Tonight reporting live from the Vatican as the papal conclave is about to get underway.

But we start with the travel chaos deepening in a major airline hub.

Four-hour inbound delays day after day.

An air traffic controller tells us they've had three instances where they lost radio and radar with planes since August.

Just breaking the deadly outbreak of violence in Kashmir as India and Pakistan exchange strikes,

reports of two Indian jets shot down.

Are they on the brink of war?

The trade showdown with an ally,

Canada's new prime minister at the White House,

telling the president some places are never for

sales. President Trump saying, never say never. After a third grader was swept away in floodwaters,

the new severe storm impacts in the south. Preparing to pick a new pope inside the Sistine Chapel

ahead of the conclave, sendoff-off as the American Cardinals ready

for days of isolation.

We take you to the heart of it in St. Peter's Square.

The ramming incident at Jennifer Anison's Bel Air Mansion, what we have just learned about

the suspects, apparent social media posts about her, and the firefighters who help rescue a big-rigged driver dangling

over a highway.

This is NBC Nightly News, the Papal Conclave, reporting tonight from the Vatican.

Here is Lester Holt.

Good evening on the eve of the papal conclave.

We will tell you what to expect tomorrow as the world's gaze turns to the Sistine Chapel and the chimney that may soon signal the election of a new pope.

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