and then to make matters worse, chief justice vinson died before the argument. by many accounts his death left the court evenly divided, evenly divided over an issue of the most fundamental importance. had the vacancy left by the death of judge vinson persisted, there is no way of predicting imagin even resolve the case. imagine how different our history as a nation would be if the supreme court had been unable to decide on that matter of fundamental importance. but president eisenhower nominated former california governor earl warren to fill the vacancy. the senate did it's job, held a prompt hearing and confirmed the appointment.o and chief justice warren then used his skills to cut through the division and convince his colleagues that the court should speak in an essay that a child's skin color should not determine which school he or she shoulde t attend. because of the senate did it's job, the court was able to do and to lifted. i listen to my colleagues and to virginia citizens about the vacancy for three months. i've come to this conclusion. i think the se

. >>> we begin at 5:30 with jacque vinson at the scene of a deadly shooting.he is in petworth, the petworth neighborhood of d.c. >> reporter: we are in the 4500 block of illinois avenue northwest. we have video to show you that was taken a short time ago. nearly all of the top officials at the d.c. police department are here on the scene. what we did see a short time ago was that they -- evidence technicians took away a that had been on the sidewalk, took it into one of the vehicles in which they collect evidence. there are also markers on the street here. generally, the type of things that mark shell casings. we are told that the person that was shot is a man. we do not know how old that person is. i had some very brief contact with a woman who indicated she was a relative and it may be very possible and i think it is going to develop that this person was shot is under 18 years old. again, we are just getting very preliminary information from d.c. police after shooting about 45 minutes ago here in the 4500 block of illinois avenue northwest. when we get more

news 4's jackie vinson was outside the memorial for claudina molina. >> it was a memorial for a womanho spent her entire life helping others. on friday may 6th, we remember the terrible incident outside the giant grocery store where she lost her life in a suv at gun point. eulalio tordil had killed two other people, one of them his wife. outside the church this afternoon we heard for the first time from mrs. molina's family. >> she was a wonderful woman. she was a hard working woman. she was very perseverent and she always, always loved every patient she had and she cared every single person she reached out to. >> many of the people who came here this afternoon were people who had worked with mrs. molina in the home health care field. they said she was beloved by her patients and her co-workers and she was getting ready to retire. >> live in rockville, jackie bensen, news 4. >>> opening statements may come tomorrow with the trial of the lawyers using an unusual defense in a notorious crime. andrew schmuhl an terrorizing and nearly killing a couple in their home in 2014. andrew schmuhl