spreading faster than before and celebrating the tough guy actor beloved for his roles on both sides of the law. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening in a summer of extreme temperatures, the worst wildfire of the year is choking the skies of northern california tonight smoke advisories posted in the bay area due to a rampaging wildfire more than 175 miles away near yosemite it s already sent thousands in the path of the fire to seek safer ground the oak fire broke out friday near the park and has destroyed several structures and breaking in texas tonight, grass fires have destroyed at least eight homes in balk springs and forced evacuations there. meantime, back in california crews doing all they can to slow that big blaze before it makes another dangerous run. drought conditions ensuring plentiful fuel for the fire. miguel almaguer is on the front lines for us tonight. reporter: this is what california s wildfire season looks and sounds
i m yasmin vossoughian in for another busy hour. this morning we re tracking major developments in each of the three yes three separate investigations related to the 2020 election and the big lie spread by the former president and his allies. first in the justice department investigation. a source telling nbc news mark short, former chief of staff to mike pence appeared before a federal grand jury on friday to discuss what? we ll get into that. second n the house january 6th committee investigation, the panel revealing in crucial deposition clips how the former president was reluctant to condemn the capitol rioters the day after the attack. third, the investigation in fulton county, georgia and the setback for the da probing the former president and his allies attempts to overturn the 2020 election. we want to bring in nbc knew capitol hill correspondent ali vitali is joining us, michael schmidt, msnbc contributor, and glenn kirschner, msnbc legal analyst. glenn, let me
I will have all the sport from here shortly. Elsewhere, Manchester United are through to the Quarter Finals of the Europa League after a 1 0 win against fc rostov at old trafford. And we join the cast of the rom com love actually, as they film a remake for comic relief. And matt has the weather. Good morning. It is a little bit chilly out that if you are about to head up the door but while southern and areas will see head up the door but while southern and areas will see dry and and eastern areas will see dry and bright weather throughout the day, north and west can expect cloud and outbreaks of rain. Details on that and a full forecast coming up. Good morning. First, our main story The Snp Will Today accuse the government of being too scared to allow a second independence referendum. Deputy leader Angus Robertson will open his partys Spring Conference by saying the conservatives have a desperate desire to prevent anyone rejecting brexit. But theresa may will tell her own 777mm; riflf
The dea, prescribe controlled substances. So in the state medical Marijuana Program the required position to asia prescription for marijuana would be a nonstarter. No positions going to risk the registration with the dea, a medical practice, their livelihood in order to prescribe marijuana. In fact, the states already knew this when california passed proposition 215 back in 1996. I put up your the example of a law that was passed almost two decades prior to californias medical Marijuana Law. This one was passed in virginia in 1979. It is a law, a medical Marijuana Law allows people to possess and use marijuana free of state sanctions so long as they get a physicians prescription to use the drug. Laws like virginias law from 1979 in have any effect. No physician was willing to follow through, issue a prescription so they are still on the books in the states but they didnt have any practical effect. California at least the proposed a proposition 15 found a workaround. What was that . Pro