that will be great to be governor of the state of washington. >> jennifer: it brings me back home. what's -- that's what every smart governor is doing to get those products manufactured in your state and put people to work. it is a huge opportunity. now obviously some of that state level policy is going to require a partnership with the state. some states have put aside funds to be able to provide low-interest loans or to be able to provide grants. to get those bills -- to get those businesses there. problem for you is that your state actually passed one of those revenue limitations bills called tabor saying any new taxes, for example require 2/3 vote of the legislature or a vote of the people to pass. do you think that's going to limit you in getting your clean energy agenda passed? >> not really. i'll tell you why. the bulk of the things we have proposed really do not involve specific appropriations. let me give you an example of the kind of things that we want to accomplish. we want to move existing research -- we have tremendous advanced physics labs at the university of washing

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think that that was actually-- >> well, they passed it the first time in maine, maryland and washington state and in minnesota, they have -- they've refused to define marriage as between a man and a woman, which means the legislature could now legalize gay marriage if it wanted to. this means this issue -- the first time after 32 decisions in the other direction at the state level where gay marriage was approved, it means it's settled on the road to being settled democratically. >> well, it also means it's solved at the federal level. i mean, the other big such-- >> at the state level. >> at the state level, federal -- yes, the other referendum, to legalize marijuana generally, that passed in colorado and washington. if you add the fact that gay marriage passed in maryland and-- what you see is a cultural divide occurring in the country. these things will never pass in the south, in north carolina, i believe, had a referendum saying that marriage was between a man and a woman. nor will they pass in the mountain states, so you see the dividing that way culturally. >> paul: we'll see where mari

we have light showers over washington state this morning. you can draw a line from medford south wards. you'll be dry. after a cool start, a nice afternoon. some of the best weather in the country will be found in southern california to arizona. still very cold in much of interior nevada. as we look at your thursday forecast, we dry it out. still partly cloudy in the northwest and temperatures in the 50s. really we're looking at nice tranquil weather pattern for the next couple days. >> looks nice. >>> thanks so much. monday marked the beginning of the end for "twilight." >> e news asked pattinson if he'd ever play a vampire again before quickly adding the script had to be good. >>> victoria's secret has been under fire for using a native american style head dress on one of the models. a statement from the navajo nature said the lingerie maker is spitting on our culture. they have apologized and will cut the outfit from the show. >>> david petraeus became an easy target for jimmy fallon this week. take a look. >> the director of the cia, gen

meanwhile prosecutors in the two largest counties in washington state have taken matters into their own have dropped hundreds of cases of pot possession in that state. hundreds of criminal cases have been dropped. the king county prosecutor says there's no point in continuing to seek criminal penalties for conduct that will be legal next month. true enough. however, in the same state out in the eastern part of washington state and spokane county, prosecutors there say they plan to keep arresting people just as they do now for pot related offenses. their argument in spokane is the only legal way to get pot in washington even after this new state law goes into effect will be to buy that pot from a state regulated pot store. and those state regulated pot stores don't exist yet, but they might soon be created if the federal government allows that to happen and nobody knows that the government will allow them to happen. this is policy soup, and i don't mean this as a munchies joke. this doesn't make any sense yet. joining us for the interview is neil frank linn. he served in law enforcement

but on election day, voters in washington state and colorado approved the recreational use of marijuana. already legal in those states with a doctor's prescription. now sarah would like to see maryland lawmakers make medical marijuana use legal. she suffers from multiple dishy row sis and use -- multiple sclerosis and uses it to control it. >> we're not talking like you know cheech and chong levels of cannabis. >> reporter: now governor o'malley is in the beginning stages of putting his agenda together for the next legislative session and no word yet on if this will be on there. reporting live in federal hill. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> a community will honor a teenager -- honor a teenager, this as another teen struggles to survive. tomorrow night the football team will dedicate the regional finals to 17-year-old michael mcvary. the high school senior died earlier this week in a car crash and police say the vehicle was on deer park road when it crossed the center line and hit a dodge neon. mcvary was the passenger in the car. the car was driven by 18-year- old nicholas kujany. peop

states of america. colorado and washington and moved their state laws. federal law enforcement can go into washington and colorado and force marijuana prohibition. does the dea and department of justice wants to spend federal tax dollars acting in compliance -- to arrest individuals acting in compliance with state laws? that tax dollars would be going to enforcement all laws that are now on popular by a majority of americans. against people who are acting legally under state law. host: let's get our viewers and listeners in vaults and the numbers are on the screen -- our first call comes from debra in richmond, va., on our line for democrats. caller: good morning, i would like to know the procedures that i would have to take in a state that has legalized a medical marijuana. i would like to know what would be the procedure that i would have to take. we have veterans here that can get it. i had a spinal cord operation, emergency spinal cord operation in 2003 and i have been on these bills which are chemicals ever sense and i want to get off of them. i have

