WEED 2: Cannabis Madness: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports

WEED 2: Cannabis Madness: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports"  

Premieres on CNN Tuesday, March 11 at 10 pm ET

  

After sparking a national debate with his acclaimed documentary Weed, and op-ed "Why I changed my mind on weed," CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta delves deeper into the challenges of legalizing medical marijuana.

Weed 2: Cannabis Madness: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports, premiering Tuesday, March 11th at 10 pm ET, looks at U.S. federal laws that consider marijuana a drug with no medicinal value and serious scientists who say they’re wrong. It is the politics of pot - the politicians vs. the patients.

          

Legal in 20 states plus the District of Columbia, limited access to medicinal marijuana has caused significant battles between legislators and qualified patients seeking this type of treatment. Vivian Wilson, a 2-year-old girl suffering from chronic seizures, is one of those patients.  Wilson made headlines in 2013 when her father confronted New Jersey Governor Chris Christie pleading "please don't let my daughter die" and imploring him to legalize medical marijuana in the state.  

In the one-hour documentary, Gupta gets exclusive access to the journey of Vivian's family who, along with many patients, are willing to do anything to get medical marijuana and face many legal challenges along the way. He meets with dozens of families dubbed “medical marijuana refugees” who have moved to Colorado, where pot is legal, to get medical marijuana for their sick children.  Gupta also examines disparities in the U.S. government's research into the benefits of medical marijuana and reports on groundbreaking discoveries in other countries. Gupta’s investigation takes him around the world looking for answers, including a rare inside look at a pharmaceutical company in the United Kingdom that is the only one in the world turning pot into a prescription drug.

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TDS Mocks CNN....Again

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Anderson Cooper Anchoring from Ukraine for Monday's AC360

Anderson Cooper will anchor AC360° from Ukraine Monday night and will report on escalating tensions in the region.

AC360° airs at 8pm ET on CNN.

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Sunday Morning Programs 3/2/14

SUNDAY, March 2, 2014

INSIDE POLITICS – Sunday 8:30AM – 9:00AM

Topic:   Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in the Limelight; the Clinton Documents; Tea Party vs. the GOP Establishment

Guest:  Robert Costa, national political reporter, The Washington Post

Guest:  Maggie Haberman, senior reporter, POLITICO

Guest:  Nia-Malika Henderson, political reporter, The Washington Post

Guest:  Peter Hamby, political reporter, CNN

Anchor:  John King

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY -  Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON

Topic:   The Strength of the Tea Party as it Turns Five Years Old; Same-Sex Marriage;

Rand Paul; Women’s Place in Conservative Politics

Guest:  Rick Santorum (R-PA), former senator

  

Topic:   Uprising in Ukraine; Politics at Home

Guest:  Sen. Dick Durbin  (D-IL), Assistant Majority Leader

Topic:   U.S.-Russia Relations; Ukraine

Guest: John Beyrle, former U.S. ambassador to Russia

Topic:   Political Panel: Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton in 2016

Guest:  Bill Burton, former deputy White House press secretary (Obama

Administration)

Guest:  Ross Douthat, columnist, The New York Times

Guest:  Amy Walter, national editor, The Cook Political Report

Anchor: Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs LIVE 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM     

Topic:      Ukraine & Russia – and What is Likely to Happen Next

Guest:     Zbigniew Brzezinski, PhD, former National Security Advisor (Carter Administration); counselor and trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies

Guest:     Madeleine Albright, PhD, former U.S. Secretary of State (Clinton Administration); professor, international relations, Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service

Topics:    Distorting Putin

Guest:     Anne Applebaum, columnist, The Washington Post and Slate

Guest:     Stephen Cohen, PhD, professor emeritus, The New York University and

Princeton University

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Topic:      Egypt’s Revolution & Where It’s Headed – and What Can Ukraine Learn From Egypt?

