vatican and buenos aires, with a special edition of gma. and good morning, america. robin off today. great to have elizabeth vargas and john muller here on this historic day. it is great to be here on such a big morning. it certainly is. right to rome right now where pope francis began his first morning as head of the catholic church by visiting rome s largest cathedral. something of a humble start. went through a side entrance before an icon of the virgin mary. see him right there, spent about 30 minutes in contemplation and went outside and see people kissing his ring. he s not really used to it this first day. almost seems if he wants to shake their hands, but, of course, he is going to get used to this. he is the leader of 1.2 billion catholics right now. a man famous for being out amongst the people washing their feet so this must be a change. you may remember that last night he told those crowds packed in st. peter s square just after his announcement that he
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richard? putting those walking shoes on the side after a very busy couple of days for the president. thank you, danielle. a fiery exchange between dianne feinstein and texas s senator, ted cruz. during a senate judiciary committee on banning assault-style weapons, cruz who opposes any weapons ban, questioned the constitutionality of the bill. a sharp clash resulted between feinstein and the tea party freshman. namely, would she consider it constitutional for congress to specify that the first amendment shall apply only to the following books and shall not apply to the books that congress has deemed outside the protection of the bill of rights. let me just make a couple of points in response. one, i m not a sixth grader. senator, i ve been on this committee for 20 years. i was a mayor for nine years. it s fine you want to lecture me on the constitution, i appreciate it, just know i ve been here for a long time, i ve passed on a number of bills, i ve studied the constit
cardinal electors filed into the sistine chapel and one by one took the oath of secrecy beneath michelangelo s iconic frescos. the enormity of the moment and setting wasn t lost on cardinal timothy dolan of new york who seemed noticeably in awe of the scene above and around him. a feeling he described on his radio show earlier that day. it s sort of a unique special morning, huh. i never thought i d be doing what i m about to do. i just hope i see you soon. reporter: and with two simple and ancient words. extra omnes. reporter: simply everybody out and so it began. when we do not know when it will end cardinal dolan offered a guess that we d have a new pope by thursday night to colleagues. and so it continues and again when that black smoke poured forth it would also mean that the electorate, the 115 cardinals inside the sistine chapel would then return to their residence, the santa marta house for lunch and more discussion and really, robin, the first real politickin
two people rescued a young 6-year-old boy from a raging river in south dakota and then disappeared in a massive sea of whipped foam whipped by unrelenting currents. abc s rob nelson has been following developments all night long. good morning to you. it really was the ultimate bravery on display. two good samaritans jumping in to save a young boy s life but the real drama was only just beginning. as the ice melts on the big sioux river, the water is filled with chemicals, churning with ice particles creating a thick foam making for dangerous circumstances. a 6-year-old boy who was peering into the river slipped and fell into the frothy water thursday evening. two onlookers jumped in to save the boy from the foam engulfing him. the two men were able to grab the boy but his two heroes are nowhere to be seen. three of us had him and he had the kid with him, but just slipped. just slipped. crews are now desperately searching for those two good samaritans who saved the littl