a fugitive from tampa wasn't fast enough to stop police in ohio from identifying him. 3 kirk kelly was in a car that was pulled over in >> a fugitive in tampa was not fast enough when he was ided and, doing everything he could to keep police from figuring out who he is. this is kind of outrageous, devon. >> reporter: well, it seems like he thought to himself, maybe they can't identify me if they can't take my fingerprints and there is only one way to get rid of your fingerprints when you're in the back of a police car. dash cam video showing police into custody after stopping a suspicious vehicle. >> hey, do you have any alarm on me? >> it's 3:00 in the morning in other people. i can't tell you what he was social call. >> police say he gave a younger brother's name. there's no doubt based on the 813 and tampa bay rays that they had a bay area man, but who? while the police phoned the tampa detectives, he did almost the unthinkable. >> he literally chewed the fingerprints off his hand. >> pictures show that 24-year-old kirk kelly was in panic mode. >> sometimes people [indiscernable] bu

. >> pictures show that 24-year-old kirk kelly was in panic mode. >> sometimes people sand them but ird of anybody chewing their fingerprints off. >> kirk kelly's home address in tampa on wyoming avenue. he's nicknamed cracker boy and wanted for allegedly trafficking stolen guns. >> we've been looking for him. we think he's a major player here in tampa in that regard. >> reporter: he has been wanted since september. ohio police idd podded him by the tattoos. >> he knows he's facing jail time. hoodies writ. >> he was lik liking bouncing ad the country on buses trying to get as far away from home as possible but he couldn't eat his way out of this one. >> we run in people with warrants all the time, but it's pretty unusual we find somebody from a thousand miles away. >> kelly will be extradited back to florida. there's no word it he yet on when that might happen. >> i'm just -- can't even. mild weather quickly coming to an end. >> meteorologist kathy orr has your forecast in 15 seconds. pass >> good afternoon everyone. we have a mainly clear sky, blue skies with low humidity but very wi

. >> to that point, here's mark kirk, democrat of illinois, traditionally votes blue in a presidential election year. those are the ones worried. rob portman, kellyyotte, new hampshire, pat toomey, states that either tend to go blue or could go blue. here's mark kirk saying, "why not?" >> it's just man up and cast a vote. the tough thing about these senatorial jobs is you get yes-or-no votes. your whole job is to either say yes or no and explain why. >> senator kirk seems to be saying there that's why we got hired, to dower on job. i'm also told that chuck grassley of iowa also on the ballot is facing heat from democrats and he's starting to complain at a minimum that he's not getting enough cover from his republicans. >> this is the genius of the garland pick. not only is he imminently qualified as a judicial mind, i think that's fact. that's there. viewers can dispute that, but whatever. he's a brilliant legal mind. if you were at the white house and you're thinking, we need to find a guy who ticks off or causes trouble for mark kirk, kelly ayotte, rob portman and what the heck, chuck grassley, you found it because he's the chairman of the judi

tips a florida felon goes to extremes in an effort to keep kirk kelly was wanted on a probation violation. so.. in an attempt to keep police from getting his fingerprints.. he bit off the tips of his fingers. the only problem is.. he also has more than 800 distinct tattoos that police used to identify him. he's back in jail tonight with some sore fingers. he's even being charged with tampering with evidence for trying to alter his fingerprints. still ahead on action news live at 11.. a restaurant.. popular for its southern classics.. is opening two locations in the valley. plus... another medicial marijuana dispensary is breaking ground... in las vegas. what sets this one apart.... from the others. and... remember to watch "good morning las vegas".... for all your latest news... weather... and traffic. it all starts at 4-30... in the morning. popular back east.. is opening two new locations this summer in the valley. one will be near east craig and losee.. the other will be inside silverton casino on dean martin both locations will open july 25th. the paiute tribe is getting into the medi

kirk kelly actually chewed off his finger tips during a traffic stop after giving police several fake names, the tampa man's tattoos eventually give him away. in addition to being wanted in florida, kelly now faces several charges here in ohio. >> it is a big day for politics. super tuesday has the potential to be a defining moment in this presidential campaign cycle. >> it sure does. a dozen states have the polls open and the winners can gain commanding leads. nearly one quarter of gop of democratic delegates are up for grabs. hillary clinton and donald trump hold commanding leads and while mr. trump may be the republican front runner, he could face a tough battle with the democrats if he wins the nomination. in a hypothetical match up with trump, hillary clinton would beat him and so would bernie sanders. sanders scored 55% support in a pretend head to head match up against trump's 43% and clinton topped trump in the poll 52% to his 44%. >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome the governor of new jersey, chris christie and the next president of the united states, mr. donald j. trump.

