ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - May 9, 2025

Tonight breaking news from the Vatican for the first. time we hear from Cardinals who were inside the Conclave. What was it? Why did they choose the first American Pope? And the moment the Cardinal born in Chicago had his. head in his hands knowing he was about to become Pope. Also tonight here the major failure again. at American airport. the air traffic control computers suddenly going. down, losing contact with passenger planes. First tonight, Pope Leo IV, the first Pope from the United. States, celebrating his first mass year back in the.

Sistine Chapel, where he was just hours before. Tonight, the Cardinals who were in the chapel. during the Conclave, what happened when Cardinal. pre-votes from Chicago reached the 2/3 majority, the 89 votes. needed, the scene inside the chapel. Also, what he said today during his mass, the. message he's sending already. Tonight, back in the U.S. in Chicago, celebrating one of their own. Tonight here, you will hear. from his brother. They played wordle and words with friends. before the conclave.

The bells bringing at Bill and Ova his. alma mater, Catholic school children jumping with joy, learning the focus not only American but. from their hometown. In that moment, the cardinal from Chicago suddenly. put his head in his hands. The other major news this Friday night, another terrifying. incident at Newark Airport. Air traffic control radar going dark again. Air traffic controllers. losing communications with passenger jets. What's going on? Tonight the U.S. and China and what President Trump is now.

signaling about his 145 percent tariffs on China. Will he reduce them and will they make a deal? The storm is hitting just as the weekend starts. the flood watch in the northeast. Heavy rain for Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York. Tonight the Soviet era spacecraft. launched back in 1972, hurtling toward. Earth. What they're now saying about where it could go and. tonight the remarkable images right here at the Vatican as. we prepare for a prime time special tonight, the American. Pope.

From ABC News, this is ABC World News Tonight with David. Newer reporting tonight from the. >> Good evening tonight from the Vatican. The first ever American. Pope celebrating his first mass year returning to the. cysteine chapel where he was just hours before for the. conclave. He of course was among the 133 Cardinals who. were electing the next Pope and tonight here for the first. time we hear from Cardinals in that chapel and why they chose.

him. Less than 24 hours after being introduced as the new. Pope Leo the 14th back in the Sistine Chapel to celebrate Mass. with the Cardinals who put their faith in him. The Pope began his first homily speaking in English. and what he said to the Cardinals. who chose him. Tonight the Vatican releasing this. image from 24 hours ago, the newly elected Pope in. solitary prayer just before he was. presented to the world. That powerful moment stepping out onto the. balcony, his name revealed the first. Pope from the United States. Tonight the celebrations back in the.

U.S. His brothers and childhood friends who call him. Rob. He is still close with his brothers playing. Whartle with one of his brothers not long before. becoming the new Pope. Bell is ringing at his alma mater, Villanova, and at. many Catholic churches across the country. And the children, these students. at our Lady of Mount Carmel with Katamian. Chicago, learning of the first American Pope, and that he was from their hometown. Tonight for the first time we hear about the moment. that Carmel born in Chicago put his head in his hands. knowing where the math was headed inside the. conclave that he was about to become Pope.

Tonight, less than 24 hours after being named the first. American Pope, Pope Leo the Fourteenth celebrating. his first mass. Returning to the Sistine Chapel where he was just. hours before among the 133 Cardinals who decided he was. the one. As he returned to the Sistine Chapel, hopefully. the Fourteen blessing the Cardinals who chose. him, the Cardinals bowing to the new Pope.

Conducting the Mass in Italian, but beginning. his homily in English. I begin with a word in English saying this to the Cardinals. from all over the world who placed their faith in Him. You have called me to carry that cross and to. be blessed with admission. And I know I can rely on each and every one of. you to walk with me as we continue as a church, as a community of friends of Jesus as believers.

to announce the good news, to announce the gospel. - Those cardinals delivering a surprise to the world. with their decision that came 24 hours, 21 minutes. after those doors closed at the Sistine Chapel, the conglation. The announcement, we have a Pope. (speaking in foreign language). and then history made on the balcony. over Saint Peter Square.

