chemicals leaked into the elk river, leaving thousands of people without water. sex abuse by the catholic church, a committee set up by the pope will meet with the united nations tomorrow. headlines, i m john siegenthaler, i ll see you back here 11:00 eastern, 8:00 pacific time, america tonight with joie chen is next, you can always get the latest on aljazeera.com. on america tonight : losing ground. more of louisiana s bayou community swallowed whole. why the hole is from another crisis hundreds of miles away. not a lot of us left here now. also, still troubled waters, the taps are on but there are new signs of danger. should more folks downstream be worried about west virginia s toxic wash? the industry is not regulated and it happened because these were old holding tanks which were not properly maintained. and faith in flux. the catholic church faces new reports, what a change in leadership may bring. good evening i m joie chen. thanks for being with us. g
chemical spill. freedom industry s filed for bankruptcy and owners created a new company to bail freedom out. in the wildfire that began two days ago in the foothills in california, it is still burning tonight and covers 1900 area, acre area north-east of loz los angeles. there s little they or anyone can do. those are the headlines. america tonight is up next on al jazeera america. good evening, i m joie chen. you re watching america tonight, the weekend edition. think for a moment about the things you can count on. one of them we hope is help, emergency help when you need it. we teach the kids if there s an emergency call 911 and the help will come. there are situations in which those three simply numbers, 911 will not bring help. it is a serious and extensive enough problem that the scc launched an inquiry sparked by the death of a texas mother and the daughter who tried to get help for her. america tonight s sara hoy has the story. last month kerry hunt agreed