people here, but there were thousands hereby in st. peter s square to see the pope for the first time from the papal apartment. the window of the papal apartment up there, and he really didn t disappoint. once again showing that relaxed style that we have seen in the last two days. beginning by saying bon journo and then good morning, and then it s nice to be here to say hi to you all. even when he was talking, joking again, the theme of his sermon was about forgiveness, and he talked about cardinal a book he was reading by one cardinal, and then he looked up and said to the people, he says, you know, i m not making a commercial for this book, just so you know. people laughed. that was another example of how he is very simply talking directly even to those of people here in the square. let me give you another example. look at this. this morning before he appeared at the window, before mass, he saw a group of a few hundred people and went over because he saw a couple of prie
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reporter: but the former vice presidential nominee has been out of political office since 2009. bringing into question palin s sway with the party and the conservative movement. among those trying to fill the leadership void, tea party favorite senator ted cruz who headlined the event this evening. do we surrender? or do we stand up now? reporter: it was a three-day conference marked by the discordant voices of potential 2016 contenders. the face of the republican party needs to be the face of every american, and we need to be the party of inclusion and acceptance. we don t need a new idea. there is an idea. the idea is called america. and it still works. the new gop will need to embrace liberty in both the economic and the personal sphere. reporter: party insiders warn republicans need to find a clear direction and learn the lessons of last year s stinging presidential defeat. it s up to us to make sure that we learn from our mistakes and my mistakes. there
cumberland county in southern pennsylvania. the women s lacrosse team from seton hill university was on the bus when it veered off the road. at least two people were killed. now we know their names. let s go to susan candiotti working from new york. what have you learned? this is an awful accident. there were 23 people on the bus carrying the women s lacrosse team. the head coach, a 30-year-old mother-to-be was killed. christina quigley was 6 months pregnant and air lifted to a hospital. neither the coach nor her unborn baby survived. neither did the bus driver, 61-year-old anthony guetta died at the scene. everyone else was taken to the hospital for treatment. the team s charter bus was headed east on the pennsylvania turnpike this morning on oh the way from seton hill in greensburg, pennsylvania, east of pittsburgh across the state to a game in millersville. the driver veered off the road,
the cell phone. she said she had never seen this picture before, just now in the courtroom, and she broke down on the stand. she started crying. we have to remember, this is a 16-year-old girl and the co-defendants are also juveniles in the case. it is an extraordinarily emotional for everyone. poppy harlow, thank you very much. very emotional story there. a tour bus carrying a university sports team crashed today and there are fatalities. this is cumberland county in southern pennsylvania. the women s lacrosse team was on the bus when it veered off the road. at least two people were killed and this evening we learn their names. our national correspondent susan candiotti is following the story from new york. a sad day for the small college near pittsburgh. just awful, don. there were 23 people aboard the bus and carrying seton hill s women s lacrosse team. the team s head coach, 30-year-old christina quigley was six months pregnant with her second child and airlifted to a