami thomas wenski, thank you for joining us this morning. there are other store yiies mak news we need to get to as well. >>> several neighborhoods in mississippi are picking up the pieces after a violent tornado ripped through the town of hattiesburg, about 70 miles north of jackson. an observer shot these pictures. look at that. a la

italian time, then the dean of cardinal also send out formal invitations on friday to all of the cardinals inviting them to rome. then they will convene for general conferences and it is during that general conference they will discuss the business of the church. when the papal seat is vacated the college of cardinals will be running the church. they will decide when the conclave will begin how the rules will happen, where they will sleep during the conclave and we will know probably monday or tuesday when the conclave will begin. >> in reality you say invitations are being sent but the vast majority are on their way or already there in rome. >> absolutely. when it happens usually it's when a pope is dead. so they have to send out formal invitations to invite all of the cardinals into rome. what the pope did earlier this week is change the rules change the apostolic constitution to allow the college of cardinals to change the date. normally it would be 15 days after the papal seat is vacated. that would be march 15th. that's not enough time to have a pope in place for holy week. they have

the pope benedict xvi had that. >> pelley: cardinal timothy dolan. in 2008, during a visit to the united states, pope benedict xvi did something unprecedented.g in a closed meeting in washington, d.c. he met members of the church who had been sexually abused at the hands of priests. seth doane met with one of those people, the people in that meeting, today. >> i remember looking out these stained glass windows going "god help me, this isn't happening" while he was fondling me grabbing me. >> reporter: you were just 11 at the time? >> yes. >> reporter: bernie mcdade said he was sexually abused by a priest when he was an altar boy at st. james in salem, massachusetts. >> quite frankly i was brought up as a catholic to think that these people were good-- good in nature. and all i'd been surrounded by is deception. >> reporter: investigating sex abuse was among the assignments for then-cardinal ratzinger during his more than 20 years in the vatican office that deals with church discipline. but he was criticized for not moving quickly to defrock priests w

i think cardinal dolan.fine job when he was made a cardinal and addressing the entire college of cardinals and saying the church of the future has to be a missionary enterprise. this is the great theme of this moment. we're passing from institutional maintenance to evangelical activism. that was the theme of vatican two. that was the theme of john paul ii. it's the theme of benedict xvi, and it's going to be a very interesting ride into the rest of the 21st century. >> thank you for your wisdom, and john garvey, thank you for joining us today. we really appreciate that. >> thank you very much. >> and looking ahead to the next 24 hours, the president planning to pivot back to the economy in tomorrow night's state of the yoon. we'll get a preview from the man who knows exactly what's going on behind the scenes at the white house. right away former white house communications director, speechwriter, don bair joining us next. this is $100,000. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appr

what about when the cardinals will meet.ou have the entire roster, whether voting age or not, and then you have the voting age who have to get together. give us a sense of that time table. >> the dean of the college of cardinals is going to formally notify the cardinals of the world that the throne of peter is vacant. in a way it's stilly because they're already all in town to say good-bye, but protocol must be observed. and then we presume on monday cardinals will hold a general congregation and the first order of business in that meeting will be to pick a date for the conclave because benedict 1" has given them the authority to set aside that 15 day waiting period and move things up if they so choose. many cardinals believe that since we don't need nine days of mourning, we don't need a funeral mass and since they're already all here, they would be of a mind that it's a good idea to bring the curtain up on this show. >> we can hear the music has started, being broadcast on the great big loud speakers behind me. and we'll b

and he said, cardinal dolan, that him and many of the other cardinals, the american elected cardinals who are going to be staying there are going to go up to the roof to see if they can see the helicopter taking off. we've already seen cardinal turkson of ghana has joined the twitter revolution and he himself from the top of st. peter's behind me has tweeted a picture. perhaps many of them are going up there to see if they can watch the helicopter take off. but look, this is massive. we are watching this in minute detail unfold. why? not just because he's an elderly man who's decided to resign but because he's the leader of 1.2 billion people, not just the leader of catholics but somebody when he speaks, when he moves, when he makes pronouncements, when he receives heads of state and talks and pronounces on international affairs or affairs that affect our daily lives, affairs of science, of education, of theology, it really makes a difference. for better or for worse, it makes a difference, monsignor. >> he speaks with authority, not power. that's the kind of man he is. the logic, the

