With 149 to 43 vote house lawmakers paved the way for pennsylvania to be the 24th state to approve legal pot. After years of fierce Debate Senate bill three fails the medical approval process and puts both children and adults in substantial risk. Reporter tearful testimony from patients house lawmakers approve medical marijuana in pennsylvania. These are real people that we can help right now. We have a duty. Were legislating medicine when in fact its not recognized as medicine because under federal law its illegal. Reporter 154 page senate bill three allows doctors to prescribe medical marijuana through a statewide patient and dr. Registry but it only includes cannabis oils, pills and ointments. Smoking marijuana would still be illegal. This is not an opioid. This is a relief to great families who are suffering right in front of us in this chamber. Reporter the bill would cover patients with 16 different conditions. Among them cancer, ptsd epilep epilepsy, glaucoma and multiple sclero
This happened just after 8 00 tonight. New castle county paramedics are telling us they had to use jaws of life to free one person from their car. She was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Another person was rushed to the hospital in serious but stable condition. Two others were taken with nonlife threatening injuries. No word when the toll plaza will reopen. Our other big story historic vote in pennsylvania. Medical marijuana is one step closer to legalization across the state. Thanks to vote in the state house tonight. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im iain page. Lets get over to Chris Oconnell with a final steps ahead tonight. Chris . Reporter legal medical marijuana in the state of spence now closer than ever to reality with 149 to 43 vote house lawmakers paved the way for pennsylvania to be the 24th state to approve legal pot. After years of fierce Debate Senate bill three fails the medical approval process and puts both children and adults in substantial risk. Reporter te
Additional showers moving from the west. Coming up the next 12 hours well see a few more showers moving through but after sunset, after 7 00 oclock, all the activity will die down and skies will clear but cooler air is going to move into the Delaware Valley right now it is 58 in philadelphia. A rain cooled temperature, 48 in the poconos. 60 in wilmington and 60 degrees in millville. The big story is going to be the cold thats coming. Mild through the evening, 9 00 oclock some clouds. Mostly cloudy at 11 00 with a temperature of 53 degrees. Then the big story the weekend storm with an area of low pressure a noreaster that will move up the eastern seaboard. The main impact sunday cold enough for snow. Were still watching in exact storm track. Coastal flooding a concern as well. We will be seeing some accumulating snow. More on the details coming up with your seven day forecast icy you later in the broadcast. Kathy, thanks. Right now at 5 00 a close call in old city. Skyfox shows the dest
Tavis how do you know what interest you will interest other persons . Its very funny. I had lunch with paul simon, and i was talking about this very thing. How for a while the stuff that interested him did interest people. Top of the charts. They were revolutionary in a lot of ways as musicians, and he said, sometimes you get to a place and not everyone react. Ups and downs. I think you cannot predict anything, but you do the best you can to go, this feels like something that actually interests me. Idea that spark something in me. All you can do is that. If you go at it from the beginning saying, the audience will like this, i think the odds of it working at all dropped enormously. I think its a dangerous aiding th ing the interests a dangerous thing. Lunch let me explore this that i wish i could have been part of. Between abrams and simon is simon is called think artists at their best are called upon to speak a certain truth through their music. Simon has to live and speak and express
The iconic red wooden Strawberry in Owego, symbolizing community spirit, is being rebuilt with the help of local businesses and residents, after years of deterioration.