NBC Nightly News Full Episode - April 21

>>> TONIGHT, THE. LIFE, LEGACY, AND. IMPACT OF POPE. FRANCIS. THE VATICAN. ANNOUNCING THE DEATH. OF THE 88-YEAR-OLD. PONTIFF JUST A DAY. AFTER HE MADE A. SURPRISE APPEARANCE. DURING EASTER. CELEBRATIONS. TONIGHT, WHAT WE'RE. LEARNING ABOUT HIS. CAUSE OF DEATH AS. MOURNERS FILL ST. PETER'S SQUARE. A CAREFULLY. ORCHESTRATED PLAN FOR. HIS FUNERAL BEGINS. MEANWHILE, CARDINALS. FROM AROUND THE WORLD. ARE HEADED TO ROME. FOR THE CONCLAVE TO.

CHOOSE A NEW POPE. THE LATEST FROM THE. VATICAN TONIGHT. >> THE STOCK MARKET. PLUNGING, THE. DOLLAR'S VALUE. FALLING, CHRISTINE. ROMANS WITH WHAT. SPARKED THE SELL-OFF. AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR. YOU. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP. DEFENDING HIS. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. AS A NEW CONTROVERSY. SURROUNDS PETE. HEGSETH. A REPORT OF ANOTHER. SIGNAL CHAT ABOUT. PLANS FOR A MILITARY. STRIKE, AND THIS. TIME, THE SECRETARY'S. WIFE INCLUDED IN THE. CHAT. >>> THE EMERGENCY. EVACUATION AT THE. ORLANDO AIRPORT. FLAMES AND SMOKE. ERUPTING FROM THE.

ENGINE OF THIS DELTA. PLANE GETTING READY. FOR TAKEOFF. THE PLANE FILLED TO. CAPACITY WITH NEARLY. 300 PEOPLE ONBOARD, FORCED TO EXIT BY. EMERGENCY SLIDES. >> KRISTI NOEM, THE. SECRETARY OF HOMELAND. SECURITY, ROBBED. A PURSE WITH. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. IN CASH INSIDE. STOLEN. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING. ABOUT THE. INVESTIGATION. TONIGHT. >>> AND THE RECORD. RUN AT THE BOSTON. MARATHON, WITH THE. WOMEN'S WINNER. EARNING A PLACE IN. HISTORY.

>>> GOOD EVENING, AND. WELCOME. THE ANCIENT ROMAN. CATHOLIC RITES OF. LOSS AND TRANSITION. ARE UNDER WAY AT THE. VATICAN WHERE THE. DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS. WAS FORMALLY. RECOGNIZED THIS. EVENING. MANY NOTING THE. POETRY OF HIS PASSING. JUST A DAY AFTER. EASTER. LATE TODAY, THE. VATICAN LISTING HIS. CAUSE OF DEATH AS. STROKE AND. IRREVERSIBLE HEART. FAILURE. IN 12 YEARS AS LEADER. OF THE CATHOLIC. CHURCH, FRANCIS. SEALED HIS LEGACY AS. A REFORMER WHO. CHALLENGED TRADITION. A PASTOR WHO FORGED A.

DEEP CONNECTION WITH. THE WEAK AND. VULNERABLE. AND A MODEL OF. HUMILITY. TRIBUTES TO THE LATE. POPE ARE POURING IN. PRESIDENT TRUMP. POSTING MAY GOD BLESS. HIM AND ALL WHO LOVED. HIM. THE PRESIDENT. ORDERING FLAGS HERE. IN THE U.S. TO BE. FLOWN AT HALF STAFF, AND ANNOUNCING HE AND. FIRST LADY MELANIA. TRUMP WILL ATTEND THE. FUNERAL EXPECTED TO. TAKE PLACE LATER THIS. WEEK. CARDINALS WHO WILL. ULTIMATELY ELECT A. SUCCESSOR TO.

