past some of the rules. >> delia gallagher there and john allen, our vatican experts just outside vatican cityat analysis. amara walker and myself, errol barnett, here at cnn center bringing you live pictures from the vatican as two popes become saints. at this moment, we understand that some masses has gotten under way. they're concluding the chanting in latin and greek, and next, we understand the pope's homily will begin. as soon as we see that unfold, we'll bring it to you live. ben wedeman is there in vatican city amongst the crowds. he noted many people from poland making a long journey there, some even marathon runners, ran from poland to be a part of today's unprecedented occasion. these live pictures you're seeing now coming to us from krakow. and if we can bring back in delia and john, because i want to talk about pope francis and his new style. the vatican is not an institution that changes quickly. how would you describe pope francis's approach to bringing some form of change? we mentioned the eight-person panel to look into allegations of sexual abuse, for example. >> well, you kn

peter's square vatican city pope john paul 2 and pope john xxiii will be declared saints within an hour. now it's been 20 years since. there have been many achievements since 1994 many say a lot more needs to be done. >> photographs bring back fond memories, but she said she sometimes gets anoin annoyed. she said she voted for freedom in 1994. she said young people these days don't understand what it's like living in apartheid. >> we used to live like dogs. >> those who spoke out against the government were often killed. >> she learned about apartheid in school and through word of mouth. she feels that democracy should be more than just freedom. >> there are issues that come up with regards to calendar of leadership in our country. this is riddled with a lot of corruption, our leaders that have in a sense forgotten our people. >> reporter: millions of people are jobless, approximately. >> we have the different kind of apartheid. a class apartheid. who continues to benefit those under apartheid with a small layer of the black middle class grafted to those who have benefited historically,

john hall reports from vatican city >> reporter: some had waited all night.any had traveled great distances. and this was the moment the pilgrims had come to witness. [speaking latin" >> translator: we declare blessed john xxiii and john paul ii declared to be saints. to be. >> the two late popes were among the most important and modernizing church leaders of the 20th century. their dual canonization a historic first for the catholic church and in the presence of two living popes as well. >> so it's been a day of four popes really. three miracle said to have proven sanctify, two saints and one catholic church. >> it's widely thought that the act of double canonization will draw the church closer together. >> here, we have two popes that are part of the same history, john xxiii, convened the second vatican counsel and john paul ii continued the work. >> that's why the church is joined together by these two popes. this is why the catholics can feel united >> pope francis did not begin this process, but he certainly ensured it could go ahead by relaxing the rule

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. >>> it is sunday morning in vatican city. in less than two hours, the ceremony will begin to declare pope john paul 23 and pope john paul ii as saints. huge crowds are there. they want to be there for the mass with pope francis officiating. >> reporter: millions of pilgrims have gathered in rome to watch pope francis cannonnize the two popes. the excitement is building as the vestive atmosphere takes hold. security is high. more than 3,000 extra police officers are on due patrolling the crowds and looking for bombs. streets near the vatican are closed to traffic. many visitors are camping here overnight hoping to be among the first to enter saint peters square when it opens to the public hours before the ceremonies begin. >> we have ponchos and we also have umbrellas and we bought some food so we can stay here. we have blankets. >> others spent a night of prayer at a church near the vatican. david casano of brooklyn will be there for the ceremoniment he was a child when pope john 23 led the church. he met pope john paul ii in

d delia gallagher is outside of vatican city.ense of what it's like there now. >> christi and victor, i can tell you, it has been an amazing morning. as you said it's a first. we've seen pope francis do lots of firsts about ever but this is the first time we've had two saints. john paul ii already had a great following and it probably would have drawn a large crowd but put it together with john xxiii who was beloved by italians and well respected in the catholic church and you have what you see behind me, a huge crowd upwards of 1 million people who slept overnight out on the street with their sleeping bags to wait for the moment that we saw this morning, when pope francis officially declared john xxiii and john paul ii saints of the catholic church. >> beyond the canonization of the two popes, there's this moment where the two living popes are participating in this ceremony at the same time. how did pope ben digt, pope emeritus benedict look, his health, how is he? >> well, victor, he's 87 years old. he resigned last year for re

