especially from cardinal dolan and sean o'malley.feel like they are gaining grounds and gaining approval. >> let me bring you into the conversation. you mentioned you are the executive director. your organization put together a petition. you wanted to see the seclusion or some of the cardinals recuse themselves, specifically cardinal mahoney was accused of protecting so-called pedophile priests. with that said, they are now locked away. the cardinal that you wanted to recuse himself is there as well. what do you hope happens now. >> we hope the cardinals are really praying and searching their souls for the new direction of the catholic church. there is a crisis i facing the church today. one out of every three rth catholics born in the church no longer practice the religion. why? the church is too overly focused on issues of sexuality like contraception and gay marriage rather than the prophetic teaching that's i go unite us like climate change or meeting the needs of the world's poor. >> we've heard a lot of talk about cardinal o'ma

in rome, they are talking about, believe it or not, cardinal sean o'malley. he's on the front page of the papers, romans i spoke to ask about cardinal o'malley. when he took over in boston as cardinal in 2003, there were 17 seminarys. today there are 70 seminarians. can you imagine that balcony behind us with the red drapes if sean o'malley in a brown franciscan habit were to set forth. the reason the pope wears white is because there was a dominican in the 1500s who was pope and wore a white habit. he stepped out in the white habit and such it has been since then. so sean o'malley could very likely step out of there in a brown habit and it would change everything. >> can i ask you -- >> why do you laugh? >> yeah, why do you laugh, chris? >> reporter: because it's a big deal to father beck, because he's a priest. you say he's going to walk out in a brown habit, to me it is one more thing to look for. we're treating this in a lot of ways as journalists as an election. who are the frontrunners, what are the issues, who has the pluses and minuses, but to this com

and there's one of the dark horse candidates, boston's sean o'malley.? >> let us pray that the holy spirit ill ummen the church to use a new pope who will confirm us in our faith, and make more visible the love that we cherish. >> reporter: the public politicking nearly over. once the conclave starts the cardinals go into deep seclusion until a decision is made. and now what you're looking at are those burgundy curtains, those red curtains that have just been hung there this morning on the basilica. that is the balcony where the pope, once he is selected, will greet the thousands gathered here in the 1.3 billion catholics around the world, the sense of excitement here is really starting to get going. today is the last day that the cardinals sort of have some freedom. they go into seclusion after today. they go into conclave tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern time is the first time smoke will come from that chimney. only question is, will it be white or black? back to you. >> miguel, what a view you have. you have the chimney, you have the bell, you have the

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we see the third in line there, that appears to be cardinal sean o'malley. 68 years old so on the youngerpe john paul ii and now the arch bishop of krakow, poland. >> and here now, cardinal o'malley. he has a rich, resonant voice. >> we're told he's gifted in many languages. that would certainly be an asset. he can speak in five or six languages. >> in the congregations that they've had over the last -- over the last week, do they make speeches? how does one view a cardinal he doesn't know and gets a sense of that person's capabilities? >> the interventions, as they're called, are limited to about five minutes so it's not a long opportunity, but you can pack a lot into five minutes. a man can talk about, for example, as cardinal o'brien, formerly archbishop of baltimore did, talk about the challenges that the church faces from jihadist islam around the world. others talked about what kind of a pope they think is necessary at this moment in history, and, of course, everybody is taking the measure of each other in the course of those streams or strings of interventions. >> when the vote is

if that practice were in force now i think sean o'malley might be sitting on the throne of peter i can't get into the cab or walk into a restaurant or get my hair cut without a guy saying why don't they elect o'malley as pope? >> he would have it hands down. >> it's less than than any other to type of election. other considerations that go into what is meaningful to the church and by the church you get into a cleaver definition. we are talking about the college of cardinals, laity, there is a disconnect. >> absolutely. if you hold a plebiscite you might get a different result than this election. in this case 115 cardinals under 80 who determine the outcome of who becomes next pope. >> miguel marquez is outside in saint peters square on the verge of the vatican. you've been out there, the mood as they watch the big screens, conclave has begun. what did you see and hear? >> reporter: well, it's mushy out here but certainly the crowds are starting to gather. people are starting to move away now from the square now that they have finished the huge screens out in the basilica and plaza, have

and cardinals sean o'malley and timothy dolan from the united states are long shots. >>> justin bieber says he's getting better after collapsing during a performance. he told a london audience he wasn't feeling well, then collapsed. he was given oxygen from emergency workers bounced back to perform the final four songs of his show. the biebs was given once over at a nearby hospital and took to instagram for a shirtless photo at the hospital. maybe he really wasn't that sick. >> just enough to keep his fans very excited. >> and the temperature was warm enough inside the room. >> oh, yeah. it's nasty in new york city today. we are going to see the rain mixeded with snow. reports of delays at jfk. not a pretty morning in new york city and times square, but we have the opposite of that in washington, d.c. can it get any prettier? they didn't have any snow to clean up after this snowstorm moved into the northeast, but it is a nice morning out that way and this weekend's going to be even nicer with temperatures in the d.c. area topping out close to 60 degrees by sunday. we just have to lose

