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all right welcome back to cnn, ladies and gentlemen. we are seeing smoke coming out of the chimney from the sistine chapel right now. it is black smoke. it certainly does appear to be black smoke, folks. which means there is no pope. let s go right now to chris cuomo, leading our coverage, live this morning in rome. all right we re all seeing what you re seeing here. a little bit on the early side, smoke does look dark. we understand that it is supposed to mean no pope. they ll come out with a little bit more definitive word. hopefully we ll get a little bit sense of it. it looks dark. it s part of the pageantry of all of this is deciphering the signal. up against the dark white sky the smoke certainly seems dark. the reaction a little muted from the people in st. peter s square. another indication that there s some type of informal consensus. but you know, when you look at the smoke, it s not as dark as it was last night.
chong. you know, the 24-hour coverage of the selection process for the new pope. a lot of papal trivia. for example, did you know, and i ll bet you did, no pope has ever in the history of the catholic church, no pope has ever been elected without carrying ohio. well, the papal conclave has begun. they put up the chimney. and as you know, if there s white smoke, it means there s a new pope. if there s black smoke, that means there hasn t been a decision yet. if there s gray smoke, it just means, you know, they re burning evidence. but it s exciting! it s exciting to watch, yes. actually, they re doing things a little different this year. for example, for the first time ever, the winner will be announced by michelle obama. she s everywhere! i think she s doing too much. she really is. early start continues right now.
are monitoring the chimney atop the sistine chapel very closely, because 115 cardinal electors are voting right now for a new pope. we could see white smoke at any moment if a new holy father has been chosen. otherwise, we re going to have to wait a bit. we ll see white or black smoke around 7:00 a.m. eastern time. that will mark the end of the morning voting session. if a pope has not been elected by then, the cardinals return for afternoon voting at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. we want to get right to chris cuomo, who is anchoring our coverage live from rome. and chris, we really are entering a critical few minutes in the pope watch. reporter: yeah, this is a big moment. i think it s a big reason why you see a pretty sizable crowd at st. peter s square right now. they have umbrellas. it s not a pleasant day here, but if there is smoke right now, and the cardinals should be finishing their first vote. it takes about an hour or so for them to go through the voting process. that would mea
coverage of conclave day two, the selection of a new pope. and right now, everyone affixed on the copper chimney atop the sistine chapel with cardinals voting again right now. yesterday, we saw black smoke, signaling they had failed in their first attempt to produce the next spiritual leader of the roman catholic church. just 30 minutes ago, the cardinals re-entered the sistine chapel to vote again. and 30 minutes from now, at 5:30 eastern, we could see white smoke if a new holy father has been chosen. if not, we will again see black smoke or white smoke at 7:00 a.m. eastern, marking the end of the morning voting session. and if necessary, the cardinals will return for afternoon voting. that is beginning at 11:00 a.m. eastern. we are truly on papal watch. let s get you out to rome. cnn s chris cuomo anchoring our coverage on this historic morning for the world s 1.2 billion catholics. and today s really the first full day that we will see. reporter: this is a very important day. good