FRANCIS --. >> TONIGHT, SADNESS. AND PRAYERS IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE. A ROSARY SERVICE. BEGINNING THE. MOURNING FOR POPE. FRANCIS. JOINING CATHOLIC. FAITHFUL AROUND THE. WORLD WHO ARE STILL. ABSORBING THE NEWS OF. HIS SUDDEN LOSS. THE 88-YEAR-OLD. PONTIFF PASSING AWAY. THIS MORNING JUST ONE. DAY AFTER A SURPRISE. APPEARANCE ON EASTER.

SUNDAY. READING A BLESSING HE. HAD WRITTEN. THE PEOPLE'S POPE. UNABLE TO PASS A. CHANCE TO BE CLOSE TO. HIS FLOCK. GREETING THE CROWDS. IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE. AND RIDING IN THE. POPEMOBILE. DESPITE THE ADVICE OF. DOCTORS THAT HE REST. AND AVOID CROWDS. IT WAS CLASSIC POPE. FRANCIS. IN THE VIEW OF. CARDINAL TIMOTHY. DOLAN --. >> WE CAN'T. CHOREOGRAPH THE WAY. WE GO, BUT IF YOU. COULD, THIS WASN'T. BAD. POPE FRANCIS WAS KIND.

OF LIKE A NATURAL. HE KIND OF KNEW THE. POWER OF SYMBOLS. HE WAS VERY. AUTHENTIC, VERY. SINCERE, BUT IT CAME. NATURAL TO HIM. YOU WOULD ALMOST. THINK HE PLANNED IT. WHICH WE KNOW HE. DIDN'T BUT GOD. PLANNED IT AND I. THANK GOD FOR THE. BEAUTIFUL WAY HE WENT. ON. >> THE POPE ALSO. SPENT A FEW MINUTES. ON SUNDAY WITH VICE. PRESIDENT JD VANCE, KEEPING UP A BUSY. SCHEDULE IN THE FINAL. DAYS AND HOURS OF HIS. LIFE. COMING JUST DAYS. AFTER GREETING. HOSPITAL STAFF WHO. CARED FOR HIM AND. ALSO VISITING WITH.

PRISONERS. EARLIER THIS YEAR, FRANCIS WAS. HOSPITALIZED FOR OVER. A MONTH WITH. PNEUMONIA. RETURNING TO THE. PUBLIC EYE JUST WEEKS. AGO. ALL OF IT FOR POPE. FRANCIS, THE LOVE FOR. HIS COMPASSION FOR. THE SICK, THE POOR, AND FORGOTTEN. FOCUSING THE CHURCH. ON WHAT HE BELIEVED. WAS ITS MISSION TO. SPREAD LOVE AND. MERCY. ELECTED POPE IN MARCH.

2013, THERE WAS THAT. POIGNANT MOMENT ON. THE BALCONY. ASKING PEOPLE TO PRAY. FOR HIM AND BOWING TO. THEM. NAMING HIMSELF AFTER. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI. WHO MINISTERED TO THE. POOR. THE POPE'S HUMILITY. DEMONSTRATED FROM THE. VERY START. RETURNING TO HIS. HOTEL TO PAY HIS BILL. AFTER THE CONCLAVE, CARRYING HIS OWN BAG. FRANCIS WAS BORN.

JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO. TO ITALIAN IMMIGRANT. PARENTS WHO SETTLED. IN ARGENTINA. HE STUDIED TO BE A. CHEMIST BUT WAS. CALLED TO BE A. PRIEST. EVENTUALLY BECOMING. THE CARDINAL OF. BUENOS AIRES. LIVING SIMPLY, RIDING. THE SUBWAY, THE. BISHOP OF THE SLUMS. AS POPE, HE CLASHED. WITH VATICAN. OFFICIALS, BUT. ENDEARED HIMSELF TO. MANY OF THE FAITHFUL. DECLARING, I AM A. SINNER. ACCUSING THE VATICAN.

