pontiff to succeed benedict xvi who retired last month. they ll be in seclusion until a new pope is elected. president obama has made the choice for a new secretary. thomas perez currently heads the justice department s civil rights division. if confirmed perez will replace hilda solis who resigned last month. another romney is considering running for office. mitt romney s brother, scott, may pursue the michigan senate seat. scott romney is currently a partner at a detroit law firm and has never held public office. those are your top stories. reliable sources is ahead at the top of the hour. if you think xi jinping was president of china, you would be forgiven but you would be wrong. back in november he was inaurg gur rated as the new head of china s communist party.
they ve planned tours of the white house for months and one young tourist was especially disappointed. i was pretty upset about it just because of the fact that i know how difficult sometimes it is to get a tour of the white house and to have it lined up and to coincide with his birthday and for him to just turn 8 and he had his own bucket list and on that bucket list was d.c., the white house, and so it was a little bit, you know, upsetting. that is upsetting. the secret service suggested cutting the tours saying it would save $74,000 every week. white house employees still face pay cuts and furloughs. democratic sources in washington tell cnn that this man here is president obama s choice to be the next labor secretary. thomas perez currently heads up the civil rights difgts. another romney is taking a stab at public office. scott romney is considering a run for senate.
xvi who retired last month who will be in seclusion until a new pope it elected. another romney is considering a run for office. mitt romney s brother scott may pursue the michigan senate seat being vacated by democratic senator leaf inin 2014. scott romney is a partner at a detroit law firm and never held a public office. when we return, could election 2016 really be clinton versus bush? our political panel anita dunn, newt gingrich, alex castellanos up next. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i ll be right back. they didn t take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally.
he s the brother of former presidential nominee, mitt romney. scott romney is eyeing the michigan senate seat that will be vacated by retiring republican senator carl levin. he is currently a partner at a law firm and has not yet held public office. cardinals will celebrate mass today and prepare for one of the oldest traditions of the catholic church. the papal conclave. the chimney has been installed and protective floors have been set up as the world awaits to see black or white smoke that signifies whether a new pope has been elected. here s jonathan man with how this whole process works. it s the oldest enduring electoral system in the world. many of the traditions have been unchanged for centuries. the conclave which literally means locked with a key dates back to a time when cardinals were locked in until they elected a new pope. much of the conclave will take
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