that brings us back with john paul ii, signs everywhere to make john paul ii a saint, which did eventuallyopes being saints. it is an outpouring for the faithful for their affection, for the person. the we've noticed all morning, we have much smaller crowds. john paul ii funeral was an entirely different pope, entirely different situation. he was ill for two months before he died so people had plenty of time to come and pay their respects. they were here with candles and all night vigils and the square and the entire city really packed. quite a different feeling this morning farley because we're talking about a pope who's been retired, resigned for the last ten years and living in the vatican, 95 years old. very, very different personality from his predecessor as well as a different personality from pope francis, of course, whom we have to think about this morning as he begins his new moment in his pontificate. he's lived the last ten years with pope benedict in his background, and as much as that has been something that could help him, in the first years especially to find his feet, to be

so this man who gave 25 years of his life to the service of john paul ii three times requesting to beve a minute left about what is the future of the papacy in terms of retirement? we have a pope now who has his own ailments, what is the word from the vatican and what have we heard from pope francis himself whether this will be one historic moment or the beginning of something different. >> as recently as a month ago in an interview pope francis revealed that he has written a letter of resignation. he has signed it should he become incapacitated. so he has always said from the first interview that he gave that benedict opened the door to that but that is all he has said. i think in the days to come we will see new rules, if you will, for the office of air retired pope, what will he wear? will he wear white? what will he be called? >> i want to thank all of our guests, i'm chris jansing and want to thank you for joining our special coverage of the funeral of pope benedict. we have our news coverage coming up right after this break. millions have made the switch from the big three to th

>> well, very different than the papacy and the person of john paul ii. ntrovert, ratzinger was -- excuse me, john paul ii was an extrovert. ratzinger was very much a quieter person, an introvert, very much focused on the papacy itself, as opposed to the person of john paul ii. and his resignation even said that. his resignation says that the papacy is bigger than just one person. one question that can't be answered is the following. had benedict xvi died in office, would we be seeing larger crowds? or is it possible that people have been mourning the end of the papacy eight years ago, almost ten years ago now, when he resigned in 2013? >> in terms of st. peter's square and everyone sitting in there, i mean, what do you think about the setup? because there was a lot of debate of course about how to handle this because, you know, as you say it's unprecedented. do you invite heads of state? do you send ambassadors? this is a foreign country. what do you make of what they finally come up with? >> well, i'm a little surprised. i'm not a diplomatic historian. b

peter's basilica, in the crypt down below, in the tomb that had been occupied by john paul ii. from the beginning i've thought there's a great poetic part there. for 25 years joseph radzinger, the man who became pope benedict, was the right-hand man of john paul ii. he was the intellect of that. the he said he felt john paul taking him in his strong hand and guiding him in this new phase of his life. i think it is completely appropriate between john paul ii and benedict. what's happening now is the papal casket, we saw the casket of cypress. it's now been placed in a zinc coffin and that in turn has been placed into a coffin of elm. that is being placed into the tomb that has been prepared for benedict. once the ceremonies are complete and once the crowd has dispersed, then people will be able to enter the basilica, go down to the crypt and pray before benedict's tomb. i would expect over the next several days and weeks there will be a lot of people wanting to do that, max and bianca. >> christopher, back to you. we've been discussing pope benedict as a professor being renowned

. >> you know, pope benedict did not have the charisma of john paul ii. so many people who lived during the papacy of john paul ii, they remembered him as this charismatic leader who would travel the world. pope benedict did not have that, but that is not charisma is not the essence of the papacy. if we look at -- if we are looking at saint peter's square right now, why is it still there after all these years? after all these years, why are tens of thousands of people flocking to this funeral of somebody who was 95 years old, who is retired for ten years? they see the papacy as a foundation in which we can say this is what the church teaches. this is what we believe. this is why we believe it. pope benedict really brought to the faithful that reminder of the catholic church actually stands for something. it's not dependent on the whims of a secular society. it will be here today, tomorrow, and 100 years from now until the second coming of jesus christ is what this teaching of the catholic church says. >> i think you're so right. there was something in bene

