Welcome to your world this morning im stephanie sy. Im del walters and flags flying half state in washington in honor of scalia. Preparations underway for his funeral and his body is back in virginia after his death in texas and sparked a partisan battle on who may take his place on the Supreme Court and vowing to block the nomination and vibing vikara begins the coverage. Reporter took america and congress by surprise the death of Justice Scalia after being on the bench since 1996 appointed by ronald regan and hot button of the cultural war the battles fought for decades now handled by the Supreme Court that this has already become such a volatile issue and consider the docket for the balance of the Supreme Court term, cases involving affirmative action, involving abortion, involving pos executive actions on immigration and whether or not they are going to be legal. These are vital issues not only to americans in general but in an Election Year to the base of both parties both conservatives and liberals we are talking about voters, we are talking about donors and talking about the type of grass roots advocates who go door to door and get out the vote and after the news broke have been insisting ever since that president obama withhold nomination and not send nomination to the senate and thinks the next president who they hope is a republican will have the privilege of doing that and rubio is a senator and republican president ial candidate and here is what he has to say. The senate is not moving forward on it until after the election and mcconnell said that and i agree with that. Reporter president obama made it clear he is going to go forward with the nomination and likely wont come this week when they are in recess and attends Southeast Asia nations in california and he willful fill his constitutional responsibility to nominate someone to the Supreme Court and whether or not the senate run by republicans and Mitch Mcconnell who also said he thinks the president should wait, whether they take that up is another matter altogether and on the democratic side for all of the same reasons that republicans say the president should wait democrats say the president should move forward and Bernie Sanders running for president on the democratic side has this view. It is beyond my comprehensive and it just speaks to the unbelievable level and unprecedented level of republic obstructionism from obama from day one. Reporter so there is a great deal of speculation about who could be dominated, who the president might choose, whether he will go the moderate route and try to pull in confirmation despite the wishes of conservatives and those running for president or will he go the left route and nominate a liberal to try to antagonize republicans to demonstrate they are obstructionists and fire up the Democratic Base in an Election Year. That is mike in washington, his colleagues scalias colleagues reacting to his death and john roberts saying he was an extraordinary person and juryist and admired and treasured by his colleagues, his passing is a great loss to the country, the court he loved so loyally and Justice Ginsburg and scalia opposites and sharing a long friendship and frequently attended the opera together and saying to the end of the opera scalia and ginsburg and singing a duet, we are different, we are one, its my Great Fortune to have known him as a working colleague and treasured friend. Leaves the Court Without a man they consider a leader of the right and erica has that part of the story. Reporter for three decades he was one of the most out spoken and controversial of the court known for opinions and scathing descents and most recently voted with the minority opposing the landmark decision guarantying the right to same sex marriage and in his opinion he wrote the Supreme Court ruling was at odds not only with the constitution but the principles on which our nation was built and also made headlines in decent from the decision up Holding President obama either care law saying we should call this scotus care referring to the United States born in trenton, new jersey who came through ellis island he attended Public Grade School and Catholic High School in new york city and 1953 he enrolled in Georgetown University in washington d. C. , after graduation he went on to study at Harvard Law School and tagged as a future Supreme Court justice before ronald regan appointed him in 1986 and on the court he is championed and loved on the right and increasingly villified by the right and bush versus gore and handed the 2000 election to george w. Bush and unapologetic for the role in the case telling critics it was the right thing to do, as a popular speaker for conservative causes in 2008 he agrees to be profiled by 60 minutes. Justice scalia is a polarizing figure who invites protesters and picketers, there have not been many Supreme Court justices who become this much of a lightning rod. Im surprised at how many people really, really hate you. These are some things we have been told, he is evil, he is an neandrathal and drag us back to 1789, they are threatened by what you represent and what you believe in. These are people that dont understand what my interpretative philosophy is. Reporter however scalia was not always that predictable. In 1989 he pleased liberals voting to up hold free speech when he supported the majority in a case called texas versus johnson and found