. >> oliver: when he we return: lights, cameras, vatican. [ latin ] >> oliver: at the vatican today,pe francis said special prayers for hurricane, earthquake, and flood victims in costa rica, nicaragua, and italy. vatican television broadcast the news worldwide. seth doane got a rare behind the scenes look at the high-tech operation. ♪ >> though 70,000 people packed into st. peter's square in vatican city, an even larger audience watched on tv. this mass last sunday was covered by 12 cameras including two sweeping "jibs" - those cameras on long arms. specific moments - including the closing of the "holy door" - were carefully choreographed.ù and it was all transmitted to the world at the highest-quality possible: 4khdr. >>> you're broadcasting at a quality level that most of us cannot imagine - that most of us have never seen - because our tvs aren't that if. >> it's the very first time. >> a first for the vatican. stefano d'agostini is the head of vatican tv. he explained how they're early-adopters of the latest technology. >>> you describe vatican tv almost like a laboratory for te

stefano d'agostini is the head of vatican tv. he explained how they're early-adopters of the latest technology. >>> you describe vatican tv television - why? >> because it's easier for the companies - for the factories - to work with us, because we are small. >> ctv - its acronym in italian -- has just 21 full time employees. greg burke - is a former fox news correspondent - who now runs the vatican press office. >>vatican television is like the mouse that roared - okay? but the quality is really great. >> vatican tv is hardly an independent observer. rather, it's part of the church's massive pr apparatus. reminders of its mission are on screen and off. the material is hard to beat in setting, scale, and sheer theatrics, whether it's the cardinals marching into the sistine chapel or that memorable "goodbye flight" over the eternal city when benedivi >>> this is an expensive operation - vatican tv is - why dedicate so many resources to tv? >> i think the answer is: this helps get the pope's message out - you know - the better you

he now runs the vatican press office. >> vatican television is like the mouse that roared. okay? it's a tiny operation if you but the quality is really great. >> reporter: vatican tv is hardly an independent observer. rather it's part of the church's massive pr apparatus. reminders of its mission are on screen and off. the material is hard to beat in setting, scale, and sheer theatrics. whether it's the cardinals marching into the sistine chapel or that memorable good-bye flight over the eternal city when benedict xvi became pope emeritus. >> this is an expensive operation, vatican tv. why dedicate so many resources to tv? >> i think the answer is this helps get the pope's message out. the better you can tell that story. and these days we're telling stories with pictures. >> reporter: seth doan, cbs news, vatican city. >>> that's the overnight news for this monday. for some of you the news continues. for others check back with us a little later for the morning york city, i'm meg oliver. >>> welcome to the "overnight news." i'm meg oliver. president-elect donald trump is back at t

stephone is the head of vatican tv. he explained the technology they used 44k-hdr. >> it is more broad and more it. >> reporter: workers from sony in japan were there for the debut and we peeked into the high production mobile vans parked in the shadow of st. peters basilica. you describe vatican tv almost like a all about lab for televi >> because it's easier for the factories and to work w >> reporter: ctv has just 21 full-time employees. >> vatican television is like the mouse that roared. okay? it's a tiny operation, if you look at the number of people, but the quality is really great. this is one place -- >> reporter: greg burke is a former fox news correspondent. he now runs the vatican press office. you're a tv guy. when you see that operation at vatican television, what do you think? >> reporter: it's unparalleled access allows viewers a chance to see the world and the crowds as the pontiff does. vatican tv is hardly an independent observer. rather, it's part of the church's massive pr apparatus. reminders of it

who now runs the vatican press office. viewers the chance to see the world and the crowds as the pontiff does. vatican tv is hardly an independent observer, rather part of the church's massive pr apparatus. reminders of its mission are onscreen and off. ? ? the material its hard to beat. in setting, scale, and sheer theatrics. whether it is the car cardinals marching into the or that memorable good-bye flight over the eternal city when benedict 16th became pope emeritus. this room hold enough memory to store 28,000 video cassettes. this is an expensive operation, vatican tv. is why dedicate so >> the answer this helps get the pope's message out. the better you can tell the story. these days we are telling stories with pictures. (achoo!) did you know you can pick up cold & flu viruses from things in your home for up to 48 hours? it's like having a sick family member that you didn't even know was there. and we all know what happens when one family member gets sick. but lysol spray and lysol wipes kill 99.9% of germs includin