Guest:     Jehane Noujaim, Oscar-nominated documentary film maker, The Square (2013)

Topic:      In Defense of the 1%

Guest:     N. Gregory Mankiw, PhD, chairman and professor of economics, Harvard University

Anchor:    Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topic:      This Week We Saw a Watershed Moment for Gay Rights in Arizona and Texas. Is This the End Of This as a Wedge Issue That Has Divided the Country? What Role Did the Media Play in This?

Guest:     Thomas Frank, politics & culture columnist, Salon

Guest:     Ben Shapiro, editor-at-large, Breitbart.com

Topic:      Looking at the Clinton Documents

Guest:     Carl Bernstein, commentator, CNN; investigative journalist

Topic:      President Obama Holds an Event at the White House to Launch His “My Brother’s Keeper” Initiative to Provide Support for Minority Youth. We’ll Talk With Don Lemon About His Experience at the Event and Some of His Experiences as a Journalist Covering the President.

Guest:     Don Lemon, anchor, CNN

Topic:      Fox News Decides Not to Carry Obama’s Speech Even Though Bill O’Reilly Was in the Audience and Rupert Murdoch Tweeted Support for the Initiative. We’ll Look at How Fox Makes Its Choices About Coverage and the Role Its Political Leanings Play.

Guest:     Dylan Byers, media reporter, POLITICO

Topic:      Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Hasn’t Asked a Question in Supreme Court Oral Argument for Eight Years. Where Are the Reporters? Are Restrictions on Press Coverage Allowing Him to Get Away With This?

Guest:     Jeffrey Toobin, senior legal analyst, CNN

Guest:     Jamal Greene, law professor, Columbia Law School

   

Anchor:    Brian Stelter

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CNN Alum Miles O'Brien's 'Flesh Wound'

Former CNN space and science reporter, and ATC favorite, Miles O'Brien had a very shocking injury recently.  Here's what he wrote:

I wish I had a better story to tell you about why I am typing this with one hand (and some help from Dragon Dictate). A shark attack would be interesting. An assassination attempt would be intriguing. Skydiving mishaps always make for good copy. An out-of-control quad copter that turns on its master would be entertaining (and would come complete with a grim, potentially viral, video). No, the reason I am now one-handed is a little more prosaic than those scenarios. 

I had finished my last shoot after a long reporting trip to Japan and the Philippines and was stacking the Pelican cases brimming with TV gear onto my cart. As I tried to bungee cord them into some semblance of security for movement, one of the cases toppled onto my left forearm. Ouch! It hurt, but I wasn’t all “911” about it. It was painful and swollen but I figured it would be okay without any medical intervention. Maybe a little bit of denial? 

The next day, February 13, things seemed status quo. It was sore and swollen but seemingly no worse. Then, that night, things got worse. Both the pain and swelling increased. So on the morning of February 14, I asked the hotel for a referral to a doctor and went to see him right away. While my concern was already growing, the look on his face when he saw my forearm got me a little more nervous. The doctor told me he suspected that I might be having an Acute Compartment Syndrome. I had to Wiki it, but in essence it is an increase in pressure inside an enclosed space in the body. This can block blood flow causing a whole host of serious, life-threatening consequences. He had me admitted to the hospital. Over the next few hours, I endured probably the longest, most painful experience I could ever imagine. My forearm developed some dusky discoloration, but more alarming was the numbness. I could not feel my forearm! The doctor recommended an emergency fasciotomy to relieve the pressure. This is a gruesome enough procedure on its own, but the he was clear that the problem was progressing rapidly and there was a clear and present threat to my limb. It was getting real. Of course I wasn’t awake for the action but I was told later that things tanked even further once I was on the table. And when I lost blood pressure during the surgery due to the complications of compartment syndrome, the doctor made a real-time call and amputated my arm just above the elbow. He later told me it all boiled down to a choice…between a life and a limb. 

So I woke up to a new reality in the hospital. It’s been a challenging week dealing with the phantom pain, the vicissitudes of daily life with one hand and the worries about what lies ahead. But I am alive and I’m grateful for that. Please don’t worry about me. I’m sure I can cope just fine. If I need your help, I promise I will ask. Life is all about playing the hand that is dealt you. Actually, I would love somebody to deal me another hand right about now – in more ways than one.

