i don't trust barack obama o o the supreme court justicece it's called delay, delay, delay. >> i don't think the president shshld move forward and wee should let the next president of the united states should decide. >> i'm gladhe senate is agreeing what we should. >> those opinions have been met with harsh words on the other side of the aisle by hillary clinton. >> it is outrageous that republicans in the senatee and on the campaign t til have already pledged to block any replacement that president obama nominatete there are 3400ays until the next president takes office, so thatats plenty of time. >> nbc's tracie potts joins us now in from washington to sortt it all out. good morning, tracie. >> good morning. could move on a potential nominee, a replacememt pretty quickly. it's taken him about a month in advance the last time he did this. let's s ke a look at some of names that are coming up. first of all, seb real of them from the d.c. court of appeals. a former u.s. deputy solicitor general who argued more than 2 2 cases in front of the u.s. supreme court, paul watford appointed by presidentntbama to the ninth circuit out of california. nine republicans voted in favor of watford. that could be key. he also c crked previously for justice ginsburg.. patricia millen also on the circuit court of appeals. her case got caught upupn the filibuster over it. a lot of names out therere we're seeingomee battling back and forthot only between republicans and the president over whether or not he should make this nomination but between republicans. ted cruz already has an ad out this morning saying if d dald trump is selececd he could not be trusted to nominate the next supreme court justice for the united states. we'll keep an eye on this as more potential nominees are mentntned, dara as thehe slug it out and wheheer or not president should actually makak the selection in his last days in office. >> there are only five d ds left and the field is down to just six candidates but saturday night's debate was the most venomous debate and there were plenty of fights in both english and spanisis nbc's gabe gutierrez has more. >> reporter: after momentsts the most contentntus debate so far. >> he lies. >> liar, liar, liar. >> reportete the variation of liar was used at least 13 times. the most used by donald trump. trump slammed by jeb b bh over foreign policy and how to fight isis and syria.a. >> it'sbsolutely ludicrous to suggest that russia could be a positive p ptner in this. >> jeb is so wrwrg. >> while donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building a security apapratus to keep us said. >> the world trade center. >> don't go after my mother. >> reporter: marco rubio came after his defense. >> that's what allowed isis to grow and b b 20000 be able to strike america. took issue with something rubio took advantage of. >> i don't why he would s s that because he doesn't speak spanish. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: cruzzlso pounced on trump. >> you're the biggest liar. you're probably worse than jeb bush. you are the single biggest liar. >>onald has the worst pattern. when he speaks to his own record, he speaks liar, liar, lili. >> reporter: john kasich speaks to a different tone. >> i've got to tell you. this is just crazy. this is just nuts. geez, oh, man. reporting. a bitter arctic cold air is bringing cold weather. meanwhile weather that's struck >> reporter: whether it was the cause of a hugee pile june that shut down a major stretch of u.s. highway in minneapolis, at least tenen peopleere taken to the hospital with injuries. >> we know a squall came through and it was zero. it turned icy quickly. it is what it is, we deal with it. but this is one of the worst crashes i've eveve seen. >> reporter: it was the coldest valentine's day on record in the northeast and frigid temperatures caused problems for firefighters in new jersey. >> we got off a plane yesterday and i n nrly ran back into the airport. i had never known cold like that ever. >> reporter: there is good newew forecasters predict a warmup later this week. nbc's rafael is here to tell us when the weather will change. good morning, rafael. >> good morning. it's going to be a messy day we havee a messy presidents' day developing. freezing rain a possibility for the carolinas and virginia. that snow will transition later on today, tonight, and freezing rain and eventually raiain with mumu milder weather in the northeast. heavy rainvernight into esday and even flooding concerns there, but it couound as snow i i ie interior throughout the day on tuesday. a busy travel day and the weather is not bigig for the east. d.c., new york, philadelphia, icago is quiet deaeang with a beautiful day. temperatures there well into the 80s and tomorrow again, tracking the heavy rain for the big cities of the northeast. lookokt the temperatures. well into the 50s. 55 foror the city. flooding wilil be a concern there, 87 in los angeles and tracking storminess across florida. that's a look at the n nional weather. now here's a closer look at your day ahead. it ooh going to be a messy day across the mid-atlantic c d freezing rain changngg over to rain later on tonight. wawahing out for severe weather across the gulf coast like mobile c cld see severe storms this afternoon. so not a greatatravel day for all the folks heading home after the holiday weekend. >> no, but a good day to have off and stay hoho. >> yes. popeperancis visited one of the poorest cities in mexico city. hereached his message o o equality and hope to more thann 300,000 attending massss nbc's anne thompsps has more. reporter: pope francis went to the city notorious for poverty and crime. francis rode through the graffiti covered streets given makeover by criminals more the pope portrayed in all kinds of was even as a graffffi artist. it has one of the highest murder mexico. it's such a dangerous place this woman tells m today's mass is one of the rare times she can bring her children to a public evevt. more than 300,000 people filled the dusty fields to hear the pope warn of the temptptions of wealth, vanity, andnd pride, emphatically telling them there can be no dialogue with the devil. your evilan fear like a a daily reality. francis is asking thesese people, many of them poor and powerless to join the front lines of making mexico a landf opportunity. for a moment one of its most dangerous cities was a better place. anne thompson, nbc news, mexico. 48 peoeoe had to be rescued from a frigid new england ski stuck 40 feet above the ground. look at this. rescuers actually had to use rope to help stranded schoolele propelelhrough a hatch in the bottom of the car to theround about 40 feet from thehe mountain. thankfully nobody wasjured. they say a breaking sis is to blame and it could take a few days to fix the problem. marvel's latest movie "flick" has started. 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