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is the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ >> john: good evening. i'm john dickerson. >> maurice: i'm maurice dubois in rome. and now, we wait. 133 cardinals of the roman catholic church are spending their first night closed off from the outside world as they choose a new pope. they took their first vote inside the sistine chapel this evening, but black smoke from the chimney told the citizens of rome and the people of the world that no one received the required two-thirds majority, so they will try again tomorrow. [singing] the procession of cardinal electors to the sistine chapel was accompanied by the litany of saints. [singing] a moving recitation of the names of saints that stretches across two millenia.

once inside with the masterpieces of michelangelo bearing witness, each cardinal took a vow to keep details of this election secret. one of these men will be the leader of 1.4 billion catholics. the cardinals represent 70 countries, the largest and most geographically diverse conclave in history. then the command came in latin to clear the room of anyone who was not voting. >> extra omnes. >> maurice: it means "everyone out," and the door was locked from inside. [doors closing] outside, in st. peter's square, a vigil began. we met a family from lafayette, indiana, kelsey and paul wilson, who traveled with their six children. so how do you get six kids on a plane? >> well, we went through two months of no tv, and then when

they got on the plane, they got as much tv as they want. >> maurice: oh, this was a trade, a barter? >> yeah. also, flying economy as a child is flying first class. you've got plenty of legroom, you've got all of the drinks you can want with sodas. >> maurice: so it all worked out. >> it all worked out. >> maurice: so what are your hopes and dreams for the next pope at this point? >> i think we're just looking for a pope that is a holy man of god, that proclaims the gospel boldly, that is ready to take on the huge role of shepherding 1.45 billion catholics in the world. >> maurice: carolina meza and her son sebastian left miami on monday for their pilgrimage to rome. they recently converted to catholicism. >> can't wait to just be a part of this moment in history. >> maurice: they watched and waited more than three hours for a signal that the cardinals had made a decision. when the smoke came, it brought a mix of disappointment and excitement. >> oh, there's smoke. >> maurice: there would be at least one more day of

expectation. so it was a long first voting session for the 133 cardinals this evening. what that may mean, we just don't know, but john allen is an expert on the papacy. he covers the vatican as editor of the online news platform "crux." john, great to see you. what do you think -- i know you weren't in there -- but what could have possibly taken them all this time? >> well, remember that before they actually got to the vote tonight, the cardinals heard a meditation from father raniero cantalamessa, in italian that means "sing the mass," and between you, me, and the fencepost, not a guy known for going short. >> maurice: loves to speak? >> a little bit. and in addition, we have to remember this is the largest conclave in history. 133 cardinals had to walk up, swear an oath in latin, and dropped their vote into the chalice. all that had to be counted. that simply took some time. we may have to get used to waiting a little bit. >> maurice: the crowd out he was pretty restless, singing, chanting, cheering, et cetera. what does tomorrow look like? who do you think is the

front-runner, at this point? >> well, going i think we all assumed that the front-runner is italian cardinal pietro parolin, the secretary of state under pope francis. and really tonight was sort of a show of strength to see how many votes parolin got in this first round. tomorrow is when things get real. he will either get near that two-thirds threshold or somebody else will emerge. but i would point out the last two popes were elected in the afternoon of the second day, so tomorrow is really potential white smoke territory for the first time. >> maurice: okay, we shall see. john allen, thanks so much for the insight, we appreciate it. and i will be back a little bit later in the broadcast with the man whose sounds will fill this square when a pope is elected. but right now john dickerson in new york with the rest of the day's news. jon? >> john: thank you, maurice. talk to you later. now more of the top stories from around the world in the "evening news" roundup. there was more fighting today between india and pakistan. pakistan says more than 30 people have been killed so far.

india says the toll there is at least 15. president trump says he's ready to help the two countries work out their long-standing disputes. three former memphis police officers were found not guilty of state charges in the 2023 beating death of tyre nichols after he ran from a traffic stop. the ex-officers were convicted in a federal trial last octoberr sentences. and the tsa began enforcing the real i.d. law, nearly 20 years after it was approved by congress. despite concerns about delays at major airports, the tsa reported no serious issues today. travelers without real i.d. can show passports and other documents with their standard licenses. lines were long, however, at the dmv in chicago as people tried to upgrade to real i.d. the u.s. military is awash in red ink from the loss of another multimillion dollar fighter jet in the red sea.

officials are investigating a landing that went wrong aboard the uss harry s. truman. the aircraft carrier has been running an air strike campaign against yemen's houthi rebels, and charlie d'agata reports this is the latest in a string of mishaps. >> reporter: defense officials tell cbs news that the f-18 super hornet was coming into land when something went wrong, sending the $67 million fighter jet overboard into the red sea. both crew members ejected safely and were rescued. former pentagon official mark cancian said the conditions were especially challenging. how difficult is it to land the f-18 on the deck of an aircraft carrier? >> it's very difficult. and it's particularly difficult at night. during conflict, it's even more difficult. >> reporter: it's the second time in just over a week the truman has lost in f-18 after one went overboard when the carrier made a hard turn to avoid houthi fire.