If you'd like to send Miles your wishes for a speedy recovery here's a link to his blog, which has a comment option at the bottom of his post.  

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Bye Bye Piers!

Here's the headline may of you have been waiting for:

Piers Morgan and CNN Plan End to His Prime-Time Show

to read the details follow this link to today's media page of the New York Times.

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Sunday Morning Programs 2/23/14

SUNDAY, February 23, 2014

INSIDE POLITICS – Sunday 8:30AM – 9:00AM

Topic:   Obama Entitlements and Minimum Wage; Bailout Impact on 2014; Christie and Walker Under Investigation;  Rand Paul vs. Ted Nugent; Is Hillary Beatable?

Guest: David Maraniss, associate editor, The Washington Post

Guest: Amy Walter, national editor, The Cook Political Report

Guest: Julie Pace, White House correspondent, The Associated Press

Guest:  Jonathan Martin, senior political reporter, The New York Times

Anchor:  John King

STATE OF THE UNION WITH CANDY CROWLEY -  Airs LIVE Sunday 9:00AM – 10:00AM and NOON

Topic:   Race, Hollywood, What the President Has Done Right, What the President

Has Done Wrong

Guest:  Joe Morton, actor, “Scandal”

Topic:   Politics; Economy; Social Issues; Death Penalty

Guest:  Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)

Guest:  Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN)

Guest:  Gov. Dannel Malloy (D-CT)

Guest:  Gov. Jay Nixon (D-MO)

Topic:   Politics

Guest:  Penny Lee, former director, Democratic Governors Association

Guest:  Robert Costa, national political reporter, The Washington Post

Guest:  Ramesh Ponnuru, senior editor, National Review

Anchor:   Candy Crowley

FAREED ZAKARIA GPS – Airs 10:00AM – 11:00AM and 1:00PM – 2:00PM     

Topics:    Ukraine & Venezuela

Guest:     Zbigniew Brzezinski, PhD, former National Security Advisor (Carter Administration); counselor and trustee, Center for Strategic & International Studies

Topics:    Trying to Influence Peace in Ukraine; Negotiating with Iran over Nukes

Guest:     Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, The New York Times

Guest:     David Remnick, editor, The New Yorker

Guest:     Robin Wright, foreign affairs journalist and analyst; author, The Iranian Primer (2010)

Topic:      The 1%

Guest:     N. Gregory Mankiw, PhD, chairman and professor of economics, Harvard University

Topic:      Art History Degrees Matter

Guest:     Adam Gopnik, staff writer, New Yorker magazine

Anchor:    Fareed Zakaria

RELIABLE SOURCES – Airs Sunday 11:00AM – NOON

Topic:      How Access to Social Media and Contact with the West is Skewing Coverage in Ukraine

Guest:     Max Fisher, former foreign affairs blogger, The Washington Post

Guest:     Nick Paton Walsh, senior international correspondent, CNN

Topic:      Donald Trump Exploded this Week when a BuzzFeed Story was not the Puff Profile Piece He Expected. Does Trump Deserve the Media Attention He Once Received?

Guest:     McKay Coppins, senior writer, BuzzFeed

Guest:     Maggie Haberman, senior political reporter, POLITICO

Topic:      In the Climate Change Debate, News Organizations Equate Skeptics with Scientists. What Makes this Story so Hard to Cover?

Guest:     Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics, City College of New York

Guest:     Jack Mirkinson, senior editor, The Huffington Post

Topic:      Our “Undercovered” Story of the Week: Why is the Story of Bowe Bergdahl, the Only U.S. Service Member Missing in Afghanistan, Underreported?

Guest:     Jake Tapper, Chief Washington correspondent, CNN; anchor, CNN’s “The Lead”

Topic:      Texas Gubernational Candidate Greg Abbott Campaigns with Ted Nugent and the Press Goes Wild. The Former Rock Star has Become Known for Inflammatory Statements about President Obama. Should the Media Call Out Hate Speech When They See It?

Guest:     Christy Hoppe, Austin bureau chief, Dallas Morning News

Anchor:    Brian Stelter

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