in st. peter's square. it is also a spiritual event. to cokie roberts rome foreen with us in rome for ois choosing of the pope and e, alast one as well. cokie, as you look at pope francis who has struck such a, such a different note -- was announced. when he was announced last week. you and i were sitting on the he was.in rome. we had no idea who he was. neither did the crowd in st. ovter's square. but they have come to know him over these last few days. >> a and really come to like him. >> as you can see he has gotten hut of the jeep. there is a person with severe thsabilities that he got out of the jeep there to bless. bolism 's the kind of symbolism we have seen sin we have seen since he was named. he has been out among the people. he has, he has not dressed up in the ring that in fact today the ring that he ill be taking, is a used ring, secretary.ul vi's secretary. nd it is silver with gold e is not, he o he is not, he is -- he is bandoning a lot of the fancy impler gs to be a much simpler and more humble man. father t to bring in f

in st. peter's square. unbelievable. >> reporter: victor nunez de la rosa, in rome for vacation, said never did he ever dream a fellow countryman would become pope. i still don't believe it, he says. from rome to lima, mexico city, rio and especially in argentina, resounding emotion. >> translator: i always said he would be one of the best popes we ever have. and thank god he is from argentina. >> us catholics in argentina, we're very, very happy. we believe it's a moment in argentina's history that is very important for us to have an argentinian pope. we need this sign of god. >> reporter: argentina has the world's 11th largest population of catholics. some say this powerful new leader signals a powerful change. >> the election of pope francis is a reminder that the center of gravity has shifted from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere where all the growth in the catholic church is happening. >> reporter: a promise for a new future. >> it's amazing. it's incredible. incredible, it's from arge

in st. peter's square erupted. the joy. this time, not tempered by mourning as it was eight years ago, because for the first time in 598 years, the previous pope is alive and well, retired, not deceased. as word got out, the crowd grew larger. people literally running to the square, romans and visitors, even people making airline connections, racing to the square. more than 150,000 in all, officials say. all eyes on that small balcony, waiting, watching, wondering who would emerge, a favorite cardinal scola of milan, perhaps. an american, cardinal o'malley of boston. a canadian pope, the first african-american? who would it be? the first answers by the cardinal taking the first step and uttering the traditional words. >> urbi et orbi. habemus papam. >> we announce to you a great squi joy, habemus papam, we have a pope. came out of nowhere, a surprise to many, cardinal of buenos aires, a nontraditional cardinal who lived humbly, cooking his own meals, taking public transit, would he would speak to people face-to-face. the hum

in st. peter's square, a spectacular sight from any angle. n miguel marquez was right in the thick of it. here's what he saw. take a look. >> reporter: the anticipation intense. the crowd 150,000 strong, jammed into st. peter's square. white smoke billowed and the largest bell in the basilica signaled the election of a new pope. and within minutes, the square filled to capacity. and then -- >> this is the moment, the moment that the tens of thousands of people gathered here in the square have been waiting for. it's electrifying, it's an extraordinary moment. look ts way. look at the cameras, snapping a picture of the new pope! argentine cardinal jorge mario bergoglio becomes pope francis. he asked the crowd to pray for his predecessor, pope benedict. then, in a dramatic and touching moment, he asked for a silent prayer. from the massive crowd, not a word, not a sound. the prayer, he said, was for him, to help him in his new role. 100,000 people, probably more, and the silence. >> i know. i was shocked too. definitely. i think it's just -- you'

how long have you been in the square? >> probably since 4:00. >> 4:00. >> yeah. >> why did you want to be here? >> once in a lifetime thing for us. to be actually in rome, studying, and happen to have a new pope at the same time is amazing. >> do you have a favorite, somebody who you think it may be, hope it may be? >> o'malley. >> cardinal o'malley? >> yeah. >> why? what about him? >> he's from boston, close to me. and, you know, i think that he would -- he's the best one that could bring a transition for the catholic church to, you know, the modern times. >> you want to see some sort of change, some sort of modernization? >> yeah yeah. i think right now the church needs to transition and integrate itself into the modern world better, that way twill be easier for, you know, for it to continue. >> did you ever anticipate you would be here to witness something like this? >> never in a million years would i think i would be here for a new pope and to be actually in rome for this experience, it is unreal. >> what has it been

