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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 vit ....
Many people blame for emasculating the committee on some intelligence failures to led directly to 9 11. The advantage of a select committee over one of the other permanent committees, as all of you know, there have been several committees trying to investigate benghazi terrorist attack is with a select committee, the staff that you put in place devotes 100 of its time to that issue. That is not the case with the other committees of congress which have many other responsibilities both in the oversight area and with regard to formulating reviewing legislation. This resolution set up a committee of 12 members of whom five are from the minority in the house. It sets up actually on two pages, nine different tasks that its supposed to perform. Im not going to read all of those. You can look at them yourself. I would note three of the nine. One of them is they are supposed to investigate all policies decisions and activities to respond to and repel such attacks, includie ining efforts rescue ....
Significant winter storm is bearing down on the south and southeast, packing heavy snow and dangerous ice. There are winter storm warnings and watches posted from texas to delaware. States of emergency have been declared in mississippi, louisiana, alabama and georgia. This storm could be worse than the one last month that crippled atlanta. And there are already reports of sleet and snow in georgia. Omar villafranca is in atlanta. Reporter georgia isnt waiting for the snow and ice. Salt trucks are pretreating the states highways as forecasters warn of another winter storm. Ice is probably one of the worst events that we face. Were talking about the amount of ice that were looking at, its catastrophic. We are making every effort to be prepared for the events. Reporter state and localelected officials are promising action, something they failed to deliver three weeks ago when three inches of snow and a coating of ice brought atlanta to a standstill. Students slept in schools, drivers aban ....
Major ice storm is rushing toward the southeast, threatening to paralyze atlanta all over again. In georgia, store shelves have been wiped clean. Look at this. This one is going to be worse. They need to learn their lesson from the last one. Shirley temple one of the biggest movie stars of the 1930s has died at her home in northern california. In addition to her acting career she served as an american diplomat. How u. S. Special forces took one minute to capture one of the most wanted terrorists in libya last october. French president , francois hollande, is being welcomed in a ceremony at the white house by the president and first lady. And she gets the bronze. Devin logan grabs silver in todays slopestyle skiing. The biggest story is the heat. The quality of the snow athletes have complained about. You can see it all the way from sarah palins house. New jersey governor chris christie, scandal widening today, at least 12 more people will be subpoenaed. Searching for a burglary suspect ....
Let me especially thing your outstanding principal. [applause] there are all kinds of notable guests here but i just want to mention a few. First of all, our outstanding secretary of the department of homeland security, and janet napolitano. [applause] our wonderful secretary of the interior ken salazar. [applause] former secretary of labor, hilda solis. [applause] two of the outstanding members of the congressional delegation from nevada, steve and gina. [applause] your own mayor, carolyn goodman. [applause] we also have some mayors who flew in because they know how important issue we are to talk about today is. Maria from arizona. Qassim from atlanta, georgia. Rick from phoenix, arizona. And ashley from fresno, calif. [applause] than all of you are here, as well as some of the top labor leaders in the country. We are so grateful. Outstanding Business Leaders are here as well. Of course, we have wonderful students here. [applau ....