Peter Jennings - final full WNT broadcast - 2005-04-01
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[0:03] on World News Tonight Pope John Paul the
[0:07] leader of more than a billion Catholics
[0:08] is very close to death the Vatican says
[0:12] there is no further hope for recovery
[0:15] millions of people in many parts of the
[0:17] world are simply waiting and praying the
[0:21] Saudi Arabian Prince charged with
[0:23] helping to smuggle two tons of cocaine
[0:25] is the Saudi government protecting him
[0:28] and it's Friday so we'll have our person
[0:31] of the week trying to change a child's
[0:33] life with a photograph
[0:39] from ABC News world headquarters in New
[0:42] York this is World News Tonight with
[0:45] Peter Jennings
[0:47] good evening everyone like broadcasters
[0:49] all over the world we have been sitting
[0:51] right here for many hours now believing
[0:53] that at any moment we would learn the
[0:54] pope had died and everyone to whom we've
[0:57] listened in the last several hours has
[0:58] said in one way or another that the time
[1:01] had come there was no hope for Recovery
[1:03] now in Rome which surrounds Vatican City
[1:06] the word went out that the end was nigh
[1:08] and now as you can see many thousands of
[1:11] people are there in Saint Peter's Square
[1:13] to pray for a peaceful end for this
[1:15] extraordinary man who has made such a
[1:18] mark on the 20th century
[1:20] John Paul's influence as we all know
[1:22] extends far beyond the billion Roman
[1:24] Catholics in the world
[1:26] and his people in Saint Peter's square
[1:27] and elsewhere wait for the inevitable
[1:30] tonight from Poland to the Philippines
[1:31] for that matter in every corner of the
[1:33] globe millions of people know that
[1:35] incredible times are coming to an end we
[1:39] have several reports we're going to go
[1:41] first