anchor of a news program in 1976, and her journalism career spanned more than five decades. walters passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family. but there is also joy and celebrations around the world as countries are starting to ring in the new year. we re counting down until 2023. but it s worth noting, the biggest bash, new york city, always, of course. new york city, come on. it s happening in new york city. gloria is in new york city, is in times square, has been watching people walk in to get ready for tonight. 13 hours, 14 hours, 15 hours early. tell me everything you re seeing right now and why these people have this level of enthusiasm. there s nothing like new york city on new year s eve, and there s no place like times square. i know it sounds like a hard sell, but these folks were here, they re committed. look at them. they re sitting down, taking it easy. i even spotted a couple of people napping. they have several hours to go until the party star
biden during his leading of the catholic church. biden is very devout in his catholic faith though he diverges in several ways with where pope benedict would be including some teachings of the church. what s your sense of those relationships? first of all, the vatican has plenty of experience. centuries of it actually in dealing with heads of state and government who report to be catholic but differ with the church in important respects. i don t think that was a shock to benedict s system. one thing that is often misunderstood, in the popular imagination, francis and benedict are often pitted against each other, with francis profiling as the liberal and benedict the conservative. in intra-catholic terms, there s some merit to that. but neither benedict nor francis s fits comfortably in the left v