york city. i m russ mitchell. i m nancy cordes. great to have you here. came in yesterday. in the driving rain. much nicer today. want to tell you more about the security scare in germany before the pope was about to celebrate mass. here s the latest. charlie, good morning. reporter: good morning. we spoke to journalists who say a gunman opened fire with an air rifle firing into the air. nobody was wounded. vatican officials say german police have the suspected gunman in custody and it took place miles away from cathedral square. the journalist said it was closer to 500 yards. but it happened an hour bf the pope was scheduled to hold mass. the vatican said at no point was the pope in danger. he wasn t told about the incident before mass which went as scheduled. whatever the case, a gunman opening fire near a papal visit is a serious breach of security. russ? all right. thanks for getting us up to date. nancy? the danger from a falling space satellite is now over
the u.s. says it will use its veto if a vote is taken as new violence breaks out this morning. will anger be increasingly directed at america? knox appeal. a vicious attack comparing her to nazis. her parents were in the courtroom. we ll talk to them about the tense moments this morning, we ll talk to them about the tense moments this morning, september 24, 2011. captioning funded by cbs welcome to the early show on a partly cloudy day in new york city. i m russ mitchell. i m nancy cordes. great to have you here. came in yesterday. in the driving rain. much nicer today. want to tell you more about the security scare in germany before the pope was about to celebrate mass. here s the latest. charlie, good morning. reporter: good morning. we spoke to journalists who say a gunman opened fire with an air rifle firing into the air. nobody was wounded. vatican officials say german police have the suspected gunman in custody and it took place miles away from cathedral