There is some relief in sight. C cer girls. Not one, not twtw but three ports lustrated swimsmst covers. The magazine highlighting beauty in many forms this year, including a plus size cover model. Why si decided to make history today, sunday februaryry4th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a inn rockefefeer plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Glad to have you with us. Im craig melvin. Happy valentines day to you. Well get to the dangerous wicked weather in a ment. The big story yesterday afternoon, the late word that Justice Antonin Scalia had died. It camed as edas a s sck because it was so unexpected. Justice Antonin Scalia was 79. We have full coverage from his legacy on the court to that looming battle now in washington over who will take his seat. We begin this morning with nbcs outside the ranch where scalia died. Jay, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Before sunrise here and we are learning more about Justice Scalias death here at this resort and ranch. We know that scalia traveled to west texas friday and attended a party here with about 40 guests friday evening. When he didnt show up for breakfast the next morning, concerned staff went to his room where they found h h unresponsiveve locaca Law Enforcement, u. S. Marshals and fbi agents were all called in. Investigators say there are no signs of foul play here, and that scalia likely died of, quote, Natural Causes. A devout catholic, authorities ushered in a priest to perform last ritesesand school whysalias bodod was moved to alpine nearby and with Police Escort transported more thann200 mileses to a funeral home in el paso. Scalias family is expected to travel to el paso later today. At this point, nonformation service for the Supreme Court justice. Erica . Jayayray in texas for us this morning. Thank yoyo Justice Scalia was a giant on the bench, the most conservative voioi of all of the justices and his death already settp a fight over the next justice. Well get to that in moment. First, nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams has a look back at scalias life and legacy. Good morning. Good morning. Certainlyyhe most outspoken conservative, Justice Scalia seemed to be in Robust Health so his death comes as a hugely unexpected blow. He was a justice with a powerful intellect and his death means the Supreme Court has lost its most outspoken conservative. I Antonin Scalia do solemnly swear given what a controversial fifire he came, n ninated by ronald reagan, it surprpres some to know he was confirmed unanimously, 980. The natitis first italianamerican justice soon staked out a position as a steadfast conservative, against affirmative action and hiring opponent of abortion rights. He said the landmark case o o roe v. Wade w w wrongly decidede that it declared rightss the nations founders never intended. Nobody ever thought that they d been included in the rights contained in the billf rights. Reporter scalia said judges should stick to following the interpret. T. Were not governed by the drafters intent. Were governed by laws. And what the law is is not what the drafter intended, butut what the drafter enacted. Reporter but he delighted liberals by pushing the c crt to expand the rights of defendants on trial to confront their accucurs in court, another ruling he inspired said judges should not consider facts in sentencing that werent found byy a jury. Among his most t table opinions for the court, the historic ruling that the Second Amendment guarantees an individuals right to own airearm for selfdefense. The most important gun decision ever. He met his future wife maureenen on a blind date whwh both were in college. Scalias were a big family, five two of his children became lawyers, following their father in a profession he clearly relished. I like thinking about the law. I like figuring outhe right answer to legal problems. Reporter hisis sudden death after 29 years on the Supreme Court has stunned thehe nations legal community. Off the court he was incredibly energetic in his questioning from the bench he was always completely engaged. And so it is a shock to the family of people that are in and around the court. So this leaves the court with eight justices, evenly split ideologically as it prepares to take up such divisise issues as abortion, immigration, obamacare, the future off Public Sector ununns. Anytime there is a 44 tie, the courts decision essentially dodont count andnd the Lower Court Rulings are l lt ststding, so Justice Scalias death casts a big shadow over the rest of the Supreme Court. Pete williams, thank you. As we mentioned, a Major Political fight is already ewing this morning overho should nominate the next Supreme Court justicic his successor . Nbcs Kelly Odonnell is at the white house with more on thatat good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. From his long weekendn california, where the president will be hosting a summit of asian leaders,s,resident obama oke about the death of Justice Scalia andnd paid tribute to his life and public service. And the president also quietly