Right now, time for the ridiculist. That does it for us. Join us for the bullying tonight, tick, tick, tick, the sound of a fiscal time bomb or just dysfunctional washington misbehaving as usual. How much more money do we want to steal from the American People to fund the government. Ill ask jack welsch if washington is cutting fat or cutting to the bone. A confessed killer breaks down on the stand. Were you crying when you were shooting him . Were you crying when you were stabbing him . Ill talk to a man who says jodi arias killed him on the night of the killing. Also, the pope stands down. Good night. Thank you, all. Ill go oneonone to made the short list. He doesnt even believe in god. Penn jillette. This is piers morgan tonight. Good evening. Youre looking live at the white house where somewhere, somebody has got to be wondering how on earth did it ever come to this . 85 billion in spending cuts, and just about nobody in america wants, and nobody, not the president , not congress,
Rome. I want to say happy birthday to teddy and joseph, your 6yearold twins. Its a big day back home. Thanks for that. A big day in the berman household. That is it for early start. Starting buoyapoint with so obrian starts right now. Welcome, everybody. Our starting point this morning, the popes final day as head of the Catholic Church. In just about seven hours the office of the pope will be empty when benedict xvi is officially in retirement. This morning he blessed the cardinals who will pick his successor. Translator may he bless all of you in the name of the father and the son and the holy spirit. Were live in rome this morning with the historic moment and what it means for the church. Well be talking with monsignor Rick Hilgartner of the u. S. Conference of catholic bishops. Senior Simone Campbell will join us and father edward beck is our guest. And time is running out. Two proposals meant to avoid drastic spending cuts but theyre both expected to fail, so can we avoid tomorrow
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Tri fujs. They will use new material. This is just days after talks with officials from iran and six world powers. He says scientists will decommission machines still in use and replace them with advanced centrifuges. He did not go into specifics, but analysts with the Atomic Energy organization say theyre more efficient. They started installing 180 machines at a facility in the central city of natonz. They offered last week to ease economic sanctions if the iranians agreed to suspend enrichment of the uranium to 20 impurity. Iranians say theyre refining uranium for peaceful purposes. A bomb attack in karachi, pakistan. The bomb killed at least 40 people and wounded at least 135. Workers are trying to find others who may have been trapped under the debris. The car bombing destroyed nearby buildings and houses. No one has claimed responsibility. But Police Suspect sunni muslim militants. The bomb went off in a shiite muslim neighborhood. The Minority Group has been the target of sec tar
Meeting one by one with the cardinals who will choose his successor and he might be facetoface with the next pope in just a few minutes on this last day on the throne of st. Peter. Good morning. Welcome to this special edition of early start. Im john berman. And im zoraida sambolin. Wed like to welcome our viewers from around the world on cnn international. Its the top of the hour, thursday, february 28th. We are witnessing history in the making. No one alive has ever seen a sitting pope step down. It is all unfolding right now and by 2 00 p. M. Eastern, Pope Benedict xvi becomes pope emeritus. But there is still a lot to do before then. The meeting at this hour with the cardinals who will ultimately choose his replacement. Over 100 of them plan to be on hand. The pontiff will spended i ed a or two with each of them. And then Cardinal Sodano will speak. The departure of this pope after what really has been a turbulent eightyear reign leaves the Catholic Church in unchartered waters rig