New concerns about prescription meds millions take to treat it linked to Kidney Disease, now linked to an increase risk of dementia. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this the nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. In an Election Year already fraught with improbable plot twists and drama now this. The ideological balance of the u. S. Supreme court suddenly in limbo. Tonight theres late word on who president obama might be considering to replace the late Justice Scalia as lines are drawn for an epic battle between democrats and Senate Republicans who are determined to leave the choice up to the next president. Tonight the current president is suggesting republicans are full of bluster, but they, not democrats, hold the power to control the process. Our justice correspondent Pete Williams begins our coverage. Reporter the body arrived overnight, the casket draped in an American Flag flown from texas where he died in his sleep
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