reporter: boston's cardinal sean o'malley stepped into the role of parry priest today. celebrating mass at their honorary churches throughout rome. this is their day of rest after six long days of speeches during the general congregation meeting, many say they have now narrowed their options. >> a week ago we said we have a lot of work to do. now you see a sense of resignation and trust and fight. >> with -- trust and faith. >> in is no obvious front runner bus factions are growing. the reformers said to be pushing for a track record proving they can clean up the corruption in the vatican. with the cardinals prepared to enter the chapel are being quiet on specifics, sharing for now only their prayers. >> lord, our holy father. >> abc news, room. >> ama: family and friends of a missing woman are trying to find. he erica was captured on a surveillance camera on thursday morning on telegraph avenue where she was last seen. her mother says there are leads that haven't been followed up yet. >> she has her atm card, cell phone. we haven't beenable to get the police to coopera

. >> cardinal sean o'malley stepped into the role of parish priest today celebrating mass at their honorary is their day of rest. after six days of spoo speesms, they have narrowed their options. >> a week ago we would have said wow, we got a lot of work to do. now you say a lot of us from and faith. >> with the conclave two days away, there was no obvious front-runner but factions forming. roman insiders reporting a cardinal, reformers led by the americans said to be pushing for a candidate proving he can clean up the purported corruption within the vatican. they will enter the chapel on tuesday are keeping quiet on specifics sharing for now only their prayers. >> ama: tonight in san francisco the exploratorium wrapped up with a spectacle. it shot fire as the crowd cheered on. it wrapped up a day of events showcasing some of the displays visitors to the new exploratorium will see when it opens next month. the official tv partner to the exploratorium and we are excited about the opening april 17th and we'll bring you first look at the new exploratorium here on abc7 news. >> coming up, googl

it will be interesting to watch. >> that's why cardinal sean o'malley of boston has gotten so much attentionstrong signal by electing someone like cardinal o'malley to pope because he's dealt with the sexual abuse scandal. >> he has very aggressively, as you know norah. in fact, he sold his official residence in order to get money to pay people who have sued the church over the sex abuse scandal. he's been very proactive about that. >> you know, we all cover politics back in the united states and around the yorld.world. it's interesting, there's politics here right now, and then they go inside to the sistine chapel and it's all prayer and voting. >> that's right. over the last many days they have been campaigning in the way that they do. they've been giving speeches to one another, talking about the things that each individual cardinal feels are the most important things that the church must do. and in that way, they've gotten to know each other gotten to know the temperament of one another. and now they'll go back into the system chapel the roof of which the smokestack of which we can see f

>> reporter: the italian press named three potential front- runners including boston cardinal sean o'malley, brazil's odilo scherer, and italy's angelo scola. but it's all speculation until the voting begins. how long is a new pope to be elected? the earliest is probably after the first round of votes at 8 p.m. when we could see smoke rising from the sistine chapel. the more realistic estimate from all the "experts" and clergy that we're talking to here in vatican city is about four to five days. but again, nothing is set in stone. reporting live in vatican city, vinita nair, back to you. >> we'll have to see. so at this point do we know who the front-runners are? >> reporter: well, as you heard in the story there, a lot of people are looking at italy as well as brazil. but interestingly enough, a lot of americans' names are popping up and that is timothy dolan and o'malley on a lighter note, dolan had earlier in the week joked we have been here so long, i'm running out of socks. this morning heading into mass someone called out, cardinal dolan, how are you doing on socks? he lifted up his

. >> some of the rumored front- runners include odilo scherer, boston cardinal sean o'malley and timothy dolan. >>> japan marks the second anniversary of the largest earthquake ever recorded there. the magnitude 9.0 quake and tsunami left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing. 300,000 are still homeless. about half of those live near the nuclear power plant that melted down. hundreds filed suit demanding suit for suffering and losses. the tsunami did heavy damage to ports in california including santa cruz. they are still trying to recover there. and work is expected to continue all summer long to rebuild a number of destroyed docks, some needing to be demolished and replaced. >>> coming up, the aspirin advantage how the common cure for headaches could cut your skin cancer risk. >> knives are dangerous. they haven't become any less dangerous since 9/11. >> and outrage growing over the tsa's new plan to allow knives on planes. how the guidelines have confused a u.s. senator. >> plus a rescue one firefighter will never forget. how he ended up with a box full of bear cubs: [ male announcer ]

