pete: guys, there s a reason they call it music city in nashville, tennessee. that s brother maven performing destination you. go to any bar and restaurant downtown and find music, maybe not as good as that but pretty darn good. welcome to you both. good morning. rachel: so good to be with you guys in nashville. i m so excited for tonight. it s going to be awesome. will: we ll hopefully have you with us as you wake up and go to bed tonight and say good-bye to 2015. we re hosting the new year s eve special, all american new year here in nashville, tennessee, here at wild horse saloon. pete: this is the count down to countdown. you have 14 hours to get in the car if you live 13 hours from here. it s fun to watch on tv with your family gutfelled being here in person and some families will be here. we re going to enjoy it and it s better than that other show on that other network and get drunk. they can t drink this year on the other network now and how boring will that be? it
to earth cam, thousands of revellers are expecting a soggy countdown. we ll go live to the big apple later in the show. gillian: first to our top story this hour, the world is now mourning of loss of a historical religious figure. the vatican is announcing death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. and charles has more on his long lasting legacy. what a story he had. pope benedict xvi had an impact on catholics across the world in a position he never imagined himself in. for decades cardinal joseph ratsinger had been a key advisor to pope john paul ii, as a staunch conservative. and took the cardinals just two days to give the job to a german, scholarly man who didn t appear to want it. as pope benedict xvi, he rattled relativism, what might be true for someone, might not be true for someone else. and he will be remembered not only for his birthday celebration in the white house, a stop at ground zero and a mass in yankee stadium, but also, by the way in which he addressed the ca
to earth cam, thousands of revellers are expecting a soggy countdown. we ll go live to the big apple later in the show. gillian: first to our top story this hour, the world is now mourning of loss of a historical religious figure. the vatican is announcing death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. and charles has more on his long lasting legacy. what a story he had. pope benedict xvi had an impact on catholics across the world in a position he never imagined himself in. for decades cardinal joseph ratsinger had been a key advisor to pope john paul ii, as a staunch conservative. and took the cardinals just two days to give the job to a german, scholarly man who
and only leaves the eye and its whims as the ultimate measure. pope benedict spent his career as a theologian, a priest, arch bishop, cardinal and then pope fighting that idea of relativism. he was the man who edited the catechism of the catholic church and caught to clarify christian thought and belief and to put it in a volume that people could consult and easily understand that idea of clarity is the hallmark of his papacy and touched everything from worship to defense of unborn to the sex abuse crisis and unlike a lot of the reportage you ll hear, they called him god s rottweiler because benedict was so firm on defending the church, but that s what a pope is supposed to do, guys. their job, they re the successor of peter to defend and confirm their brothers in the faith. that s the job, and i think we ve lost that along the way. the pope s job is not to be a
guest was appointed consulter to the pontiff council, by pope emeritus benedict s xvi s, joining us a curtis martin president and founder of focus. curtis, it s good to see you on this sad day and we appreciate you being here. let s begin with the willingsy that he will leave behind. thank you all for having me. you know, i was honored to know joseph ratsinger then pope benedict more than 30 years and worked closer with him when he was a cardinal. he was a kind and gentle man who was, as i stated earlier, didn t really want to be pope, but was asked to be see and i think those of us who followed him knew that while sometimes he had the reputation in the press of being a watchdog or a difficult guy, the reality, this was a very, very gentle, gracious man. abandon of the most gracious people i ve met in my entire life.