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he was admired and treasured by his colleagues. president obama expressed his condolences. >> he influenced a generation of judges, lawyers, and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. >> reporter: scalia leaves behind a wife and nine children. he was 79. some g.o.p. leaders are saying that president obama should in the be allowed to choose scalia's successor, instead saving that right for the next president. >> whitney: now, many are already speculating on who will be chosen to scalia's place in the supreme court. we'll share what impact that could be in the future election and our government. and we're expecting another night of bone-chilling the temperatures in some areas may reach single digits overnight, and're also watching the potential for snow and ice to start off the workweek. will stafford has the latest in the weather center. >> will: we're more than likely going to see the coldest night we'll see the season as temperatures will drop down pretty cold. lynchburg at 15. our forecast low tonight will be eight degrees. our standing record for this date is four. we think that's safe. danville and roanoke stand a pretty decent chance of tying their record or breaking there. roanoke goes all the way back to 1943. that's a look at our next weather-maker. it's in the dakotas right now. it's providing snow for those areas. it will be in the area monday and arriving tomorrow night for some locations with that cold continuing and that around 3:00, around the weather central highands. and at 10:00, on the door step of lynchburg. some of the snow could be on the heavier side. >> whitney: thank you, will. we have an update tonight on the death of a man hit by a train in gretna this morning. the pittsylvania county sheriff's office has now identified that man as 69-year-old walter davis. sheriff mike taylor tells me the call came in around 9:30 this morning. when investigators got to the scene, they found davis dead at the train tracks across the movie theater on main street. they said that davis's death appears to be accidentally. a teenager is dead following a head-on collision last night in roanoke. around 9:00 p.m., police were called to the 2200 block of 18-year-old kayla simmons was driving westbound on hardy road and crossed the central line. she was taken to the hospital and later died of her injuries. christopher markus hash was also taken to the hospital with serious injuries. there were no passengers in either vehicle. police say is that drugs and alcohol are possible factors in this crash, but that is still under investigation. the republican presidential candidates battled it out on the debate stage in south carolina tonight, but if you ask a few college students in lexington, the results are in. the washington and lee mock convention has come on an end. >> reporter: it was such an impressive event to watch. the research they put into making their decision is mind-boggling. >> donald trump. >> donald trump. woo! >> reporter: just in case you missed it. >> donald j. trump of new york has received 1,320 votes. >> reporter: beating out ted cruz and marco rubio by a long shop. washington and lee 2016 presidential nominee. >> if you told me we'd be selecting donald trump in the summer, that would have been a pretty big surprise. >> we just went where the data let us. >> reporter: so far that plan has worked in their favor. through the mock convention, the school has chosen 19 of 25 nominees since 1958. >> we've been contacting people in the state, talking >> reporter: they got a call from none other than the donald himself. >> i've been hearing about this for years. and i know your track record is better than anybody else's track record, and i'll do my best to keep it intact. >> reporter: an unforgettable moment for many republicans. >> kevin ortiz, one of our political directors, got to interview a candidate for president. >> reporter: now, the real republican national convention won't take place until this upcoming july in cleveland, ohio. >> whitney: all right. thank you, courtney. department has released 551 work-recommended e-mails from hillary clinton's e-mails while she was secretary of state. of today's documents posted online, none were classified or labeled rather as top secret, but most of the e-mails were upgraded to confidential after being released, which is the lowest classification level. the state department said none of the e-mails were marked confidential at the time they were sent. earlier this week, a judge ordered clinton's e-mails month. al-shabaab militants are claiming responsibility for somali airlining. and we're continuing our coverage of the death of >> whitney: supreme court justice scalia's death has sent the political world reeling. it has also set the stage for a political battle on capitol hill and possibly at voting precincts. we look at how the fight over this election season just escalated to a new level. >> i solemnly swear. >> reporter: it just took