this game that's being played in washington needs to be changed. it needs an outside force to completely change it. if i see an opening, i maybe see an opening this year. where someone like michael bloomberg can domestic in and really unify us and kind of change the way the game is being placed. that inspires me to change the way it all works >>> going back to you, do you think washington is working? you're a senior at george town. you've been teaching the schools and getting a sense of real life. is it working here? >> i don't think so. i love obama. i am sad he is leaving. i never thought i was going to see a black president >>> enthusiasm think it's working? >> yes. not fast enough. there is a difference between that. a lot of things didn't get changed through obama. it took some time a whot local of time, even after six years of slavery. but i think change is happening. i think washington is making it happen but it needs to move faster >>> you were disappointed in obama's presidency. it didn't pan out. >> a lot of progressives like myself was d

you can go with washington deal makers. or we can stands together with a proven consistent constitutional conservative and bring back morning in america. >> of course, the washington deal maker referred to there is marco rubio. he good get some of the evangelical voters, but not enough to make april different. -- an a difference. >> the political establishment he here, they went all out to stop ted cruz. he is within a hair of second place. >> his point, of course, that all of the establishment, the political establishment here, went for marco rubio and so ted cruz did so well, he has plenty of ground to move on, and the campaigner manager told reporters that they're finding it easier to get their message out. we did talk to a couple of supporters. some said they were not disappointed, but one said he was and he said to us, well, i was hoping god would work a miracle >>> let's bring in our correspondent mary snow, and former white house aid. we got news that the associative press is not going to call a second place finisher

rolling the diagnosis, let's begin with washington's seniorer washington correspondent, mike viqueira. >> i don't believe that the president should appoint someone. >> almost from the moment of his passing, the fight has been a political stroke that could leave the supreme court with 8 justices for at least a year. republicans want to turn the november election into a referendum for who should sit on the court. and any nominee put forward by president obama should be blocked in the senate. ted cruz has blocked a filibuster. >> we're one away from a majority that would effectively write the second amendment out of the constitution. >> reporter: mr. obama has ignored that call and said that he will do his constitutional duty to fill the vacancy. who will he nominate? speculation around two classes of candidates. first, a jurist already on the bench. a stepping stone to the supreme court. he was analysisly confirmed by the senate three years ago. merritt garland is the chief judge of the dc court. widely respected, his name has come up on previous lists, and paul wall ford, elected to th

he enrolled in georgetown university in washington, d.c. after graduation he went onto study at harvard law school. >> for more on the justice's legacy al jazeera's lisa stark joins us live from washington, d.c. and lisa, what does scalia's death mean for the obama administration? >> reporter: well, first we should mention as you might pictures president obama has ordered that flags be lowered to half staff around the country in public buildings in honor of the justice. but really what the president has to now look at is who he is going to a point this vacancy. and he made it clear tonight, that he is planning on moving forward with such an point. here is what president obama said. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominated knat 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. these are responsibilities i take seriously as should everyone. 78 the president saying i will appoint someone and you

mike viqueira joins us live now from washington, d.c. good evening to you, mike, how soon will the president nominate someone you think? >> reporter: i think it's going to happen relatively quickly. one of his spokes people, eric schultz, traveling with the president in california, as he prepares for a summit with asian leaders later this week. has said it's unlikely to happen this week, a president has a lot on his plate. senate incidentally is in recess with this presidents' day week. he will consider it. i don't think it will be much longer after that, erica, that the president puts forward a nominee and, of course, a respected jurist, although perhaps the most polarizing figure on the supreme court, was antonin scalia. and no sooner has the news broken about his shocking death. a bunser bolt that nobody saw coming at the west texas hunting ranch on saturday morning. the red recipients and vitt recipients on that we have seen back and forth now. republicans are saying president obama should honor their will when they go to the polls a

