Overnight and this was no meteor. A mystery. We have the answer to that mystery. A good thursday morning. We begin with Hillary Clinton preparing to take the stage for the final day of the dnc today. Dnc, that is, today, after some of the biggest names in politics delivered a rallying cry on her behalf. President obama had the crowd on their feet even before he started speaking. Defending his own legacy and depicting donald trump as a bully whos unfit to be president. Then there was a grateful Hillary Clinton who joined the president on stage after he praised her intelligence, toughness and tenacity. Vice President Joe Biden didnt mince any words accusing trump of exploiting our fears. The latest from Lauren Lyster live from philadelphia. Good morning. Reporter good morning, kendis and diane. Democratic leaders trying to pass the baton. Pennsylvania avenue transported here to this philadelphia arena, president obama giving a speech filled with hope of handing his job off to the new dem
With scott pelley. Pelley we begin with major setback today for supporters of legalized pot. After a long review, the Obama Administration decided today that marijuana will remain what is called a schedule1 drug, same as heroin, the category for the most dangerous drugs with no known medical application. But that puts the federal government in conflict with states that have already made pot legal either for recreational or medicinal use. We have more now from don dahler. Reporter the Drug Enforcement administration said marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the united states. Means the federal government only approves of its use under strictly limited research concerns. Chuck rosenberg is acting administrator for the d. E. A. Its not about danger. Stuff in schedule1 can be really dangerous or not as dangerous. Its whether or not its a safe and effective medicine. Reporter in violation of federal law, new jersey is one of 42 states and the district of columbia
Testing for cbs news captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley this is our western edition. We begin with a major setback today for supporters of legalized pot. After a long review, the Obama Administration decided today that marijuana will remain what is called a schedule1 drug, same as heroin, the category for the most dangerous drugs with no known medical application. That puts the federal government in conflict with states that have made pot legal either for recreational or medicinal use. We have more now from don dahler. Reporter the Drug Enforcement administration said marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the united states. This decision keeps marijuana classified as a schedule1 drug, like heroin and l. S. D. , which means the federal government only approves of its use under strictly limited research concerns. Chuck rosenberg is acting its not about danger. Stuff in schedule1 can be really dangerous or not as da
This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Estern edition. We begin with a major setback today for supporters of legalized pot. After a long review, the Obama Administration decided today that marijuana will remain what is called a schedule1 drug, same as heroin, the category for the most dangerous drugs with no known medical application. That puts the federal government in conflict with states that have made pot legal either for recreational or medicinal use. We have more now from don dahler. Reporter the Drug Enforcement administration said marijuana has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the united states. This decision keeps marijuana classified as a schedule1 drug, like heroin and l. S. D. , which means the federal government only approves of its use under strictly limited research concerns. Its not about danger. Stuff in schedule1 can be really dangerous or not as dangerous. Its whether or not its a safe and effective medicine. Reporter in violation of federal
Apart the economic plan he unveiled there. Clinton sot he would give trillions in tax cuts to big corporations, millionaires, and wall street money managers. That would explode our national debt. Trump today in some ways . Preaching to the choir the National Association of home builders. Trump sot i grew up with a homebuilder i would watch my father and listen to my father negotiate on the phone the republican nominee spoke about the economy . But also kept up his latest attack. Obama and Hillary Clinton the founders of isis they are the founders. In fact i think we will give Hillary Clinton, you know if youre on a sports team. Most valuable player mvp gfx the latest abc news electoral map heavily favors clinton. With six states rated toss ups. But team clinton is looking at opportunities in at least two of those lean republican States National race because the map is so big for Hillary Clinton now and the map is become much smaller for donald trump. Its no longer 8 target states. O c