share data. >> we now have a prescription monitoring program through every pharmacy in the state of washingtonws me to see every restricted medication that's been written in the last year for this patient. >> there are other states with similar databases, but they're not all connected. and an effort is well under way to try to create a national information exchange with the support of the pharmaceutical industry. >> we're partnering with the national association of pharmaceutical boards on the creation of the interconnect program, which will be a national database so a prescribing physician can know what an individual patient's history is. >> congress has considered creating a similar federal system to track prescriptions, but that effort has been stuck in legislative limbo. >> we are going to have to make a decision to save ourselves, to save our families. >> battling this overdose epidemic is a daunting challenge. >> do you think that it's fixable? >> sure. >> we like our pain pills in our country. >> it is fixable. i think now just bringing this out will have a lot of corrective impact. >>

share data. >> we now have a prescription monitoring program through every pharmacy in the state of washingtonme to see every restricted medication that's been written in the last year for this patient. >> there are other states with similar databases, but they're not all connected. and an effort is well under way to try to create a national information exchange with the support of the pharmaceutical industry. >> we're partnering with the national association of pharmaceutical boards on the creation of the interconnect program, which will be a national database so a prescribing physician can know what an individual patient's history is. obillwialoh pcef rk3 tk ouitn ho. 3 %we needunndits >>> as we speak, someone died right now, from an overdose and that's something that has to change. >> dr. kahana at the university of washington center for pain relief says that change starts with a simple first step, spend time and listen to parents. how would you best describe this place? >> a place where we can actually sit and listen and understand what patients have. >> i thought, i'll never get out of th

and stick to the party's progressive roots also last wednesday washington and colorado became the first two states to legalize marijuana much to the joy college students in both states but as president obama ready to stop nixon's failed war on drugs and allow college campuses to go green and california law says that corporations are people so shouldn't you be able to drive in the highway carpool lane just you and your incorporation papers by yourself. you need to know this the biggest message out of the two thousand and twelve election that you'll never hear from the corporate media is this that americans believe and voted to affirm that believe that government can be a solution to the problems we face the government can do good things and that ronald reagan was wrong. america is not a say right wing or even a center right nation we never have been in one hundred thirty five f.d.r. broader social security and we loved it then and we still love it now and that of course is just the tip of the iceberg that proves america is a leftist nation if you call leftist people who believe the government can d

still voting in california, oregon, washington state, still voting in hawaii and in alaska, so we'll get more states coming in shortly, but new hampshire, an important state, john king and we watched it closely from the beginning, but it's going to be won by the president. >> and it's a disappointment for mitt romney. ended his campaign there. he ended his campaign. vacation home there. governor of massachusetts. this is a state he very much wanted. only four electoral votes. you say it's only four, why does it matter? governor romney needs to get some takeaways. he has one in inn. that's 11. that's not enough. he needs to take florida, 29. north carolina, 15, virginia, 13. he might get those. virginia, not so sure. he looks in play. the question becomes how does he get to 270? let's go back to the other map. when you look at the states, the president of the united states at the moment, leading. leading, and leading in minnesota. made a plate play there. governor romney leading in wisconsin. only 13%. romney campaign keeps saying, remember the governor's race, we'll surprise you. the

so far, only 14 states in washington, d.c. are planning to establish their own exchange. e ones in blue here. other states have opted to partner with the federal government or just let the government come in and run it altogether. states face a november 16th deadline, this friday, to say where they stand. i'm christine romans with this week's "smart is the new rich." >> thank you. coming up, a pro golfer playing in a tournament faces a tough obstacle. he felt so sick he almost stopped playing. instead, his story shows unusual toughness. you got to stick around for this. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪ together for your future. you see us, at the start of the day. on the company pho

and it's also on the ballot in washington state, but right now that is too close to call. in minnesota, a constitutional amendment limiting marriage to a man and woman has been rejected. the state already has a law banning same-sex marriage. gay marriage is already legal in six states and washington, d.c., but those laws were either enacted by lawmakers or through court rulings. more history in washington state and colorado. voters there chose to legalize recreational marijuana. it was rejected in oregon. pot taxes could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars each year, but lighting up is still against federal law. in massachusetts, voters approved using medical marijuana, a similar measure in arkansas. and in california, proposition 30 is still too close to call. governor brown says the bill is the only hope to prevent more cuts to public schools. if it passes, prop 30 would raise the state sales tax and increase income taxes for people who make at least $250,000. and also another high profile measure requiring labels on modified foods appears to be failing. proposition

