delegate eleanor holmes norton. thank you for joining us so early. >> good morning.ily. >> i know. this is a very personal loss to you. i know that your time with marion barry dates back to the civil rights movement. the time when you guys were true activists and ground breakers with all of this. your initial thoughts on learning of his passing? >> well, my initial thoughts really were that history, that history when he was the first chair of the student non-violent coordinating committee when i first came to know him, really led him to washington. he conquered or he saw himself conquering the young people's part of the south, and so what was the next place that was ripe for a freedom struggle, with his freedom and strategic eye, he understood that the disempowered district of columbia which had no home rule, no member of congress, was the place to come. and he headed up south to the district of columbia, started pride which i see as the kind of urban version of what he was doing in the south. that is marion barry always looking for where he could carry out his origi

let's hear it for eleanor holmes norton. >> muriel bowser making her speech. she won the election over david catania. >> let's check on this developing story. the balance of power in the u.s. senate. >> that is the big prize tonight. scott, what can you tell us? >> you said it is a developing story. the biggest development. 51 for the republican side. that gives them power in the senate. north carolina, kay hagan. she became the first woman ever to beat an incumbent woman. she was considered vulnerable and lost to tom tellis -- thom tillis. he has taken north carolina. this is another one we are keeping a close eye on. joni ernst may have a one iowa. -- have won iowa. notre short, so we are going to declare that one. but it looks like joni ernst told a solid lead. we will races group -- keep a close eye on. last frontier. possibly days before results come in. begich saying he is more of a moderate. trying to hold on to that state. night.dramatic the biggest headline, 51 for republicans and could go higher. >> we might need dogue sleds to pick up the ballots an

delegate eleanor holmes norton held a news conference this morning urging capitol hill to stay out of state drug policies. >> i'm asking house members to remember their own states that have taken action on marijuana laws before you vote that the district should not have the same privilege. i particularly ask the senators who represent 23 states that have passed marijuana -- medical marijuana laws, 18 states that have decriminalized marijuana and the four states and the district that have heckized marijuana to -- legalized marijuana to give the district the benefit of the doubt that federal authorities have given your are states. >> if the referendums hold up, d.c., oregon and alaska would join colorado and washington state which already have legalized pot laws. >>> the first picture taken by the small spacecraft that landed on a comet 300 million miles away from earth has been released. the photo shows the rocky terrain with one of the lander's three feet visible. the european space agency says the craft bounced at least two times before coming to rest in the shadow of a clift. that's

delegate eleanor holmes norton makes the fight to uphold the voters' decision even more important. >> increasingly what more of the voters see is smoking marijuana is ubiquitous, particularly among young people who tend to outgrow cannabis. >> reporter: norton is getting some bipartisan support in her efforts to block in congressional vote to overturn d.c. voters, but republican andy harris from maryland is promising to use any means necessary to prevent the law from taking effect. the threat by congress to negate what the d.c. voters have said did the decriminalization of marijuana is not just about pot. it's about the decades old home rule battle. >> congress should get out of the way. >> reporter: that angers some d.c. voters. >> i think the fact congress is trying to get involved is a no go. we should be able to decide for ourselves on issues pertinent to d.c. and only d.c. and i don't think congress needs to get involved. >> we as people don't have a vote in the house of representatives, then we should be allowed to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. >> reporter: d.c.'s in

. >>> congresswoman eleanor holmes-norton is teaming up with states who have legalized may marijuan voters and d.c. approved ballot initiatives that legalize marijuana possession. she is holding a bipartisan news conference to push more states to make pot legal. >>> a critical vote to regulate medical marijuana in maryland. this afternoon a panel will decide on new rules for growing and dispensing the drug. it allows physicians to recommend marijuana for patients. it authorizes as many as 15 licensed growers in maryland. >>> protecting your family when an stkaps. the new timetable the feds have to check out this dangerous flaw in highway tkpwaeud rails> if y going to be cold. amelia siegel will take you through the next few hours in your weather and traffic on the 1s at 6:41. a new form of innovation is taking shape, bringing media and technology together for more people. together is more wi-fi access in more places. it's a home you control with the touch of a finger. it's reimaging tv to give more people more choices. it's bringing technology and people together in ways you never thought

