Appoint scalias replacement. Scalias death is already having a big impact on the president ial race. Reporter the sudden death of Antonin Scalia sent reverberations through the political world saturday, shifting the balance of power of the high court. Scalia was appointed by regan in 1986. A fierce supporter of gun rights and opposed to abortion and gay marriage, he was the courts conservative leader and longest serving member. President obama reacted to the news by paying tribute to his long legal career and promising to nominate his replacement. There will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and is a timely vote. Reporter joseph is a bay area attorney who knew scalia and whose firm has tried dozens of cases before the Supreme Court. He says theres no way the Republicancontrolled Senate will push through any candidate obama nominates. There is not a chance of the good lord himself getting through that se
Heres your fox5 Traffic Solutions here is a look at your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps here are your photos for the day back to the news desk. Breaking news overnight. Police are investigating a homicide near nellis and las vegas boulevard. It happened at the nellis suites just after 230. Metro says one man was shot. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. We will continue fox5s Shannon Moore is on her way to the scene for a live update at 5. Today is the Nevada Republican caucus. The president ial hopefuls are busy reaching out to supporters before they head to the caucus sites. Last night, frontrunner donald trump spoke to thousands of his supporters at the southpoint arena. But of course there were some hecklers who got sent packing. Get the hell out get the hell out trump talked about repealing and replacing obama care he
Started to crawl, happy baby. Baby jonathan had his daycare for a North Las Vegas police say the woman caring for him dropped him into his playpen out of frustration, and left him brain damaged. He just lays in the crib, he opens his eyes but we cant really tell if he sees yet months since his injuries, hes had 6 parents say know how well hell be able to completely different baby trusted jonathan to smiley faces daycare, and while the facility was unlicensed, it was the same place their other two children were cared for. But when the owner left on a family emergency, their baby stayed in the hands of alejandra robles, a complete stranger. We do feel guilt, that we trusted someone so much with our children, with our baby. Robles is now in jail for child of two child abuse cases North Las Vegas police announced last week. The other involved cynthia lavender, a Child Care Worker now facing charges of child abuse and murder for the death of a 5month old. As a licensed Child Care Provider i
Increase in gusts to 30 mph. Well see a high of just 64 will be one degree below average. Well see 68 wednesday, then 74 thursday. Well shoot up to 77 on friday, with mid to upper 70s for the weekend with a light breeze. Here is a look at your drive here are the out and alternate listed on our maps here are the to look out for and here are your back to the news doors are opening now. For the First Political event of the day marco rubio hosting a rally ahead of todays gop caucus. Fox5s Shannon Moore is live at the silverton with more doors open here at 7. The rally starts at 8 senator marco rubio hoping for a big turn out. Hes got a personal connection to nevada, spending 6 years of his childhood here. He has also picked up an endorsement from jeb bush who dropped out of the race this weekend. Expected to finish in first donald trump in a recent cnn backed by 45 percent of likely gop caucus goers we have strong voters. That nobody else is going to be able to do. That same poll showing r
But the rest of the crowd were all ears as trump talked about repealing and replacing obama care immediately he said hed overhaul the va he talked abut how 22 veterans commit suicide a day and that has to be changed he talked about how our president traded five terrorists for a traitor bowie bergdal and things like that wouldnt happen on his watch when we spoke one on one i asked the front runner one on one i asked what he could do hed beat hillary conservatives trying to tag team him and i also asked who his vp candidate would be closed captioning will resume shortly he opened and his supporters to get out and vote tomorrow he didnt want to call it a caucus and youll hear why coming up at 10 30 reporting live ew ffn llv warmed up the crowd while thousands were still going thru security to get into the event Republican Caucus is tomorrow cannot register on site. Republican president ial hopeful ted cruz stays busy in the silver state with several campaign events. God bless the great st