. >> john: chuck roper still ponders so many fleeting friday nights. >> easy and wonderful. after games we'd get a hot dog or a hamburger. >> john: and he could go on forever. >> this guy could kick a 50-yard field goal. he weighed 225 pounds. >> john: the multi-sports star tennessee. as a local insurance agent, chuck's playing days are far behind him. >> of course he scored a zillion more than me. i was a wide receiver. >> john: what he didn't know then was that it was hard to outrun painful memories. >> the whole team. the season, it was just devastating. and to this day, you know, i don't think i've totally gotten over it. >> john: in august of 1970, denny's year book photo put a face on a tragic story. >> they called me and said that denny had died. >> john: there was a tractor trailer wreck. pace was at the scene and ready to help. >> denny walked up there and the power lines were covered with ivy. and he stepped on it and it electrocuted him. >> i think on his tombstones it says it best. a friend to all. the grieving and the stress of when denny died so suddenly, that's

john chuck is charged with first-degree murder. last january st. pete police officer says he said he saw john check through his daughter 16 feet off of a bridge. a judge set another hearing for june 7, after he is reevaluated. >>> growing pains are hitting the manatee county school district heart. the plan. the plan is to build new schools and close old ones where repairs are waste of tax dollars. board. and we show you why some speemac generations of students have attended wicklund elementary for more than 44 years. next year might be its last. speemac we love our campus and we do so much on our campus. speemac the manatee school district may consolidate the district said is beyond repairs. >> it is bowing or you may see cracks >> and mergers part of superintendent, dr. diana greene's plan to cope with the district's growth, overcrowding and aging school. speemac aging school. >> we are going to do this together , but at the same time if you just change and moving forward. speemac this manatee county offer school choice, parents can send your kids

john? >> reporter: chuck, that's right. four were charged for manslaughter among other charges in that deadly blast that killed two and injured more than a dozen. at the root of this gas is an illegal gas hookup that was hidden from view, something that the i team exposed last march,just days after the explosion. >> it's a tragedy, people died. we all understand and respect that, but we need due process and the rule of law to prevail. and we have concerns about that. >> reporter: the district attorney says the defendants were driven by greed in a that greed led to the assive explosion that killed two. >> this is a monumental case. this sends a message that we're not going to tolerate this garbage. >> her son michael managed the property. investigate investigators say she ignored shutoff orders from con ed instead instructing her son to find an alternative. look at this photo. prosecutors say they rigged this yellow hose, siphoning gas from the restaurant next door to apartments. in the minutes before the explosion, michael

john chuck is receiving treatment at a state mental hospital. authorities say he dropped the little girl more than 60 peete feet off a bridge on the approach to the sunshine skyway which process tampa bay. >>> what a dramatic update to the steeka cases here in florida. we've learned today- zika cases, there are three new cases in florida, all pregnant women. state health authorities, they will not reveaea at this point where those patients live but we do know the three new casesake for a total of 32 cross our state and all are travel-related. >> ca`vin: 11 minutes after the hour right up and let's get a check on traffic with traffic commute this wednesday. not a whole lot out there. i-95 northbound we do have this street. you can see that it is off to the shoulder, though, and it looks like the regular lanes and express lanes are moving nicely. again this cident northwest 95th street as you're heading north on i-95. speeds right now clockckg in at at 29 miles per hour. there's also this broken-down car on i-95 southbound. this i right around mia

i mean, john parker. chuck parker, my name is chuck. - hey, chuck. - oh, hi, skip. don't worry, i'll have you out of here in no time. now look, mon chief, i'm sure we can straighten this whole thing out. after all, we're great friends of maurice chevalier. now look, if you'll just let commander mchale go-- - let him go! commander mchale is being held for disorderly conduct, disturbance of peace, destroying private property and hitting a frenchman. - he hit a frenchman? he hit a frenchman. now look, after all, if he did all those things, i'm sure he's sorry. now look, i'm sure we can make it up to you boys somehow. - are you trying to bribe an officer of the law? - bribe an-- you see, we have to be out of port in less than an hour. - arrest this man. throw him in with the others. - you can't arrest john wayne. - i can arrest who i want. i'm the boss of this bastille. - skip, we got to get out of here. captain binghamton called. - binghamton? - yeah, he's leaving ahead of schedule. as a matter of fact, in exactly 49 minutes. [grumbling] - all right, all right, don't p

