one lady who obviously likes gardens says what's your favorite place in the vatican garden to pray?ious things. what are you reading to prepare for christmas and another one i liked a lot, which i think probably a lot of parents can relate to, could you please pray for my children to that they return to the church? so, there are all sorts of questions coming in. in terms of what will be selected and what the pope will answer, i keep telling people, this is the pope, it's going to be a spiritual message. >> so, tell us, just how tech savvy is the pope? is he an iphone guy? does he actually send e-mails? >> the pope, i tell people you know, they say, does the pope have a computer? that's sort of like asking if the pope has a car. he has several, but he's normally not the one driving and unlike the rest of us, the pope is not looking down at his ipad during the meeting or the blackberry doing that. he's a pen and paper guy very much, but he is a word guy and he certainly does realize, or a word person. that doesn't sound very reverential. or a word pope. i think aappreciates twitter be

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what is that doing in the vatican library?'t know how they ended up here in the vatican. it may be that some spy, maybe one of my priestly predecessors, may have stolen these letters and brought them to rome to present in the case if a trial was made for henry's request for a divorce. >> safer: but the church refused to let henry divorce catherine of aragon so he could marry anne. he married her anyway, broke with rome, and took control of the church of england. the country was largely converted to the protestant faith. >> celenza: this is one of the moments in the 16th century that leads to the fracturing of christianity, and to much of the bloodshed and the wars that, especially, the later 16th century was known for. >> safer: as man explored the planet, a scientific revolution was also underway. by the mid-17th century, navigators had mapped much of the world in remarkable detail. >> roth: rio de janiero. cuzco. mexico city. >> safer: galileo turned his eyes and his telescope on the heavens. here, from 1612, are his drawing

cbs news, the vatican. >>> president obama is in hawaii for christmas.he president is expected to spend a quiet day with his family. with the president and congress on a short holiday break, there's been no movement on fiscal cliff negotiations. before he left washington, the president said he believes a deal could be made before the december 31 deadline. >>> u.s. troops celebrated their 12th consecutive christmas in afghanistan. service men and women attended a service at the nato base in kabul, sang some carols, then enjoyed a holiday dinner. >>> and coming up on the "morning news," he may be messy funny, jack klugman from "the odd couple "has died. a look back at his remarkable career. [ female announcer ] introducing u the latest coffee machine from nespresso. modular. intuitive. combines espresso and fresh milk. the new u. nespresso. what else? available at these fine retailers. >>> firefighters in california battled a raging river yesterday to rescue a homeless man. he was living on an island in the los angeles river and got into trouble after a fa

and also online for you the vatican tries to preserve the miracles of rene sol's arms by installing a high and vacuum cleaner in the sistine chapel both stories and much more at r.t. dot com for you. the political forum is often the place where new words and phrases are invented to soften the hard truth but there's also he's more important i asked can the new vocabulary really distract public attention away from shoes. the art of politics is made up of many things. handshakes smiles and a good arsenal of verbal camouflage americans have a lot of trouble dealing with reality americans have trouble facing the truth or as the late american comedian george carlin put it euphemistically language that conceals reality poor people used to live in the slums now the economically disadvantaged occupy substandard housing in the inner cities. and their current. they don't have a negative cash flow position. and today america's love affair with semantics has given birth to a new phrase to describe the rich job creators. buyer under bill clinton three times as many jobs are created the propensity t

nowhere -- nowhere more so than the vatican. there is one of the biggest pre digit -- security breaches in living memory. he stole an elite vast numbers of private documents. pope but it made a visit to the jail where he was being held. he gave him a pre-christmas pardon. he was convicted of aggravated that in october and sentenced to 18 months in prison. it was a case that rocked the foundation of the catholic church establishment, revealing greaseless power struggles and making claims of sexual misconduct with high-level corruption. now he is free to spend christmas with to his family. >> this is a gesture toward a person with whom the pope shared a relationship of daily familiarity with many years -- for many years. >> he was the pope's right hand man, serving him loyally. then the ultimate betrayal. he told investigators he wanted to expose evil and corruption at the vatican. none of these for and the papacy itself but many believe he was not acting alone and there could be more revelations. >> all of the investigations bein

