Before the South Carolina primary. Also Campaign Finance is a key components of democrat Bernie Sanders speeches. Tonight a deeper look at money spent so far. How its raised and how it is spent. And tha in brazil, the governmet launch a war on the zika virus. We begin tonight with the death of a conservative giant on the Supreme Court. Justice Antonin Scalia has side at the age of 79. A authorities believe he died of not causes. Over his three decade tenure on the bench. Justice scalia expressed strong opposition to abortion rights, samesex marriage and affirmative action. His passing leaves washington with questions over whats next for the Supreme Court. Political leaders around the country have paid tribute to Justice Scalia today. Even those that didnt see eyetoeye white sox voice. Tonight we honor his Extraordinary Service to our nation. And remember one of the towering legal figures of our time. Al jazeeras erica pit see has more on the justices career and how he changed the Supre
The cosmos as sig as einstein ws proved right about Gravitational Waves. Hello, we start with renewed effort to his revive the floundering talks in syria with diplomats gathering in germany ahead of the proposed meeting between the government and rebels later this month. The u. S. Secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are hosting the talks in munich, a ceasefire to begin on the 1st of march has suggested by russia but the u. S. Wants it to begin immediately. Meanwhile ago there is continued fighting with near the border of turkey. Turkish fighters captured an air base that was originally controlled by the syrian pill military it was it was ceased by rebel. Nato as has agreed to send troops to stop smuggling. James, we have been waiting for this News Conference for sometime now. Do we know whether its afternoon live going to go ahead this evening . Reporter well, i think it is. I think we have to hear from someone about what this meeting has achieved or
To human trafficking. And the effort to wipeout boko haram in africa may be a losing battle. How political corruption is working against the fight. Political leaders are preparing for a battle in washington. Take on the task of choosing an successor to the late court discuss Antonin Scalia. The request he is when that person would be confirmed. Justice scalia died of a heart attack at the age of 79. Mike viqueira joins us live now from washington, d. C. Good evening to you, mike, how soon will the president nominate someone you think . Reporter i think its going to happen relatively quickly. One of his spokes people, eric schultz, traveling with the president in california, as he prepares for a summit with asian leaders later this week. Has said its unlikely to happen this week, a president has a lot on his plate. Senate incidentally is in recess with this president s day week. He will consider it. I dont think it will be much longer after that, erica, that the president puts forward a
And the worst fighting in years. Hello, islands Prime Minister has become the First Political casualty in the panama leak. Resigns after details of his Financial Affairs were revealed. He has been accused of failing to expose an interest in his wifes offer shore company. Which many turn, has interests in icelands failed banks. Lettuce take you to al jazeera correspondent, so lawrence, tell us how the resignation came about. Well, essentially, he was disavowed in the end by his own party, and therefore had nowhere left to turn. If you look at it oevery the short term time line Prime Minister the weekend when he was first confronted by these allegations on swedish television, he walked out of that interview, when he said he wouldnt resign, because he still felt he did absolutely nothing wrong to choose a morning when he said he would resign if his Coalition Partners failed to bank him to this afternoon, when clearly the opposition his Coalition Partners failed to back him, but his own pa
Powerful, and how they stash their wealth. And scaring off sea lions, the unique effort in an oregon port to keep the pesky mammals away. We begin this hour in the state of virgin islandsofvy wis. The state is almost always unpredictable. Polls suggest Hillary Clinton and donald trump are both behind their top rivals. We start with the republican race, al jazeeras chief Political Correspondent Michael Shure joins us from milwaukee, and michael what are you seeing tonight . Donald trump is going to coout tonight in a state that he has wanted really badly, david. He decamped to wisconsin. Usually what he does is fly home after campaign events. He actually spent the night here in milwaukee last night. He is trying to make this a mirror image of how he handled iowa where ted cruz won. Encouraged by a poll today showing him 10 points up, but that is really the outlier. All of the polling has shown that ted cruz is ahead in this state. And ted cruz has made a particular push in this state, b