The Supreme Court. A quiet memorial to Justice Antonin Scalia in sharp contrast to the coming political battle over his successor. Scalia died apparently in his sleep saturday at a secluded resort in west texas. He would have been 80 next month. His doctors confirmed he had a history of heart trouble. In three decades on the court, he was a pugnacious champion of conservative thought. We have a team of correspondents covering this. First jan crawford on the impact of scalias death. Reporter when the justices return to the bench next week, it will be the first time for all eight to serve without Justice Scalia. I Antonin Scalia, do solemnly swear. Reporter for 30 years he was the courts conservative voice. They will have a term of controversial case, regulation of abortion chinics, another affirmative action and College Admissions and president ial power on immigration. With scalia, the court had narrow conservative majority. Now its a court on pause. Many of those cases will end up in a 44 tie, keeping the Lower Court Ruling in police and setting no nationwide precedent, but his passing will affect the institution far beyond a reasonable doubt one term. He was one of nine justice, but his impact on the court and the law was far greater than a single vote. His opinions were a must read for his clear, colorful writing, like his dissent calling part of obamacare jiggerypokery and pure applesauce. His philosophy that judges should interpret the constitution the way it was originally understood defined the conservative legal movement. I think its up to the judge to say what the constitution provided, even if what it provided is not the best answer. Even if you think it should be amended. Hes done so much to set the terms of how the court approaches issues. Reporter paul clement clerked for scalia in the 1993 term. As a lawyer he argued 80 cases before the court and said scalias lively and often sharp questions forever changed the Court Dynamics on the bench. The very first case, he started asking lots and lots of questions, and even some of the justices who had been there for years, they looked and said, were not going to let this new guy ask all the questions. Its fundamentally changed the nature of arguing before the Supreme Court. Reporter now the court has several big arguments on the horizon, including the abortion case, and it could reschedule some of these cases to be argued next term, but, scott, its unclear whether there will be a justice on the court at that point. Pelley jan crawford reporting for us tonight. Jan, thank you. Well, the delay jan just mentioned is exactly what the Senate Republican leadership has they insist that the nomination be postponed for nearly a year when a new president is in office. But today president obama was discussing privately who will be his next pick. It would be his third. Margaret brennan is with mr. Obama at a Southeast Asian summit meeting that hes hosting in rancho mirage, california. Reporter mr. Obama could make his pick as soon as next week, but electionyear politics in an alreadydivided washington make his decision complicated. The president will need at least 14 republican senators to move the process forward, to help win some republican backing, mr. Obama could choose a candidate who has already won senate approval. Some names that fit that bill, 63yearold merrick garland, the chief judge on the d. C. Circuit court, 48yearold Sri Srinivasan also sits on that court. He would be first indianamerican justice. 5eu7b 1yearold former public classmate of the president. Or he could make a bold choice, lynch. So help me god. Reporter who had to wait more than 160 days before she was confirm for her current position. The administration argues that history is on its side and points to the confirmation of Justice Anthony kennedy as an example. Nominated by president reagan, kennedy was confirmed during the 1988 Election Year by a democratic senate. Of course, in that case, it took three tries before the president s pick actually won confirmation. Scott, this time the white house is already calling democrats and republicans in congress to try to grease the wheels for their nominee. Pelley margaret, thanks very much. Margaret mentioned the history. In fact, it would be rare for the senate to turn the president down in an Election Year. In the 20th century, the senate voted on seven Supreme Court nominees during Election Years, and it approved all but one. I intend to make 2016 a referendum on the u. S. Supreme court. Reporter it took roughly three hours for scalias passing to become a Major Campaign issue. The president under our constitution has a duty to send forth a name to be considered by the senate, and the senate has a duty to consider that. Reporter on capitol hill, republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee, from ted cruz to lindsey graham, vowed to block virtually any nominee, calling the president a lame duck. This will probably be left up to the next president. Reporter democrats like new Yorks Chuck Schumer argued president obama still has nearly a year left in his term. When you go right off the president and say, i dont care who he nominates, i am going to oppose him, thats not going to fly. Reporter but schumer felt differently in the final year of president george w. Bushs term when he argued democrats should block bush nominees because, the Supreme Court was already there isnt much precedent for a fight like this. Congress has never taken more than 125 days to vote on a Supreme Court nominee. But legal scholar Jonathan Turley says this time could be different. Conservatives clearly despise president obama, and they revere Justice Scalia. Its a bad mix. So you will have a Battle Royale no matter who is appointed. Reporter some republicans told me they would be open to considering a consensus choice, but they havent been able to give me any names of who might fit that description. Scott, thats because even a moderate nominee would end up pulling the court to the left of where it has been. Pelley . Nancy nancy cordes on capitol hill. Nancy, thank you. Well, saturday nights Republican Debate on cbs drew 13. 