a man named Gregory Lee Johnson had the right to burn the American Flag during the Republican National convention. The death of Justice Scalia could affect several high profile cases and scheduled to hear Abortion Case challenging a texas law to cut the clinics from about 42 to more than ten and decision over affirmative action to allow students in the university of texas, the second time the court heard arguments if it is a violation of the equal protection clause in the constitution and another case involved the obama executive action on immigration, it is scheduled for arguments in april. The justices if they are deadlocked in any of the cases they have two choices to accept the Lower Court Decision or set the case aside for reargument once a nine justice is confirmed and in the next hour we will have more about his legacy and the political fight to replace him. Russia is reiterating this morning it will not stop air strikes around aleppo despite the latest truce plan one day after obama and putin pledged to step up cooperation over syria and today 23 killed in two separate air strikes and rockets targeted hospitals and schools in Idlib Providence south of the Turkish Border and Al Jazeera Zaina is on the other side of the border in turkey with the detai details. Reporter a hospital which was supported by Doctors Without Borders has been targeted, hit and destroyed. Doctors without borders confirming, saying that they are calling this really as a deliberate attack, they are condemning it and they say eight of their staff are missing. The syrian observatory for human rights reported that nine people were killed in that strike. There was another attack in the northern border town of aziz in the providence of aleppo. We understand from Turkish Security officials is that nine ground to ground missiles targeted a number of locations in aziz and they spoke about a school, a hospital, as well as other locations. We still do not know if that hospital was actually functioning or whether or not these buildings were home to the displaced. So far at least 14 people killed, scores of injured. What we understand is that 35 people have been brought into turkey to receive treatment, ten of them children. Now turkey harsh words really to the ypg today and already promised to continue shelling their positions and Prime Minister saying we will not allow aziz to fall and really what happened this morning the attack in aziz was a message that there is no red line but turkey saying it wont allow it to fall and saying really promising a harsh response. But russia answering turkey back and saying we are not happy with what we are concerned about is turkeys aggressive behavior in syria so undoubtedly the relationship between turkey and russia deteriorating further and the fight and battle for the northern corridor continues but i can tell you the ypg and Kurdish Militia is on the advance a few kilometers from aziz. On the turkishsyrian border, political and military battles continue at the expense of civilians in syria and al jazeera victoria reports now on the communities under siege and how groups are desperately trying to reach them. Reporter convoy from the World Food Program prepares to leave turkey for syria. It is carrying desperately needed aid for syrians escaping from the fighting in aleppo providence. We are unloading the trucks with food with the basic items such as wheat, flour, oil, rice, lentil and also we are unloading ing rations. Reporter they deliver to syria but once they gained ground in aleppo providence the number of refugees increased and the need for aid is more urgent. Talking about tens of thousands of people who are moving towards Turkish Border looking for safety. And they are sending hundreds of trucks to syrian site every month. Reporter the u. N. Says nearly half a million peer in syria are living in areas surrounded by either government or rebel forces. In the area of damascus after 45,000 people are cutoff from aid since Government Forces stepped up their offensive, in the found of madaya to the east of the capitol they are using starvation as weapon of war and some got through but hundreds need to be moved for medical help and 200,000 people are living under i. S. I. L. Imposed siege where food and water are running out. In the rebel held stronghold of duma a medical convoy has arrived in the syria the red crescent says it has medicine and milk for children. Last week World Leaders meeting in munich pledged humanitarian assistance for those trapped in besieged areas but its not known whether any of it has been delivered, victoria with al jazeera. In a few minutes we will hear from activist on the ground in syria using a social media to show the world what is happening to civilians in syria. Southeast asia leaders heading to california today and going there for this years summit to focus on trade encountering any threat from china, north korea and i. S. I. L. And we have more on the importance of u. S. Relations with the region. Reporter this is what rebalancing looks like, president obama Standing Shoulder to shoulder last november with leaders from ozion. And now the afghan way. Reporter the association of Southeast Asia nation and a club and region dominated by china and where washington is determined to remain a major player. Its absolutely critical to promoting security, prosperity and Human Dignity around the world. Reporter the First Standalone