corey booker had a press conference today and there is a bit of a ruckus. some people told pot advocates was taken away in handcuffs. >> what's wrong with you? >> don't you know the law? are you ignorant? how ignorant are you? >> the debate is just getting started. booker has taken it beyond the state lines, beyond place where we already have legal medical marijuana. he would not answer a simple question, is this law going to lead to people smoking up on the street corners in mainstreet america? he wants to make it about law-enforcement revenue. we all know the hidden agenda behind it. i'm in a bring in ashley johnson who was there today. >> senator corey booker was in town to push marijuana legalization. before he got there the police had to step in. >> what's wrong with you? the police arrested a man after he dropped medical marijuana. he was taken away in an ambulance. shortly after, booker arrived into the attention to recreational marijuana. the senators marijuana justice act would make ganja, pot, mary jane, lighting up a joint legal at the federal le

you know corey booker. when you were mayor he was the mayor. he served in a group with you. what's your take? >> i think senator booker is opening the conversation they'll be hearings. on more for decriminalization. i don't think young person with a small quantity of marijuana their life should be ruined and have a criminal record. >> isn't this just the track record of corey booker? this is his mode of operations, he grabs headline and has been doing it since before he was mayor. >> this bill doesn't stand a chance. the alcohol industry, beer and wine lobbyists are too powerful and the pharmaceutical industry. >> you are in the heart of the problem. new jersey overall has three times the opiate deaths compared to the rest of the country. there are kids dying every week in our state. how does this help? >> i don't think it helps at all. i'm also a first date for my home first aid squad. we answer overdose calls once a week. i don't think this is going to make a change. i agree in a sense decriminalizing it if you have a small amount, why brian simmons record. but it is a gate

you heard what i had to say about senator corey booker. i thought the same thing as a senator chuck schumer and andrew cuomo, they politicize this almost immediately. >> i can speak for myself, and i did speak for myself. i sent out tweets and i condemned president trump for not calling out white supremacist, the ku klux klan, and neo-nazi is him as inherently evil and have no place in america. >> now, he did the day after. >> no, he did not. >> here's what i need to understand, why was this an anti- trump issue at all? why is that what you're hung on? the president came out said there is evil in both sides. front doors on both sides. wasn't this a case of two sides? >> here's the point. this was a white supremacist rally. neo-nazi. people holding up nazi plagues and signs that said jews are satan children. they are terrible people and they are sent they are there to rally to make america great again and do it donald trump was elected to do. donald trump needs to cannot say these people do not speak for the republican party. >> your republ

we've heard a couple of names, corey booker, bernie sanders, you wrote a column about another democratic contender >> one name to watch and a lot of folks are keeping an eye on is senator al frank ken from minnesota. it he's not going to run but that's something when all remembers of congress say when they're contemplating. he's gone after some of his nominees as they've come before congress's he's become one of the more out spoken members of the democrat party when it comes to president trump wants to do and oh top of all of that. he wrote a book. it's not the type of book that other politicians write. it's a funny book. and, you know, but even still, it's something that you look at and you say, that's kind of interesting, i wonder if there's something a little bit more of a long r long-term strategy category 3 on here. >>> you mention al frank ken, here's a guy was an international figure being on the saturday night live. he had to confront that on the campaign trail. he had the long recount. what he did after inaugust great add he stayed in minnesota, didn't do national interviews, ab

. >>> corey booker's newest goal is to legalize marijuana across the country.troduced legislation that would remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances. he said marijuana laws unfairly affects poor and minority citizens's eight states and the district of columbia have legalized marijuana. >>> philadelphia police want to talk to the man behind a dangerous stunt climbed to the top of city hall undetected video was posted sunday on the youtube page exploring with carson. he climbed all the way to the top of the william penn statue which, at the time was surrounded by scaffolding. the climber who remains anonymous said he did it to document history, not to cause trouble. the incident has exposed a significant loop hole in security. central detectives is leading the investigation. >> it does appear particularly when he went to into the tower and continued going up appears there were certainly a offense >> someone wants to climb to the top of city hall and the same thing with the ben franklin bridge. >> last week, two photographers were caught on ben fra

