whether distraction was a factor. and they are looking to delay joint military exercises until after the winter olympics in february. the move is intended as a peace offering to north korea. the president said that the drills could be pushed back if kim jong-un also considers pressi pressing pause on the missile tests. and also cardinal bernard law at the center of the major catholic church molestation scandal died last night. some thought that he could become the first american pope, but in 2002, the boston globe revealed law helped protect abusive priests for years covering up allegations against hundreds of priests in the boston area in his view to save the church from disgrace. he was 86. and right now capitol hill, let s take a live look. nancy pelosi and democratic lawmakers calling on house
interest pooed it is not an american disuh interest pooed it is it was an american pope and more disappointed it is not me. one of the first things she taught me to say when friends are over she would say, bill, what do you want to be when you grow up? i would say, first american pope. it was the last time i was ever at a cocktail party. i am guessing there will be a pope who will not be catholic before you are pope. the first pope was jewish. that s true. pope peter was jewish so you can cross that off your list. sorry, andy. i want to play a bite of something else rodman said. the ambassador of the world. if obama calls kim from korea, nobel peace prize. you can t argue with that
very exciting at the moment. the past moments, the future, all of these moments are very exciting. there s a ton of anticipation, enthusiasm. of course, this is not exactly the first time rome has elected a pope. but as you can imagine, there s a ton of excitement and a ton of talking. everybody in this town has an opinion. italians like to talk, as an italian-american we talk with our mouths, with our hands. there s a lot of talking going on saying what do you think, what do we need in a new pope, do we need a black pope, a white pope. but do we need a pope who is interested in this, that or the other. so there s a lot of excitement and of course, there s also a lot of waiting because there s not a lot we can do about it. absolutely right. let s turn to you, if i may, reverend. it is exciting because it could be a big surprise. we could have the first african pope, the first south american pope, possibly even the first american pope. so we could see history, but the catholic churc
pope, the first south american pope, possibly even the first american pope. so we could see history, but the catholic church is known to be pretty conservative and the clever money, i would argue, is probably going on a nonsurprising choice. what do you think will happen? well, i can t really predict but i think you re right. we could very well be surprised. my own money is on cardinal scola. he s remarkable, a great pastor and a very strong organizer. but i will confess the dark horse in my judgment is cardinal dolan. cardinal dolan is on the people s vote but from what i hear, and maybe we will come back to you on this, doesn t have the cardinal support. cardinal o malley in boston has a lot more support than cardinal dolan has. am i right? yeah, and don t you love by the way, cardinal o malley out of boston, cardinal dolan out of
north american college where they were staying just around the corner from st. peter s square. they seemed to be in good mood and spirit. despite the enormity of the task they have. they will be participating in the election for the spiritual leader of the 1.2 billion catholics worldwide. the catholic of new york gave a big smile to the people waving to him good-bye. there was a round of applause. he gave a big thumbs up. now the question is will that be the last time we see him dressed in red? he is one of the candidate pope s. let s so he if he s the first american pope in history. i know at one point very soon the cardinals will be sequestered. they will not have contact with the outside world until they select a new pope. when will that start? do we have thoughts on how long this process will take them?