Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions ifill white smoke spewed from the vatican chimney today and the newly elected pope francis, greeted tens of thousands from the papal balcony. Hes the first leader of the worlds catholics to hail from the americas. Good evening, im gwen ifill. Woodruff and im judy woodruff. On the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the 76year old argentine pontiff and what his selection means for the church. Ifill then, as the budget battles rage on in washington, we examine the quest for bipartisan solutions. Woodruff in the first of two stories about toxic Drinking Water in the United States, miles obrien reports on the company and the regulators charged with the cleanup. Reporter did you ever think you would ever have to deal with chromium 6 or p. G. E. Again . Absolutely not. Absolutely not. In front of god and the world, they said they were going to clean it up. Ifill and we close with stories of Sexual Assault in the military recounted today a
Pilgrims and tourists descended on the vatican, filling the square to capacity and packing into nearby streets to witness the historic moment. translated i cannot explain it. This is tremendous. This is the first time i am in rome and to have an argentinan pope, its tremendous. translated we are very happy as argentinians, i think he is a very well prepared person and we need to pray for the holy spirit and jesus christ to give him the strength to lead the Catholic Church. Ifill Italian Military bands and the swiss guard also marched through the square. But the new popes identity wasnt officially revealed until more than an hour later, when he finally emerged from the velvet curtained balcony of st. Peters basilica. The chosen one Cardinal Jorge bergoglio of argentina the first pontiff from the first pontiff from the americas and the first noneuropean in more than a millennium. The 76yearold chose the name pope francis the first. He delivered his first public address to the cheering cr
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