boston cardinal sean o'malley and new york cardinal timothy dolan are the leading u.s. papal contenders. vinita nair, cbs news, vatican city. >>> and we have some live pictures here from vatican city. the conclave will start with a mass tomorrow morning. the cardinals will vote tomorrow afternoon. and just a note, "cbs this morning" broadcasting live from vatican city beginning today all week long. >>> japan is marking the second anniversary of the largest earthquake ever recorded there. the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami left nearly is the,000 people dead or missing. 300,000 are still homeless. half of those live near the nuclear power plant that melted down. hundreds filed suit for compensation for suffering and losses. the tsunami crossed the pacific and did heavy damage to ports in california including santa cruz. they are still recovering from that. work will continue all summer to rebuild a number of destroyed docks. some docks at the harbor still have to be demolished and then replaced. >> i remember that morning. we were on live that morning and that 6,000 m

sean o'malley is a dark horse candidate with 21-1 odds. vanita nair. >>> international bookmakers say the top spots are in it lirks the timothy dolan, the high profile head of the new york archdiocese is at 40 to 1 odds. >> i can't believe people are belting on this. >> do you just bet on anything now. >> what about you, do you bet on the weather. >> no, i do not. i'm a smart man, i do not bet on the weather. i'm feeling good about the forecast. looking good today. drizzling out toward the coastline. sunshine in the valleys and bay. southern fog toward the coastline, the temperatures told, we're looking at 50s outwaited the beaches, with -- out towards beaches. mid-60s in the valleys and 50s as you head inside parts offense parts -- of the bay. we have this system in the bay area. a chance of rain by tomorrow afternoon it looks like and. then returning to unsettled weather through the middle of the week. enjoy today. that ridge is going to stick around and things change quite a bit into tomorrow. patchy fog early on. should be a decent day

ouellet of canada and from the u.s., sean o'malley and timothy dolan, two u.s. cardinals who are also being discussed as people who could be selected as the conclave progresses. >> all right. i guess we have to get our bets down right now. keir simmons there live for us at the vatican will be watching that process. >>> breaking news out of eastern afghanistan where officials there report an apparent insider attack west of kabul that has led to multiple casualties including several international troops. nbc news has not confirmed an associated press report that two of those killed were americans. we go now to nbc's mike taibbi who is in kabul with the developing details. mike, what can you tell us? >> reporter: it happened at about 10:30 local time in the kabul suburb of wardock that's just east of this city. according to a coalition military source, a lone gunman dressed in an afghan army uniform was in the middle of a briefing with other soldiers, both coalition and afghan soldiers, turned his weapon on them and opened fire. the source said there were casualtie

vatican experts from a newspaper have named three favorites, boston cardinal sean o'malley, odilo scherer from brazil and another one. >> these probably aren't the ones the cardinals are considering. we'll have to wait and see. >> reporter: 90 people at the residence where cardinals stay take an oath of secrecy today promising not to divulge secrets they may overhear. randall pinkston, kpix 5, vatican city. >> should know by the end of the week. >> no kidding. >>> valerie harper says she's not spending her final days in private. >> and it's as east a assist sunscreen. the simple things women wan do to help prevent the deadly form of skin cancer. >> and keying up to tackle concussions in football. the tech giant getting called into the game, coming up. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. lots of sunshine out there now. of course, it was a gorgeous weekend but would you believe we might get near 80 degrees this week? we'll talk about that coming up. internet giant set up its "street view" service.. at >>> $7 million, that's how much google will pay to set

boston's sean o'malley has repaired three diocese rocked by clergy sex abuse. he's charmed the locals with his monk's robe, sandals, and humility. >> let us praise the holy spirit to choose a new pope who will confirm us in our faith and make more visible the law of the good shepherd. >> reporter: today the drapes went up on the balcony where the next pope will first appear. the sistine chapel's chimney is ready to signal the news. from the secret proceedings under michelangelo's ceiling. these may be the most famous stoves in the world. this on the right is where the ballasts are burned. on the left is where chemicals are put in to signify if there is a pope -- white smoke -- and if there is no pope -- black smoke. in the so-called room of tears next to the chapel wait the vestments for the new pope in small, medium and large. tonight, american seminarians pray for their next leader. tomorrow, the cardinals celebrate mass at st. peter's and in the late afternoon they will go into the sistine chapel where, in complete secrecy, cut off from the world, they are e

that leaves the door open for any one of four american cardinals, timothy dolan, fran siz george, sean o'malley and donald ward. he says there is a drawback. >> that would look to the rest of the world as if the religious power was allying with the secular power and that would be a concern to the cardinals. other names to watch include cardinal odilo scherer of brazil, marc ouellet of canada and peter turkinson of ghana. >>> you have probably not seen anything else like this before. we will show you the unique creation drawing a crowd to the san francisco explore toatore y. >>> we are looking at the east shore university avenue. pretty good volume. we'll see how the time change is affecting your early morning drive. >>> welcome back, everybody. if you haven't had a chance or thought about it, that clock should be set ahead. if you are joining us, maybe you already know that. a live look over san jose. mike inouye will be alongside. christina loren telling us about a great week weatherwise. for the record, it is 4:52. >> change the one in your car too. >> very smart. we hate to freak you out and

