teddy turner. not so subtle hint who he s talking about there, if you see the mark sanford picture in the background. turner, of course, is the son of cnn founder, ted turner, and one of many republicans trying to beat former governor mark sanford. we ll have more on this race in tomorrow s show when we talk to one of the democratic candidates in that race, elizabeth cullbert busch. but she goes by kolbert. and tens of thousands of people jammed st. peter s square for pope benedict s final audience this morning, cheering and waving signs that read thank you in italian. anne thompson is live for us at the vatican. and anne, i know the pope gave a reason for why he s leaving. what did he share with the crowd? reporter: well, he told them, chuck, it was a very personal address during his final papal audience. usually those sermons are a lesson on religion, but he spoke quite eloquently about his eight years as pontiff and why he was
st step down. 150,000 people jammed st. peter s square to witness the poptive saying farewell. he spoke about years as pope and went off script. he said some see the church in decline and he sees the church as alive. the embattled cardinal and arch bishop of los angeles was stripped of public duties after he shielded priests suspected of sex abuse. he was allowed to take part and refused to answer critic who is wondered if he should be allowed to pick the next pope. god bless you. set the stage for the feel of those people who were 150,000 or more, many weeping. he described how it felt to be there today.