but cardinal soldano, the dean of the college of cardinals which has 118 members who can elect the popeext conclave. he referred to the great love benedict had for the church and the petrine ministry. i see in this a courageous decision to step aside so the church can go forward with a stronger man physically. certainly not mentally. his mental capacity has not diminished at all. martha: he has been very active in terms of naming new cardinals, especially over the last year. is that something we should look back to as him preparing the future of the church and the future of the vatican and looking for that next leader? >> have much so. that's how i would look at it. he had no one in italy on the list. he had the universal church, the philippines, america, he had lebanon. is he looking to a different world? was he giving a signal? interestingly enough january 26 he made his own secretary an archbishop. assuring him of a position in the church'. he won't be a monsignor who will be lost in oblivion. you know, martha, today is the world day of the sick. it's a vatican holiday because vatica

cardinal law won't be voting, over the age of 80.rchbishop of kansas are accused of covering up but in the instance of mahony joined by cardinal george will be voting and we feel that's a grave scandal. >> this is a quote from cardinal mahony's blog, been stripped of the public responsibilities as a part of the punishment for the allegations which included allowing a priest to flee to mexico after he was accused of molesting children. according to the information on record, the priest was told that he may be in danger as a result of families turning him in to police. so in a sense he was tipped off, if you will, that families may go in and turn him in for these allegations of molesting the children but mahony today said i can't recall a time such as now when people tend to be so judgmental and even so self rye house is. no quick to accuse, judge and condemn and often with scant real facts and information. whatever happened to the norm of giving others the benefit of a doubt until hard evidence was proven elsewhere? >> the record is c

this press conference with the cardinal is going on. when i stepped out he had not addressed the controversy but we are still listening to the report and our reporter will have more on the cardinal's comments later in the broadcast. >> thank you. the new pope will see the results of a potentially explosive report about leaks from the vatican. the italian newspapers say the report details evidence of corruption and blackmail and a gay sex ring all factors pointed to as a reason for pope benedict's resignation. the vatican denied the report and said only two people, pope benedict, and sis successor will be able to view the findings. the pope met today with the three cardinals who did the investigation to say he was satisfied with it. >> still ahead, a horrifying discovery for ikea after horse meat is found in the most popular food item. >> the most trustworthy moment from last night's oscar. who took home the >> president obama is trying to avert automatic spending cuts kicking in on friday. president obama tried to rally the nation's gov

obviously all the cardinals, all the voting cardinals, were chosen either by john paul ii or pope benedict. in that sense he will have a role, choosing your own successor in a very wide sense. but he won't take part in the conclave himself, and i think he will probably try to stay as far out of it as he can. leave it to the cardinals, and above all, leave it to the holy spirit. it was interested what he said today. it's clear he made this decision after much prayer and examination of conscience. he feels very peaceful with his decision. >> greg burke, live in romement thank you for your insight. >>> we're going to have more ahead on the sudden announcement from pope benedict xvi. we'll get reaction from catholics around the world. a look at scandals during his time at pontiff, and a preview of what's ahead as the church looks for a new pope. all coming up. >> first, we're awaiting an update from a police deadly shooting inside a courthouse today. it happened this morning in loomington, delware. police say three people died in the shooting, including the gunman. two officers were wounded, a

he is cardinal arinze from nigeria.ell us about him. >> actually, i'm a little bit surprised that he'd be seen as the front-runner, just given his age. last time around, eight years ago, i think he might have been a better choice. now he's 80, and having just elected a 78-year-old pope, who's resigning now for old age, i would frankly doubt they'd go for someone as old as arinze. having said that, he's a very impressive gentleman. he was involved with inter-religious dialogue for many years, so he has a sense of the wider religious world. he was also the prefect for the congregation for litt ergy and sack remits. he's a very charming, funny, and articulate man. there's a lot to recommend him, but i think his age might stand in the way. >> a 68-year-old could become the first north american pope. i'm talking about a cardinal from canada who leads the congregation of bishops, a very powerful position. what can you tell me? >> cardinal ouellet is a very powerful man. i heard him effortlessly go from italian to spanish to f

cardinal law was the only one who resigned.bishop has really been held accountable for this tragedy. >> christiane, you covered the election of this pope to become pope. how is it different this time around? i don't think anyone anticipated, certainly not in the vatican, the allegations, the scandal we've seen in just the last couple weeks. >> i think in that regard, obviously, it's very different. we didn't have quite this deluge of information 2005 when pope john paul died and as we watched the election of pope benedict xvi. obviously it had already come out in the united states and there are lots of reports but hadn't exploded in europe. i'm talking to vatican insiders and watchers who say this may explode in other parts of the world as well, that it is a bit of a ticking timebomb. in that regard, it is different. clearly the church is really -- they just simply can't believe that all these headlines are happening the very final week of pope benedict's reign. so they're desperately trying to get out from under this deluge of