we'll take you live to vatican city. your "new day" starts now. >>> good morning, everyone.'m randi kaye in this morning for christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. happy easter. it is 6:00 on the east coast. it's been a while. >> it's been a while. >> it's good to have you with us. we'll start with what's happening in south korea, the situation for the distraught parents, they're waiting and praying near a harbor in south korea hoping their children will come back to them alive and safe. >> instead, body after body is being brought back to shore today. divers are bringing them back from a sunken ferry. the death toll has risen to 58 from wednesday's disaster. 244 people are still missing, many of them high school students who were on a field trip. >> the grief and frustration here turned into anger. parents tried to march in protest to seoul from jindo at the site of the search operation. you see here they were blocked by dozens of police. >> and again today divers are combing through the capsized vessel racing against time to find any survivors. nearly three dozen aircraft

al jazeera is live for us in the rain from vatican city. nick, stay dry. thanks so much. at 8:00 eastern time we take a deeper look at the canonization of john xxiii and john paul 2 ariel castro . >> officials arrested two more members. now the entire 15-man crew involved is in custody. the death toll climbed to 187 but divers had to stop the search today since bad weather made it difficult to comb through the wreckage. >>> the president toasted to the long-standing relations between the two countries. >> so i would like to propose a toast to the strength of our relationship, the power of our friendship, the peace and prosperity of our peoples, and the good health of their majesties, the king and queen. >> mike viqueira is traveling with the president and has more. >> reporter: the president woke up in seoul, south korea for the second day in the country addressing u.s. forces gathered being departing south korea and arriving later in the afternoon in malaysia, becoming the first american president since lyndon johnson some 50 years ago to visit that country. looming over

. >> our ben wedeman is there in vatican city as the canonization of two popes to saints continues. you're watching live pictures as pope francis continues to conduct over ceremonies there. ben saying that people from all over the world, really, not just poland, marathon runners we've been impressed by, but many others who are either physically there are watching this on television, more than a billion catholics around the world are watching all of this. we've also got our john allen, our senior vatican correspondent there as well. and i tried a couple times to get this question to you, john. let's try a third time. how hard is it to be pope? >> well, i will say it again. by any human logic, it's basically impossible. it's unfathomable a job. think about what popularly we expect popes to be. we expect them to be fortune 500 ceos, we expect them to be media rock stars, we expect them to be political heavyweights, we expect them to be intellectual giants, and we expect them to be living saints. and any one of which is difficult as a life's work. you roll them all up together, it's bas

well, al jazeera is there in the thick of it in vatican city. he joins us live now, and today is significant and historic, isn't it, jonah, in several ways. >> it certainly is activityic because two hope popes are being cannoneersed, and that has never happened before. pope francis presiding, but also attended by pope benedict xvi. this will be his most prominent public appearance since as we seek. the opening stages head of moments away, the canon indication ceremony itself. and in a short half hour or so pope francis will declare those two popes saints. on the altar they will be represented by relics of their lifetime. a vial of joh pope john paul iid of pope john xxiii. to talk more about it, i'm joined by the catholic news agency, andrea, thanks for joining us. give us a sense of pope francis' mission a year or so into his papacy. >> this is the first for pope francis. this is significant, that this is the first canonization of two predecessors. the two predecessors are very important. the first one gave righ rise toe second one. the seconds

al jazeera reports now from vatican city. >> reporter: some have waited all night. many have traveled great distances, and this was the moment the pilgrims had come to witness. >> translator: we declare john xxiii and john paul ii be saints and we enroll them to be venerated as such by the whole church. >> reporter: the two late popes were among the most important and modernizing church leaders of the 20th century. their canonization is a historic first for the catholic church and in the presence of two living popes as well. so it's been a day of four pope, really, three miracles said to have proven their sanctity, two saints and one catholic church. it's widely thought that the act of double-canonization will draw the church closer together. >> here we have two popes that are part of the same history, john xxiii conducted the second vatican council and john paul ii continued the work of john xxiii. that's why the church is joined together by this. this is why the catholics can feel united, because of the canonization of the two popes. >> pope francis did not begin

. >>> well, we want to show you a live look at vatican city where hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have gathered for retired pope benedict xvi of will assist pope francis during the canonization ceremonies. coming up head at 10:30 we'll have more on the historic event that is just hours away from taking place. >>> we're on stormwatch as another round of rain is make its way to the bay area. ahead of that wet weather that is moving in we captured these dark clouds moving across the oakland estuary earlier this evening. >> strong winds kept flags flut aring around the bay area. the wind was howling across much of the bay and whitecap on friday harbor bay. we want to check in with meteorologist mark tamayo. >> those clouds will continue to be on the increase and the organized rainfall and concentrated rainfall is to our north. that will drift into the area over the next few hours. on live stormtracker radar, this is the loop over the past 3-4 hours. as you can see a few sprinkles moving across parts of the bay area. main activity has been focused to the north, cape mendocino and all of thi