5 million viewers, thats the most of any debate in 2016. The republican primary in south jeb bush is trailing badly, but he got some help today. Heres major garrett. Reporter jeb bush can no longer afford to be ambivalent about his family name or establishment pedigree. Thank you for your hard work for jeb. Thank you for what youre going to do, which is to vote for him on saturday here in the great state of south carolina. Reporter bush is hoping his older brother george w. Can give him a boost in the state that helped lift the former president to the republican nomination in 2000. How you doing, buddy . Reporter president bushs first stop, a meeting with veteran, even as donald trump continued to knock him for the iraq war and for overlooking intelligence before 9 11. They knew some bad things were going to happen. They could have stopped it. Was it negligence on the part of president bush . I dont say it was anything. Ill just say, the World Trade Center came down during his reign. Reporter on twitter jeb bush accused trump of trafficking in 9 11 conspiracy theories, am fight this defense while donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building a Security Apparatus to keep us safe. We had the worst attack ever. By the way, after this we did okay. Thats meaning the team scored 19 runs in the first inning, but after that we played well. Reporter another trump rival, ted cruz, said the g. O. P. Frontrunner had gone off the deep end. I mean, he was just going on and on about how im the most horrible person in the world because i keep repeating the things he said. I have never ever met a person that lies more than ted cruz. If nothing else president bush drew the biggest crowd jeb has seen on the campaign trail. Elsewhere, scott, trump threatened to sue cruz over his eligibility to run for the white house and once again hicted he pell tell today in syria, two schools and five hospitals were flattened by air strikes, most likely russian. The u. N. Says nearly 50 people were killed. Holly williams is following this. Reporter today a suspected russian air strike targeted a hospital in idlib province. These videos appear to show the desperate search for survivors in its twisted ruins. At least seven people are thought to have died. More alleged russian air strikes reportedly hit a school and a hospital in the town of azaz. A former rebel stronghold. Injured children were ferried across the border for treatment in turkey. Despite the temporary ceasefire agreement, russia says it will continue its strikes, which gives cover to the forces of syrian president Bashar Alassad. Not clear whether anyone will stop fighting. Samer alawy is an officer with a rebel group thats received weapons from the u. S. He told us they wont comply with the temporary truce, even if it means losing american support. Hundreds of thousands of people have died. The regime has the backing of russian air strikes now, of iran. Youre losinger territory, wouldnt it be better to sit down with the regime of Bashar Alassad . We started this revolution to get rid of him, he told us. Mr. Obama said that Bashar Alassad had lost his legitimacy. How can we ignore that and sit down with a terrorist . Syria claimed today that the hospital attack in idlib was actually carried out by the u. S. Led coalition. The u. S. Said its planes werent even in the area, but, scott, difficult it can be to negotiate with the syrian regime. Pelley Holly Williams on the turbishsyrian border for us tonight. Holly, thank you. Today pope francis visited one of mexicos poorest states. At a nass chiapas on the border of guatemala, francis denounced the abuse of mexicos indigenous people. The area is the center of a migration crisis as Central Americans struggle to reach the u. S. Manuel bojorquez takes us there. Reporter these men have been walking for days, part of their desperate journey north. We have to keep going, says this man, because the situation in el salvador is very dangerous. Violence and poverty have forced thousands to flee. To get north gives you hope of a better life. Yeah, yeah. Reporter but it has become a dangerous gamble. 900 to 1,000 on your arrival. Runs the only migrant shelter in this corner of mexico. A lot of people get robbed, raped, kidnapped, abused in some kind of way. Many of them say they were not aware of it being this bad. Reporter its a result of mexicos crackdown on the southern border, a multimillion Dollar Program partially funded by the united states. But it hasnt stopped the migrants. Last year more than 11,000 were housed here. It used to be the may grapght house where people used to stay a few days and they would move on. Now its more like a refugee camp. Reporter 16yearold Calvin Flores says gangs threatened to kill him in honduras. He showed us where he crossed into mexico. How long did that take . translated three days walking. Reporter he wants to get to new york to be with his sisters. His fastest option is also the jumping on a northbound train. Some die on the train, he says. Others are thrown off, robbed or beaten. Raids like this are common as part of the government crackdown, and Train Companies have hired private guards. This cell phone video shows the moment one guard on the approaching train here shot and killed a migrant. [gunfire] despite the dangers, migrants still make any run they can for the midnight train. On this night, 20 from the shelter tried, but only two made it. The next morning others were still waiting, willing to risk everything. Mexico says its goal is to stop human smuggling, but, scott, a Human Rights Group argues mexico and the u. S. Are deporting migrants who are refugees and at least 90 were recently killed after they were sent back home. Pelley remarkable report. Manuel bojorquez in mexico city. Manuel, thank you. From the south to the northeast. And smoke forces a jetliner into an Emergency Landing when the cbs evening news continues. T have time to worry about a cracked windshield. So she scheduled at safelite. Com and with safelites exclusive on my way text she knew exactly when id be there. Hi, steve with safelite. Thanks for your text i replaced her windshield. And she didnt miss a single shot giving you more time for what matters most. Howd ya do . 