A breakthrough on refugees the parties in germanys Coalition Talks hammer out a deal of allowing refugees to bring family members to join them. Also a historic vote to ireland confirms it will hold a referendum on abortion the Prime Minister leads the push to liberalize the countrys restrictive abortion laws ahead of a public vote planned for may look at why lawmakers are pushing to resolve this divisive issue right now and the temper proof bottles that can be opened by yet the World Antidoping Agency is looking into a possible Security Breach that could compromise thousands of drug tests just weeks before the Winter Olympics kicks off. A. Great to have you along everyone. The kenyan government has. Outlawed Opposition Leader raila odinga as National Resistance movement well thats after he took a symbolic president ial oath of office at a mock inauguration ceremony in nairobi. Disputed the countrys president ial Election Results since last august the Supreme Court ordered a rerun last
They willing to gamble . If i have to choose between losing my job, or losing my kid, what would any mother do . Reporter tonight, the promise this is what you give up when you start using cannabis. Reporter the risks. We dont know the potential sideeffects. We dont want to make their seizures better and make their lives worse. Reporter and the families caught in the middle. Its awesome. I dont feel like a monster anymore. One kid, one day of no suffering is absolutely worth it. Reporter growing hope. Good evening, and welcome to dateline, im lester holt. Should medical marijuana be legal . Does it work . For which diseases . For doctors, its about the science. For lawmakers, its about politics. But for the families youll meet, its so much simpler. Its about their children. Heres harry smith. Reporter three mothers and their children. On this winter day in virginia, they have a big hill to climb. Each child is desperately ill. Each has a form of epilepsy. No one else that i knew had a
Losing my job, or losing my kid, what would any mother do . Reporter tonight, the promise this is what you give up when you start using cannabis. Reporter the risks. We dont know the potential sideeffects. We dont want to make their seizures better and make their lives worse. Reporter and the families caught in the middle. Its awesome. I dont feel like a monster anymore. One kid, one day of no suffering is absolutely worth it. Reporter growing hope. Good evening, and welcome to dateline, im lester holt. Should medical marijuana be legal . Does it work . For which diseases . For doctors, its about the science. For lawmakers, its about politics. But for the families youll meet, its so much simpler. Its about their children. Heres harry smith. Reporter three mothers and their children. On this winter day in virginia, they have a big hill to climb. Each child is desperately ill. Each has a form of epilepsy. No one else that i knew had a kid with seizures this bad, and no one knew how to tr
Sustainability at the new York City Department of sanitation, richard johnsen, whos special Service Manager for the nyc program of veolia north america, and john s. Shegerian, chairman and c. E. O. Of Electronic Recyclers International. Good to have you all with us today. Let me ask you first, bridget, what is the nyc Safe Disposal Program . The department of sanitation created the nyc Safe Disposal Program to help new yorkers get rid of their unwanted, harmful products that are in their homes. They clutter the basement. They clutter their spaces. Get rid of them properly, recycle them, safely dispose of what are harmful materials. I mean, i know, for instance, every time you get the flickering fluorescent bulb, the temptation is, oh, just put it in a garbage bag and smash it and throw it you cant do that. Theres harmful stuff in those things, right . But i know all your home the Home Goods Stores will take them back. They will take them. You just got to bring them back. Yes, there are
Lets hope that man pulls through, thank you. The third storm of the week. Its fast approaching. Our live hd cameras show cloudy gray skies across the bay area this friday evening. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking this storm that will bring more than rain. The cold front is getting closer right now, just off to the motor. Right now we have that at about 222 miles away. Once that gets here, we do think the winds going to be picking up. Well have more in just a minute. Well get you to the radar, a closer zoom, you can see spotty showers up into marin, napa, sonoma counties. Thats about it. We dont think were going to see consistent rainfall develop until about 10 00 tonight up into the north bay. Gradually by the overnight hours, well see heavier pockets of rain begin at about 3 00 and then intensify a little bit more for 5 00 in the morning. Of course were going to run this timeline, have it through your saturday forecast in a few minutes. The last thing we do want to finish