very smart of them to get this nomination out there, because we're seeing senators obviously mark kirk, kellyther senators under increasing pressure. think about this. democrats often have trull distilling their message into a very easy to understand, you know, like a hashtag, for lack of a better word, as republicans are so successful. this time, we're using th the #dojourjob. they're well positions to make their case to the public and keep that pressure on. there's a reason when you look around the country, it's something like 55 separate editorial boards all around the country, "new york times," "washington post"," virtually every major american city, the newspapers, and some do lean conservative, some lean liberal, they're basically just saying go forward. you know, vote on the nomination, give this man a hearing. give him the respect that his credentials, his qualifications, his moderate temperament, they're all well worthy of that. and deserving. so this pressure is not going to go away. i'm not sure that this is an issue that excites the republican base as much as it seems to be resona

mark kirk from illinois, and kelly ayotte from new hampshire both facing democratic challenges in veryocratic states have said they are prepared to met. and orrin hatch from utah, he said that he is open to the possibility of a hearing, richelle. >> okay. maybe that's a tad bit of progress. we'll have to keep an eye on it. john terrett live for us in washington. senator ted cruz is a former supreme court clerk and is mocking his republican presidential challengers for dropping out of next week's debate. donald trump was the first to back out. he said there have been too many debates. that prompted john saysic to pull out too. fox news said it can't hold a debate with only one participant so it has been canceled. >>> there is still no clear winner in missouri. donald trump and hillary clinton hold slim leads, but absentee ballots are still being counted. whoever comes in second can demand a recount. >>> clinton today holds rallies in nashville and atlanta. while sanders is looking towards arizona. sanders has been telling supporters he stands a good chance of winning many of the up comi

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after that a limited number of republicans stepping up to the plate, mark kirk from illinois, kelly iot from new hampshire, facing challenges, susan collins, jeff lake of arizona, also aron hatch of utah says he is open for a hearing. that is it. it looks as if the republicans are prepared to take a big risk. that risk is that the relationship will win the white house in the 2016 race and so they will get a favorable nomination then. the risk is the down side, of course, is that hillary clinton will win it and she will end up appointing somebody who is far younger than this judge and far more liberal >>> bernie sanders saying hold on, just in case she gets the nomination >>> as far as where the g.o.p. presidential candidates stand on this, ted cruz a former supreme court clerk is backing his fellow republicans in the nomination fight. he is also blocking his republican presidential challengers for dropping out of next week's fox news debate. donald trump says there have been too many debates and he will be giving a speech to apec instead. that prompted john kasich to pull out too. fox s

running in ohio or richard burr who should be okay, a republican running in north carolina and kelly and mark kirk>> certainly. these are all states where in a neutral playing field, you might like the republican odds but with a trump candidacy, it could be very problematic. there's a story in the "washington post" today written by my colleagues about how there are already efforts including by the cookoch brothers to distanc and almost certainly will not work. we saw democrats, conservative democrats in 2010 and 2014 trying to run away from president obama saying that they didn't support him or like his agenda, et cetera, et cetera, within very few exceptions that did not work. >> good luck to that. thank you so much, abby phillip. >>> today, president obama in argentina paid tribute to the dirty war in a remembrance. coincides with the 40th anniversary today of the 1976 military coup that spurred a seven-year period of military rule that continues to haunt argentina to this day and announces plans to declassify documents including key military and cia records that have never been released about a

