Same-sex marriage bill, Fentanyl epidemic, big win for twins

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 83 minutes

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President Biden signs the same-sex and interracial marriage bill into law. Andrew Hartzler, the Nephew of a GOP Congresswoman who tearfully pleaded with colleagues to oppose the bill, tells CNN Tonight about coming out to his Aunt, being put through conversion therapy by his family, and why he attended the bill signing. California lawmakers introduce bills to have Narcan in schools, inspired by 17-year-old Zach Didier who died after taking a counterfeit pill. Zach’s mother Laura joins to share the story of her son.The CDC reports drug overdoses reached their highest level on record in 2021, and that 60% involved Fentanyl or other synthetic opioids. Plus, identical twins accused of cheating win a $1.5M lawsuit against their medical school, the GOP’s McCarthy faces a tough speaker fight in a divided party, the January 6 Committee is to hold it’s final public hearing and release its full report next week, and airlines want passengers to take the middle seat, as Spirit adds an extra inch, and Virgin Australia launches a lottery.Hosted by Laura Coates and Alisyn Camerota. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Codes.
0:11.3	And I'm Allison Kamerata. This is CNN Tonight.
0:13.9	More than 5,000 people celebrated on the White House lawn today when President Biden signed
0:18.9	the Respect for Marriage Act with new federal protections for same sex and interracial couples.
0:24.9	It was a long road to get there, politically and personally, especially for one of our guests
0:30.3	tonight.
0:31.3	In a moment, we're going to speak to an LGBTQ activist who was in that crowd today, but
0:36.0	who had to fight his own aunt, a congresswoman from Missouri, after she cried on the house floor
0:42.0	begging her colleagues not to vote for this gay marriage protection.
0:46.2	Plus, we'll talk to a mother who's living a true nightmare, suddenly losing her 17-year-old
0:52.0	son in Eagle Scout, a soccer player, the star of high school musical to the fentanyl epidemic.
0:59.0	It's happened to 1,000 families all across this country.
1:01.8	And the shocking thing is, many people don't even know that they're taking fentanyl.
1:06.2	They're not buying it in some dark alley. It's right there available on social media.
1:11.8	The way that particular story happened, Laura, is so heartbreaking.
1:15.4	And I think other parents need to know about it.
1:17.4	Absolutely.
1:18.4	Also we're tracking a powerful winter storm. It's threatening about 21 million people from
1:22.5	Texas to Mississippi, so we're going to tell you where it's headed so you can be prepared.
1:26.3	Okay, but as we said, it was a historic moment for same-sex couples today.
1:30.3	But this victory lap was not a layup.
1:32.9	Roughly 200 Republican lawmakers voted against it, and some really did not want to provide
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