. >> reporter: cardinal sean o'malley hung his chances on his brown robes. >> i have worn this uniform 40 years and i presume i will wear it until i die because i don't expect to be elected pope. >> reporter: the americans are outsiders rather than front runners but the very fact their names are in play is an indication that the church is looking hard at the need for new leadership. . >> workers sprucing up st. peter's square and other parts of vatican city. tens of thousands of tourists are expected to be there waiting for a sign that a new pope has been chosen. the cardinals want to return to their dioceses in time for easter. >>> one couple helped police nab someone in disneyland. >>> a powerful storm hits the east coast causing widespread damage. >>> from the cw, good evening everybody, today was warmer than yesterday, but not as warm as it will be tomorrow. your pinpoint forecast as the news continues right here on the cw. ,, [ woman ] don't forget the yard work! okay. [ male announcer ] with citibank's popmoney, dan can easily send money by email right from his citibank account.

american cardinal sean o'malley comes to mind, have been dealing with the sex abuse crisis for a long time, so they have that know how. >> speaking seeking a reformer, shepherd with the common touch, ceo. now in total exclusion until there's an answer. we're wondering today if this rain may wash out any sign of smoke. but that's one reason the vatican also rings bells when there's white shoek moke as a back-up. tracie potts, nbc news. >>> we're encouraged to attend a special mass to mark the star of the conclave. >> parishioners at st. christopher's telling us what they hope to see in the next pope. >> we pray very hard our next pope will be very outgoing, and he will travel as pope john paul did and be the vicar of christ like pope john paul was. >> we need a pope who is young enough to be able to have health and strength. it's a difficult job. >> parishioners we spoke with say the church is going through a lot of challenges now. they hope the next pope will be able to lead them through it. >> as soon as that new pope is selected, we will bring it to you live and send out a breaking

boston cardinal sean o'malley, brazil's odilo scherer and it la's angelo scola. but whichever cardinal becomes pope, he will become the leader of a church in crisis. there ongoing investigations of sex scandals to legal troubles facing the vatican bank, the new pope will be as much ceo as spiritual leader. >> i think the cardinals are certainly looking for a pope who either has strong management and administrative skills or can delegate them and follow them closely. >> reporter: the first vote is expected tuesday afternoon. the cardinals will attend mass this morning at st. peter's basilica. then later the cardinals will start voting. now, that vote is conditional. it doesn't have to happen if they don't want it to. but if there is a vote this evening, they're saying we may be should see smoke maybe around 6, 7, 8:00 this evening. live in vatican city, danielle nottingham. ken, back to you. >> it's a fascinating sort of ritual they go through. now, we have cardinals from africa, from europe, from the united states. is there any particular language that they commu

sean o'malley got a warm reception as did new york's timothy dolan. >> he said i know you. and he said my name. now, that's great when the boss remembers your name. that moved me very much. >> reporter: now dolan and his fellow cardinals will get down to the business of selecting the new pope. >> you look for a man who has a depth to him theologically. you look to a man who has probably some sound governance skills. you look to a man who has got some pastoral compassion to him. >> reporter: this man, who took to twitter cautiously had one last message. thanking his 1.6 million followers for their love and support. tonight, the papal twitter feed says sede vacante. the seat is vacant. at 8:00 p.m. rome time, benedict became pope emeritus at castel gandolfo. a historic moment. for the catholic church and the world. now, while benedict gets to stay at the papal summer retreat, he will not get any heads up as to who will be his successor. benedict will learn with the rest of the world when he steps out onto the loggia basilica of st. peter. brian? >> anne thompson at the vatica

and the americans, sean o'malley of boston, timothy dolan of new york. and there too the men who will make this vote. the former archbishop of philadelphia. his journey to rome began nearly two weeks ago from the small city of knoxville, tennessee, where he is retired and we were with him as he prepared for his second conclave. he voted in benedict's election in 2005. >> this was the pen that i used, actually, in voting for the pope the last time around. >> reporter: what is it like being in that magnificent room? >> it is not just talking. we're trying to make it into something political. it is a fact that the people of god are asking god to raise up a man who will remain a man and will be a worthy leader of the church. >> reporter: the cardinal's journey began amid the people of knoxville with 1,000 students and community members. he was cheered like a rock star at the airport as he headed to his plane and at a layover in atlanta, i met up with him. next stop, rome. having just arrived, do you have in your heart and mind an idea of who you're going to

one italian newspaper is suggesting that boston's cardinal sean o'malley is a strong candidate, but the view here is there are no frontrunners. back to you. >>> coming up next, from newtown, connecticut to washington, d.c., we'll show you why people are bike riding to the nation's capital and what it had to do with gun control. >>> and why the white house closed its doors to the public today. >>> and tim lincecum has missed his last to trips to the mound. we'll tell you when he will return. >> and ahead a warm up that will place our temperatures perhaps closer to 80 degrees. a look at the seven-day forecast when we come back. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! [ mom ] don't stress. we can figure this out. ♪ [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ] save the day in an instant. at&t. ♪ >>> in the northeast, 26 people fini

