smoke coming out of the chimney. when we have a new pope we will see white smoke and also hear the bells st. peter s toll. none of that is happening right now because they have voted, they didn t have to, they decided to, and they have the not yet reached agreement. we go live now to our own shepard smith who is live in rome as the action there unfolds and shepard, so far nothing. reporter: so far as expected. and they didn t have to vote, as you said, they could vote. they did vote and the widely held belief was here, that was a great conversation you were just having. it s exactly what we re hearing all over the place here, there are two top contenders and if we get past two of them, that s when it s kind of wide open. when cardinal ratzinger, benedict came forward and began this process as sort of master of ceremonies of it all, he laid out a way of going forward which suggested that he might be the front runner. it was widely believe it was