there are many around the world and several are here in rome trying to spend another day to elect a pope. they are secluded right now. sworn to secrecy. the only means of communication, the colors from the smoke from the ballots they burn. a black or a white answer. so, today, the first ballots burned and the answer went up in smoke, black smoke, no decision. chances are though, the field has been narrowed. chances are a handful of men went to bed last night thinking it could be me or it might actually be me. a mind-blowing day to end the day that was historic and fascinating right from the start. >> reporter: into st. peter's it came. the men who will soon to be cardinals and the man who will soon to be pope and the one who will choose him. side by side, step by step, some vital, some feeble toward a mass not seen in eight years since