minutes after the announcement of justice scalia's death for for political maneuverability. and now there's a larger divide over what happens next. while president obama has the power and intends to nominate, the senate has the power to confirm or reject. and republican candidates instantly tweeted out a mostly ted cruz saying that we owe it to him and the nation that the next president names the nomination. >> just to be clear on this, mr. trump, you're okay with the president nominating somebody. >> i think he's going to do it whether i'm okay with it or not. it's up to mitch mcconnell to stop it. it's called delay, delay, delay. and bottom line, if the senate wants the president's pick, the next justice could be decided here at the ballot box. not only in choosing the next senate. by one count, there are roughly three dozen senate seats up for grabs this fall. so voters will be further pressed to vote down party lines. knowing that if they can't control what happens here and say of what happens here. >> whitney: hopefully everyone actually can take a breath and say good-bye to scalia and honor his legacy. >> whitney: it is. unleash the power of dough. give it a pop. look at this sweet face. so sweet. ok, we're going to need a napkin gooey, flaky, happy. toaster strudel. >> will: let's take a lookhe lynchburg tower camera outside on a very chilly and frosty night. outside it's 12 in lynchburg. the dew point is five below. before we get any precipitation, we've got to moisten that up. northwest at three. and pressure is holding steady at the moment. 12 in lynchburg. 19 in danville. 14 in roanoke. one degree in for hot springs. factor in the wind that's out there, it feels like 12 in lynchburg. feels like 16 below 0 right now in hot springs. feels like two below in blacksburg. and 10-11 on southside. and these numbers continually going down in the overnight hours tonight. it's going to be cold regardless of how cold we actually get down for tonight. and tomorrow morning, it will be cold and there's a rebound throughout the day. at least not what it feels like to the exposed skin, so dress appropriately. taking a look at what else we have on radar for you right now. we have a wind chill advisory for anywhere along and west of lynchburg right now. that goes until 10:00 in the morning. we'll see clear skies for at before more clouds roll back to the area. here's our next weather-maker from bismarck to rapid city. it's a clipper and you can see the path illustrated by the blue color. we are under a winter storm watch. we'll see the clouds increase ahead of this system. it will come through the area and provide a little bit of snow on the way for monday. and before it exit we'll transition to a little bit of mixings on monday and tuesday. future cast, again, tomorrow morning, starts out dry. the clouds will increase later on in the day. at 9:30 in the morning -- by 5:00, 6:00, mostly cloudy skies and snow on the doorstep and snow continue in the nighttime hours tomorrow night. and we'll throw in a little bit of mixing in southside. and mixing for everyone monday afternoon-monday night. and maybe a little bit of rain before it's all said and done for tuesday. focus on the bull eye, the storm will be west of hot springs and roanoke. and we can see about a.25 inches of ice possible. 4-9 inches north and west of roanoke. more ice on the southside, 0-3 inches. here's what we can expect. snow overnight tonight continuing to monday. it will transition to a wintry mix monday afternoon. it will stay a wintry mix tuesday. it will change over to all rain by tuesday afternoon. overnight lows in the single digits to the teens. well, still to come, great news for a virginia university. the mold and blazing a trail >> whitney: the popularity of ebooks surface the nook and kindle have a lot of people thinking that book stores will be a thing of the past. not anymore. data from the u.s. census bureaus shows that bookstore sales rose last year. that's the first year over year increase for the city since 2007. publishers weekly first reported the figures saying that print sales went up. apple is entering the original tv series business, and hip-hop legend dr. dre will star in the company's first original scripted series. exclusive report in the "hollywood reporter." dr. dre will also be an executive producer on that program. the series will most likely be distributed through apple music, but it's not clear if it will be offered on apple tv, the itunes store or over platforms. it's a historic moment for hampton university. the newly restored lacrosse team competed today. the lacrosse program's formation was the idea of former student michael crawford who died from an undiagnosed enlarged heart. good for them. >> good for them. it's been really a passion project for them. i've been following this for a couple of years. >> whitney: i didn't know you >> reporter: you never would have known they lost 20-3. they were loving every minute of it. there's lots of basketball tonight and it's conference test test >> reporter: u.v.a. took their number seven ranking today and head to do durham to face the blue devils. first half, knolltee will spot up for three. and a 9-0 run the cavs had a season low two trays in the came. and coby there to jam it home. and virginia up by three in the half. and ingram drives in with a flush. 