she came in third to both barack obama and john edwards. >> chuck todd is with us from des moines. all of this bears reporting. this is the conversation we had in the past half hour. that's what our graphic says. that's what we're safely to report. this is too early to call. any data is based on a kind of pooled effort of what our called entrance polls. a form is handed to hundreds of caucus goers across iowa. they are asked to fill it out and deposit that form in a box. by nature, they are going into an event, these caucuses where minds will be changed and where caucus goers can and will be lobbied. >> that's right. i think, look, there's a few things i'm looking at just in the entrance poll data that we've seen. it's the ideological make up. if sanders was going to have a good night, it was the liberal. if trump was to have a good night it was less conservative. the democratic electorate looks the same. so far, and it's early, the republican electorate looks less conservative in iowa here in '08 and '12. that confirms why we're seeing trump has a slight lead. that would be a big

he supported hillary clinton, supported john kerry, chuck schumer.ted harry reed and anyone to contribute to all of those left wing politicians, does not care about having conservative supreme court justices on the court because every one of those fought tooth and nail against it. and if we elect a president, a democrater 0 a republican that doesn't have a commitment to defending the constitution, the result is going to be the bill of rights badly damaged and the second amendment effectively written out of the constitution ai agree. this is a critical issue. i'm of the belief like we haven't done in 80 years, we shouldn't do now in an election year. this is heated. i watched saturday night's debate, rubio and trump out there attacking you. i'm going to play that. donald trump threatening to sue you and get your reaction to what they have said. >> look. this is a disturbing pattern now. for a number of weeks ted cruz telling lies. lied about ben carson in iowa. he lies about marriage. he's lying about all sorts of things and now makes things up. >> si

lies about so many things ... " cruz says: "he supported hillary clinton, he supported john kerry, he supported chuck schumer, he supported harry reid ... " this, while the front-runner unleashes new attacks on his other rival ... jeb bush ... who was brother -- former president george w. bush -- for the first campaign trail last night ... responding to trump with some strong words of g.w.bush says: "the strongest person isn't the loudest person in the room ..." jeb bush says: "the leading candidate says we don't need to increase spending on military- guess he thinks he can use his real estate skills to magically bring to light the weapons needed to keep our troops safe ..." democrats are getting ready to caucus this ... with the clinton campaign hoping to slow down the momentum of her rival -- bernie sanders -- following his landslide victory in the new hampshire primary. clinton says: "now, in the contest for democratic nomination, we've spent a lot of time debating about banks and wall street, and these are important issues ..." according to a newly released poll, senator sanders is actually tied

there it is, john kasich chucking the snowball.hat is a new hampshire original and it works in relationship, too, you have a long discussion with your husband and wife, go out and throw a snowball. >> he's a very accessible guy and he gives it back and forth, you know, he's a wise guy. he banters back and forth. but he couldn't wait to do that. >> thank you for being here. that was awesome to see. >>> ted cruz also holding steady in these polls. who will go after him in the debate, trump, rubio? maybe kasich who is coming up. we'll hear directly from a ted cruz campaign official next. ♪ ♪ the bold nissan rogue, with intuitive all wheel drive. because winter needs a hero. now get a $199 per month lease on the 2016 nissan rogue. nissan. innovation that excites. and clean and real and nowhere to be,o, and warmth and looking good, and sandwich and soup and inside jokes, and dan is back! good, clean food pairs well with anything. the clean pairings menu. 500 calories or less. at panera. food as it should be. being hacked and intellectua

he has supported liberals for four decades, jimmy carter, john kerry, hillary clinton, chuck schumer,arry reid, anyone who cares about judges would not be supporting harry reid and chuck schumer and john kerry and hillary clinton. and the consequence is if either hillary or bernie or donald trump is the president, we will see the second amendment written out of the constitution. this is a basic question who will defend our liberties. >> senator cruz, i have to leave it there this morning. a lot more to get to. i look forward to hopefully having you on perhaps next sunday and we can get to more of that. thank you, sir. >> excellent. >>> when we come back, we're going to hear from marco rubio who hopes to put new hampshire behind him. and john kasich who hopes new hampshire is a sign of the future. future. >> the world trade center came wishas quickly asuld bounit used to? neutrogena hydro boost water gel instantly quenches skin to keep it supple and hydrated day after day. formulated with hydrating hyaluronic acid which retains up to 1000 times its weight in water this refreshing water

dewy phifer, john lee and chuck all three of them at the same time. >> look at you! you know what's funny? >> what? >> well, three were cute. >> how old were you? >> i think i was in fourth or fifth grade. >> you know what's funny, i'm just having a memory. super strict. i remember being at virginia beach and there was this boy out in the water and we both sat on a raft together. and i'll never forget what it i felt like, you know -- my parents were very -- like i told you, uber strict and i remember him kind of putting his hand on mine. and you could just feelur heart pounding. i think i was probably -- >> i remember how it started when you touched mine, wow. like your heart flutters and you remember it. it's so weird. >> what was his name? >> i don't remember his name. but i remembered -- wek to the same beach. i remember looking for him. and it was just that one summer. >> if you were that guy and you want -- you want to some hoda woman, you give us a call. alrighty. apparently -- well, this is interesting. we were talking about adele it must have felt like when s