The Cardinal board Robert Francis. Prievost in Chicago, choosing to be. called Pope Leo XIV, waving to the. faithful. The world seeing. the emotion clear on his face. His first words piece be with you all. La pache si a contuti voy. >> Tonight, the celebrations back in his hometown of Chicago. that began with the children who were watching at our. Lady of Mount Carmel Academy.

>>. [APPLAUSE]. >> June, when they joined the first American hope, it's come their time. (cheering). - Outside Philadelphia, Bell's ringing in Pope Leo's honor. at Villanova University, where he studied mathematics. Tonight, Pope Leo already spending time with the faithful. It was just hours after he appeared on that balcony. He was out in Vatican City giving blessings. and visiting the Palazzo where he lived.

until he was named Pope. And tonight here, the new images from the Vatican, the official document attesting the acceptance. of Pope Leo of his election, the name right. there in Latin, Leo IV. The Pope choosing the name Leo widely believed in honor of. Pope Leo III, who was focused on human dignity, the rights. of workers, and the poor. Walking into today's mass, Pope Leo choosing to wear simple. black shoes like his predecessor Pope Francis instead of the. red shoes favored by Pope Benedict and others before him.

And another question here, where will he live? Tonight, Italian media now reporting Pope Leo will. continue to live at Santa Marta, where Pope Francis lived, at. least for now, saying there is renovation work being done. at the Grand Papal Apartment at the Apostolic Palace. Father John walk and Father James Martin on the decision. you'll have to make. Do you think he stays there or does he move into the. Grand Pable apartment? I think he moves into the Grand Pable apartment. I think I visited Pope Francis Acasus on Tom Arto.

It's very simple and he liked that. He liked being around people, but I don't know if I would. want to let a bit of guest house for 20 years. I think I'd like something a little more permanent. So I would forgive him completely if he moved back. I suspect he'll be moving back. And partly it's because the truth is that having. the Pope living with you, it's very awkward. for the people who have to be there. and the rest of the security. Born in 1955 and growing up, Bunchikago Southside, his. brothers and his classmates knew this boy had a special. relationship with God.

He is now 69 and considered young. and could lead the Catholic Church for many years to. come. Before he became Pope, he spoke of his relationship. with Pope Francis and his views on the church. It was just last August. He has a profound commitment to justice and charity and. mercy. There are dynamic, life-giving experiences that do. fill us with hope and we have to learn to share that message. with others.

It depends on all of us. His work transcending borders, serving the Church in the. U.S. in Rome and in Peru, where he was a missionary. appreased and then a bishop in Choclayo Peru, his focus the poor. ♪ ♪. Tonight here, the images of Pope Leo back in 2014, singing Philece Navidad with the youth ministry there. (crowd cheering). It was just 24 hours ago, children at the local.

Catholic school there, cheering as his. name was announced. They considered him fair. Tonight, our Matt Rivers is in Peru. David, we're in the town of Chiclió, in northwest Peru where Pope Leo spent decades working with. the poor preaching out of that cathedral there as bishop the. people of this town really see him as one of their own their. thrilled. He's now Pope that sign there on City Hall says. papalai on Pope Leo Chicolio.

Can you night? Do you hope he has impact back home in the United States? I would hope so now. I hope the United States sees us as a big plus for us. and hope for that reason to build those bridges. and to bring those people back together. And when he said yesterday from the balcony, God loves everyone. Did that land? Absolutely. Absolutely.

Absolutely. And if people didn't. know that before, hopefully they heard that. and they know it now. His brother Justin is studying at Villanova. - Polplio graduated. - You're studying at Villanova. - Yes I am. - And suddenly you learn that the pope went to school. at Villanova. - Yeah. - And when he stood up there and talked about building bridges. with the world in this moment when there's so much conflict, what did that mean to you? - You know, that just meant the world. Just to have him, someone who has that.

such stronger connection to me as a Villanova alumni, being able to hear him say those words, definitely hit my heart directly. So it's really a touching moment for me. Their mother optimistic after what she heard on that balcony. Kindness is Kate, so I think everyone just needs. to be kind to each other. It means a lot. If they keep pressing it, it's going to happen. You got to be hopeful, you got to believe. Hopeful for the American Polo.

