Coming up we revisit the 20 of americans who say they have no religious affiliation. And kim lawton reports on the ongoing standoff between the vatican and american nuns. Welcome, im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. At the vatican, the college of cardinals is making preparations for the selection of the next pope now that benedict xvi has officially stepped down, the first pope to do so in over 600 years. On thursday, his final day, benedict met with the cardinals already gathered in rome and promised unconditional reverence and obedience to his successor. He then took a helicopter to the papal villa, castel gandolfo, where he will stay until moving to a vatican monastery for what hes said will be a life of prayer outside of public view. During his last papal audience on wednesday, benedict spoke of the joy of leading the church, as well as the many difficulties he faced a pope. I will continue to accompany the church with my prayers and i ask each of you to pray for me and
That was coke black. Didnt really like it very much. Theres one way to consume coffee that i havent tried and never will. This, like most cautionary tales, comes from a couple on the tlc show my strange addiction. Im addicted to coffee enemas. For the past two years, trina hasnt been able to function without her daily coffee enemas. A procedure where liquid is injected into the colon to clean out the lower intestine. My initial reaction was, my god, thats disgusting. But i tried it. And now im addicted to coffee enemas. So thats two coffees to go, then. Ill say it again. Some people are way too into coffee. And some coffee is way too into people. It was high time for a new way to start the day on the ridiculist. Happening right now, a brutal blizzard pounding towns and cities from the Southern Plains north to illinois. And developing overnight, a hot air balloon packed with tourists takes a deadly plunge overseas. And snubbed by his own party. Chris christie gets the cold shoulder, lef
Texas has called in the National Guard to rescue people stranded on the roads. In neighboring oklahoma, families trapped in their cars. Like bill thompson, his wife, daughter and two granddaughters, stranded on highway 83. They called for help. I dont know how many days or hours were going to be here. Because they cant get to us. Reporter they were trapped for three and a half anxious hours. If you find yourself stuck in a car in a blizzard, remember, keep your seat belt on. Other drivers might slide into you if youre stuck. Crack the back window slightly. Oftentimes the tail pipe gets covered by snow, which can cause deadly Carbon Monoxide fumes to get in the vehicle. Run the engine for 10 to 15 minutes every hour. Back in kansas, which has barely recovered from last weeks epic snow, is now getting it again. Weve had a nice winter so far. And now, boy, in the last two weeks here its like, geez. Reporter tonight, the storm brings up to a foot just south of kansas city. Then, six inches
Secretary of the navy in new york news. Mr. Secretary, its great to have you with me. Lets start off, first off, by explaining theres been criticism by the right about the president s pr campaign to go around and talk about what these cuts really mean, the demonstration of it all. And listen to how john boehner has listened to the president on the road. The president has been traveling all over the country and today, going down to newport news in order to use our military men and women as a problem in yet another Campaign Rally to support his tax hikes. Mr. Secretary, how do you respond to that . Do you think the president is using our nations military as a prop . Well, the military leadership of this nation, both in uniform and civilian, is going to capitol hill for the last year and explaining how bad sequestration would be, what a bad idea this would be, how it would impact military readiness and how it would impact the ability of the navy, marine corps, and the other parts of the m
Good tuesday morning, everyone. Lets get right to that breaking news out of egypt. At least 19 Foreign Tourists killed in a tragic hot air balloon crash. It happened just hours ago, in the ancient city of luxor. Officials say there was an explosion and a fire, 1,000 feet in the air, just before that balloon plunged from the sky and slammed into a sugar cane field. Vacationers from europe, japan and hong kong are among the victims. No word if any americans were onboard. The balloon pilot and two passengers reportedly survived the crash. Well have much more on the story at abcnews. Com. Another major story were watching all night, is the blizzard roaring through the middle of the country into the midwest. The storm fanned several fires across texas last night, as a major rainmaker moves across the east coast. The white you see in the nations midsection is whats left of the big blizzard. Tahman bradley details its numbers. Reporter a ferocious blizzard buried the texas and oklahoma panhan