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Throughout the state, Police Reported hundreds of accidents due to weather. That same storm also helped spawn a number of tornadoes across the gulf states. The latest system comes one day after an historic cold snap on valentines day at least 20 cities in the u. S. Set or tied records for lowest temperature. In watertown, new york, it was minus 37 degrees. Subfreezing temperatures complicated efforts to fight philadelphia. It took 150 firefighters six hours to put out the flames and turn this Auto Repair Shop into an icebox. At Cannon Mountain in new hampshire, Emergency Responders braved the bitter cold for nearly two hours as they rescued 48 people stuck in two tram cars 40 feet above ground. Family doing some sightseeing with a baby was part of the group waiting for help. Right now snow is turning into freezing rain. Its about 30 degrees here in new york city. Tomorrow temperatures are expected to reach 55, but, scott, that wont be a record. 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Tonight, at six, well tell you how her husband searched all over the country to make it happe pelley finally tonight, at a time when right and left rarely intersect, Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia and ruth can disagree and yet remain friends. Jan crawford watched their friendship blossom through the years. Reporter we think about Justice Scalia and Justice Ginsburg, they were in many ways complete opposites. There was the roughandtumble scalia. He cut his teeth in the nixon administration. And then the softspoken ginsburg started her career arguing for womens rights, but they have this deep and affectionate friendship. Justice ginsburg has this fabulous picture in her office of the two of them, theyre riding an elephant on a trip to opera. Theyre even dressed in costume in one picture they have, and they would do things with their spouses together, too. They would all spend new years eve together, have these regular dinners. Their friendship goes back to their days serving on the federal Appeals Court in washington, and it was always wonderful just to hear them talk about their relationship. I was listening to him and part of what he said, but i thought he said it in an absolutely captivating way. I think we should leave it at that. We agree on a whole will the of stuff. We do. Ruth is really bad only on the meejerk stuff. Reporter they had a mutual respect, but they didnt compromise. In her statement yesterday, Justice Ginsburg said that his critiques and scalia could have some doozies, believe me, made her better. Justice scalia nailed all the weak spots, the applesauce, typical colorful scalia language, and gave me just what i needed to strengthen the majority opinion. Within hours of scalias death, the partisan divide here in washington went into overdrive, but their relationship proved you could be deeply divided and still be civil. Ruth ginsburg put it best when she said, we were best buddies. It was my great good fortune to have known him as a working colleague and treasured friend. Pelley jan crawford. News for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. Announcer youre watching kcci 8 news. Stacey a 13yearold boy is dead, four others injured, after a crash near fort dodge. What the victims school is doing to help. Steve plus the 58th grammy , awards can be seen live tonight right here on kcci. What it takes to receive to what it takes to receive musics top honor from the iowans who know. Stacey and, see how one mans love is lighting up main street in tonights this is iowa. Good evening, thank you for joining us. A Fort Dodge School in mourning after a weekend crash. 13yearold steve 13yearold duane touney was killed when the car he was riding in went off the road and crashed. 4 other children in the car were also hurt. The driver, 18yearold rose touney, was not seriously injured. She was the only one in the car wearing a seat belt. Kccis emmy victor is just back from fort dodge with the latest. Community is coping with the loss of a teenager. Law enforcement are now using this incident to educate others about safety. This car the tragic aftermath of an accident on saturday outside fort dodge. Six passengers inside, but only one, the driver was buckled up. , the Lesson Learned out of this is to always wear seatbelts. They are lifesavers. It only takes a couple seconds to put it on and they work well. Emmy the Fire Department says that the group of siblings were returning from a visit out of town. Investigators report that the car swerved off this straight road, flipped over at least two times, ejecting several passengers. One person was pinned under the vehicle. Emmy that person, who did not survive, was 13yearold duane touney. Duane was an eighth grader at st. Edmonds catholic school. He was tremendously involved. He played football baseball, basketball, ran track, and sang for the choir