ii which ushered in major church reforms and for his prific writing. in 1977, pope paul vi appointed ratzinger archbishop of munich and subsequently made him a cardinal. a few years later, pope john paul ii appointed him head of the vatican office for church doctrine, where he served for almost 25 years. when pope john paul ii died in 2005, ratzinger was elected his successor, taking the name benedict xvi. >> my true plan to govern is not to do my own will, not to pursue my own ideas, but to listen, together with the whole church, to the word and the will of the reporter: father thomas reese is >> pope benedict was really a rorschach test for people in the church. progressives saw him as very controlling, as limiting theological discussion and debate. conservatives loved him because he was firm in his teaching and imposed that on and what they considered dissident theologians. reporter: benedict reinforced the church's stance against birth control and that neither married men or women could be ordained as priests. but much of his papacy was marked by the ongoing, unresolved clergy sex abuse scandal. he often spoke about it during his visits abroad, including during mass on a trip

a zero-tolerance policy and he left at the statute of limitations, which many around john paul -- pope john paul ii didn't. he removed 800 men from the priesthood and heat that that reviewing their files himself but he had john paul give competency to those offices and personally reviewed those files. he removed what he called the filth of the church and prepare for what he had to do as pope and he let about trying to teac a joyous, clear, historically based adventure with christ tha he was drawing people to. and his writings still spark sparkle with that childlike wonder if you greet them cover to caliber. >> please jump in here and add to that if you would. >> you know what is amazing about that simplicity of his writings. the perfect example is a three-part series, jesus of nazareth, super profound pretty but so smart and so confident i his reasons for believing in jesus of nazareth that he didn' have to make a complicated pizz when you are reading the life o jesus in this profound work, yo say, gosh, that is simple. and that is the way pope benedict really taught. i brought college student to t

the place pope benedict is going to be taking there is the one occupied by pope john paul ii until helared a saint himself. you were talking about the fact that in 2005 i was here when john paul ii was laid to rest. back then it was a gigantic event with literally hundreds of thousands of people here and millions of people coming to rome. pope benedict himself had requested a smaller, more humble ceremony to himself. only to the extent that something like that is possible with a gigantic body like the catholic church which is so influential in a lot of countries around the world. nonetheless, the u. ss. will be here. all the heads of germany's constitutional bodies including the president and the chancellor will be here at the vatican for that tomorrow, bianca. >> fred pleitgen at the vatican, thank you. >>> interestingly fred was talking about the triple coffin that he will be buried in. inside the coffin there are coins minted during his rein as well as a one page account of his time as a pope and i found out from the catholic reporter that we're expecting a tell-all book written by

as i said, very different to what we experiences the last funeral, in 2005, john paul ii. r figure. pope benedict had more time to be quiet and behind the scenes and many people, of course, had a different opinion of pope benedict than john paul ii. so it's a verisome der, quiet time. it was beautiful this weekend, new year's eve. we had pope francis come out and see the nativity scene. he spoke about his predecessor on several occasions this weekend. so that was a nice moment for people. now it's kind of a quiet time just before the funeral. >> delia gallagher joining us there from st. peter's square, many thanks. >>> in the day ahead, brazil will honor its late football hero, pele, in a massive public wake. his coffin is currently being moved to a stadium in the city of santos. word he'll lie in honor for 24 hours. thousands of people are expected to show up and pay their respects. the report from santos, brazil. >> reporter: how do you mourn a legend in a person who always brought so much joy to everyone who saw him. these football fans in the brazilian city of santos do

universities, and then the vatican, at the age of 50 rasinger became a cardinal, and already pope john paul iiead of the sacred congregation for the doctrine of the faith of the former roman inquisition in that position cardinal rasengar defended traditional catholic teaching on abortion, contraception and homosexuality when john paul ii died in april 2005 cardinal rasengar presided over his funeral and his homily based on the instruction of jesus follow me proved prophetic after the vote and white smoke rose from the sistine chapel and where is the pope, a sign that a new pope has been elected , the oldest pontiff in 275 years benedict xvi sought to evangelize the west and collapse the spread of secularism, however, there was also a recognition that the influence of the roman catholic church is declining in 2006, pope benedict stirred up controversy during a lecture in germany by quoting a medieval christian leader who criticized islam and seemed to link religion with jihad and holy war and in several muslim countries at the time violent protests even broke out, the pope apologized and decide

