Hhs calls the move a shortterm solution. Marijuana may be legal in half the country, but feds are keeping it on the list of the most dangerous drugs. They determined it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. The government will allow more research into the therapeutic effects. Medical or Recreational Marijuana is legal now in 25 states. Now to the olympics and coronation for two of team usas top athletes. Simone biles and Michael Phelps rolled over their competition as they grabbed more gold for the u. S. The americans widened the lead over china in the medal count. The u. S. Now up to 16 golds and 38 medals overall. Abcs jim ryan takes us through a recordsetting day and night in rio. Reporter 19yearold simone biles is the queen of womens gymnastics in rio. On the way to winning gold in the womens individual all around final she mastered the vault, the beam, and the floor. Become womens olympics champion. Teammate aly raisman captured silver. Redemption of sorts af
A good friday morning to you. We begin with breaking news. A Cross Country flight forced to make an Emergency Landing after severe turbulence injured passengers. So it was a jetblue flight. It was heading from boston to sacramento and landed in south dakota instead. Now, the airline says 22 passengers and 2 crew members were injured as a result. Look at this. The pictures from social media showing the planes damaged bathroom. A passenger there in a neck brace. People on board describing t terrifying experience. It was almost like a bang like we hit a wall and just dropped straight down. There was stuff all in the aisles. You heard people crying. The injured passengers and crew members were taken to the hospital. No word yet on their conditions but we, of course, will continue to update you on this breaking story. We move on though to politics and Hillary Clinton expected to release her latest tax returns as soon as today. Turning up the pressure on thats right. Trump is now acknowledgi
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Major washout. Flash flood from arizona to pennsylvania drowning homes and roads leaving thousands without power. Now the dangerous rain is moving east. While the lifethreatening threatening heat wave moves in as well. And the amazing rescue. Finally we heard just a tiny little voice. Three College Students stranded in a cave lost for nearly 30 hours. Inside, the race to find them. Announcer live in times ua is good morning america. It is a great morning, a great friday, a huge crowd in central park. Look at that. All there for mr. Keith urban. Cant wait for that. And, of course, so much excitement in rio, as well. Unbelievable. Those two simones. Stealing the show. Simone biles, best allaround gymnast and Simone Manuel africanamerican woman to win in swimming. Michael phelps, a full body ahead of the competition while winning his 22nd gold medal breaking a record more than 2,000 years old. Counting them. For most individual olympic titles and won by almost three seconds. There was tim
Joining the pantheon of greats. Military lou retton, nastia liuken, and of course her teammate, gabby douglas. A dream come true for the ohio native. I was just a really hyper kid. I was always bouncing off the walls so gymnastics fit, and i didnt try any other sports. It was like gymnastics chose me, and then ive loved it ever since. Reporter her signature flip named the biles. She flips back with a straight body two times. And on the second flip, she does a flip and lands forward. I believe that her floor routine is the best and most difficult floor routine ever performed in the sport of gymnastics. Reporter her teammate, aly raisman impressing with a silver second. And russia taking home the bronze. Biles relishing the victory with her teammates, leaving rio with the coveted title, and a taste of triumph. Coming up today, Michael Phelps is competing in the 100 meter butter lie finals. Katy ledecky in the 800meter freestyle. She set a record yesterday and the u. S. Basketball teams a