15 Dead After Bus Carrying Junior Hockey Team Crashes In Canada; Severe Weather In Northern California; "Pope The Most Powerful Man In History"
PAUL: Good morning. Fifty minutes past the hour right now. And a Canadian community is just trying to understand this morning how this bus crash carrying a junior hockey team happened. Fifteen people were killed. At least 14 others were injured. It collided with a tractor-trailer in Canada's Saskatchewan province. Coaches and players for the Humboldt Broncos team were on board and they were on their way to a junior league playoff game.</s>BLACKWELL: Some of the victims posted on social media from their hospital beds. We've got a photo here showing three survivors on gurneys holding each other's hands when this went viral. It was captioned bonding and healing. Authorities have not yet identified the victims and have not confirmed whether they were the players or the coaches and the cause of this crash still unknown.</s>PAUL: Well, rivers are flooding, roads are closed, more rain is on the way. We are talking about northern California this morning.</s>BLACKWELL: CNN meteorologist Allison Chinchar has the forecast for us. A lot coming to Yosemite.</s>ALLISON CHINCHAR, CNN METEOROLOGIST: That's right. Yes. And I would like to point out with regarding Yosemite, they have made a note that if conditions warrant they may open the park back up at noon today but they are not going to make that decision until they can get out and take a look at the park. So here is what we have. This was that atmospheric river, that plume of moisture that came in over the last 24 to 48 hours. Now the good news is this is going to start to push a little bit farther interior and as it does so, you're going to start to see an end to that rain. This morning, that's not the case. We have still got rain expected for Washington, Oregon, and into California. But it will start to come to an end by this afternoon and the evening. This is a good thing. Especially when you consider how much rain has already fallen across these areas. These numbers are just from California. Take a look at this 8.3, 8, 7.93. You've got a lot of rain that's already out there for a lot of these locations. Now the other thing you have to keep in mind is that we have been talking about this. There is more rain on the way. This system that we have today begins to exit but notice this other one out over the pacific. They are only going to get about one day- break before the next system moves in on Tuesday and into Wednesday of the upcoming week. This creates more problems because does it really give those roadways that are covered with debris and mud flows and water, does it give them enough time to clean those up before the next round of rain begins to come back in? Widespread amounts for this next rain are still likely to be about two to four inches. Now you could have some amounts even higher than that. Although those are expected to be a little bit farther north, Victor and Christi, up say towards Washington state.</s>BLACKWELL: All right. We will be ready. Allison Chinchar, thank you.</s>CHINCHAR: Thanks.</s>PAUL: You know, he faced an impossible decision but in a war against religion, could the Pope have done more?</s>LIAM NEESON, NARRATOR (voice-over): As fascism explodes over Europe Catholics become enemies of the state.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The thing about Catholics in particular, Catholics had a relationship, a devotion to something outside of government.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There is going to be conflict over the status of Catholic youth groups and whether these youth groups ought to be brought under the umbrella fascist organization.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: There are some Catholic bishops who were beaten, who had their homes and their offices ransacked.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The church, of course, to be able to operate has to be physically secure.</s>NEESON: The Vatican is faced with an extraordinary dilemma. Because of his experience as a papal diplomat, Pope Pius XI enlists Pacelli's help to negotiate with the fascia's Italian (ph) government. The result is a Lateran Treaty.</s>PAUL: You can watch "Pope The Most Powerful Man In History" tonight at 10:00 p.m. Eastern.</s>BLACKWELL: All right. One hour of NEW DAY down and one to go.</s>PAUL: At the top of the hour the state department called a suspected chemical attack in Syria horrifying. Saying, if true an immediate response is necessary.</s>BLACKWELL: What could that response look like and will this change the president's plan to pull United States troops out of Syria?</s>PAUL: We will be right back. Stay close.