an intoxicant does make people feel euphoric. it s part of the pathway to addiction. doesn t mean there s medical meth or medical jack daniels. this is a sham. reporter: okay. so how did we get here anyway especially considering all the reminders we ve had about the evils of marijuana? the old black and white movie refer madness warning the public about it. just say no. reporter: or former first lady nancy reagan s famous just say no to drugs campaign in the 1980s. criminologist peter reuters say attitudes have changed about marijuana especially since medical marijuana though controversial has become a legal reality. it does give an aura of usefulness to this drug which previously in every public presentation by any official agency was always very negative. reporter: use of the drug hasn t exactly skyrocketed recently. but the one thing that has
t adwiwiout food al t 22 days until election day here in this country. one of the always controversial items on the ballot in some states, legalizing marijuana. joe johns, part of the best political team on television, gives us a tour of the states in question and shows how you could soon be able to buy pot as easily as cigarettes and liquor. reporter: four states have
process, involving setting down this rescue capsule, 2,300 feet underground, and plucking them one at a time. first, though they really have who are the heroes here. they volunteer to go down into the mine shaft, start telling the men which men will go first, sending those men up, helping them get in the rescue capsule and sending them up to the surface. each man will be sent up in the capsule one at a time, taking about 20 to 30 minutes per man, it s going to stretch this rescue over a period of hours. could go longer than a day. so it will be an ordeal until the very end, ali. but it s got to be exciting. how are they choosing who comes up first and who comes up last? reporter: it s so interesting. because officials have a plan here. this capsule is still relatively untested. they put it down empty today, about the same as putting a live human in it. they re afraid any number of
7,000 people, there should be about 100 other members with the disease. the cdc says it s the stigma in the african-american community that s putting many black at higher risk of contracting the disease. nearly half the people living with hiv in the united states are african-american. hi. hello. how are you? good. jeffrey gavin for the pastor. got a 4:00 meeting with him. reporter: gavin is gay and contracted hiv from sex. but the message he wants to send to his community is anyone can get it. how you doing, man? thank you so much. well, thank you for this. how are you doing? reporter: after an hour long meeting they finally emerge. thank you so much. yeah. reporter: you look so relieved. i am. i want to shout for joy, because i see the avenue that this is
president obama is urging congress to approve a $50 billion plan to upgrade the nation s crumbling infrastructure. he says it s vital to creating construction jobs and keeping the country competitive in the global economy. republicans have already expressed opposition to that plan. in the middle east israeli prime minister benjamin netta hugh says he s willing to renew a stop to the settlements only if they acknowledge israel as a jewish state. a freeze on such construction expired last month. and nearly half of the people living with hiv in this country are african-americans, yet most black churches in the u.s. rarely discuss the issue. here s cnn s soledad o brien. reporter: two illnesses threaten jeffrey gavin. his church knows only about one. i have what s called morphand syndrome. that makes me very tall.