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‘Behind the Headlines’: Mormon church leader Monson dies, and will Mitt Romney replace Hatch?

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Thomas S. Monson waves as he rides in the Days of '47 Parade in 2008.

After 41 years in office, Orrin Hatch says he will retire from the Senate early next year. The news has led to widespread speculation that Mitt Romney will run to replace Hatch. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mourns the death of President Thomas S. Monson, who led the church for a decade.

At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack, Washington Bureau Chief Thomas Burr, government and politics editor Dan Harrie and columnist Robert Gehrke join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories.

Each Friday morning, stream “Behind the Headlines” online at kcpw.org or tune in to KCPW 88.3 FM or Utah Public Radio for the broadcast