let's check in with becky anderson who is near st. peter's square. in is certainly not helping anything in terms of getting crowds out, but there are a lot of people there and certainly haven't dampened too many moods. >> reporter: yeah. there are a lot of people out. listen, let's not give up on these guys. they have a tough job on their hands and i think that's what everybody here feels. 115 of them, one will emerge of course as pope. like you said, we're going to keep an eye on that smoke which we would expect now in the next sort of 90 minutes or so. but there are lots and lots of people. every time there's a period at which the smoke may come, you see hordes of people making their way up to the square. and suddenly you realize that the square has got thousands of people in it. it's remarkable. sort of down time maybe 200 or 300 people away, so there's a real sense of drama here just outside vatican city. and everybody you speak to here says whether they're just tourists, whether they're pilgrims, whether they're of faith or not, they're here for

in st. peter's square in celebration. mbiguously white as one hesitates to say you don't want to get ahead of yourself, but you can see the square, the folks in the square feel the same as we do that that's white smoke coming out of the chimney in vatican city and your opinion is what on that, sir? >> my opinion is that it's clearly white smoke, compared to the type of dark smoke that we saw yesterday afternoon as well as this morning, so, i anticipate we're going to hear those words in the matter of about 45 minutes. >> megyn: what is happening inside of the vatican, yes, as the bells ring aloud, and you can hear the joyous shouts and cheers of the faithful and watching what is clearly white smoke coming out of the chimney. those cardinals have done their job and at least 77 of the 115 have voted in unison for one man to become the leader of the catholic church. let's just listen for a minute. [bell ringin [bell ringing] >> . [crowd cheering] bells ringin . [bells ringing, crowd cheering] >> father roger landry, you can f

reporter: when his name was announced -- >> bergoglio. >> reporter: there was an audible gasp in the squarea sense of confusion. bergoglio wasn't one of the cardinals that had captured rome's attention. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: the humble argentine led the people in prayer. then asked the crowd of more than 100,000 to silently pray for him. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: pope francis is the choice of cardinals said to be divided into two factions -- reformers who want a clean up the vatican's dysfunctional bureaucracy and focus on bringing new energy to this global institution, and the old guard who want to maintain the status quo. >> i think he does belong in the reformer category. i think he picks up the mantle of john paul ii. i think he is someone of the new evangelization. >> reporter: a new leader charged with steering the church through a crucial moment in history. now we understand from new york's cardinal, timothy dolan that tomorrow pope francis will go visit benedict, pope emeritus. and then next tuesday pope francis will celebrate his firs

in st. peter's square and it's there in the square he will be formally installed for a mass set for tuesday.more on rome and more insight about what was it was like inside the conclave coming up on "good morning america." >>> time now for a look at weather from across the country. snow showers in northern new england with spring now just thankfully one week away. thank you. cooler air stretches all the way down to florida and also light snow in the upper midwest around the twin city, milwaukee and the windy city. late day showers from seattle to portland and some snow? the cascades. >> 70 for much of the rockies, ½v 90 of the season in n to detroit, 40s in the northeast. >>> come on, spring. come on. warm up already. >> we're waiting for you. >>> coming up, some big menu changes at the golden arches. >>> plus new backlash and outrage over the plan to allow pocket knives on airplanes. >> we return to rome for insight ♪ >>> looking live at the vatican, a big difference there in st. peter's square compared to last night when pope francis, of course, was introduced to the world. and we will have

in rome. filling into st. peter's square, along with hundreds of thousand, all wanting to be part of the inaugural mass of pope francis. including in that number, diplomats on-hand as history is made. francis, taking official control of the catholic church. after waiting for hours, hundreds of thousands welcomed pope francis to st. peter's square. after greeting the faithful for more than 30 minutes, francis was ushered inside st. peter's basilica. and the ceremony began. ♪ the new pope led by the cardinals of the procession, and back into the square where he received his vestments and papal ring. dignitaries from across the globe and hundreds of thousands joined in the celebratory service. in the same casual style that has defined the early days of his papacy, francis spoke at times without notes, his message focused on the tenets of the catholic faith. hi seemed to refer to problems that have plagued the catholic church and the vatican. he said those in responsibility, are called to be protectors. he spoke several times ab

you can see in the pope's native country people there gathered in the square before the cathedral inaires, i believe, watching their pope, first pope to the americas. >> who they have now given to the world. >> they're now lacking an archbishop. i think they're happy to give us that gift. >> and as i was saying earlier, he and the president had been in rome now, and they had a meeting where he gave her a white rose which is apparently her favorite flower and a kiss. she said i've never been kissed by a pope before. so, hope of reconciliation there as well. >> we notice he checked his watch on the way up. he wants to keep things moving. he said he didn't want this quite to be as long, he said. >> there's a different

