Im the halfblood prince. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley the candidates for the republican president ial nomination go at it in South Carolina tonight. It is round six, and only seven of them made the cut. National poll just out tonight shows that donald trump is way out front, 13 points ahead of ted cruz among g. O. P. Primary voters. Heres Major Garrett. Reporter before a capacity crowd of 11,000 last night in florida, donald trump responded to charges that his campaign is built on anger, fear and division. Im very angry, because i hate whats happening to our country. I am angry. Reporter with only seven podiums on stage tonight, candidates will get more time to argue why they would be a better alternative to trump. Chris christie told us hes ready to be attacked. People never shoot backward, major. They always shoot either to the side or forward. Poll shows 42 of likely g. O. P. Caucusgoers have decided on a candidate while 56 could change their mind. That cou
About 2 million americans are hooked on prescription painkillers. In 2012, 259 million prescriptions were written. Thats one bottle for every american adult. So how can that be . Jim axelrod and producer ashley vely found out in West Virginia, a state thats attempting a drastic solution, allowing addicts to sue the doctors who got them hooked. Reporter 17 years ago, willis duncans life changed forever, when a coal mining accident left 4i78 with a crushed sternum. If i didnt have ten pain pills, i wouldnt go to work. Reporter duncan developed a lifelong addiction to painkillers when his doctors only treatment was a neverending supply of pills. The only time that you went in to see a doctor was to get your pills. Reporter you would go in to get looked at, but the examination isnt done by a doctor . No. For hours to be seen for just a few minutes at this clinic where 150 patients line up every day for pain med prescriptions. Did you ever say to a doctor, this has gotten out of hand, and i
Night. Reporter one is run by dr. Michael kastenko. Seen here lecturing patients. Hes written more than 40,000 pain pill prescriptions over the last two years at his coal country clinic. He was among those ordered to stop operating as a pain clinic, but remains open. After weeks of trying to reach him, we drove out to coal country clinic, located at the end of this narrow twomile logging road. Instead of finding the doctor, we came facetoface with a rottweiller. Shutting down these clinics can often take years, because these are licensed doctors, writing legal prescriptions. Therein lies the problem. You have to be able to prove in court that their prescribing was in such an aegregious amount that it was negligent. Reporter among the 30 west p virginians now suing their doctors and pharmacies for enabling their addiction is willis duncan. They hurt a lot of people. I mean, its just a bad deal all the way around. I have nothing for them. Nothing for none of them. The state of West Virgi
America. A lot of smiles in california this morning. Not just for the Oscar Nominations. One of the three Powerball Jackpot winners from the golden state, oh, they were celebrating last night. They sure were. If you havent checked your ticket yet, 4, 8, 19, 27, 34 and the powerball is 10. Did you say 10 . The powerball is 10 . I got it. Congratulations. What does that mean . 4 bucks. It pays for the ticket. You stale came to work today. Came for the ticket. Its not that massive 1. 5 billion which was split among winners in chino hills, california, munford, tennessee and melbourne beach, florida. Youre looking live at the 7eleven in chino hills. Oh, good. They left some time ago. They were going nuts last night. Why did they empty out the store . This poor guy. No line. T. J. Holmes has been all over he starts us off with a look at what 1. 5 billion looks like. This could have all been yours. This is what 1. 6 billion in cash looks like. Give or take a few dollars. Last night not too lo
Morning, and on fox5 vegas dot com. Teachers have protested for months over their contracts. Tonight, they finally have a resolution with the Clark County School district. It is a step in the right direction. It will certainly help. Its not going to solve our teacher shortage, but it will definitely help the teacher shortage. The ccsd board of trustees unanimously approved a two year contract. It addresses recruitment, retention, and professional development. New salaries will go into effect march first, and increases are retroactive to september. Should Clark County School district be broken up . The city of las vegas held a town hall tonight asking people that same question fox5s Miguel Martinez valle was at the meeting he has the details well officials pushing for the reorganization of Clark County School district said tonights meeting is the the publics help in figuring out if creating smaller districts would be the best move for students clark county is the 5th largest School Dist