boston cardinal, sean o'malley, and italy's, angelo scola. whichever cardinal becomes pope, he will become the leader of a church in crisis. from on going investigations of sex scandals to legal trouble facing the vatican bank. the new bank will be as much ceo as spiritual leader. vatican watchers say that reality is already shaping the conclave. >> i think the cardinals are looking for a pope who either has strong management and administrative skills or can delegate them and follow them closely. >> the first vote is expected tuesday afternoon. danielle nottingham, cbs news, vatican city. >> the conclave is expected to last three days, or two to three days. there could be a new pope by the end of this week. >>> a series of ads coming to a muni bus near you. they have people asking, are they hate speech or free speech? kpix5 is in san francisco with a look at the ads being bought by a group called the american freedom defense initiative. >> the point of advertising is to get your message heard, these bus ads are susceptible. ads went on muni b

boston cardinal sean o'malley and new york cardinal timothy dolan are the leading u.s. papal contenders. vinita nair, cbs news, vatican city. >> that conclave will begin tomorrow morning with mass. this is a live picture of vatican city. the cardinals will vote tomorrow afternoon. and just a note, "cbs this morning" broadcasting live from vatican city beginning today all week long. >>> today is the second anniversary of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 19,000 people in japan. 300,000 people are still homeless two years after the quake and that devastating tsunami. an estimated 1.5 million tons of debris washed out to sea and some of that debris continues to show up on beaches. >>> there's still plenty of work to do at the santa cruz harbor heavily damaged by the japan tsunami. they expect to work through the summer to rebuild several destroyed docks. some docks at the harbor still have to be demolished and then replaced. >>> 4:40. coming up, a lifetime commitment isn't cheap. how the economy is impacting the price for a wedding. >> plus it's g

and we're talking first about cardinal sean o'malley, very quiet, humble man with a proven history of grass roots community outreach. so he would be good at growing the attendance, and some of the churches worldwide, which is very important for the church right now. he also has been looked at somebody who is very firm in handling a clergy involved in the sexual abuse scandal, which is obviously a problem that has lingered for the church, and something that the next pope will have to deal with. he has been called by those here in rome the least american of the u.s. candidates. the u.s. cardinals. so that would actually work in his favor, a lot believe, because he is not associated with the u.s. so it would not be as big a leap for many who are looking at who would lead to church next. next, cardinal timothy dolan, 63 years old, head of the diocese, he has been called on for very important, prestigious assignments. and has spent more time in new york, very familiar with the ways of the vatican. he is also very well traveled, spent a lot of time on the road and is very good with the medi

and he did mention, of course, boston's cardinal sean o'malley in that piece and we're learning that o'malley is emerging as an unlikely star in rome and also a top contender for pope >> that's right. he's usually seen as in his humble robes of his kapuchin order and earned a anymoremake the cappuccino priest. he's traded in that robe this week for the much more festive cardinal red and even ditched the sandals. >> but also a moment of chaos at the vatican yesterday. just step as way from st. peter's basicila these women took their tops off to protest what they call patriarch ki of the church and protesters set off pink flares chanting no more pope before they were all eventually restrained by officers then carried to a police station. >>> and, of course, you can count on abc news for complete coverage of the conclave with diane sawyer. she's anchoring for us live right there in rome. >>> and one more major development involving the church. the archdiocese of los angeles has reached a nearly $10 million settlement involving four sex abuse victims. 9 case involves ex-priest michael ba

a newspaper has named three favorites, boston cardinal sean o'malley, odilo scherer from brazil and italy's cardinal scola. >> these are what the press is talking about and the cardinals aren't talking about. we'll have to wait and see. >> reporter: about 90 people including chauffeurs and staffers at the residences where cardinals are staying take an oath of secrecy today promising not to divulge secrets they may overhear. randall pinkston, kpix 5, vatican city. >> vatican city is locked down for the conclave. and the church isn't taking any chances with modern technology. jamming devices were installed today to halt cell phone communication with the outside world. it also ensures that cardinals can't use social media. >>> a new tool in the fight against skin cancer. the common pain reliever that may help women reduce their chances of developing melanoma. >>> a brand-new multi-million dollar teen center is struggling to fit in. the desperate measures one east bay community is forced to take when promises of food and videogames aren't enough -- when promises of foosball and videogames aren'

