justice scalia: bill brennan was not in the majority most of the time, either.o my mind, the most influential justice of the 20th century. he changed the court enormously not by being in the center. charlie: the most influential judge of the 20th century? justice scalia: because he had a clear judicial philosophy that was always on the left of the court and pulling the court to the left. charlie: justice scalia, dead at 79, survived by nine children and 28 grandchildren. ♪ ♪ reporter: an update on the top stories. are have and cats agrees to it freeze. waiting if iran will follow suit. oil collapse have had a dramatic -- a 99% collapse on full-year earnings. income fell from -- 226 million from 2.4 billion a year earlier.

bill brennan who was an evolutionist he could deal. ould go to his colleague i want to change the constitution this far and i'd say, bill, i can't go that far. he can deal. i can't deal. if i'm doing the text what i say. >> rose: i'll give you a little here. >> halfway when what you want it to mean and what i think it means. >> rose: you can't do it. >> i'm not discouraged. bill brennan to my mind was the most influential justice of the 20th century and changed the court enormously not by being the most influential judge of the 20th century because he had a clear judicial philosophy, was always on the left of the court and always pulling the court to the left and many of his views were ultimately adopted. >> rose: justice scalia dead at 79 years old survived by his nine children and 28 grandchildren. for more about this program visit us online. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> this is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >> good evening and w

that's as howerful as it gets. >> bill brennan has no stake in the game.what caster told nbc 10 last year about temple employee andrea's sexual assault allegations. >> at the time i remember thinking that he probably did do something inappropriate, but thinking that and being able to prove it are two

how about this, bill brennan?n days she had changed the date of when it happened from march of '04 back to january of '04 and finally the d.a. testified, that is why i asked the court to consider this privately because i can go through that very extensively and demonstrate to all assembled here how ms. constand would be easily discredited. in a courtroom. well, if the old d.a. thinks she would be easily discredited, that doesn't speak well for the likelihood of bill cosby being convicted. react. >> michael, i agree. it's some of the most unusual and inconsistent testimony that i've ever seen. we have the former district attorney who says that he personally thinks that mr. cosby may have acted inappropriately but then basically gives a primmer for the defense on how to attack ms. constand's credibility, the inability to gain any forensic evidence, the fact that she can't decide if it happened in march or january, going to a civil lawyer. i mean, it's a roadmap for how to attack the complaining witness in this case.

in the deposition, among other sound bill brennan - attorney, legal analyst 1:10-1:19 "it doesn't get any better than having the district attorney at the time say i made this deal and it should be honored. that's as a powerful as it gets" now a judge will decide if cosby's own words can be used against him. more than 50 women have accused cosby of civil suits against cosby. he has denied all of the accusations and is countersuing some of his accusers. in norristown, pa - chris columbia police hope to talk to this man....seen on surveillance. they say he's a person- of-interest in a sexual assault case. it happened in the 800 block of barnwell street. police say a woman reported being sexually assaulted at gunpoint by a man there saturday morning. police have not named the man seen on video as a suspect....just a person of interest. call crimestoppers at 1- 888-crime-sc if you can help i-d him. that's also the number to call to help richland county deputies find the person who made off with thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from a parklane road convenience store. investigators

attorney bill brennan has been following developments but has no ties to the case. >> it doesn't get any better than having the district attorney at the time say i made this deal and it should be honored. that's as powerful as it gets. >> if granted charges could be tossed. the current d.a. and other deplayers did not return our calls for comments. nbc 10 will be in the courtroom for tomorrow's hearing. follow ussen facebook and twitter for updates and full coverage tomorrow on nbc 10. >> happening now a popular philadelphia bridge closed to drivers in what's expected to cause a traffic headache. the falls bridge undergoing repairs to rusted steel under the surface. the bridge spans the schuylkill river. now everyone needs to figure out the detour. >> it's going to cause congestion and backup and maybe slower getting to work and around and maneuvering and a lot of angry drivers. >> our biggest concern is we do a lot of deliveries to the other side of the river. that's our sneak through the back way. >> the bridge is expected to reopen in early april but it's not a permanent fix. it w

