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to human trafficking. and the effort to wipeout boko haram in africa may be a losing battle. how political corruption is working against the fight. political leaders are preparing for a battle in washington. take on the task of choosing an successor to the late court discuss antonin scalia. the request he is when that person would be confirmed. justice scalia died of a heart attack at the age of 79. mike viqueira joins us live now from washington, d.c. good evening to you, mike, how soon will the president nominate someone you think? reporter: i think it s going to happen relatively quickly. one of his spokes people, eric schultz, traveling with the president in california, as he prepares for a summit with asian leaders later this week. has said it s unlikely to happen this week, a president has a lot on his plate. senate incidentally is in recess with this presidents day week. he will consider it. i don t think it will be much longer after that, erica, that ....
this is al jazeera america, live from new york city. the presidential candidates are on the campaign trail today. bernie sanders is in south carolina. sanders had breakfast with leaders this morning. he then held a town hall at the university of south carolina. his day ends with a rally tonight in atlanta. hillary clinton is in new york. she met with the presidents of the urban league, and ncaap as well as the reverend al sharp topp. this afternoon she plans to deliver a speech on racism in harlem. clinton has also been very busy on twitter talking about a new successor to the late supreme court justice anthony scalia. last night she sent out 11 tweets. her he is sag is to do their job, reminding them there are 339 days until the next president takes off. and the senate is never taken more than 125 days to vote on a nominee. donald trump still leads most republican polls in south carolina. on monday he once again said he will sue ted cruz over whether he is eligible t ....
superintendent who is truly awe inspiring. the president no more is nominating someone to fill scalia s place on the supreme court. and he said that there s plenty of time. mike has it. reporter: the passing of justice, scalia, the president praised the jurist. and it came today, holding a wrap-up press conference, the first question, about this controversy over as you reported, tony, very forthright. in the aftermath of that shocking news. a constructionist in the constitution, suing somehow the president in his last year in office, his eighth year in office does not have the right to fulfill that constitutional responsibility. as far as who he is nominating, the president would not tip his hand in public. we re going to find somebody who is an outstanding legal mind, somebody who cares deeply about our democracy and rule of law. there s not going to be any particular position on a particular issue that determines whether or not i nominate them, but i m going to ....
donald trump is on top with 36%, followed by ted cruz with 70%. marco rubio got a huge endorsement from governor nikki haley. he comes in third with 15%. jenna bush at 13%. john kasich and ben carson both in the single digits. no breaking news, but this is the context before south carolina republicans vote. in the center ring in this battle royal is donald trump and ted cruz. for days, trump has been calling curz a liar and threatening to file a lawsuit over his eligibility to run for president. that o, canada thing. he spoke to reporters in seneca, south carolina and offered his strongest counter blow yet. sen. cruz: i understand if a cousin has a record if a candidate has a record like canld trump, that anyone point to his record. if he files the lawsuit that he threatens in this letter, that will be frivolous and it will result in both donald trump and any lawyer that signs his name for filing frivolous litigation. donald happily sat on national tv repeating things ....
from the bloomberg newsroom. emily: i m emily chang. this is bloomberg west. in theps the ante encryption debate, telling the fbi to back off. who wins in the standoff? beats estimates again, closing in on at&t and verizon. how do they do it? deeper intoigs grocery delivery. we will see how long startups can compete in this business. first, to the lead, a watershed moment in a debate to in silicon valley and washington. apple is rejecting a court order to investigate the iphone of one of the shooters in the san bernardino terrorist attacks. tim cook framed it as a chilling attack on civil liberties. he wrote we are challenging the demand with the deepest respect for american democracy and they love of our country. that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty are government is meant to protect. echoed by thewas most famous defender of civilian privacy, edward snowden, who said the f ei is creating a world where citizens rely on apple to defend the rig ....