say the way the discussion is currently framed in washington, away from the campaign trail but still, in terms of looking at future military capabilities, one side says we are still the largest, most modern, strongest military in the world. and the other says, there aren't enough forces and capabilities to deal with all of the threats in the world. middle east, russia, south china sea, north korean peninsula. so both of those have merits. it's a question of where the united states should deploy and use its military resources, are we actively engaged in military operation he ors or are we deteg pad things from happening? as mark noted it would be great in our european partners could be a little bit more generous in terms of resourcing their security. in ways that actually the rebalance of the pacific has been quiek successful at completely reengaging the primacy of the u.s. security relationship in asia pacific, vietnam, the philippines, japan, very much engaged in the national security framework in asia pacific since the obama initiative was announced in australia in 2011. but to your

he joins us from washington d.c. good to have you on al jazeera. what do you make of the latest reports from fallujah, that sunni tribesman are revoting against i.s.i.l. it's hard to get a pact of what is happening in the i.s.i.l.-held city. >> it is. a lot of the reports are coming out. it's hard to trace how they started, how this conflict between the tribes and i.s.i.s. initiated. one claimed it was because a woman was not wearing gloves, and they had grabbed down and called in other tribe members. there are claims that there are disputes going on in the city. >> i think we need to zoom out with this from above. and understand that i.s.i.s. controlled the city since early 2014, and there hasn't been much evidence that there has been, you know, internal difficulties that occurred for i.s.i.l. from tribal groups or different residents within the state. it's too soon to tell whether it's a truly legitimate game in the sense that it could lead to a push of influence within fallujah. >> the position of people living in fallujah is difficult. it's con

in this campaign you heard a lot about washington and about wall street. now bernie sanders and i want to get secret una-accountable money out of politics. let's remember, citizens united, one of the worst supreme court decisions was actually a case. about a right wing attack on me and my campaign. a right wing organization took aim at me and ended up damaging our entire democracy. yes, you are not going to find anyone more committed to an aggressive campaign than me. we also agree - we agree that wall street can never be allowed to threaten maintain. i will fight to rein in wall street. i know how do do it. [ cheering and applause ]. >> so when i tell you no bank can be too big to fail, and no executive too powerful to gaol, you can count on it. now, the real difference is in this race are truliry over how do we create a future of prosperity, opportunity and security for all of us. we need to build a growth and fairness economy. with higher wages and more good paying jobs, including a bold national mission to create millions of jobs in clean energy, manuf

andy gallagher joins us now from washington, d.c. this obviously a day to mark and celebrate antonin scalia's life. it obviously has been getting a political dimension. why have people been criticizing the republicans specifically criticizing barack obama for not attending? >> reporter: well, clearly justice antonin scalia was a very important man, a polarizing figure on the supreme court. president obama's not turning up today. i don't know what we can read in to that. because the vice president is in fact at the service going on behind me today. but obviously today is more of a celebration of justice scalia's spirituality. he was a lifelong catholic, a proud catholic a man often described as a decent man, someone who had close friendships with some of the other supreme court justices despite the fact that they had very opposing views. now, today is very different. a lot more somber than on friday when his body was laid out in repose and some 6,000 members of the public came to pay their respects. but clearly the supreme court is no

the fight over appointing a new supreme court justice, today in the washington post, majority leader mitch mcconnell of senate and the top republican on the judiciary committee, ted gragrassley, we don't think the american people should be robbed of this unique opportunity. democrats beg to differ, they would wish to push through another lifetime appointment by a president on his way out the door. it should be up to the next president to decide who should replace justice scalia but president obama has nearly a year left on his term. the november election has not happened yet, he is not a lame duck, and the white house does intend to move forward with the nomination. >> libby thank you very much. >>> maryland's highest court stopped the proceedings, and first wants to rule whether william porter could be forced to testify against his colleagues. the state court of appeals isn't expected to hear arguments until march. >>> the last man to face charges for the 2010 deep water horizon spill, the matter left 11 dead. jonathan martin is covering at the trial. >> good morning, federal prosec