susan mcginnis is in vatican city. susan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.e is a traditional mass this morning in st. peter's square to celebrate the two new saints. pope francis is not here, but people are flocking here. still, it is nothing like day ago when hundreds of thousands of the faithful packed in here to witness the canonization of two popes on the same day. so now the catholic church has st. john xxiii and st. john ii. it's activity if time in the 20,000 years in catholic church history that two popes were canonized in the same day. afterward in the pouring rain hundreds lined up under umbrellas. they were waiting to be with the tombs of the two new saints. but marlie, today the sun is back out. the streets around st. peter's and the surrounding area have been cleaned up, and life here is getting back to normal. >> susan, certainly an unprecedented event. what is the church's next big event? >> reporter: well, the next big event is coming up in october. it's called the synod of bishops, a gathering of the bishops at the vatican. at that meeting t

good morning, from vatican city where it is just a day after a truly historic day here. you know, it has been 500 years since the last pope was proclaimed a saint. two popes in a single day, never before. and that alone could account for the huge crowds. but with these two men it was more than just that. [singing] >> reporter: roman catholics are celebrating two new saints, pope john xxiii and pope john paul ii were canonized today. a reigning and retired pope celebrated mass together for the first tphaoeupl 2,000 years. john roam 23 was pope from 1958- 1963. convened a second council that brought big changes such as allowing mass celebrated in languages other than latin. john paul ii led the church for a quarter of a century since 1978. acclaimed for toppling communism and invigorated a new generation of catholics, as pope francis praised the newest saints he urged bishops to use them as inspiration. >> reporter: nearly a million people were here, two popes on the single day. something that never happened before and unlikely to happen again. >> people were yelling and s

stick with fox throughout the weekend for continuing coverage of all the events in vatican city. tomorrow morning, join us for our special live coverage of the canonization ceremonies beginning at 4:00 a.m. eastern. >>> a powerful line of storms marching across the u.s. hundreds of homes severely damaged. we'll tell you what that happened. >>> and president obama feeling the foreign policy heat over his handling of the situations in ukraine and the middle east. >> let's face it, obama, whether deservedly or not, does have, say it crudely, a manhood problem in the middle east. is he tough enough to stand up to somebody like assad and putin. in the middle east, there's the assumption he's not tough. [ male announcer ] if you suffer from a dry mouth then you'll know how uncomfortable it can be. [ crickets chirping ] but did you know that the lack of saliva can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath? [ exhales deeply ] [ male announcer ] well there is biotene. specially formulated with moisturizers and lubricants, biotene can provide soothing relief and it helps keep your mouth heal

a live picture of vatican city right here. a one of a kind ceremony where two past popes enter into sainthood. pope john xxiii and john paul ii, both saints. today's ceremony is an unprecedented event. we have a live report. >>> warriors play game four of the playoff series with the los angeles clippers. l.a. leads two games to one but the clippers, as i mentioned, contending with a major distraction. an audio recording allegedly of the team's owner making racist remarking. the nabb is now investigating and kpix 55 don knapp has more on the fall. >> you don't have to. >> it was larry burke. >> the voices supposedly, viviano. after an instagram showed with basketball great magic johnson. >> people say i have black people on my instagram and it bothers you? >> it bothers me a lot. if you want to broadcast with black people. >> reporter: johnson said he fell for the african americans on sterling's team. >> we put a lot of money in his pocket, but at the same time, he doesn't want us in the arena or to come to the clipper games. >

i want to go back to pat who is joining us from vatican city.t we're talking about is kind of this perception of america around the world. i want to get your final thoughts on that. you've got the president in asia. you know, the canadians could take the keystone pipeline deal and do a deal with china. do you think that's coming up while the president is in asia? >> i don't know if it's coming up while he's in asia. the guess is. today we celebrated what moral leadership can do in the world, and unfortunately in our politics whether it's the republican leadership on benghazi or the president on foreign policy and benghazi, we have a moral desert when it comes to leadership in our political system. >> doug, we do not need to be moral world leaders. that's absurd. >> yes, we do. the greatest nation in the world. we stand for enduring values of liberty, freedom and tomorrow be holocaust remembrance day. there is a higher purpose. we stand for it, and unless we provide leadership, the whole world suffers. >> i think the three of us, we'll all americ