cardinal turkson and marc ouellet.he former archbishop of quebec city, who now leads the congregation of bishops. at the pope's request, he went to ireland last year to meet with victims of sexual abuse. now the lone american being talked about new york's cardinal dolan. he downplayed his chances this morning and some observers say the cardinal would be leery of a pope from a super power. brian, one thing to remember, benedict xvi saw the impact of disease on john paul ii and the impact that had on the church. and he didn't want it to through it again. >> we'll be covering this very closely for the next 17 days and beyond. anne thompson, part of our coverage, thanks. >>> now to a big domestic story in southern california, tonight. 50 families of lapd officers are under 24-hour protection as an ex cop sniper remains on the loose and the reward is now $1 million. it's a region edge, a police department stretched to the limit. nbc's miguel almaguer is with us once again from lapd headquarters tonight. miguel, good evening

it's the right of the cardinal to come. but it brings a distraction. >> warner: briefly before we go, thursday is the pope's la day. friday this process in some fashion begins. what does happen next? >> well, what happens next is that the cardinals start meeting with one another starting on march 1. in fact today the pope kind of made an amendment to the constitution, if you will, of the vatican saying that the cardinals will establish and meet and establish the date of the conclave. on march 1 they'll start meeting decide when the conclave is. really what you're going to have even though they're not supposed to is a bunch of cardinals talking to one another figuring out what issues are important, who are the likely candidates, who they think is the guy to bring them forward in this century. so we're going to have basically, what you're going to see is a lot of coffee and cappuccino being drunk by the cardinals and a lot of talking about the future. >> warner: you'll be there to cover it. jason horowitz, the "washington pos

in a few days, a conclave of cardinals will elect a new pontiff. some are worried at the prospect of having both a reigning pope and the retired one. an addict tried to dispel -- benedict ride to dispel any fears of conflict. >> among you cardinals is the future pope. to him i promise my unconditional reverence and obedience. >> this is likely to be the pope's most important message before he sets off for the papal retreat, castel gandolfo, south of rome. the small town is already getting ready to receive its most important visitor. >> yes. we are getting ready for his arrival. as we have always done. but this time, we hope it will be much bigger, to show our love and our affection. >> benedict will spend two months here, beginning a quiet life of prayer and academic study. castel gandolfo elong stu vatican city, much like a foreign -- castel gandolfo belongs to vatican city, much like a foreign embassy. benedict will return to vatican city. in the future, he will reside just a few meters away. it is being refurbished in preparation for his arrival

if a cardinal wants the job there are subtle maneuvers. >> a cardinal may come up and see a fellow cardinalm and lead him to have a coffee together and a five-minute conversation can perhaps change the balance in a conclave. >> reporter: pope benefit digit w benedict was stunned when he was elected after three votes. >> i remember getting the senior cardinal ratzinger saying your eminence will accept to be the supreme pontiff of the catholic church. and he said, no, i can't. he said, i accept as the will of god. and then he's pope. >> reporter: white smoke from the chimney and tolling bells together signaling the history of the catholic church. and now the catholic church gets ready to say good-bye to pope benedict. you see the helicopter there, it's the white helicopter that will take him to castel gandolfo. he has been pope for eight years but lived here since 1981. >> anne thompson, a lot more from you coming up from the vatican. for now, back to new york and mr. roker. >> thanks so much, savannah. young man, wanting to push across the racing channel? >> starting april 6th of this year,

we have a wide range of a number of cardinal who's have seen that there were many cardinals in the roomy the cardinals are schooled, where we are all gathered together in rome to make an announcement, which is extremely important. the test to the announcement, i think it's not available. the pope has read the test in l latin, and we have the conciliatory celebration and we have translated it from latin to several languages so there is a translation as to the statement made by the pope. u.s. the brief declaration, about 15 minutes, and we've listened to the pope's announcement for a great deal. and we -- we think that as soon as we have more information available and we make it available to you. as and perhaps u.s. necessait's for me to read this statement very clear. we have to see it word by word to understand the true meaning of the statement. he says that he has been searching his conscious, and he said it's a dope and profound personal decision he's taken before god, and in addition he was called to figure it out. and my forces are not -- >> we are listening to a press conference. t