vatican tv is hardly an independent observer. rather, it's part of the church's massive pr apparatus. reminders of its mission are on screen and off. the material is hard to beat at setting, scale, theatrics. vatican tv is digitizing and archiving decade of material. >> you see some -- >> reporter: this room holds enough memory to store 28,000 video cassettes. this is an expensive operation, to tv? >> i think the answer is this helps get the pope's message out, you know? the better you can tell that story and these days, we are telling stories with pictures. >> reporter: vatican tv knows that most people will not be able to receive that high quality 4khdr signal and they are doing it for the all-important archive. gayle, the pictures are incredibly crisp and rich. the color is quite clear. >> we can see that. we are all for good tv. >> absolutely. >> seth has brought the same curiosity to the vatican that he had in beijing. >> he is multitalented, that seth doane. thank you again, seth. always good to see. >>> pop superstar bruno

this is an expensive operation, vatican tv. is why dedicate so >> the answer this helps get the pope's message out. the better you can (achoo!) did you know you can pick up cold & flu viruses from things in your home for up to 48 hours? it's like having a sick family member that you didn't even know was there. and we all know what happens when one family member gets sick. but lysol spray and lysol wipes kill 99.9% of germs including 8 common cold & flu viruses to help protect your home. >>> superstar bruno mars about to kick off a world tour in support of his first new album in four years. 24 karat magic. he took time out to discuss his wo >> this show in connecticut last month was his first public concert of the year. >> mohican sun! >> reporter: he used it for a tune-up of release of album and world tour to follow. ? hallelujah ? ? hallelujah ? >> reporter: on every song and every note, from arenas to halftime of the super bowl. ? ? ? you don't believe it just watch ? >> reporter: his standard are high because the legends of

we peeked in to vatican vans. parked in the shadow of st. peter's basilica. ctv, the acronym in italian has 21 full time employees. >> vatican television is like the mouse that roared. okay, a tiny operation if you look at the number of people. the quality is great. >> greg burke, former fox news office. it is unparalleled access allows viewers the chance to see the world and the crowds as the pontiff does. vatican tv is hardly an independent observer, rather part of the church's massive pr apparatus. reminders of its mission are onscreen and off. ? ? the material its hard to beat. in setting, scale, and sheer marching into the sistine chapel. or that memorable good-bye flight over the eternal city when benedict 16th became pope emeritus. this room hold enough memory to store 28,000 video cassettes. this is an expensive operation, many resources to tv? >> the answer this helps get the pope's message out. the better you can tell the story. these days we are telling stories with pictures. (achoo!) did you know you can pick up cold & flu viruses from things in y

who now runs the vatican press office. world and the crowds as the pontiff does. vatican tv is hardly an independent observer, rather part of the church's massive pr apparatus. reminders of its mission are onscreen and off. ? ? the material its hard to beat. in setting, scale, and sheer theatrics. whether it is the car cardinals chapel. or that memorable good-bye flight over the eternal city when benedict 16th became pope emeritus. this room hold enough memory to store 28,000 video cassettes. this is an expensive operation, vatican tv. is why dedicate so many resources to tv? >> the answer this helps get the the better you can tell the story. these days we are telling stories with pictures. just keeps coming back. and always way, way, way too soon. no matter what you do. amop? presents pedi perfect... a new level of hard skin removal. it removes hard skin thoroughly yet effortlessly and reveals the silkiest smoothness you can rely on. because it lasts, and lasts, and lasts. this holiday season of long lasting smoothness. (achoo!) did you know you can pick up cold

it was broadcast worldwide by the vatican center.s sharing its modern day message. good morning. >> good morning. even if you are not catholic or not religious, it would be hard not to be impressed by the images coming out of vatican city this weekend. ♪ when the new american cardinals joined pope francis for mass in st. peters square sunday, it was covered by 12 cameras, including two sweeping gibes. those cameras on long arms. specific moments including the closing of the holy door were carefully choreographied and it was all transmitted to the world at the highest quality possible. you're broadcasting at a quality level that most of us cannot imagine. most of us have never seen, because our tvs aren't that good. >> it is the very first time. >> first for the vatican. ste stephano showed us what they used. >> it is more bright, more detailed, more contrast of the image. >> it is the light humans use. >> workers from sony in japan were there for the debut and we peeked into the high tech mobile production van. parked in the shadow o