allen pizzey in vatican city.ou, allen. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" tech companies settle a lawsuit and one of the oldest women's magazines shuts down. jill morgan is at the new york stock exchange. good morning, jill. >> good morning, anne-marie. the u.s. economy appears to be on the brink of taking off. the commerce department said yesterday that the demand for core capital goods jumped 2% since march, its best showing since november. and companies like g.e. and honeywell say orders are strong and they may start hiring more. >>> tokyo's nikkei gained only a fraction. hong kong's hang seng lost 1.5%. here on the street solid earnings fell to impress investors. unless the dow is mixed, the dow is unchanged while the nasdaq added 21 points. >>> all those recalls wiped out gm's profits. they fell 86% in the first quarter. that's its worst financial results in four years. the auto giant spent $1.3 billion to cover all the recall expenses, but gm still beat the street. shares jumped 29 cents, far above wall street's e

susan mcginnis the vatican city.hank you so much. >>> you might remember the pope jon pall ii visited the bay area back in the 1980s. this is the service at the park back in 1987. tomorrow's canonization ceremony brings the experience full circle for a lot of people who waited hours to catch a look at him at one of several events here, kpix 5's anne makovec takes a look back. ♪ >> reporter: tens of thousands came to see pope john paul in 1987 and carmel mission children and the handy capped. >> the blessing to him is -- so important. almost can't handed ill. >> reporter: the popes responded to their chants john paul ii we love you. >> john paul ii he loves you. [ cheering and applause ] >> reporter: more than 70,000 packed a service at laguna stake raceway. under the weight the walkway collapsed. and at san francisco's mission delores, the pope blessed 62 people living with aids. >> he loves those of you who are sick. those who are suffering from aids. and from aids related complications. >> reporter: he embraced a l

these are live pictures from vatican city.ow many people are there. >> millions of people there. beyond the historical relevance, the pomp and circumstance, the spectacle is amazing. last hour, pope francis made his way through the crowds, greeting the faithful who gathered to witness pope john xxiii and pope john paul ii become saints. we'll have more on that in a moment. first we want to start with the controversy getting attention outside the nba, the root of it, but the athletes, fans and politicians including president obama. today during his visit to malaysia he spoke out about the firestorm in the u.s. this man, donald sterling, the long-time owner of the l.a. clippers, he's at the center of this. the team is a contender for the nba championship. sterling is not the focus because of that, but instead because of some remarks he's accused of making, some racial remarks. >> very slander ous racial remarks. sterling's alleged comments, they're part of a conversation with his girlfriend made public by tmz and

. >>> a historic day in vatican city where for the very first time in the entire history of the catholic church, two popes were elevated to sainthood in a joint canonization ceremony. thousands filled saint peter's square to witness the unprecedented event while millions watched from all over the world. pope francis led the ceremony for john paul ii and john xxiii. in fact, john ter bennett has reaction from newark, new jersey but first with nick schifrin live in vatican city. nick, what is the emotion there like? what is the reaction where you are? >> reporter: morgan, i think the people i talked to -- it's not just thousands. it's nearly a million people who witnessed this ceremony is three-fold. one, they are awed by the sense of history. they are sense by the -- awed by the sense, as you said, two popes becoming two saints in 2000 years. the church has never seen anything like that. they are also here to say thank you to two very popular popes, john paul, often known as "the great" here really reached out to a new generation, a younger generation of catholics, spreading the church ve

we are looking at a live picture of vatican city and we are live there with more. >>> first, the whiteot making many friends over thekestone pipeline delay. they are been sworn -- scorned after delaying the pipeline for five years and the jobs it could create. but pipeline critics are rallying for the rejection of the keystone pipeline. and they are protesting for that in washington, d.c. today. and molly henneberg is live in washington with both sides on this very controversial issue. >> president obama is pushing back the approval repeatedly. and there is a battle over the issue. one labor leader, the head of the labor's international union of north america said they have supported president obama twice in presidential elections and now he is chastising the president for needless delays in approving the pipeline and the jobs it would create. o'sullivan wrote in the washington post, by the time the keystone is built, we will not give up. we will spend as many time studying as it took to build the transcontinental railroad 150 years ago. we are in even more trouble than the keystone de

abc's terry moran has the story from vatican city. >> referee: what a. >> reporter: what a scene.ching out from st. peter's basilica, pilgrims old and young, hundreds of bishops and cardinals, some unable to resist the temptation to take their own snapshots and this extraordinary sight. pope benedict xvi in a rare appearance out of retirement cheered warmly and greeted by his successor, pope francis, like two old friends. and this was the moment all had come for. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> a simple ancient latin prayer, and immense and reverent silence in the crowd. the two popes had become two saints. st. john xxiii, an italian farmer boy who opened the church to the modern world, john paul ii. the pol who galvanized the faithful. cardinal timothy dolan of new york remembers praying with john paul. >> this is a man in such deep and profound prayer, you could hear him groan, you could hear him sigh and you could hear him cry. i thought i was seeing a saint. >> it's almost impossible to sum up what this day means to the catholic faithful, but i spoke with several pilgrims w

