And good morning, everybody. Americans are waking up to a huge story 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. This is such big news, dan. Justice scalia, such a towering figure. One of the courts most powerful pens. A pillar of the conservative moment. His death puts the Supreme Court right at the center of this election. Sends the the stakes through the roof. The court divided right down the middle. If the democrats or president obama choose the replacement, 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 outside the Supreme Court. Where flags are flying at half staff, as they are in the rest of th
For the first time making it a statistical dead heat. Marco rubio is holding on to third place and hes going into saturds primary with a key endorsement from South Carolinas popular governor. Its your voice, your vote. We get the latest right now on the campaign trail from abcs ray raimundi starting with the republicans. Reporter the clash of the into overdrive. The battleground, South Carolina, where four of the six republican candidates participated in town hall for rums across two cable networks. I do attack people when im attacked. Reporter republican frontrunner donald trump all alone on msnbc where he attacked his fellow counterparts and defended his fiery temperament. In a year from now, people will respect what i did. Youre so worried about being nice and being politically correcec what would you rather have me do, be nice too everybody. Eporter over on cnn ted cruz and marco rubio along with dr. Ben carson got their chance to address questions from south cruz whipping out the
You had something . No, i was just talking about crazy kanye. Well get to that in a little bit. I thought wed talk about the president ial poll. I found that more interesting than kanye. Wild and crazy swings, of course. Ted cruz overtaking donald trump in the latest poll, and its fascinating see exactly whats going to happen leading up to nevada. Exactly. Nevada is coming up on saturday for the democrats and South Carolina on saturday for the republicans. New National Poll though, this is a gamechanger apparently. Cruz has inched ahead of trump by two points. Making it a statistical dead heat and the number three spot goes to marco rubio who is enjoying a key endorsement. Abcs lana zak is covering the gop candidates. There are just days till reblicans vote in South Carolina and governor nikki haley is hoping her endorsement could give a win to marco rubio. About will be a great day in americaing. South carolinas plampb governor has enjoyed Approval Ratings of 81 and rubio pulling at 1
Whats in store for Payton Mannings future, coming up, why something from his past is now being mentioned in a lawsuit involving his almaada. The university of tennessee. Police want to find this man. Well tell you what hes accused of doing to women in highlands ranch. The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia sending shock across the country. The controversy involving nominating his replacement. Good morning, its february 15th. Happy monday to you and thanks for joining us on this president s day. Lauren whitney is in colorado Winter Center and if we look at i70 and vail, you can see the snow is falling and many of you ma i have the day off. They may want to hit the slopes. Of course they will. There will be snow in the mountains. Taking a look at our wind springs. Broomfield, winds up its going to be a windy day in denver. We could see gust up to 30 milesanhour, but the strongest winds in the foothills. Bertha pass, woodland pass winds are 35 to 35 milesanhour. Camacho know sh
So lets go caucus. The big question in vegas is, will luck be a lady tomorrow . Or will luck be a cranky old man in a ruffled suit . A funeral mass will be held for the late Justice Antonin Scalia this morning. Last week, he was found dead. He was 79. Harper lee, the author of to kill a mockingbird died in her hometown in monroe, alabama. She was 89. Pity does not extend so far. See what is happening in chicago, the windy city lived up to its nickname today. Gusty winds 70 miles an hour sent debris flying from two construction sites. Daytona. Christopher bell bell would walk away from this crash. Amazingly all that. Virgin galactic is back in the space race. The company just unveiled its new spaceship. And all that matters. Jones fires it down the ice and scores well, i bet you if you ask him, he said he planned this. Yeah, right he did on cbs this morning saturday. The last shot here. Vince puts it in can you believe it . Flash wow welcome to the weekend, everyone we got a great show