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the passing of supreme court justice antonin scalia has left the political world divided. his death on saturday immediately set off a fight over who will pick his replacement. president obama is saying he will, but mitch mcconnell says not so fast. reporter: good evening, tony, the sudden death of justice scalia has translated into gridlock in washington. justice scalia remains are now in the washington area, arriving from texas in a snow storm during the night. almost from the moment of his passing, the fight over his replacement has been escalating, now becoming an epic political struggle that could leave the supreme court with just eight justices for at least a year. republicans want to turn the election on a kind of referendum on who should sit on the court, and insits that any nomination put forward by president obama should be blocked. ted cruz promises to filibuster. the majority would effectively write the second amendment out on the constitution. reporter ....
reporter: almost from the moment of his passing the fight over his replace has been escalating. it could leave the supreme court with just eight justices for at least the next year. republicans want to return it into a kind of referendum on who should sit on the court, and insists any nominee put forward by president obama should be blocked. ted cruz has vowed to filibuster. we are one justice away from losing our fundamental rights in this country. we re one justice away from a liberal majority that would effectively write the second amendment out of the constitution. reporter: mr. obama has ignored that call and says he will do his constitutional due to fill the vacancy. first, a juris already on the bench. he sits on the d.c. circuit court of appeals. he was youian nowsly confirmed for that seat by the senate three years ago. and the chief judge of the d.c. court, widely respected. his name has come up on previous lists. and paul wattford, who was confirmed to ....
virus. this is aljazeera america live from new york city, i m stephanie sy. the big melt is now underway in the east where temperatures are rising after a major storm rolled through. it brought snow, ice and rain. some areas could still see heavy snow today. some people are cleaning up from damaging tornadoes. john henry smith has more. a powerful 1200-mile storm will head off the coast today. it brought record cold to the east coast over the weekend. it began the work week with enough snow and wind to cause verge and north carolina to declare states of emergency. some parts of virginia got nearly a foot of snowfall and the traffic problems that go with it. hundreds of accidents occurred. i hit the inside rail of the bridge and spun around. the posted speed limit is 60. i was doing 55. the roads are block ice, they re iced over. this massive pileup in indiana. when the weather starts changing, people need to reduce their speed and they just didn t do that to ....
the eastern third of the country facing severe weather while ice falls on the northeast tornados hit the gulf coast leaving a trail of destruction and welcome to your world this morning i m stephanie sy. i m del walters and millions waking up to the storms on mondays to slick commutes in new york to even tornados. snow, sleet, strong winds and heavy rain and al jazeera s john henry smith has more. reporter: 1200 mile long winter storm stretching from the south to the northeast will head off shore today. right on the heels of a storm that brought record cold to the east coast over the weekend, the winter storm began the workweek with enough snow and wind to cause virginia and north carolina to declare states of emergency. some parts of virginia got nearly a foot of snow and the traffic problems that go with it, hundreds of accidents. i hit the inside rail of the bridge and spun around. the posted speed limit through her was 60 and i was doing 55. the roads look ....
officially over. . 14 months ago president obama made an announcement that a new era was at hand for united states and cuba. in a few weeks president obama will enter the era. the white house says the president will visit havana and meat with president castro. reporter: president obama has been laying the ground work for the visit for more than a year, now he s going ahead and making a presidential trip to cuba. thursday, president obama made it official, with this tweet: along with the historic visit first lady michelle obama. mr obama is looking forward to the trip. it will be the first time since 1928 a sitting u.s. president visited cuba. the trip comes after an opening. in brokered talks by the vatican, and after an handshake with raul castro at a summit in panama. flags from raised at the embassies in washington and havana, bringing normal diplomatic relations for the first time in 54 years. president obama says it is part of the overall effort to force the ....