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
But that has always been part of the bargaining. You get these urban lawmakers to vote for the farm bill in part because of all the benefits that come to their poorer constituents. This really would be no way to get a farm bill done at all if you did not have these lawmakers from more populated more densely Populated Areas on board because of the food stamps. As we close out here, it is worth observing what senator stabenow said. Farm policy is not arcane. Thank you for being here this week to ask questions of the incoming chairman of the Senate Agriculture committee. Thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] tamara, it changes to the u. S. Tax code as the passage of the bill. And a look at what is in the fiscal cliff litigation. J hancocks talks about the casses and fees americans face in 2013 as part of the Affordable Care act. I tend to think there is a flareup of low hanging fruit that is appealing to
New retch lativelations rock Anthony Weiner campaign. Just the latest woman to come forward. Its not dozens. Its 6 to 10 i suppose. New yorkers are abandoning support for weiner in droves. The american killed in spain has been identified. Investigators are focusing on the trains speed. Another juror has now come forward to explain the George Zimmerman verdict. George zimmerman got away with murder. Newly released pictures show Aaron Hernandez holding what appears to be a gun soon after an acquaintance was shot dead. These are very terrible things that you wish never happen to anybody and when it is someone who has been on our team, its very sad. The hedge fund asc capital charged with fraud in what is called pervasive insider training. People like to talk about big fish. Sometimes the small fish are delicious also. Seven have accused the san diego mayor of sexual harassment. Rescues in australia have freed a hump back whale which became entangled in a shark net off the queensland coast