so he didn't have the sort of dramatic flair of a john paul ii the, but he was no lightweight.ral figure. mike: bishop, he left the title of pope, he left the post. the significant leadership role of catholic faith after nearly eight years. what did that tell you about him? >> well, i think it does speak to his humility. you know, he wasn't going to cling to the office desperately. i think he -- i'll take him at his word, he thought that physically and psychologically he was no longer up for the enormous it is a aing and burden of the pay papacy, and i think he said, okay, it's time for somebody else. so it does speak to his humility and his sense of we call it detach thement. he was not attach thed to the privilege and honor of the office, willing to let go of it. and i also think it says he returned to a life that he probably always wanted to live. my guess is that joseph ratzinger always had the life he had about the last 10 years of his life which was in quiet meditation the, contemplation, reading, writing and prayer. so it speaks to his humility and also to, i think, his

it was the same for john paul ii. we saw an entirely different mood with john paul ii. were many, many different people and it was a different pope. he was much beloved. we had people from poland and everywhere. we'll see in the next few days who comes here. for the moment. these are people who are already in rome. once they get inside they can pay their respects to the body of pope benedict. they try to keep them moving as much as possible, of course. then the funeral mass will be held on thursday. this will be going on for the next two days here. once the funeral mass is held the pope, we know, pope emeritus, has requested a simple mass. we'll see how that goes with pope francis doing it. then he will be placed in the crypt under st. peter's basilica where crowds can continue to go and visit his tomb right there. >> it is quite unusual to have a current pope overseeing a funeral. >> also they struggle to know how to format it. do they invite dignitaries from around the world, or just from germany? >> soccer fans in brazil are preparing to say good-bye to pele. >> they

john paul ii, his predecessor was original ly ori. come down -- >> todd: if you are just joining us, the funeral for pope emeritus benedict xvi just ending on the steps of the basilica. pope benedict will be buried under st. peter's basilica. the pope was 95 years old. >> ashley: starting with a fox news alert. house lawmakers head back to capitol hill for third attempt to select a speaker. kevin mccarthy says some progress has been made, but they have voted six times and hold-outs have not shown a sign they are ready to budge. i'm ashley strohmier for carley shimkus. >> todd: zach nunn here to tell us if he's seeing progress before today's vote. start live in washington with a look at what is in store for day three, david. >> seventh round likely today at noon, when the house gavels back into session, kevin mccarthy sat through more votes yesterday, losing 20 members who refuse to support his speakership. negotiations went late into the night. >> i felt as though we had very good discussion. >> where -- does -- what next? >> that vot

i can only compare it to the last funeral we had in 2005 of john paul ii.s not like that at all. we're talking about two different people, two very different circumstances in which they died. one was a sitting pope, pope emeritus, retired. i would say the mood still ververy so somber. people remembering him, remembering what he meant to them personally. wanting to pay their respects. but nothing like the crowds that we saw in 2005 here when they opened the barricades for people to come through. there was a stampede. there was a rush. less organized, but there were also hundreds of thousands of people here. in fact, you couldn't move in this place. as i say, that was a very different time. john paul ii was sick about two months before he died, he was a different figure compared to benedict. so people here, a bit more somber, a bit quiet, but still coming to pay their respects. >> delia gallagher joining us from st. peter's square, many thanks. >>> in brazil, football fans are preparing to bid a final farewell to their late hero pele. a short time ago they sa