cardinal dolan, o'malley of boston? >> i think the conventional wisdom, which i think is correct, is a pope from the superpower would probably have a lot going against him, when he's trying to present a spiritual message to the rest of the world. >> reporter: tomorrow night, benedict will no longer be pope. he will be called pope emeritus, wear simple white, those trademark red shoes, symbolizing the blood of martyrs, designed by prada, replaced by ordinary brown, handmade in mexico. pope benedict's most lasting legacy may well be his decision to leave. a very modern decision from a traditional man. that helicopter i told you about is going to take about a 15-minute ride to castel gandalfo, the pope's summer residence. the pope will remain there until restorations are completed on the vatican convent right here. there, the pope will live out his days in prayer and study. in his words, diane, he will be hidden to the world. >> all right, george, our thanks to you. and, of course, when the pope leaves, it will be up to th

cardinal peter apaya turkson of ghana, cardinal plans is arenz of nigeria and cardinal mark ul e, of france. a papal conclave will elect a new poach by the end of march. we'll have more on the website, www.myfoxdc.com and the story is on our home page. >> another big story we're following tonight. a 14-year-old boaccused of killing his seven-month-old sister is transferred and held without bond. the eighth grader is charged as an adult and that can change in another hearing later this month and because that can change, fox 5 is not naming the teenager and let's bring in paul wagner now with what turned out to be a final story. >> reporter: the 14-year-old appeared in court via closed associate television from the county jail and he was dressed in a green jumpsuit. he said nothing other than acknowledging his name n. a brief exchange between -- in a brief exchange between prosecutors, the defense, and the j new details were revealed before all sides agreed to come back for another hearing in 10 days. inside, police say the mother of the baby found her unconscious friday morning and ca

then it will be time for the cardinals to elect a new pope, and some american cardinals who will be heading to the conclave suddenly find themselves in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. nbc's anne thompson with us tonight, once again from the vatican with this story. anne, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. as pope benedict finishes his lenten retreat, the vatican is preparing for this historic transition. with many questions, such as who will lead the church, far from answered. a week before pope benedict retires, and there is still no clear front-runner to succeed him. however, there is a long shot. new york's cardinal timothy dolan. >> i'll do anything to get you guys in church. >> reporter: praised in catholic circles for his persona. his efforts to revitalize the church and fighting the obama administration's contraception coverage mandate. but this week, dolan was deposed about how he dealt with abusive priests as archbishop of milwaukee. what impact is this going to have on cardinal dolan? >> i think it will have zero impact on cardinal dolan's leadership within t

what the cardinals are looking for. what the cardinals are seeking. pope benedict's place. you know, in my mind, we watched pope john paul become a grandfather. pope benedict walked out on the world stage as a grandfather. and was just an interesting different experience of his fatherly qualities, as you know from having met him, you know the gentle kind way that he had. but, you know, i think that depends on what the college of cardinals is looking for. you know, pope benedict was a teacher. and he spent his pontiffate, his papacy, teaching. he taught well and with great clarity. so it's a matter of preference of the college of cardinals and also, as we believe in the church, the working of the holy spirit. >> we'll stay in very close touch with you, bishop, thank you so much. thanks for everything that you've done. thanks for inviting me to catholic university, once between. i really appreciate it. and thanks for coming here to "the situation room." >> it's great to be with you, wolf, you take care, god bless. >> god bless you as well. we're going t

the cardinals actually lock themselves inside the sistine chapel until they agree on a new pope. after each vote the color of smoke means whether a pope has been elected. white means we have a new pope >>> in newark, police say a pair of bank robbers are holed up in a motel. this is video from chopper 5 from earlier today. now police say two men robbed a bank in fremont earlier. a vehicle matching the description of of a getaway car was traced back to the easy 8 motel. we'll keep you updated on this story as more information comes in. >>> a surprise for police officers during a drug raid at a fairfield home. a three-foot-long baby alligator was found along with bags of marijuana, cash and guns. the gator was turned over to solano county animal services. the discovery was made at the home of william and laurie riley of begonia boulevard. police say the two were running a marijuana grow operation. besides the gator the raid netted firearms, more than $29,000 in cash and bags of pot. the rileys are facing a number of drug and weapons charges. >>> a rude awakening for concord residen