lawmakers are considering several bills. brennan gonzalez is in the newsroom, tracking this impact. >> reporter: from paying for full day kindergarten to pumping their gas in the mornings, lawmakers have a lot on monday, members of the house education committee will say yea or nay for a bill requiring kindergarten. on monday, they will discuss e- cigarettes, and any other nonnicotine tobacco product, and whether or not to require a special label saying it could be addictive. considering making it legal to pump your car that is, but only if you have a keyless entry system. a bill to eliminate the statute of limitations for sexual assault cases. these are all bills that are still in the committee, which means even if they are approved, they'll still need to go through a few more votes before that final approval. live in the newsroom, denver 7. >>> for weeks this year's every day 7 hero was not a fan of started her volunteering work. >> who doesn't like a butterfly? >> reporter: the butterfly pavilion is home to 1600 butterflies. >> th

but defense attorney bill brennan does not represent cosby.e has been following this case closely. than having the district ter attorney at the time say, i made a deal and it should be honored. that's as powerful as it gets. >> reporter: if the judge agrees and the criminal case could be dismissed, cosby has been out on bail. we will be here and we'll let you know what happens. live in norristown, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> also today, a hearing is scheduled in a civil case against bill cosby in california. judy huth wants a judge to order cosby to give another deposition in her case. nbc 10 will be in the courtroom for this morning's hearing. we have you covered. stay with us on air and online for the latest developments. you can get updates any time with our nbc 10 app. >>> the search is on for two missing children in camden. the bother and sister who are 1 and 3 were last seen with their mother kenya garrett sometime last night. all three are reported missing. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >>> new from o

we spoke with defense attorney bill brennan.he does not represent cosby but he has been following it closely t. doesn't get any better than having the district attorney at the time say, i made this deal and it should be honored. that's as powerful as it gets. >> there's a few ways this could >> there's a few ways this could go move forward, he could dismiss the case or hold it under advisement and mack a decision at a later time. all eyes will be here in norristown at this courthouse later on this morning. we'll be here and let you know what happens. live in norristown, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:33 and 37 degrees. presidential candidate hillary clinton wins the iowa democratic caucus. nbc news called the race overnight. vermont senator bernie sanders spoke last night before the race was called. he said when he started campaigning nine months ago he had no name recognition. on the gop side, ted cruz is the winner. >> polling has shown that the texas senator was slipping but he had a strong showing to finnish first place la

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justice scalia: bill brennan was not in the majority most of the time, either.e most influential justice of the 20th century. he changed the court enormously not by being in the center. charlie: the most influential judge of the 20th century? justice scalia: because he had a that judicial philosophy was always on the left of the court and pulling the court to the left. atrlie: justice scalia, dead 79, survived by nine children and 28 grandchildren. ♪ john: with all due respect to askedy clinton, if you bernie sanders supporters how bernie's campaign is going, this is what they will tell you -- >> pretty, pretty, pretty, good. ♪ john: we have a good show for you tonight. we are outside the thomas cooper library on the campus of the university of south carolina where we sat down with bernie sanders earlier today. we will show you our conversation with them on the supreme court and much much more in the program. in case you missed it on

we spoke with defense attorney bill brennan. represent cosby but has been following the case closely. take a listen. >> it doesn't get any better than having the district attorney at the time say, i made this deal and it should be honored. that's as powerful as it gets. >> a lot rests on this hearing today. this is the only criminal case that cosby is facing right now. it could be dismissed if the judge holes prosecutors to that supposed agreement. for now, though, we wait for the arrival of bill cosby. live in norristown, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >>> nbc 10 will be inside the courtroom for this morning's hearing in montgomery county. we've got you covered pap stay with us on air and online for the latest developments. you can have updates on the go any time with the nbc 10 app. >>> the iowa results are in in decision 2016. an unexpected republican winner. >> ted cruz sailed to a victory earning the most votes any republican candidate has ever received in an iowa gop caucus. for the democrats, it was not until early this morni

. >> bill brennan has no stake in the game. this is what caster told nbc 10 last year about temple employee andrea's sexual assault allegations. >> at the time i remember thinking that he probably did do something inappropriate, but thinking that and being able to prove it are two different things. >> reporter: at stake tuesday a deal never in writing in which caster promised cosby's council he would not be prosecuted criminally. it was exchange for testimony in a deposition in which cosby admitted sexual contact after giving quaaludes to the accuser, information that resulted in compensation in her civil suit. >> in exchange for that promise not to prosecute mr. cosby gave up the most valuable right a citizen has, the right against self-incrimination. >> the victim's attorney say they were never advised of a promise not to prosecute and his since then lawyer has passed. we asked why wouldn't council have insisted a court filed document in writing. >> it's possible mr. cosby didn't want anything in writing, he was the most popu

