Tomorrow, but hours later Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell phoned nominee Merrick Garland to say, dont bother coming. I wont meet with you and the senate wont act on your nomination. The president named garland, a liberal, to replace the late conservative justice antonin scalia. Garland is chief judge on whats considered to be the second most powerful court in the land, the washington, d. C. Circuit court of appeals. He was appointed by president clinton. Garland is 63, chicagoborn, harvard law. Heres chief Legal Correspondent jan crawford. Today i am nominating chief judge Merrick Brian Garland to join the Supreme Court. applause d reporter his experience as a edderal appellate judge is deep. His credentials unquestioned. The president today said what sets garland apart is his temperament. To find someone who just about everyone not only respects but genuinely likes, that is rare. Reporter garland seemed a long shot, the oldest nominee in modern history, hes been on the short list for previous vacancies and passed over. Today, finally, was garlands moment. This is the greatest honor of th life other than my wife agreeing to marry me 28 years ago. Reporter his wife and one of hts daughters were among more than 100 supporters in the rose. Arden. Wi i only wish my father were here to see this today. I also wish that we hadnt taught my older daughter to be so adventurous that she would be hiking in the mountains out of cell service range. laughter when the president called. Reporter garland joined the federal Appeals Court in 1997. Hes considered a moderate liberal who builds consensus. Before becoming a judge, he spent much of his life in public service. His tenure at the justice uppartment was defining. He supervised the prosecution of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. We promised that we would find the perpetrators, that we would bring them to justice and that we would do it in a way that honored the constitution. Reporter he says thats at the core of his beliefs. Fidelity to the constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life. If the senate sees fit to confirm me to the position for y,ich i have been nominated rsday, i promise to continue on that course. Reporter now garland obviously does not bring diversity to the court. And he would be yet another justice who went to law school at harvard or yale. T t with a rough senate fight ahead, the president said he was focused on qualifications. In pelley jan crawford for us at the court this evening. Jan, thank you. But as we said, that fight orpears to be over before it began. And heres Margaret Brennan. I simply ask republicans in the senate to give him a fair hearing, and then an upordown vote. If you dont, then it will not otly be an abdication of the senates constitutional duty, it will indicate a process for nominating and confirming judges that is beyond repair. Lets let the American People decide. Reporter within minutes, republican majority leader Mitch Mcconnell said no, congress will wait until a newly elected uresident picks a Supreme Court justice. Our view is this give the people a voice in filling this nellncy. Reporter mcconnell pointed to thensenator joe bidens dacommendation to president bush back in 1992. Once the political season is under way, and it is, action on a Supreme Court nomination must be put off until after the Election Campaign is over. Reporter but the white house thinks the American Public is on its side, and hopes garlands sterling legal credentials and moderate political record will persuade some republicans. President obama singled out senator orrin hatch, one of seven sitting republicans, who backed garlands 1997 nomination to the d. C. Circuit. I believe mr. Garland is a fine nominee. I know him personally. Y. Know of his integrity. I know him personally. Knknow of his honesty. I know of his acumen, and he belongs on the court. Reporter hatch said today that times have changed. There is a world of a difference between being on any Circuit Court of appeals and being a nominee for the supreme haurt of the United States when you have ultimate Decision Making power. Reporter and a handful of Senate Republicans have agreed to meet with garland, and Senate JudiciaryCommittee ChairmanChuck Grassley said hell hinsider it. Scott, this is a political gamble. Republicans want to appear strong but not obstructionist, which could ultimately backfire to the benefit of democrats. Re pelley Margaret Brennan at the white house tonight. Margaret, thank you. Well, the president ial election overshadows this Supreme Court battle, and last night republican frontrunner donald trump won at least three more contests. Te states in orange are trumps wins to date. Blue are ted cruz. Wons to date. Last last night, his home state ohio. But apparently the showme state, missouri, didnt see enough. Last night they cast 1. 5 million votes, and both trump and cruz and clinton and sanders are separated by less than 2,000 votes each, too close for an official result yet. Even so, cbs news estimates that trump now has more than half the tilegates he needs for the ttmination. Heres major garrett. This was an amazing evening. The great state of ohio, i love you. Reporter the swing states split decision whittled the field to three candidates. We are on the right side this year, we will not be on the winning side. T reporter after losing in his home state, marco rubio dropped out. Trump is on pace the win, but sd cruz and john kasich said leeyll fight for delegates until the end. Only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination, ours and donald trumps. Nobody else has any mathematical possibility whatsoever. It is unlikely that anybody is going to achieve enough delegates to avoid a convention. Reporter the g. O. P. Ctontrunner mentioned this genacing prediction if he doesnt get the nomination at a contested convention. I dont think you can say we get it automatically. Ththink youd have riots. I think youd have riots. Reporter this morning john boehner floated another idea draft current speaker paul ryan. His spokeswoman shot that down quickly saying, he will not accept a nomination. And Republican