He is not buying those results. Slippery slope . The tech world lining up behind apple as a government tries to get the company to hack into the iphone of this San Bernardino shooter. The epic battle over principle, privacy and protecting america. And speaking out. Why the sister of Nicole Brown Simpson is furious about the new o. J. Simpson mini series and one star in particular. Today is thursday, february 18, 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today. Im Savannah Guthrie. We have willie in for matt this week. A lot of people are talking about the new poll. And if it holds up it is a real shift in the race. 28 for ted cruz moving into first place over donald trump. This is a different story than what is told by many other National Polls where trump had a big lead. We have a new poll for South Carolina to talk about. Our top story, president obama plans to travel to cuba next mon
He lied about he lied about marriage. Hes lying about now he makes things up. Dickerson as six remaining republican candidates face off just week before the crucial South Carolina primary. I got to tell you this is just crazy. This is just nuts. Dickerson well hear from two of those candidates donald trump and marco rubio about the debate and the political fall out calling the death of Supreme Court conservative Antonin Scalia who died saturday at the age of 79. Then well check win Bernie Sanders on the latest development in the democratic race. Well have brand new cbs Battleground Tracker poll numbers and plenty of analysis. All ahead on face the nation. Captioning sponsored by cbs good mornings, welcome to face the nation from the center here in greenville, South Carolina. At last nights Republican Debate was anything but peaceful. The reputation for brass knuckle candidates they took their brawling primary on to the stage. Donald trump was on the offensive attacking iraq. Obviously
Deadly hitandrun crash on the Howard Franklin bring. Right now two of the northbound lanes are shut down. And news channel 8s ryan hughes is live from the bridge this morning. The tow truck driver is dead, and now troopers are searching for the car that killed him . Reporter yeah, the frantic search, gayle, is underway far 2014 volkswagon, either a jetta or eos. Its black in color. Radioeducate right now they are ending to the body, so we are going to push off on me and go to traffic. The tow truck driver was attending to a disabled vehicle, and he was struck by the volkswagon. He was pronounced dead on the scene. The two people in the car initially, who need the assistance of the tow truck driver were actually in the front cab of the tow truck at the time of the crash. Fhp is investigating this, and as asaid, they are look ing for a 2014 Volkswagon Jetta or eos. Could have gotten off on any exit from this point forward. If you have any information, youre asked to contact fhp. Leslee,
This morning, the focus on his legacy. Getting nominated to the Supreme Court is a culmination of a dream, of course. Scalia served three decades on the court. A fiery, pivitol figure, admired by colleagues, widely respected. The ideological divide. We agree on a whole lot of ruth is really bad only on the kneejerk stuff. This morning, the battle already brewing over the chance to tilt the balance of the nations highest court. President obama ready to nominate a replacement, the senates majority leader saying not so fast. And the republican candidates also weighing in i think we ought to let the next president of the United States decide. Its called delay, delay, delay. Our Team Coverage as we remember this giant of the 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 side on the bench. George stephanopoulos joins us this morning. This is such big news, dan. Just