A day of reflection and hope. Pope benedict xvi planning to meet with the cardinals this morning. Good morning and welcome to a special edition of early start, im zoraida sambolin. Im john berman. Is it 4 00 a. M. In the east. Welcome to cnns live coverage of the popes last day on the throne of st. Peter. Just ten hours from now Pope Benedict xvi becomes pope emeritus. Hes not riding off into the sunset or helicopter just yet. At 5 00 a. M. Eastern, the pope meets with the cardinalss who will pick his replacement. Over 100 of them are expected to be on hand and the pontiff will spend a minute or two with each and every one of them. That should be fascinating. Then cardinal seodano will spea and the pope will make a few spontaneous remarks before leaving his residence one last time. This truly is a historic day, not only for a vatican that finds itself at a crossroads but for 1. 2 billion catholics awaiting a new spiritual leader and new direction. Cnns chief International Correspondent
Thats all for us tonight. Anderson cooper starts right now. Tonight 11 days on the stand even one more twisted and shocking than the last. Jodi arias on trial for her life once again turns the courtroom into a triplex theater and paints her boyfriend as something out of a horror movie. Also, dr. Sanjay gupta digs into the diet that could protect you from Heart Disease. Eating mediterranean and just maybe living longer. Keeping them honest with the man records show helped dozens of child rapists escape justice. Its all documented in tens of thousands of pages of previously secret personnel files covering 124 accused sexual predators who were shielded from justice with the authority and often with the knowledge of this person. You may ask yourself is he now awaiting trial on obstruction of Justice Charges . No, hes in rome getting ready to select the next pope. Hes Cardinal Roger mahoney of los angeles. Get this. Hes complaining about people who are offended and lashing out at the media
The first round of a tournament, even after his personal life imploded, hes still the one that gets all the attention. Silvio, danica and tiger, what a threesome. Theyre not famous for something. But what really matters is that they have that something, that intangible something simply known as star power. People care about them. Even when they lose, theyre the ones we want to hear about. Maybe thats a great gift or it leads to an intense stressful life since you cant have any secrets. Only perfection is enough. What would you think . Would you trade places with one of the three . If youre going to say yes, please let us know which one. I want to tally and see if the one that i think will trounce the others the does. Anderson cooper 360 starts right now. Erin, thanks very much. Good evening. Tonight 11 days on the stand even one more twisted and shocking than the last. Jodi arias on trial for her life once again turns the courtroom into a xxx theater and paints her boyfriend as somethi
Dedicated dorks, it starts with one person dancing alone, then when the base drops everybody bursts into spastic dance moves, flailing around, they decided to have a little fun with it. Watch this. Youtube says that harlem shake videos have been viewed at least 44 million times worldwide. I was not in that video, thankfully. It was fun though, im don lemon, the situation room right now with wolf blitzer. Dire new warnings that troops may be less troopprepare and who will replace the pope, the surprise information in the vatican. And a hero who confronted a killer and was shot more than a dozen times, helping the case on guns, share iing a story exclusively with cnn. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. The pentagons top brass sounding alarm bells over automatic spending cuts now only weeks away. The Defense Budget will take a significant hit, 46 billion slashed, unless the president and the Congress Reac
The streets, joining in the demonstrations. Yesterday she con sold the widow of the pilot in his hometown. Joining us nbc news correspondent richard engel, and curd fighters take on the isis terrorists. First, to keir simmons in jordans capital with the latest on the round of air strikes. What are you hearing . Reporter hey, alex. We are hearing there have been f16s, and also reports unconfirmed by nbc news that f22s, a10s were also involved in accompanying the aircraft. Certainly the u. S. Will choose the targets. Targets we believe include the area of the isis strong hold in syria. Also being reported that there are real attempts to ensure to rescue any pilots whose plane go down. What this has done alex appears from what we witnessed from the ground today is brought the jordanian people up in arms. Speak to people on the streets, they say to us that this is a war between isis and jordan. Quite a shift in Public Opinion here against isis. And can you estimate the numbers of people th