friday and saturday before easing back a bit early next week. see graphics. wx timer @ :40 the body of supreme court justice antonin scalia has arrived back home in virginia. justice antonin scalia s body arrived at dulles airport late sunday night. and was loaded onto a hearse. earlier on sunday, a procession of about 20 police officers brought the body to an el paso funeral home from the west texas ranch where scalia was found dead on saturday. officials were awaiting word about whether the medical examiner would perform an autopsy, but it was deemed unnecessary. it is believed the 79-year- old scalia died of natural causes. scalia was appointed by president ronald reagan in 19-86 and has been the senior member of the court for several years. authorities say an apartment fire that forced residents to temporarily evacuate saturday, was caused by a child playing with matches. the fire came from an apartment on the fourth floor of castle on the hill apartments according to s
by government troops. pope francis has arrived in a small mountain village in southern mexico ahead of a public mass at a large sports complex there the pontiff arrived via helicopter this morning in san cristobal de las casas, a farm town near the border with guatemala. francis waved to the throngs of people from his specially-outfitted s-u- v. reportedly, hundreds-of- thousands of people lined up and even camped overnight at the sports center for today s mass. it has become the big issue on the presidential campaign trail: the makeup of the u.s. supreme court, following the unexpected death of justice antonin scalia over the republicans are insisting president barack obama hold off and let the next president name a successor. but were already starting to hear some might be. nbc s tracie potts is following developments from washington. as justice antonin scalia s flag-draped casket arrived in the d-c area overnight, the political fight over his replacement is underway: pre
system tracking in late tonight. winds will stay lightoday and we will have highs close to normal with upper 20s to mid 30s for your president s day. we stay mild tomorrow, but that snow could cause some headaches. i ll have more on that in a few minutes. this morning the political battle is underway over who will be the next supreme court justice. justice scalia died in his sleep over the weekend. there will be no autopsy. scalia w ws in texas on a hunting trip. he went to bed friday night and was found unresponsive saturday morning. he was a leading conservative the president will nominate his successor but republicans say given that responsiblity. an iowa constitutional law expet says a newjustice should be later. several major cases involving affirmative action, abortion and labor issues are pending right now. with only eight members on the court that could lead to split decisions forcing the resolve issues. one iowa legal expert calls the democrats and republic
after a cold and snowy weekend. the temperatures are warming up nicely this monday. this guy didn t stand much of a chance. and anything that s left of him today. will surely be gone tomorrow. good afternoon . i m sonya heitshusen. .and i m dan winters . thanks for joining us. a weak disturbance will cross through central iowa late tonight between midnight and 7 am. it will bring a mix of rain-snow across the state. temperatures will hover right around 32 degrees. by the commute in, the precipitation should be done but roads may be wet or slick in spots. we just learned with in the last half hour, the names off the suspect involved in a deadly shooting over the weekend. the shooting. officers were called to the early man started fighting with an urbandale officer. then fired at officers. an officer returned fire.. police said that suspect was 29-year old ali yahia three officers were also named in the officer involved shooting. they are sergeant jeff casey, officer anthony b
they found the suspect and victim had been shot. the victim was taken to a hospital in clarion then transferred to mercy medical center the suspect was taken to a fort dodge hospital and then transferred to iowa methodist this time. the iowa division of criminal investigation is assisting eagle grove police with the case. but they have yet to name any suspects or say what led to the shooting. and our later newscasts. the iowa state patrol is trying to piece together what led to a deadly accident on i-35 this morning. jackknifed and overturned on interstate 35.just south of cumming. the crash killed the driver. investigating the cause. crews had to close down north bound lanes but they have since been reopened. this is the same area where a over back in december. traffic is back to normal following a road closure on m-l-k and fleur . around 9-20 this morning an ankeny sanitation garbage truck hit a light pole on m-l-k. the light pole fell across the roadway and police immediat