the storms brought flash flooding to the washington, d.c. area. winds were strong enough in new york city to overturn a tractor trailer on the busy george washington bridge. in the midwest, there were white out blizzard conditions. in crown point, indiana, firefighters had to come to the rescue of drivers stuck when the snow became too deep to continue. >> we found about 30 cars stuck in the snow with people still in them. >> hundreds of thousands of customers lost power throughout the u.s. half of those in new york and new jersey. john henry smith, al jazeera issues the danger is not completely over this morning. let's go straight to meteorologist nicole mitchell for what to expect today. >> a lot of the storminess, the severe weather, the wind damage, those tornadoes that we saw. that threat has moved out. can't rule entirely out something, but you can see that it went up the coastline, the red tornado, all the areas of orange. those were reports. we had over 300 reports of wind damage, so that was the much more profound conditions that we were

in december. >>> it was 70 degrees on saturday in washington d.c. but that being said there is a storm system in the south that could bring with it some severe weather, good morning nicole, i'm smiling. >> it won't be 70 today and clearly you enjoyed it, glad for the people who were able to get outside this weekend and do that but definitely as we continue out through the day today some changes and a front will start dropping temperatures more into normal ranges and you can see the trailing boundary and otherwise snow flakes in the northern tier and in the rockies and the big player in the next couple days of what will happen in the south and back along the line we will have a developing area of low pressure and cause us a number of problems through the course of the day because we already have the line showers and storms to pop up and portions of texas near where the low will be developing we could have stronger storms today so watch for that potential and then just widespread source -- showers and could be widespread rain and watch for potential f

washington talking to moscow primarily, is it? >> undoubtedly. the past few days there has been consultations between russia and american officials. u.n.-led talks really have been postponed. it was supposed to be a wider meeting. so far it has not taken place. it's the russians and americans, and john kerry made it clear that there's going to be a full conversation between the u.s. and russian president. finalising this, and announcing progress on an attractable issue. there has been numerous attempts. there has been announcements that the ceasefire never affects the ground. the devil is in the detail. is there going to be a monetary mechanism. who will monitor the ceasefire on the ground. the initial proposal excluded two key players, i.s.i.l., and the other linked to the al nusra front. the opposition is saying the fact that al nusra front was included in the proposal makes it difficult to guarantee that the russian strike zones stop. al nusra is on the ground. most operate in areas, the opposition of it, and they cooperate against the governm

washington dc council supporting a bill. it would give a check to the most violent centimetres to not commit crimes. is it award will bad behaviour. some >> reporter: it would offer a reward for not committing crimes. the amount is minimum at all compared to the cost of invitation. criminals. >> if you're a good person for your whole life you will never be rewarded. >> this is $9,000 a year and they learn to be good american citizens. i like it >>> our panel. a republican strategist and white house aid. a senior fellow at the independent women's forum. also a features editor at the nations mag zen >>> they're trying to do this. should cities pay violent criminals to not be violent? >> how do i get myself signed up for this. i'm a good citizen, i pay my taxes and volunteer. i'm responsible. i contribute to my community. hazard. >> reporter: is it true you're not getting money. when you think about it-- >> i work, so-- >> we invest in middle-class kids constantly. i suspect, i certainly have held fellow ships in my life, inter

. >>> we're here in washington dc. we have gathered voters who are concerned about issues in this country and have a different perspective. i want a show of hands. how many of you are republicans? all right. fantastic. as you watch the campaign who has to adapt to you? which candidates are you listening to? >> i think m has stood out especially on thursday night. -- marco rubio has stood out. i hope that was something that happened earlier >>> i want to play a segment of that. this is from texas thursday night. things got pretty heated. let's take a listen to it. >> [simultaneous speakers] >>> one at a time. [simultaneous speakers] >>> what do you think when you hear this kind of debate, what does it make you think about? >> it's not ideal to have canned shouting over each other. when you have a candidate like donald trump in the race and he is launching personal attacks and talking over everyone else. you have to have someone willing to fight back >>> you're shaking your head yes? you're supporting marco rubio? >> rig

the battle over who replaces justice scalia heath up in washington this morning. republicans will refuse to act on any supreme court nomination that the president offers. the white house saying it will select a nominee within weeks. >>> north korea leader kim jong-un says he called the launch a telling blow to enemies. he ordered scientists to prepare a for more launches. the rocket with the satellite onboard is now in orbit. congress approved more sanctions after that launch. >>> doctors without borders calling an air strike that hit a hospital in syria a deliberate attack. it hit a children's hospital and a school, killing at least 14 civilians. while there is no confirmation who carried out those strikes, russia today is saying it's not going to stop bombing what it calls terrorists in syria. that's despite a discussion between president obama and president putin tin on sunday. they view to step up cooperation trying to end syria's civil war. president obama asking putin to stop bombing moderate rebels. a truce is set to gibb later this week. >>> a prominent am