i'll leave you with that image of have of the first vote when we decide for pope john paul ii. francis was the jim jordan of his day. by the fifth ballot, he had the most votes. that's where i'll end on the smoke and greeting from that. i'll leave it at that. thanks very much. i want to go to chad pergram. interesting development here. we're at 20 republicans that have found an alternative to kevin mccarthy. jim jordan getting more support thansome of these first go-rounds. for example, chad, we're learning on this third ballot, byron donalds of florida has switched to jim jordan. he voted for mccarthy on the first ballots. so it's an inch by inch thing. you say it's all about the math and the numbers. the math very gradually could be changing for kevin mccarthy. what do you make of it? >> this is the second most important thing that we have figured out all afternoon. the first thing we figured out is what the universe of mccarthy opponents were. 19. the second most important thing is that there is increasing opposition now to kevin mccarthy with byron donalds, the republican f

finally placed in the same vatican crypt where benedict's predecessor and longtime mentor, pope john paul iialso laid to rest benedict's retirement in 2013 reshaped the vatican in his life but also in his death. now, today was a traditional funeral mass, but a really simple, scaled back papal funeral, a subtle send-off and may well be a blueprint for the future. lester >> molly hunter, thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, new royal revelations including claims of a physical altercation between william and harry. that and much more in harry's new memoir details next from lolondon >>> back now with a royal bombshell from prince harry's upcoming memoir. in it harry says his brother, prince william, physically attacked him in an argument over wife meghan markle. keir simmons with that and more of harry's explosive allegations. >> reporter: tonight, an array of stunning leaks from prince harry's book after it appeared on bookshelves in spain early. nbc news obtaining a spanish language copy of "spare." in it the duke of sussex describes a 2019 physical altercation with his brother, the future king "he g

peter's basilica as pope john paul ii.ester >> molly, thank you. >>> turning now to the war in ukraine, russia tonight acknowledging a ukrainian strike killed dozens of its troops while ukraine puts the number in the hundreds matt bradley is in kyiv with more on how russia is retaliating. >> reporter: tonight ukraine's single deadliest attack against russia in months using american-supplied himars rockets to level this vocational college that russia had been using as a barracks for newly recruited troops in the east russia's ministry of defense saying 63 russian soldiers died. earlier today ukraine's military said as many as 400 newly recruited russian soldiers were killed still, russia is firing back, far from the front lines. kyiv's mayor said air defenses shot down 39 russian drones that swarmed the capital overnight. "at night i heard a very strong bump," said this man. "the furniture even moved. the attacks mostly targeted the power grid, leaving many ukrainians without heat and electricity in the bitter cold russia h

john paul ii. it was always inspiring when he said the whole of society as well as of the personal fulfillment of each individual. i want to thank all of you hear again today and let's stand for religious freedom, thank you. >> good morning, he can be. i'm congressman jim mcgovern from massachusetts and i want thank the foundation for inviting me to say a few words at the international religious freedom summit and i'm honored to be here with my good friend the foreign affairs committee chairman mike mccaul. we may be of different parties but we have a lot of common ground and work together especially on the issues of human rights and happy to be here with everyone. we appreciate your commitment to the issues. for the past several years, i have cochaired the tom lantis human rights,s in the house of representatives and hope to have that in the 118th congress. in that capacity, i can tell you the right to freedom of thought, conscious, and religion is most often taken up in hearing ands religion. the

predecessor benedict's coffin was later moved to the vatican crypt for burial in the first tomb of john paul iiedict xvi died on december 31 at the age of 95 in 2013 he abdicated due to his deteriorating health, he wanted to free his subordinate from prison for $35,000. the security service of ukraine detained the deputy head of the odesa regional military administration. he promised to close the issue regarding the criminal proceedings involving the official . more than $45,000 was found in the driver during searches of the defendant's residence and his car. more than €21,000, gold bars and coins to the detainee informed about the suspicion of two articles of the criminal code of ukraine, again without power in most regions of ukraine , stabilization shutdowns of electricity began to operate, in particular, this applies to the capital and kyiv region, lviv region, rivne region, carpathian region, vinnytsia region, odesa region, poltava region, zaporizhzhia and dnipro, experts ask to pay attention to the updated schedules in turn, the duration of blackouts is different in each regions, dependin