earl warren, bill brennan, john paul stevens and david suitor harry blackman, the author of roe versusblic republican republican appointee. happen? hat it's not that republican presidents secretly want to put court.s on the that's not actually what is happening. hat happens instead, if you look at the justices who honored heir oath and remained faithful. scalia, clarence thomas and justice william rehnquist. everyone of them had a long the n record of following constitution and defending conservative principals and it and standing up criticism.e of ut what happens is if you nominate a real conservative, a proven conservative, the democrats are going to fight you. they get the joke and fighting for the court. again we get er republicans who don't really care about the court and their hey, we haved says, -- can dad.h canada he's perfect. paper trail whatsoever. lived 50 years your life and never written, said or a e anything to prove you're conservati conservative, you ain't. and every time a republican with stealth a inee turn odd to be disaster. they look at that debate stage. do we kn

bill brennan rarely asked questions. in fact, a lot of them -- i was the first one who started asking a lot of questions. i appeared before the court once before i became a judge. i was serving in the justice department. and i got two questions the whole time of my argument. they both came from byron white. it was not at all unusual for justices not to ask questions. >> let's take another break. >> so leave clarence alone. >> in fairness to justice thomas, he has a principled reason. he told me in his interview, and this is all on the record, he does not ask questions because he thinks it's too cacophonous there are too many questions as it is, and he doesn't want to add to the cacophony. >> that's one way of looking at it. >> all right. ahead, justice scalia opens up to piers about his relationship with those eight other justices. at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like bill splitting equals nitpicking. but i only had a salad. it was a buffalo chicken salad. salad. i thione second it's th

. >> bill brennan, i should point out that bruce castor never met the alleged victim.lying on the reports that she had given to law enforcement. respond to what you heard from areva. >> well, michael, that's not unusual, that the district attorney would not meet the complaining witness. that's why he has detectives on his staff, a first assistant, assistant district attorneys, but he testified under oath that he read all the reports and the facts remain that this allegedly traumatic event in this individual's life where if it did occur is traumatic, and i'm not demeaning it in any way, but you would think that the person can remember, was it march or was it january? and you would think that maybe you wouldn't wait a year and conduct an investigation into whether or not you could prevail civilly and, again, a pay day on this before you go to the police. i think the three issues, they're unpleasant but they're out there and the defense is going to go crazy on them in court. >> areva, you get the final word. >> i agree that the testimony given by the former d.a. looks ver

i miss a lot of my former colleagues on the court from byron white to bill brennan. but that is the process. they go, people come in. susan swain: during your tenure, there have been seven new arrivals. i was wondering, when you welcome new justices into the system, is there an acclimation process that you go through here? justice scalia: not really. it is the same job as being an appellate judge on a lower court. you hear the argument, by the beeps, -- briefs, right the opinion. ----you hear the briefs argument, write opinion.s, write the we have the job of deciding what we decide, which a district court of appeals judge does not have that burden or that luxury. you take whatever they bring you and you have to. but except for that additional part of the job, it is the same. anyone other exception, on lower courts, if there is a whole line of supreme court authority that you fundamentally a disagree with, it doesn't make it easy. you just say, i think it is stupid, but you follow it. you don't have to worry about whether it ought to be changed. whereas on the highest

you see, bill brennan, who was an evolutionist, right? he could deal. he could deal. his colleague, i want to change the constitution this far and got caught, geez, bill, can't go that far. well, what about this far? he can deal! now, i can't deal. if i'm -- if i'm doing it, what can i say, you know? >> reporter: i'll give you a little here. and what you like it to mean is >> reporter: yes. >> you can't do it. >> reporter: does supreme court, does it read the paper? does it understand the political >> i don't know. you would have to ask each of them. i think so. >> reporter: does it affect you? >> i hope not. >> reporter: but is it possible that you don't? >> no. i wouldn't be as unpopular a person as i am if i let it affect me! >> reporter: you think you're unpopular because of protests here and there? >> yeah. >> reporter: you have friends all across all aisles. you and ruth bader are great friends and people say nice things about you but you are the guy they look and say he wants to stand in the way! >> that's right. >> reporter: he wants to be the forward march of