. >> reporter: the italian press named three potential front runners including boston cardinal sean o'malley, brazil's odilo scherer and italy's angelo scola. but analysts say it's all speculation until the voting begins. if those top contenders names don't start to emerge with 77 votes after the first few rounds, insiders are telling us alternatives could pop up and those alternatives could include american cardinals o'malley and dolan. it could be 8:00 p.m. but unlikely it will only take one round. back to you. >>> in afghanistan five american service members died in a helicopter crash. the chopper crashed last night in southern afghanistan outside kandahar city. there was no apparent enemy activity at the time. the crash is under investigation. >>> a navy jet crashed in washington state killing all three crew members. the jet used for electronic warfare was on a low level training mission. it plowed into a field 50 miles west of spokane monday morning. >>> the city of new york says it will appeal a decision by a state judge blocking a ban on big sugary drinks. city officials say the regul

timothy dolan of new york and a growing favorite here in italy, sean o'malley of boston. a first for the usa in a field that observers say remains wide open. >> maybe something has shifted there. will people say what's more important is the skill and evangelization and presenting the message. if that's an american, why not? >> reporter: and is there more history to be made? no conclave has gone more than five days in the past century. but with no front-runner, some wonder if this conclave could go past that mark, lester. >> anne thompson, thanks very much. >>> as we've been reminded the conclave itself is solely for the purpose of voting. all the time for discussions will end when the cardinals file in to the sistine chapel on tuesday. so what's going on right now behind the scenes? it may determine the outcome. for some insight into these critical days before the conclave, i'm joined here now by nbc news vatican analyst george weigel. good to have you with us. >> nice to be here. >> we saw the meetings all week long. the congregations. what's happening now? are these men

angelo skoal la and timothy dole and an-sean o'malley. what would each bring to the church and its leadership? >> mara, angelo skoal la will bring continuity to the papacy of joseph ratzinger, pope deny dict xvi. so not much will change while the other two american cardinals who till a few weeks ago didn't stand a chance have suddenly become the front-runners of the so-called reformers, those that want to bring a breath of fesh repair into the vatican walls and to break the italian lock on that roman courier that was so much criticized by cardinals from around the world. scola is believed to have gotten the most votes last night. but the runners up are the american cardinal. we'll know soon enough in the next few days whether we do have the first american cardinal in history. >> what are the cardinals looking for? what direction do they want to take the church in? do we have any indications as to what those things might be? >> well, while the cardinals are divided, they seem to agree on one thing. they want a holy man who is also a busine

number two from ghana, cardinal sean o'malley and timothy dolan from the united states are long shots with about a 4% shot at papacy. >>> to london now where pop singer justin bieber says he's getting better after collapsing during a performance. according to a remember for bieber the pop star told the audience he wasn't feeling well and then he collapsed backstage after suffering breathing problems. the 19-year-old was given oxygen from emergency workers and bounced back to perform the final four songs of his show. the biebs was given a once over at a london hospital where he was feeling well enough to insti instagram this shirtless fo toe. >>> kentucky senator rand paul told politico he is seriously considering a 2016 white house bid. he's been blasted for the filibuster by john mccain and sin lindsey graham for using scare tactics. >> so somehow allege or infer that the president of the united states is going to kill somebody like jane fonda or someone who disagrees with the policies is a stretch of imagination which is frankly ridiculous. ridiculous. >> the first ads for the first

>> reporter: the italian press named three potential front- runners including boston cardinal sean o'malley, brazil's odilo schirra and italy's angelo scola. but it's all speculation until the voting begins. vinita nair, cbs news, vatican city. >> after the first vote, the cardinals will vote four times each day until two-thirds can agree on a candidate. the first puffs of smoke are expected to emerge today at noon pacific time and remember, white smoke for pope, black for no pope. >>> here in the bay area, catholics are invited to a special mass for the election this morning. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran here in san francisco where the mass at st. mary's cathedral starts at 8 a.m. good morning, cate. >> reporter: good morning, frank. san francisco's archbishop will be presiding over today's special mass as many bay area catholics await a conclave decision. we were here the last time they had a special mass to celebrate the end of benedict's papacy. today the focus is on new beginnings as the conclave kicks off, bay area catholics told kpix 5 they already have an idea of what they want in

. >> reporter: cardinal sean o'malley of boston hung his chances on his brown robe. >> i have worn this for other 40 years and i presume i will wear it until i die, because i don't expect to be elected pope. >> reporter: the very fact that their names are in play is an indication that the church is looking hard at the need for new leadership. >> workers are also sprucing up st. peter's square and other parts of vatican city. tens of thousands of tourists are expected to fill the area, waiting for a sign that a new pope has been chosen. the cardinals are hoping for a quick decision. >>> well, on prom night, every high school girl wants to look and feel like a princess. and one group of volunteers is making sure they do. the princess project collects new and nearly new prom dresses and gives them to girls who can't afford to buy them. this is the 12th year for the princess project. >> they're happy that we're giving, and they end up wanting to give back, and they help by volunteering or re-donating dresses and kind of just paying it forward. >> since the princess project began, it's given

