and in egypt, bishop tawadros was selected as the new coptic pope, succeeding pope shenouda the third, who died in march. by tradition, he was selected by a blindfolded boy who picked his name out of a crystal bowl. kim, thank you for that survey. we are all mourning the slaughter of the children in connecticut. what have you heard religious leaders say about that, and our response to it? >> it's interesting how situations like this always seem to bring a lot of people back to the spiritual. you see people looking to scriptures for consolation. even the president doing that. a lot of theological talk, if there is a god, why would god let this happen? is it evil or mental illness? sin or sickness? a lot of those interesting questions. what's going on in our society that things like this happen. and then you got to the political and you heard the call for gun control, more gun control. and a lot of that was coming from the religious community and a lot of religious activists really wanting to engage on that issue. >> it is different this time. it seems to me, for a long time, religious