eleanor holmes norton is a top to bottom review of the u.s. secret service. the democrats said she was that begin immediately. day aftert comes a department of homeland security released its report failures the agency's during a white house security failure. >> we know you're busy at this day, but take a moment and take a look at your tv screen. the woman pictured here is a 90-year-old woman who has not been seen since last night. the 3500 block of yuma street on the northwest ubc.of the campus of police believe she is wearing her pajamas. if you see lillian rubin, please contact police. the islamic state group is now making its own currency. isil leader ordered this organization to start minting gold, silver, and copper quote, change the tyrannical money system of the west. currency will be called the islamic dinar. it is unclear where the group materials toining those coins. coming up, jon stewart makes his directing debut. >> love it or hate it, a controversial plan is becoming a reality. mark your calendars. find out >>>> get your cameras ready. the royal

joining me now is eleanor holmes norton, senior member of the house oversight committee. thank you for being here. >> what's your reaction to the report? >> after the hearings, i was convinced that the secret service needed a thorough review. it never had an investigation. i thought i heard enough to say top to bomb, we need to look at every part of the secret service. >> they have never had an investigation since it was formed. >> never had an investigation. ma may be part of the problem. there must have been the assumption that these are the people who guard the white house and the president, they must be doing something right. that goes to show you must always have thorough investigation. reverend al, gonzalez appeared at the white house with a hatchet before. they knew him well. they saw him there that night. you would being they would have laser beam and he jumps the fence and it's almost a checklist. the only thing that went right is they brought him down before he got upstairs. the lesson from one night is that if all of these mistakes could be made in one night, w

delegate eleanor holmes norton is calling for a top to bottom review of the secret service after a scathingeport on the white house security breach in september. >>> the homeland security investigation details numerous lapses that allowed intruder omar gonzalez to jump the fence, sprint to the white house and enter through the front door. among the failures, a uniformed secret service k-9 officer was taking a personal call on his cell phone when gonzalez jumped the fence. and the armed counter assault team didn't immediately enter the white house, because they were unfamiliar with its layout. norton says the secret service could not have made so many mistakes in one night if the agency didn't have serious internal problems. >>> unity and religious tolerance. they are the goal of a special muslim prayer service at the national cathedral today. it's a first for the cathedral. it has welcomed all faiths in the past but never before had muslims lead their own prayers. the service was live streamed so it could be viewed around the world. news4's kristin wright tweeted today that a protester brie

. >>> delegate eleanor holmes norton is teaming up with colleagues to urge congress not to interfereaws in the district and in the states. voters in d.c., alaska and oregon approved a ballast initiative last week that legalizes marijuana possession in small amounts in those places. they join colorado and washington state, which already have legal pot. norton noted most state prosecutors and police don't prosecute cases that involve small amount of marijuana. >> consequently, just think of it. widespread use of marijuana, particularly by young people of every background, is and long has been de facto legal and should no longer be a federal offense. >> drug policy activists are expected to push legalization initiatives in other states, including california, in 2016. >>> anxiety is growing now in ferguson, missouri, as a grand jury decision nears in the michael brown case. therns that the town will return to the anger, violence and turmoil that followed brown's death last summer. today, his parents issued a personal plea. sara has our story. >> reporter: outside the st. louis county jus

delegate eleanor holmes norton is asking lawmakers from colorado and washington state where pot is already legal to encourage other lawmakers not to interfere with the will of d.c. voters. >>> a vote on new medical marijuana regulations in maryland could come this afternoon. the effort to make medical marijuana available to people who are ill has been filled with obstacles in maryland. >> a panel delayed voting on the new rules last month to take a second look at the fees for marijuana growers and for patients. today's vote is expectedat 2:00 p.m. in annapolis. >>> congressional investigators believe china is behind a case of computer hacking at the national oceanic and atmospheric agency. that's the agency that oversees the national weather service. >> noaa says four of its websites were hacked by an internet source attack all in recent weeks. the agency spokesman says the staff detected the attacks and then began a response immediately. >>> congress is one step closer to approving the keystone xl oil pipeline, an issue that has caused a storm of controversy across the country. >> both de