and is part of an arrangement between austria, saudi arabia and spain, with strong support from the vaticane center's board includes three christians, three muslims, one jew, a buddhist and a hindu. some have opposed the project arguing that saudi arabia practices a radical form of islam. >>> there was backlash after the church of england's failure last week to approve a measure that would have allowed women to serve as bishops. the current archbishop of canterbury rowan williams and his newly named successor, justin welby, both expressed their disappointment. some british politicians have suggested the church should lose its tax-exempt status for violating antidiscrimination laws. church leaders meeting this week called resolving the issue of female bishops a "matter of urgency." >>> meanwhile, at the vatican last weekend, six new cardinals received their red hats, and for the first time in many years the group did not include any italians or other europeans. the new cardinals came from colombia, india, lebanon, nigeria, the philippines and the u.s. but the full college of cardinals remain

. >>> in the vatican city pope benedict granted his former butler a pardon today.he was arrested in may after vatican police found what they called an enormous stash of private papal documents in his apartment. he gave the documents to a journalist because he thought exposing quote the evil and corruption in the vatican would put the church back on the right track. he was released just two months into his 18-month sentence. >> three people are facing murder charges in connection with a deadly home explosion in indiana last month. the blast happened in indianapolis on november 19th. the explosion and fire killed two people and damaged more than 30 homes can had to be demolished. investigators believe the homeowners blew up the home in hopes of collecting some $300,000 in insurance. prosecutors say they filled the house with gas. >> it would require six to nine hours for the house to fill with gas to reach the gas air ration of combustibility that would lead to an explosion. >> prosecutors say the explosion was triggered by the microwave. no one was inside the home.

. >>> he was convicted one of the largest vatican security breaches. today he pardoned the former butler. he vilted him in prison today and after the meeting, he was freed to return to his vatican city apartment. he was convicted of stealing and leaking private papal documents. he told investigators he wanted to expose evil and corruption in the church. >>> lots of people doing their last-minute shopping to day. some children in montgomery county were shopping with police officers. we're going to tell you why. plus, we'll have the very chilly christmas forecast. >>> kids in maryland got help with their holiday shopping from some local law enforcement. montgomery county police officers paired up with the kids to do last minute shopping. the officers helped kids pick out holiday gifts for their families. this is all part of the heroes and helpers program that strives to foster good relationships between law enforcement and the community. >> reaching out to the children at such an early age. hopefully we can bridge the gap to where there isn't any type of

. >>> in a letter released by the vet c vatican this week, the pope issued new rules for charities that identify themselves as catholic. he instructued such groups to follow it, and they're barred from accepting money from organizations whose work runs counter to work teachings. although the pope did not specify, that could apply to funders that promote birth control. those charities found to violate the new rules can be stripped of their catholic dez natisignatio the local bishop. we have a special report from haiti where we found an american priest and doctor who is helping thousands of victims of earthquakes, hurricanes, hiv, cholera and not least government bury rock sees. they're succeeds not with a big top down plan but by listening to what the haitians want. >> early each morning in the chapel, the shrouded bodies of infants and one adult on the are counted, the names written down for prayers that follow a daily mass. >> anybody that dies in our arms as they say in our place, then their body is first brought to the chapel so the very next mass we have the prayers for the dead and

. >> a chicago church gets a special gift from the vatican ... >> next the relics that will be on displaythis is america. we don't let frequent heartburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. whatever it takes, get to sears,after christmas mattress spectacular get 36 month special financing. and save up to 60%, plus get an extra 10% off. and free delivery. this is eye opening. this is sears chicago's holy family church celebrated an anniversary today with a sacred gift from the vatican. the church has been given relics, believed to be those of the holy family. a fragment of the manger where jesus was born in bethlehem, and small pieces of cloth from the veil of the virgin mary, and the cloak of joseph. the relics, exhibited in a reliquary, will be permanenatly held at holy family church. today is the 155th anniversary of the church ... chicago's second oldest. it was

