Now at noon, beto o rourke in the bay area. The democratic president ial hopefuls stop at a cannabis dispensary. Im kenny choi. Im michelle griego. Kpix 5s an anne makovec is live. This has been a matt as an issue of racial injustice. We know that americans across race and different backgrounds and ethnicities use marijuana and have used Illegal Drugs at roughly the same rate but only some americans are more likely than other american to be arrested to it. Reporter orourke met with pot Business Leaders at blunts and more. The owner won a cannabis business license under the equity program. This is important for people to come and talk to hear from us what is going on. Reporter orourkes plan would expunge pot possession records and help businesses use banks and impose a new tax, part going to support reentry into society for those in prison for pot possession. The criminal code in this country has forever, as long as we have been a country, been used to keep some people down by law. Repo
International pressure and deploys his military to fight the fires. Well have the latest on what some are calling ecocide. Is it the first death caused by vaping . Well look at the case of an adult whose illness matches the recent outbreak of severe lung disease and those who use ecigarettes. And in our continuing series who we are, we go back two years to Hurricane Harvey and meet the 26yearold and the young volunteers who are rebuilding homes and restoring lives. But first we begin this morning with a look at todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Seeing a lot of the leaders who are friends of mine for the most part. Wouldnt say its 100 of the case, but forthe most part. President trump arrives for the g7 sum milt. Apparently not a fan of these gettogethers. President trump is not one to back down and the leaders here are not Strong Enough to challenge him. It started out as a stand your ground trial, a jury found Michael Drejka guilty of manslaughter. This man is a vigilante.
Election a follows months of demonstrations that led to president underlies ease beautifully his resignation ending his 20 year rule protesters say they want to complete overhaul with the ruling elite held to account for corruption. Plenty more ahead on this news hour he waves breaking records as it moves across parts of europe. And between the rock and a hard place the actor throwing his weight behind an indigenous cause in hawaii. Plus later in sport we meet the amateurs riding the roads of the Tour De France in a bid for equality. Color to come 1st the celebrations are continuing in puerto rico after the resignation of the islands governor because the rosello announced he will leave on. Office on wednesday the scandal began over leaked Text Messages and again he reports from san juan. Dancing in the streets of san juan celebrating whats being called a peoples revolution demonstrators have for days demanded gov ricardo rajjo step down after Text Messages revealed a leader who spoke p
A challenge for the 15 Navy Chiefs Meeting here in defense contractors here in the gulf of guinea but across the world because piracy is on the rise whether with the crisis that we currently see in the straits of hormuz where britain and iran accuse each other of state piracy or in Southeast Asia where tankers are being taken by pirates and its contents sold on the black market here in the gulf of guinea the main challenge is the hijacking and holding from ransom of its crew member its a global problem and for james fogle the admiral of the American Navy in europe in africa its something that needs to be urgently addressed 90 percent of our commerce worldwide goes by sea so africa is hugely for. Every major power in the world there are russian interests in europe and africa there are chinese interests in europe and africa in particular in the arctic and there are u. S. Interests there are israeli chinese Ship Building Companies south african contractors all trying to find solutions spe
Personality has brought him here and now the weight of serious responsibility dorms leave barca aljazeera westminster well as promising barber is here now from outside the Prime Ministers residence in downing street and he is obviously keen to show he is not a non of half measures how bold and risky is Boris Johnsons Cabinet Reshuffle tonight. Its very bold and i think its fairly risky as well what it certainly is is clear in its message and people who back jeremy hunt his rival in that leadership challenge are largely out including penny mordant the previous defense secretary jeremy hunt actually was offered another role he declined so hes gone the. The new foreign secretary is now dominic robb the previous brecks secretary who resigned over that Withdrawal Agreement lots of the people who campaign for vote leave have been rewarded with top jobs and we got pretty patel as the new home secretary sajida job now as chancellor his role is going to be crucial in delivering some of the prom