lindsay gram and democrat corey booker would prevent musclier from being fired in the first place. constitution experts say that could be an intrusion on the powers of the presidency. i understand the i am poa advertise behind this billion, but establishing a special counsel who itsz not accountable to the fire and can't be fired by the president is an erosion of presidential power. congress put in some really hard hours these last couple of weeks. recess. that means they don't have to take up the bills that would fire mueller. senator koons said he expectses to have something in place by september. >> we're tracking president trump on the trump tractor. he's back to the white house after that trip to west virginia for a campaign l rally. i talked to a huge round of supporters in huntington. he did bring up the russia investigation. the reason why democrats only talk about the totally made up russia story is because they have no message, necessity agenda and no vision. the russia story is a tote l al fabrication. it's just an excuse for the greatest loss in the history of american

new jersey senator corey booker introduced a landmark bill to legalize marijuana on facebook live bookerounced what he calls the marijuana justice act. it would remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances making it legal on the federal level. the bill would inn sent advise states through federal funds to change their marijuana laws if those laws have a disproportionate effect on low income individuals and/or people of color. we live in a sun tree where we swear this ideal. we put our hand over our heart and we believe very strongly we are to be a nation of liberty and justice for all. well one way in which we have not fulfilled that promise, that ideal is through our criminal justice system, and this is -- >> the bill retroactive wouldn't apply no those already serving time hype bars for marijuana offenses. delaware university and lehigh university have crack the top ten when it comes to the top party schools in the country. the princeton review lee released the annual rankings for colleges. lehigh came in at nine. delaware at six. number one tulane university in the one and

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. >>> corey booker's newest goal is to legalize marijuana across the country. he introduced legislation that would remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances. he said marijuana laws unfairly affects poor and minority citizens's eight states and the district of columbia have legalized marijuana. >>> philadelphia police want to talk to the man behind a dangerous stunt climbed to the top of city hall undetected video was posted sunday on the youtube page exploring with carson. he climbed all the way to the top of the william penn statue which, at the time was surrounded by scaffolding. the climber who remains anonymous said he did it to document history, not to cause trouble. the incident has exposed a significant loop hole in security. central detectives is leading the investigation. >> it does appear particularly when he went to into the tower and continued going up appears there were certainly a offense >> someone wants to climb to the top of city hall and the same thing with the ben franklin bridge. >> last week, two photographers were caught on b

new jersey snore corey booker is introducing legislation to legalize marijuana nationwide.part of his new racial justice bill booker announced his measure in a facebook live video and says the legislation is needed because the federal marijuana prohibition unfairly affects poor and minority citizens. health check at 11:00 one way to ward off cancer could be as simple as taking your dentist advice of brushing and flossing everyday a new study of more than 65,000 women found those with gum disease had a 14% higher risk of cancer. the risk nearby doubled or nearly doubled for gallbladder cancer and tripped for esophagus and researchers are not sure yet what causes the link but believe it may have to do with chronic inflammation in both diseases. ♪ happening tomorrow it is a prime day for jobseekers. amazon plans to hire 50,000 workers in a day long blitz and the fulfillment center in robbinsville mercer county is one of ten sites nationwide. managers will be hiring candidates on the spot. the majority of the positions will be full time including health and retirement benefits.

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corey booker calling for them to be removed. bob mccart knee from the "washington post."appreciate you for being with us, and fred lawrenc, joining us live on skype this morning. >>> meanwhile, funeral services were held in virginia on saturday for a virginia state trooper killed during a heck crash last weekend in charlottesville. lieutenant jay cullens remembered at that service. >> cullen and trooper pilot berk m m bates were killed while the helicopter crashed while responding to the unrest. in charlottesville. terry mcauliffe said he was often his pilot while transporting the governor around the state >> it will never be the same when i step into that helicopter and not see jay in that front right seat with cullen on the back of his helmet. however, when i do get in that helicopter, i will think of jay >> following the violence in charlottesville, president trump spoke out strongly against hatred and violence but then again went back and said some more things that led to criticism about those remarks. >> we condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious displ