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we leave you tonight with pictures of the vatican city as thousands gather in saint peter's square.n a few hours, two popes become sain saints. a historic moment for the roman catholic church. good night. >> gun violence spreads throughout chicago over easter. the reverend jesse jackson joins us. the fbi accused of using the no-fly list to force muslims to spy on their communities. and railing for other nations. and the fda tries to regulate e-cigarettes but is the government doing enough. welcome to "consider this." here more on what is ahead.

abc's terry moran has the story from vatican city.ood morning to you, terry. >> reporter: good morning, bianna, the day of four popes they're calling it. what a morning it's been. pope francis, now, just having gone past us in his popemobile. after presiding with pope benedict, as you mentioned, over this remarkable moment. what does it mean? it's been summed up by several people i've talked to say these two new saints men to them they have two new friends in heaven. a gray dawn broke over vatican city this morning, thousands streamed into st. peter's square and all down the long avenues, as far as the eye could see, a sea of pilgrims. breathtaking panoramas. bishop and cardinals couldn't resist snapping a few photos. before the ceremony. then, pope benedict the xvi emerged in a rare public appearance since his resignation last year. and pope francis greeted him minutes later on this day of four popes. last night, the streets of rome became a vast campground. pilgrims sleeping on the cobblestones and sidewalks and thousands more arriv

. >> history is about to be made in vatican city.nday's unprecedented canonization of two beloved popes. for more than 1 billion catholics worldwide, the event is both holy and historic. but, as with anything impacting religion, this path to sainthood is somewhat controversial for some people. pope john paul ii who reigned from 1978 to 2005 and at his funeral, chanted sainthood. he is remembered for his huge role in ending communism and expanding the public role of hope traveling to 140 countries. also being elevated to sainthood. he sat in st. peters chair from 1958 to 1963. he's the pontiff who called the second vatican council that modernized the catholic church. right now, crowds are already gathering in vatican city. the current pontiff, pope francis says he hopes the two pope saints will continue to inspire the church mission. he will lead the historic mass. pope benedict, also expected to attend. 750 bishops, cardinals and priests will take part in the ceremonies, 1 million catholics are expected to be in rome in vatican city

tonight's headlines, take a live look at saint peters square in vatican city where hundred of thousand are expected to witness the tear moceremony making two saints. los angeles clippers owner donald sterling investigated by the nba for possibly making racist statements. an audio recording surfaced of a man purported to be sterling telling his girlfriend not to bring black people to games. sterling has agreed not to attend tomorrow's playoff game between the clippers and warriors in oakland. >> ape mother is accused of stabbing her infant son to death. if the happened near liver more. east bay regional park. detectives believe the 24-year-old woman suffers from depression. the 16-year-old boy charged with the murder of a schoolmate will not be present monday at his arraignment. he will be undergoing psychological evaluation. new video today of the victim. 16-year-old marin sanchez. smiling inside a pizza parlor thursday. friday sunny was stabbed to death inside her high school. 12 hours before the junior prom she helped plan. police believe the suspect targeted sanchez after she def cl

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. >> now to a live look at crowds in vatican city and the excitement is building. tomorrow pope francis is declaring saint hootd for two. nick, what is the scene there tonight? >> well, i think it is more than lining up, the crowds are massive. take a look behind me and we are going the zoom in. 20 or 30,000 people who are lined up just about 500 feet from st. peter's square. it is after 2:00 in the morning and not allowed in for four or five more hours and the ceremony begins at 9:00 in the morning. two popes are being cannonized together and two living popes, pope frpran sis and pope benedi will be here. it is the first time that the events happened in 2,000 years and the excitement is positive. there is a sense from the church and the crowds that there are a positive momentum about the events and there are critics here, there is real criticism how quickly that the two popes are becoming saintses and the criticism from the u.s. at the fastest cannonization in the church's history. >> live in rome on the eef of a very big day tomorrow. thank you. >> we are taking