lloyd blankfine seen here with rubio says his in 2016, one blankfine employee joe wall is also the washington, d.c. co-chair of marco rubio's campaign. wall is a senior vice president for government affairs, that's lobbying at goldman sachs. the firm's most recent disclosure forms show they spent $742,000 in the last quarter of 2014 lobbying congress on issues specifically including dodd frank which joe frank did every quarter since the law was signed five years ago. then there's rubio's national finance chairman, wayne berman, senior executive for the blackstone group, who paid millions in fines. blackstone ceo 7 schwartzman, blackstone has two lobbyists working for them, both, on the forms where they disclose their lobbying activity, blackstone's two lobbying firms don't say anything more specific than financial services. even though those same lobbying firms do disclose specifics including dodd frank on forms disclosing work they do for other clients and blackstone used to have lobbyists who disclosed those specifics. just last year, go other lobbying firms disclosed lobbying congress for

the washington post reported on two u.s. citizens being held in the emrates. they say they were tortured in follows confessions that they were terrorists the u the u.n. backs them up. the state department says it raised it with authorities. human rights are too important to pick favorites. holding our friends up to the same standards we use for our enemies. when it comes to seeing people >>> as a partial truce continues to hold, the u.n. says it's trying to deliver aid to 150,000 people in syria. hello. welcome, you're watching al jazeera coming to you live from our headquarters here in doha. i'm peter dobbie. also in the next half hour. a period of relative calm in baghd baghdad shattered by a double

we are out fishing off california, oregon, washington, canadian and alaskan coasts. producing lots of wild salmon sustainably, great food. and we feel the consumer would have that. >> they are never not going to be given the choice. they can choose wild salmon over farmed salmon, and genetically engineered salmon, assuming they can tell the difference. i can tell the difference between wild salmon and farmed salmon. i can't with a lot, i can with that. but people generally know, and buy it. >> it tastes different. some of the salmon caught in alaska, sock-eye and co-hoe, you can bring them to markets close to the price of some farmed fish. there's a lot of good product available. if it's liabilitied, as we think it should be, the consumer can make their own choice, i don't want to understate the fact that we see the g.e. salmon as a threat. if they get out in the wild, it solomon. they are many times larger, it's like - the wild solomon going up against giants competing in the same part of the eco system >>> again, these will be farmed in panama and other place and b

if it wasn't for them, i wouldn't know that i had rights as a woman in washington state and in the country, and i wouldn't be able to be here and powerful. 6 i think that with educators being more open and the institutions saying publicly that they support all immigrants. over the years, even though, since 1982, we have been able to say that institutions have access to education regardless, you see areas where people are denied access what trying to enroll in school, and that's something that we're seeing in higher education, so it's more exciting that more institutions are willing to one, have the conversation, but include you. >> i bring up the optimism not because i want to end on a happy note or be realistic, but the opposite would lead the country in a really bad place. 30, 40 million angry people instead of going back to punch it out tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow. the interesting thing with recent research shows that you calibrate this for yourself, based on where your family was, and how your father did and his father did. and as long as that's better now, you can look at your own of

washington d.c. - politics are part of the equation. no matter what the science is, there's going to be contentious debate. >> i had a different experience. i was dealing with the scientists and citizens who are not debating if climate change is happening, but they are living it now. >> i think it's interesting that both sides of the debate claim to be on the side of science, and use studies as ammunition. we wanted to know who is right. things got interesting. >> as scientists we are trained to look at the data and go from there. that's what we try to keep in mind as we delve into the debate - the politics of climate change. >> the picture esque sunrise on the strip of miami beach florida hides the danger facing the tourist island. >> florida is sort of an epicentre for climate impacts >>> those are forcing a massive city-wide reconstruction effort, turning miami beach into a real-life laboratory to deal with a climate changing all-too fast. florida is not alone, as "techknow" discovered. travelling around the world to talk to experts