and cardinal sean o'malley, boston's archbishop.z is outside vatican city with more on the contenders. good morning. >> good morning, soledad -- >> we're having -- miguel i'm going to stop you there. we're having some trouble with your signal. we're going to try to fix that for you. miguel has a report for us on what's happening and some of the preparations in vatican city. let's go to that first. >> crunch time at the vatican. the chimney. the chimney that will announce to the world whether there's a new pope is placed atop the treasured 500-year-old sistine chapel. it is delicate work upholding a tradition where white smoke billowing from the chimney signals a new pope has been named. >> the last thing they want is for the sistine chapel to turn into a smoke-filled room. >> reporter: it is where michelangelo applied his hand, a specialized stove goes along with the chimney. it does take time for the smoke to go from gray to either white or black. >> one of the bits of drama about a conclave is that the catholic church normally is

some such as boston's cardinal sean o'malley took the time to sit alone in prayer.ne by one, the cardinals walked down the aisle before taking individual oaths to obey the rules of the conclave, which demand the utmost secrecy. if they ever break their silence, they risk excommunication. cardinal dolan, now thought to be a considerable contender, gave a final radio dispatch from rome before heading into conclave himself. >> it's a unique, special morning. i never thought i'd be doing what i'm about to do. >> reporter: the last words we'll hear from him for a while. >> extra omenes. >> reporter: everyone out, and with that, the doors closed, the work of choosing a pope would truly begin. >> there's a sanctity in the air that they're trying to see who does it belong to, among these 115 cardinals? who is the person who is holy? and that's the toughest judgement of all. and when the world sees white smoke, inside the sistine chapel the dean of cardinals will ask the newly elected pope if he accepts the result. and if he does, he is from that moment, the new pope and cho

at our lady of victory,-- cardinal sean o'malley didn't wear his usual monks robe and flip flops. he was stately in his sunday best. >> let us pray that the holy spirit at home in the church to choose a new pope. >> reporter: officially, no one runs for pope, but supporters can get carried away. case in point, a music video put out today by fans of the cardinal from manila. ♪ >> reporter: catchy tune for sure, but slightly jarring in the context of electing a pope. still his youth, energy, and ability to inspire are what some say the church badly needs. >> it has been too roman, perhaps too european, too western. >> reporter: this south african cardinal, a potential pope himself, has several names in his mind going in. >> i'm looking for somebody, i think that would in some way reflect a vibrancy of the faith, that the faith is alive and its people want to belong. they're not just doing it grudgingly, it's just a tradition so we'll do it. >> reporter: less than 48 hours from now, the cardinals will have taken their first vote, but that first vote will likely be black smoke. >> dav

he even might be like sean o'malley of boston, or timothy dolan of new york an american. the voting blocs aren't strictly regional here, but more than previously geography counts. >> i'm anxious to get going. tuesday will be great. >> thank god. i'm ready to go. >> reporter: even after a week of meetings, there is still no clear front-runner amongst the cardinals. they have extended their free con-- preconclave meetings into monday because so many have demanded more information on the administrative and abuse scandals that have rocked the catholic church. and vatican insiders like marco politi say the cardinals have begun to see their traditional secrecy of the churches powerful bureaucracy as part of the problem. >> the perception of many cardinal electors is that the curia must be an instrument of the church but not a sort of supergovernment over the bishops. >> which is what it has become a-- it's out of control. >> yes. >> reporter: until this conclave the idea of an american pope would have been dismissed as wishful thinking. but the church has been so rocked by the

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and one italian newspaper is suggesting that boston's cardinal sean o'malley may be a strong candidatee are no front-runners. >> all right. thank you. now here's carl. >>> thanks. now to the economy with promising news on both wall street and main street. an improved employment picture and rally on the stock market. cnbc's courtney reagan has more on that. good morning to you. >> good morning to you, carl. the recovery really rolls on. on friday we saw an employment report that surpassed even the most optimistic forecast. that news about hiring sent stocks soaring. [ bell ] >> for the first time in over five years, the dow closed at a record high over and over and over again. it comes as the latest jobs report shows a better than expected 236,000 jobs added last month. the unemployment rate ticking down to 7.7%. >> i think we're close to a tipping point. and we're almost there. >> who's hiring? business services, health care, even hollywood and construction. where existing homes have risen for 11 straight months. demand so high much of the country has shifted to a seller's market. >> t

your city is cardinal sean o'malley. how are they taking the news that they didn't get a pope?ll we got the red sox, and the patriots in the last couple of super bowl we're used to it. i really thought would be another italian. this guy is intriguing. he is the first jezowitoh pope dan gets five more novels. >> michael: thank you, charlie. up next congress and innocent gone took a long over due first step towards addressing the sexual assault crisis in the military. we'll talk about that to christine pelosi right after the break. gripping, current. a closer shave in a single stroke for less irritation, even on sensitive skin. ♪ ♪ gillette mach3 sensitive. gillette. the best a man can get. ♪ >> michael: welcome back inside "the war room," i'm michael shure. let's start with rebecca, a 30-year-old who joined the army in 2004. she was the only female sergeant in a bomb squad in eastern afghanistan, but the stress of dismantling bombs was nothing compared to what she endured at the hand of one of her fellow soldiers. >> he pretty much said you are not going to leave until i get wha