he has supported liberals for four decades, jimmy carter, john kerry, hillary clinton, chuck schumer, harry reid, anyone who cares about judges would not be supporting harry reid and chuck schumer and john kerry and hillary clinton. and the consequence is if either hillary or bernie or donald trump is the president, we will see the second amendment written out of the constitution. this is a basic question who will defend our liberties. >> senator cruz, i have to leave it there this morning. a lot more to get to. i look forward to hopefully having you on perhaps next that. thank you, sir. >> excellent. >>> when we come back, we're who hopes to put new hampshire behind him. and john kasich who hopes new hampshire is a sign of the future. >> the world trade center came we were born 100 years ago into a new american century. born with a hunger to fly and a passion to build something better. and what an amazing time it's been, decade after decade of innovation, inspiration and wonder. so, we say thank you america for a century of trust, for the privilege of flying higher and higher, togeth

nobody who cares about judges would contribute to john kerry, hillary clinton, chuck schumer and harry reid. >> the judicial issue, judges appointments means a lot to the conservative base. as we've talked about many times, other candidates have been frustrated. they haven't been able to expose donald trump as not a conservative. is this the magic wand? >> it might be. i think if cruz can really push this idea that he is the only one on the stage who you could guarantee would nominate a truly conservative justice, look at all these things that donald trump has said, how could you possibly know where he would go? i think that that could have an impact. but as we've said before, it's just so hard to know about donald trump what will resonate. >> this finally good real, right? it's not a hypothetical you might have to replace a supreme court justice. there might be one right out of the gate. >> does this unfairly hurt jeb bush because his dad did david suter and his brother did john roberts? >> maybe. the bush name is not known among conservatives forty great supreme court picks. this iss

dewey pfeiffer was one of them, john lee and chuck kennedy. all three of them at the same time. >> look at you. you know what's funny? >> what? >> three at the same time? three boyfriends? >> well, three guys i thought were cute. >> how old were you?yf >> i think i was in fourth or fifth grade. >> you know what's funny, i'm just having a memory. my parents were super strict. i remember being at virginia beach and there was this boy out in the water and we both sat on a raft together. and i'll never forget what it felt like, because i felt like, you know, we -- my parents were very like i told you, uber and i remember him kind ofof putting his hand on mine, and you could just feel like your heart pounding., >> mine just started when you touched mine, hody. wow. >> like your heart flutters when you remember it. >> what was his name? >> i don't remember his name. went back to the same beach. i remember looking for him.s and it was just that one summer, that one -- >> if you were that guy and you want -- you want to love yourself some hoda woman,

to you, check out "meet the press," chuck will be talking about justice scalia's passing and legacy. he'll also be sitting down with marco rubio, donald trump and john kasich as well. chuck todd on "meet the press" this morning. >> a lot of that coming up. >> hope you have a wonderful if you're some of those 90 million people and it is really cold, stay inside. have a great day, everyone. >>> this sunday morning, the sudden death of justice antonin scalia and the rarest of events, a vacancy on the supreme court in the middle of a presidential election. how the fight over his replacement could paralyze the senate and all of washington. we'll hear from four republican presidential candidates, donald trump, ted cruz, marco rubio and john kasich. >>> plus, that wild republican debate last night. >> you are a principle -- >> you are the single biggest liar. >> when you point to his own liar. >> i think we're fixing to lose the election to hillary clinton if we don't stop this. >> also, bernie sanders gets a tries to win african-american voters. >>_v i've said black 50 times, all right. that's the 51st time. >> can hillary clinton win by making this campa

to you, check out "meet the press," chuck will be talking about justice scalia's passing and legacy. he'll also be sitting down with marco rubio, donald trump and john kasich as well. chuck todd on "meet the press" this morning. >> a lot of that coming up. >> thank you. >> hope you have a wonderful valentine's day. if you're some of those 90 million people and it is really >>we're waking up to a blanket of snow this morning.. where the roads are the worst and what to expect throughout the day... the latest in the deadly officer involved shooting... what police say about the gunfire in a metro hotel lobby and where the snow continues to fall this morning with roads partially to mostly snow covered. snow will continue on and off through the morning as this area of low pressure continues to move through the state. the snow should wind down in des moines by noon. it will stay windy through the afternoon so blowing snow could be an issue. temperatures will reach the low 30s later this