vatican city getting ready to host millions of believers. and back lash from big labor over the key stone poip lean. the democratic supporter accused the president of putting politics ahead of jobs. also controversy in the nba. tonight a time owner under investigation by the league. we begin with president obama on the ground in asia for part- three of his trip and the timing is interesting. china is getting more aggressive with the countries around it. the president'si tininary is on a white house trip for the region. after landing earlier today, president obama met with the malaysian royal family and attended a itate dinner with more than 600 guests. overshadowing his trip is the crisis in ukraine. they are traveling with the president as always and in lampur. that is the city that the world is focused on because of the missing airliner. >> reporter: you are right, harris, tragic situation and the way officials put it. there is nothing official on the president's schedule in terms of the meeting and the status of that investigation. and th

we have more from vatican city belles belles. >> reporter: two popes honoured to state hood. in st peter's square and around the world the faithful will bear witness in their billions. among them will be this woman, a woman whose recovering from a fatal brain aneurysm eight years ago is considered one of two miracles qualifying pope john paul ii to sainthood. >> i heard a voice say "get up, don't be afraid", my eyes were fixed on a picture of john paul ii, his hand were raised. it indicated for me to get up. i got up saying "yes, sir", that was my response. >> it happened in costa rica as she watched the late pope's beautification. her family were waiting for her to die. >> reporter: john paul ii was responsible for two miracles john xxii just one. to pilgrims, both lay popes are men of great holliness. the legacy of the john paul ii causes some to question. giovanni is a former catholic priest asked to give evidence to the priest investigating the possibility of john paul ii's connonisation. they did not ask him back. >> translation: in the past i expressed my view that the

. ♪ >>> history in the making as millions of pilgrims gather in vatican city to witness a first.wo very popular popes who will be elevated to saint hood at the same time. both are considered to have changed the churnl church the most. amy? >> reporter: this is kind of a classic pope francis feel good move, recognizing two men simultaneously. now, he is making list again and also bending the rules in this way he likes to do. he's fast tracking one of the two, john paul ii and he is allowing one to be a miracle short of what is normally required, but it is pretty widely recognized here and around the vatican that both men made more than their fair share to make a huge difference in the lives of so many people. now, on st. peter's square, people are getting ready for the big event tomorrow. it's safe to say there will be a lot of camping out there tonight and it's sad to say it may rain quite a bit tonight or tomorrow here in rome, but our fingers are crossed. john paul ii, the globe trotting polish pope who connected with so many young people and credited with helping bring down co

in vatican city. pope francis celebrated it before an overflowing crowd in saint peter's square. more than 150-thousand turned out to celebrate mass. the pope made an easter plea for peace and dialogue in ukraine and syria. and for an end to attacks against christians in parts of nigeria. coming up on kron 4 news at 11. feeding the meters on sunday may soon become a thing of the past. when and where this is set to take place! plus. bitter rivals take to the ice. we bring you the kings versus sharks playoffs showdown and who came out on top!. and up next. not everyone is in love with oscar mayer's hot dogs. more details of the recall issued. coming up! kraft is recalling 96-thousand pounds of hot dogs over incorrect labels. federal officials say the oscar mayer classic weiners packages at the center of the recall may contain cheese dogs. but the labels do not include milk as an ingredient. kraft says it's voluntarily recalling the hot dogs "because they may be mislabled." the 16-ounce packages were produced in march and distributed throughout the u.s. coming up. a year after the d

new saints are pontiffs, john ii and john paul ii were canonized during the historic event in vatican city of. >> reporter: roeman catholics celebrating their two saints. they were wes towed the highest hop nor at the vatican on sunday. it's the first time in the church's 2,000 year history that two popes were declared saints at the same time. the two popes led very different legacies. john is a hero to liberal catholics for bringing the church into the modern era by convening the second vatican council into his vatican reign. john paul invigorated young people while keeping with core values on abortion. blessed relics from each of the pontiff, a vile of blood from pope john paul in the brief but solemn ceremony. >> it's a very different scene in st. peters square this morning. yesterday, nearly a pilgrim cowl attend sunday mass. >> we were sitting in the center of the square, we loved it. >> many went inside toughie view the new tomb after the basie da. >> you can explain what makes you come here and it will be part of this crowd. >> a feeling he and millions of others will likely never f

