Dollars in debt in the reaction to this had skinny, on this monday, february 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on then holiday on president s day. Im kendis gibson. Im reena ninan. Our top story this half hour. Snow at alling at times in chicago after several inches yesterday. Many drivers said they were only on the roads because it was valentines day and there were quite a few zens. Hundreds of flights were canceled, too. It wasnt just the chicago area. Details from abcs phillip mena. White knuckle driving across the midwest. Heavy snow bringing white out conditions outside indianapolis, triggering multiple pileups injure ing at least ten. I78 is back open after this massive pileup saturday killing three and sending dozens to the hospital. That blast of arctic air sending temperatures plunging to lows feel like a razor. New york city hitting minus 1 degree. The coldest day in new york city in 22 years. Its like whipping you in the back of the head. It
Causing delays for rail service. It was the coldest morning in boston in nearly 60 years. And the defense the highlight of the allstar game last night in the toronto. It was the highest scoring allstar game ever. The west winning it 1 6173. Russell westbrook was the games mvp. Those are some of our top stories on this president s day, monday, february 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Were going to start this half hour with the dmu details were learning on the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. As the political fight over his seat gets under way, we hear from one of the people who saw scalia the final hours of his life. With more, heres jim avila. Reporter Justice Antonin Scalia died behind the drawn curtains of this room. Peacefully and in his sleep. I was a firsthand witness. The cibolo ranch in west texas where the judge had been a first time guest scheduled to hunt his body discovered when he lunch. He was totally peaceful, hes just di
Causing delays for rail service. It was the coldest morning in boston in nearly 60 years. And the defense the highlight of the allstar game last night in the toronto. It was the highest scoring allstar game ever. The west winning it 1 6173. Russell westbrook was the games mvp. Those are some of our top stories on this president s day, monday, february 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Were going to start this half hour with the dmu details were learning on the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. As the political fight over his seat gets under way, we hear from one of the people who saw scalia the final hours of his life. With more, heres jim avila. Reporter Justice Antonin Scalia died behind the drawn curtains of this room. Peacefully and in his sleep. I was a firsthand witness. The cibolo ranch in west texas where the judge had been a first time guest scheduled to hunt quail an saturday. His body discovered when he skipped both breakfast a
Justice. The bar for a Supreme Court nomination is much higher, especially this one with Justice Scalia being a conservative icon and his replacement having the potential to switch the balance of power on this court from the conservatives to the liberals. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. All right. Were going to move on to politics now. Just five days until the nevada caucuses and a new sign how close the battle is there. Hillary clinton is staying in nevada today where she has three events scheduled. She was supposed to attend an event in florida but her husband the former president will take her place there instead. At events yesterday, she attacked rival Bernie Sanders as a one issue candidate who is proposing nothing more than break up the big banks. For his part, sanders was campaigning in nevada yesterday, as well. Although theres no video they attended the same africanamerican Church Service in las vegas. Speak, sanders speaking first. The race in nevada is considered a
Ment but he made friends across the political and judicial spectrum most famously with liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We agree on a whole lot of stuff. Ruth is really bad only on the knee jerk stuff. Reporter scalias death leaves the court shorthanded and sharply divided 44 on huge issues like affirmative action and president obamas Climate Change policies the stakes could not be higher especially since one of those four conservatives Justice Anthony kennedy swings to the liberal side unpredictably. Terry moran, abc news, mexico city. Thank you so much, terry. The political battle over the next Supreme Court justice began long after his death. Mitch mcconnell said the senate should not vote on the nomination till after the president ial election but president beem made it clear he and thats become an issue on the campaign trail. This next election needs to be a referendum on the court. We should not allow a lame duck president to capture the Supreme Court in the waning months of his