cbs news, dallas. >> and scalia agency death could start a political fire stark in washington. president obama said tonight he will nominate his replacement. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to 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. these are responsibilities that i take seriously as should everyone. they're bigger than any one party. they are about our demorracy. >> meanwhile one of justice scalia's former clerks sent us this statement tonight. he says justice scalia was a legal giant. it was an immense honor to have spent a year of my life working closely with him. every time i would see the justice he would ask, how's cleveland? the justice, of course, began his legal career here. clevelanders should be proud of that. you can read the entire statement on our website cleveland 19.com. and ohio senator sharon brown released a statement tonight on the passing of justice scalia. saying as the longest serving three decades to the court and we recogni