the truman has been leading a heavy bombing campaign against the iranian-backed houthi rebels which has launched over 1,000 strikes since march. the carrier has been at sea for nearly eight months. secretary of defense pete hegseth has extended its deployment twice. what kind of impact does that have on a crew? >> they're tired. but they should be able to handle this. >> reporter: a third f-18 was lost in december when it was accidentally shot down in a friendly fire incident by another navy warship. and this past february, the carrier was damaged when it collided with a merchant vessel near the suez canal. that accident led to its commanding officer being fired. in your experience, have you ever known a deployment like this? >> i don't think so. this is really unusual. >> john: and charlie, those three planes are not the only losses that have been experienced in this campaign. also, reaper drones have been taken out of the sky. >> reporter: yeah, well, the

pentagon says the houthis have shot down seven reaper drones, and it costs about $30 million each. now, they operate at around 40,000 feet. the houthis claim to have taken them down using their own surface-to-air missiles based on iranian technology at a fraction of the cost of a reaper. >> john: and before i let you go, charlie, what happens to the planes that are in the water? >> reporter: yeah, so if possible, those fighter jets will be recovered. when an f-35 crash landed and went overboard in the south china sea three years ago, navy salvage teams recovered that aircraft from much deeper waters than the red sea to make sure that technology did not fall into enemy hands. >> john: charlie d'agata at the pentagon. thank you, charlie. still ahead on the "cbs evening news," more from maurice in rome, and lonnie quinn on flooding in the south. and we'll have these stories. ♪ ♪ >> i'm jericka duncan in west virginia. we visit a community impacted by federal job cuts. some here say it's not just about job loss. it's about life or death for the nation's workforce. that's tonight's

"eye on america." ♪ ♪ >> i'm jo ling kent in washington. what did the fed chair say about tariffs impacting the economy? that's next on the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪ next on the "cbs evening news." ♪ ♪

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jo ling, everybody watches what the fed decides, but they also watch every word from the chair man and every body movement. you were there. what did you see? >> reporter: the catchphrase of the day was "wait and see." that was the refrain from the world's most powerful central banker. chair powell warned the risks of unemployment and inflation increasing have actually gone up since the trade were escalated last month. but the fed is not in a hurry to lower rates because the impact of tariffs haven't shown up in what they call the hard economic data just yet. powell also ruled out cutting rates preemptively. but we have already seen impact on the ports, businesses, and consumers, so i put this question to chair powell today. for main street, what is the breaking point? what would have to happen to prompt a rate cut, specifically? >> we really don't see in the data yet big economic effects, our policy is in a good place so we think we can wait and move when it is clear what the right thing to do is, really

not at all clear what it is we should do. >> john: so jo ling, in addition to questioning central bankers, you have also been on the phone talking to people who live in the real economy. tell me particularly what you are hearing from small business owners. >> reporter: john, it's really simple. small businesses just want any relief that they can get. now business owners we have been talking to are running out of product to sell in their warehouses because it's simple: they can't afford to pay the 145% import tax to bring their goods in from, say, china. so even if the fed had cut rates today, that cannot save small businesses from the impacts from tariffs. it's something chair powell acknowledged as the responsibility of the white house and the private sector, but if there's a rate cut in the months ahead, less expensive borrowing could stimulate more spending, john. >> john: jo ling kent reporting from washington, thank you. flooding is making travel dangerous in parts of the south. in central texas, a driver attempting to pull out of his driveway had to be rescued. first responders got him out just 15 seconds before the water swallowed his car.

lonnie quinn is tracking the flooding. lonnie, what do you got? >> boy, central texas just got pounded yesterday. i mean, you saw that video. well, look at this. i'm going to show you a nearby town, this is solano, texas, they picked up 3.2 inches of rain in an hour. they ended up with a grand total about seven or eight for the day. that system right now is causing some flooding concerns around louisiana. the jet stream going to be pushing everything along the gulf coast, through mississippi, alabama, into florida, and by the time we finish up the weekend, look at some of the numbers out there. 6-8 inches. anywhere north of i-4 into southern georgia a lot of rain but hasn't been just rain, this is crazy, watch this. open a map and show you what a little elevation will do with that same rain, but now it is cold at the top of the mountains. this is arapahoe basin, can't see too much there, but they are skiing. they've picked up 7-10 inches of snow with the system, and you know what, taos, new mexico, picked up double that, but

