Next president of the United States decide. Its called delay, delay, delay. Our Team Coverage as we remember this giant of the court. And good morning, everybody. Americans are waking up to a huge sry this morning. The passing of Justice Scalia. Hes being remembered for his brilliant legal mind and fiery style on the bench. And abc news chief anchor George Stephanopoulos joins us on this day. Hell anchor a special edition of this week later this morning. Justice scalia, such a towering figure. Pens. A pillar of the conservative moment. His death puts the Supreme Court right at the center of this election. Seses the the stakes through the roof. The court divided right down the middle. If the democrats or president its a liberal court. If the republicans do, its a conservative court. It affects all levels of government. Rare situation. George, its great to have you here in studio. As we look at the man and his threedecade legacy, youre lookinggt a live pictcte outside the Supreme Court.
Been informed, as has Senior Justice Department officials. Fair to say that official washington tonight is stunned. Tom . That is right. Pierre, thank you so much. The sudden death of Justice Scalia, a huge loss for the court and the conservative moment. Chief Justice John Roberts calling him, kwoement, an extraordinary individual and admired and treasured by his colleagues. Abcs Martha Raddatz on the justice who helped shape the bench. Reporter Justice Scalia, the longestservg justice on the court, apparently died from Natural Causes. The 79yearold justice was staying at a ranch in west texas on a quail hunting trip with friend friends. When he failed to report for breakfast, a Person Associated with the ranch checked his room and found scalia had passed away. Place your left hand on the bible. Reporter Antonin Scalia was appointed to the high court by Ronald Reagan in 1986. He was famous for his blunt dissents. That earned him a reputation of being combative, though many who knew him
Firefighters in cedar rapids are trying to figure out what caused a mobile home fire. One person is dead and another was taken to the hospital. The fire was at 3701 16th avenue sw. 72 year old Ronald Jacobs died at the scene. Responders took his wife, 72 year old karen jacobs, to Mercy Medical center before transferring her to another hospital. Smoke and flames had filled the mobile home when firereghters arrived just after 7 30 am yesterday morning. But the fire never got large enough to threaten any nearby mobile homes. One long time resident at the Mobile Home Park says the jacobs couple had lived there for issues, which may have slowed them down if they were trying to escape. He was on oxygen, and he liked to cook in the mornings, cook breakfast and stuff like that. But i dont know what happened or whatever. One battalion chief said he does not know if the oxygen tanks they found inside the mobile home played any role in the fire. In a tv9 followup this morning. Authorities are inv
Again question whether he actually committed. The popularity of making a murderer and the recent podcast series serial highlight questions about the accuracy of criminal convictions. Brianfarrell both of those have been so important in helping people see the complexities of the criminal Justice System. University of iowa law professor rian farrell is the head of the Innocence Project of iowa, a group of about 20 volunteers from around iowa examines cases of prisoners who claim they are innocent. Brian farrell i think that awareness of these issues is probably going to lead to an increase in people seeking assistance. To date the Innocence Project lf iowa hasnt exonerateteanyone. In fact, over the past 25 years there have only been 12 exonerations in iowa for crimes committed in these 7 counties. But state public defender adam gregg says exonerations could soon increase in iowa partly because of the fascination around documentarie s like making a murderer. And perhaps more importrttly,
Today, family and friends are remembering the life of a man killed during a fire in his waterloo home. Around 1130 friday night, firefighters arrived at 16 84 mount carmel drive. Thats the mount village apartments, near allen hospital. There, fire crews pulled 53yearold Ray Anthony Reed from his burning home. Officials say reed died from scalds and burns. Theres no details yet on what sparked the fire, but authorities told tv9 that the building endured significant fire and smoke damage. Last night, people spent time leaving flowers to mouou the loss s f reed. His death is the first fire fatality this year. A central iowa teenager lost his life, after a nglevehicle crash saturday the iowa state patrol says it happened in rural story county near maxwell around 120. Officials say 17yearold chase mohler was driving a truck uphill, before it lost control and rolled in a ditch. Mohlereried at the scene. His 16yearold passenger was taken to the hospital. The president ial race is switching ge