Thats it for us. Thanks for watching. Early start begins now. See you tonight. The first full day of pope francis. Were already talking about it. The start of a new era for catholics around the world. Standoff with a suspected killer. Right now, police think they have the gunman what killed four people surrounded in new york. A skydiver lives to tell about his terrifying plunge, after his parachute failed. That has to be one of the scariest moments ever. I cant imagine. Good morning to you. Welcome to early start. Great to see you this morning. It is thursday, march 14th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Were going to start with pope francis. You know this, is the first morning that anyone has ever said those words. This is the first full day on the job for the first latin american pontiff. He was scheduled to meet with a man he was to replace, pope emeritus benedict. Thats not likely to happen today. He will hold a private mass with the cardinals that elected him at noon eastern at the Sis
To canonize john xxiii and john paul xxii. Pope benedict xvi is in attendance, sitting there along with some 150 cardinals, 1,000 bishops and 24 world leaders. In addition to that, a sea of people youll see on these shots gathered in and around st. Peters square. In fact, vatican Officials Say they can expect up to a Million People to arrive there today. And a live look there. As you can see, pope francis leading this procession as it just got under way just a few minutes ago. But again, a historic day as the First Time Ever that we are seeing two popes becoming saints in one day. We have our team overlooking the square youre seeing now. Our vatican correspondent, Delia Gallagher, and our senior vatican analyst, john allen, join us now. A pleasure to see you both. Lets begin with just the excitement and unusual nature of a ceremony like today. Weve seen two popes there now and, of course, two late popes are being turned into saints. This is a day of rock stars for catholics, would you
President elect is set to receive his first two top level intelligence briefings. Trump will learn about the nations most secretive intel gathering programs and u. S. Spying operations overseas, but the timing of all of this is playing a part in trumps ongoing legal woes. His attorneys in the Trump University lawsuit have asked a federal judge to postpone this months scheduled trial until after he his inauguration. His attorneys argue the trial would take time away from trumps quote critical and all consuming end quote, transition process. Meanwhile, protests against the president elect are entering a fifth straight day. Thousands marched in cities around the u. S. , not backing down overnight. Well continue to monitor these demonstrations as they progress throughout the day. But first, more evidence that trump may be waffling on some of his defining Campaign Promises. This Morning House Speaker Paul Ryan told jake tapper that under trumps immigration plan there will not be any mass de