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scheduled for tuesday the earliest on this arrest and what comes next, just ahead, and in the meantime, there are two major passing to note on this finally in 2022, the pope benedict the 16th, the first pope coming to resign and nearly 600 years, has died at the age of 95 and tv journalism pioneer barbara walters has died to date 93 and a look back at both of their legacies, coming up the first time, the rest of the idaho murder suspect, moreno final standing by with her expert analysis met for an has more the suspect is background, but we begin with dan springer, live in washington, here were the suspect was attending grad school comedy on. yes john, i learned today from a pulley source, that the police investigators really just locked in on their suspect within the last few days in a dna, more specifically, genetic genealogy, whiskey played a key role in pointing them to their suspect in a s.w.a.t. team arrested and 28 -year-old ryan kohlberg, early on friday morning and
the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bells tolling this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome. you can hear the bells ringing in st peter s square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict s body will lie in state from monday in st peter s basilica, and that pope francis will lead the funeral on january 5th. here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first pope to do so in 600 years. joseph ratzinger was born in southe
german chancellor lived in the shadows of hitler s regime, referred as god s rottweiler. years caused him to go unnoticed. he was the first pope to go green, making the vatican the first country in the world with zero carbon footprint. putting solar panels on its rooftops and bringing in electric mobiles including a popemobile. he was the pope when sex scandals came to light and he spearheaded towards a zero tolerance policy. it was too little too late for some but cardinal ratzinger who ordered the response to the scandal including a special downstairs handle cases extending and in some cases eliminating the statute of limitations for victims and as pope apologizing. i am deeply sorry for the pain and suffering the victims have endured. and i assure them as their pastor i do share in their suffering. reporter: one of his first acts after being elected pope was to condemn a popular church figure for sex abuse. something that had not happened sooner because of masseyal s w