signaled there will be a political b btle ahead over confirming a successor to the high courtrt though hes in his final year in office, the president says he will not wait. I plan to fulfill my Constitutional Responsibilities to nominate a successor in due titi. There will b b plenty of time for me to do so and for t t senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that p pson a fair hearing and a timely vote. Reporter now, the president made his intentionss clear because Top Republicans wary that another Obama Justice wouldld end the conservative majority on the c crt had already drawn line. Mcconnell put out a statement saying, the American People should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. Therefore this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new esident. While Senate Democrats pushed back that republicans should not attempt to obstruct the process and l lve the court with an open seat. Top democrat harry reidaid the president can and should send the senate aominee right awayay failing to fulfill this vacancy would be a shameful abdication of one of the senates most essential c cstitutional responsibilities. Now, the political wins are clearly drawn this morning and the fight will play out on the campaign trail and here in shington with republicans having 54 seats in the senate, more than democrats, and giving them the power to reaeaea control this process going forward. Erica . Kelly odonnell at thehite house this morning, thank you. Ron cling clerked in the Supreme Court, white House Counsel too bothresidents full disclosure, youre working with the Clinton Campaign this election cycle. Want to make sure folks know that. You spent two y yrs clerking at the high court there in d. C. His conservative legacy is well point. What was he like as a person . I never agreed with Justice Scalia on almost anything,ut he was an inconsiderably warm person. He loved the back andorth of debate. Even in the years after i lefef the court, when i ran into him, he and i had Public Exchange warm and kind. I think he leaves behind a personal level a wonderful legaga as a family man and beloved mentor to generations o o Supreme Court clerks who worked for him and for whom he was a key influence in their lives. We mentioned as Pete Williams mentioned many people would forget h h divisivee his decisionssould ,hat he was unanimously confirmed. This is going to be a little bit different this time around to fill his seat. But when president obama goes into this process, if he in fact nononates someone asse said he yoyo helped other president sso this. What republicans are proposing is an ununecedented three branch gridlock of the federal government. They say the president should nominate nunun nominate someone, they say the Supreme Court should remain deadlocked at 44or two terms, thats never happened before, thats not whathould happen now. President shoulul and wilil fulfill his constitutional obligation to nominate someone and the senate should give that person a f f f hearing. And make a judgment on that persons individual merits and qualifications. But shoulddhe p psident be looking for Something Else . A person who maybe merrick garlrld is a name that has come up a lot, aame that is easier to get through the senate. Whatt know about the president ts that he takes this responsibility very seriously. He taught constitutional lawaw at the university of chicago. He is a real constitutionana scholar himself. Hes going to pick thehe person who he thinks will be the best justice for the Supreme Court. And then the senate should do its job. Look, thehe have thehe right to the president s nominee. That is theirjob. But it is their responsibility to do that job, to give the person a a ar hearing, to let the person make their case, and then to judge that personased on t t case theyake before the senate. Ron cling, thank you f f coming in on a sunday morning. Thanks for having me. Antonin scalias death and the question of who should nominanana the next Supreme Court justice was the topic during last ninits Republican Debate. It did not take long for the sparks tootart flying in what wass easilil a rowdy dedete. Nbcs gabe due taregutierrere is in South Carolina this mornrng. The future of the Supreme Court is now front and center in the president iallelection, but thisisebate q qcklyot personal and turned into an allout brawl in a state known for rough and tumble politics. A less crowded stage, the ninth Republican Debate started withthome rare reement. I do not believe the president should appoint someone. Reporter several candidatess wanting to block president it is called delay, delay, delay. Repepter but then, things got ugly. Why do you lie . This is a man who insults his wayy ted cruz has been telling lies. Reporter frontrunner donald trump blasting jeb bush on foreign policy. The World Trade Center camee down under your brothers reign. While donald trump was building a reality tv show, my othehe was buiuiing a Security Apparatus to keep us safe. Reporter marco r rio hoping to rebound from his last debate came to bushs defense, slamming