let's bring in our own senior washington correspondent, mike viqueira. mike, this is certainly stunning news. what do you think we are going to hear from the obama administration? >> well, false you will hear a note of grace. it has been confirmed by the u.s. marshal service which, of course, keeps watch over the supreme court. and when we hear president obama react to this, i think he will strike a high note, notwithstanding political differences that each individual has had with the other in terms of where they stand on the court. much has been made about president obama's background, a constitutional lawyer. will poe will president obama nominate someone given the fact that this election year, he is unlikely to get a lot of traction in the senate controlled by republicans but whatever no, ma'am next day knee he puts forward, i think all of that is beside the point. >> i think the president will not nominate someone. i don't think that individual would be confirmed this year, but one of the reasons he would nominate someone is for the same reason on tu

washington was at 56. down towards the south we saw dozens of tornadoes. a lot of good weather down here for the clean up efforts that are going across the region. over the next couple of days we have changes that are going to come been. first of all, those temperatures are going to stay nice. what you do notice here is more rain coming into the forecast. by the time we get to tuesday, that is going to be our big weather day which will extend into wednesday as well. what we do expect to see is rain from great lakes down to the gulf coast. this red area is where we expect to see severe weather going on across that area. we're going to watching that very carefully. as we go over here towards wednesday, that severe weather in the same places that we saw severe weather last time is going to be an issue across parts of mississippi, alabama. we will be watching that carefully. out here towards central part not looking bad. for new york a nice day tomorrow at 60 degrees. a hint of snow in the forecast by the time we get to the end of the week. so friday, 36 >>> t

>> very few people in washington predicted the rise of trump. unlike the rest of the country, the capitol region wasn't impacted as much by the great recession. houses still have value and wages are high. >> if you're from a community of color, only have a high school education, come from the rest belt, if you work in manufacturing, things have been really tough and they haven't gotten that much better for you. >> at this cafe, she is surrounded by people who have started over after losing jobs and income to the recession. she understands why people are angry. >> i'd like to punch him in the face. >> she still doesn't understand how these are the candidates they have to choose from, including the party she belongs to, the democrats. >> i'm so frustrated, so frustrated that i've almost stopped thinking about it. i want to cry. i want to cry for the choices that americans are facing today. >> she doesn't know who she'll vote for in the end, but she's sure of one thing. donald trump will not be president of the united states. >> americans will come

china's backyard. >> ann lee, and from washington, d.c. i'm joined by kelly curry, a senior fellow at the 2049 institute nonfrofor nonprofit. i'm going to starts with you ann. a summit like this here in the united states is kind of unprecedented. is the u.s. having a influence priority here, has this ever bean top priority and what's the significance of this summit? >> well, having it at sunnylands does isolate the nation, and obama's attempt to work more closely with the group, only a handful have signed on to the tpp, and there are probably nations that won't join at all, much more in the china camp. and some that are on the fence. this group of nations although they are getting closer together, economically, the reality is that they're still very disparate nations, nothing close to the european union by any standard. so i think that it's going to be difficult for obama to really work with them as some kind of multilateral block, because they're not even cooperating that closely yet. so -- so it will be interesting what they end up talki

seems to work for washington but it doesn't work for them. there's a lot of that vote on here. you find it on the back rows in the old towns where the plants are closed. i think you will see a lot of that vote come out for donald trump and it is a way to send a message to washington. they seem to be doing it tonight in record numbers >>> you think the turn out this time from what you're understanding, the turn out is pretty strong >> a couple of things. 59,000 absentee ballots today. in the republican primary, that is roughly how many votes were cast in both the democratic and republican primaries in 20088 and 12. we have seen areas that have doubled up their numbers by noon. so doubled their number by 3 o'clock. clearly we will see a record turn out. well over 700,000 people >>> it has been a nasty campaign. you see a lot of the moderates going after each other, ted cruz, donald trump going after each other >> that's right >>> what's at stake here? what is driving the tone of this campaign? >> i think what you said about the significance of