. >> coming up in the next half- hour -- >> the message at the vatican as christmas is celebrated around the world. >> syrian activists say least a dozen people have died after another deadly air strike on people waiting outside a bakery. >> winter bites hard in russia. siberia's move to emergency shelters as more than 100 people lose their lives -- siberia inspect -- siberians move to emergency shelters. do not ever lose hope for peace -- that is the message from the pope this christmas. >> pope benedict delivered his twice yearly address from the balcony of st. peter's basilica today. the pontiff touched on political themes as well, calling for peace in syria and appealing to italians to embrace the spirit of cooperation in upcoming elections. >> tens of thousands of people showed up in st. peter's square to hear benedict's message, and millions to and in worldwide. >> tens of thousands of people turned out to hear the pope's christmas message. the square erupted in applause as the pontiff stepped out to address the crowd. he revisited one of the themes of his christmas eve message --

people flocked to the square to will be to the message from the pontiff at the vatican. here is our report from rome. >> pope benedict had a worldwide radio and television audience for his traditional christmas message and blessing from the balcony of st. peter's bass came. his one was one of hope even in the direst of situations. first he prayed for an end to civil war in syria. >> once again i pelley for an end to the bloodshed. easier access for the relief of refugees and displaced, and dialogue in the purt of a political solution to the conflict. >> then the pope went on to paire that israelis and palestinian he is end long years of conflict and embark on the path to negotiation. there was a special mention of egypt, blessed by the childhood of jesus as the pope put it. referring to the arab spring, the pontiff said the countries of north africa are experiencing a major transition in pursuit of a new future. benedict prayed for the return of peace to many parts of africa, where violence has become the norm. he prayed for peace in mali, harmony in nigeria and fighting

peter's basilica in the vatican. it is not yet midnight in italy, but because of the pope's health and to give him time to rest before he delivers the christmas day message, this year, the ceremony began at 9:00 gmt, and that would be 10:00 in italy, which was just about one hour ago. the pope conducting this mess and also lighting the candle of peace, which he did earlier and put on the balcony of his apartment window, which overlooks st. peter's square. this is one of the largest churches anywhere in the world. there are tourists and dignitaries and obviously lots of clergy as well. just to say that it is midnight mass even though is not midnight, but this will give the pope's some time to rest before he gives the christmas day speech from the balcony. let's have a look at some other news. a gun attack in the united states which has left others grieving, and two firefighters were killed as they responded to a blaze in upstate new york. the governor of new york state has called what happened in at the small town a s

they began a time of dialogue with bishops appointed by the vatican to oversee them. meanwhile, lay catholics held a series of rallies in support of the sisters. yet another kind of nones also made news -- the "n-o-n-e-s." according to the pew research center, a record high number of americans-one in five-now describe themselves as having no religious affiliation. many of theseo-called nones held a lly whington t show their clout. but the nones are not completely secular. a new survey by pew and this program found that two-thirds of the unaffiliated say they do believe in god or a universal spirit. more than half describe themselves as "spiritual but not religious." advocates of gay marriage saw new momentum. in the november elections, three more states legalized same-sex marriage-the first time it had been approved in ballot initiatives. and voters in minnesota rejected a proposed ban on gay marriage. both sides of the debate were galvanized by the supreme court's announcement that it will be taking up two cases with national implications in the spring. ten years aft

and also online for you the vatican tries to preserve the miracles of rene sounds fine standing by and vacuum cleaner in the sistine chapel those stories and much more for you don't call. twenty two outcomes turned off he takes a look at the bands that have been dominating the headlines for the past twelve months and today we're bringing you the story of the months of protests that have been shaking europe or here from the point of view allowing new teen. it came to the point where if you walked into the studio you knew there was going to be a story about europe and austerity and protests and riots whether it would be spain or greece or even the u.k. and these were real people in real situations in very scary situations and our correspondents were out there in the midst of it all. so waiting but also i thought still it's over some type of square and i just see the cameraman behind the camera everybody else around me putting just must be a few for moscow going to see your life before you can say anything you get that horrible taste in your mouth and of course it's the tear gas that's be

the boom are staring biting can't have even a reach their inner sanctum of the catholic church the vatican pope benedict has how this lightly spartan annual mass in st paul's a silicon rome due to strict budget controls the traditional and that's a pretty scene outside the cathedral this year cost and modest twenty two thousand euros some ten times less than in twenty eleven days and he's peter on a found out all across europe leaders are wishing that christmas money worries would disappear it's a time of goodwill and cheer and giving and for one particularly jolly gent it is busiest time of the year but santa has taken a little bit of time out from delivering presents to the boys and girls to join me here in central. well you have not come on the sled that i see no no it's just a segue it's more comfortable you know keeping within the twenty first century there and you've got some letters from the boys and girls that you're going to share with us something here ok all right now this one has come from a little boy in greece he says exactly what he wants for christmas and for twenty thirty.

