Vanderbilt Television News Archive

ABC Evening News for 2016-02-15

This program is 29 minutes long

• Preview/Introduction David Muir (New York)

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  05:30:00 pm — 05:31:10 pm

• Winter Weather / Travel Chaos

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  05:31:10 pm — 05:34:20 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (New York: Linsey Davis) The travel chaos due to a winter weather system making driving treacherous & tornado reports examined; scenes shown of snow, car accidents in the South, tornado damage in Mississippi, winds in Louisiana, a New Hampshire tram car rescue, weekend pileups & snow in New York City. [WOMAN. state TROOPER - react.] [In Charlotte, ABC's Mary BRUCE - cites flight cancellations.]

  (Studio: David Muir, Rob Marciano) Tornadoes in Alabama, the weather forecast, snow in the East as the warmup comes discussed; weather maps shown.

• Campaign 2016 / Trump, Bushes, Cruz

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  05:34:20 pm — 05:40:00 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (Charleston: Tom Llamas) An attack by presidential candidate Donald Trump on Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush & his campaigning brother former President Bush featured; scenes shown from the campaign trail. [Former President BUSH - campaigns.] [TRUMP - criticizes the Bushes.] [During weekend debate, BUSH, TRUMP - bicker about 9/11 & weapons of mass destruction.] [In response to question, TRUMP - criticizes "Jeb Bush" & Cruz, who lies.] [CRUZ - responds.] Trump's raising of the issue of running as an independent discussed.

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (Miami, Florida: Cecilia Vega) The Democratic campaign by Bernie Sanders & Hillary Clinton in Nevada featured; scenes shown of an exchange between former President Bill Clinton & a Trump supporter. [In Florida, B. CLINTON - campaigns.] [In interview, CLINTON - comments on Nevada.] The campaign in South Carolina discussed.

• Supreme Court / Scalia Death

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  05:40:00 pm — 05:45:40 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) The battle over the Supreme Court following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia introduced; scenes shown of the hearse.

  (White House: Jonathan Karl) The prospects for a court nomination after Scalia's death featured. [Ranch owner John POINDEXTER - says he died in his sleep.] Tweets about Scalia from Ted Cruz & Senator Mitch McConnell quoted. [President OBAMA - says he will nominate a successor.] [In debate, Marco RUBIO, TRUMP, CLINTON - comment on the court issue.] Possible court candidates named: Merrick Garland@, Jane Kelly & Sri Srinavasan@. The precedent for a nominee approval in an election year discussed.

  (Studio: David Muir) The makeup of the Supreme Court with Scalia cited.

  (Terry Moran) The Scalia legacy, what happens in a 4-4 court split in cases involving unions, voting rights reviewed. [SCALIA - speaks about his wife.] [Justice Ruth Badre GINSBURG - jokes about Scalia.] Ginsburg quoted about her colleague. Past examples of long delays in replacing a justice discussed.

• Syria / Civil War

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  05:45:40 pm — 05:46:00 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) The bombing of a hospital in Syria shown.

• Upcoming Items (Studio: David Muir)

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  05:46:00 pm — 05:46:30 pm

• (Commercial: Breo; Always; Cancer Treatment Centers of Amerca; Tylenol.)

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  05:46:30 pm — 05:48:40 pm

• Airplanes / Laser Scare

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  05:48:40 pm — 05:49:50 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (Washington: David Kerley) The investigation into a scare on a Virgin Atlantic plane flight due to a laser attack examined; statistics cited. [Passenger Bethany McHUTCHINSON@- comments.]

• Upcoming Items (Studio: David Muir)

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  05:49:50 pm — 05:50:00 pm

• (Commercial: Orencia; USAA: Xifaxan; Prevagen; Advil.)

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  05:50:00 pm — 05:53:20 pm

• Instant Index

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  05:53:20 pm — 05:54:10 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) A look at people, pictures & quotes that captured our imagination: the issue of a link between heartburn medicines & dementia; a controversy over football player Peyton Manning's college career at the University of Tennessee; the singing in Mexico by a young cancer patient before Pope Francis .

• Upcoming Items (Studio: David Muir)

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  05:54:10 pm — 05:54:40 pm

• (Commercial: Liberty Mutual; Prevnar; Always; trivago; Glucerna; Aleve; News 2.)

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  05:54:40 pm — 05:57:40 pm

• Westminster Dog Show

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  05:57:40 pm — 05:58:50 pm

  (Studio: David Muir) Report introduced.

  (New York: Jesse Palmer) The new dogs at the Westminister Dog Show featured; scenes shown of some new dog breeds.

• Good Night

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  05:58:50 pm — 05:58:50 pm