. >> director for the center of strategic studies in washington, d.c. he believes the syrian government is benefiting from tense relations between the u.s. and turkey. >> the u.s. is involved, with the ypg, and it does not accept the turkish dissention o designn restraining the ypg from moving west from kobani into the 98 kilometers that is not controlled by the kurds. on the other hand, the russian he encouraging the kurds to run east into that corridor where overt 60,000 refugees have been gathered. the only beneficiary of that this kind of confusion is bashar al-assad sitting in damascus. hiss force he have made a lot of headway in the recent weeks, the aleppo turkey connection has been cut by the heavy russian bombing over the last couple of months.the opposition is circled in aleppo and the turkish focus is not so much helping the opposition, but in conflict not with assad's forces but with ypg the kurdish group. >> u.s. jeth hav jets have strut i.s.i.l. fighters, among them was gunmen involved in the tunisian attack. >> near the libyan town close

my guests are with me in washington. and bruce, you were just about to say... >> yeah, i think that the partisanship in congress is so extreme, they don't care, it's all about winning for that particular time and day. and it's all driven totally bipartisanship, and it's a joke for the united states. they will be hoisted, and they don't care about that, it's quite it discerning. >> you said, jp, you don't think that we'll get to that. so what happens? outside pressure? the very fact that , the people that they want to please, they will be on the outside. >> they will feel pressure as this debate broils, but senator lindsey graham said that he's open to this. and senator graphly started to walk back his position today. so for good reason, it would be unprecedented and unconscionable for the senate to not perform its duty in this context, and i think that the pressure will continue to build and affect the outcome here. >> a lot of times, certainly in the recent political eruptions, people have been talking about defending t

i believe we have lisa stark live in washington as well. i wanted to talk to you. what do you expect is going to come of this now that the president is going to have to possibly fill a vacancy. what do you expect to see moving forward? >> reporter: we do expect the president will appoint someone to fill this vacancy. he will try to appoint a moderate. if they hold them up, he could try to appoint someone who is liberal. he knows that will never get through but help to rally the base and show what is at stake here. we've had candidates on both sides talking about the supreme court, how important it is. how the president is going to get appoint some of the justice. this really drives it home, of course. we now have a vacancy on the court. we do expect that the president will indicate that he is going to nam nature someone for this position, but i think everyone will agree that it is very likely that anyone will get through the senate and get the 60 votes needed. in fact, we have already had the senate majority leader who has indicated we should wait until the next pr

and from washington d.y. i am joined by kelly curry, a senior fellow at the project 2049 institute which is a nonprofit focus oddfocused on creating a e secure asia region. a summit like this here in the united states being hosted here is kind of unprecedented. is the u.s. having a new priority here? has this ever been a top priority? and what is the significance of this summit? >> well, having it sunny land does elevate the asean nations and i would say that clearly this is part of obama's way to try to entice the nation to his work more closely with the u.s. right now as we know, only a handful of nations have sign odd to t.p.p. another handful are on the fence about it. and then there are clearly nation that his probably won't join at all because they are much more in the china camp. and so this group of nations, although they are getting closer to together economically, the reality is that they are still very disparate nations it's nowhere near close to the european union by any standards. it will difficu

. >> clinton says carrie washington will perform commercials for her. >> bill clinton responded to the questions about the benghazi attack. >> may i answer? i'm no longer commander in chief and if i were, i'd tell you to be more polite. >> the heckler was removed from the event he over clinton's objections he claimed that he was an iraqi war veteran. >>> bernie sanders was interrupted today during his standard stump speech but for a different reason. >> telling us, they're saying look -- ha ha ha ha! thank you, young person. love you, too. when i was saying, we listen to young persons, it's not like they all appreciate me but i do appreciate that. >> former home state arkansas, senator clinton. large blocks of hispanic voters are being actively courted by all the candidates. as al jazeera's courtney kealy reports, republicans are working extra-hard to prove themselves. >> donald trump made a big deal of winning the latino vote in nevada's republican caucus. >> you know what i'm happy about because i've been saying it for a long time. 46% of the hispanics acknowledge number 1 with hispa