meeting in the United States with Southeast Asia leaders this weeks summit in Southern California will formally bring the relationship to a Strategic Partnership and routed in concerns over chinas Economic Health and growing military might. We have successfully concluded the tran pacific partnership. Reporter four are part of the Trans Pacific partnership, the largest trade pack in history that if ratified will bind asia closer to the United States. Four countries also lay claim to parts of the South China Sea which china has marked out as its sovereign territory, expansive claim they tried to cement by building islands. We will fly, sail and operate wherever International Law permits. Reporter which washington has in turned challenged by sailing u. S. War ships within 12 nautical miles of the features. The Obama Administration says its not antichina but rather the combination of the seven year effort to reorient u. S. Foreign policy to asia, a pivot whose success will ultimately be measured how much influence washington continues to wield in beijing backyard. Patricia with al jazeera. North Korean Leader praising the people behind the rocket launch and called it a telling blow to enemies an ordered scientists to get more ready, the rocket with the satellite on board is in orbit and sanctions against them after the launch and resent nuclear tests. Now to president ial politics a familiar face will be on the campaign trail for his brother today, george w. Bush will headline a rally for jeb bush in South Carolina, the former president won that states primary both times and won the white house and had to defend his brother at saturdays debate and donald trump criticized him saying the attacks happened on his launch and in the run up to the war. Accident the government to expand medicaid coverage for some people exposed to flints contaminated water and expanded care for pregnant women and under 21 years old and they need coverage for testing and treatment, for 18 months the city used the lead contaminated flint water for drinking water. Cold hearts and valentines day was so cold and broke records in the northeast and an icy scene in philadelphia and all of the water used to battle the flames turned to ice by sunday and even more cars there as you can see encased entirely. The risk for the east coast is an ice storm and more on that. The ground hog is not looking so smart now as we head into this week we are finally warming up just in time to watch another storm out there, this is one that is developing and you can see the snow with it and as we zoom closer in the southern edge anywhere from northern parts of california, South Carolina up through the northeast could have ice and sleet mixed in so im most concerned about that, fortunately anything we get with milder temperatures wont stick around too long but definitely going to be a problem over the next couple of days and will spread its way northward and watch by this by the end of the day in 24 hours and the territory this will cover and as it gets going there is a corridor and some of the worst of this could be eastern virginia up there pennsylvania with areas that could get a quarter inch of ice and because of the temperatures heavier snow and sleet so watch for potential Power Outages and also the type of snow that could be heavy if you have to shovel it so take it easy on yourself and it continues to the northeast, some of this switches over by tomorrow because of the mild temperatures to plain rain so depending where you are is what you are going to see with all of this. The areas we have in the bright brighter pink is the winter warning and the snow is 23 but ice mixed in with all of that is the bigger problem getting in the northeast. The biggest snow area is because the lake effect system will kind of turn on only of those places could get over a foot in the next two days but the rest of the region still that Winter Weather concern, snow in some cases switching to rain by tomorrow but it is definitely going to be a mess. Ground hog on line says let it go, nicole. Thanks. Never trust that guy. Yeah. Straight ahead a proposed truce could be falling apart before it even takes effect. We are talking to an activist on the ground in syria about the chances for peace there. And blessing the curse and pope francis travels to one of mexicos poorest and dangerous cities. The closest i got was sitting in my truck, gun in hand. Who will save americas heroes . I wish hed been able to talk to somebody. Faultlines. What do we want . Al jazeera americas hardhitting. Today the will be arrested. Groundbreaking. Theyre firing canisters of gas at us. Emmy awardwinning, investigative series. A former israeli Prime Minister has now become the first israeli leader to go to prison and starting his 19 month sentence for bribery charges related back to the time he was mayor of jerusalem and says he is innocent and they will say he will serve a sentence in prison in a special wing as a quote protected person. A stern warning for a Foreign Policy in seer syria. John mccain told the diplomates not to trust moscow and said putin used the conflict to his own advantage. Mr. Putin is not interested in being our partner and wants to shore up the assad regime and russia as a major power in the middle east and wants to exacerbate the refugee crisis and use it as a weapon. Reporter mccain also predicted that the latest pause in fighting