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
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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
Seats. The cheap seats, yes. This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan. A funeral was hold today for the fallen american soldier at the ce feud between President Trump and a florida congresswoman. Sergeant la david johnson, 25 years old, was honored by family and friends in hollywood, florida, near fort lauderdale. Johnson and three other soldiers were ambushed and killed earlier this month in the west african nation niger. The president s condolence call this week to johnsons pregnant widow stirred up controversy, and mr. Trump today, kept it going. Errol barnett is at the white house. Reporter President Trumps claim that he made contact with relatives of all soldiers killed during his administration is under scrutiny. Newspaper roll call notes emails theyve cob tained show the white house in damage control after the interview, claiming aides requested a full list of Fallen Soldiers from the pentagon to determine who trump had yet to call. Its been a contentious
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