book, called slim for life. starting point begins right now. welcome, howard kurtz of cnn s reliable sources, and newsweek s daily beast. and lauren ashburn of the daily download and author of the secrets of happy families. and bruce feller. we saw black smoke rising above the chapel at sistine chapel. 115inal electors. two unsuccessful votes. cardinals will return in 3 1/2 hours for the afternoon vote. 12:30 eastern is the next time we could see a smoke signal. if they fail to choose a pontiff, voting concludes at 2:00 p.m. for the day. let s go to chris cuomo in rome. reporter: how are you?