Absolutely. the hope from so many. Americans right here in Rome. And as I mentioned for the first time, we're hearing tonight from the Cardinals. who were in the Conclave, what it was about that. cardinal from Chicago, who would reach that two-thirds. majority and become Pope. And tonight back in the U.S., the celebrations for the boy. who friends and family knew had a special connection. to God growing up. Terry Moran, who is from Chicago, right here at the Vatican again tonight. Tonight, this native son of Chicago. is now the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics,

known to his brothers, his rob, to his friends, his bob, Pope Leo the 14th. Formerly Cardinal Robert, Francis Prevost still plays. Whartle and words with friends with his brothers. Group here on East 141st Street in Dalton, Illinois, just across the line from Chicago's south side. And the attended mass at St. Mary's of the Assumption. The youngest of three boys raised in a Catholic family. The future Pope seemed to be destined. from a remarkably early age for a religious life. His brother John.

- I think from the time he was five or six years old, he knew this was his fate. Not that he would be a Pope that he would be a priest. - As a boy, his brothers tell us, while they were playing cops and robbers, their little brother played priest, holding mass using his mother's ironing board. as an altar and neco-wafers for communion. He attended college at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, was ordained a priest in 1982, joining the Order of Santa. Gustin. Three years later, he. became a missionary in Peru, working in poor remote. areas for two decades, eventually becoming.

a Peruvian citizen. After holding several posts in Rome, the future Pope was made a cardinal by Pope Francis just. two years ago in 2023. This week, inside the Conclade, the other American Cardinals. say that Privo's didn't advocate for himself in any big speech, but joined the conversations in small groups. A lot of dialogue occurred at nealtime, coffee break. Those moments when you can engage one another.

And then on the second day of the conclave, when it was clear. how the votes were going in the Sistine Chapel, he seemed. anguished, says his friend Cardinal Joseph Tobin, who calls. and Bob. Then I walked back and I took a look at Bob because. his name had been floating around and he had his head in. his hands. When he crossed the 89 vote threshold to be elected. a wave of applause rang through the Sistine Chapel and when.

he accepted election the. And then when he accepted it, it was like he was made for it. The new Pope needed to choose a name. Chicago's Cardinal Blaze Superch telling me about that moment. He was asked, "Okay, what name do you take?". And they said, "Lio.". And again, another applause because that. was his stunner, too. People were thinking, "Oh, Francis, second, Paul or John. or somebody else, but Leo.". We knew he had something new here. in Chicago, they're bursting with pride.

The Chicago sometimes dubbing Leo Dup Hope. Dup Hope, we love seeing that today. Terry Moran back with us here at the Vatican. Really something, Terry, to listen to these cardinals. who were inside the con clave and to hear about him. putting his head in his hands, sensing the weight of the. role that was soon coming. It is an awesome responsibility, David. But the con clave acted so quickly clearly. because the Cardinals believed he is ready if anyone can be. Cardinal Tobin, specifically praising Pope Leo's.

decisiveness, saying, quote, he listens. And then he acts. It's a lot of courage, unquote. David? It's an extraordinary story. Terri Moranton, I Terri, thank you. And Pope Leo may be from the south side of Chicago, but his. work with the church took him to Rome and to Peru. for so many years. And from the balcony right here behind me, he promised to push for unity and to build bridges. So tonight James Longman with the faithful Americans. and people from all over the world. who hope Pope Leo can unite.

Pope Leo sent some important messages. that his first mass is Pope, showing the world he knows. how to walk delicate divides. Soon after we heard Leo had made history, we bumped into Cardinal Boat, the Archbishop of Yangon. Are you excited to have the first American Pope? Yes, good, good. So that you can build a bridge. To build a bridge and fight with Trump. Fight with Trump? Trump? Or can go have a conversation. dialogue with Trump? A dialogue now in many languages.

America and Pope know my joy is that, yeah, I've lived for the first time. We have a Pope who is fluent in English and Spanish. But as Leo says, he wants to build bridges, war continues to rage. From Israel and Gaza, Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a. dangerous confrontation between India and Pakistan, breaking out during Conlave. This American Pope faces a global challenge. And David, there is a sense that the divisions in the United. States are making this American Pope better able to. deal with the divisions in the wider world.