delegate eleanor holmes norton is not encouraging anyone to spoke anything, but does not believe marijuana users should be quitted of a crime. today she joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers from colorado, oregon and california to urge congress to decriminalize marijuana. last week, d.c. voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot initiative to legalize the possession of small amounts of pot, but congress would have to approve it before it becomes law. >>> new questions tonight after a scaffold collapse and left two window washers damaging from the nation's tallest sky scrapper. >>> demanding action after a nasty sewage spill. the costly cleanup. >>> tensions run high as a grand jury decision draws near in the shooting death of an unarmed black ♪ i thought it'd be bigger. ♪ ♪ (dad) there's nothing i can't reach in my subaru. (vo) introducing the all-new subaru outback. love. it's what makes a subaru,a subaru. >>> a new audio message online. this is the first time we have heard from isis leader abu bakr al baghdadi since saturday, when he was rumored to have been wounded by a u.s. air strike.

. >>> what the future holds for the new washington, eleanor holmes-norton. w welcome. it's nice to see you, ma'am. what do you see getting done and what do you think needs to get done? >> it's about the lame duck. it's not the congress that the president is going to have to deal with for the next two years. it's the congress that just passed away and there's a lot of business to be done. so i think you will not hear much talk, for example, about immigration reform and what the president expects to do. when you don't have a budget yet, i think that it will focus on issues like that. >> what are your greatest fears, ma'am, now that both houses are controlled by the other side. do you think obamacare is legitimately in jeopardy? >> i do not. first of all, you have the veto right there. it would be a waste of time. of course my colleagues in the house wasted a lot of time simply overturning -- >> how many votes there were? like 50 or something? >> something like that. so i don't think that -- i do think mcconnell has vested interest having waited so long to be majority lea

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delegate eleanor holmes overton says -- norton says anyone who tries to fight the measure will get the fight of their lives. >> the republican sweep signals a rising wave of voter discontent with democrats and especially president obama. we have more on the change of power on capitol hill. >> the massive republican wave tuesday night has left democrats licking their williams. exit was a crushing defeat for the democrats -- they lost -- >> licking their williams. >> it was a crushing defeat for democrats, using in red states and blue states. >> these are some of the big winners -- joni ernst, a military veteran who ran an ad talking about castrating hogs. she put republicans over the top with her victory in iowa. >> we are going to make them squeal. >> cory gardner is colorado's newest center. love it comes the first african-american republican woman to serve in the house, and mitch mcconnell, reelected in kentucky is set to take over as majority leader. >> friends, this experience in did -- this experiment in big government has lasted long enough. >> in illinois, pat quinn went down. w

marion was also a fighter with eleanor holmes norton and myself and thousands of d.c.ke sure that we do have a voice and a vote in the congress. >> mayor-elect, thank you so much. come back on the show sometime. thank you. >> thank you. i would love to, mika. thanks, everybody. >>> so marion barry had as many good quotes asowi yogi berra. here's a good one. this is quoting job 121 to explain his plan for snow removal after a 1995 snow storm. the lord giveth and the lord taketh away. he said i am more popular than reagan. i'm in my third term. where is reagan. gone after two. and finally people have criticized me because my security detail is larger than the president's but you must ask yourself are there more people who want to kill me than who want to kill the president? i can assure you there are. >> my gosh. okay. coming up, taylor swift was presented with a special american music award from a music legend. her message to a woman that paved the way and what she had to say about spotify when we come right back. ♪ it's not about how many miles you can get out of the c

in a few minutes i'll be joined in a press conference with eleanor holmes norton whose constituents resoundly approved legalization and will make the case that congress needs to stay out of the way of its implementation. gerald polis, who's been my partner in efforts of modernizing and reforming marijuana laws will give us a snapshot of the progress in colorado two years after legalization. and congressman dana rohrabacher, from california, the first state to legalize marijuana 18 years ago, has been a tireless champion of the congress not interfering of the decisions of local voters to modernize and reform local marijuana laws. he's helped dozens of his republican colleagues understand and support marijuana and hemp reform. perhaps just as important as those votes that passed was one that failed. the vote to legalize medical marijuana that failed in florida. but it should be noted that it garnered 57% of statewide voters, again, in a low turnout, nonpresidential election where many of the people showed they did not bother to vote. it got more votes than any statewide candidate in florida on