This morning, break down what his death means for the court and the country. We begin with pierre thomas. Good morning. Reporter good norng, george. Flags here at the Supreme Court and across the nation at half staff as the court mourns the loss of Justice Scalia. His death had has enormous legal and political ramifications. He apparently died in his sleep on a quail hunting trip. His body was discovered after he failed the appear for a breakfast gathering. U. S. Marshals came to the scene. Law enforcement Officials Say there appears to be no foul play. The longest serving justice on the court, he was appointed by ronald ragen in 1986. An astute legal mind, he became a champion ofonservative causus. Presidenenobama called scalias son to offer condolences and interrupted a trip to california to address the nation. He influenced a generation of and pro foundly shaped the legal landscape. Reporter his body has arrived in el paso. No word on memorial services. Tributes will likely come. Al
More. Christina tim and jenna the city is working on a new application for their full 13. 9 Million Dollar project. The big downtown facelift involves three projects. One is a new hotel adjacent to the Convention Center with a new parking ramp. Second is an agriculture and Expo Learning Center near the site of the former john morrell plant. And third new housing in the 100 block of virginia street. All of which Economic Development director Mark Dougherty says will be beneficial to the city. They kind of work nicely in a district, i wish the district was bigger, were trying to fit everything in there, its kinda tight, um its really an opportunity for the community to tap into state resources as we have in the past, with projects like the Tyson Event Center or the orpheum, that have been of lasting value. Dougherty does expect there to be some contingencies to put finanncing in place and that they will have some more work to do. However he says the work they put into the project proposa
Make a bit of sense to me whatsoever. I cant imagine what the motivation whould have been. There are kids in this world who would love to have half of what you have going for them what you have going for you. The judge said that while he considered suspending the two teens prison sentences, he wanted to send a message that this type of crime could result in probation. Both teens were also ordered to pay back the nearly 10 thousand dollars that was stolen, and will have to serve at least half of their 5 year sentences. Jenna a man accused of shooting a Sioux City Police officer before also shooting himself has now been moved from the hospital to the jail. 18yearold Isaiah Mothershed was arrested on sunday after a string of burglaries and Robberies Police believe hes connected to. Police say while mothershed was sitting on the handcuffed on a couch, he was able to get to a hidden gun and shoot at officer ryan moritz. Mothershed was booked on two counts of attempted murder and five counts
That is involved is trying to get out of the area, where there hangininout at. This p pticular person, we had to just figure out where he would be at, where were the cations and we re able to come up with those. Wanatee is being charge with Second Degree murder and is being held in the Woodbury County jail. Abc9 also learned today that wanatee was currently out on bail in connection to an assult back in october of 2015 and a judge issued a bench warrant for his arrest just two weeks ago after he failed to appear in court. Coming up at six more on the families reaction to their loss as well as a look at wanatetes violent history. Reporting live in studio christina griajlva abc 9 news. tim apple is fighting back against a court order from a federal judge requesting it to compromise its own code in order to gain access to an iphone connected to a terrorist attack. The fbi wants apple to create software to help crack an iphone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers. The burere has bee
From northwest to southeast. Be on the lookout for some slick spots. Temperatures are currently in the low to mid 30s. We have a strengthening wind from the northwest at 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour and gusts are likely to push over 30 for a time. The dayplanner reveals temperatures holding in the lower southeast. Be on the lookout for some slick spots. Temperatures are currently in the low to mid 30s. We have a strengthening wind from the northwest at 10 to 20 miles per of snow, ice and heavy rain is dangerous driving conditions up and down the east coast this morning. Abcs megan hughes has more on the wild weather. nats of shoveling jaz filawisz im just cleaning up the area, so that nobody slips and falls. Up and down the east coastslippery sidewalks made for wobbly walking. On the roadsthat coating of ice left drivers scrambling to get traction . In pennsylvania derek fair was driving down route 29 in valley forge when he went off the road. Just missing this tree. Derek fair like im not