BUREAUCRACY HE SOUGHT. TO REFORM OF. SPIRITUAL. ALZHEIMER'S. AND SAYING, WHO AM I. TO JUDGE WHEN ASKED. ABOUT A GAY PRIEST AT. HIS FIRST IN-FLIGHT. PRESS CONFERENCE, THOUGH HE OPPOSED GAY. MARRIAGE. HIS MORE PROGRESSIVE. VIEWS AT TIMES. SPARKING CRITICISM. FROM CONSERVATIVE. AMERICAN BISHOPS. ON THE WORLD STAGE, HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST. THE INVASION OF. UKRAINE AND BROKERED.

A THAW IN U.S./CUBA. RELATIONS. >> I CAN ONLY. REITERATE THE. IMPORTANCE AND, ABOVE. ALL, THE RICHNESS AND. THE BEAUTY OF FAMILY. LIFE. >> AT ONE POINT, FRANCIS SAYING. COUPLES WHO CHOOSE. PETS INSTEAD OF. CHILDREN IS A FORM OF. SELFISHNESS. CHILDREN BROUGHT OUT. HIS BEST. NEVER MORE SO THAN. WHEN HE MET A YOUNG. BOY ON THIS PARISH. VISIT IN ROME. THE BOY'S FATHER HAD.

DIED, AND HE WANTED. TO ASK THE POPE IF. HIS DAD, AN ATHEIST, WAS IN HEAVEN, BUT HE. WAS TOO SCARED. COME AND TELL ME IN. MY EAR, FRANCIS SAYS. AND CONSOLES HIM. GOD HAS A FATHER'S. HEART, HE TELLS THE. BOY. HIS STYLE, A DRAMATIC. SHIFT FROM. PREDECESSOR POPE. BENEDICT WHO FOR A. TIME LIVED JUST STEPS. AWAY. THERE WERE. UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS. LIKE DURING THE.

PANDEMIC, FRANCIS. ALONE, PRAYING IN A. RAINY ST. PETER'S. SQUARE. HIS ONLY TRIP TO THE. UNITED STATES AS. POPE, A. HISTORY-MAKING EVENT. THE FIRST PONTIFF TO. ADDRESS A JOINT. MEETING OF CONGRESS. HIS TIME AS POPE ALSO. COMING IN THE MIDST. OF THE CHURCH'S. ONGOING SEXUAL ABUSE. SCANDALS, SHOCKING. REVELATIONS IN THE. U.S. AND AROUND THE. WORLD LED FRANCIS TO. TOUGHEN CHURCH LAWS. AGAINST SUCH ABUSE, TO BETTER PROTECT.

CHILDREN AND. VULNERABLE ADULTS. SOME DON'T THINK HE. ALWAYS HANDLED THE. SUBJECT WELL, SINCE. HE SAYS HE INITIALLY. BELIEVED CHILE'S. CARDINALS THAT THERE. WAS NO ABUSE SCANDAL. IN THAT COUNTRY. SURVIVOR JUAN CARLOS. CRUZ HELPED CHANGE. THE POPE'S MIND. >> HE'S LISTENING. HE'S UNDERSTANDING. HE GOES TO THE SOURCE. AND UNDERSTANDS THE. PROBLEM. SO I GIVE HIM CREDIT. FOR THAT.

>> THE POPE'S DEATH. NOW LEADS TO THAT. SECRETIVE AND. MYSTERIOUS CONCLAVE. WHERE CARDINALS UNDER. AGE 80 GATHER IN ROME. INSIDE THE SISTINE. CHAPEL TO CHOOSE THE. POPE'S SUCCESSOR. BUT TONIGHT, THE. GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT IS. ON FRANCIS. THE CELEBRATIONS. GROWING FOR THE. PEOPLE'S POPE. THE PONTIFF WHO. TOUCHED MILLIONS. AROUND THE WORLD. REMEMBERED FOR. PRACTICING WHAT HE. PREACHED. THE POPE'S DEATH NOW. STARTS INTO MOTION A. MOURNING PERIOD AND. THEN A PROCESS TO.

