Tonight. The 79 yearold passed away and his sleep last night while in texas. Thinks for joining us tonight, im tammy vigil. And im keegan harsha. Justice scalia was a leading conservative voice in the longestserving member on the current high high court. Our karen cafe s live in washington dc with the developing story. Earlier this afternoon we learned the news that Supreme Court antonin chill scalia was dead at the age of 39. He was visiting texas and a hunting trip. He was said to go ive gone to bed last night not feeling well. He did not join his team for breakfast and he was found unresponsive at the ranch he was staying out later in the afternoon. Justice scalia was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1986. He was a strong local conservative voice throughout his term in one of the most notable odd couple relationship with the liberal justice ruth he was in fact the first assign american on the Supreme Court. He was confirmed by a unanimous vote. He locally jumped in with tough questions for advocates. He was a credit of work versus wade speak to chief Justice John Roberts walked scalias passing was a great loss to the court and country he so loyally served. President obama and the first lady conveyed their condolences and additional reaction from the president later today. This is a Election Year and sets up who succeeds scalia. The white house has already said they choose to intend karin caifa, back to you. President obama speaking in california tonight about Justice Scalias death. Heres what he had to say. He will no doubt be remembered as one of the most consequential judges and thinkers to serve on the Supreme Court. Justice scalia dedicated his life to the cornerstone of our democracy. Tonight we honor his Extraordinary Service to our nation and remember one of the towering legal figures of our time. Supreme Court Justice scalia was a republican appointed judge and now with his passing, it leaves the Supreme Court split down the middle and a very important replacement lies ahead. Fox 31 denvers drew engelbert spoke with local political professors about what this means for the high court and the november election. News of Justice Scalias death was just hours old before the debate started heating up. Republicans arguing the senate should wait until a new while democrats argue president obama is an obligation to confirm a replacement. Right now, just think about it. We have the battle for the president and now we have a new barrel superimposed over that for a nominee to the Supreme Court. The nations highest court is now comprised the for republican appointed justices and for democratic pics. The reason there is a Strong Division on the court that basically a 54 decision and this is going to throw that up in the air for a while. The process for pointing a new justice surtout the president s nomination and then it has to be confirmed by will the senate. The majority of the president s nominations are confirmed, but there have been denials in the past. When your opponents control the senate, sometimes they sit around and think we can delay this for little while and not name any one and may be our guy will win the november election and then our side will get to name a person. Weve already heard from that, we can see how America Votes of the november election. Thats a real gamble on the part of the republicans if they because there is a substantial chance they will lose seats in november and their hand may not be stronger than it is now. While democrats are saying they cant wait that long. The court has a lot of pressing business and it would hurt the court not to have a ninth justice during the next several months. If cooler heads prevail in an agreement can be reached, president obama will appoint his third Supreme Court justice, but if that doesnt happen. Were into uncharted territory. Weve never had a vacancy for that long and it would certainly be unfortunate for the court because the kate have a lot of important cases in need of justice. Until then, the Supreme Court will have eight justices and the potential of 44 vote. The renders the Supreme Court powerless and its a terrible position for the nations highest court to be and thats where the vacancy needs to be filled as soon as possible. He plans to fulfill its Constitutional Responsibilities and nominate a successor in due time. True engelbert, fox 31 denver. We will of course follow any new developments that come out of this story. You can find the latest information on our website, kdvr. Com. Turning to the president ial election now, where Democratic Candidates make themselves known in the mile high city. Pillar clinton and Bernie Sanders both spending time in denver, hoping to win over voters. Fox 31 denvers joe st. George was on the sheraton as candidates held a joint dinner tonight. The Democratic Party have a dinner showing both president ial candidates making an appearance at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown denver. Senator Bernie Sanders and secretary clinton both finishing their speeches in short time ago. First up was Hillary Clinton who rallied her supporters for higher wages and reap protecting womens rights. Gun control and supporters of shootings all here along with gabrielle giffords. Afterwards, Bernie Sanders