Scalia for the high court in 1986, and scalia was one of the staunchest conservative members. A debate is now waging on capitol hill. Over whether president obama should nominate the next justice. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell says it should be the next president s choice. While. Minority leader harry reid says its president obamas constitutional right. The president says he has every intention of choosing a nominee after the senate break. Which ends february 22nd. brian loftus democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders weighed in on the controversy. Both say Mitch Mcconnell is wrong. And should follow the constitution. sen. Bernie sanders, d president ial candidate i just dont think it looks good that for very overtly political reasons that the republicans would deny this president the right to exercise his constitutional responsibility, which is to appoint members to the Supreme Court Hillary Clinton barack obama is president of the United States until january 20, 2017. Th
Successor in due time. And there will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. Getting a nominee confirmed in this Election Year will be difficult, with senator mcconnell and his democratic already at odds. Mcconnell in a statement saying, the American People . Should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice. Reid pushing back saying,. The senate has a responsibility to fill vacancies as soon as possible. Without a majority in the senate, the democrats will need a handful of republicans to break ranks, including some facing tough reelection bids this year. The democrats already sharpening their line of attack. sen. Chuck schumer, d new york i think first the American People dont like this obstructionism. When you go right off the bat and say i dont care who he nominates i am going to oppose him, thats not going to fly. Brian loftus Antonin Scalias death dominated the
Dennis hippert were checking the Road Conditions when they saw besansons truck. They took him to a hospital, where he is recovering. Sheriff chuck allen says, besanson did the right thing by staying with his truck. If you are planning on traveling alone. Tell someone where you are going and when you expect to be home. Stay with your vehicle because itll provide shelter and make it easier for rescuers to find you. Still warm today but not quite as spring like as yesterday. Is that storm going to arrive sooner than we thought . Lets check in with Dick Stoddard for a look at your weather now forecast. High pressure near the west coast will keep above average temperatures and generally light winds into early next week, except for some stronger gusts in Higher Elevations on sunday. A fast moving storm will bring a return of wintry conditions wednesday winds. Rain. And mountain snow. Short term. High pressure remains over the dominant weather feature for the southwestern us with northeastern
Down tonight. At least 25 inches there 31 in parts of pennsylvania our nations capitol. And surrounding areas. Could see up to 40 inches abcs karla barguarena. Has more on how folks are trying to cope. And hunkering down nats pop tonight. Millions of americans in the northeast still socked in from a crippling snowstorm. Sot traveler i didnt expect to be caught in the middle of snowzilla its just such a white out right now nats beep beep even the dc police chief stepping in to shovel out stuck patrol cars. Nat pop so much snow the plows cant keep up. Nats at the jersey shore. Roads flooding with chunks of ice floating by and water levels reaching 8 feet. Governor Chris Christie praising residents who heeded the Early Warning to evacuate. Sot gov. Chris christie r new jersey this is my 17th snow emergency in 6 years . We know how to do this. Further west in pittsburgh . Brandon moore herriing Motor Company its just one after another truck, stuck. Its just nonstop, and dont 00 05 00;17 00
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