corey booker tweeted -- civil rights leaders, reverend jesse jackson tweeted this.ing, philadelphia police are searching for clues in the shooting that left a man critically injured. the 20-year-old man was shot in the stomach on the 45th hundred block of marvine street in the city's logan section. >>> a well dressed thief pulled off an armed robbery at the jewelry store on the main line. we have clear pictures of the suspect. this happened tuesday evening at the bernie robins store in villanova. you can see the suspect pretending to be a customer as the clerk shows him several watches. he pulls out a gun and helps himself to several rolexes in the case. here's a closeup of his face, if you know who he is, call police. >> kings queens and other government leaders are attending a service for the victims of last thursday astles terror attacks. yesterday the king and queen laid a wreath at the site where a van ran through a crowd. spanish police put up dozens of road blocks across the northeastern section of the countries to find the driver. the 22-year-old ma -- moroc

. >>> also tonight new jersey senator corey booker calling on congress to legalize marijuana.e introduced his new bill on facebook live. he says change is needed blauz because federal laws against marijuana unfairly affect poor and minority citizens. >> we the people must make that demand. we must insist upon it. marijuana laws have devastated communities, devastated cities,s and have devastated too many lives. >> eight states in the district of columbia have legalized marijuana, but jeff sessions said he wants to crack down on the drug. >>> in new jersey medical marijuana's legal and calls have been growing louder to legalize it recreationally. in delaware lawmakers are considering legalizing recreational pot. but so far the drug is is only legal for medical purposes. and in pennsylvania medical marijuana is legal but the program isn't up and running yet. >> it is hot for runners along kelly drive. it's going to start slowly rising. let's bring in krystal klei. >> we're already seeing some of the storms fire off mostly around our region. not necessarily over us quite yet. 91

. >>> corey booker joined steve sweeney and others to tour the paulsboro marine terminal.t is the first terminal on the delaware river in 50 years. it opened in may and employees 100 people. it's hoped 1,000 jobs will be based at the facility. >>> if you're just waking up with us, the board of governors struggling state owned system has named a new chancellor, carren when whitney. the state owned university system enrollment has fallen in the past few years and facing a massive budget deficit. >>> the philadelphia school district will open registration for multiling wal students on monday -- mulhollandty -- 800 students who spoke 40 languages registered during the period. >>> musikfest is up and running in the lehigh valley it got to have a rocking start with legendary singer carlos santana. the annual event attract hundreds of thousands of people every year for the music and fun. jeff chirico was in bethlehem to check on it you tell. >> reporter: with that vernon odem helped kick off the first night music fest 2017. followed by the smooth sounds ever santana. now in its 3

corey booker plans to have the statues removed from the u.s. capital building. an associate professor at the university of austin in texas. thank you for being with us. the president now basically coming out against the removal of confederate statues. he says it's sad to see the history and culture of the great country being ripped apart. what do those words mean to you? >> for me, missed words. first of all, our history has not been ripped apart. a lot of history has not been tolds. if you are saying history is in a statue or monument, we are missing the larger context. we don't know about the native american folks that were here before native americans arrived. there's a history that has not reached history textbooks yet t. place to focus on is the books people are writing, not statues an monuments made out of metal or bronze. >> the president did say you can't change history, but you can learn from it, robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. by the way, i have never heard him talk about the role robert e. lee or stonewall jackson played in the civil war or their

>> reporter: senator corey booker tweeted out yesterday that he plans to propose legislation to removese statues here inside the u.s. capitol. no word on when that plan could be released. live on capitol hill, anjali hemphill, foss five local news. >> the president talking about the removal of these confederate statues tweeting just literally one minute culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. there appears to be part two to this tweet which has not come out yet. we'll keep updated on president trump's comments regarding not just the confederate statuing coming down but whatever else he has to say via twitter. >> nine toll ken. let's talk about the weather. tucker barnes with a first check of the forecast. good morning tuck good wisdom, showers and thunderstorm in the forecast this afternoon. pop-up variety. not lever get them. everybody will get the heat and humidity today with daytime highs about 90 degrees. currently, 80 in washington. 77 dulles. bwi marshall 76. looking at at the satellite picture quiet at this hour bu