there's not been a formal offer on the table as to what the vatican wants to do with american nuns, but that i think is going to happen at some point, perhaps, in 2013, and it'll be interesting to watch either side kind of jockey for a position there. >> e.j.? >> i'm gonna be looking for a new conversation about the family, and i'm not talking about gay marriage. i'm talking about a sense on both the left and the right that the stability of the family is important to soal justice and that i think that we might have an opportunity to have a constructive conversation on issues that up to now have been mostly divisive. >> kim. >> e.j. and kevin both took what i was thinking about saying already. that's the bad thing about going last. i do, i will be watching congregations. as e.j. referred to some of the news that came out last year about the rise of people who don't have those affiliations with organized religion anymore and it's now abt 20% of the american population and how are religious communities responding to that, not just christian communities but, you know, across the board? and

boom of austerity as biting cuts have reached as far as the inner sanctum of the catholic church the vatican pope benedict has held a somewhat spartan annual mass in st peter's basilica in rome the district of budget controls the traditional nativities scene outside the kathy jo of the sea or cost the vatican a modest twenty two thousand euros some ten times less than last year and what the shortfall was actually even topped by a donation and artie's peter all over found out all across europe leaders are wishing their christmas money worries would just disappear aren't real. it's a time of goodwill and cheer and giving and for one particularly jolly gent it is busiest time of the year but santa has taken a little bit of time out from clear delivering presents to the boys and girls to join me here in central berlin high something. well you have not come on the sled that i say no no it's just to say where it's more comfortable you know keeping within the twenty first century there now i understand you've got some letters from the boys and girls and you're going to share with us something here

the vatican say it is pope plans to tweet between 2:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m.ic time wednesday, which is noon in roam. he's expect today answer questions about faith t. vatican already has an account with the san francisco-based company and huns of thousands of followers but this new account is expected to be more personal. >>> thank you for trusting ktvu chanlt 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. our coverage continues with the 10:00 news and tonight questions about a delayed police response after a robber used a sledge hammer to break into a bay area macy's store today and may have used that same tool to break cases containing watchs and jewelry. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. tmz is up next right here on tv 36

the first sui will be by him after that probably the vatican.a moment in june of 2011 that the pope sent out is first official tweet but that was a vatican account not his personal account. the pope is officially a tweeter. >> the presidential election became the most searched item. the election was over one of the second was iphone 5 and no. 3 cam car- she and because of the divorce with chris humphries. also kate capt., kate will tran and whitney houston. >> and card test and is in bahrain right now and there have been some protest. >> i wonder why >> got the of the next hour following five days of rain will have more on the storm taking place in the bay area today. also the sinkhole and lafayette. we're waiting for the next round of rain and erica kato will have the the timing on the forecast. keeping an eye and washington politicians are getting nowhere as they try to deal with the fiscal cliff that is just 28 days away. will be back in two minutes after this quick break. 0ñ@Ñ

i think the vatican likes that inference./12 thing, an attempt to renew the apocalypse, i don't think so. their normal model is talk to me on tuesday and i'll get back to you in 300 years. so by that standard, this is actually rapid response. they've been wanting to do this for a while. today was just the day they were ready to launch. >> i wonder if we'll get any insight on his personality. like if he'll go, have a great happy easter, hash tag. >> if you think he's going to be walking around the palace with an ipad, saying, hey, had a great birthday bash last night, wish you were here, that's not the kind of thing i think you'll be getting from benedict xvith. i think the vatican's calculation is that quite often people's impressions of the pope is not based on anything he's said but on what other people have said about him. and this is their effort to sort of help him break through that filter and speak directly to people around the world. >> it also shows you the power of twitter and helping to form a message and getting t

