Come on, right . Why not . This is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening. Im Anthony Mason. Pennsylvania congressman tom marino withdrew under pressure today as President Trumps nominee to be drug czar. This follows a 60 minutes report that revealed marinos role in legislation that makes it easier for Drug Companies to distribute opioids in the midst of an epidemic thats claiming thousands of lives. Heres chief Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. Im very happy thats done. Reporter democrats and republicans said congressman marino was right to withdraw his nomination, which President Trump announced in a tweet this morning. I think it was wise. Sounds like the First Amendment serves the country well. Reporter the investigation by 60 minutes and the Washington Post found that marino worked closely with the drug industry to craft a bill that whistleblowers say has weakened the deas ability to block smishes drug suspicious drug shipmentsful. Some of if criticism is just false, in
Today, President Trump went further. Invoking one of those families to make a political point. He put the spotlight on his chief of staff, john kelly, urging reporters to ask him whether he had received a call from president obama after his son robert, a u. S. Marine was killed in 2010. I mean you could ask general kelly did he get a call from obama . You could ask other people. I dont know what obamas policy was. White house officials claim to be unaware of mr. Trump had spoke tine kelly before making the remark. The retired marine corps general actively avoided calling attention to his sons death making it clear he does not want tight be exploited. But on a memorial day trip to arlington cemetery, President Trump called attention to the familys loss. Robert died fighting the enemies of all civilizations in afghanistan. Reporter today, despite the president s prodding, kelly decleaned to comment. But a white house official who requested anonymity told cbs news, i can tell you obama di
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Why not . This is the cbs evening news. Mason and this is our western edition. Good evening. Im Anthony Mason. Pennsylvania congressman tom marino withdrew under pressure today as President Trumps nominee to be drug czar. This follows a 60 minutes report that revealed marinos role in legislation that makes it easier for Drug Companies to distribute opioids in the midst of an epidemic thats claiming thousands of lives. Heres chief Congressional Correspondent nancy cordes. Im very happy thats done. Reporter democrats and republicans said congressman hrino was right to withdraw his nomination, which president tump announced in a tweet this morning. I think it was wise. Sounds like the First Amendment serves the country well. Reporter the investigation by 60 minutes and the Washington Post found that marino worked closely with the drug industry to craft a bill that whistleblowers say has weakened the d. E. A. s ability to block suspicious drug shipments. Some of the criticism is just false