Mostly covered with snow and ice. Wind chill is a factor this morning right around zero. Snow sticking around to the morning. Thankfully, temperatures rise. By early afternoon, the snow starts to move out. Bigtime warm up just around the corner, i will tell you win coming up. Alyx an electionyear battle brewing on the future of the Supreme Court. With the death of Justice Scalia setting off a debate about who should nominate the replacement. President obama says he will nominate Justice Scalias successor in due time but it will likely be an uphill battle. After his sudden death, president obama expressed 79yearold a brilliant, energetic justice. There will be plenty of time responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. Mitch mcconnell who sets the Senate Schedule says the American People should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice and it should not be filled until we have a new president. The candidates weighed in during the cbs news
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Announcer tonight on the communicators, we will examine the Communications Act with two of its chief authors will stop jack fields and senator edward markey. The two will discuss whether the act is outdated and whether it should be rewritten. Words like google and hulu are popular today, but they were not there before the app. Moved not only our own country but the world from analog to digital and our goal was to take away the lines of demarcation that prevented competition. The competitive forces, it created the investment that was able to bring us to this world debate. Announcer watch the communicators tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan two. Next q acoming up with robert kaplan. Then, the washington journal. Andill talk about the life legacy of nancy reagan, who died yesterday at the age of 94. Announcer this week, robert kaplan. Mr. Kaplan discusses his book, in europes shadow two cold wars and a thirtyyear journey through romania and beyond. Brian robert kaplan, in your you sta
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Ted cruz took on his words with megan kelly last night. I dont know john boehner. I would be surprised if we said 50 words to each other and everything we said has been pleasantries. Maria the latest from the campaign trail coming up including Hillary Clintons woman card that looks like a us new york city subway car. Criminals on the street, backlash, immigration and Customs Enforcement facing for releasing thousands of Illegal Immigrants with records including records for murder. Devastating flooding in mississippi to report, one official calling it the worst since katrina, a stranded driver rescued from floodwaters on Live Television. A first round of the nfl draft has been wild, la rams taking jared goff with an overall pick, controversial video costing a different nfl prospect, we are looking at last nights winners and losers, those stories coming up friday morning, first one turning to markets declined in asia overnight following yesterdays selloff in the us, the nikkei closed for