in st. peters square but all the way down the main avenue, all of the streets in and around this part of rome leading to vatican city have been shut. they are -- they have put piety aside, they are dancing very interestingly, we're seeing the flags of the world flying. might we see a pope from north america, latin america, where some 40% of the world's catholics come from. wherever the pope does hail from, he will be represented. his countrymen are here. it is truly a global event. not just around the globe but here in and around vatican city, diane. >> and something we can't see in the night time but ron claiborne, if you can hear me, people stream in from all over rome. they walk and bike and do whatever it takes to get here. so this crowd is only building. >> reporter: really that's the case. as you can see behind me, this boulevard here which is nearly empty 15 minutes ago, people are streaming in there now. they are crossing the street, darting their way through this thick rush hour roman traffic making their way to find out who the new pope will be. you can feel the enthusiasm, it's alm

also in scotland the famous british landmark in london's trafalgar square commemorate admiral nelson who died in the past or to follow in a scene a fight but it's also now be on one of the questions persons since that time the way he is being criticized focusing too much on historical information and not enough on practical knowledge it's become a standard joke and i mean that's you know something which is supposed to be taken seriously and you know when it was first announced we were involved in a few little quiz sessions where even you know prominent members of the people who were in the past have been prominent members of the government were being asked questions like who would see the british king who expel the danes for. i'm guessing completely in hopelessly wrong and yet his discipline says these. very muffet say that by putting british culture and history at the heart of the system that they're ensuring that those who want to settle in britain permanently fully understand british life those criticisms about the test being overly complex and focusing too much on historical infor

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i want to play you tape in case you're just waking up now of the pope's trip to st. peter's square in the pope mobile. some of the extraordinary moments we saw just a short while ago. this, as i said, earlier. the pope in open air. this is the first time since john ii. >> i noticed about the sides, it was missing the glass but it was certainly not like this, totally open air. we've not seen this in a long time. >> in this open air popemobile, he was handed a baby to kiss. we have some footage of that, i believe. there it is right there. that's a long distance, by the way, for a baby to be handed. he took the baby, gave a giant kiss. the giant smile that has become something to be expected. there's that baby again. not smiling at first. >> not a happy baby wondering where i am headed to. >> a blessed baby i think we can all say. even more poignant, the pope descends from the pope mobile to kiss a sick man in the crowd. >> offers a blessing. >> that's such a touching image. i can't help but think of the image of jesus reaching out to the paralyzed man and saying, stand up. here is th

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in st. peter's square. people under umbrellas. they have been out here for hours on a cold, rainy, drizzly night in rome. they serge forward drowning out almost the bells in their excitement. people have been waving flags, patiently. children under umbrellas. now they see the white smoke. we're told this will go on for several minutes. if there was any doubt about the color of the smoke, it's reenforced by the bells ringing loudly. we hear bells every quarter hour, but not like this. >> george is with you. he had just an inkling this might be proceeding that we might have something tonight rome time. george, what can we glean from the fact that this comes at the hour that it arrives? >> reporter: brian, it's a surprise. i think we have to say. most people expected a longer conclave. i certainly did. but early this afternoon, i got word from a friend that things might be moving a bit faster than anticipated. i think what it means is that a consensus was very quickly reached on what is needed for the church in the 21st century. that'

in st. peter's square were cheering, they were crying, they were praying. it was simply electric. in so many ways this is a pope unlike any other. he is in a word a contradiction. a pious and humble man who dances the tango, loves wine and like most argentineans is an avid soccer fan with a team jersey and club membership card to prove it. a well liked but shy cardinal who chooses to sit in the back row at meetings. a man who is now the leader of the catholic church. a jesuit at 76 years old, he comes from a part of the world which has never before produced a pontiff. and while today he is francis, to those who knew him as a child, he was simply jorge. "we used to play soccer in the plaza. he was very studious from a very catholic family and nice people." >> reporter: the son of an italian railway worker, jorge mario bergoglio and his four siblings grew up in buenos aires, an infection as a teenager cost him his lung but not his spirit. after studying chemistry he went to seminary becoming a priest when he was 32. until now, the pope has led a frugal life. when he became a cardinal

in st. peter's square. thank you. joined by mario, who works in our rome bureau and is covering his fifth pope. >> yes. >> pope francis, how do you feel about it? >> i don't know much about the man, butgood about it. >> shepard: they clearly made a decision to choose a man of the people. we've said it repeatedly but it bares repeating. the guy who rides the bus. >> and he comes from a conclave of 500 million catholics. it's a huge number. it's a good time to have chosen one from that area. >> shepard: with so many italians who have immigrated to latin america and specifically argentina, an enormous italian population, some 50 to 60% of argentinaians have italian in their lineage. it's a melding of two associates. the church has said we need to be more representative and inclusive. that was as inclusive as it gets. >> yes, indeed. to go further about the italians in argentina. 49% of italian blood are italian -- it's a huge number. more than any other country bids italy. >> you've witnessed so many changes, some subtle,