trumum i thank god all the t te that it was george w. Bush in the itithouse on 9 11 and not al gore. Reporter but the florida senator clashed with ted cruz over immigration. At one point cruz took issue with something rubio had said in a Spanish Language interview. First of all, i dont know how he knows what i said on univision, because he doesnt speak spanish. And second of all, the other [ speaking spanish ] reporter cruz trounced on trump for what he called the billionaires past liberal positions on abortion and social issues. You are the singlee biggest liar. Youre probably worse than jeb bushsh you are the single biggest liar. Hes a nasty guy. Y. Donald has this weird pattern, whennou point to his own record, he screams liarar liar, liar. Reporter striking a diffffent tone, john kasich. I got to telll this is just crazy. This is just nuts, okay. Geez, oh, man. Reporter and while most on the stage fought each other, dr. Ben carson fought for attention. So many people said to me, you neeeeee itcreamm and jump up and downike everybody else. Is that really whatou wawa . What weust saw . I dont think soso repepter the gop primary here is in just six days and we expect j jtice scscias replacement to become a major issue on the campaign trail. On the democratic side, hillary clininn and Bernie Sanders are to hold up a nomimie. Erica . Gabe gutierrez, thank you. Chuck todd is moderator of meet thththess, Andrea Mitchell is nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent. Good morning to both of you. G gd morning. Chuck, this race changed overnight. What does the death of Justice Scalia do to this election moving forward . Well, look, it puts the Supreme Court front and center. This h h been something that the candidates have been talking to base voters for a long time, thatathis election morehan ananhing else could determine the balance of the Supreme Court going forward. It is one of the oldest Supreme Courts that we have had had in some time. Thats why this prediction has been made. And nowowith scalias death, it only reinforces that nation with voters. It is going to it is goioi to ththw washington into a tizzy. I think itt could shut down the senate essentially for the year if things go as badly as it could between what the president wants to do, what the senate so i think it is going to end up elevating the issue of the Supreme Court into a top five issue for the rest of the year. As it elevates that issue,e, andrea, you can imagine that maybe the candidadassight have had in theack of their mind a short list. In terms of president obama, what do you hear from your sources . Does he havav a short list of nominees at the ready . Absololely. Every y esident has a short st. This is thehe eventuality that people worry about. But that people have to prepare for. Every white house council, every Justice Department has p ppared a list. But the problem now is he has t t make a decisisi, is he going to proposos someone who would be more in his line of thinking or at this times a lame duck will he propose someone who is so centrist and so universally respected that thatperson, he or e, could be viable for confirmation if thereere not the block o o mitch mccononll and uck grassley, whoithin an ur or two of the death the came out saying they wouou not confirm anyone. Chuck, it seemed as if at the debate last night, the only thing the c cdidates did agree on is that president obama should notominate anyone for the high court. It was downright nasty at times last night, chuck. Who arerehe winners . Who are the losers . It was nasty. Look, i think that jeb bush and marco rubio came out on top as compared to everybody elsese i think t ty were the most consistent throughout the debate. Jeb bush had some of the better back and forths with trump so at a ao should get garner him extra attention. What Donnell Donald trump said about george w. Bush at 11 and in iraq is risky in South Carolina. George w. Bush is popular there. Ill be curious to see how trump is faring in the polls in the nextxtouple of days to see iff this has an impact. Very quickly, though, to follow up on whatt andrea said, keep an eye on a gentleman named merrick garlrld, a judge in the d. C. Circuit. President s backup plan for some time, hes always been identified as the judge hee would nominate if he were dealing with a republican senate. If the president goes down that road, that tells you he wants to get somebodyconfirmed. We will all be watching intently. Huck todd, Andrea Mitchell, thank you to both of you. Catch more a little later on meet the press. Chuck will also be talking t t marco rubio, donald trump, and john kasich. That b bter b bst o o freezing cold air continues to impact tens of millions of people this morning. The good news, it should soon be over. But the bad news, youre going to have to make it through today before you see that relief. Dylan is here with more on that. Dylan, good morning. Were breakinin records all over and all across the northeast. Came in with an arctic front that moved through yesterday and caused quite a pileup back through parar of eastern