Tonight. The 79 yearold passed away and his sleep last night while in texas. Thinks for joining us tonight, im tammy vigil. And im keegan harsha. Justice scalia was a leading conservative voice in the longestserving member on the current high high court. Our karen cafe s live in washington dc with the developing story. Earlier this afternoon we learned the news that Supreme Court antonin chill scalia was dead at the age of 39. He was visiting texas and a hunting trip. He was said to go ive gone to bed last night not feeling well. He did not join his team for breakfast and he was found unresponsive at the ranch he was staying out later in the afternoon. Justice scalia was appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1986. He was a strong local conservative voice throughout his term in one of the most notable odd couple relationship with the liberal justice ruth he was in fact the first assign american on the Supreme Court. He was confirmed by a unanimous vote. He locally jumped in with tough questions
Yeah and you know Hillary Clinton came into denver tonight locked in a battle for the hearts and minds of democratic vote ners colorado and other Western State bus on being allowed to appoint the next Supreme Court justice they bothed agree on pushed back on republicans who say they want to wait until the next president takes office. It appears that some of my republican colleagues in the senate have a very interesting united states. And apparently they believe that the constitution does not allow a democratic president to bring forth a nominee to replace justice scalia. I strongly disagree with that. To hear comments like those of leader Mitch Mcconnell this evening is very disappointing. Its totally out of step with our history and our constitutional principles. Hillary clinton spent a surprisingly long portion her topic of the Supreme Court and the news of scalia deaths but she also tried to broaden her appeal her appeal. The room was packed with elected officials. Democrattings bre
Accused of stabbing a teenager on a dorchester street. Newscenter 5 s Julie Mcdonald is breaking details. That s right, we need the public s health help. Boston police are investigating after a teenager was shot in dorchester this afternoon. Commissioner William Evans told newscenter 5 they were called to columbia road and demonstrate around 4 30. 816 office offi cers found a young male suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body. He was rushed down to boston medical. He is in critical condition. Witnesses told police they saw a blue atv takeoff from the area this is the same neighborhood where one person was killed in an officerinvolved shooting a little more than one week ago. Reid all right, thank you. And let s go over to Harvey Leonard. Harvey let s back up a little bit and we will show you what we are talking about first of all with this situation. We have temperatures that are just too warm to support snow around the region. What we see is really touching the ground is rain
Hilo were shocked to hear of his arrest. They couldnt believe the friendly face at the end of the block was accused of domestic violence. According to the arrest affidavit, this all began with an internal investigation surrounding the deputy. A sergeant said he received a concerning call from the did deputies domestic are a 14 years per joe one of the deputy placed on a Mental Health hold because quote he was crazy. What a Commerce City Police Officer arrived to check on the couple a short him later, he noticed the alleged victim had several bush bruises on her arms, redness and swelling on her upper lip. She then described a string a fight straight turning violent, starting at the house, where she says the deputy grabbed her by the arms and dragged her to the bedroom, pinning her down for apt to 15 minutes, only letting her up to check on the 20 month old daughter crying in the other room. Shes of the physical assaults later continued in the car on a office. And a headlock and bit her
Sexual contact. When you hear forcible fondling, you have a mental picture of somebody doing something they ought not to. Reporter Scott Robinson says that while the phrase describes the physical act of the crime, forcible fondling is not a recognized under state law. If you use force in touching somebody elses body where you without consent, that is unlawful sexual contact. Because it becomes a felony if you use force. Its a misdemeanor if you dont use force. Its a felony if you use force. Officials at the university of denver say the term, forcible fondling, has led to confusion. It is not minimizing the crime, it is still a sexual assault. Reporter their goal is to about issues involving student safety. We are reevaluating the terms. Reporter regardless of the terms, robinson and du officials agree. The key thing in the case is to apprehend the person committing the crimes. Reporter they are increasing security patrols around the campus. A 25yearold woman from colorado whose body wa