openly gay candidate has been elected to the united states senate we saw voters in colorado and washington state approved ballot measures to legalize tax and regulate marijuana for recreational use and this is the first time since pot was criminalized about one hundred years ago that a state has completely decriminalized marijuana and on tuesday two states did massachusetts voters also voted to legalize medical marijuana marriage equality scored historic victories on tuesday night as well voters in maine maryland and washington state approved ballot measures to legalize same sex marriage marking the first time in history of marriage a quote in the history of marriage equality that equality was voted into law through direct democracy and in minnesota voters were able to beat back an attempt to rewrite the state's constitution to define marriage as strictly between a man and a woman so it was a clean sweep for do nothing on behalf of marriage equality across the nation and when it comes to unions states built on organized labor like ohio michigan and wisconsin all broke to the president tuesday ni

we have two senators who are women in washington state, and new york, of course, you have a woman senator now and in the northeast. in fact, i think you've got 17 democratic women now, right? >> well, we do. we have -- we're going to have 20 women senators, which is incredible. the american public in this election, chris, sent us a binder full of women, and so we're excited to have this many women in the senate, and the women, as you know, are a cordial bunch across party lines. we have dinner every other month in the strom thurmond room, which is somewhat ironic. >> no, he liked women. i understand he liked women. >> let's not go there, chris. but in any case, i think what we know is that the american public wanted to see more problem solvers after this incredibly polarized election season. women tend to be problem solvers, and i think that helped us as well as some of the messages that we were seeing from the other side. >> well, on that point -- >> this is a great opportunity for us to work together and put more women there. >> my wife is a professional woman, a corporate executive, an

in washington state. >> bill: and with pot legalization of marijuana yes yes in colorado and washington california, governor jerry brown's very, very important measure to raise new revenue passed proposition 30, big victory for jerry brown and the people of california. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." for a fresh take on a quick, delicious meal. it's one box with hundreds of possibilities. [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. in what world do potatoes, bacon and cheese add up to 100 calories? your world. ♪ ♪ [ whispers ] real bacon... creamy cheese... 100 calories... [ chef ] ma'am [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] hey hey. hello everybody. monday, june 12th. great to see you today. thankful for being part of the program here, the full court >> bill: we did it big victory for the american people, president obama and a big victory for all of us, we did it again! we gave barack obama four more years in the white house. how exciting. it's what we wanted to happen, it's what we worked to happen, it's what we prayed for to happen and now we

colorado, washington state, now say within their state you can smoke weed just to get high.or get medicinal purposes. you can do it. judge napolitano: and they permit growing marijuana. the first issue is political. in both states the legislature lacked the political will or courage to do this on its own. the state of colorado the legislation defeated it. the public at a referendum -- stuart: referendum or legislation? judge napolitano: and the the washington state constitution supersedes -- supersedes the legislature's rejections of is the law of the land. stuart: in california have medicinal marijuana all over the place and in came the fed's and said you are doing that wrong. will the fed's come to colorado washington state? judge napolitano: that is the constitutional issue because the federal government prohibits all use and possession of marijuana for all purposes. some very minor exceptions for laboratories and things like that but for the general public is out. the government of course have discretion what laws to enforce and where to enforce them and the justice depa

washington state's initiative also regulates taxes for drugs. oregon had the same ballot question and voted no. at the live desk, melissa mollet, news 4. >> melissa, thank you. >>> let's get a check of the forecast. i believe tom mentioned the "s" word. >> tom said not to worry. how bad will it be, i guess is the question. >>> with the road temperatures so warm, i don't think we'll have a lot of accumulation on roads. we may get some on grassy areas today. right now we have a winter weather advisory out. all these counties in blue, northeastern maryland, baltimore, the maryland shore. these areas might get some along the pennsylvania border and southern pennsylvania. up to four inches just west of pennsylvania on grassy areas again mainly. for our region, i think, as we go forward here, and i'm going to step out and advance my computer because it's locked up right now. we could get as much as perhaps -- i'll show you here coming up right now how much i think we're going to betting. i think we have a possibility of getting as much as maybe an inc

gay marriage is legal in six states and washington d.c. hose laws or domestic by lawmakers or true or roofs. meanwhile minnesota rejected a proposal to ban gay marriage to the state constitution. >> the republicans maintain control of the house of the resrecidivist. both parties need to find common ground. there was a dent in the majority by knocking off 12 republican house members. including tea party backers. >> meanwhile democrats did take control of the senate. we have a house divided. steel pcs were bred in massachusetts in indiana. turning aside republican challenges in virginia and ohio. president obama will again be the dealing with a divided congress we will see if they can work together to get anything passed. >> senator dianne feinstein has conceded. >> the senior senator from california was once mayor of san francisco and on the eve of her reelection to the u.s. senate she peppers of praise for the city its current mayor. >> also has skills to manage the city and is a tough city today is because this so the first. you have to ru

