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. he s the first leader of the world s catholics to hail from the americas. good evening, i m gwen ifill. woodruff: and i m judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we get the latest on the 76-year 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 o brien reports on the company and the regulators charged with the clean-up. 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 ass
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, it s 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 pope s identity wasn t officially revealed until more than an hour later, when he finally emerged from the velvet curtained balcony of st. peter s basilica. the chosen one: cardinal jorge bergoglio of argentina the first pontiff from the first pontiff from the americas and the first non-european in more than a millennium. the 76-year-old chose the name pope francis the first. he delivered his fir
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, it s 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 pope s identity wasn t officially revealed until more than an hour later, when he finally emerged from the velvet curtained balcony of st. peter s basilica. the chosen one: cardinal jorge bergoglio of argentina the first pontiff from the first pontiff from the americas and the first non-european in more than a millennium. the 76-year-old chose the name pope francis the first. he delivered his fir
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