you have new information from us from the vatican. >> reporter: yes.and sadness over the death of the former cuban leader. now, it's interesting you mentioned that fidel castro was a jesuit, he actually went to a jesuit secondary school but by the time he was in college he was already showing definite left wing tendencies. now, the relationship between the vatican and fidel castro was rocky to say the least. in 1961 when cuba declared itself a socialist country, it closed down the main catholic university. it shut down 350 catholic schools. it exproepuated hundreds of catholic churches and, in fact, in 1969 it banned christmas as a paid holiday. at the time fidel said it was time to allow people to work on the sugar cane harvest at the time. nonetheless, after the fall of the soviet union in the early 1990s, cuba found itself in a very difficult situation and it was the vatican under pope john paul ii which really did extend a hand of friendship in 1996 fidel castro visited pope john paul ii at the vatican two years later. the pope made his historic vi

. >> the vatican transmitted it all for the first time ever in 4k quality. going high-tech. >> when the new american cardinals joined pope francis for mass at saint peter's square it was covered by 12 cameras and two sweeping jibs. cameras on long arms specific moments including the closing of the holy door were carefully choreographed and all transmitted to the world at the 4h.khdr. >> you are broadcasting agent a level quality most of us cannot imagine and tv's are not that good. >> it is the first time. >> workers from sony in japan were there for the debut. we peeked into vatican tv high-tech mobile production vans. parked in the shadow of st. peter's basilica. >> c tv, acronym in italian has 21 full-time employees. it is unparalleled access allows world and crowds as the pontiff does. the material is hard to beat in setting scale and shear theatrics and cardinals marching to the sistine chapel or memorable good-bye flight over the city when benedict 16 became pope emeritus. vatican tv is digitizing and archiving decades of material. >> this room holds e

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we couldn't actually film in the vatican, but we, you know -- i didn't realize is the vatican owns -- a thir -- i think, it's like a third or two thirds of rome, so all the buildings were vatican owned. we were in these incredible >> jimmy: wow. >> but, the lavish costumes, it was beautiful. >> jimmy: well, speaking of the costumes, i saw a lot of people were like, "oh, you have" -- i always think you have good fashion sense. and a lot of people are saying, like, "he's trying to bring back this new" -- [ light laughter ] i do. i like, i like -- you have good style. you're trying to bring back this thing called, like -- they're, like wide legged pant -- wide-legged pants, and i can get onboard maybe. >> but, i want to try to bring -- [ laughter ] hold on a minute. >> jimmy: this is, like -- it looks like you're wearing no, no, no. i like it. i think it's cool. >> i'm not trying to bring anything back. >> jimmy: you brought sexy back. >> i was -- yeah, i'm really working hard. i'm just trying to change the world to come back to a a wide-legged pant. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: but wha -- but

for instance, the vatican did not cut off relations with cuba when it officially became socialist. a year when the cuban government cut down, rather, shut down the catholic university of villenueva. it shut down 350 catholic schools and confiscated hundreds of churches, nonetheless, the vatican retained relations with cuba. and it wasn't until 1996, when john paul ii met with castro that things began to change in 1988. you had that historic visit from pope john paul ii to cuba. and the relationship developed. in fact, in the end, pope john paul ii met with fidel castro five times. and that really set the groundwork for this gradual improvement in relations. and, of course, that relationship between the vatican and cuba was critical in re-establishing relations between washington and havana. christi. martin. >> all right. ben wedeman reporting live for us from rome there. ben, thank you so much for that perspective. >>> fidel castro leaves behind a very different cuba than the one when he held power for 47 years. up next, we'll talk about how these years of defiance of the u.s. shap

