but then came bobby jindal. unfortunately, he fails to realize he should be playing for junior varsity. we don t need a change what we believe is conservatives. our principles are timeless. we have to be comfortable with the fact that our liberal critics in the media will say that we haven t changed anything unless we endorse abortion and socialism. after what happened in the election, the gop should be trying to improve its game. instead, it s the same, old trash talk. joining me now on march madness sideline reporters, abby huntsman and dana milbank. dana, you called this one. conservatives group therapy session. how s the soul searching going? they are still searching, reverend. they haven t come up with much. if this was a papal conclave,
that s all for us tonight. anderson cooper in rome starts right now. the world has a new pope. 1.2 billion catholics have a new leader. and unlike the church has ever had. a short time ago, stepped on to the balcony, begins day one of his papacy as a true pioneer in many ways. the first latin american pope, you no doubt know. the first non-european pope in modern times. first to take the name francis after saint francis of assisi. though it is true every papal conclave becomes a part of history, this one made history and pretty quickly as well. extraordinary scene in the square. after five rounds of voting, a
speech, it s standing room only at this point. they have great expectations obviously to listen to marco rubio and what i ve been told by someone close to him is sort of a venue that s personally important to him. remember he gave a keynote speech here in 2010 when he really wasn t that well-known and he was running for u.s. senate. he alluded to that. he talked about how i was here talking about running for the u.s. senate when i had about as much a chance of winning as i did a papal conclave and i managed to win. next up we ll be listening for rand paul, it s a really big hour here at cpac for conservatives who have come to watch these speakers. candy, i want to bring you into the discussion here. how important is the gathering of conservative republicans? you ve covered many of these conferences before. is this really kind of a test case, a tryout for 2016? oh, sure. absolutely. and it s the most important thing until the next important thing. the republicans are as we like
good morning everyone. you are watching fox & friends first . i am patti ann browne. i am heather childers. it is half past the top of the hour. we a we begin with a fox news alert. we are look live at the chimney of the sistine chapel. at any moment we could have the cardinal fist vote this morning. this is the second day of the papal conclave. two votes could be held in this morning s session in an effort to select a new pope. shepard smith is there live outside of saint peters square. as we look for the smoke, during the talks a divide was exposed from those who want a pope from inside verses those who want an outsider. that is true. that s basically how this thing is going to be divvied up. there are two schools of thought
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.