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People, is a great, great change, and the papacy will never be the same. >> reporter: but he still hasnt made a major impact on church reform, or the sex abuse scandal, catholic writer robert mickens says. >> i think hes been given a pass because hes been such a wonderful inspiring figure. but were now in the fourth year of the pontificate and i think hes got to address this or it could very much damage his pontificate. >> reporter: and it will take more than the common touch and record-breaking...

Recorders, but theyre badly damaged from fridays crash. fly-dubai flight 981 went down in strong winds, killing all 62 people on board. the marine killed in iraq yesterday has been identified, be lewis cardoon temecula, pope francis made his debut on instagram, just in time for palm sunday. he already has over 1.4 million followers. >> reporter: pope francis abandoned his prepared palm sunday text to compare what he called "indifference" to migrants and refugees arriving in europe to those who...

The first will fly within 3.3 million miles of earth tomorrow morning. the second will be just 2.2 million miles away on tuesday. while that may seem still far off, we are told it will be the closest a comet has come to our world since 1770. pope francis celebrated palm sunday mass today before tens of thousands of people in st. peters square. he highlighted the plight of refugees flooding into europe. a picture of the pope carrying a woven palm branch appeared on his new instagram account. si...

Welcome to "world news tonight." protesters trying to stop donald trump in his tracks. taking to the streets in arizona, blocking the main road to a trump rally. the massive delays, the arrests and the rallying cry from phoenix to new york. while donald trump doubles down tonight. the passenger jet plunging to the ground, killing everyone onboard. a fireball lighting up the sky. was the pilot disoriented? details from the investigation coming in right now. the winter storm crashing spring br...

=next close= the news is next. finally tonight, all is not well in the kingdom for britains william and kate. the couple is facing a bit of a revolt, palace revote if you will, from certain staffers who warn that something is threatening to make their jobs a royal pain and they wont stand for it. we get more from nbcs keir simmons. >> reporter: getting close to royalty. even if youre never as rich as them, is still, folks say, a great job. >> its a fantastic place to work. >> reporter: at leas...

Basilica. thousands of mourners gathered to pay final respects for a legal giant, the courts most influential conservative voice. >> let us pray. scaleporter: scalias son, the reverend paul scalia, led the mass, delivering a moving and personal homily. >> but more important to us and to him, he was dad. sure, he forgot our names at times or mixed them up. ( laughter ) but there are nine of us. ( laughter ) he loved us. and sought to show that love. >> reporter: with those memories, there was hum...

Like heck if im confessing to you. >> reporter: justice clarence thomas read from scripture. >> god proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners, christ died for us. >> reporter: among the mourners, vice president joe biden representing the white house, and ted cruz, who criticized president obama for not attending. the president and first lady paid their respects on friday. the other seven of the courts remaining justices were there today, as were two retired justice, stevens and ...

>> reporter: more than 3,000 packed the basilica to say good-bye. justice clarence thomas, whos famously silent from the bench, read scripture. >> we have now received reconciliation. >> reporter: as scalias laid to rest, the political battle to replace him is under way. >> have a good weekend. >> reporter: president obama -- armed with a binder of research -- spending the weekend preparing to choose his nominee. but top senate republicans say his pick should be blocked with no confirmation unti...

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