in north bonneville, washington, a small town that has figured out how to have its own marijuana store sell it legally, they think. >> an illinois prosecutor says he plans to pursue grand jury indictments this week against the head of a chicago area islamic school accused of sexual assault. it's a story we followed from the start at al jazeera. mohammed abdullah salin was arrested in february. he appeared in court on sexual abuse and battery charge. there is also a civil suit against the imam ledging sexual assault against four women who say they were minors at the time. >>> taking legalized marijuana to the next level. now commuters can customers can now buy their pot from a government store. >> when we first visited, it was a concept looking for a home in an empty building. mayor donachie teaches wanted the city to control the product and and keep the cash. >> a lot of people like it because it gives your body a nice peaceful feeling without putting you in the couch. >> now the door is open, the sandwich board is out and the cash is in. >> you get sweet little grandmothers who you do

north bonneville has been in an economic pit for years. he saw this as a way to dig out of it.arned at the municipality-run pot shop will go into a government-run pot, so to speak not the city's general fund. but the city can apply for grants to use it. >> we've already been talking with them about maybe upgrading the city park for the kids. our park right now is pretty pathetic. we have two little swings that have little bucket seats where if you're bigger than a toddler, you can't even sit in them. >> reporter: the pot is brought in. >> you done have to go to amsterdam anymore. >> reporter: a friendly bud the ender -- >> kind of like bartenders. >> reporter: will help you bring what you want. just bring your driver's license and responsibility to prove you're an adult. >> i really like it with a positive spin on it. it's not going to be like we're selling drugs. >> reporter: actually that's exactly what they're doing. but it's legal now. a concept everyone's still getting used to kind of like selling pot to help a city back on its feet. >> just leading the way for the entire

ksl-tv bonneville's nbc avail at-in salt lake city has music interwoven throughout its programming. these musical performances take place in the background of its movies and television shows and live sporting events and local news during transitions between programs, and even within commercials. for its locally produced content skl-tv has editorial discretion over which specific songs it airs. so in the event that it could not obtain the rights to a certain song ksl could likely take steps to ensure that the song is not performed. but for a significant portion of its content namely network and syndicated programming live events and commercials it has no editorial control. if ksl lacks the right to publicly perform a song it runs the risk of significant penalties under federal copyright law. our radio stations that air syndicated programming, commercials and live events run the same risks. they simply must have the public performance rights to the full catalog of musical works in order to operate lawfully. even the right to a single musical work gives the copyright owner significant

we'll talk live to a mayor of north bonneville, washington about getting into the pot business and ericansson using his camera to photoshop to create incredible and unsettling images. >> secret drone tests are reportedly underway in some of the most secure airspaces in the country. the associated press said that the secret service is flying over the white house in the early morning hours. the goal is to test defenses to see if the agents can interfere with the drones. earlier this year, they accidentally crashed a drone on the white house lawn, and as tom achermann explains, there are worries that devices might invade people's privacy. >> after spending almost $3 billion to develop the project, the u.s. military has launched the first of two lighter than air vessels called arrow stats. it has been hovering 300 meters above an army base north of washington d.c. it's mission to identify large metal objects like planes and missiles over a 500-kilometer range in the heavily populated northeastern u.s. and the system is designed to foil a short range enemy strike. >> the threat is real, our

know that because i used to license all of the music used in intel commercials before game two bonneville. finding the songwriter and finding director let that controls the rights was a real problem. without better every ability i just don't think it's workable. >> okay. thank you. mr. pincus, to you want to weigh in on this? >> a couple things. first transparency. i greet like all of the other panelists that that's a very important issue but i think the market is solving that issue. there is more data if it were on music publishing copyrights now than there ever has been and is getting better on almost a daily basis. not only at the independent level but also at other levels. and just quickly to another point about the blanket licensing system. many of the arguments that are being put forth our a very good reason to preserve the blanket licensing system. i agree with mr. dowdle that the television licensing system should operate on a blanket basis. the problem is that it's attached by the court to the digital licensing problem. additional licensing is much easier done on a direct basis t

my home state of utah, the vice president of business affairs and office of general counsel for bonneville international. the thomas miller is with broadcast music inc. a songwriter affiliate and the president of the nashville songwriters association international. finally we have jodi griffin, senior staff attorney with public knowledge. okay. well they please stand and be sworn? do you are from the testimony you are about to give before the community will be the truth the whole truth, and nothing but the truth of hope you got? thank you. okay. we will now hear from each of our witnesses beginning with this matthews and then continuing to her left until we get over to ms. griffin. after that we we will proceed to questions. >> good morning, chairman ranking member, members of the subcommittee. my name is elizabeth matthews, chief executive officer of the american society of composers, authors composers, authors publishers, which was formed 100 years ago by songwriters a membership association operating on a not-for-profit basis comprised of more than 525,000 songwriters, composers, lyrici