Sen. Marco Rubio draws applause from a crowd Thursday at the annual CPAC event. (NBC News)
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American Catholics are praying Pope Francis will be able to repair the Church, damaged by scandal, and help usher in an era of credibility that can draw in more young parishioners. NBC's John Yang reports. (Nightly News)
One-third of Americans who grew up in the Catholic Church have left, but the percentage of U.S. Catholics has held steady at 25 percent, largely because of Hispanic immigrants. NBC's Lester Holt reports. (Nightly News)
Camden, N.J., has the highest murder rate in the country, and the highest crime rate per capita – the criminals and drug deals operate in the open, and the police department is understaffed. But some residents are working hard to get their city back on track. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
President Obama has been working hard to raise public fears about the sequester, and cabinet officials have also been speaking out about the dangers of the federal budget cuts. The warnings seem to have had an effect: according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, only 21 percent of the public feel the sequester is a good idea. NBC's Chuck Todd reports. (Nightly News)
With help from her husband, Mark Kelly, Gabrielle Giffords, the former congresswoman who was shot and left handicapped after a gunman opened fire at an event in Tucson, Ariz. speaks at a Senate hearing on gun control. (NBC News)
Singer-songwriter James Taylor performed "America the Beautiful" at the inauguration ceremony of President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill. (NBC News)
President Obama's new gun control proposals trigger a wide range of reaction. NBC's Danielle Leigh reports. (NBC News)
Mallory Hytes Hagan, 23, tap-danced her way to the crown at the Miss America 2013 pageant Saturday night. TODAY's Jenna Wolfe reports. (TODAY)
TODAY's Matt Lauer gathered a round table panel of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, life strategist Tony Robbins, San Antonia mayor Julian Castro, Spanx founder Sara Blakely to talk about the year ahead for the American economy. (TODAY)