2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hill. Glad to have you with us. Im craig melvin. Happy valentines day to you. Well get to the dangerous wicked weather in a moment. The big story yesterday afternoon, the late word that Justice Antonin Scalia had died. It camed as edas a shock because it was so unexpected. Justice Antonin Scalia was 79. We have full coverage from his legacy on the court to that looming battle now in washington over who will take his seat. We begin this morning with Nbcs Jay Gray who is in texas, outside the ranch where scalia died. Jay, good morning. Reporter good morning, erica. Before sunrise here and we are learning more about Justice Scalias death here at this resort and ranch. We know that scalia traveled to west texas friday and attended a when he didnt show up for breakfast the next morning, concerned staff went to his room where they found him unresponsiv
His colleagues and by the many who disagreed with his legal findings. John roberts praised Justice Scalia as an extraordinary individual, calls his passing a great loss to the court and the country he loyally served. Pete, good evening. Reporter good evening. Justice scalia died sometime last night while in texas at a guest ranch. This is a big shock. He was in apparently robust health. So his death is quite a surprise to the judicial world. It silences the courts most outspoken conservative voice. I anton knowin scalia reporter he was put on the Supreme Court in 1986 by ronald reagan. He later became a lightning rod for chris criticism, he was confirmed unanimously after telling senators he had no plans to reshape the law. I am not going on to the court with a list of things that i want do. My only agenda is to there, he became one of the most outspoken conservatives, an author of fiery dissents and an opponent of affirmative action in hiring and school rights. He said ro e v. Wade wa
Wait until you see what all this plastic is going to be turned into. France is now saying that its Aircraft Carrier will be operational in the fight against isil from monday. That announcement just over a week after the paris attacks. The Nuclear Powered Charles De Gaulle is the biggest in western europe, can carry fort planes and helicopters and is going to be stationed in the eastern mediterranean. Russia is intensifying its bombing campaign, war ships in the caspian sea targets locations across syria. Activists say these are the heaviest since the conflict began in 2011. In an interview with chinese television, the syrian president Bashar Al Assad said the russian strikes had helped improve the situation in syria. His troops were advancing on in his words nearly every front. Ok, lets go to paris, muhammed has a report. This Aircraft Carrier leaves the med ready to start work on monday. Meanwhile, Francois Hollande has got a busy few days trying to build a coalition, a grand coalitio
Local theater where we are getting the first look. I was hoping to see some people behind you. You were there this morning and it was crickets. They started the schillings early this morning, didnt they . The show wings early this morning, didnt they . The show wings started at 12 15 this afternoon. These are people getting tickets for later shows but it has already started for this hour. Not too late at least. There are a few shows still open. They had sold out for the 5 30 showing and at midnight but they are keeping this rolling throughout the day. We talked about some of those recordbreaking numbers. Movie ticketing websites say presales for Star Wars Program record for most tickets sold in history. Actually crashed one tickets first went on sale in the tobin. In october. The movie could make at least 200 million this weekend alon e. The film opened in more than 4100 the editors nation theaters nationwide. Best movie this year for sure and im going to come see it again tomorrow. On
This individual needs to be charged in the court system and we want to make sure that occurs appropriately. As he was walking toward the front office, there was a verbal exchange. There are questioning each other as to why they were at that location. Shortly thereafter, the suspect produced a weapon. What would you say about the public behavior throughout this . I had the opportunity to return to my office for a short time and to check out the network news. We were getting a lot of leads from the public. I saw an individual citizen the event. I am proud of the community and their efforts to help us and do our job. Everybody knows what is going on that on a daily basis. All of the officers associated did a fantastic job. The suspect was in custody. Kind of a bizarre moment after you left the luncheon, you came face to face with the suspect. It is bizarre. It is not about to me. Its about everybody else associated. I was glad i was able to participate. It was a residence. I dont have the