David. James Longman back with us as well. James, thank you. Coming up just a short time from now, the entire team is. here for an ABC News Special. The American Pope, Leo the 14th, the special edition of. 2020, tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern 8th Central, right here on ABC. and it's a fascinating story. In the meantime, we turn to the other major news in Friday. night into another major blackout at Newark Airport, air. traffic controllers watching as their radar screens went. dark for nearly 90 seconds again, losing contact.

with passenger planes. here's Geobanitas. Tonight another terrifying failure. at Newark Airport, air traffic control. radar screens going black at Newark for. about 90 seconds just before 4 a.m. this morning. All right, go shift with black again. Controllers warning and incoming jet. that they might not be able to communicate. if the radars and radios fail again. So, just 51. It is another brief radar outage. just in case that happens again for.

year purposes. If you can't reach me, they just stay at her above 3000 until you're passing. more down and then you can just. clear for the approach from that. This happened in the middle. of the night when there were very few. airplanes. Someday it's going to happen where there's. lots of bad weather and you'll have. airplanes flying blind. It's the third radar outage at Newark. in less than two weeks and it's led. to thousands of delays and cancellations. And David the White House said today, They hope to have a quick fix by the end of the summer, but that, of course, is months from now. And then, of course, you have this weather in the Northeast.

If that outage had happened during this weather, this. could have been much worse. David. Really is extraordinary. Geobinita's tonight. Geobinita, thank you. Next tonight, your president, Trump signaling he is open to. lowering his steep tariffs on China, suggesting now that. they could be lowered from 145 percent to 80 percent in. ports of Chinese goods. But only if China, he says, makes concessions first. Treasury Secretary Scott Besan arriving in Geneva, Switzerland, for the first face-to-face trade talks with China. But the president tonight saying he won't be disappointed.

if he doesn't come back with a deal. We do have a passing to note tonight, former Supreme Court. Justice David Souter is being remembered, appointed by former. President George H. W. Bush dying at his New Hampshire. home on Thursday. His 19 years on the high court, surprising conservative Republicans at times, as he cited with liberal justices on issues including Roe. versus Wade and the Bush versus Gore, 2000 presidential. election fight. Just as David Souter was 89. When we come back here tonight, we're tracking storms hitting. just as the weekend starts, the flood watch in the.

Northeast, heavy rain for Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and New York, we're tracking. it. And tonight the Soviet-era spacecraft. launched back in 1972, tonight it's hurtling toward. Earth. And what they're now saying about where it could go. Tonight we're tracking heavy rain across the northeast, more. than 50 million Americans from Hartford, Connecticut, up to Maine, unalert for possible flooding. Strong thunderstorms with more. than a half foot of rain and possible flooding. for the southeast right into early next week.

When we come back on this Friday night, that Soviet era. spacecraft launched in 1972 tonight hurtling toward Earth. So where do they think it's headed? To the index of other news in a Soviet era spacecraft that. was supposed to explore Venus, is now expected to crash. into Earth sometime tonight or tomorrow. The cosmos 482, it's called, "look similar to this before. it was launched in March of 1972.". But at malfunction and never left Earth's orbit, scientists. now say the chances of cosmos striking anyone. on land remain very low.

That's good news. Saying a 70 percent chance it will land in water if. it doesn't burn up first. When we come back here tonight, the moving images from New. York City to the Vatican here, what's been done for. the first American Pope? Before we go tonight from New York City to here in Rome, celebrating the first American the Empire State. Building in Golden White. Two visitors from Missouri posing in front of St. Peter's. Basilica. We can't get enough of. the school children in the folks hometown of Chicago. reacting to the news.

And in Peru, where Pope Leo spent more than 20 years. a children's choir displaying photos of Leo the 14th, they consider him family. Thank you for watching on this historic week. I'm David Neur. I'll see you at 9 p.m. Eastern tonight for our ABC News. special, the first American Pope. Good night. Thank you for making World News Tonight with David Newer. most watched newscast.