this suggests unity. >> the pope sent a tweet last year from a vatican account. part of the efforts to increase its presence in social media. in order to spread the faith. >> coming up next, michael finney helps a woman settle a dispute with exxon. >> they've been sending her checks to ts wrong place for >>> a san francisco woman inherited her mother's estate, but one company refused to recognize it that is until she contacted michael finney and michael is here now with her story. >> this went on a long time. >> yes. >> her mother died in 2003. nine years ate later she was still battling to get dividend checks which exxon mobile continued to send in her mother's name. gladys shaw remembers her mother's trademark lock autos she's the one with the pretty, curlly hair. >> before her misdemeanor died in 2003, she named gladys exec tore of her will, as her only child, assets, everything went smoothly except for one nagging issue with dividend checks from exxon mobile. >> i couldn't cash the checks they were in my mother's name. we'd write to them, they'd reissue in my

the vatican is holding a news conference this morning to launch his personal account.s twitter handle will be -- the pope will tweet in six languages he sent out his first last year from a vatican account which tweets news about the pontiff. >>> landmark church at west point military academy in new york state marked a milestone over the weekend, first ever same-sex wedding. they exchanged vows saturday. senior army chaplain officiated. fulton is a west point graduate. they had a civil commitment ceremony in 1999 have now formally tied the knot. new york state legalized same-sex last year. >>> moraga toon didn't add eagle scout award because he's gay will be honored by the -- last year the souths say he violate -- today ryan will be honored at the opening session of the assembly by openly gay speaker john perez. >>> raider nation we want to see your team pride e-mail your!umfb fan photos to urepor. we will show them on air during our special raiders day edition of abc7 news at 4:00, thursday. at 5, watch manning and broncos take on the raiders here on abc7. >> which wi

the documents pointed to alleged corruption in the vatican.e vatican will help him find a new job but he will not be allowed to work in the church. >> winter storm suddens in the northwest is making room for a new round. just as millions of americans were about to travel for christmas. maria molina is in the weather center with the next storm that is taking shape. hello, we have a bland new storm system that is impacting the west and even though the storm in the northeast is winding down we are seeing travel delays. one of those being newark. if you are flying out you are looking at those flights and we have gusty winds in the northeast and obviously colder and temperatures are colder where they should be at tomorrow should be a relatively quiet day . that is going to double up in parts of the southeast tomorrow. and higher elevations and significant snowfall accumulationsed in the california sierra. and we are headed in to tomorrow . a new wave will be impacting parts of california . in areas to the south. and oregon cascade and sierras acros

he said he did it to expose evil and corruption in the vatican.the pope forgave him in person today. the vatican said it would find him a new job and a new home. >> analysts are watching closely to see who will run for john kerry's senate seat if he is confirmed as secretary of state. the president announced the nomination yesterday and. analysts say scott brown a republican is likely to run. he lost his seat two elizabeth warren. there is no clear front runner for democrats but several house representatives expected to bid. >> a ban on a count verse a therapy designed to make gay teens straight has been blocked. it was supposed to be outlawed on january 1st but an appeals court in san francisco temporarily blocked it. they said it should get a full hearing. supporters say it helps patients have normal lives while others say it's dangerous. >> deputies believe a woman and her ex-boyfriend hid his father's body for two years to keep receiving pension benefits. the body was found on december 2nd in the backyard of an apartment complex. deputies arre

earlier, i spoke to greg burke, who is senior communications adviser for the vatican.ed him what kind of response the pope is getting so far. >> some are very nice questions. one lady who obviously likes gardens says what is your favorite place in the vatican garden to pray? and then other more serious things, people saying what are you reading to prepare for christmas? and another one i liked a lot which i think a lot of parents can relate to, could you please pray for my children so that they return to the church? so there are all sorts of questions coming in. in terms of what will be selected and what the pope will answer, i keep telling people, this is the pope. it's going to be a spiritual message. >> you see the picture of the iphone. how tech savvy is the pope? is he an iphone guy? is he a blackberry guy? does it make a difference. does he actually send e-mails? >> the pope -- i tell people, they say does the pope have a computer? that's like asking if the pope has a car. he has several in his disposition, but he's normally not the one driving. unlike the rest o

