. >> a half a dozen emaciated horses taken from a farmer on the road to recovery tonight.hristie alleto and i will explain why caretakers say it could take months. >>> disaster in the gulf. how much should bp and other companies pay for the biggest oil spill in history? >> the >>> it is just before 6:30, 43 degrees mostly clear. good evening thanks for staying with wjz. catholics may have a new pope sooner than expected. just a few days before stepping down, pope benedict xvi changes church law in historic move. >> reporter: pope benedict xvi has revised the rule on how his successor will be chosen. cardinals no longer have to wait 15 days after the pope resigns to begin voting for a new holy father. after benedict steps down on friday, cardinals can decide to move up the secret ceremony to elect a pope known as the conclave. >> i think they should do it as quickly as possible. >> i'm very surprised, i thought it would be something that took a lot longer. >> reporter: the vatican would like a new pope in place on march 24th. that means the new pope must be installed a week

in turn the horses became grossly emaciated.eterinarians consider five an acceptable body score >> she ranked out in the one. that means she has very little body fat. >> reporter: the horses weigh about 1,000 pounds. think still have a couple hundred more pounds to pack on which is something that could take months. >> a forces rehabilitation is very slow because you don't want to shove food too quickly. >> reporter: the horses are being treated for skin infections. caretakers say these six were lucky to be alive. caretakers say each horse can cost up to $1,200 per month to rehabilitation. there's a link where you can donate. back to you kai. >> hartford county animal control is determining whether there will be charges for the owner. >>> tonight congress is back in town looking for a deal. but republicans and the white house appear to be far from a compromise. danielle nottingham reports from the white house. >> reporter: president obama sounded the alarm to governors gathered at the white house about the automatic budget cuts s

there were found in various stages of the emaciation on a 68-acre farm on baldwin mill road.fficials say the owners claim they could no longer care for the animals and were trying to give them away. one died, six more expected to be removed this week. and on the bodies killed rating of 1 to 9, 9 being the best, they break at one to -- rate tat one to three. >> all of that, you should not be able to see this bone structure. keep in mind she has a hole in her coat. >> the horses are still being evaluated. officials say there are no additional signs of physical abuse other than starvation. horses that way 1,000 pounds now have hundreds to gain and that is something the farm manager says has to be done slowly. >> multiple mills per day. she is going to end up beating about -- eating five or six meals a day. >> it is costly. 1900 to $2,400 per horse per month. >> reportedly funded -- we are privately funded. >> they have a 94% success rate. depending on the investigation, the horses could be up for adoption by the fall. >> misdemeanor charges are pending against the owners of that

you look emaciated. you look like you might have a touch of scurvy.k like a guy who has been imprisoned all his adult life. >> yeah. >> dave: what was that? is that cgi? >> no, i wish, i wish. we spent a long time preparing, and then my trainer, this guy dave kingsbury, had been a body builder. and he said if you really want to get going-- one thing is you have to be unrecognizable from the beginning of the movie, "so i had to-- the director said to be unrecognizable. he said you want to do that, don't drink liquids for 36 hours. do not try this at home, by the way. you lose 10 pounds in water weight. in all the exrementz of your body. it's horrible, you have a disgusting headache. >> dave: how long can humans exist without water? >> that's a good question. 36 hours, you can-- >> dave: but i would think that closer-- not much more than 36 hours. >> maybe three days, three, four days. >> dave: how did you feel without the water? >> 20 hours into it it was so-- like the headache, i had kind of a contradiction somewhere down there i'm not sure what it wa

i was weak, exhausted and emaciated but most of all i felt that neck la l necklace and i ft her down. anybody that read the book can you remember what the first chapter is called. it starts with an,f, failure. that's another thing they really objected to in manhattan. said you can't start a book with the word failure. at least i won that argument. i said you know, our success is originally based in failure and you know what? all of us make mistakes and all of us sometimes fail. sometimes with relationships or investments or fail with jobs. um... i flunked my first driving test when i was 16 and totald the car while parallel parking and some student wills not get into college. really when you fail it's not the end of the road. it's more of an opportunity and away to find a different path. when i come to those moments in life, i think of the perz yen proverb that says when it's dark you can see the star. for those of you that have been there, i failed get a really good sunset picture on,k 2. this is actually a volcano in mexico but i love this climbing photo to end the climing sequence.