senator corey booker from new jersey introduced a bill that would drop federal prohibitions on marijuana he made that announcement live on facebook. he believes the war on drugs has failed and unfairly puts americans in jail. political pundits say his bill faces a tough battle in the senate and under the trump administration. >>> a second chance to reach the grid iron as the bay area rallies for a high school football team. the nevada high school football team is on the verge of having its season canceled because there aren't enough students signed up to play. players say they weren't given fair deadlines by administrators. >> he gave us a chance and then totally blew us off out of nowhere. it's just not fair. >> they told us we had a certain amount of time and then cut us short. it kind of sucks for us. not kind of, it does suck for us. >> reporter: parents are going live on social media to save the nevada hornets. if 10 more seniors sign up by monday, the team will be back in business. >>> the cal rugby team was about to go to the championship. but one man's life changed as he ended up

senator corey booker has introduced a lapped mark bill to legalize marijuana.marijuana justice act on facebook live today. the bill would remove marijuana from the list of controlled substances and make it legal on the federal level. it would also give certain states incentive through federal funds to change their marijuana laws. >>> talk about a close up caught on camera. scientists at the massachusetts division of marine fisheries are sharing footage of a moment a curious white shark was cottage their underwater cam r12-foot great white lurked around for a few seconds before that swam up and tried to take a bite of the lense. giving viewers an inside look literally of its chompers. wow! from that to a heart-warming video make the rounds on the internet. >>> that is nine-year-old has got some pipes. >> ♪ nothing, nothing >> that's so darling. >> that is nine-year-old dane miller texas boy with down syndrome he's getting national attention for his rendition of whitney houston's i have nothi nothing. his mom posted video of him belting it out as you see and now

. >>> a move today to decriminalize pot, new jersey senator corey booker introduced a bill that will legalize marijuana at the federal level. it doesn't stop there. people already in federal prison serving time for be resentenced under this new legislation or have those convictions tossed. federal funds would be used to encourage states to loosen their marijuana laws, as well. the legislation has widespread support from the public. some observers say it will now pass in a gop-controlled congress. >> turning now to the forecast, things are heating up. it's getting a lot more humid. doug cammerer is in the storm center with how humid and hot it's going to get. i a little bit of a heat wave here, something else we've been tracking showers and thunderstorms around parts of the area, some of those coming right through downtown right now. most of the area is dry. notice right along i-95. we told you yesterday watch along i-95 between baltimore and dc that's exactly what we're seeing those storms today. flood advisories, parts of prince georges county. up around frederick county, a there wa

capitol has confederate statues and barbra lee and new jersey senator corey booker are starting to movee out of the u.s. capitol. that's going to be a significant fight. we'll see how that unfolds. >> the president has made clear where he stands on this issue. he tweeted about it this week. you can change history, you can't change history but you can learn from it. robert e. lee, stonewall jackson, whose next? washington? jefferson? so foolish. the beauty that is being taken out of our city's towns and park will be greatly missed. when president trump says things like is george washington next, not that there is a direct parallel here between the president -- former president and a general, is he playing on people's fear that america's history is at risk or of being rewritten or erased? >> i think what he was playing on was to change the subject of his week handling of the crisis in charlottesville. he wanted to shift the topic away from his seeming quasi sympathy to neo-nazis or equating them to peaceful protesters so he went this monument route. george washington, thomas jefferson are

. >>> corey booker introduced a bill to legalize marijuana.ow, weed is classified as a schedule 1 substance, that means the federal government treats it just as dangerous as heroin and more dangerous than cocaine. booker wants to drop it from that list, subsequently he can't say punching or resentencing inmates currently locked up. of it's also used as a means to block marijuana legislation in states nationwide. >>> is the president facing brand backlash? >> reporter: why does the president spend so much time at properties like here at the trump hotel? well, he may or may not have had an answer to it has everything to do with the condition of the white house. we'll explain coming up. jim? >>> addressing bullying in schools, there's a new law in virginia aimed to crack down on the problem, new criteria that puts on teachers next. >>> the investigation into a social media video, your eyes are not deceiving you, alligators being forced to drink beer and smoke cigarettes. back after the break. ♪ ♪ ♪reak. ♪ ♪ ♪ fios is not cable. we're a 100%