. >> the vatican is the sacred heart of marian devotion.y true under pope john paul ii and with good reason. on may 13th, 1981, the pope was shot in st. peter's square and barely survived. rescued from death, he believed, by mary's hand. >> i believe and i am sure he believes it, too, that it was the virgin of fatima that saved him. yes, i think he believes it. the pope has said once to my bishop that he comes to fatima every day. ♪ >> fatima is the town in portugal where the catholic church believes this image of the virgin mary appeared to three shepherd children on may 13, 1916, 65 years to the day that the pope was nearly killed by this bullet. the virgin mary also gave three secrets to the children. the first, a vision of hell. the second, the need to defeat communism in russia. and the third, a prediction too terrible to reveal. then, in the year 2000, pope john paul revealed the secret. >> it was about a figure in white being wounded. it wasn't a precise prophecy of what happened to the pope in 1981 but it was kind of a vague picture

the pope will tweet this six witches, he sent out his first last year from a vatican account which tweetss about the pontiff. in case you are wondering why he didn't take@pope that. was taken. guess by whom? >> silicon valley web developer. i checked@god. >>> following breaking news in the east bay two officers injured. >>> to other early morning chp chases land two drivers in jail. one in san jose and ended in oakland. we'll show you what went down. >>> breaking news near livermore, two chp officers injured when their car flipped during a high speed chase on i-580 this video just in from the scene at the altamont pass the pursuit started 3:30 near isabel avenue in livermore. >> the officers were chasing a through a construction zone at north flynn road when the car flipped. the officers were tan to the hospital to be checked out. other chp officers caught the two in the car and took them into custody in tracy. >>> kira klapper will have more in 30 minutes. >>> right now, we check for the weather, right now not raining. >>> all quiet. here's a look at live doppler, thought i would broaden

. >>> vatican visitors, it will have be they have to be scrubbed before it will be vacuumed cleaned andings. there will be a special carpet that cleans shoes and suction vents that pull dust from clothing. the 5 million who visit it every year are being blamed for layers of grime on the masterpiece so metal detectors and -- >> then you can go in. >> all right, ron, thank you. >>> the president and members of congress are all taking time off for the holidays even as the clock continues to run down, just nine days before we go over the fiscal cliff and everybody's taxes go up. i'm sure a lot of us feel they shouldn't be taking off. >> let's bring in george stephanopoulos. great to see you, george. things are coming down to the wire. what are the odds they can come up with a deal especially republicans can't agree. >> those talks completely collapsed this week and ended once and for all when john boehner couldn't even pass his backup plan in the house on thursday. the only possibility right now would be some kind of a very small -- some measure that would just extend the tax cuts for every

and it got a real boost through discussion in vatican 2. after that, pope paul the sixth reinstated it. >> were there different circumstances in the 1940s and 1950s that sought to fill a hole that the deacons could fill? >> i think so, especially if the european society. with the coming of the wars and there were just lots of social unrest and disruption and the need for the church to address some of that through charitable works, works of justice and that sort of became a sponsor. there was actually a lot of discussion about it by catholics that were confined to concentration camps in the 1940s t comes out of the concentration camps, some of the early literature. >> and then it became a matter of universal church concern. >> right. >> what was the date that it was reestablished? >> 1967. >> 1967. >> i can't be more specific than that we'll talk about what deacons do since 1967, especially in the united states. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back. you're watching mosaic. welcome to all of you watching us. and we're talking about deacons today.

vatican city now, catholics are preparing to celebrate the birth of jesus christ.usands are gathering at st. peter's basilica. next hour, pope benedict xvi will celebrate christmas eve mass. the pontiff is preparing to deliver his christmas eve homily to mark one of the holiest days of the year for catholics. i asked eternal world tv network news director raymond arroyo about what message catholics should expect from the pontiff this christmas. >> after reading the pope's new book, which is all about the infancy and the birth of christ, one imagines he'll sound similar themes. he really talked about the freedom that, you know, the virgin mary, answering the call of the angels and submitting to that culall and human freedom i essential to the church's teaching and the nativity story. i think it resonates with all of us, that we all have our own obligation to act with god's will and in his will -- >> raymond arroyo on what to expect from the homily and the message of -- by the pope to catholics. this is bethlehem in west bank. christians are gathering at the church o