to the stage and his familiar progressive message for the need of wall street reform, Social Security and Higher Education for all. He seemed to brag at times that he doesnt have a super pack and that small donors have changed this race. Both candidates speaking about the passing of Anthony Scalia and criticizing republicans threatening to block president obamas nomination. It is outrageous that republicans in the senate and on the campaign trail have already pledged to block any rmplacement that president obama nominates. Apparently, they believe that the constitution does not allow a democratic president to bring forth a nominee to replace towards the end of senators speech he was hoarse. Just hours before the dinner he delivered a speech to well over 10,000 at the convention center. I was there a mostly young people. That is where the Democratic Party seems to be divided right a lot of young people supporting senator sanders and the established types and both factions will duke it out on march 1 when the caucus takes place. For now at the sheraton in downtown denver two men accused of impersonating Denver Police officers. Ahead, who police want to find after they dressed in uniform, assaulted a victim and stole all of his money. And old allegations about Peyton Manning are resurfacing. We will detail the Court Documents now out that allege manning sexually assaulted a woman is college days. While sunshine remains a forecast, there are some colorado neighborhoods ba da ba ba ba gets frank, a warning after man is robbed by two men pretending to the officers. It happened around pulled them over, handcuffed him and took the belongings from his pocket. They agreed to let them go with a warning. Once they left, the man realize they swiped 180 from his wallet the fact that its a Crown Victoria and there are cars like that and again there are various entities that drives cars like that and its concerning. Worried the officer pulling you over is not legit, drive to a well lit and heavily populated area and call dispatch to make sure an officer is supposed to be pulling you over. A new report out today resist visiting Sexual Assault allegations against Peyton Manning while a student at the university of tennessee. The New York Daily News recently obtained Court Documents from 2,003 the document states while not right manning did i did and the schools athletic training said it was an accident that happened while moving mooned one of his teammates. The teammate, Malcolm Saxton has denied the claim, telling manning to man up and accept responsibly for what he did. After leaving tennessee, the two sides agreed not to discuss the incident publicly as part of a cellmate, but not right filed a defamation suit after manning the negative things about her. The lawsuit settled for an undisclosed amount back in 2003. Shiloh keo has been arrested for driving under the influence. Keogh gained notoriety after snagging an interception against san diego and recovering the onsite kick against new england and the empty chairmanship game. He was arrested in idaho early this morning. The Denver Broncos Organization Says they are reviewing the charge. For some, its a highly other high school year. We are talking about prom. Next, we will take you to the mat in Colorado Springs held specifically for those with special needs. And a live look outside where the air shopping for an suv . Well, this is the time. And your ford dealer is the place, to get 0 financing for 60 months on a ford suv. Thats right. Just announced. Ford explorer. Edge. Escape. And expedition. Are available with 0 financing for 60 months. Ford suvs. Designed to help you be unstoppable. No wonder ford is americas best selling brand. But hurry, 0 financing for 60 months on ford suvs is a limited time offer. A night to remember for teenagers with mental disabilities in Colorado Springs. Music, dancing and food put on just for them is the ten prom. The event was made possible by the tnt boat foundations night to shine. 126 students got to experience what every typical highschooler looks forward to. I want to dance with channel your because because i love her. This was the second year of the night to shine event but it is growing like crazy. From 50 churches last year to over 200 in 48 states and seven countries this year. Now pinpoint weather with meteorologist mark munster love. I love this shot. Well lit on a lovely saturday night as the sky is at least tonight after will a beautiful warm day. Winds continue to crank especially just west west of the city. Even up to 70 Miles Per Hour in some spots. Dia east of the city is not as windy with 14 mileperhour winds up your temperatures still doing pretty well. The average high for this time of year is 46 degrees and we are at 49 degrees in the city and 43 degrees around dia. The highs today date all the way back to 63 degrees after starting back at 47 degrees. The record high 73 degrees didnt come close to that. Its still warm in the areas along the foothills where we get down sloping coming on the mountains. Boulder is at 54 degrees and castle rock at 47 degrees. Fort collins at 43 degrees in the planes cool off. Country is seeing 20s starting to poke out more. The winds are really howling in these are sustained winds. These arent even when