CHOOSE A NEW POPE. THOSE CARDINALS WE. MENTIONED A MOMENT. AGO WHO ARE TRAVELING. TO THE VATICAN WILL. DISCUSS PLANS FOR THE. POPE'S FUNERAL. MOLLY HUNTER IS AT. THE VATICAN TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. >> Reporter: LESTER, GOOD EVENING. CARDINALS ALREADY. TRAVELING TO VATICAN. CITY, AND TOMORROW. WILL BE THE FIRST. MEETING OF THE. CARDINALS ALREADY IN. TOWN. THE FUNERAL IS. EXPECTED WITHIN FOUR. TO SIX DAYS AND THE. CARDINALS WILL WORK. OUT THE EXACT DATE. BEFORE ALL THE. ATTENTION TURNS TO. THE CONCLAVE.

SHROUDED IN SECRECY, THE CONCLAVE BEGINS. 15 TO 20 DAYS. FOLLOWING THE DEATH. OF A PONTIFF. OVER THE NEXT FEW. WEEKS THE 135. CARDINALS UNDER THE. AGE OF 80 ELIGIBLE TO. VOTE FOR THE NEXT. POPE WILL DESCEND ON. VATICAN CITY. POPE FRANCIS NAMED. 108 OF THE ELECTORS. SHAPING THE GLOBAL. CHURCH IN HIS IMAGE. 20 FROM COUNTRIES. THAT HAD NEVER HAD A. CARDINAL BEFORE. >> THIS IS A CONCLAVE. WHERE POPE FRANCIS. NAMED 80% OF THE. CARDINALS WHO WILL.

ELECT HIS SUCCESSOR. BUT THEY DON'T REALLY. KNOW EACH OTHER, SO. NAME RECOGNITION WILL. CARRY A LOT IN THE. DAYS AHEAD. >> Reporter: IN THE. CENTURIES-OLD. TRADITION, THE. CARDINALS ARE SEALED. INSIDE THE SISTINE. CHAPEL BENEATH THE. WATCHFUL GAZE OF. MICHELANGELO'S. FRESCOS, SHUT OFF. FROM THE OUTSIDE. WORLD. AFTER DAY ONE, FOUR. ROUNDS OF SECRET. BALLOTS EVERY DAY. UNTIL ONE NAME. RECEIVES A TWO-THIRDS. MAJORITY. THE LIST OF LIKELY. CONTENDERS SPANS THE. GLOBE, FROM ASIA TO. AFRICA TO THE HOLY.

LAND TO EUROPE AND. CANADA. WILL THE NEXT POPE. SHARE FRANCIS' GLOBAL. OUTLOOK OR WILL IT BE. A MORE CONSERVATIVE. VOICE? >> THE CARDINALS. REALLY FACE TWO. CHOICES IN THIS. ELECTION. DO THEY WANT TO. CONTINUE ON THE PATH. OF REFORM THAT. FRANCIS INITIATED OF. OPENING THE CHURCH UP. TO THE MODERN WORLD. OR DO THEY WANT A. COURSE CORRECTION TO. ELECT A POPE THAT'S. PERHAPS MORE FOCUSED. ON DOCTRINE AND. DISCIPLINE? THOSE ARE REALLY THE. TWO CHOICES. >> Reporter: AS THE. VOTING CONTINUES, THE. CARDINALS BURN THE. BALLOTS, PRODUCING. BLACK SMOKE OR.

EVENTUALLY WHITE. SMOKE. TO ANNOUNCE A NEW. POPE. >> MOLLY, WE. UNDERSTAND WE COULD. SEE THE POPE LYING IN. STATE AS SOON AS THIS. WEDNESDAY. >> Reporter: LESTER, THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE LEARNING NEW. DETAILS ABOUT THE. NEXT COUPLE DAYS. TONIGHT. WE UNDERSTAND HIS. BODY WAS MOVED INTO A. SINGLE WOOD AND ZINC. COFFIN, AND HE MAY BE. MOVED AS EARLY AS. WEDNESDAY TO LIE IN. STATE IN ST. PETER'S. BASILICA AND ANOTHER.

