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. Reporter says the owner of 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 and lunch. He was totally peaceful, hes a man that went to sleep and just didnt wake
Were early the president s day sale. From classic to contemporary, havertys. Flown on an incident of Sexual Harassment involving Peyton Manning during his time at the university of tennessee years ago. Now, during the incident which happened in allegedly assaulted a female athletic trainer while she was assessing the extent of an injury that he was dealing with. The incident was settled the following year but the case is mentioned in a newly filed lawsuit in which six women claimed the university will a systemic disregard for women claiming Sexual Harassment. Lawfully in the situations outlined in the case. Dozens of people at a New Hampshire ski resort are spending the night safe on the ground after a harrowing few hours suspended midair. They were board the twotram cars at Cannon Mountain that became stuck 40 feet in the air. After about three hours, they were able to rappel down to the ground. There was no panic, just concern. It was a bit harrowing especially to be lowered from the
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 presidency. It is outrageous that republicans in the senate and on the campaign trail have already pledged to block any replacement that president obama nominates. And said to be on the short list to replace calyia, merrick garland, Circuit Court judge jane kelly, sri srinavasan and loretta lynch. Eliot spitzer, the former governor is of new york is under investigation for assault. Sources say a 25yearold woman claims he tried to choke her at the plaza hotel in manhattan. The paraapparently had a romantic relationship for two years before she tried to break it off. He resigned florida 2008 after scandal. Police in britain are investigating a laser strike that forced a flight to the return to london. The pilot said the laser strike happened about seven miles from heathrow airport. The
Details from abcs phillip mena. White knuckle driving across the midwest. Heavy snow bringing white out conditions outside indianapolis, triggering multiple pileups injureing 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 not seen in years. 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 hurts. Its like being on a roller coaster. Boston even colder, 9 below but feeling like minus 36. For those break the elements, it was brutal. 1550 firefighters battling this fire for hours in philadelphia. The water meant for the flames car. In New Hampshire, 40 people had tram. The temperature there . Zero. A messy start to the week, but the good news is this storm is bringing with it relief from this bitter cold. Phillip mena, abc news, new york. Boy, he looks cold.
And i hope to, and i want to, but what is required is that we unify the party. Saying that we are unified doesnt in itself unify us. Taking the principles that we believe in, showing a dedication to those, and running a principled campaign republicans can be proud about that is what it takes to unify the party. Mark a source familiar with the speaker explained his words this way. The speaker was not prepared about what to say as trump as the nominee this early. He thought he was going to have more time, but john kasich and ted cruz abruptly handed their campaign quickly. Ryan and his advisers had a day to think about it after cruz got out. Facing what this source called difficult options, ryan took the position from his heart rather than pure politics. This is the biggest repudiation of trump is a nominate from any current elected official. What happens now . John [laughter] well, we hinted at in the cold open, that trump will lash out at paul ryan. That will reinforce how difficult tr