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At this point in time there is no climb of responsibility for these attacks. >> we're told more than 30,000 social media messages were collected within a one-mile radius of the finish line from 24 hours before to 24 hours after the explosions with twitter and facebook lighting up. >> social media was used to a great degree to really help along the way as well as hurt. people were scouring faces in the crowd saying is this the person? the news is breaking in connection with the boston terror attack. bill hemmer live and since the past 45 minutes we learned several facts including at least, at l...

Research capital, israel. it might surprise you, but actually research into cannabis and epilepsy started here in the 1970s with studies that showed it could reduce convulsions in rats. today shackleford is hoping to start clinical trials in humans there. >> we need to understand it well enough that they won't be reluctant to, at least, give it a thought. at least try it. >> and it is not just epilepsy. but researchers in israel are studying a variety of illnesses. >> when we come back, what they're finding, up close. and an amazing look inside hospitals and nursing homes with patients are lig...

Press secretary jay carney said the president's position on legalizing pot has not changed. the preds who has admitted to smoking pot has taken aim at politicians who throw them behind bars when they experimented with marijuana themselves. what does this mean for lighting up in the rest of the country? jim acosta has the story. >> reporter: just days after president obama's comments on marijuana appear to put his own drug policies at issue, the white house is trying to close the air. >> the president's position on these matters hasn't changed. he's not endorsing any specific move by a state. h...

Answers. and that took him to the place many call, the medical marijuana research capital, israel. it might surprise you, but actually research into cannabis and epilepsy started here in the 1970s with studies that showed it could reduce convulsions in rats. today shackleford is hoping to start clinical trials in humans there. >> we need to understand it well enough that they won't be reluctant to, at least, give it a thought. at least try it. >> and it is not just epilepsy. but researchers in israel are studying a variety of illnesses. >> when we come back, what they're finding, up close. and...

Health care, many programs that were started in the government didn't work as well as people expected in the beginning months. might you be jumping too soon on something that could end up being good for the american people? >> if we can cover more people and keep health care affordable and accessible and have it be high quality, sure. but that's not what this is doing. this is causing people chaos and confusion and more money. >> for now. >> it could in the process run down the economy. this hasn't, look, the president -- >> i've got to go. my producers are screaming at me. we will continue th...