was it was the greatest courage or weakness, because calvary does not come down, his predecessor john paul iid 9 years ago, when, at one of the most common cardinal colleges, an ordinary agenda for the ratsin of heroes, suddenly filed a daddy, and he began to read in latin. nobody did not even understand what happened, except the vaticanist. giovanni kerry, who knew the usual worker culture, was broadcast speaking, he was sight-reading and speech. we were not given. there were five points, on the second i guessed. i even jumped to my feet. i sat down and thought that i was mistaken; one half screamed inside, it was necessary to give news, the second of this. it just can't be. it was thunder from a clear sky on the day of the renunciation, everything really was thunder and lightning that struck the dome of st. biographer. he admitted that he left the post because he had the strength to govern the roman church. he no longer had. maybe. it was really an unbearable cross for the oldest in the history of the election of the pontiff in the 7 years of the pontificate of benedict, the catholic church

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of course it was john paul ii in 2005 >> thank you, claudio. >>> now to a desperate rescue effort in vietnam. video shows a group of children walking on to a construction site on new year's eve one of the kids, a boy fell into a pillar buried 115 feet into the ground in their attempt to save him, rescuers lowered oxygen and water down to him. according to reuters, the rescuers received no response from the boy on monday, and the concrete pillar has tilted slightly, making rescue efforts more difficult >>> let's turn to your weather and the threat of multiple tornadoes damaging winds and large hail nbc meteorologist angie lassman is tracking it all happy new year >> happy new year. we're kicking this year off with busy conditions when it comes to the weather. here is that first storm of the year it's tracking through the midsection of the country and it's going to bring two impacts. the northern part of that system will bring ice, heavy snow to places like minnesota, nebraska, south dakota the southern half of that will bring the potential for some severe weather to millions here as w

but the crowds likely to be just a fraction of the more than 300,000 that attended john paul ii's in 2005. pope benedict's legacy, that of a brilliant theologian. and the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign, possibly setting a precedent. >> the fact that pope benedict did it and it's seen as a traditional orthodox person and priest, opens up the way for francis to resign if he wants, and francis' successor and his successors. >> reporter: and the vatican only inviting two official delegations so this will likely be more subdued but the first time in modern history a sitting pope presides over his predecessor's funeral. linsey. >> ines, thank you. >>> in brazil, lula da silva was sworn in as president today. the 77-year-old returns to power 12 years after his last stint as president. he inherits several problems including a bitterly divided nation and a troubled economy. lula narrowly defeated bolsonaro in october. bolsonaro skipped the ceremony and missed the traditional handing off of the sash. >>> there's still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this sunday. scary moments

john paul ii left behind what in the vet can is called a spiritual testament which basically it's his final message to the world. this is a very brief two-page missive from the pope emeritus, it was actually written in 2006, shortly after he was elected to the papacy in 2005. basically he thanked a number of people, including his members of his family, his were brother, his sister maria who was his housekeeper for most of his life, his parents and so on. he apologized for any wrong he may have done to people over the course of his life and then the last part of the letter was a sort of vintage pope benedict touch. the key thing of his thought and life in many ways was the relationship between faith and reason. that religious faith is not opposed to reason, it is instead kind of the peak of reason. it is compatible and it is the fulfillment of reason and that was the message in the spiritual testament as well. >> john, now that some time has passed, how do people reflect on benedict's tenure? could he have done more to deal with the sexual abuse crisis which engulfed the church? >> i s

influential in a long time in the catholic church, really ran the place, the second one behind john paul ii years when he was pope, he did exude a lot of energy. i remember the world youth day in cologne where hundreds of thousands showed, but as time went on, there were a lot of issues in the catholic church, and he simply lost a lot of that energy, and i think people felt it was a strong step on his part to acknowledge he was not up to the task of running this gigantic organization, which also needed some fresh leadership at the top, 78 p-- many people felt. >>> china is dropping all the traveling restrictions. it's another sign of reopening borders to the rest of the world. the country has high expectations for 2023. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: people in china will take any opportunity to celebrate. the country is finally opening up after years of lockdowns, abandoning its zero covid policy. there's hope that 2023 will look more like that. this year, china even managed to pull off the beijing olympics. >> there we go. we're taking off. >> reporter: i flew in to cover the games i