well since cullen the famous british landmark in london's trafalgar square commemorate i'm now so he died in the bus or to follow in eighteen a boy this is also now we are but one of the questions that person has. already is being criticized focusing too much on historical information and not enough on practical knowledge it's become a standard joke and i mean you know something which is supposed to be taken seriously and you know when it was fast announced we were involved in a few little quiz sessions where even you know prominent members of the people who in the past being prominent members of the government were being asked questions like who was the. british king who expelled the date for. i'm guessing completely and hopelessly wrong and yet. they must first say that by putting british culture and history at the heart of the system that they're ensuring that they see once a slim brits and permanently fully understand british life those criticisms about the test being overly complex and focusing too much on historical information do the questions really represent what it means to

in st. peter's square celebrated today's mass. >>> here's a question. ients heading into planned parenthood need extra protection in san francisco? that is what they're thinking about for city leaders. they'll be taking up that question today. live in san francisco right now with a controversial proposal to create buffer zones around the clinics. >> reporter: good morning.

in st. peter's square. , and recalling the sacrifice of christ but he's doing it in front of that that was a witness to martyrdom to st. peter, saw john paul ii shed his bled when he was almost assassinated. so when pope francis celebrated the mass there, he is in a site that is actually full of history of sacrifice as he's been called to be the successor of st. peter. >> sacrifice, dr. martin. >> i think as a pastor, we've seen that, helen was talking about his priesthood and the example that he sets. we've seen him be very tender with children and people were hugging him the other day. and it struck me that that was a great homily because it's what they teach you in homiletics class. you make it real for the people. don't speak in a language people can't understand, in a sense he told people what he hopes to do. there's a problematic aspect about being tender and the environment and serving the poor. this is what all of us can do. be protectors in a sense of one another and of the poor in the environment.

in st. peter's square and the roads leading up to it. zoraida. >> ben wedeman, we'll continue checking in with you. >>> let's bring in our panel. we have an esteemed panel. father edward beck, cnn contributor. in rome we're joined by sister mary ann walsh, meeting director for the conference of catholic bishops. john allen is a senior vatican reporter and we are lucky to have all three of you here with us today. sister maryanne, let me start with you. i have a cnn poll that shows pope francis with an astounding rating, 88% approval. his introduction seems to have gone well so far. >> absolutely. he's a man of the people. they're relating to him on a wonderful emotional level. probably one of the most favorite saints of our church, st. francis of assisi. by choosing that, he touched people's hearts very deeply. >> i want to talk to you about the pomp and circumstance. this is quite an event. i want to talk a little bit about the coat of arms and the symbolism. if you can walk us through that, i would appreciate it. >> sure. the first point

you are right there are tens of thousands in saint peters square. u can tell that because the pope was going around in the open jeep greeting many of them. italian police expect a million people to fill the narrow roads. as you know they can clog up pretty easily. >> they head into confession. saint peters tomb as laura mentioned under the high altar while the trumpets will announce and tomb of saint peter together with the pate a-and archbishops 10 of them in all four are cardinals. he will be presented with the cloak, the ring as lauren mentioned, the book of the gospels that were placed at saint peters tomb the night before. it is going to be an absolutely beautiful morning. one thing we know is the catholic church can put on quite a show, and as we have watched history together, i assure we will watch with you in silence and listen along. so good morning to you and yours. we are glad you are with us. now the installment and the first mass of pope francis. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the first mass of the inauguration of pope francis. i am shepherd smith

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he is in an open air pope mobile going through st. peter's squaree it, it was one of those moments where you kind of gasped because you were really surprised that he was in an open pope mobile. there he is. he went into the crowd. there's somebody who's sick and he went over to pray for them, to kiss him. offered a blessing. a really remarkable moment. the one time that we did see him get out of the pope mobile. >> which in and of itself -- >> it was a great moment. he went down to the tomb of st. peter. i was just on that tour of the excavation. it is incredible because you can see the first basilica of st. peter's which is buried underneath the present day one and you go down even lower and there is the cemetery. what would have been an open-air cemetery like new orleans cemetery, above ground cemetery and there is this marked box and in the writing it says petrus and you see the fish symbols all over it and near as investigators can tell us that is the tomb of st. peter and the bones. the pallium and the ring were placed on that tomb overnight, j