CHANGE, HE WILL NOT. BE BURIED IN THE. VATICAN GROTTOS. INSTEAD, HE HAS. CHOSEN A DIFFERENT. CHURCH, A BASILICA IN. THE CENTER OF ROME. THAT WAS NEAR TO HIS. HEART AND HE VISITED. OFTEN. >> MOLLY HUNTER, THANKS. >>> MEANWHILE AT. HOME, ANOTHER BIG. DROP IN THE STOCK. MARKET TODAY. ALL THE MAJOR. AVERAGES TUMBLING. CLOSE TO 2.5%. DURING A WILD RIDE ON. WALL STREET. LET'S BRING IN NBC. NEWS SENIOR BUSINESS. CORRESPONDENT. CHRISTINE ROMANS. EVERYONE IS ASKING. WHAT'S GOING ON. >> YEAH, INVESTORS. ARE ALARMED, REALLY. ALARMED AT THE.

PRESIDENT'S. ESCALATING ATTACKS ON. THE FEDERAL RESERVE. CHIEF. ON SOCIAL MEDIA, CALLING JEROME POWELL. A MAJOR LOSER. DEMANDING THAT HE CUT. RATES NOW. MARKETS ALREADY. CONTENDING WITH. SHOCKS FROM TARIFFS. WITH NO TRADE DEALS. IN SIGHT JUST YET. POWELL SAID LAST WEEK. THOSE TARIFFS COULD. CAUSE MORE PERSISTENT. INFLATION. THE FED KEEPING RATES. STEADY FOR NOW, BUT. THE PRESIDENT'S TOP. ECONOMIC ADVISER SAID. THE WHITE HOUSE IS. LOOKING AT WHETHER. REMOVING POWELL IS AN. OPTION. TRUMP APPOINTED. POWELL, REMEMBER, A. REPUBLICAN, IN HIS. FIRST TERM.

POWELL HAS SAID. REMOVING HIM IS NOT. PERMITTED UNDER THE. LAW. AN INDEPENDENT FED IS. A CORNERSTONE OF U.S. FINANCIAL STABILITY. SO THE THREAT OF. TURMOIL THERE. DRAGGING DOWN STOCKS, BONDS, THE DOLLAR ALL. TOGETHER, THE DOLLAR. AT A THREE-YEAR LOW. TONIGHT. >> THANKS. >>> TURNING NOW TO. GROWING FALLOUT OVER. THE DEFENSE. SECRETARY'S USE OF. PRIVATE MESSAGING APP. SIGNAL. IT COMES AFTER. SEVERAL TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION. OFFICIALS CAME UNDER. FIRE FOR DISCUSSING. SENSITIVE MILITARY. OPERATIONS USING THE. APP. KELLY O'DONNELL IS AT.

THE WHITE HOUSE. >> Reporter: DEFIANT. AND DUG IN TONIGHT. >> I HAVE SPOKEN TO. THE PRESIDENT AND. WE'RE GOING TO. CONTINUE FIGHTING ON. THE SAME PAGE ALL THE. WAY. >> Reporter: DEFENSE. SECRETARY PETE. HEGSETH FACING A NEW. ALLEGATION OF. IMPROPERLY SHARING. SENSITIVE MILITARY. OPERATIONAL DETAILS. BEFORE A STRIKE IN. YEMEN. THAT GROUP CHAT. INCLUDED HIS WIFE, BROTHER, AND PERSONAL. LAWYER, ACCORDING TO. TWO SOURCES. WHO SAY HEGSETH SENT. THE INFORMATION USING. HIS PERSONAL PHONE. AND THE SIGNAL APP.

