mr. hernandez, i have axis of love, james ward, denice [inaudible], hector torres, steven crane, and looks like penny graham. please come forward as your name is called. >> my name's james ward, i'm a veteran, i've been a citizen of this city for about seven years now. i want to make sure nothing happens to -- remove our safe access from having a cannabis club where it should not be. how many walgreen's do we have abused than marijuana ever has been. that might be a problem now in this city is the abuse of the drugs that are legal, the ones that are prescribed. well, medical marijuana is a prescription too and i don't want to see any access removed for anybody. one of the many things i want to see is that we don't /hruplen it in with the gambling and massage parlors and all the other stuff it's going on. it's nothing to do with that. it's a medical issue and that's where it should be left is a medical issue and that's all i have to say. thank you. >> >> good afternoon, my name is shawna. i have a concern about fairness of process. i know there's a few dispensaries that have applied in the

in-depth studio discussion on thursday this is of course speak first time that the ward a world has been able to catch a glimpse of mr snowden since he got asylum here in russia the last time we saw him was at the sheremetyevo airport transit zone back in july and while snowden himself may be safe and sound there have been questions about the fate of those who have worked with them and of course that is a worry that's been expressed by wiki leaks founder julian assange and i'm more concerned in terms of prison people at risk. journalists sarah harrison as we know the newspaper was rated grills part of the time for nine hours and for more investigation for the terrorism but it's the good she has thought it all so there you have it julian a songe describing a difficult political climate for whistleblowers and those who helped them it's not a man himself meanwhile we are told at least has no regrets about what he did and believes that it was the right decision. worldwide a rally against genetically modified food giant monsanto is being held across the globe actually at supper testing the use of potentially harmful chemi

ward for individual leadership in civil rights and economic justice advocacy. our first awardy paul day in management and communications for the university of california san francisco. [ cheers and applause ] and mr. day, if you would like to talk to us about the work that you do for a few minutes. >> sure, yes. i just have to, i'm so honored to be mentioned in the same breath as all of you civil rights pioneers and our other 2013 awardees. i humbly thank you for choosing me for the work that i have done. i have always been a civic minded individual. i get that from my grandparents. i was thinking about this this afternoon and i remember the exact moment where the switch went off. i was a youth representative for the general assembly in presbyterian church in 1989 where they allowed gay ministers in the church. i sat there in the convention center that was as big as -- and through my own issues of being a gay man and when the debate the -- and when the final vote was they were not going to allow this, a spark, that was the moment for me. i stood up with maybe 20 individuals and walked to the center of the room and silently walked down in protest towards the front of the podium where the leadershi

ward. >> the husky section. mr. to see what's going on at the -- wow, that itself the worst spell of weather i've ever seen. anyway, let's see what we got for you today. as chilly as it is today, hard to believe, september was the fourth warmest on record. here in the united states, sixth warmest on record. guess what, we got a change coming. the jet stream dipping way down to the south. so we are talking about cold air coming on in here. those winds are coming out of the northwest and the west, we are going to be looking at that cold air bringing in fst and freeze warnings, all the way from kansas into the northeast as far south as atlanta. look at these high temperatures today. chilly afternoon. chattanooga. 62. that's 9 degrees below normal. niagara falls, slowly. 9 degrees below normal. home ha, nebraska 13 degrees below. then late tonight into tomorrow morning, again, really chilly conditions. temperatures anywhere from 5 >> time now 9:11. good morning. i'm christina loren. we have a good looking second half of

mr. speaker, i rise today to honor steven sr., the founder of the north ward center and inspiring figure of newark, new jersey. to recognize his achievements and contributions, a statue of him reading to two young children will be placed on the main campus of the north ward center. he began his career in education and as a teacher in newark that went on to develop the north watch center in 1970, a group of five institutions designed to provide educational, cultural and meaningful social services to low and moderate income families in the area. from his humble beginnings as a small preschool, the center nowicallies an adult medical daycare, a business training center, as well as the academy, a charter school that has received national recognition and the honor of being named a blue ribbon school. since the founding of the center, steven has continually worked to improve the quality of life for every one in the community, from young and senior citizens. he has been honored by numerous organizations and institutions such as kent university and the thurgood marshall college fund, for his con