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three favorites are boston's cardinal sean o'malley, odilo scherer and scola. red curtains were put in place on the balcony where the new pope will be introduced. the expectations are that it will happen by friday at the latest in spite of the wide open field. >>> allen pizzey, thanks. greg burke is senior communications adviser with the vatican secretariat of state. good morning. >> good morning. >> two questions seem to be here. one is the debate about the factions between the cardinals, secondly, who's on what list and the short list. the first question. what is the divide? what's the fight about between reform and tradition? >> well, certainly there's a media debate going on. i think this has been ongoing in the sense that it's sort of like the military, you know. they're the guys near the flagpole and the guys out in the field. the guys in the field often think they know better how things are going. there's often tension there, there's no doubt about that. i think part of this here has perhaps been exaggerated and that makes it as if there are two big bloc

more details now, one american mentioned is a candidate new york cardinal timothy dolan another, sean o'malleydited to taking a hard line approach to pedophile priests. later this hour, the bay area cardinal with a vote and how the beginning is being marked at one coneed real. >>> police are -- cathedral. >>> police are investigating that a preschool teacher bound a 2-year-old with tape after refusing to take a nap. church leaders learned of the incident after the former teacher showed photos of the bound child to two current employees one of whom is the child's mother. >>> a small earthquake rattled a wide area of southern california but caused little damage it measured 4.7 and centered in the desert, 20 miles south of palm springs. it happened during a tennis channel interview with times of london writer. >> those comments were so powerful we just endured an earthquake. >> the quake knocked items off store shelves but no reports of significant damage or injury. it was centered on the santosito fault. >>> new york's soda ban, blocked here in richmond the sugar wars are far from over. >>> cont

lui ss p tagle, timothy dolan and sean o'malley. what about their chances?, i think the boston o'malley would be a sleeper and possibly be one of the best people to come too. because he does not want the job. he's a franciscan. he has not spent his life climbing the ladder to get to the top. there is a certain humility there. and he did deal with the fallout of the priestly pedophilia as well. now the the other he put out a movie that is anti-islamic so i think his credibility has slipped. the filipino is interesting. he would be my first choice. he's young, so he has not been tainted with all these scandals and hypocrisy that so many of the candidates have been. i think he has kept his humanity. >> michael: that's something to point to. we will look for the filipino that's tagel we'll look for him him. matthew fox from the friends of creation spiritual former member of the catholic church we thank you for being here with us today. when we come back on "the young turks," we're going going to go to ohio to overland college to see why there is racism there and

sean o'malley is multilingual. something that is that has provided him with high praise from others in the college of cardinals. he really, of the nine potential front runners, he is the one who is considered the outsider. he has nerved in the vatican as many of the others have. another leading candidate -- we will know who it is within an hour or so. >> thank you very much for filling in the details. we have larry kudlow phoning into us. you are a roman catholic yourself. what do you feel the church needs right now in this new pope? >> i liked a lot of the things i heard from mary. i just divided this up into a couple of issues. cardinal dolan was my favorite because i happen to know him. i somehow don't think it will be him. the vatican bank is an absolute mess and it has got to be cleaned up. and the new pope has got to appoint brand new people to the board and the key officers of that bank. that bank is such a darn mess right now and it's got to be cleaned up. otherwise they will be in trouble with local author

mentioned as candidates, one of them is new york cardinal timothy dolan, the other is boston cardinal sean o'malley, he has been credited with taking a hard approach to priests accused of abusing children. stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. and check out the papal conclave tab on our home page. >>> 5:03. a house fire in novato led to the discovery of a marijuana growing operation. you see firefighters used a chainsaw to cut through the walls on marion avenue to put the fire out. it started about 11:30 last night. officials say no one was living there. it was just being used to grow marijuana. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> a 15-year-old boy in vallejo was shot and wounded trying to help his sister last night on alabama street. police say a group of men started shooting at a person who was standing near the boy and his sister. a stray bullet hit the boy in the leg as he was trying to rush his sister inside their apartment. the boy was taken to the hospital, we're told he's recovering. no arrests have been made. >>> 5:04. san jose city council will debate a homeless prop

on that short list of possible american cardinals, sean o'malley of the archdiocese of boston and that didn't happen, embassador. do you think because in his case he came in to clean up post abuse scandals and financial irregularities, sold his own residence to raise money, do you think that whole issue hurt the three or four americans or -- three, more to the point, who might have been considered for the papacy? >> i've made a couple of predictions, i predicted soon there would be an american pope. i also predicted that there would be a latin american pope. a pope from after a those are the growing areas of the catholic church. in my book i just have to add the word latin, then ray flynn was right. but you know, it's -- by the way, i want to pick up on something. don't underestimate what it man in his 70s can do. >> neil: i hear you. look, the closer i get, the less i mock. >> i walk eight miles a day, so i resent that comment. >> neil: you're absolutely right, sir. but you know that does -- i got to be very honest, that was the first thing that hit me when i heard about his -- his be