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Welcome to cbs this morning. Gayle king is off, Kristine Johnson of our new york station wcbs is with us. Tributes are pouring in for Justice Antonin Scalia after sudden death and washington is bracing for a huge fight over his successor. His Supreme Court colleagues remember scalia as a giant legal titan and a best buddy. Justice scalias death on saturday sparked a fierce we will get into the political battle in a moment, but we begin with jan krauford who is outside the Supreme Court in washington. Jan, good morning. Reporter good morning. The flag here at the Supreme Court as you can see are flying at halfstaff for Justice Scalia. And people here at this court just cannot imagine what its going to be like without him. I mean, he was known for his sharp intellect, his often sharp tongue and his sudden death is going to leave this court split. Four conservative and four liberals. Justices scalias view on the institution influenced a generation. Im a law and order guy. I confess, im a social conservative, but it does not affect my views on cases. Reporter a native of trenton, new jersey who grew up in queens, new york, scalia served on the Supreme Court nearly 30 years. The current courts longest serving justice. Nominated by president reagan, scalia was also the first italianamerican justice. Birthday, scalia died while on a trip to this 30,000 acre ranch in texas, a judge declared scalia dead by phone. The justice suffered from a host of chronic conditions. His family declined to have an autopsy performed. Even on the nations highest court, scalia was a larger than life figure. He often nominated oral question. If its a question of individual rights and individual liberties, thats what im there for. Reporter clerk for scalia in him. If you were a lawyer, arguing in front of him and he thought your argument was hogwash, he would tell you it was hogwash. Reporter despite his staunch conservative views, scalia had deep friendships with liberal justices noticingly ruth bader for opera. Captivating brilliance and whit with a rare talent to make the most sober judge laugh. I can be charming and combative at the same time. Whats contradictory between the two. I love to argue. Ive always loved to argue. Reporter now, one of his most significant desigtss was that landmark ruling the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bare arms. He often was in dissent. He said he hoped he wouldnt be made for his majority decisions but changing the way we think about the court and the law and interpret the constitution and kristine, he certainly did that. Thank you. Do stay with us because we would like to come back to you in just a moment. In the meantime, president obama is in california to host a leaders. Thaechbt is being overshadowed by Justice Scalias death. Also the political sitefight that is sure to come when the president chooses a replacement. Constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. 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. Reporter margaret brenen is traveling with the president in rancho mirage, california. Margaret, good morning. Reporter white house officials are expecting a nasty battle with Congressional Republicans who have already threatened to delay or defeat any nominee that president obama picks. But history may be on the administrations side here. Since 1900, six Supreme Court justices have been confirmed in president ial election years. That could spur president obama to make a bold choice of a very liberal judge who would face a tough confirmation, or sources say the president may choose a less controversial sitting appellate judge to win some republican support. Chief judge of the court of appeals, Merrick Garland and jane kelly and sri srinivasan. Both of whom who unanimously passed senate confirmation. White house Officials Say it would be irresponsible to leave that Supreme Court post vacant. They expect president obama to make a decision in the next 30 days, possibly as soon as next week. We will be watching. Thank you so much, margaret. The republicans who control the senate say they will block any appointment by president obama and the republicans who want to replace the president say thats the right move. Nancy corddes is on capitol hill. Good morning, nancy. Reporter good morning. Supreme court confirmations are high drama during the best of times and this is not the best of times. You have a democratic president trying to replace a conservative icon in an election year. So even though hes got nearly a up. I do not believe the president should appoint someone. Its called delay, delay, reporter the two sides took their battle positions within hours of scalias death. Barak obama is president of the 2017. That is a fact, my friends. Whether the republicans like it or not. Reporter the senates republican leader Mitch Mcconnell said this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president and mcconnell controls who gets a vote and when. Nobody can be surprised by reporter South Carolina republican Lindsey Graham and many others got behind him. Youre not hedging your bets hoping theres a republican who comes into office next january who would appoint that new nominee . Yeah, im hoping they will. But im saying the next president should make the pick. Reporter graham sits on the Senate Judiciary committee which considers sprout nominees, does this president will not appoint anybody who isnt pro abortion or leftwing things that we think have been very dangerous for our country. Reporter Top Democrats called it obstructionism. 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. These confirmations are normally a blood sport, but this one, this one is going to apocalyptic. Jonathan turlly warned the showdown could scare off potentially nominees. The senate will oppose you, you will have dozen groups tear into you, the odds are that most nominees would come out of this process damaged goods and likely not confirmed. Reporter he says if the president were replacing a liberal pick, then republicans might let that nominee go through, but in this case, you are talking about a choice that could change the very balance of there is almost nothing that legislatures up here take more seriously than that. Nancy, thanks. Back to jan crawford who covered the Supreme Court for more than 20 years. Jan, so what can the president do if the Senate Republicans are united in saying were not even going to entertain in cd. Charlie. People talk about elections have consequences. Here is another example of elections having consequences in that u. S. Senate. Senate republicans have an enormous amount of power to block this nomination and actually not get it out of the Senate Judiciary committee, so his pulpit will be the political one. Hes going to be out there with his allies beating the drum, the republicans need to do this, but he cant make them. Jan, i am fascinated by how this will affect the six big cases from abortion, contraception, unions, voting rights, affirmative action and immigration. What impact does scalias death this is a term that is chalkfull of controversy as you just pointed out. We expected those cases to really be divided 54 along ideological lines. Now the court is 44, you have a tie, most of those cases are likely to end up a tie and so the Lower Court Decision would stand. And