we'll see into parts of washington state, maybe five or six inches and for higher elevations, more of the snow that all the skiers have enjade. >> if only that could trickle down to the los angeles basin. >>> we have been looking out morning wondering is it you, the clock ticking now for one lucky lottery winner in southern california. lottery officials say a winning super lotto plus ticket from august when stephanie was there still has not been claimed. it is worth $62 million, bought at a 711 in chatsworth. the lucky winner has until wednesday to show up or all the money disappeared. >> if that were me, do you think i would be here? >> of course you would. >> right. >> renters have the recourse when landlords fail to provide just the basics. >>> statehousing laws offer little protection for renters in arkansas, lack of standards mean landlords can make you pay rent in full even though the property is lacking. >> a lot of tenants are left stranding as the homes they lived in for years are condemned. we have the story. >> what's your biggest fear? >> why do you stay? >> i don't have n

we are joined from washington, d.c., we'll talk about his possible successor but first tell us about the reaction this morning over in washington and the states on scalia's death. >> the reaction has been pretty expected. republicans are saying that president obama should wait to not appoint a successor to scalia, that that should be the decision of the next president. obama of course says that's not going to happen. he is constitutionally empowered to name the next in my knee and he's going to do that. the senate majority leader who sets the agenda for the u.s. senate which confirms judicial nominees said the president should not be making at a decision. there's a rewriting of history. that senator in 2005 said exactly the opposite. he said that the president and the president alone nominates judges, and that the senate should just give them an up or down vote. the average time it takes to nominate and confirm supreme court justice is about 74 days. president obama has 11 months left in his term, leaving plenty of time to do that. that's what ronald reagan did in 1988, got the confi

and she is hoping after this campaign, washington finally, realizes it. patty colhane, al jazeera, washington. >> more to come for you this half hour. dozens of minors and rescuers have died after a coal mine collapse in russia's remote north. also, how india's graffiti artists are brightening communities by turning shipping containers into works of art. >>> welcome back let's take you through the top stories. both russia and the assad regime have been acceused of continuin attacks in some areas of syria despite a cessation of hostilities. at least 50 people have died in an isil attack in the predom nantly shia neighborhood north of the iraqi capitol. greece is warning the number of refugees on its soil could more than triple next month because of a cap imposed by balkan countries further up the migrant route. ireland's prime minister said his ruling coalition can't stay in countpower. he may have to form a new coalition with his party's biggest rival. al jazeera's neev barker is in dublin and sent this update. >> reporter: it has been a defendant

libby casey is in washington again. tell us what we have seen so far this morning and what we will be expecting later today. >> stephanie, the body of justice scalia is now in the great hall of the supreme court. it's resting on the same pedestal that held the body of president abraham lincoln. in just a little while, the public will be allowed to come through and pay their respects, seeing bolt the casket as well as a portrait of justice scalia. we just so you one of his sons, he has nine children, one son who is a priest just shared prayers, including the lord's prayer. we saw the supreme court justice, those sitting as well as retired justice there paying respects as well as family members of justice scalia. the funeral takes place tomorrow. that will be private. president obama does not plan to attend tomorrow's funeral, but vice president biden will be there representing the administration. the penalty and the first lady do plan to come to the court today to pay their respects along with americans. there's already

thank you all, god press you >>> in washington right now, democrats in the u.s. senate are proposing 600 million in federal aid to flint, on top of 28.5 million, that the state legislature approved and the 80 million that president obama approved. >> thank you. >> still ahead in al jazeera, the rush to save earthquake victims trapped in the rubble of taiwan. and south africa struggling with its worst drought in 20 years as farmers face more than $200 million in lost crops >>> and it's the beginning of the chinese new year, the year of the monkey is under way. >>> the search continues for survivors of saturday's earthquake consider in taiwan. more than 100 are missing. 32 confirmed dead. some blame construction companies for cutting corners, making buildings unsafe. rob mcbride reports from southern taiwan. rob mcbride reports. >> reporter: as they work further down into the ruins, conditions, the rescue teams are getting harder. hang in there, the rescuers shout. we'll soon get you out >>> people are trapped in small spaces and we can't use big machinery down the