pennsylvania. This was out near harrisburgrg along i78. Three people were killed in this more than 50 car pileup. It was this front that moved through, it dropped visibility very difficult and very dangerous on the roros. Thats that arcticc front now dragging down this cold air from cold air from canada. Wereoing to see temperatures start to warm up from here on ouou today is as cold as it is going to get. Watertown at 29 degrees below steerr zero. They bototmed out. Boston, we broke a record of minus 9. The old record, minus 3. Were krurkcrushingnghe records. It is going to stay in the teens for today and tomorrow. For tuesday, it is not mostly a snowstorm for northeast, temperatures warm up to the 50s, were going to see rain by tuesday. All right. Thank you. Dylan, weird winter. Thanks. A strong earthquakak has jolted the new zealand city of christchurch. The 5. 7 quake was caughgh on security cameras as it shook cars and homes. It also collapsed cliffs along the coast,t, but no serious damage the front manor the eagles of death metal is now speaking out about the terrorist attack at the bataclan theater in paris. This as the band resumes its European Tour which was cut short by that attack inn november. In an interview with swedish tv, jesse hughes described racing from the stage only to meet a gunman face to face. The door shut behind me and i was trying to back up like very sneaky, but he noticed me. And i thought i was ad. And i just waited for the shot to hit me. And when he went t t pull his rifle down, the barrel of his gun hit the door frame. The musician also offering an emotional tribute to those caught in the theater that night. I didnt see anyone do anything cowardly. I just saw people doing some of the most beautiful things t tt a person could do and for lack of a better way to describe it, my friends died very beautifully. The band began its new tour last night in stockholm, three months to the day after the paris attacks. Dylan is back, talking frigid temperatures herere but out west, it is certainly the flip side of this wholeituation we have in the northeast. We have temperatures that will get into the 80s in the southwest. This huge rididid in the jet stream is allowing temperatures to warm up 85 in l. A. Today. Y. Thats 15 degrees above average. Las vegas, up to 77. Portland, 56, which is actually five degrees aboveve average. We have some snow developing. Well see some snow through st. Louis and chicago. And then eventually making its way to the northeast. And tuesday, it will turn over to rain. Just want to stayyafe on thelllll and thats your latest forecast. Dylan, thank you. Still to come on today, Sports Illustrated doing something i i has never done before. Sheinelle will explain after these messasas. Im vanna today. Theres no one id rather. Hit the road with. No one id rather have dinner and a movie with. No one id rather lean on. Being in love is an amazing thing. Being in love with your best friend. Is everything. Introducininthe ever us twostone ring. One diamononfor your best friend. One for your true love. For the one woman in your life whos both. Ever us. New this valenennes day at jared, kay and zales. Hi dad. Uh huh. Yeah. Sorry about that. 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A wintry mix of weather will develop across the region tonight and continue into monday morning. The precipittion should start as snow change to sleet freezing rain and just plain rain by y ate nday. A winnrr storm watch is posted for tt arltaath a winter sto rning r the mountains and primaries. And sparrs flew during the gop debate in greenville last night. Candidates did not pull any punches. Mainly of course. Donald trump. He went after jeb bush and his family. On matters of national security. Bringing up the 9 11 attacks and the mii information for going to war in iraq. The debate started with a moment of silencecefor Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia. This morning, cmpd is asking for you help to find the uspect involved in two Charlotte Bank robberies. Take a look at this photo. Investigators think the same man robbed a fifth thirr bank on january 28, and a apnc bank thissmorning. Both banks are on Pineville Matthews road. 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The country is mourning the loss of Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia who died of Natural Causes while on a trip to texas. Justice scalia was 79 years old. Well have more on his passing in a moment. And m mico city, pope mass in one of theheeas poorest commununies. The faithful are already gathering for todays service. About 300,000 are expected. It follows aay of prayer andnd politics a a the popeook the nations leaders too task for failing to take a more active stand against poverty, the drug trade and corruption. And after a thorough coast guard inspection, the cruise ship anthem of the seas set sail on saturday and is now headed to the bahamas. The ship was forced to cut its previous trip short after sailing right through a big storm. Passengers described that trip as chaotic and terrrrying. The coast