Extraordinary individual, calls his passing a great loss tohe court and the country he loyally served. Pete, good evening. Reporter ood evening. Justice scalia died sometime last night while in texas a a guest ranch. This is a big shock. He was in apparently robust health. So h h death is quite a surprise to the judicial world. It silences the courts most outspoken conservative voice. I anton knowinin scalia reporter he was put on the supreme courur 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 wa do. My only agenda is to be a good judge. Reporr once there, he became one of the most outspoken conservatives, an author of fiery affirmative action in hiring and School Admission and abortion rights. He said ro e v. Wade was wrong. Said judges should be bound by the words they inpresent. We are not governed by th
From nbc World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, erica hill. Good evening. Justice antonin scalia, the Supreme Courts most influential conservative has died. The 79yearold appointed by president Ronald Reagan almost three decades ago was found dead in texas. Known for his strong language, he was widely respected by 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 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 unani
Have set a major League Record. Thats what im talking about. Good day everybody monday may 2, 2016 never thought we would talk about phillies in a strong way this time of year you never know. You have to play the games. 15 to 21. Well talk a lot about the phillies today. Oh, yeah and the weather. Because its kind of yucky really. Yeah and the kind of weather were were anticipating six out of ten and sometimes a five and sometimes a four and showers and fog around with bus stop buddy and waterproof jack set good idea. And weekend sweep 40s temperatures outside and little bit of rain in area whole lot out west and entering see if that rain holds together and makes it hereby end of morning. Damp, 48. And 5 59 you dont see sunshine and probably wont rest of morning we do have fog though. Reducing visibility in some areas. Atlantic city international. Trenton is kind of foggy with two and a half miles viszbility and allentown and mount pocono as well. Other temperatures in the 40s throughou
This morning u. S. Air strikes are pounding the iraqi town of sinjar. They are there helping Kurdish Forces in their battle to retake the key northern iraqi city from i. S. I. L. Good morning, welcome to your world, im del walters. Im stephanie sy. More than 7,000 peshmerga fighters are closing in on sinjar on three fronts. Sinjar is important. Sitting on highway 47. A key resupply route for i. S. I. S. Force. By seizing sinjar, we believe it will restrict the supply route. We go to jamie mcintyre, National Security correspondent. What are you hearing from kurdish fighters. We are hearing from Kurdish Forces that the offensive will take days. What they are doing at the moment is moving towards towns and villages on the outskirts of sinjar, they are taking those and are going to use it so go into sinjar. Some suggest theyll be within sinjar, and there may be a penalty of a week of strikes. They have been planning this operation for a long title. I. S. I. L. Knew they were coming and met
This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. One of the heros in the war in afghanistan today received the nations highest military honor. President obama awarding captain floerant grow berg, flo groberg, the medal of honor. Al jazeeras Jamie Mcintyre is live at the pentagon. Tell us more jamie. Reporter you know, del, how these things go, the ceremony just completed about an hour ago at the white house. At these ceremonies where you receive the medal of honor, you dont speak, the president tells your story, and thats what happened today, as president obama recounted the events of the day in afghanistan back in 2012 when captain flo groberg was in charge of a security detail escorting Senior Officers on foot when he saw a man walking backwards who looked suspicious. The president picks up the tail from there. The man spun around and turned toward them, thats when flo sprinted toward him. He pushed him away from the formation and as he did he noticed an object under