i was here when the funeral for john paul ii happened in 2005 and there was a gigantic event, millionso rome and lots of heads of government. pope benedict himself wanted a smaller, more humble ceremony. that's going to happen. but it's going to be presided over as we said by pope francis himself, poppy. >> that will be remarkable in and of itself to see. frederik pleitgen live in vatican city, thank you. >>> this morning's brazil's former president is here in the u.s. he fled days before his s successor took office. after refusing to concede the election to lula de silva. bolsonaro was seen in florida the last few days, how do you see this playing out the next few days. >> reporter: he never conceded or congratulated his opponent, he challenged the election results instead. his supporters took to the streets demanding a military inter intervention. he didn't give a reason for his abrupt departure to florida on friday, we know he meant to skip the inauguration but he is being investigated in brazil for serious things one of them is the mishandling of the covid-19 pandemic. and also the

. >> benedict was elected pope in 2005 following the death of john paul ii.ope in six centuries to step down and his funeral will mark another first, the first led by another pope. >>> another passing, in brazil, thousands paying respects to the soccer icon pele. a 24-hour public wake is under way in santos. pele died last week after suffering from colon cancer. his coffin is resting now in the middle of the field where he started his career. >> we go to santos for more. people were lining the streets as the casket made its way into the stadium. give us a sense. we see some people milling about behind you. what is it like inside? >> it's a very somber atmosphere. i don't know if you can hear it, there's a low, light samba has the football club put on. we think of a soccer stadium as a cheerful atmosphere, as people chanting and singing. now, nobody is really screaming, nobody is really talkingoud. everybody is very silent and they are walking by the casket and they are paying their respects silently and solemnly as possible. we're witnessing history here. we

three weeks after emmanuelle disappeared, pope john paul ii appealed her kidnappers. zero eight the theories abound ploy to release the man who attempted to assassinate the pope two years before. or a link to vatican bank mafia ties even a cover-up to a sexua encounter with a catholic cardinal. the listed deepened at 2019 whe the vatican opened that also wary looking for emmanuelle as possible remains cold case detective jay warner wallace warned against wild speculations . >> my first inclination is to not default to a conspiracy there that requires too many people over too long a period o time under constant scrutiny. of those things are fiction they're not the stuff of reality . >> it's going to be something simple involving fewer people. >> the investigation will also look into the disappearance of another 15 -year-old girl in rome who went missing a few weeks before emmanuelle does objection. >> we have new information tonight about how more than a dozen schools in virginia are withholding merit awards from the students in the pursuit of equity and the practice m

you'll recall when we covered the funeral of pope john paul ii, that was a big event with state leadersrome. it will be a lot smaller for pope benedict, and that was certainly the wish he had. >> one of the final letters that he published, he asked for forgiveness from those he "wronged." what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, that was really an interesting passage. the pope left behind that final letter that testament he wanted to leave behind for his followers in the catholic church and elsewhere. there were point where is he praised his family, he thanked his family, and his homeland of bavaria and germany and all the folks he worked with at the catholic church. he was one of the most influential figures here in the vatican since the early 'y80s. he said, to all those i have wronged in any way, i sincerely ask for forgiveness. what i said before i now say to those in the church who have been entrusted in my service, remain in the faith, don't get confused. he said despite the failings he may have had, he urges people to keep and remain in the faith. there are some interp

benedict is going to be placed into the papal tombs into the vatican taking the place that beforehand john paul iiho is inside st. pete terse basilica because he was declared a saint, christine. >> fred pleitgen, we know you'll cover it for us today. thank you. >>> quick hits around the globe. european union moves to remove covid testing frr all travelers from china. >>> canada added more than 430,000 permanent residents last year. country has a goal to ease its labor shortages. this is the biggest annual increase in canadian history. >>> president biden will host japan's prime minister at the white house on the 13th. they will talk about taiwan, russia's war on ukraine, the econo economy. >>> pele has been laid to rest. overlooking the soccer field that made him famous. the three-time world cup champion died last thursday at the age of 82. the more than 230,000 people paid tribute to their hero. we have more. >> translator: for a man who was compared to god himself while still alive. a single day of mourning would never have been enough. >> reporter: pele's final farewell took two days and more t

