Emwazi. They say emwazi is a british man from a well off family in london. Hes best in syria since 2012. His face and british accent became a symbol months earlier. Recovering were covering the story from all angles. We have Nic Robertson from new scotland yard. Good morning, nic. Tell us more. Reporter good morning, carol. The metropolitan police who are in charge of Counter Terrorism here and would have had in theory emwazi on their radar say they wont comment about him. Life is at stake, they say. Were also hoping the British Foreign office they say they wont be commenting on this. They have an ongoing active terror investigation and it is common practice therefore, that they wouldnt be commenting on this. That emwazi has been seen as as jihadi john executing james foley, august last summer, steven sotloff, hemming, alan haynes, peter kessig and the japanese journalist kenji goto. He has a long track record of brutal murder. Thats what the police here are investigating and this name
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way they should operate. so states right, yes, but washington, d.c. is not a state. reporter: congress has stopped d.c. from allowing recreational sales but the cultivation, possession and use here now legal for anyone over 21. after being arrested his head shop raided and shut down in 2012 ad m et nadam ettinger. making sure politicians elected to support us once they got in office. reporter: a pot revolution in the capitol, a sign of a growing movement nationwide. from the nation s capitol to change the marijuana laws in such a way, it will have an impact across the nation and internationally. reporter: nine states may move ahead with recreational marijuana sales despite federal laws saying possession and the sale of pot is illegal. michael collins lobbies for
columbia issued a stern warning writing, if you decide to move forward tomorrow with the legalization of marijuana in the district you will be doing so in knowing and willful violation of the law. we would encourage the congress to not be so concerned about overturning what seven out of ten voters said should be the law in the district of columbia. reporter: adam ettinger organized the legalization effort. do you think there will be a backlash to any of this? there will be a huge backlash if congress manages to overturn the initiative. there will be protests in the streets. our city council will be performing civil acts of disobedience. reporter: despite this legalization in the capitol is another sign of growing public acceptance nationwide. we cannot wait for politicians to get on the ball here. peer are going to jail for this.