it was a tremendous day. >> donio held onto the letter and has a framed photo of the meeting. tonight the death of scalia is reshaping the race for the white house. president obama said he'll nominate a replacement. some question if the president should do it during an election year. kelly o'connell reports. >> reporter: today a silent display of respect. >> there is no way the senate should approve anyone barack obama tried to anoippoint to a lifetime appointment. >> let me make one point. barack obama is president of the united states until january 20, 2017. >> good evening, everybody. >> reporter: from california, president obama made clear he will nominate a new justice and expect the senate to consider it. >> it is a decision i take seriously. they are bigger than one party. they are about democracy. >> reporter: if the president sees his third justice, that change would make the court more liberal. compounding the shock of scalia's sudden passing is the timing. a campaign year . >> we ought to make the 2016 election a referendum on the supreme court. >> reporter: republi

. >> judge michael donio. we await reaction from attorneys on both sides. people gathered outside the courthouse in norristown. we have not seen bill cosby himself come out with his attorneys at all, nor heard from prosecutors in this case. we continue to watch developments here as this case moves forward. according to a judge today. >> cosby arrested and charged in december with drugging and sexually violating the former temple university athletic department employee constand at his home in 2004. continuing to follow this. we'll keep you updated. a close on the courthouse as bill cosby and his team of lawyers exit. >>> now, turning to our weather. a wet wednesday across the delaware valley. heavy rain making for a slow rush hour tonight. >> the latest on this rain. how long it's going to be around with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> finally seeing a little bit of moigs that would indicate that this thing is going to be slowly moving out. you can see the back edge of this rain moving from left to right, west to east, and that's good news for a lot of folks

yesterday we spoke to retired new jersey judge mike donio who met with justice scalia after writing hima letter. >> it was like sitting down at a table with your father, your grandfather, especially with his italian heritage and my italian heritage. it was just a tremendous day. held on to the letter from justice scalia and also has a framed photo of their meeting. >>> in pennsylvania, governor tom wolf has ordered u.s. and state flags to fly at half-staff in honor of the late supreme court justice. flags will remain at half-staff until justice scalia's interment. >>> now the battle over who will replace him is on in washington. >> president obama says he will nominate a new justice and expect the senate to consider his choice fairly. but some republican presidential hopefuls are questioning president obama's authority to nominate a replacement during this election season. >> there is no way the senate should confirm anyone that barack obama tries to appoint in his last year in office to a lifetime appointment. >> these are responsibilities i take seriously as should everyone. they're b

yesterday, we spoke to retired new jersey judge mike donio who met with scalia last november after writinga letter. >>> now the battle over who will replace him is on in washington. president obama says he will nominate a new justice and expects the senate to consider his choice fairly. some republican presidential hopefuls are questioning president obama's authority to nominate a replacement during the selection season. >> there is no way the senate should confirm anyone that barack obama tries to appoint in his last year in office to a lifetime appointment. >> these are responsibilities i take seriously as should everyone. they're bigger than any one party. they are about our democracy. >> if the president gets to seat this third justice, that would change and makeç the court mor liberal. only three u.s. supreme court justices have died in office in more than 60 years and only one has been confirmed during an election year since 1940. >>> 6:16. today pope francis will visit chiapas. yesterday pope francis sell brighted imagination for hundreds of thousands of faithful in a crime-ridden