guard says the ship was i i good shape to sail again. Sheinelle, thank you. We have much more this morning on t t death ofustice Antonin Scalia. Appointed to the court 30 years ago, his death leaves a major vacancy on the bench. We have complete coverage for you this half hour, Nbcs Jay Gray is outside the ranch where scaliaia ed, and he has more for us. Jay, goooo morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Justice scalili was found dead inside his room at this resort and ranch after traveling to westexas on fririy and attending a p pvatete party with about 40 guests here. He didnt show up for breakfast thth next momoing. Thats when employees went to that r rm and found him unresponsive there. Local Law Enforcement as well as u. S. Marshals and the fbi were called in. At this point, they say there are no signs of foul play and that scalia likely died of what they call, quote, Natural Causes. A devout catholic, priest was brought in to administer last rites before scalia was transported with the Police Escort more than 200 miles to a funeral home inn el paso. His family is expected to travel to el paso later today. They have nott this point announced any plans for a memorial orr funeral services. Atat the latest live here. Erica, back to you. Jay g gy for us this morning in texas, thank you. For more on scalias legacy, back to nbcs justice correspondent Pete Williams. Pete, good morning to you again. Crcrg, good morning. Dividedede 54 ideologically. So now it is 44. Here is what would happen if the major pendidi cases are decided by a tie. That would leave the Lower Court Rulings in tact. In other words, whichever side won below would prevail. A tie vote would be bad newewfor president obamas hope to put his new immigration policy into effect, the one that would let up to 5 Million People here illegally remain. Theower courts blocked that policy. It would alsls leave standing a tough new restriction o o access to Abortion Services in texas. And might prompt other states to try that same approach. It would be a victoryry for unions that represent public emplplees. They won in the lower courts, defeatinggn efffft to restrict their ability to collect union dues. So the court willontinue functioning with only eight jujuices, but it will likely produce at least some tied votes, delaying the kindf final resolution that only the Supreme Court can provide. Craig . Pete williams for us this morningn d. C. Thanks. A huge fight is already looming over who should nominine the next Supreme Court justice. White house with more on that for us this morning. Kelly, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. That fight is coming because there is so much at stste. It is a mix of politics, ideology andtradition. E sudden death of a conservative justice under a democrcric president means the balance of the court could shift to the liberal wingg if the president getet a t trd justiti confirmed. So republilins have a great deal of power in this process. They control t t Senate Judiciary committee w wch would runn the extensive background check k a nominee. The public heaeang where the president s choice would answer questions, and then decide if the full senate gets a vote. That could take months. Republicans claim there is tradition on their side, saying that no nominee was both selected and confirmed in an Election Year for decades. They argue that the next president should get to shape the court with this vacancy. Democrats will be able to marshal political prereure to see a nomineeee move through thisss process and some of that pressure will be aimed at republican senators up for making this a campaign issue, not only for president ntl candidates, but it could dedermine control of t t senate and that i i a big part of the balance of power here in erica . That it is. Keeping ususy for some time. Kelly odonnell, thank you. Dylan dreyer on the plaza with s se fans. How cold is it, lan . It is about 1. Yes. Theyre all crazy out here. Anyone who is on the plaza thiss morning is a little bit nuts. But w whave your brother who is at home, hes not feeling that great right now, right . Hes holed up in the rockefeller. Want to wish him a happy birthday in. Happy birthday, dillon, from dylan. We haveeolks from tampa over here. It is just cold. Lets take a look at thee weather going on across the country where we have the storm system that is going to move into t t cold air and stata to snow on monday through virginia, makes its way through washington, d. C. Then it moves to the nonoheast. Tass does d. C. Could see 1 to 3 inches. New york 1 to 2. This is all part of a system that is starting back through the midwest today with a few inches possible out there. And then movesmorning with most locations see reading around 20 degrees. Afternoon temperatures will only warm into the mid30s. A wintry mix of weather will develop across the region night and continue nto mondayymorning. The precipitation should start as snow change to sleet freezing rain and ust plplin rain by late monday. 