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>> john: ever hear of niosh? maybe not, but it does important work -- or did. the federal agency researched and recommended ways to make workplaces safer. but the jobs of its own workers were not safe. most were laid off by the trump budget cuts. in tonight's "eye on america," jericka duncan looks at the potential impact of this in a part of the country that voted overwhelmingly for president trump. >> reporter: in west virginia's coal country,

marion tennant says he was destined to work in the mines. >> that was the only thing in this area when i graduated high school. >> reporter: that was in 1974. >> niosh was in way more than just coal. >> reporter: when tennant was protected by the national institute for occupational safety and health, or niosh. for decades, it offered free screenings for black lung, a chronic disease caused by prolonged exposure to coal dust. but the screenings have stopped because of president trump's mandated budget cuts. what impact does that have on the workforce? >> what's going to happen, i'm afraid, is your young ones, before they realize what they've done to their body, they are going to have black lung. and the numbers is going to rise. >> callie, come. >> reporter: catherine blackwood was a phd scientist at the niosh facility in morgantown, west virginia, where she studied the dangers of mold exposure. >> i'm angry that we are just being cast aside.

>> reporter: her job was eliminated april 1st, along with over 200 others, from people who oversee mine safety, to those who study chemicals causing cancer in firefighters. >> i'm really worried and fearful about what the impacts are going to be on the rest of us. >> reporter: you're not talking just about morgantown, are you? >> no, i'm not. every single person faces different hazards at their work every day, and without niosh, i think that we are all in danger. >> reporter: we reached out to health and human services to ask about cuts to crucial programs. a spokesperson said, in part, "the department remains focused on cutting wasteful bureaucracy and eliminating duplicate of administrative roles." >> the work being done at niosh was not wasteful. it was not duplicative. it was not redundant. the research that was being done at niosh was being done nowhere else in the world. >> reporter: west virginia is not only coal country, it's trump country.

he won this state with 70% of the vote. tennant, who is now retired, says he didn't vote for kamala harris or trump. >> he's looking at the coal-fired power plants, but he's also doing away with niosh, that helps the safety of the coal miners. >> reporter: the budget for niosh was about $363 million in 2023. that same year, job injuries and illnesses cost americans around $176 billion. without niosh, officials say that number could be even higher. >> i don't think it is hyperbole to say that eviscerating niosh as they have will cause people to die. >> reporter: which is exactly what niosh was creating to prevent. for "eye on america," jericka duncan, morgantown, west virginia. >> john: in a moment, we'll go back to maurice in rome, where after the white smoke come the bronze bells. the story behind them next. ♪ ♪

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bringing dozens of churches into harmony by choreographing a ballet of bells. diano is a campanaro. at 38 years old, he is keeping alive the ancient art of bellringing. you do it why? >> it's a heavenly job. >> maurice: a heavenly job. >> yes. >> maurice: calling the faithful to prayer and heralding milestones from births to weddings to deaths. >> [speaking in a global language] >> maurice: when the bells are ringing, the devil goes away? >> yes. >> maurice: 14 years ago, diano got the opportunity to ring the campanone, the big bell at st. peter's basilica. he knew then that the bells were calling him to a lifetime of service. over the years, he's climbed 109 bell towers in rome, ringing some with ropes. but his skills as an organist have helped him master an automated system. diano has programmed the bells

to accompany that announcement of great joy, the election of a pope. how do you feel about that moment? >> i am very emotional. >> maurice: you played for francis. you played for benedict. you're going to play for the next pope. and you're going to play for rome and the world. how are you feeling about that? >> big responsibility, but it is not strong responsibility. ah, no! because, for me, the bells is normal. is my life. is real. the voice of the lord. [bells ringing] >> maurice: the next time you hear this song, there will be a new pope. [bells ringing] and giacomo diano's music will have a familiar ring. [bells ringing] >> john: i love giacomo, maurice. so when i was there for the funeral in the lead up, maurice, behind you filled with people but eerily silent. it's not that way now, is it?

>> maurice: no, not at all, john. so many striking moments today. people using the greatest, most current technology, training it on the old technology of a chimney waiting for smoke. the irony not lost on anybody. and then the crowds today. they are not a patient crowd. today's crowd is antsy. they got so antsy they were singing and cheering as if they were at a football or soccer game, hoping to will the popes into action -- the cardinals into action into choosing a pope. just wasn't going to happen. that's going to do it here for the "cbs evening news." i'm maurice dubois in rome. >> john: i'm john dickerson in new york. good night. ♪ ♪

>> john: welcome to "cbs evening news plus." i'm john dickerson. the vatican chimney was finally put to use today. black smoke from it ensured it will be in use at least one more time. catholics around the world will have to wait at least until tomorrow before learning who their next pope will be. chris livesay reports from vatican city.