he loved bill brennan.ed, scalia was asked and given brennan's chambers. that's how much he inspired him. he was a really, really nice guy. and if this wasn't early on sunday morning, i could say he reminds my of roger ale. a positive man with all these people working for him. yet, when you are one on one with him, he's a wonderful, wonderful guy. very similar in many ways. y that reminded me of each other very much. >> very, very funny. what do you think legacy will be on the court, arthur? >> caller: just tremendous. he made more than a court -- it's law students and lawyering. he made the whole originalist and strict constructionalist, texturalist. he made that a household fan of lawyers. who basically said what the constitution says is what it says. it's not what we want it to say. >> i'm curious, as a lawyer, i'm sure you've spoken to many having argued before the supreme court. from the lawyer side of things, what was it like to go up against him in the supreme court? >> caller: first of all, i've nev

the house just passed a bill to tighten control. noel brennan is live. this bill is aimed to monitor these super construction sites much more closely. >> those super construction projects, those are any projects that cost over a hundred million dollars. that's now budgeted at $1.7 billion. that's three times its original estimate for or so years ago. we know the house yesterday passed a bill. they're going to move forward and management over these types of super construction projects. so the bill says that the va would also have to let the u.s. army corp ofening nears manage those construction projects. the va would have to report to congress to keep lawmakers up to date on what's going on. the bill says congress has to be notified 60 days before any money is spent on advance planning or design. that legislation passed a voice vote in the house yesterday. now it will move on to the senate. now, an investigation blamed what happened here in aurora on frequent design changes and a complicated process that the va didn't really understand, gary. now, this hos

the u-s house just passed a bill to tighten control over the biggest projects - like the v-a hospital in aurora. 9news reporter noel brennan is live from the construction site. noel, the bill aims to prevent what we've seen happen with this project. right, gary. following this story for years now. construction costs have soared the hospital is expected to cost 1.7 billion dollars that's three times its original estimate. yesterday, the house passed a bill to increase oversight and management over these types of projects. the bill would affect so-called super costing more than $100 million. the bill says the v-a would have to let the u-s army corps of engineers or another federal agency manage those projects. the v-a would have to report back to congress to keep lawmakers up to date on how things are going. the bill also says congress must be notified 60 days before any money is spent on advance planning or design. the legislation passed a voice-vote in the house yesterday. now it heads to the senate. investigators have blamed what's happened here on multiple design changes. and a complicated contract process va officials d

earl warren, bill brennan, john paul stevens and david suitor and harry blackman, the author of roe versusade. everyone of those was a republican republican republican appointee. why did that happen? it's not that republican presidents secretly want to put liberals on the court. that's not actually what is happening. what happens instead, if you look at the justices who honored their oath and remained faithful. scalia clarence thomas and chief justice william rehnquist. everyone of them had a long proven record of following the constitution and defending conservative principals and it being vilified and standing up in the face of criticism. but what happens is if you nominate a real conservative, a proven conservative, the democrats are going to fight you. they get the joke and fighting for the court. so over and over again we get republicans who don't really care about the court and their team goes and says, hey, we have got a stealth canada -- can dad. he's perfect. and no paper trail whatsoever. if you have lived 50 years your life and never written, said or done anything to prove you'r

a similar bill was voted down by a house committee last year. 9news reporter noel brennan is live from the state capitol. noel, the measure passed the senate on a party-line vote behind her... and now that her attacker is guilty, michelle wilkins can focus on the future. dynel lane was convicted of attempted murder in the attack on wilkins and her unborn baby girl. 9news anchor kyle dyer visited with wilkins after the verdict. she says she's able to have children... but that will wait. right now, she's still grieving her unborn baby - named aurora. wilkins says she forgives dynel lane... although she has quesions she knows she will never get answered. at 5:30... hear how michelle wilkins described what she the verdict was read. two women were rushed to the hospital - after what colorado state patrol called a "horrible crash." and just by looking at this wreckage... you can see just how horrible the crash was. the women were thrown from this red suv on i-225 near parker road last night. the crushed car skidded across the highway... through a fence... and rolled down an embankment... bef