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But just a few months later, she wasn the hospital clinging to life. Not many people can say they have died and haha, you know, come back to life. Reporter watch this Surveillance Video closely. Working out with her client, shaniaia suddenly collapses on the floor. She had suffered cardiac arrest and for 13 minutes shania sayay as wereittiti there reporter Joshua Eckhardt w w hehe boyfriend for three months. He was at her bededde when she was put in a medically induced ma. To think i could have lost her was it wasas all i needed and to know that was the p pson i wanted to be with. Reporter a traumatic incident like that does put things in perspective. As soon as i came out of the coma, i told him i loved him. Eporter shania was diagnosed with Heart Disease at years old. Doctors at northwestern memoriall hospital installed a pacemaker and internal defibrillator. Not overweight, not smoking, you know, in the doing drugs, y of theeisk factors. Repepter in the pastt year, shanan has moved full speed ahead. Starting a nonprofit to teach young women about the sympmpms of Heart Disease. Just last month, a sururise for josh. I actually said, what w wld you say, you know, to getting married . Ittind of shocked me, lili, repepter they exchanged vows on the First Anniversary of her cardiac arrest. At thehe chapel in the same hospital where they first declared their love. In a ceremony performed by a minister who called 911 that fateful day. You may kiss your bride. Reporter and after they said their i dos, the new couple handed out tiny gifts. Breaking the news to their parents that another little gift was on the way. Werere goingo have a baby r rorter from a Second Chancecet life, to a new life, anan a valentiness love story that is full of heart. For today, Kevin Tibbles, nbc news, chicago. We all h hehills from that story. That, ladies and gentlemen, is aove story. Y. Indeed it is. Lets sendt over to sheinelle in the orange room who has todays plaza fans of the day. Hey, guys. My new buddies. We have a gift. We have k kly from buffalo, new york. And Ann Catherine from richmond, virginia. You both just had birthdays, right . Yes. Whehe was yours . Friday. And you . Tomorrow. How old are you . 13. 13. Isnt that precious . Were all ththsame height. Thats because youre wearing heelelel still to come, dylan straps some skates and gets o o the wise thousands of other peoplplpl for a little pond d ckey. First, these messages. Good job. New best frien in a world full of dictates and conventions, could there be another way . La vie est belle lalaie est belle, the eau de parfum, lanc me receive a free gift. Only at macys your fragrance destination eat up, buddy. Youll get it this time. Yeah dont let go until i say so. I got you. Start strong with the Lasting Energy of 100 youre doing it whole grain quakererats. And off you go. Mastering irresistibly s soth. The lindor truffle. From the lindt master chocolalaers. Hard outer s s s. Smooth, luscious center. Unwrap. Unwind. Withthhe lindor truffle phone ringing you cacat deal with something, by ignoring it. But thats how some president ial candidates seem to be dealing with social security. Americans work hard, and pay into it. So our next president needs a real plan keep it strong. Y candidates, answer the call already. Y. Good idea earlier. Ot too bad with the blanket. And we have the fire. Who are we kidding . It is freezing outside. We have been talking a lot this weekend about the freezing cold. There is a sport out there that relies on it,dylan. N. Yes, it is called pond hockey. I recently visited the frigid state of minnesota where the u. S. Pond hockey championships were hehe. It is an event that lets people play hockey the way nature intended, on a frozen pond. Well, i i seeeeg moror snow i canttay i always loved subfreezing temperatures. Do you have the winter blues . But theyre a dream come true at setting to hold the u. S. Pond ckey championships, 25 rinks, more than 200 teams, all ttling for the golden shovel. This years warm zes weatherdecember weather pushed it back two weeks. You sure two weeks wasasnough to get it frozen enough . Youre probably on 16 inches of ice and that can hold a semi. Reporter or a zamamni or two. If someone ever offers you a chance to drive a zamboni, you say yes. My goal is to notun anyone over. It is a good horn. The lake is crowded, close to 2,000 players hit the ice heree to play four on four hockey, abiding by rules that are a bit can i check . No, there is nochecking. Eporter oh. Brian is a former nhl playeye and native minnesotan. Can i can i slog reporter oh, it went in can i fight . Niceeffort. Anan no tending. Reporter why not . What can i do . What can y y do . I think y y got to just have fun. And enjoy the outdoors, the smells, the view, Nothing Better than being outside. Reporter the chance to play hockey like they did as kids in the Great Outdoors draws p p p p fromomore than 40 states reununing friends, family and old teammates. We grew up in pittsburgh together playing hockey. Our granddads played. They passed down these helmets to us. Reporter lee got recruited to play by his sons. My two boys are on this team. One is 49, one is 40. Reporter if you dont mind me asking, how old are you . 