reasons to be thankful. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. i m jim axelrod. we begin with breaking news. supreme court justice antonin scalia dead at the age of 79. scalia was the longest serving justice of the current supreme court and its conservative. paula reid is in washington with the latest tonight. good evening, paula. reporter: i can t hear the broadcast. has it started? axelrod: we re having a little trouble with paula right now. this evening, chief justice john roberts released a statement saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. roberts added, scalia s passing to the country he served. among justice scalia s most important decisions, he cast a crucial vote in bush v. gore the case, of course, that made george w. bush president in 2000, despite his ideological opposition to the perspectives of colleagues like justices ginsberg, and kagan, he was held in high esteem b
captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. i m jim axelrod. we begin with breaking news. supreme court justice antonin scalia dead at the age of 79. scalia was the longest serving justice of the current supreme court and its conservative. paula reid is in washington with the latest tonight. good evening, paula. reporter: i can t hear the broadcast. has it started? axelrod: we re having a little trouble with paula right now. this evening, chief justice john roberts released a statement saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. roberts added, scalia s passing is a great loss to the court and among justice scalia s most important decisions, he cast a crucial vote in bush v. gore the case, of course, that made george w. bush president in opposition to the perspectives of colleagues like justices ginsberg, and kagan, he was held in high esteem by them. we will pring in our chief legal corresp
saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. roberts added, scalia s passing is a great loss to the court and to the country he served. among justice scalia s most important decisions, he cast a crucial vote in bush v. gore the case, of course, that made george w. bush president in 2000, despite his ideological opposition to the perspectives of colleagues like justices ginsberg, and kagan, he was held in high esteem by them. we will pring in our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford right now. jan, the supreme court is scheduled to go back into session a week from monday, so how does the court move forward? reporter: i mean, i think that s one of those almost unimaginable questions. when you think about that seat for 30 years being empty and the role he played on that supreme court and the impact he had on the law. of course, you know, this sparkling intellect, this conservative icon, not always conservati
supreme court justice antonin scalia dead at the age of 79. scalia was the longest serving justice of the current supreme court and its conservative. paula reid is in washington with the latest tonight. good evening, paula. reporter: i can t hear the broadcast. has it started? axelrod: we re having a little trouble with paula right now. this evening, chief justice john roberts released a statement saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. roberts added, scalia s passing is a great loss to the court and to the country he served. among justice scalia s most important decisions, he cast a crucial vote in bush v. gore george w. bush president in opposition to the perspectives of colleagues like justices ginsberg, and kagan, he was held in high esteem by them. we will pring in our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford right now. jan, the supreme court is scheduled to go back into session a week from monday,
court and its conservative. paula reid is in washington with the latest tonight. good evening, paula. reporter: i can t hear the broadcast. has it started? axelrod: we re having a little trouble with paula right now. this evening, chief justice john roberts released a statement saying scalia was an extraordinary individual and jurist who was admired and treasured by his colleagues. roberts added, scalia s passing is a great loss to the court and to the country he served. among justice scalia s most important decisions, he cast a crucial vote in bush v. gore the case, of course, that made george w. bush president in 2000, despite his ideological opposition to the perspectives of colleagues like justices in high esteem by them. we will pring in our chief legal correspondent, jan crawford right now. jan, the supreme court is scheduled to go back into session a week from monday, so how does the court move forward? reporter: i mean, i think that s one of those almost u