HEGSETH AND FAMILY AT. TODAY'S WHITE HOUSE. EASTER EGG ROLL WHERE. THE SECRETARY. ATTACKED MEDIA. REPORTS BUT DID NOT. ADDRESS THE SUBSTANCE. OF THE ALLEGATIONS. >> THEY TAKE ANONSIS. SOURCES FROM. DISGRUNTLED FORMER. EMPLOYEES AND TRY TO. SLASH AND BURN PEOPLE. AND RUIN THEIR. REPUTATION. NOT GOING TO WORK. WITH ME BECAUSE WE'RE. CHANGING THE DEFENSE. DEPARTMENT. >> Reporter: FOUR. FORMER TOP PENTAGON. ADVISERS ARE SPEAKING. OUT ABOUT HEGSETH'S. LEADERSHIP MORE. BROADLY. INCREDIBLY. DISAPPOINTED IS HOW. THREE SENIOR AIDES.

DESCRIBED THEIR. FIRING LAST WEEK. AND SAY THEY HAVE NOT. BEEN TOLD WHAT. EXACTLY WE WERE. INVESTIGATED FOR. MEANWHILE, FORMER. PENTAGON SPOKESMAN. JOHN ELLIOTT WHO LEFT. VOLUNTARILY, WRITES. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD. REMOVE HEGSETH, CITING TOTAL CHAOS. AND DISARRAY UNDER. HEGSETH'S LEADERSHIP. BUT TODAY, THE. PRESIDENT SAID HE. STANDS BY HIM. >> DON'T WORRY ABOUT. CONFIDENCE. WE HAVE SO MUCH. CONFIDENCE, THE. HIGHEST RECRUITING. LEVELS ALMOST EVER. THAT'S CONFIDENCE.

>> WHAT DO WE KNOW. ABOUT THE INFORMATION. HEGSETH SHARED? >> Reporter: WELL, A. SOURCE CONFIRMED TO. NBC NEWS THAT SOME OF. THE INFORMATION. HEGSETH PASSED ALONG. WAS SIMILAR TO THE. SUBJECT MATTER WITH. THE MILITARY DETAILS. OF THAT ORIGINAL. GROUP TEXT WITH. CABINET OFFICIALS. WHAT REMAINS UNCLEAR. TONIGHT, THOUGH, IS. WHY SECRETARY HEGSETH. WOULD PASS ON ATTACK. INFORMATION TO HIS. WIFE, BROTHER, AND. LAWYER WHEN THEY. WOULD HAVE NO. OPERATIONAL NEED TO. KNOW. LESTER. >> KELLY O'DONNELL, THANK YOU. >>> IN NEW YORK. TODAY, A JURY FOUND.

NADINE MENENDEZ. GUILTY OF BRIBERY, CONSPEARIES, AND. OBSTRUCTION OF. JUSTICE. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, BOB MENENDEZ ACCEPTED. CASH AND GOLD BARS IN. EXCHANGE FOR. POLITICAL FAVORS. BOB MENENDEZ WAS. CONVICTED LAST YEAR. >>> NOW, TO THE. GROWING BATTLE. BETWEEN PRESIDENT. TRUMP AND THE COURTS. LATE TODAY, HARVARD. SUED THE. ADMINISTRATION. GABE GUTIERREZ IS AT. THE WHITE HOUSE. WHAT'S BEHIND. HARVARD'S LAWSUIT? >> Reporter: HARVARD. IS ARGUING THAT THE.

