As his brother gets set to hit the campaign trail today. After a weekend of record setting lows, the weather conditions will affect 90 million from the deep south to the north today. Tomorrow, things heat up in a big way. New scandal for spitzer . Elli t spitzer has been accused of choking a woman inside a new yoerk city hotel room. He says there is no truth to the allegation. Police are investigating. And trapped dozens of people, including a baby, stuck in a train car for hours in sub zero temperatures. The riders finally lowered to safety by rope and glad to be ck on solid ground today, monday, february 15th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its president s day, monday morning. Carson day ly is in or matt. We have a lot to talk about. We do. So much has changed with the death of justice sc ia. The flag outside the Supreme Court at halfstaff this morning after this weekends sudden a
Tomorrow, things heat up in a big way. New scandal for spitzer . Elliott spitzer has been accused of choking a woman inside a new York City Hotel room. He says there is no truth to the allegation. Police are investigating. And trapped dozens of people, including a baby, stuck in a train car for hours in sub zero temperatures. The riders finally lowered to safety by rope and glad to be back on solid ground today, monday, february 15th, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its president s day, monday morning. Carson daly is in for matt. We have a lot to talk about. W death of Justice Scalia. The flag outside the Supreme Court at halfstaff this morning after this weekends sudden and unexpected death of justice s t Antonin Scalia. Replacing him, of course, will tilt the balance of the Supreme Court. That has ignited a new Election Year battle, and an epic one.
Position after antonin scu nrksantonins skalias call. The republicans should not allow it to happen. On the other side of the aisle, democratics are holding true that its president obamas responsibility. For the president this boils down to something simple, doing his job and we expect the senate to do the same. The white house ads that the president will not announce a nominee until Congress Returns from break next week and does not plan to make a recess appointment, at least for the time being. Tracie potts joins us from washington. Who the president is considering. But the top democrat says that he does have a list and names to talk about with president obama. But whoever the nominee is, republicans have firmly stated that they dont even want to give the nominee a vote in the president s final year and now were getting a lot of push back from democrats on capital hill and on the campaign trail. Lehigh calls it irresponsible. Unprecedented. On the campaign trail, both Hillary Clinton
Afternoon. This afternoon we will have areas of freezing rain and a big break across the region. This is not going to be an all day area wide event. We are going to is a have several lulls, breaks in the activity tonight. A lot of that ice will change into plain rain showers and it could be heavy at times. Now coming up at 5 10, well break everything down for you hour by hour. How much more snow were expecting today and how much ice were expecting later this morning into the overnight hours. Patrick and jenna. Snow is making for dangerous conditions on roadways this morning. Give you a live look. This is just 460 in lynchburg. You can see the snow covering the roads. You can see black strips there where the crews have moved through. Certainly be careful if you have to head out. If you dont have to, just stay home as the snow turns to ice later. Says to look farther ahead than you normally would and pay close attention to bridges and ramps. Those freeze first. Be awill effort for black
After this weekends sudden and unexpected death of justice sant Antonin Scalia. Replacing him, of course, will tilt the balance of the Supreme Court. That has ignited a new Election Year battle, and an epic one. We have two reports for you this morning. Well also talk about all of this with republican president ial hopeful jeb bush live in a moment. Lets begin with pete williams, who is at the court this morning. Good morning to you. Savannah, good morning. Its been more than 50 years since the Supreme Court was in this position, facing the busiest part of the term without all nine justices. That cast a big shadow of uncertainty as the court prepares to take up some of the most controversial cases. Reporter draped in an american flag, the body of Antonin Scalia arrived in virginia late sunday night. The death from an apparent heart attack was a month shy of his 80th birthday at this west texas guest ranch. Before dying in his sleep in his room. Found himself in a very congenial group.