that means theres not going to really be a National Precedent on all of these issues. They could reargue the cases next year, but maybe not. So it really is unclear what any of those holdings would mean in some kind of sweeping sense. Jan, we did hear from margaret that president obama does have a short list, so to speak, to replace Justice Scalia. Is there any such thing as a point . No, theres not. Thats an easy no. I cant see anyone getting wow. Its fascinating. Thank you, jan. Justice scalia was known for a sharp mind and often sharper last years dissent upholding obama it was jiggerypokerry. He called it pure apple sauce on my pbs program i asked scalia in 2008 about how his colleagues viewed his style. They ever come to you and say, too yes. If a colleague has any objection to what ive said, ill take it out. You take it out . Ill take it out of respect for the institution. Out of respect for the colleague. The colleague, the other person. Yeah. If somebody came to me and said its over the top to say this will result in more battlefield deaths, i probably would have taken it out. This is a group of people who like, admire, accept the differences and are looking for the common good and they see it . Others. I could have talked to him forever. He was such a good man, you know, he would introduce himself to people as tony, not as justice. Yeah. He was such a good man and a beautiful wife and nine kids and i think the nicest legacy, too, is how close he was with the other justices. Look back at another conversation i had with Justice Scalia in our next hour. Also, one of the most prominent lawyers to argue before scalia will be in studio 57, david boies will share his memories of contentious moments in the courtroom. Plus, has scalia put bench . Thats ahead. Donald trump holds a big lead this morning in South Carolina, ahead of saturdays critical republican primary. A cbs news Battleground Tracker in South Carolina shows trump up more than 20 points over ted cruz. Marco rubio is third, followed by john kasich, jeb bush, and ben carson. Jeb bush hopes to boost his featuring his brother, former president george w. Bush. Major garrett is in charleston with how the race has taken a new shape since the debate. Reporter good morning. The timing of president bushs arrival in South Carolina could not be more compelling. This primary is sounding like the democratic primary, not the one going on now but the one conducted in 2008, back when bush was accused of lying the country into the iraq war and missing key intelligence signals before 9 11. All of those long dormant accusations dredged up by donald trump. We would have been so much better off if bush and the rest of them went to the beach and didnt do anything. Reporter Donald Trump Backed away from accusations that George W Bush if you use that as an excuse to go in and make up for some sins for previous years, then it would be a lie, but i dont maybe it isnt true. Reporter at the cbs debate saturday, trump put it this way i want to tell you, they lied. They said there were weapons of mass destruction. There werent none and they knew there were none. Reporter and trump quickly rejected jeb bushs defense of his brothers record. Well, donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building a Security Apparatus to keep us safe and im proud of what he did. The World Trade Center came down during your brothers reign. Remember that. Hold on. Let me finish. In a state where the bush name remains popular and antitrump super pac is using the comments against him. Marco rubio dismissed the bush blame game. The World Trade Center came down because bill clinton didnt kill Osama Bin Laden when he had the chance to kill him. There were noisy clashes. You are the single biggest liar, you probably are worse than jeb bush. Dont lie. Why do you lie . Donald learned donald, adults learn not to interrupt each other. Yeah, yeah, youre an adult. He insults his way to the nomination. This is just nuts. Okay. Geez ohman. Reporter even though trump has a commanding lead, he is taking nothing for granted here in South Carolina, campaigning across the state up until saturdays primary with multiple events each day and today his First Press Conference since before the New Hampshire primaries. Thank you, major. Good job on saturday as well and face the nation host John Dickerson served as the moderator for saturdays debate. He is in washington. John, good morning. Great job as well on saturday. Boy, it was nasty. Pretty vicious. I guess the bottom line is how much of this does it have an impact on the results in South Carolina . Yeah, they didnt follow the scalia model of being friends with people with whom you the debate will probably sharpen obviously peoples views about the candidates, but i think theres still some time before that vote for things to settle out differently. I think what came out of the debate is probably that everybody reconfirm what they already believed, although marco rubio who had some repair work to do from his last debate performance did well and jeb bush, who was hoping to really capitalize on the familys relationships in South Carolina also seems to have gotten quite good reviews from his performance. John, what do we expect from the visit of george bush, the former president , president. Well, rallies the familys support in that state, as you were, he beat john mccain there by 12 points after having lost to him by 18 in New Hampshire in 2000. So, theres a lot of history of the bush family there. I think also it is an argument for the standards, the old fashion standards of duty and participating in the political process and giving your life to public service, some of which have been sublimated in this debate so far in the outsiders are favorable and anyone who has been in politics is seen as not worthy. John, how do you think scalias death impacts this race . Well, i think it gives both sides and all of the Interest Groups, the Supreme Court touches on all the hottest button issues that the Interest Groups are interested in arguing over, it energizes everyone. When you think about it as a fund raising mechanism, if the president does offer somebody up and theres an actual debate, the senate doesnt sit on it, every fund raising group will have a reason to go to their donors and say, your specific issue you care so much about is under threat if theres a nominee that goes one way or the other and actually gets into the court. So, everybody who has been on the sidelines, if they werent already energized, theyll have a reason to be now, so both in the president ial context and then also in terms of who actually replaces scalia. Thank you. Court action brings back explosive allegations against superstar quarterback Peyton Manning. Is sited in a sexual harassmentpresident s day. Happy washingtons birthday. The holiday goes by many names. It was a fairly cloudy valentines day yesterday. But most of those clouds have slipped off to the east and south now and temps are very mild this morning. We also had some gusty winds to more than 30 mph and those are calming down a bit. We hit highs in the mid 70s and it looks like another warm day for our holiday monday. We should have plenty of sunshine today. Look for some north northeast breezes, but not as windy as yesterday and highs in the upper 70s. 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