so those names you mentioned right away, mark kirk, a vulnerable republican in illinois. kelly aya in new hampshire and rob portman and pat toomey in pennsylvania. those are the races to watch. where is the american pulse on the supreme court nomination issue? but not interpreted as a break from leadership. leadership will call the shots on this and so far, they have not seen significant pressure or pushback from voters or conservatives or outside groups to suggest that they're going to change course. and so that's what we'll have to watch over the next several weeks. kate? >> kelly, just quickly on a pivoting to the race for president. i understand there's a closed door meeting going on, i think on capitol hill or in washington today. a stop trump sort of meeting. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: another variation of this movement to try to slow or stop donald trump. this coming from a small group of very active conservatives who consider themselves probably conservatives before they think of themselves as republicans. he was the one who disinvited donald trump to

political cost on the vulnerable republican senators who go along with that view, the kelly ayottes and mark kirks, who will have to answer why won't you give this guy a fair shake. the one thing you can say about merrick garland is that he is a very qualified candidate. >> unilaterally everyone is saying qualified. >> that issue is off the table, so the defense for the republicans' action has to be entirely about the process. >> i have to leave it about, but jeff toobin thank you, and michelle, manu, and also as always pamela brown. i appreciate all of your quick input on this breaking story. >>> for merrick garland, what we just saw at the white house was the very, very easy part of all of this. his confirmation fight, if he even gets to the process will be a whole other kettle of fish. i'll be joined by one senator to say he's eager to consider the nomination, and good es what? he is not a democrat. this is the all-new 20wow, it's nice.. let's check it out. do any of you have kids? i do yes. this car has a feature built in called teen driver technology, which lets parent's see how their teens a

will meet with judge garland as of today now that it's been announced, kelly ayotte, kelly collins, jeff blake, mark kirkyou're looking at is a picture of a growing chor us of republicans who at least want to meet with him. then the hope is to build on something the president talked about today. take a listen. >> tomorrow judge garland will travel to the hill to begin meeting with senators one on one. i simply ask republicans in the senate to give him a fair hearing. and then an up or down vote. if you don't, then it will not be an abdoe indication, it will indication a process for nominating and confirming judges that is beyond repair. >> translation, craig, they're making a process play at the white house. the meeting they say is only fair. the hearing is only what everyone has gotten even when rejected. from there, the hope is that through that process the hearing reflects this man who is widely respected as the chief judge, been on there 19 years and can't really lay a political glove on him, that's why he has such wide-spread praise. maybe he does get a floor vote, that is the incremental white hous

mark kirk in illinois say, we can meet with him, kelly ayotte, vulnerable new hampshire in 2016 say i'll meet with him but i'm not comfortable with a vote. you'll see some of those folks, ron johnson of wisconsin, some of these people, rob portman who are in races in swing states -- >> ted strickland won big in ohio. rob portman has a race on his hands. >> the real dividing line is will you see a bunch of senate republicans call for confirmation hearings or vote, i'm still skeptical. >> chuck grassley do? he is up. he has to think about a general election now. >> he does have to worry about a general election but you don't want to hurt all your base. so i think grassley will stay put. this is a base election for both sides. and i don't think garland will bring out those activists in any way, shape or form on either side. that's probably a good thing. some people care about process, not many voters. they care more about bigger issues. this is not going to be about the supreme court. this is about economics and what are you going to do for me personally and have you been a good senator. on

battleground states in 2016 said they would go ahead and meet with garland, kelly aidea aidea -- ayotte of new hampshire, and mark kirk from illinois. kirk said from nearly the outset that he thinks obama's nominee should get a full confirmation hearing. >> woodruff: these are democrats who have to compete in states where democrats have some chance, so they're feeling differently. so what does merrick garland vz v to face? are we looking at weeks and months of no contact with the estimate? >> we'll be coming to the hill for many, many meetings with democrats, but the question is how many more republicans will agree to these meetings? now, if you talk to chuck schumer of new york, he says that the ice is breaking, the fact that five or six republican senators are saying now that they will meet with the nominee shows that there are many more republican senators who are going to crack because it's untenable the position they're taking, that sort of the hope that democrats are expressing right now. but it's really going to be up to the nat democrats to try to keep this issue alive, especially now we're going into a two-we

