By government troops. Pope francis has arrived in a small Mountain Village in southern mexico ahead of a public mass at a large Sports Complex there the pontiff arrived via helicopter this morning in San Cristobal de las casas, a farm town near the border with guatemala. Francis waved to the throngs of people from his speciallyoutfitted su v. Reportedly, hundredsof thousands of people lined up and even camped overnight at the Sports Center for todays mass. It has become the big issue on the president ial campaign trail the makeup of the u. S. Supreme court, following the unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia over the republicans are insisting president barack obama hold off and let the next president name a successor. But were already starting to hear some might be. Nbcs tracie potts is following developments from washington. As Justice Antonin Scalias flagdraped casket arrived in the dc area overnight, the political fight over his replacement is underway president barack obama i
On that in a few minutes. The poltiical battle continues we have mostly cloudy skies that will continue into the afternoon, too, with a few flurries. Snow will track back into the area tonight into tomorrow, but today we wiwi mainly hhve clouds, fog and some flurries. That snow could cause some travel headaches tomorrow morning. Ill have more on that in a few minutes. The poltiical bbttle continues which president will appoint the next Supreme Court justice . Will it be president obama until a new president is in office. Tracie potts takes a scalias flagdraped casket arrived in the dc area constitutional responsibility to nominate a successor. The white house says that wont happen this week while congress is on break. But with flags at half staff, were already seeing possible candidates mentioned thats his prerogative. But we dont have to confirm him and we wont. If there is an up or down vote july. Without conservative scalia, key cases could end up in a tie. We will see unlimited abo
510mph. Tonight mostly cloudy with periodic showers. Lows in the mid 40s. Winds sse 515mph. Tuesday morning rain, then tapers by early afternoon as sun comes out. Highs will be near 60. Winds south west 1020mph. The snow from this morning is gradually being replaced by rain from se to nw across our viewing area. A wintry mix will continue from the western portions of the southside up to the Northern Neck through early afternoon before completely switching over to rain. From that point, periods of rain will be possible through tonight as a warm front continues to lift north of our area. Also warming our temps into the midupper 40s by midnight. So, any snow on the ground will be washed away by this evening. An area of low pressure slides across our area early on tuesday, and itll keep likely rain chances in the forecast until a cold front crosses around midday. From that point, the showers taper off. With some afternoon sunshine expected. Highs 60 before the cold front crosses. Updates w
In wilmington as we look at the home of the wilmington blue rocks, but its a much different story here here is a live look at washington, d. C. , where the snow is coming down in the nations capital. President s day is a federal holiday. The streets here in st. Mary county, maryland. See the snow there on the roads following a plow truck on its way to salt roads and a live look now at the radar shows where some of the heaviest snow is falling, and we could see some problems a little later on when the snow changes to sleet and then, of course, freezing rain. We have Live Team Coverage of this winter storm affecting our area. Lets begin with nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. This is an unusual type of storm that is developing here. First of all, the greatest amounts of snow are going to be in the southern portions of our area. We already have a few inches in some places, cape may from the marquee to lafayette. You can see the lens and the temperatures are b
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