Enter the pope. Dont miss religion and politics, not applying to this race. It is a big story this morning. The president ial candidates are making their final pitches ahead of tomorrows Democratic Caucus in nevada, and the republican primary in South Carolina. As willie mentioned, this election has taken another strange twist, with this back and forth between donald trump and the pope. We will talk to mr. Trump live in a moment. We want to begin our decision 2016 coverage this morning with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning. Good morning to you. South carolina, of course, famous for a Good Spirited debate. The fighting has gone from surprising to surreal. Heres where things stand on the republican side. You can see the race is tightening. Donald trump, according to the new nbc news wall street journal poll out this morning, up five points over ted cruz. Down to a 16point advantage he had one month ago. Marco rubio and jeb bush in a reporter donald trump now diffu
The documents say mcalexander is being investigated for involve old. The so called affluenza teen will be moved to an adult jail. A judge made the decision in Juvenile Court today. This means 18 year old ethan couch will spend up to four months in jail then finish his year probation. Transferred before couch turns 19 in april. He was extradited from mexico last month. He was sentenced to probation for killing four marylands Supreme Court agrees to hear a key issue in the freddie gray trial. The issue of whether to force officer against the other Baltimore Police officers charged in the case. Mistrial retrial. The other officers trials will be delayed until a decision is made regarding porters testimony. Begin in march. Freddie gray died last april after his neck was broken when placed in the back of a police van. Gray was not wearing a seat belt. The nation pays its respects to one of the most influential members of the Supreme Court. Justice Antonin Scalia lies in of the Supreme Court
Who to loot the homes of we have Team Coverage this morning. Lets start with bob redell. Bob, what do you know . Rcement ter well, scott and loot one problem that we are like inside the fire line is crime. Law enforcement tells us that st re are people trying to loot residen residents homes, homes of people not allowed back in their community yet places like middletown still inside the fire line. 911 is receiving several calls a day of looting or suspicious activity. This has been happening ever since people started to evacuate the fire zone. Now, the Lake County Sheriffs Office announced they did already arrest one man, royce sterling moore, a 26yearold man. Deputies arrested him yesterday morning after finding him inside his car allegedly with burglary tools and a pipe used for smoking meth. Thats why in addition to firefighters and pg e crews repairing downed power lines, we are also seeing more Law Enforcement on patrol throughout the local towns that have been evacuated. Not just
House stay in your house this is not something to be out taking a picture of this is not something you want your kid spring and search and rescue forces began monday morning and columbia water rescues are ongoing drought brought state more than 200 to place over the weekend was a danger posed by floodwaters the South Carolina Emergency Management division reported 315 Car Accidents among the 750 calls for assistance along highways over 12 hours. Shut to the big sur for residents whether they backed away from their homes. Reporter it is not confined just to South Carolina is my be the worst hit here but as of last my state of emergency for both carolinas virginia and new jersey and there are flood watches up and down along the coast all the way from georgia to delaware. James will be from the store across the day as well with the coverage here in the studio bricky knows it does get to quickly San Francisco Police Officer injured after being hit by a car that happened then at their marys
A special council is named to oversee the investigation and to form a u. S. President Donald Trumps handling of classified documents. Ah, hello there, im miss darcy. Attain this is al jazeera life from door ha, also coming up. A warning that ukraines capital faces a complete palace shut down. As russia keeps up as strikes on energy facility. The founder of a failed us blood testing startup is sentenced to prison. The defrauding and best of all right and india is found were privately develop rocket glass itself knocking a milestone as it aims to develop a commercial space industry. Ah, well we begin in the u. S. Where a special council has been appointed to oversee us Justice Departments, investigations, and to former president donald trump. Attorney general mary garland named war crimes expense jack smith to lead probes into trump handling of classified documents after leaving office. And his attempt to interfere in the 2020 president ial election results. Now this comes 3 days after t