We have three people rolling joints for two days straight. Giving new meaning for Rocky Mountain high. Today smoking pot for fun is legal in colorado. [ music ] good morning. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. On this january 1st, 2014. Im stephanie sy. After watching millions around the world celebrate the new year it was americas turn to ring in 2014 with midnight fireworks and festivities, the celebration on the west coast took place three hours ago. Thousands watched as the space needle went up. Further down the coast San Francisco had a 15 minute Fireworks Show over the bay and in chicago they brushed off a snow storm to view the fireworks over lake michigan. In new york more than a million packed into times square. Revellers packed in to see the ball drop. Supreme Court Justice so. Onya sotomyor returned to her home town, pressing the button that triggered the ball jot. She was at the center of a lastminute legal decision, hours before the Affordable Care act was set to take mect eff
Lit be legal for anyone over 21 to smoke pot and buy it in licensed stores. Marijuana use, possession and sales are still illegal in nearly every other state. Wall street the dow rose more than 26 , its best year since the mid 90s. The s p 500 also saw huge gains. The Federal Reserve kept Interest Rates low so people could borrow money. Utah has taken its fight against gay marriage all the way to the Supreme Court. Legalized earlier this year, those are the headlines, this is next. Some major stories made 2131 for the history books. Al from jame miswinston winning the heisman to the growing epidemic of concussions in sports we are look back at the year that was. Al from snap chat, social media continues to penetrate every aspect of our lives. With he break down some of the biggest changes in the world. And well take a look back at the notable people who left us this year. Welcome to the special Holiday Edition of consider this. We begin with the stories that made the biggest headlines.
Californias numer juan a laws go into effect allowing anyone over 21 to smoke marijuana. Buying, selling and smoking weed are illegal. The wow rouse more thto the year since 1997. The nasdaq is up 38 . One reason, the Federal Reserve promised to keep Interest Rates low. Consider this is up next. Al from jame miswinston winning the heisman to the growing epidemic of concussions in sports we are look back at the year that was. Al from snap chat, social media continues to penetrate every aspect of our lives. With he break down some of the biggest changes in the world. And well take a look back at the notable people who left us this year. Welcome to the special Holiday Edition of consider this. We begin with the stories that made the biggest headlines. The the government shut down that no one really wanted but no one could really stop to the birth of a royal baby who is a long way off from inheriting the throne, but who everybody wanted to talk about anyway. We will start with the top poli
Cases soaring in california. More than 5,000 now. Tonight, oneonone with governor gavin newsom. How hes enlisted the help of billionaires to bring in badly needed supplies, especially n95 masks into his state. His warning, california is just days away from where new york is right now. Overseas, tragedy on the runway. The Medical Transport plane crashing during takeoff in the philippines. Eight People Killed including an american. And the tornado outbreak. At least 17 reported in the south and midwest. A confirmed ef3 hitting jonesboro, arkansas, winds of up to 140 miles per hour. Coronavirus restrictions forcing many families to stay inside possibly saving lives. Plus, the new reality. Living in the age of coronavirus, adapting, adjusting. The new and creative ways were living. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. And we begin tonight with breaking news on the coronavirus outbreak. President trump just a short time ago extending his time line to slow t
Mostly good news from the president unless, that is, you live in one of the states. The president said just today we have states, a lot of states, territories too. The problem is hes not happy with the states. He took a swing at governors for not being thankful enough. He thinks the states should have been prepared for this pandemic even though he seemed upbeat on the pandemic. Just today he said, its not going to be long. This is ending. This will end. Youll see some bad things and youll see some very good things. Were healing, he said. Were Getting Better. Were Getting Better very quickly. He reminded everyone this was artificially induced, not his fault, and insisted out loud it is going away. He and his people announced today the cdc now recommends we cover our faces when we go out. The president then went on to say he wont be covering his. Dont imagine he would love that photograph. And then he said six times that wearing a Face Covering is voluntary and that its for a period of t