25 points for the freshman who led all scores. and second half, brogdon, are behind the back no look layup. and cavs up one. and at the buzzer, they somehow get the ball. did he walk? travel? u.v.a. loses 63-62 to the blue devils. >> they had six second. he spread out and he made grace and hit a hard shot. and i joked with coach cay and said i think he traveled. >> i thought we earned it. if they would have won, they would have earned it. and i thought both teams were deserving of winning, and that's what makes a great game. >> reporter: the liberty flames men kicked off their 6-game winning streak on january 17th. to extend that streak, they would have to defeat the lancer again. they were leading by one fields caps off an 8-01 to make it 21-12. and liberty led by 12. reid led led l.u. with 20 points. and cut the flames lead by seven at the half. and the lancers open the second half with a 12-3 run to grab the lead. liberty would fire back with 3s. flames with 16 of them. and homesley later throws down the dunk. and the lancers charged back, but white's shot, not even close. flames, 69. lancers, 68. >> people always talk about how it's hard to win about at longwood. and we saw that today and it means a lot to us, not only because it's longwood but because it's step further toward the championship. pressured to win. we get a chance to do this at one of the greatest schools, if not this best in the country, and we're going to enjoy it. >> reporter: the bulldogs held off l.u. 56-51. the two came in tied for the first place in the big south. l.u. went on a 13-0 run to make it a 1-point game with two minutes to spare only to fall short. they take a week off before hosting coastal carolina. in the o.d.a.c., l.c. is ahead of billford. and randolph won their third straight against e.m.u. and the wild cats held mennonite. and brown oak has 16 three and wesleyan needed o.t. to pull it off. randolph-macon downs the wild cats by 90-66. and guilford 73-63 win. conference championships for a lot of area high school track stars. conference 23 and 24 met at liberty university this morning. in the high jump, loving clearing the bar right here. and davidson, and decarmo. and davidson kicks ahead setting a meet record. and great finish here in the four by 200 relay. and j.f. was able to edge out. in the nascar shoot out, it's we're coming right bac >> whitney: all right. going to finish off the weekend cold and start the workweek cold. >> will: and snowy and sleety and freezing rain too. overnight lows in the single digits to teens. wind chills anywhere from six and tomorrow only going to 25 in lynchburg, 27 danville, and 2-5 inches of snow, neverat. jake. previously on "scandal"... how is she? she's good. quiet. makes my job easy. she seems harmless. olivia pope is not what she seems. stay on her. yes. yes? yes, i will go out with you. (fitz) they're running a damn dally of the most glaring failure of my presidency, while we for all apparent purposes do nothing. you are doing everything to get those hostages back safe. it's not your fault the intelligence simply isn't there. these are the hostages. their c.i.a. files were on wendy's flash drive. so albatross, the mole, the man who killed wendy... he's the one who leaked their names to the terrorists. that's him. that's the guy who wanted what wendy stole! that's the guy who killed her! that's him on the tv! that is him! (projector and camera shutter clicking) mom, i'm starving. i think daddy ordered some pizza. ham and pineapple? phil, the wireless is down again. emmett, set the table, would you? dad, ham and pineapple? i have to look at this proposal before the west coast goes down. try turning it off and turning it on. dad? what? what'd you get on the pizza? ham and pineapple's gross. it's hawaiian. insult their culture, why don't you? hey. i got pepperoni. everybody's happy. ew. gross. see what i deal with? come here. mm. thank you. (doorbell rings) (emmett) pizza's here. here's a $20. give 'em a tip. (shouting questions at once) (man) are you aware of your mother's past? dad! (man) did your mother tell you about the affair she had? we are at the home of ryocorp c.e.o. sarah stanner... the married woman accused of having an affair with murray randall, president grant's recently announced supreme court nominee. the alleged extramarital affair happened 15 years ago when randall was stanner's professor at harvard law... confirmation hearings have become a battleground for partisan wrangling, and if this is what the democrats meant by, quote, "vetting thoroughly," i'd say they've made good on their threat. is it true? what they're saying about mom?

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