TRUMP. ADMINISTRATION'S. FREEZING OF BILLIONS. OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL. AID IS. UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND. ILLEGAL. AND THIS COMES AFTER. THE UNIVERSITY. REFUSED TO AGREE TO. DEMANDS THAT INCLUDED. AUDITING STUDENT. VIEWPOINTS. NOW, THE WHITE HOUSE. HAS SAID THAT HARVARD. HAS NOT DONE ENOUGH. TO FIGHT. ANTI-SEMITISM AND. SHOULD NOT RECEIVE. FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS. >> AND YOU'RE ALSO. FOLLOWING A SHOWDOWN. IN THE COURTS OVER. IMMIGRATION. >> Reporter: YES, THAT'S RIGHT. OVER THE WEEKEND, THE. SUPREME COURT HALTED. SOME DEPORTATIONS. TEMPORARILY, AND NBC. NEWS CAPTURED SOME.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO. FRIDAY NIGHT SHOWING. AN I.C.E. BUS. CARRYING VENEZUELAN. MIGRANTS HEADED. TOWARD AN AIRPORT IN. TEXAS BEFORE ABRUPTLY. TURNING AROUND. LATE TODAY, PRESIDENT. TRUMP JUST POSTING ON. SOCIAL MEDIA THAT HE. IS BEING STYMIED AT. EVERY TURN BY EVEN. THE U.S. SUPREME. COURT. OVER HIS DEPORTATION. PLAN. THE WHITE HOUSE IS. NOW ASKING THE HIGH. COURT TO LIFT THAT. HOLD. LESTER. >> GABE GUTIERREZ, THANKS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. IN 60 SECOND WITH AN. ENGINE FIRE IN A.

>>> TONIGHT, THE FAA. IS INVESTIGATOR A. FIRE ON A DELTA. AIRLINES PLANE. THE FLIGHT WAS. LEAVING THE GATE IN. ORLANDO WITH NEARLY. 300 PEOPLE ON BOARD. WHEN ONE OF THE. ENGINES ERUPTED IN. FLAMES. HERE'S NBC'S TOM. COSTELLO. >> Reporter: AT. ORLANDO. INTERNATIONAL, FIRE. ON THE RAMP. THE RIGHT SIDE ENGINE. ON A FULLY LOADED. DELTA AIRLINES FLIGHT. SPEWING FLAMES JUST. MOMENTS AFTER PUSHING. BACK FROM THE GATE. >> OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE.

ON THAT PLANE. >> Reporter: AS. PILOTS QUICKLY SHUT. OFF FUEL TO THE. ENGINE, PASSENGERS. EVACUATED THE JUMMO. JET DOWN EMERGENCY. SLIDES. THE PROCESS SLOWED. WITH PASSENGERS ONLY. ABLE TO EVACUATE FROM. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE. PLANE. >> PLEASE TAKE YOUR. TIME GETTING DOWN THE. STAIRS. >> Reporter: ON BOARD. THE ORLANDO TO. ATLANTA FLIGHT, CHANNING WELLS AND. HER 9-YEAR-OLD SON. RETURNING HOME AFTER. A DISNEY CRUISE. >> YOU HAD EVERYONE. IN THE BACK OF THE. PLANE IN A PANIC. TRYING TO RUSH TO THE. FRONT. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN. YOU START SMELLING. SMOKE AND DIFFERENT.

THINGS LIKE THAT AND. EVERYONE WAS. PANICKING. >> Reporter: FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY. DOUSED THE FLAMES AS. PASSENGERS GATHERED. ON THE RAMP. DELTA SAYS THE HIGHLY. UNUSUAL FIRE HAPPENED. IN THE ENGINE'S TAIL. PIPE. >> IN MY MANY YEARS. OF FLYING TAIL PIPE. FIRES ARE VERY RARE. I WAS TRAINED FOR IT, BUT IN ALL MY YEARS I. NEVER HAD A TAIL PIPE. FIRE. >> Reporter: THE. LATEST IN A STRING OF. HIGH-PROFILE AVIATION. INCIDENTS THIS YEAR. THAT HAVE FLYERS ON. EDGE. MEANWHILE, ANOTHER. DELTA FLIGHT DECLARED. AN EMERGENCY AND. LANDED BACK IN. ORLANDO AFTER.

EXPERIENCING A CABIN. PRESSURE ISSUE OVER. JACKSONVILLE. DELTA SAYS ALL. PASSENGERS ARE BEING. REBOOKED. >> THANKS. >>> WE'RE BACK IN A. MOMENT WITH THE. ROBBERY OF NONE OTHER. THAN THE SECRETARY OF. HOMELAND. >>> HOMELAND SECURITY. SECRETARY KRISTI NOEM. HAD HER BAG STOLEN AT. A RESTAURANT IN D.C. LAST NIGHT, ACCORDING. TO SOURCES FAMILIAR. WITH THE MATTER. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. SHOWS A MAN IN AN. N-95 MASK TAKING THE.

