asia and european stocks lower. so are u.s. stock futures. yesterday, stocks kicked off november with a nice rally. dow climbing 165 poun 5 points. that puts the dow in positive territory for the year. the s&p is getting close to the record high. residents in ohio will vote on marijuana legalization today. this is the first time that voters will decide whether to approve recreational and medical marijuana at the same time. this is a controversial vote. for more reasons than you think. one ballot measures allows commercial growth on only ten farms. former 98 degrees star nick lachey could win big. could be a top weed king pin. i m sure he is. they stand to make a lot of money. fascinating if conservative ohio
positive territory for the year. the s&p 500 climbing 1.2%. the residents in ohio will vote on marijuana legislation today. the first time voters will decide whether to approve recreation and and medical marijuana at the same time. this vote is a controversial one for more reasons than you think. one ballot measure allows commercial marijuana growth on only ten farms. former 98 degrees star nick lachey could be a top weed king pin. who would have thought that? i would have thought of that. this is like par for the course. it will be very interesting in conservative ohio. the fifth state. as a reporter who has done a lot of work on marijuana stories, i m watching this closely. president obama giving ex-convicts a second chance.
he is going to file a theft report today. he also has people looking for the woman using facial recognition software. he wants that ipad. we don t know if she found it, if she bought it. but it s her picture. i m christine romans. have a great weekend. starting point begins right now. good morning, everyone, i m john berman. good morning, happy friday i m brooke baldwin. soledad is off. well hello. our starting point point is a cnn exclusive. conservative ohio senator ron portman makes a stunning reversal on gay marriage and he s talking to only our dana bash. and then, not just one, but two carnival cruise ships in trouble this morning. folks, this is the fourth time the company has had problems in a month this morning we re asking are the ships safe? also a developing story, a suspect in that deadly attack on