in st. peter's square.ll bring you all the latest from vatican city as it happens. >>> but now to my exclusive interview with president obama. we sat down yesterday afternoon. a packed day filled with news on the pope, north korea and cyberattacks and with the president just back from a budget meeting on capitol hill i began by asking how he would overcome republican opposition to the new taxes by going around gop leaders or rolling right over them. >> i don't think it's to break or go around them. i think it is to identify what i call the commonsense caucus, which says we can do sensible deficit reduction with a combination of entitlement reform, some judicious spending cuts, closing some tax loopholes that nobody really defends on their own and that's what i've been talking about for the last two years. >> that commonsense caucus on the republican side, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte, other senate republicans say you see a lot more entitlement reform from you before they can sign on to any new revenues like

in st. peter's square, awaiting a white smoke or black smoke. e signifying the cardinals in the conclave as this is day one of the conclave, have selected the next pope. that given the fact that this is first time they have met behind these closed locked doors is unlikely, possibly the black smoke, possibly even no vote at all. anderson cooper is there in rome. anderson, set the scene for me. >> it is an extraordinary scene. i'm here with chris cuomo and john allen, our vatican analyst, a scene we have seen so many times in our lifetime as the world stops and watches a very simple stove, very simple pipe, very simple chimney, waiting for word on whether or not a pope has been selected. it is very doubtful at this point this early on. this would be the first vote if, in fact, they are voting in this conclave. this would be the first vote, very doubtful there will be a selection this time around. but it is sort of a warmup and first time, chris, and john, we have seen large numbers of people coming in the last several days waiting in vatican city -

now, of course, the scenario two, the plan version there is also an increase in square footage and units. that's just a pure cost difference. that also results in an additional 341 units, 110 of those would be affordable assuming all on-site, and a reduction in residential impact fees about 2.5 million, specifically the transit streetscape and public ground portion would be a reduction in around [speaker not understood]. the second comparison is, again, the base height scenario with the amended scenario from last week. >> looking at the total residential impact fees, you mentioned before that the total infrastructure needs in that area are about $92 million. so, the $42 million that you're talking about, where is that number from? >> the $42 million is the -- is the total projected residential and commercial fee collection over 25 years of the plan. >> yeah. >> that's basically the 25-year life of the plan and all of those buckets we're projecting around 92 million need and 42 million that we'll actually collect. >> so, of that 42 we're saying that's somewhere between, you know, 14.7 and

peter's square but in the square people were patient and weren't sort of eager to -- they were just sortf savoring the moment in a sense. i think people really feel the history of the moment during that hour waiting that hour to find out who the pope was. so yeah. it was an incredible sense of history that really flooded through st. peter's square. >> wolf, the crowd also has been young people, older people. i saw a lot of young faces there. >> it was a real mix. you know, there were young parents with their children, four, five years old. i spoke to one man who had put his -- an italian who put his 5-year-old son up on one of these small columns to make sure he could see what was happening. he said it was his first time ever to come there and he wanted his son to see history in the making. you saw all ages, lots of italians, tourists, students who were here on a semester abroad. it was an incredible mix of people that really underscores in a sense the universal nature of the catholic church which has followers in almost every country. wolf? >> ben wedeman watching history unfold in rome

the church i approve of. >> you can see american flags here but flags from all over the world in this square. just waiting, standing by to see who who is up on the balcony next, tamron. >> thank you. let me bring in chris. i'm curious of your reaction. you have children of your own. you have two young men in rome. but in the end, they said they are looking to good change in the church. what is your reaction in seeing the young faces. >> that's great. i love rome. they have the best looking people of the world. they just are. they seem to walk a lot. they glow. they know how to wear a leather jacket with flair. they are amazing people around rome. just something to watch. people are all sparkling in their faces, just radiant. i think the young people especially look good over there. there is something about the excitement though. show business of this thing. can't be underplayed. it is almost like miracle on ice. winning the olympics in hockey against soviets. playing their games. it's not our playing field. and for an american, it is exciting, is prospect of it is exciting because it is so r

outside in saint peter's square the crowds erupted in celebration.cheers] >> shepard: and from the ban cone above pope francis addressed the world. [speaking italian] >> tonight, reaction from around the world and from the pope's home country of argentina. plus, what this choice signals about the direction of the catholic church as fox reports live from rome on the election of pope francis. >> shepard: and by all accounts it's a ground breaking choice. a man who takes the bus and cooks his own food is now the leader of the world's 1 billion plus catholics. [cheers] cardinal the 76-year-old from argentina who has decided to call himself pope francis. analysts say is he a fierce opponent of abortion, same sex marriage and once said letting gay couples adopt children would be discrimination against children. he is the first pope from north or south america. he talked about that in his first comment as head of the catholic church. >> the duty of the conclave was to give rome a bishop. it looks like my brothers, the cardinals went to find him at the end o

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