NationalCommittee Chairman reince theibus told us there wont be a need for a new candidate. There isnt going to be some sort of game played where someone goes into the convention with a majority of the delegates and somehow or another that person is not the nominee. I dont see that happening. Reporter but delegates are only bound to their candidates for the first ballot, and owlebus acknowledged the party can rewrite the Convention Rules at its discretion. I would imagine the nomination rules would have to be looked at. Because obviously, youd have second and third ballottype rules that you wouldnt have contemplated in the last convention. Contemplated in the last race was headed for a prime time debate monday, but trump and kasich pulled out, forcing its cancellation. Scott, that debate was to occur the night before a contest in utah and arizona with 98 delegates at stake. Pelley major garrett, thanks. You probably remember the tense moment on saturday when a man rushed donald trump. Well, today that man, thomas dimassimo, was charged with a federal crime entering a secret service restricted area. Now to the democrats. Hillary clinton won at least four more states last night. She now has nearly twothirds of eee delegates that she needs for the nomination. Eee delegates that she needs for thank you, florida. Thank you, north carolina. Thank you, ohio. Reporter clinton had more thanking to do than her own campaign had expected. She swept four states by as much as 31 points, a feat sanders did not acknowledge at his rally in exoenix. Next week arizona has a very important election. We will win. Reporter in a statement, the vermont senator insisted he is still on a path to win the ntmination and that the primary calendar favors us in the weeks and months to come. But thats also what he said before last nights blowout. Hillary hillary reporter in a memo today, the Clinton Campaign laid out the odds against sanders. Nearly half of the remaining delegates are in just three states, california, new york and pennsylvania. Senator sanders would have to win them by 20 points and rack up a string of victories just to pull even. In short, they argued, clintons delegate lead is now nearly insurmountable. We are moving closer to securing the Democratic Party nomination and winning this election in november. cheers and applause reporter the clinton camp knows there is a fine line between confidence and nrogance. They say they will not be calling on sanders to drop out, that its entirely his decision. Because, scott, when she faced a sinmilar choice back in 2008, clinton stayed in all the way until the end. Pelley nancy cordes, thanks. Now, with confidence and not a hint of arrogance, we will turn to john dickerson, our cbs news nalitical director and the anchor of face the nation. John, trump lost a big one in ohio last night. How damaging was that . Reporter well, not winning those 66 delegates means trump has to do better in the future. Before last night, he had won 44 of the delegates. Now he needs to win 52 of the remaining delegates up for grab. But rules in later contests give winners a greater share of the delegates. And that will help him. And there was evidence last night, particularly in florida, elere he got 48 of the vote, that his results improve as the field shrinks. So he has shown the capacity to do better in the future. Pelley now, if republicans wanted to deny trump the nomination, is there a way they could do that in the coming ountests . They have to win enough delegates to deny him the majority of delegates, and that means beating him outright in the states where theyre winner take all, where he might be weaker, states like montana, nebraska and south dakota. Esen in states where hes strong, that distribute delegates proportionally, his opponents have to come in a close second to shrink his delegate prize, but thats hard urpro because kasich and cruz keep splitting the nontrump vote. Pelley now marco rubio, who dropped out last night, is supposed to be the face of the new republican party, hispanic red young. What happened . He was selling the wrong product, that youth, that outreach expansion to new voters and that optimism, well it was a year when voters wanted a champion for their anger. And also, his greatest legislative achievement, pushing a comprehensive immigration rm brm bill, thats part of what had stirred up that voter anger in the first place. Pelley john dickerson, well be watching you sunday on face the nation. John, thanks. Today, north korea sentenced a university of virginia student to 15 years of hard labor for what amounts to a college prank. Otto warmbier was arrested in january for stealing a propaganda banner while visiting with a tour group. The sentence came one day after president obama approved new sanctions against north korea for its recent Missile Launch nud nuclear tests. Today, the nations second busiest subway system was shut down so problems could be inspected in its electrical system. The d. C. Metro serves about 700,000 riders a day, and jeff pegues is following this. Reporter emergency inspections had been under way since early this morning. In all, 91 stations have been closed as nearly two dozen teams fanned out along more than 100 miles of track looking for damage to thirdrail power cables that could lead to smoke and fire. Metro general manager paul wiedefeld. Since we began at midnight, metro teams have identified 26 areas where damaged jumper cables and connector booths exist. Reporter on monday a cable fire led to major delays during the morning commute. Please do not open your siors. Reporter it was similar to a serious incident last year that killed a woman and injured dozens. The safety concerns are not new for the 40yearold metro system. Y ofy dinges, with the American Society of civil engineers, says the real issue is funding. The fundamental problem were having here is a lack of investment. But like most of our infrastructure in this country, re tend to take it for granted until it suddenly is not there. Reporter metro Officials Say the tracks w the tracks will be inspected unernight and they expect the system to be back up and running again by 5 00 a. M. But, scott, commuters are being warned to expect delays. B pelley thanks, jeff. Change may be coming at Arlington National cemetery. Tte today, the acting Army Secretary asked congress to allow burial at arlington for world war ii merchant marines and socalled Wasps Women Air Force Service pilots. We reported a week ago that some of their families have been pushing for this honor. Pelegations that a hospital worker tampered with syringes triggers an urgent hunt for patients who might be infected. That story when the cbs evening news continues. Youve finally earned enough reward miles on your Airline Credit card. Now you just book a seat, right . Not quite. Sometimes those seats are out of reach, costing an outrageous number of miles. Its time to switch. To the capital one venture card. 