The campaign trail. This next election needs to be a referendum on the court. We should not allow a lame duck president to essentially capture the Supreme Court in the waning months of his presidency. It is outrageous that republicans in the senate and on the campaign trail have already pledged to block any replacement that president obama nominates. And said to be on the short list to replace scalia, merrick garland, chief judge of the d. C. Circuit court of appeals, Circuit Court judge jane kelly, circuit judge sri srinavasan and u. S. Attorney general loretta lynch. Eliot spitzer, the disgraced is under investigation for assault. Sources say a 25yearold woman choke her at the plaza hotel in manhattan. The pair apparently had a years before she tried to break it off. Being involved in a prostitution scandal. Investigating a laser strike on a Virgin Atlantic plane that forced a flight to return to london. The plane was heading for new york. The pilot said the laser strike happened abo
Started its rescheduled European Tour on saturday in stockholm, three months to the day after bombers stormed the bataclan theater killing 89 people. Some survivors of the attack say they wont be attending the concert tomorrow. The idea of returning there so soon and being in a venue, i think for me personally, it would be too soon for me to be there mentally and obviously physically. Its a nonevent at the moment. Psychologists are expected to be attending the concert in case any fans suffer flashbacks. Were getting some new light that is being flown on an incident of Sexual Harassment involving Peyton Manning during his time at the university of tennessee years ago. Now, during the incident which happened in 1996, manning allegedly assaulted a female athletic trainer while she was assessing the extent of an injury that he was dealing with. The incident was settled the but the case is mentioned in a newly filed lawsuit in which six will a systemic disregard for harassment. Lawfully in
Boston in nearly 60 years. And the defense the highlight of the allstar game last night in the toronto. It was the highest scoring allstar game ever. The west winning it 1 6173. Mvp. Those are some of our top stories on this president s day, monday, february 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Were going to start this half hour with the dmu details were learning on the death of Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia. As the political fight over his seat gets under way, we hear from one of the people who saw scalia the final hours of his life. With more, heres jim avila. Reporter justice antonin curtains of this room. Peacefully and in his sleep. I was a firsthand witness. Reporter says the owner of where the judge had been a first time guest scheduled to hunt quail an saturday. His body discovered when he skipped both breakfast and lunch. He was totally peaceful, hes a man that went to sleep and just didnt wake up. Reporter the highend Hunting Lodge and r
Dollars in debt in the reaction to this had skinny, on this monday, february 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning on then holiday on president s day. Im kendis gibson. Im reena ninan. Our top story this half hour. Snow at alling at times in chicago after several inches yesterday. Many drivers said they were only on the roads because it was valentines day and there were quite a few zens. Hundreds of flights were canceled, too. It wasnt just the chicago area. Details from abcs phillip mena. White knuckle driving across the midwest. Heavy snow bringing white out conditions outside indianapolis, triggering multiple pileups injure ing at least ten. I78 is back open after this massive pileup saturday killing three and sending dozens to the hospital. That blast of arctic air sending temperatures plunging to lows feel like a razor. New york city hitting minus 1 degree. The coldest day in new york city in 22 years. Its like whipping you in the back of the head. It
Causing delays for rail service. It was the coldest morning in boston in nearly 60 years. And the defense the highlight of the allstar game last night in the toronto. It was the highest scoring allstar game ever. The west winning it 1 6173. Russell westbrook was the games mvp. Those are some of our top stories on this president s day, monday, february 15th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Good morning. Were going to start this half hour with the dmu details were learning on the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. As the political fight over his seat gets under way, we hear from one of the people who saw scalia the final hours of his life. With more, heres jim avila. Reporter Justice Antonin Scalia died behind the drawn curtains of this room. Peacefully and in his sleep. I was a firsthand witness. The cibolo ranch in west texas where the judge had been a first time guest scheduled to hunt his body discovered when he lunch. He was totally peaceful, hes just di