76. Reporter lee and his boys play on a team called the cones. Whwh is the significance of the cones . When you teach kids how to theyre pilons and you skate around t t t thats why were called the scones. Theyeyey probably skate around me. Reporter r ere team names and uniforms are almost as important as puck handling and skating skills. From homages. Jaromir jagr. Reportete to the subtle play on wordsds master bladers. It means that were the master of bladers being our skate blades. Reportete lets just say i was happy when i found this team. Were the. Y spuppies. Ople would look and see the puppies and they would think we were soft and we would come out and put them in their placac reporter whoould resist a puppy jerseyey not t. Im ready. So can you be my body double for snowstormsms solutely. You guys one second. Hat was such areat story. Can we give a shoutout to Carolyn Gottlieb who produced that. She had ideas for thihi story and i was, like, okay, ill g g for it and it ended up being so much fun. You rocked it. Such a trooper, he let me do all those ridiculous things. All those falls are real, though. Im not good on hockey states. Toe pick. Im impressed. And you drove the zamboni. And the steerinin wheel is flat. Itoesnt bend there is a technique. Im just sayinin that will be another s sment at the rink behind us. Thank you. Style to come on this sunday, if you think this election season is particularly nasty, just wait until you s s what harry smith dug up from as far back as our Founding Fathers after these messages. 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It has been talked about, about the tone of this election cycle. The tone so to speak. Well, coming around the tv, kids, compared to the past, this isnn bad. It is not bad at all. In the pantheon of Founding Fathers, few are revered as much as thomas jefferson. When jefferson was running against johohoh adams in 1800, he hired a writer who called adams, ote, a hideous, herer mav row dit cal character when which has neither the force nor the gentleness of a woman. That took name calling to a high art. Back in 1928, al smith was the democratic candidate, the first catholic to run for president. Anticatholic sentiment in america a s s bstantial. Republicans were happy to tell anyone who would listen that smith wanted touild a 3500 mile tunnel that wouldeach to rome and the pope. And Andrew Jackson was elected president in 1828. He was the hero of the battle of new orleans. Was married to a woman who was divorced, John Quincy AdamsFederalist Party called her a dirty black wench and convicted adulteress adulteress. When she died, old hickory blamed her death on the Smear Campaign she was forced to endure as depicted in the president s lady. Those vile witches who reporter Teddy Roosevelt referred to howard taft as a ratatat in a cornrn. Franklin delano rooseveltsed call republican al landon the white mouse who wants to live in the white house. Name calling and nastiness, it is a rich american tradition. So maybe we setet the plate a little bit, rampp up it upven more. Thats about to happen. The way they spoke back then, it sounded moreeloquent. Thing. A few more words. Of course, today is valentines day, i did not want to let the day go without saying happy valentines day. I apologize. You can share with so happy valentinee day. Thank you so much. Chocolates. Breakfast of champions. Just thehe beginning. Is that all . Little jewelry . Oh, stop. Now were talking. I wenen all out foryou. I went all out for you. There you go. Fantastic. Do you know howow excited my home. If it makes it. Of you. Happy valentines d d to you too. To all of you. We didnt get you something. We got you our loveve ill take it. A quick reminder to you, check out meet the press, chchk will be talking about Justice Scalias passingnd legacy. Hell also be sitting down with mamao rubio, donald trump and john kasich as well. Chuck todd on meet the press this morning. A l l of that coming up. Thank you. Hope you haveveveonderful valentines day. If youre some of those 90 million peoplpl and it is really cold, stay inside. Have a great day, everyone. Of a Supreme Court justtce. The poww struggle ahead and why the next ointment now lies in the hands of the next presi unexpected after the death of a Supreme Court justice. The power struggle ahead and why the e xt appointment lies president. The story in weather is not so much the cold weather but the wintry weather that will move in tonight. Expepe to see snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Good sunday morning everyone. Well get to our top stories but first lets talk about the weather. Take a live look at uptown charlotte e rough our vue camera. Obviously it will a chilly day but it is shaping up to be a nice valentines day otherwise. Thank yoyofor joining us. John, it is a perfect day y to bundle up and cuddle up. You are right about that. Stay inside. Its cold outside. Temperatures, we are starting the day in the upper teens and lower 20s