the vatican says pope benedict xvi is about to launch his own twitter account.blog co-editor eric joins us from washington with the details. eric, next wednesday the big day. what can we expect for the twitter launch? how is it going to work? he is famts for multiple languages, of course zoosh sure. sure. the pope, of course, is multi-lingual and likewise, we've seen a multi-lingual appearance of twitter feeds from the pope. if you look at pontiff, you can see his first seven followers are the other languages that will also appear under his name. whenever the vatican does something big and important, they do it in multiple laenkz. that's why they're doing this in english, german, and arabic. what will happen on wednesday is he will be answering some questions on twitter. one of the reasons they said he wanted to get involved with the social networking site was he wanted to connect with people in social media, and so what better way than to take a few questions, _#and pontifects. >> i can imagine the hash tags going forward. why? why not just@pope? >> that's what

. >>> plus social media coming to the vatican. the new way the pope is connecting to millions of followers. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv with a total home dvr included free for life. only $29 a month for six months. rethink possible. >>> welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news. the coast guard is mourning the loss of one of its own. there have been reports of smugglers. small coast guard boat was rammed. horn suffered traumatic head injury and died. the other guardsman was treated for minor injuries. >>> four people were found shot to death outside of a home in southern california. the bodies of two men and two women were found early yesterday morning in north ridge. police say the victims were face down

allegations of corruption and more. >>> and talking about the vatican visitors, they will have to bee cyst seen chapel. they will be vacuum cleaned and the dust is damaging to the paintings. there will be a special carpet that cleans shoes and suction vents that pull dust from clothing. the 5 million who visit it every year are being blamed for layers of grime on the masterpiece so metal detectors and -- then you get hosed down before you can go in. >> all right, ron, thank you. >>> the president and members of congress are all taking time off for the holidays even as the clock continues to run down, just nine days before we go over that fiscal cliff and everybody's taxes go up. i'm sure a lot of us feel they shouldn't be taking time off. >> that's right. there's not a lot to celebrate now. let's bring in george stephanopoulos. great to see you, george. things are coming down to the wire. what are the odds they can come up with a deal especially republicans can't agree. >> there's not going to be a big deal. that's just not happening. those talks completely collapsed this week and en

he will no longer be allowed to work for the church but the vatican will help him find a new job.ianne rafferty. now, back to fox files. for the latest headlines log on to it fox news .com. >>> we are here in grand central terminal in new york city. every day, 700,000 people pass through here which means that superdogs like holland have a very important job to do especially in a post 9/11 world. here is what it takes to become a four legged hero he. ♪ ♪ >> before they could do this, they all start out like this. fox files cameras got a first-hand look at the department of defense military working dog program at lackland air force base where puppies learn to become warriors. spread across nearly 9,000-acres in san antonio, texas, the base is home to the 341st training squadron. >> the purpose is to procure, train and produce handlers and dogs. >> casey stevens is chief of the dog training school at lackland. >> i love to see them evolve from knowing nothing to being able to do everything that they do overseas and in law enforcement. we say zero to hero in 120 days. >> the wags arri

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melissa: the vatican officially announces we have nothing to worry about over the mayan apocalypse.at? i wouldn't feel better until the pope tweets it. the twitterverse is on fire for a different reason. you can never have too much money or too many tweets. ♪ . ♪ melissa: i love it, time for spun with spare change. we're joined by julie, he brought me a cake. all right, and dennis, back to you, dennis, did you bridge me anything for my birthday. >> there are wonderful cupcakes right outside of my office, they are for you, they are left over but. but. melissa: residents say this someone is going around cutting wires on holiday light displays, one homeowner said she was hit 3 times, who is that culprit? >> chris christie, i'm kidding, rememb that christmas vacation, with chevy chase. this guy is saving a lot of people a lot of trouble by cuts e cord. >> i see something much darker, this is part of the war on christmas, some people, are just grumpy when it comes to christmas and decorations, they are offended by them, but it could be teenagers. melissa: i think it isstein agars -- teen