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First up, first lady, michelle obama honoring women from all around the world who put their lives at risk in the fight for women s rights. there is a little controversy here as we look at these live pictures. one, honoree just found out she won t be getting an award because of alleged anti-terrorism tweets. egyptian activist denies writing them, we will watch this for you and bring you news as it happens here. but, first, we are getting ready for smoke watch 2013. we now know the day. it is next tuesday, march 12th. you have these 115 cardinals, they will meet to choose benedict s successor. the world will be watching. and waiting for that moment when white smoke rises from the chimney at the sistine chapel. cnn s john allen is live in vatican city. and, john, i was shocked to read this morning that even the chimney to ultimately provide the white smoke signaling that a new pope has been revealed, that has not even finished being built yet. tell me in the final days before ....
Made. anne thompson live at the vatican. that cloud still holds over the conclave but give us the tick tock of what to expect with march 12th. reporter: well, tamron, certainly the scandals that you have mentioned are part of the discussion that is going on among all the cardinals here, but the big news today as you said is the fact that we have a start date for the conclave. it is tuesday, march 12th. what will happen is in the morning there will be a mass here at st. peter s basilica. all the cardinals will participate to pray for the election of a new pontiff and tuesday afternoon going in to the sistine chapel. they will leave their blackberries, their cell phones, their computers behind. there will be an electronic jamming devices around the sistine chapel to make sure no information gets in or out. and innocent, tuesday afternoon, they will vote for a new pope. now, the magic number is 77. that is what someone has to get in order to be elected. ....
Legitimate process where just the 115 cardinals are the one who decide who the next pope is. keir, thank you so much. the papal conclave to start the afternoon of tuesday, march 12th. the obama administration is taking another step forward. is the justice depend says it will give a $1 million grant to create ads promoting the safer use of firearms. an assault weapons back, an act to crack down, and an act to expand background checks and an act expanding grants for community policing. the members approved the gun trafficking bill. joining mess now is democratic senator richard bloomen that will. sir, good to have you here. one of the biggest bones of contention is yesterday chuck grassley said it just won t work, because it bans guns on how they look rather than the damage they can do. ....
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