that s part of the reason temperatures aren t coolinin than they are right now. also we re beginning to see the ocean a little rougher than we were yesterday, that s because winds will be shifting a little more out of the northeast later today, a little breezy, so that could leave us a moderate risk of rip currents along atlantic beaches. we ll be dry, mostly sunny especially inland areas and temperatures will possibly hit that 70 degree mark come noontime. influenced aeneration of judges, lawyers and students and profoundly shaped the legal landscape. flags lowered to half-staff outside the supreme court overnight in honor of justice antonin scalia. the 79-year-old justice died of natural causes while on a hunting trip in texas yesterday morning. the unexpected death leaves control of the gh court at stake causing political battle lineso be drawn. . reporr: the nation s first on the supreme court in 1986 by ronald reagan. though he later back a lightning rod of critic
in tact. a tie vote would mean the new texas restrictions on abortion would remain, possibly inspiring other states to enact similar lalas. having someone replace scalia with a moderate or a liberal, you re talking someone on the bench 30, 40 years shaping the constitution. i think we re going to fail this test of democracy. reporter: amongg potential nominees mentioned an indian american on the d.c. court of appeals and pricia millett on the d.c. court of appeals. the procession traveling more than three hours from the west texas resort where scalia was found dead. scalia arrived at the ranch on hunt, attended dinner with roughly 40 people. he retired to the presidential suite early in hopes ofetting a good night s rest. the judge, when i found him saturday morning, was in complete repose. he was very peaceful in the bed. he had obviously passed away with no difficulty at all in the middle of the night. tentative plans call for scalia s body to be flown back home t
i m betty nguyen. we begin with a risky encounter. russian fighter jets flying dangerously close to a u.s. navy destroyer in the international waters of the baltic sea. peter alexander has more. below the bridge wing. reporter: a pair of russian fighter jets rushing the uss donald cook. and once within 30 feet of the navy destroyer. so low, the plane caused a wake in the water. these photos revealing how close they came. the fly byes, more than 30 in all. they say the cook was in international waters 70 miles and condemning russia s behavior. watch them swooping over the deck, simulating a maneuver that would be used in an attack. department of defense officials taking note. i hear the rushzs s russians are up to their old tricks again. for the russian military, including russian military aircraft has come close enough to other air and sea traffic to raise serious safety concerns. reporter: the u.s. european command warned the russian jets as could raise tensions an
destroyer in the international waters of the baltic sea. peter alexander has more. below the bridge wing. reporter: a pair of russian fighter jets rushing the uss donald cook. and once within 30 feet of the navy destroyer. so low, the plane caused a wake in the water. these photos revealing how close they came. the fly byes, more than 30 in all. they say the cook was in international waters 70 miles off the russian coast. and condemning russia s behavior. watch them swooping over the deck, simulating a maneuver that would be used department of defense officials taking note. i hear the rushz russians aro their old tricks again. for the russian military, including russian military aircraft has come close enough to other air and sea traffic to raise serious safety concerns. reporter: the u.s. european command warned the russian jets as could raise tensions and cause serious injure or death. just last october, two jets intercepted a pair of russian jets and a jet rushin
people ringing in the new year on a much happier note. new zealand, australia and hong kong. stephanie chuang is in bay area, it is clear behind you in the embarcadero, but we know that is all going to change. reporter: very soon. more than 100,000 people expected here, scott and kris. san francisco police say they ll be ready. they have more security this year than in years passed because of heightened security concerns. you can see that the barricades are out. the city has them out here already with preparations under way. this week crews have been getting ready for the fireworks show, setting up the hardware, loading up the shells ahead of tonight s big display at midnight should last about 15 or 20 minutes. the barge will tow away around 11:00 to get into position. the show is electronically controlled. the entire time one to two technicians making sure everything goes smoothly on the barge. we re talking up to 6,000 devices exploding in a matter of minutes to help brin