down the top ten political stories of 2016. ♪ >> this year everything we thought we knew about politics was turned on its head. political attacks, e-mail hacks and several cracks in the glass ceiling made for an unparalleled race between the first female major party nominee and a billionaire political outsider, president trump will soon take office but first let's look back at our top ten political stories of 2016. number ten, conservative supreme court justice antonin scalia died suddenly in february. >> everything is on the line. >> and in an unprecedented move republicans vowed to block any high court appointments until after the presidential election. >> simply to turn your back before the president even names a nominee is not an option the constitution leaves open. >> judge merrick garland was