Ill ask a man who may be one. Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. Also, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trumps favorable ratings setting record lows, could this be the year that an independent candidate makes a difference . Libertarian Party Nominee gary johnson is with us. And joining me this morning for insight and analysis are ron fournier of the national journal, democratic congresswoman Donna Edwards of maryland, Andrea Mitchell of nbc news, and lanhee chen of the conservative hoover institution. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. There are so many things you could say about muhammad ali, brash, charming, loud, funny, rutd, brave, occasionally cruel, uniquely talented. Eternally fascinating, always original, and ultimately the most famous person on earth. As much as any athlete, muhammad ali elaszed the line between athlete and activist. He made it possible to speak out about politics, race, and religion in tumultuous times. They paved the way for mome
Ill ask a man who may be one. Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. Also, with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trumps favorable ratings setting record lows, could this be the year that an independent candidate makes a difference . Libertarian Party Nominee gary johnson is with us. And joining me this morning for insight and analysis are ron fournier of the national journal, democratic congresswoman Donna Edwards of maryland, Andrea Mitchell of nbc news, and lanhee chen of the conservative hoover institution. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Good sunday morning. There are so many things you could say about muhammad ali, brash, charming, loud, funny, rutd, brave, occasionally cruel, uniquely talented. Eternally fascinating, always original, and ultimately the most famous person on as much as any athlete, muhammad ali elaszed the line between athlete and activist. He made it possible to speak out about politics, race, and religion in tumultuous times. They paved the way for moments lik
Position to bring understanding about the religion of islam and clarify these misguided murders have perverted the view of what islam really is. Were joined by bob costas, bryant gumbel, jim brown, hall of fame running back for the cleveland browns. Br bri brian, let me start with you. You have the awesome responsibility of putting alis life in perspective later this week. Nobody envies you. But we wouldnt be leading the show here today if we were just talking about ali the boxer. Youre absolutely right, chuck. Yes, it is terribly daunting. I confess, its intimidating. But you noted some of the roles he played. He was so much more than a boxer. I thought Wesley Morris said it well in this mornings new york times. He said every fight seemed like a referendum on the country. If not the country at certainly on black america. You know, he came at a time when so many of us, of a certain age, were convinced that our views were right. And he was our flag bearer for those views. So when he got
With scott pelley. Pelley we begin with major setback today for supporters of legalized pot. After a long review, the Obama Administration decided today that marijuana will remain what is called a schedule1 drug, same as heroin, the category for the most dangerous drugs with no known medical application. But that puts the federal government in conflict with states that have already made pot legal either for recreational or medicinal use. We have more now from don dahler. Reporter the Drug Enforcement administration said marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the united states. Means the federal government only approves of its use under strictly limited research concerns. Chuck rosenberg is acting administrator for the d. E. A. Its not about danger. Stuff in schedule1 can be really dangerous or not as dangerous. Its whether or not its a safe and effective medicine. Reporter in violation of federal law, new jersey is one of 42 states and the district of columbia
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