we'll let you know when that's necessary. >>> a legendary film director paying a visit to the vatican. pope francis visits martin scorsese today, one day before the film "silence" premiers at the vatican. century japan. >>> next at 5:30, a local singer coming back to boston after she's eliminated from "the voice." >> and good evening, everyone. i'm kim khazei. >> i'm adam williams. here's a look at the stories we're following at 6:00. breaking news from brockton. a mother stabbed to death, and her son is being questioned by police. >>> also, a water main break causing a mess in boston's chinatown. look at that. it also sparked manhole fires. we have the latest on the clean-up there. >> and dighton's fire chief is accused of using department money to buy himself clothing. now city officials are taking action. >> we'll have those stories and more coming up here on the news station. >> on our newscast tonight, the recording that captures the final heroing minutes of the doomed plane that carried a brazilian soccer team. donald trump delivers on his pledge to save jobs that were about to

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas at the vatican. this year's vatican christmas tree was put up today in saint peter's square. the tree will be officially unveiled on december 9th, along with the nativity. the 82-foot tall tree will be decorated with 18- thousand l-e-d lights and will stand in saint peter's square until january 8th. coming up--- battling wildfires-- the number of homes crews are trying to save and-- amazing shot-- the group of people who are making history with their basketball shot. but first here's a look at what's on t-v tonight. the now milwaukee at 6:30. followed by football night in america. the steelers take on the colts. after the game--- more local a wildfire burning in the western part of north carolina has charred some 900 acres.125 emergency crews are working today to protect more than 50 homes in the area. crews have the fire 65 percent contained. they still do not know how it started, but arson is not being ruled out as a possibility. emergency crews say if the weather is favorable... they hope to have

during vatican brokered talks designed to defuse the current political crisis. let's cross over to caracas where our reporter is standing by. five opposition activist freed over the last 24 hours or so. now we understand that the seeks they suspend the ongoing trial. surely this is a breakthrough of some sort. that,er: we can say government has released five opposition leaders. sidee other [indiscernible] the head of congress said today this is not a capitulation in war, you have to sometimes announce a truce. gathering are perhaps forces for later in the week. potential march on the presidential palace, that was planned for thursday. in the last few minutes we are hearing from the opposition they are planning to suspend that march as well. this could be significant because it is another potential flashpoint, marching on the presidential palace. explain for us why this march was so controversial. the marches have a decisive history. they marched to downtown caracas and thousands of people died from both sides in the clashes. marches to downtown are seen by the g

. >>> square in vatican city. on december 9th, the vatican christmas tree will be unveiled. it was delivered from northern italy. it is 84 foot tree. >>> speaking at christmas, many of you planning to head out to yeah. if toys are on your list, they're on my list, this year's hottest tech toys might look like classics but they're actually packing new technology under the hood. hot wheels, for instance, rolling out toy cars that are super charged to make them go faster. of course, they have to go faster. even barbie is getting an upgrade. she's moving into a smart home. of course she is. remember the furby and toch other one. now there is a hatch a mole. they're on the wish list of many kids this year. >> hatch a moles are the biggest craze this year. we talked to the manager of a store and you can't find them anywhere. >> many of the toys aren't cheap. the barbie dream house is 300 bucks. >> what? >> you know what, when i was out at k-mart, the hatch a moles, >> in an egg? >> it's that egg thing. yes. >> what do you do with that? >> you watch it hatch. come on! >> of course.

"house of cards" in the vatican. they're calling it, like, "house of cardinals" is what i heard. >> i know. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: this is genius, but i love -- and it looks -- it, you know, it looks expensive to be really honest. >> it was extraordinary, you know, epic in every single way -- >> jimmy: oh, i bet. >> extraordinary costumes. we got an amazing trip around the vatican. we couldn't actually film in the vatican, but we, you know -- i didn't realize is the vatican owns -- a thir -- i think, it's like a third or two thirds of rome, so all the we were in these incredible pallazos and halls and gardens. >> jimmy: wow. >> but, the lavish costumes, it was beautiful. >> jimmy: well, speaking of the costumes, i saw a lot of people were like, "oh, you have" -- i always think you have good fashion sense. and a lot of people are saying, like, "he's trying to bring back this new" -- [ light laughter ] i do. i like, i like -- you have good style. you're trying to bring back this thing called, like -- they're, like wide