. >> thank you nick schifrin live from vatican city. we'll look at the connonisation and what it means, later in the hour. >>> leaders in the u.s. and malaysia meat as president obama conditions a week-long tour of asia. the first visit by an american president since l.b.j. visited. president obama discussed the missing malaysian airliner, among other issues including human rights. we go live to kuala lumpur. good morning to you. why has it been so long since a u.s. president has been to malaysia. >> it's an excellent question. u.s.-malaysia relations were not near the top of the agenda. one of the more interesting, ironic parts of the visit is it was supposed to be shorter, by six months. president obama put off a visit to malaysia because of the government shutdown. he had to survey home and wrangle with republicans. why is the white house trying to emphasise the relationship. the pivot or rebalance to asia, malaysia, the president pushing the trade pack, the trans-pacific partnership. malaysia is in on those relations. significantly,

. >>> new this morning, an historic moment in vatican city as john xxiii and john paul ii are declared saints. it's the first canonization of two popes at the same time. with an estimated 1 million people expected to witness that historic canonization, people from all over the world started cramming into st. peter's square well before sunrise. many of those folks even camped outs the night before along the streets leading to the square. hundreds of thousands of people watched pope francis recite in latin, we declare and define john xxiii and john paul ii be saints, decreeing they are to be venerated as such by the whole church. >> we wanted to bring all our children, all our family to say, you know, thank you. thank you to these two popes who gave us so much. and to be all united with the church, here for us. it's really the church. >> despite his promise to stay hidden from the world following his resignation last year, pope benedict joined pope francis at today's ceremony, furthering poem francis' vision of a united catholic church. >> coming up, paying more. the b.a.r.t. expansion p

right now, crowds are already gathering in vatican city. the current pontiff, pope francis says he hopes the two pope saints will continue to inspire the church mission. he will lead the historic mass. pope benedict, also expected to attend. 750 bishops, cardinals and priests will take part in the ceremonies, 1 million catholics are expected to be in rome in vatican city for the event. 18 giant screens will be set up around rome to accommodate to overflow. msnbc's live coverage starts at 4:00 a.m. eastern live on sunday and you can follow it on twitter. joining us at the head of the table, ahead of this historic event is greg tobin author of "the good pope, the making of a saint and the remaking of the church." help us, please, make the case for both of these men becoming saints. >> for both of these men, as was said in the lead-in, there really is an acknowledgeable historically, theologically and popularly that both of these men lived lives of sanctity or holiness. the fact that they served as popes and were so publicly visible for so man

. >> now back to the vatican city. live pictures of the pope, pope francis leading easter mass in st. peter's square. >> easter sunday is when worshippers mark what they say was jesus christ's resurrection. >> united nations peace envoy to the middle east accused israeli police of preventing him reaching an extra ritual. in statement, the delay was called unacceptable. parties were demanded to respect the rite of religious -- right of religious freedoms. >> thousands of christians converged for ritual. the flame appears from jesus's tomb inside the ancient church. many palestine christians have been blocked from taking part. >> christian pilgrims marking easter. among the pilgrims were christian palestinians, a group dwindling in size, but increasingly obsessed. a group of christians from jerusalem, of various denominations filed a complaint with the israeli high court. they demanded better treatment from the israeli police and access to the holy site. >> they claimed to observe and peeping the only democracy in the mi

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a day for the history books at vatican city as pope francis dechaired them saints, history because for the first time a reigning pope, francis, and retired pope, benedict, celebrated mass together. an estimated 800,000 people gathered in st. peter's square to watch the ceremony. they were joined by the king and queen of spain and presidents and ministers from over 90 countries. it is a day with special meaning. >> pope john paul, always been my hero. i'm overwhelmed. there's no words. >> i'm here. i'm actually here. something that millions of people will only get to see on tv, luke my mom will be one of those people, and to say i was here, i can't explain it. it will be beautiful to share back home. >> by elevating the two popes at the same time francis is walking a careful line in a divided church. john xxiii, the pope of 50 years ago, liberal who threw out the latin mass, john paul ii considered a theological conservative. >> francis is saying i'm tired of these intramural divisions in the church. i don't like arguing so he says i'm going to build a bridge and bring them together and

around the world today in anticipation of sunday's unpress depend canonization of two popes inch vatican city, where it's sunday morning, people have been pushed out of st. peter's square so it can be cleaned for the event. in poll land, people are arriving to places linked to pope john paul ii who was priest and bishop in the stiff -- city before being called to rome. >> the two popes who changed the church the most. something that is timeless being brought to life before our very eyes. >>> retired pope benedict xvi will be on hand to help. benedict resigned from the papacy a year ago. and this is a live look at the vatican. st. peter's square, going on right now in rome. you can see a lot of people are out there waiting for this big event to happen. >>> next, getting down and dirty for earth day. plus, a small step that is leading to a big change. the local event helping more than a billion babies born in california every year. >>> heading live outside, big changes ahead in the forecast, meteorologist frances dinglasan is tracking some wet weather and summer >>> volunteers pitched in and go

