how far will u.s. and allies go to try to calm rising tensions in the region? plus, a heartbreaking find. the california family that was kidnapped, found dead. the youngest victim, only 8 months old. what detectives are saying about the person they believe is responsible. welcome to the lead. president biden taking his first steps possibly towards the decriminalization of marijuana on the federal level. he is pardoning all prior federal offenses of quote simple marijuana possession. this will clear convictions for several thousand americans. president biden is now also encouraging governors to follow his lead and pardon those convicted on similar state charges. the biden administration also says it will continue to review the federal classification of marijuana. right now, it is still a class 1 drug alongside heroin and lsd which means according to the government, cannabis has no accepted medical use at the federal level despite study after study. it is legal in 37 states
has really hurt them as well. do you know of a lot of other families going through the same problems? yes, i do. and as a matter of fact, we just last week had a young child who in her classroom and it happened during her time period had a fake gun and went ahead and decided to take it out of his backpack and tell the teacher he was going to shoot him. so there was three police cars there. bottom line is unfortunately the lack of moral compass is really evident there with our younger generation. it s only going to get worse if we don t go ahead and make sure that we are active in addressing it. i ve said it a million times, i ll say it again. the adults of the united states are failing the children of the united states. mary norris, thank you so much. god bless you and your daughter. and please tell her that we re all rooting for her here at cnn. and remember, if you or anyone
later later driving home to kill his wife and stepson before taking his own life. ambulances and medical workers rushed to the nursery. family members of the victims were weeping outside the building. thailand s prime minister brwro in a statement i would like to express my deepest condolences to the families and injured. i ve instructed the national police chief to quickly enforce the law and all concerned party to give help and rehabilitate those afgted urgently. the prime minister has ordered an urgent investigation into what is now the country s deadliest ever massacre carried out by a lone perpetrator. the country left in shock. cnn, tokyo. coming up next, america s mental health crisis and its affect on teens. first, the return of the hit cnn
more affordable housing, but san francisco takes longer than anywhere to issue new housing permits. proposition d is the only measure that speeds up construction of affordable new homes by removing bureaucratic roadblocks. while prop e makes it nearly impossible to build more housing. and the supervisors who sponsored e know it. join me, habitat for humanity and the carpenters union in rejecting prop e and supporting prop d to build more affordable housing welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour a newly hired police officer for uvalde schools is fired after cnn uncovers that she s one of the texas department of public safety officers under investigation for the botched response to last
may s horrific school shooting. body cam video shows her arriving at the school and then waiting outside. now there are new questions about why she was hired to protect children who survived that shooting. plus, republican georgia senate candidate herschel walker responding to the newest report that the woman he allegedly paid to have an abortion is also one of four mothers of his four known children. cnn is on the campaign trail in georgia. and leading this hour, gas supply is about to go down and gas prices are going up and democrats are pointing fingers at the white house. president biden calling the decision by the oil-producing opec states to cut production a, quote, disappointment. but he defended his meeting with saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman, or mbs, saying that was not just about oil. as some members of his own party suggest, the president perhaps got played. as cnn s kaitlan collins reports, the white house is now grappling with a complex and potentially damaging s