All right, thanks so much for joining us. That is all for early start. Im john berman. And im zoraida sambolin. Starting point starts right now. Our starting point this morning its black smoke and that means no smoke. Black smoke billowing from the chimney at the Sistine Chapel. Happened minutes ago. That means cardinals have not yet picked a pope. But could we see white smoke a little bit later today . Were live in rome and at the vatican for you this morning. Then an intense manhunt is over. Police have a man in custody. Hes accused of murdering his grandparents. Right after they picked him up from prison. Well have developing details in just moments. Fire on the water. A tugboat hits a natural gas pipeline sending at least two to the hospital. Well have the details coming up. And imagine standing on a golf course, when an 18 foot hole opens up right beneath you. This really happened to a guy who was rescued by his friends. And better yet, he joins us live with the story. Its wednesd
Correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. We believe that we owe the American People a balanced budget. For the Third Straight year weve delivered. In fact we balanced this budget in just ten years. Reporter as House Budget Committee chairman paul ryan spelled it out, the republican plan would cut the deficit by 4. 6 trillion dollars over ten years. Some of that would come through the higher taxes approved in january. But 1. 8 trillion would come from repealing the president s Signature Health care law. In addition the plan convers medicaid to a block grant to the states and reduces its federal funding share. Ryan also proposed, as he has in the past, transforming medicare by giving seniors a fixed amount to purchase Traditional Program coverage or a private plan. Last years republican Vice President ial nominee acknowledged that the plan wont get past Senate Democrats or president obama. Instead, he said, its an opening bid. Will the president take everyone of these solutions .
He was sixtyseven years old. Sandra wright he was born a genius and he was born with that charisma and he was also born with that tortured soul and where that comes from, i dont know. [ music ] bill hey, good morning, everybody. What do you say . Here we are on this wednesday, march 13th. Great to see you today. It is the full court press. We are coming to you life from our nations capitol. A lot going on here. A lot going on rome, too, where we are still waiting for a little white smoke to appear from the cis. Ine chapel as prop that the cardinals have selected the 266th or elected, i guess, the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic church. Meanwhile, here in our nations capitol, president obama trips up to capitol hill. He meets with Senate Republicans he will meet with House Republicans which will be a total waste of time because we know the house replubicans are going to automatically endorse the paul ryan budget which was revealed yesterday. This years paul ryan budget exact copy of th
They knew this day was coming but that hasnt made it any easier. This week hugha chavez succumbed to the cancer he couldnt beat and today they cried his name and swore to keep his spirit alive. People have poured into the capital from across venezuela to pay their last respects to president hugo chavez. You can see the passion here in the crowd. Rare is the politician that commands this kind of respect and adoration. He was the best president and we know that everything loved chavez. Everything loved chavez forever were going to every day think about what he do and going to say that we can never say thank you for all the stuff he did. Hugo chavez was an outspoken, controversial leader, championing the underdog at home and abroad. The guest list at todays funeral reflected that. In part, a whos who of americas least favorite leaders. Ahmadinejad. Nt raul castro, cubas leader and left wing activists like sean penn also came to pay their respects. The economy suffered under chavez and the
Public appearances. But the queen has not. At the last olympic ceremonies she made an appearance with james bond as her escort. It was a body double jumping from the chopper, but she still stole the show. She is now a patient at king edward vii private hospital, the hospital of choice for the royals. This same hospital was at the center of a media storm last year when the duchess of cambridge was admitted with severe morning sickness. A nurse committed suicide after answering a hoax phone call. The queen is expected to spend two nights at this hospital. Doctors say if she really just has a stomach virus, she could recover quickly. Lets hope so. Jeffrey kofman, thank you. And to rome this evening where it was the first sunday in nearly eight years without a pope at the head of the catholic church. The cardinals will meet tomorrow to begin the planning for the conclave. Even before their selection begins, a stunning apology from a wellknown cardinal. David wright is at the vatican tonigh