. >> let's take you to the vatican city where pope francis is leading easter mass. let's have a little listen. . >> it's a windy day at the vatican in st peter's square. the 77-year-old pope will hold the mass after a few hours rest. saturday night he held a vigil for some 10,000 people. later he'll deliver a twice yearly message. at the city of rome and the world. today is easter, when christians around the world believe jesus rose from the dead. >> well the united nations peace envoy to the middle east accused israeli police of preventing him from reaching an easter ritual there. the delay was unacceptable and demanded parties expected the right of religious freedom. >> this man was stopped at barricades as thousands conventioned for the ritual. worshippers say the flame appears from jesus's tomb to show he's not forgotten his followers. the palestine christians have been blocked from taking part. we have this report. >> christian pilgrims marking easter in the holy city. the calendars aligned, adding to the crowds. among the pilgrims were christian palestinians,

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candidate tamashenko were among those who visited the site >> the faithful are descending upon vatican city this weekend. they are there for the canonization of pope john paul ii and john xxiii. the more than a million visitors are in rome. many have made their way to the vatican. nick schifrin joins us live from rome. nick, what's the vibe there like right now? it seems pretty festive. >> morgan, you are absolutely right. it is very festive. the people behind me are here to celebrate. you go through this square. you ask many of them. they are all here, mostly for one man, john paul ii. he died only nine years ago. i use that term "only" because nine years for the church is like the blink of an eye. but the church says that, yes, he satisfied all of the requirements for becoming a saint. and those include having a life and writings of heroic virtue being a role model and performing two miracles. >>> flora doesn't only believe he is a saint. she helped make him one in her coast a rickan sideline, she creates a shrine to the imagine she says saved her life. in 2001, her doctors said she had a

the highest honor for two popes witnessed by hundreds of thousands today in vatican city. >>> protecting kids from third-hand smoke. the new push in california day cares. >>> a breezy cool evening right now. tomorrow temperatures soaring in the 70s and those will seem cool compared to where the seven-day forecast is headed next. we will have a look at that when we come back. >>> got a story for nbc bay area area's investigative yubt unit, call the tip line at 888-996-tips or e-mail us at nbc bay area.com. . >>> two small planes collided. you are i looking at live pictures of the search effort for one of those planes. we're told the other plane landed near sacramento, we believe. this plane they are looking for is the one in the water. you can see the coast guard cutter is out there right now. also today, it happens to be the opening day on the bay. so there might be a lot of sailboats and others out there that might be able to assist in the search for the plane that's down. we have no word of how many people were in the plane, just that it was a small plane. two small planes collided a m

vatican. many are watching on big-screen tvs around the city. o where we are now in the mass and what's about to happen. >> well, it will be the proclamation of greek and latin which just ended. and now he's blessing the people with the gospel book. so this is now just an advance of his homily. ♪ >> again, you're watching live coverage, the canonization ceremonies for john paul ii and pope john xxiii. live coverage from the vatican. pope francis about to deliver his homily to the crowd of faithful. a light rain was falling over rome just shortly before this ceremony began. but the clouds have parted and here now -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> at the heart of this sunday which concludes the arcade of easter in which john paul ii wished to dedicate the mercy of the glorious wounds of the risen jesus. he had already shown these wounds but he first appeared to the apostles on the very evening of that day following the sabbath, the day of the resurrection. pope thomas, as we heard, was not there that evening and when the others told him that they

i was in vatican city for a little saint-making festival called popechella (laughter) just like coachella, it had a party atmosphere and a lack of contraception. (laughter) every one was there to celebrate one thing, two things. (laughter) >> jim? >> some called it the day of four popes, pope francis and his predecessor benedict xvi at the ceremony this morning were two giants of the church, john paul ii and john xxiii were declared saints. >> it is an event that may well never happen again. in effect four popes in the same place at the same time. >> stephen: that's right there were so many popes you could not swing a dead pope without hitting one. now know surprise these guys were saint. john xxiii's modernized the church, second vatican council and john paul ii fought against communism but more importantly was an honorary harlem globetrotter. (applause) >> and i believe-- i believe-- i believe that they're undefeated record is the real miracle. (laughter) >> and folks, when you are be there, it is hard to explain, but it felt as if these departed popes were in st. peter's square with yo