(laughter) no, i mean, i think it puts people like kelly ayot in new hampshire, rob portman on the defensive. kirkchanged. i think it's states like that -- i mean, chuck grassley is looking like a tower of jell-o at this point. >> woodruff: on that note, mark shields, david brooks, thank you both. >> woodruff: a movie thriller-- being released nationally today-- delves into the practical, legal and moral issues surrounding drone warfare. jeffrey brown is back with that. >> what's the plan, captain? >> we need to put a hellfire through that roof right now. >> brown: it's a new kind of warfare: advanced technology that tracks, identifies, and has the power to destroy enemies by remote control from thousands of miles away. but, as the film "eye in the sky" asks, should it be used? if so, when? especially if innocent lives may also be taken? >> harold, this is a very time- sensitive target. do i have authority to strike? >> the rules of engagement you're operating under only allow for a low collateral damage estimate. >> brown: the film follows british military commanders-- including helen mirren as c

you see kelly with trouble with maggie and what's happening to mark kirk in illinois against tammy.he has a huge gap, a gender gap. 70% of those polled in the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll. 70% of women have a negative view of donald trump. >> let's pick wisconsin since it's on our minds. ron johnson, a republican senator is in a very serious race against the former senator, russ feingold. he's unfavorable in 70% among general election wisconsin voters. if you're ron johnson and you see the possible, i know it's likely, but possible likelyish nominee for your party at the presidential level with a 70% disapproval among a general electorate that you are convinced to vote for your, you have to be nervous and the abortion comments are the latest thing in what we know is the most dangerous thing about donald trump politically speaking is that he's remarkably unpredictable. sort of says what comes to his mind. it's very hard to pick a way to deal with donald trump if he is your presidential nominee because donald trump himself changes his equation of what it means to be dona

kirk cousins and transition tag costs them nearly 18 million. it leaves cousins on to other teams that may be interested in his services. >> also help happening today after a year i scott kelly is set toe return to earth. and then tomorrow he will fly to houston and welcomed home by nasa. second lady jill biden and his twin brother mark. he spent a record 340 days in space and tweeted this photo last night saying earth i'm coming for you. kelly says he hopes his mission helps lead astronauts to mars some day. >> pretty cool. >> ahead, growing support to make changes tie dangerous intersection in montgomery country, timing now 4:38, back after this on top of your health?ay ahh... ahh... cigna customers have plan choices and tools to take control. so they're more engaged, with fewer high health risks and lower medical costs. take control of your health at cigna dot com slash take control. >> a prince george county bus stop the teen is in critical condition and happened yesterday morning green belt road in green belt. it caused police to lockdown duval high school and one witness tells fox5 she saw two people running from

at the same time, this has put kelly ayotte, pat toomey, mark kirk, rob portman, all of these swing statehey have to sit here and, look, you have to give the white house credit. i think a lot of people didn't think they would do garland because garland isn't fighting up the democratic base. garland isn't an identity politics pick that will galvanize a specific group or be used as a way to get out the vote or something like that. he went purely for the pick that would make republicans most uncomfortable. >> i'm just wondering how limited they are in their thinking, these republicans that you listed, chuck. because their options are to look at someone that on paper they could be open to. or to wait it out and to force president obama going against the constitution which i've heard they like, to wait it out and see who hillary clinton or donald trump picks. i mean, i'm sorry, it defies logic. >> did you see what pat toomey said yesterday? >> it seems like the word "stupid" could be used here -- with respect. they're not being smart. >> did you see what pat toomey said? >> what did he say? >>

kirk of illinois and susan collins of maine. both moderate senators. but other senators who are up for re-election, including kelly ayotte, i said what do you think about a confirmation hearing? she said that's up to the judiciary committee and i do not want the confirmation process to move forward. the republicans are gambling that they will be in a strong political position by taking that firm line. they think they can be the firewall against a liberal justice and it gives them an issue to run on. now, the democrats hope that that will change, particularly when this political pressure campaign intensifies and look for late june, early july, wolf, as that marker for democrats. if they can get the political dynamic to change before the party conventions and the august recess, maybe they can get garland on the court. if they don't, then probably not. >> it's a huge uphill struggle right now for the white house on this nomination. manu, thanks very much. let's get back to the breaking news right now. on the race to the white house, donald trump's key supporters, at least one of them, scottie nell hughes of usa radio

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