church as a whole around the world and benedict might have been seen as an interim pope after john paul iiainly a lot more quiet than that. but i do think inside the vatican, inside the power center of the church there's pretty much no one that had more influence than pope benedict xvi and before that when he was car cardinal ratzinger. inside the walls behind me people are saying this is the end of a massive era in the catholic church, abby. >> that's right. what an historic moment for the world to see a pope lying in state, not, you know, the end of -- not the beginning of a new papacy because there is another pope right now. fred pleitgen, thank you very much. >> reporter: yeah. >>> and in brazil they are coming by the thousands to say good-bye to a hero and a sports legend, pele. he died last week at the age of 82, and as a steady stream of mourners continues to file past his casket on the grounds of the santos football club, the wake for the former soccer icon will extend through tomorrow morning. after the wake, a funeral procession will pass through the streets of santos. stefanno i

. >> reporter: the whole event pared done compared to the last papal funeral of pope john paul ii back2005. >> world leaders were here. it was a big event for the entire world. this was a event for the hometown if you will. >> reporter: in the last three days, some 200,000 people waited their turn to say a final goodbye. many more than expected. and today, a new precedent, a blueprint for the 2013 benedict opened the door for francis or future popes to retire from the job for life. and today, as the sun finally poked through from the heavens, a blessing from pope francis on his feet. we saw what a funeral mass for pope emeritus, a simpler but majestic sendoff, could look like. now, hoda, we now know, we have just gotten word from the vatican, that he now has been buried inside benedict's cypress coffin, coins minted during his pontificate and a summary of his time in office was put in a metal tube inside the coffin as well. that cypress coffin put in a zinc coffin and then in a wooden coffin and then interred in a vatican crypt, the same one as his mentor and of course long-time confid

john paul ii, how he hard he worked for the charge ce and that he stepped down when he felt he could that probably took a lot of guts to set that precedent and say, look, i'm not going be doing the job the church needs, which led directly to the election of pope francis. looking back, it was a great act of sacrifice on benedict's part, and i think people have known him well really loved him and felt that he was a remarkable human being. >> griff: they did indeed. former speaker of the house, newt gingrich, great to have you want to get your insights and your thoughts. meanwhile, a blow to no cash bail. illinois supreme court making a last-minute change to what was called america's most dangerous law. a chicago alderman on how this will impact public safety, next. kitchen? sorted. hot tub, why not? and of course, puppy-friendly. we don't like to say perfect, but it's pretty perfect. booking.com, booking.yeah. - hiring is step one when it comes to our growth. we can't open a new shop or a new location without the right people in place. i couldn't keep up until i found ziprecruiter. zip

if we look back to 2005, the last time that a pope died, john paul ii, that was a massive event and thereere in rome who came here who -- pilgrims who came here and people who came here from poland. he was a polish pope. pope benedict requested that his ceremony be smaller, be humbler than that and that is certainly what it is shaping up to be. we do understand there are some heads of state that are going to be attending. but the big thing about the ceremony is that the current pope will preside over the funeral of his predecessor and that is something that is unprecedented in the catholic church. we know that pope usually serve until they die. they step down around 10 years ago. so it is something that is unprecedented and still a big ceremony and a big event, not on the same scale of jon paul ii but this is a big sea change here in the catholic church. the end of an era. >> fred pleitgen in vatican city, thank you so much. >>> brazil is remembering a legend today. thousands of mourners paying their respects to pele. a 24 hour public wake now underway at the home of his former club in sa

