2,000 years. Vice President Biden will lead the u. S. Delegation to the vatican for the formal ceremony making the popes installation. Pope francis is the first pope from the americas. Hes the first to take his papal name from st. Francis. The friar who more than 800 years ago took a vow of poverty and devoted his life to helping the poor and the sick. In fact, pope francis is known as a humble man of simple habits. The ap says he often rode the public bus to work, cooked his own meals, and often visited poor neighborhoods. Francis is also the first pope to come from the jets with order, an order with a long tradition in work and civil rights in this country. This new pope has a unique ability to focus the worlds attention on the sick and the poor. The wrongs we inflict on each other and the rights we hold as human beings. Let us pray for his success. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. Hope for the pope. Lets play hardball. Good evening. Im Chris Matthews i
Taken seriously, just in case, for everybodys safety. In this climate you have to react this way. My personal thought when i heard about it, i thought somebody didnt want to take a test on thursday. I mean, thats the thing that kids do nowadays, they look for an excuse to get out of going to school. Reporter in total east bay police are on alert at three schools, at kimball high after graffiti was found in a girls bathroom and officials evacuated tracy high yesterday after two menacing notes were found in the boys bathroom. The fremont district put thornton on lockdown yesterday because of a bomb threat. Officials want to know who wrote the note. Parents say they would keep students home from school today, others said they would send them. Coming up were going to tell you about another incident at the school a week prior to the most recent one, and that is what has a lot of parents on edge. Were getting word of another Carnival Cruise ship in trouble, docked in phillipsberg on st. Mart
Two people rescued a young 6yearold boy from a raging river in south dakota and then disappeared in a massive sea of whipped foam whipped by unrelenting currents. Abcs rob nelson has been following developments all night long. Good morning to you. It really was the ultimate bravery on display. Two Good Samaritans jumping in to save a young boys life but the real drama was only just beginning. As the ice melts on the big sioux river, the water is filled with chemicals, churning with ice particles creating a thick foam making for dangerous circumstances. A 6yearold boy who was peering into the river slipped and fell into the frothy water thursday evening. Two onlookers jumped in to save the boy from the foam engulfing him. The two men were able to grab the boy but his two heroes are nowhere to be seen. Three of us had him and he had the kid with him, but just slipped. Just slipped. Crews are now desperately searching for those two Good Samaritans who saved the little boys life. We are ha
Pilgrims and tourists descended on the vatican, filling the square to capacity and packing into nearby streets to witness the historic moment. translated i cannot explain it. This is tremendous. This is the first time i am in rome and to have an argentinan pope, its tremendous. translated we are very happy as argentinians, i think he is a very well prepared person and we need to pray for the holy spirit and jesus christ to give him the strength to lead the Catholic Church. Ifill Italian Military bands and the swiss guard also marched through the square. But the new popes identity wasnt officially revealed until more than an hour later, when he finally emerged from the velvet curtained balcony of st. Peters basilica. The chosen one Cardinal Jorge bergoglio of argentina the first pontiff from the first pontiff from the americas and the first noneuropean in more than a millennium. The 76yearold chose the name pope francis the first. He delivered his first public address to the cheering cr
Xi jinping replaces hu jintao who was president for the past decade. Last fall, he became the communist partys general secretary and chairman of the central and military commission after the partys congress. He now holds the highest post in the government, the party, and the military. President xi was born into privilege. He takes over china at 59 years old. After spending decades working his way up the political ladder. Hes one of chinas socalled princelings. The term is used to describe children of Senior Communist Party officials. His father once served as vice premier. Xi jinping was sent to work in the countryside during the cultural revolution. He later graduated from the respected sing wa university. He spent 25 years working as a Party Official in provinces of zhejiang where he gradually assumed roles of increasing seniority. Xi first gained National Attention in 2007 when he was appointed Party Secretary in shanghai. The same year, Party Leaders promoted him by two ranks after