Mccains Campaign Steve schmidt. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. Good morning. Lots of 2016 politics on the show. First breaking news overnight. A major rescue operation that is under way. Hundreds feared drown south of an italian island of lampedusa, after a boat carrying as many as 700 migrants cam sized in the Mediterranean Sea between north africa and italy. Kir simmons joins me from london. It is a fear most of these 700 already drowned. Reporter there is. Good morning. That search and rescue operation is under way involving italian boats, the multis, navy and commercial vessels. The Italian Coast Guard said 24 bodies have been recovered and 28 survived. One International Organization is saying 49 are rescued and taken to sicily. The sinking boat capsized around midnight local time, which is more than 12 hours ago. The final numbers may be truly gutwrenching. Hundreds still need rescuing, but the hopes of finding more alive after hours on the very cold sea appear to be dimmi
Attitudes about marijuana have changed a lot since the worst days of the drug war. They have come to think of the drug has more benign and less dangerous than cocaine, heroin or meth, but the federal government still classifies marijuana as a narcotic that can land its producers, sellers and users in jail. Their is money seized and property impounded. Now the two states, washington and colorado, have legalized marijuana for both medical and Recreational Use, how can state law, revenue collection, Law Enforcement be made to mesh with the federal code . Its a question that will only grow more pressing as more states consider a change. Another win for legal weed this week. Tuesday Florida Supreme Court guaranteed a spot on novembers ballot to determine if marijuana could be used for medicine purposes. Advocates presented nearly 700,000 signatures necessary for a ballot question. But opponents challenged its language in court. This particular initiative has nothing to do with medicine and
Let me play it for you. Had you had any knowledge at that mall it was there before the department of justice giving you that notification . We did not, senator, or mr. Chairman. Despite significant investment in multiple layers of detection that we had within our systems we did not. Melissa congressman that is really startling to me. Is it surprising to you they had no idea until they got a phone call from the Justice Department that all this had happened . Unfortunately that is more common than you think. It is usually Payment Card Companies or secret service or fbi that are doing an investigation that stumble on this now there is a system set in place and theyre supposed to do audits and so one of the questions were going to ask of target tomorrow is, were they doing thooe audits pursuant to this standards for security . Answer is no . Well, i hope the answer is yes but they didnt, you know, see if they just didnt find it. That is one of the questions the Senate Committee didnt ask y
Ballot initiative allowing anyone over 21 to buy marijuana. Politicses, businesspeople and Law Enforcement are wondering what comes next. Har woodruff Hari Sreenivasan talks to andrew kohut about the pew centers postelection report card, with the candidates, the campaigns, and the news media getting low marks. Brown david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the weeks news. Woodruff and how much did the president ial candidates spend on social media . Ray suarez has some answers on the daily download. Take a look at this, the Obama Campaign spent 47 million on digital sending. And the Romney Campaign spent 4 my 7 million. A 10 to 1 gap. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by computing surrounds us. Sometimes, its obvious, and sometimes, its very surprising in where you find it. Soon, computing intelligence in unexpected places will change our lives in truly profound ways. Technology can provide customized experiences tailored to
Dispatch from megan verlee of Colorado Public Radio. Voters in that state approved a Ballot Initiative allowing anyone over 21 to buy marijuana. Politicses, businesspeople and Law Enforcement are wondering what comes next. Har woodruff Hari Sreenivasan talks to andrew kohut about the pew centers postelection report card, with the candidates, the campaigns, and the news media getting low marks. Brown david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the weeks news. Woodruff and how much did the president ial candidates spend on social media . Ray suarez has some answers on the daily download. Take a look at this, the Obama Campaign spent 47 million on digital sending. And the Romney Campaign spent 4 my 7 million. A 10 to 1 gap. Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by computing surrounds us. Sometimes, its obvious, and sometimes, its very surprising in where you find it. Soon, computing intelligence in unexpected places will change our li