gus in a sustained when at 39. It is breezy and around the palm uttered to abide in into the planes too. We could see when gus around 70 Miles Per Hour. Golden had 66 mileperhour and the stretch west of downtown and all the way through to my afternoon we are going to keep the windy conditions around and into the city. Meanwhile this skies are clear tonight. Notice the jet stream is just to the north and north of that is where the extended weather is. So this jet stream all drag some of the unsettled weather with it. Tomorrow at 6 00 a. M. A little bit of snow and into tomorrow afternoon and evening it will spread out through the high country on our future cass. We could see heavy periods of snow sunday night into monday morning. Maybe a little bit of drizzle along i 25 corridor. Only a 10 percent chance you see that. Otherwise partly cloudy and sunday night into monday could be rough in the mountains. 31 degrees overnight tonight and we call it partly cloudy with maybe some fog north and east of the city. Wendy in the foothills and in the front had maybe some patchy fog early tomorrow morning and once the fog burns off plenty of sunshine for the afternoon. High of 54 degrees and cooler tomorrow. Much better than that by the middle of the week. Sixtys make a quick return on tuesday and lasting through thursday. It will be a beautiful stretch. Thanks mark. It smart madness a bridges, everyone matters. Find out how colorado and Colorado State the debate. Plus, its allstar weekend and a slamdunk competition with sensational. There was even a denver nugget involved. Row mart donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. It still means you have a shot to make it to the ncaa tournament, but losses are costly at this point. Thats where the colorado buffs are. The pac 12 is up for grabs in cu has a shot to dance. Josh scott once again out with the bus high controlling this one. Xavier tall to george king and thats a nice finish rate there. And Wesley Gordon getting the board and scoring it. Washington wedding go away. Andrew andrews cut this to one and all the sudden we have a game. The huskies couldnt get another shot. The pups ran out the cut clock. 8180 and its colorados 19th one of the see them. Colorado state needs to start winning and winning a lot. On the road tonight against unlv. Early on, its a manual about bowe joined the apps. Tying it up at six in right at the end of the half, Prentice Nixon Barry is the three. Fall 8780. The pioneers were down to late but nate ron is scored to get for this when the final. This is jarrod look at chevette putting du up one nothing in the second. This one just finished up and du finishes strong. They win 41 the final. You saw it right here on fox 31 denver. The spence a limited and martin truex junior hoping to build off that fantastic season last year. Not that here. Final lap and hes involved in a rack. Denny hamlin takes this one and we are getting close to the daytona 500 a week from tomorrow on fox. An allstar Skills Competition in toronto, Nuggets Point car Emmanuel Moody a how tonight to forget. He took on Isaiah Thomas to semi finals and moody a look nervous out there. He couldnt even handle a rock it was limited of the first round. Karlanthony towns one at all and not a good night for him. Tonight was also the stone slamdunk competition. Will barton representing denver trying to get the nuggets their first title. Will the throw came out in style and check this out. I love the jacket. It was very good but there was the first dunk and that was good for a first dont. Magic johnson did give them a six and i dont understand that one. Barton really struggled on the second. Dot. He couldnt even put it in. We saw a lot of that. Will the throw was not so thrilling to finish. It was a spectacular do well with orlandos erin gordon in minnesota zach levine. With the extras after a bunch of 50s, thats a perfect square by the way, take a look at some of this stuff. This question mark i love erin gordon using the mascot. This is the best dunk of the night. His head is above the rim in this is the one that got levine the victory though. The guy that didnt enjoy the evening was the guy in the mascot suit. I was waiting for it but it didnt happen though. Thats more exciting than the allstar game itself. They said the slamdunk competition was dead. Hockey will line it up with a three on three. We have a beautiful stretch of days ahead of us that you can see in the sevenday forecast the Winter Weather advisory out tomorrow evening through thursday afternoon. Snow and winds whipping around. It could be dangerous especially sunday night into monday morning. Plenty of sunshine through the city and 50s and mid 60s coming back at the end of next week. If you think about going skiing, im sure nobody will be on the slopes the holiday weekend. The weather will be perfect so enjoy it. When you get one gig interne from centurylink and prism tv and theyre both delivered on a superfast Fiber Network directly to your home, its amazing. It is amazing, was a little flat on that one . Just yeah. Um, paul, i think its a little bit more like, its amazing oh, wow. Oh, mom, that was really good. Thank you. Wow. [ sighs ] feel like a hollywood insider. Okay, ill work on it. With prism tv plus gig internet speed