BAG. INSIDE, A GOVERNMENT. ACCESS BADGE AND. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. IN CASH INTENDED FOR. DINNER AND EASTER. GIFTS FOR HER FAMILY. >> DRAMATIC MOMENTS. ON AN INDIANA. EXPRESSWAY THIS. AFTERNOON. FLAMES ENGULFING A. SEMI TRUCK THAT WAS. CARRYING CANS OF. SPRAY PAINT. AUTHORITIES SHUT DOWN. PARTS OF THE ROAD. A MECHANICAL FAILURE. INVOLVING THE BRAKES. MAY BE THE CAUSE. THEY SAY THE DRIVER. WAS NOT HURT. >>> IT WAS A. RECORD-BREAKING. MARATHON MONDAY IN. BOSTON.

SHARON LOKEDI SMASHED. THE COURSE RECORD, RUNNING THE FASTEST. WOMEN'S TIME IN. BOSTON MARATHON. HISTORY. ON THE MEN'S SIDE, KENYAN JOHN KORIR WON. THE HISTORIC RACE. AMERICAN CONNER MANTZ. CAME IN FOURTH, JUST. SECONDS SHY OF THE. PODIUM. WHEN WE COME BACK, REMEMBERING. >>> FINALLY TOONLTS, AS THE WORLD MOURNS. POPE FRANCIS, THE.

88-YEAR-OLD PONTIFF. IS BEING REMEMBERED. FOR HIS HUMILITY AND. THE KINDNESS HE. SHOWED THE CHILDREN. AROUND THE WORLD, LEAVING A LEGACY OF. COMPASSION. HERE'S TOM LLAMAS. >> Reporter: POPE. FRANCIS WAS A. NATURAL. AND HIS SMILE. CONTAGIOUS. CHAMPIONS THE NEEDS. OF CHILDREN FOR MORE. THAN A DECADE. THE HUGS, KISSES, AND. BLESSINGS FROM ACROSS. EUROPE, THE AMERICAS, AFRICA, AND BEYOND. HE CAPTURED THE.

WORLD'S HEART AGAIN. AND AGAIN. LIKE THIS TENDER. MOMENT WHEN A HEARING. IMPAIRED BOY CLIMBED. ON STAGE. THE POPE TELLING HIS. MOTHER WHEN SHE CAME. TO GET HER SON, IF HE. WANTS TO PLAY, LEAVE. HIM BE. OR AT A BAPTISMAL. MASS AT THE SISTINE. CHAPEL, REASSURING. PARENTS, LET THE. CHILDREN CRY. THE POPE WANTED EVERY. CHILD TO KNOW THAT. THEY MATTERED.

THE SICK AND THE. VULNERABLE, OPENING. HIS ARMS WIDE TO A. YOUNG GIRL WITH DOWNS. SYNDROME IN. WASHINGTON, D.C. AND VISITING. UKRAINIAN CHILD. REFUGEES AT A. HOSPITAL IN ROME. THE PLAIN SPOKEN. PONTIFF OFFERING. YOUTH A SENSE OF. BELONGING. HE URGED YOUNG PEOPLE. TO, QUOTE, MAKE A. MESS. MEANING HE WANTED. THEM TO SHAKE THINGS. UP IN THEIR PARISHES, AND MAKE THEIR VOICES. HEARD.

POPE FRANCIS'. HUMILITY AND. SINCERITY HELPED. DEFINE HIS LEGACY, LIFTING CHILDREN'S. SPIRITS EVERYWHERE. TOM LLAMAS, NBC NEWS. >> THAT IS "NIGHTLY. NEWS" FOR THIS. MONDAY. THANK YOU FOR. WATCHING. I'M LESTER HOLT. PLEASE TAKE CARE OF. YOURSELF AND EACH. OTHER. GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.