And washington state. Today the d. C. Council will hold a hearing on a bill introduced by tommy wells calling for the decriminalization of marijuana. Kristin fisher is live outside the Wilson Building with a preview of the hearing. Good morning, kristin. Reporter good morning. Just to be clear, were talking about decriminalization here, not full legalization, two very different things. What this bill would do is it would decriminalize possession of small amounts of Recreational Marijuana in d. C. By small ams were talking about by small amounts, were talking about less than an ounce of pot. Right now what would happen . If youre caught with that amount of pot in d. C. Its a miss demeanor offense. First time offender faces up to ix months in prison and a six months in prison and a 1,000 fine. But if this were passed, the final would only be 100. Supporters say its vital for the citys youth, especially those who live in ward 8 where the hearing will be held later tonight. The thinking is
Department is short staffed. The crime rate is down by about a third over the past year. So far the potential pitfalls of overtime have not hit. My response to that is are you going to wait until something happens. This expert says policing oakland is stressful enough. Adding to that workload can become unbearable. In oakland, Ryan Takeo Kpix 5. Police union has weighed in. They say another issue is the Police Administration removes patrol officers to other units to fill vacancies. Developing news out of San Diego County where strong winds and intense heat are fanning the flames of this fastmoving fire. Authorities have issued evacuation orders for more than 20,000 homes. One mobile home has burned. The firework out near a school around 10 00 a. M. And has fire broke out near a school around 10 00. Right now, hundreds of firefighters from around the county are responding with the help of helicopters and air tankers. No report of any injuries. No word yet on the cause. Well be keeping a
Folks joining us. After the close today, we have some big earnings out. Hewlettpackard. That tech bellwether, of course. The gap. Well get those numbers right after the close today. A latebreaking story this afternoon. Billionaire mark cuban making some headlines today in an interview about racial issues in lift Donald Sterling l. A. Clippers saga. Mark admits to his own prejudices and bigotry. In no way were the comments comparable to what Donald Sterling said, but does this put the nba in a position where it has to respond. Will sterling try to drag down cuban with him . So many questions. Youll hear what cuban said in his own words. A full report is coming up in a little while. With an hour to go into the close, the dow is up 28 points. 1,6561 is the level. S p 500 finally up eight. Joining us on our Closing Bell Exchange for this thursday before big holiday weekend, heather hughes, peter andrews, jim lowell, Gerard Fitzpatrick and our own rick santelli. He should be in there somewh
Sadness and regret that i must inform mia that according to this new data flight 370 ended in the southern indian ocean. A spokesperson for Malaysian Airline says families were informed via text message. The investigation will continue to find the flight recorders. The missing on march 8th with 227 passengers. The crash of a train. Ended up west near the top of an escalator. More than 30 people were injured. That could take up to 24 hours. The damage will have to be assessed and repairs will have to be made before trains use that station. For more on how they are doing we go live. The injured passengers started arriving an hour after the derailment. The emergency room staff says the patient should consider themselves very lucky. They treated a total of seven victims and were able to send them home within a few hours. The patients ranged in age from 3872. That got thrown around a bit. The types of injuries doctors and nurses treated some of the victims also suffered whiplash. No broken
Anatoly pakhomov says there are no gays in his town. There are no signs of progress after four days of talks in geneva aimed at ending syrias long and bloody civil war. The negotiations are deadlocked over political issues including a possible Transitional Government. But u. N. Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says there is a willingness to continue the talks. Discussing how women and children can leave the besieged city of homs. There is no talk about leading a u. N. Humanitarian mission into that city. There is real need, im begging asking something be done about this area. Nick shifrin is in that area. Not a new ask from the regime but maybe you can tell us just how far apart the two sides are right now. Well, as one official put it to me today, there is a chasm between the two sides and there is no sign that either side is moving towards other one. The main one perhaps the point of this conference is political transition. All of the parties here had to agree that they would discuss a polit