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Court documents say allen ngmoved the syringes and replaced them with similar ones containing an undisclosed substance. Because hospital officials dont know what allen may have done with the replacement syringes, ex000 former patients are being tested for possible exposure to h. I. V. And hepatitis. Attorneys say at least two people have tested positive for s patitis b. Ntlland hoskins represents some of the patients. Er these are patients that had e rgery at Swedish Medical Center during the time period that rocky allen was a surgical tech. They were tested by labcorp and they have tested positive for bloodborne pathogens. Reporter 1,500 more patients are being tested in hospitals in the seattle area, where allen also worked. Evan banker is representing allens potential victims. It looks like he was lying about his resume, where he had been. We know he had been fired for. He same thing at other facilities. Reporter allen has now been fired from at least three hospitals in three different states, including scripps green in la jolla, california. Don stazziano is a spokesperson for the hospital. He was witnessed by a colleague attempting to divert medication, switching out a syringe of fentanyl for saline. Reporter according to his termination letter, allen admitted swapping syringes and planned to inject the drug. Rocky allen also served in afghanistan and was Court Martialed by the navy in 2011 for stealing the very same drug. The records of that would have been available to any of these hospitals before they hired him, but, scott, they either did not do a thorough enough background check or they ignored it. Pelley ben tracy in the l. A. Newsroom. Ben, thank you. And well be right back. K. To increase circulation and accelerate healing. Lets review heat, plus relief, plus healing, equals thermacare. The proof that it heals is you. It was always just a hobby. Something you did for fun. 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Reporter her son tim and his wife ramie were the only family she had left, and they lived on a road in an r. V. Tim says, well, its either you come along with us or we have to put you in a nursing home, uscause i couldnt stay by aself. She sat there quietly for a minute and said, i think id like to come along. Ready to roll . Reporter and so began the road trip with the fab four tim, norma, ramie and ringo, the dog. They left presque isle, michigan, and made it to rushmore. She saw the president s and then end faithful at yellowstone, gazed into the grand canyon, looked down on florida from a hot air balloon, had her first pedicure in georgia and indulged in more beer and cake than she can remember. Did you think youd be having this much fun at 90 . An no, no. Want to pop a wheelie for him, mom . Sure, why not. Ive never seen her smile this much. Heis is how we show her the stars at night. Tomorrow i will be teaching my kids about you. Reporter ramie has been posting about their trip on mocebook. Now more than 200,000 people are getting to know norma. Youre a sensation. Tt her own son is getting to know her, too. I this has allowed me to have discussions i never thought id have with my mom and find out things like where she and my dad met. You didnt know your parents met at a bar until she told us . No. Reporter norma and crew have logged more than 7,000 miles so far, but theres still a lot left to do on her todo list. Its given me a new lease on life, i should say. Reporter do you think youll live the rest of your life on the road . Yes i probably will. Bye, norma. Reporter and if you see her along the way, wave, because she will make you smile. David begnaud, driving miss norma in st. Augustine, florida. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org new at 6 00 its known as the bay areas most beautiful commute. But imagine the scenic drive interrupted by ads. I thought it was a completely nutty idea. Reporter the new talk of putting billboards along 280 face to face with a shark. But this thrill is all virtual. Oh, no a sneak peek of the future that could be coming to your living room. Lost at sea weeks ago. The story of determined nation and a miracle home come and the story of determination. Good evening, im Elizabeth Cook in for veronica de la cruz. Im allen martin. 280 is one of the most scenic drives in the bay area. But billboards could soon be on the freeway blocking the view. Len ramirez reports from palo alto. It comes down to money, doesnt it . Reporter it always comes down to money, doesnt it . In these tight budget times it seems even the sacred cows can be sacrificed. This proposal could turn the scenic highway into an avenue of ads. Drivers say theres a lot to love about interstate 280 through San Mateo County and they put these views at the top of the list. I use this highway every day. I a courier from gilroy to san francisco. Its a lovely drive. Reporter but how is this for a change of scenery . Like its ugly stepbrother highway 101, 280 the socalled worlds most beautiful highway, may soon have billboards for the first time ever. No that would be a bad idea. It would just spoil the view i think. Leave the signs for 101. Reporter billboards of all shapes and sizes already line highway 101. So far 280 has been adfree. But a proposal is going board San Mateo County board of supervisors to place billboards on 280 to