the new pope lead palm sunday prayers. pope francis urged his followers to reject corruption and greed and to reach out to the poor and the forgotten. pope francis is being seen as a pragmatist. his stance on same-sex marriage in argentina may bear that out. as cardinal he reportedly supported civil unions. rafael romo explains. reporter: a cordial vatican meeting between the president of argentina and the new pope with the two argentines exchanging gifts. but their get-together monday was in sharp can tras of the war of words between the two leaders less than three years ago. in mid 2010, argentina was polarized over a same-sex marriage bill supported by cristina fernandez kirschner who called the church s actions against the church s measures equal to the inquisition. then the bill was blasted, an
she posted this photo of the day she became mormon. dave hall recalls being skeptical. in your opinion, was jodi interested in the church for its own sake or was this just another way to sort of snare travis? well, in the bible we read by their fruits ye shall know them. based on the fruits that jodi has brought forward, i don t think being a member of our church was ever something she truly wanted to do. reporter: but now jodi and travis were both mormon. they were expected to abide by the church s very strict rules on dating. but all that chemistry would prove combustible. a formula for drama and a lot more. the red-hot romance between jodi arias and travis alexander was about to take a turn. and no one could have predicted where it would lead, except perhaps travis. he would joke about it.
an interesting outcome. this may be good news. plus, a school district that pays struggling students to go to summer school. talk about outrage. we re going to chat about that this morning. we re going to begin with the olympics and the night that was filled with so much promise and ended in so much disappointment for the u.s. men s gymnastics team after finishing first in the trials, they entered the finals last night as favorites. but a fall on the floor, two costly errors in the pommel horse and a fall on the vault undid team usa. halfway through six rotations they were in last place. last. but they rallied at the last minute to finish in fifth place. better, but still not great. amanda davies joins us from london. they were talking so big going into the finals. what happened? i think the mood in london at the olympic park today probably reflects the mood of the u.s. men s gymnastics team. gray and gloomy is the best way to sum it up. they were hotly tipped for a
investigated. we know it was under a car and that s about it. we ll continue to follow this for more information on that. a wild day in london from extreme disappoint to a golden moment for an american teenager, we start though with a 16-year-old chinese swimmer who did one lap faster than ryan lochte. it s raising doping suspicions. atika schubert is live in london. reporter: it was an incredible performance, she basically won at the 400 meter individual medley with stunning speed. she was literally for the last 50 meters faster than the u.s. gold winner in the same event, ryan lochte for the mens. as you can imagine, a lot of speculation into possible doping. here s what the international olympic committee had to say about it. so the sudden rise in the performance or a surprise win be primarily suspected for being acheat, sport is a danger for sure because it partially ruins the charm of competitive sport if a surprise win is surrounded by suspicions and question marks.
this morning, authorities stop a pilot they say was just about to pilot they say was just about to fly his airliner drunk. captions by vitac www.vitac.com we start this evening with the so-called underwear bomber. he ll spend life in prison for trying to blow up a plane on christmas day 2009. we all remember it so well. but this is what the blast could have looked like if he had succeeded. 2, 1. wow. that s a re-enactment from federal officials. but thankfully the bomb fizzled in real life. our deb fehrik was in the courtroom today. deb, how did he react when that very video was played? reporter: well, you know, it s so interesting. the fbi had put together that bomb, that demonstration bomb very similar to the one that mutallab had sewn into his underwear. that s what the explosion would have looked like if all 200 grams of ptn explosive had successfully detonated. as the defendant watched the video, kate, he said all alla akbar three times. god is great, god