. >>> a bill that would end some gun permit requirements in colorado faces an uphill battle. the democrats in the house are noel brennan joins us live. noel, a similar bill failed last year. >> exactly, cory. just a year ago, senate republicans moved forward. a house committee decided to vote it down. we're likely to see the same happen with this new version. nevertheless, here is what this bill would change in colorado if it does make it through both the house and senate. right now, gun owners need a permit to carry a concealed handgun. the measure will do away with the requirement. the sponsor of the bill places an unnecessary burden on legal gun owners in colorado. senate democrats who voted against the plan yesterday, they argue that gun training would be needed to protect people who simply would not know when someone around them is carrying a gun. the bill passed the senate on a party line vote. it was 18-17. now it makes its way to the house. it is likely to see the same result as the bill that did not make it through the house last make it through the house and becomes law, colorado would be the 8th 8th state to

the bill faces an uphill battle in the house - democrats will likely vote it down. 9news reporter noel brennan is live from the state capitol this morning. noel, republicans tried to pass a similar measure just a year ago. just a year ago, senate republicans approved a measure just like this one. but it was voted down in a house committee. with democrats still in control of the house, it's unlikely this latest attempt will be successful. nevertheless, here's what the bill would change in colorado. right now, gun owners in colorado need a permit to carry a concealed handgun. this measure would do away with that requirement. the sponsor of the bill says the current law places an unnecessary burden on legal gun owners in colorado. senate democrats who voted against the plan. argued that gun training would be needed to protect people who wouldn't know carrying a gun. the bill passed the senate on a party line vote yesterday. now, it heads to the house. it's likely to see the same result as the bill that failed last year. but, if it does pass, colorado would become the eighth state to allow people

bill on water safety legislation. michael walden president of the brennan center for justice will be with us to talk live about his new book, the fight to vote. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow morning. join the discussion. >> and the obama administration's proposed 2017 budget the state department would be allocated 50,000,000,000 dollars. john kerry answered questions about his department's budget and a hearing of the senate foreign relations committee. he talked about he managed he talked about administering a programs, efforts to prevent climate change and security at diplomatic missions. this this is two and half hours. [inaudible] not on. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> the meeting of the former relations committee will come to order. we welcome everybody here i know many of us had a chance to talk to the audience in the hallway and we know that while we have great discussions we know that you will honor the committee by keeping comments to yourself while we are proceeding. i think think everybody on the committee for being here today and i want to thank our

noel brennan joins us live from the site in aurora. noel, you're looking at the newest bill that will effect big construction projects. any project that cost more than $100 million. the budget here is expected to be $1.7 billion. that's three times the original estimate when this whole thing started years ago. we know yesterday that the house decided to move forward with the bill that would increase oversight and management of these so-called super construction projects. the va would have to let the u.s. army corp of engineers the va would are to report back to congress to keep lawmakers up to date. the bill also says congress must be notified 60 days before any money is spent on advanced planning or design. that legislation passed a voice vote in the house today. now it will move on to the senate. now, investigation looked into what the problems were with the va hospitals were in aurora. they say it really came down to mismanagement and a lot of design changes with the hospital and a complicated contract process that the va didn't fully understand. so, corey, now the target

brennan at the white houseful margaret, thank you. today cleveland mayor frank jackson apologized to the family of tamir rice after the city billed his estate $500 for ambulance services. the city also tore up the bill. in 2014 a cleveland cop shot rice, who was 12. he was holding a gun that turned out to be a toy. he died the next day at the hospitals. the officer was not charged. in a big development today, scientists have announced what may be among the greatest discoveries in the history of physics. they believe they found gravity waves, predicted by einstein but never observed, two huge antennas, one in washington state, the other in louisiana, detected a gravity wave last this confirms einstein was right when he described the universe as "like a fabric, woven from the three dimensions plus time." what physicists call space time. the gravity wave was set off by two black holes that collided, sending a ripple through the fabric. the effect is so tiny one scientist estimated the ripple compressed the entire milky way galaxy about the width of a thumb. observing fa the fabric of the universe stretches and compresses may open an ent

brennan at the white house, thank you. >>> today cleveland mayor frank jackson apologized to the family of tamir rice after the city billed his estate $500 for ambulance services. the city also tore up the bill. in 2014 a cleveland cop shot rice who was 12. he was holding a gun that turned out to be a toy. he died the next day at the hospital. the officer was not charged. >>> in a big development today, scientists have announced what may be among the greatest discoveries in the history of physics. they believe they found gravity waves predicted by einstein but never observed. washington state, the other in louisiana, detected a gravity wave last september. this confirms einstein was right when he described the universe as like a fabric, woven from the three dimensions, plus time. what what physicist call space time. the gravity wave was set off sending a ripple through the fabric. the effect is so tiny, one scientist estimated the ripple consisted the entire milky way galaxy about the width of a thumb, observing that the fabric of the universe stretches and compresses may open an entirely new understanding of nature. >>>