underneath in the vatican crypt or grotto in the same place where the predecessor of benedict xvi, john paul ii was buried in 2005, the last pope to die here before he was moved inside st. peter's basilica. >> that's claudio there. thank you. >>> a surprising surge in job numbers and amazon announces it's cutting more jobs at their place. >> kristina partsinevelos joins us with today's cnbc money minute. >>> let's start with the strong jobs numbers. according to adp, private payrolls rose by 235,000 in december, above the 153,000 economists estimated. and amazon announced they'll be cutting more than 18,000 jobs more than the 10,000 job layoff they were initially planning in november. so the cuts primarily hit the company's corporate workforce and won't affect hourly warehouse workers. the company admitted they hired too much, too fast during the pandemic. >>> delta just announced they'll be the first u.s. airline to offer inflight wi-fi for free. the ceo believes free wi-fi will be key in the battle to attract customers. >> it's about time. >> i'm a happy customer. >> i've been paying for wi-f

what's really interesting, pope benedict presided over the funeral of pope john paul ii. it's a tradition for the previous pope to preside over these funerals. this is what pope benedict wanted. he was a simple man. his funeral will be a very, very solemn affair. >> barbie nadeau, thank you. >>> this morning, three nypd officers are recovering after a man attacked them with a machete. according to the nypd commissioner, a 19-year-old man carried out this unprovoked attack just outside of times square's new year's security screening zone. that's where a man attempted to hit an officer with a machete. he hit two additional officers, before an officer fired his service weapon, striking the suspect in the shoulder. the nypd, the fbi, and the joint terrorism task force are all investigating. >>> meantime in alabama, one person was killed and nine others were injured in a shooting in mobile, alabama, it happened just last night, just blocks from where people had gathered for the city's new year's eve celebration. the conditions of the injured are not clear. however, police said

it was the greatest courage or weakness because debts and do not come down said his predecessor john paul iiat one of the most common cardinal colleges, the environmental agenda was given to rasenger, they suddenly gave daddy, and he began to read in latin. no one even understood what had happened, except for the vaticanist. giovanni chiri who knew latin. it was an ordinary urn the worker was broadcasting, he was reading from the sheet and the speech. we were not given. there were five points, on the second i guessed. i even jumped to my feet, then sat down, i thought that i was mistaken, one half inside was screaming, i need to give news, the second of this. it just ca n't be. it was a bolt from the blue on the day of the renunciation. everything really was thunder and lightning that struck st. peter's kupala in one of the interviews that the biographer was glad about. he admitted that he left the post because he had the strength to govern the roman his church. it wasn't there anymore. perhaps it was indeed an unbearable cross for the oldest. in the history of the election of the pub pontif

there are crowds gathered here but nothing compared to the crowds of pope john paul ii was buried. >>to be a pope. he retired into privacy in a monastery, and so i think the crowds are naturally small. >> reporter: benedict stepped down citing age and declining health. that was in 2013 as the vatican was rocked by clerical sex abuse and corruption scandals. >> benedict continued to command respect amongst traditionalists in the church. will this unleash francis to bring out even more progressive policies? will it give him freedom to say "i, too, will need to stand down when the time comes"? i think we're in for a very few interesting years. >> reporter: monday senior figure ray doe told me that he thought the homily that pope francis gave today was notably brief and dry, full of scripture but really lacking any personal touches. benedict was said to have wanted a simple funeral. the vatican says around 50,000 people turned out today. >> seth doane at the vatican. >>> britain's prince harry's tell all book spare doesn't hit the stands for a couple days, but it's already making waves ac

of all people, john paul ii wrote a very impressive -- on the principle of work and its role within societyby denying meaningful work to people is against religious teaching. so, the war on home is quite visceral. we have 25% of the world's prison population, and as i mentioned before less than 5% of the world population, 40% within the system are there for nonviolent crimes. they have never been charged with physically harming another person. it is done as a form of socialist -- social control and removes men and boys from the streets of the cities, but when they get out, because of parole, they are thrown into this criminal caste system, where they cannot get work and are denied public assistance and housing. one of my wonderful students during the covid crisis got a job in whole foods, in newark. the background check came late. they saw that he had been in prison and they fired him. he was a model employee. he was there at 6:00 in the morning. i had visited him and he was very proud of his white jacket. i went to the manager and i might as well have been talking to a stone wall. everythi