in washington state, the vote is not called yet.y are still counting the vote and we will be watching it closely, but if you are on the pro-gay right side in washington state, it should be noted that it is looking pretty good. in iowa, anti-gay activists were sure that they were going to turf out a judge for ruling in favor of marriage equality. they had done it before, to a bunch of other judges. they had been successful every time they had tried before. but not this one, not this time. judge wiggins in iowa keeps his seat. nevada elects its first african-american congressman this year. america gets our first openly gay united states senator. america gets our first-ever asian american woman senator from hawaii. her seat in the house, i should note, gets filled by this woman, a democratic iraq war veteran. time going to tell you right now that her name is tulsy gabboard, because she is on the fast track to being very famous some day. speaking of iraq war veterans, tammy duckworth, veteran helicopter pilot, lost both her legs in cong

. >> anyone trying to travel yesterday in oregon and washington state, it wasn't pretty. not much better this morning either. we knew this was going to be a big storm. it was very impressive yesterday. 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts on the coastline of oregon. minor damage in seattle. we saw people lose power. we're continuing to watch this plume of heavy rain. it has shifted further to the south. it looks like it's about to move a little bit to the south and to the east there of portland. i-5 is definitely the worst drive out there, a solid shield of rain. there's more to come with heavier stuff off the california coastline. even eureka will get the mess to. seattle, one of the top ten wettest november days you experienced yesterday. once we get past the line, the edge of the front will try to clear out. there's more stuff behind it with unsettled hit-and-miss showers and even thunderstorms. the weather pattern, warm air ahead of the system. as the storm continues to dig down, we'll watch the continued threat of showers and even a few thunderstorms are posable, especially

in a historic vote, voters in colorado and washington state have legalized marijuana for recreational use, becoming the first u.s. states to do so and setting up a potential clash with the federal government. tuesday's elections are reports of widespread voting issues ranging from a voter machine malfunctions to up lines to a poll watcher challenges and confusion over voter id laws that have been weakened or blocked. florida voters waited up to seven hours to cast their ballots. according to voting rights watch in ohio, a number of residents in a predominately black cincinnati suburb of force forced to cast provisional ballots because records incorrectly showed they had already submitted an absentee ballot. pennsylvania emerged as a hotbed of election chaos after a viral video showed a voting machine switching and obama vote in favor of ro pennsylvania also saw widespread confusion over voter identification with reports of poll workers demanding id, even though a court blocked the state's voter id law from taking effect before the election. votihts advocates say they suspect it in unr

in washington state people also approved same-sex marriage, which was already legal in six states and the district of columbia. and in minnesota the voters rejected putting a ban on gay marriage in the state constitution. >>> meanwhile, voters in colorado approved allowing adults to possess small amounts of marijuana under state regulation and taxation. in oregon people voted strongly against legalizing marijuana. while in washington state voters strongly approved the legal use of pot. >>> to arkansas now where residents voted no to using marijuana for medical purposes, while in massachusetts medical marijuana use was okayed by an overwhelming margin. and marijuana use for medical patients was expanded in montana. and finally in oklahoma, voters approved a measure that wipes out all affirmative action programs in state government hiring, education, and contracting practices. >>> well, just ahead, bill is going to have another check of your weather, and hear more from president obama and governor romney as their historic campaigns came to a close. you're watching "early today." so, wha

. >>> after washington state and colorado voters approved marijuana legalization. what does this have to mean for california's industry that face shut down and arrest by authorities? >> reporter: harborside health care center is a medical marijuana. >> none of my staff know when we come to work in the morning whether we're coupling home at night or to prison. >> reporter: steve is fighting a legal battle to stay open, despite fighting california's medical marijuana laws. >> it's time for the justice department to recognize the sovereignty of the states. >> reporter: gooder brown's comments come on the shoulder of washington state and colorado's legalization of marijuana. >> that should send a message that this is a mainstream issue and they may need to get on board of the will of voters. >> reporter: erin smith with the national cannabis industry association hopes that it prompts federal change. >> if they care about the will of the voters and the sovereignty of the states and their own political future, they will back off. >> i just hope that the medical cannabis

let's talk about the significance of colorado and washington state. you have been covering these issues for some time. >> the main issue is people appear to want a change in drug policies, particularly as they apply to marijuana. if the federal government is sort of -- they have been standing pat. states and municipalities across the country have been making their own moves. >> during our election night coverage, i spoke with brian to send a, executive director of sensible colorado, and asked him how advocates there succeeded in becoming one of the first two u.s. states to approve regulating, taxing, and controlling marijuana similar to of all. this was his response. >> we just reached out to supporters. @we ran local ballot initiatives to build support. we got money from small and large binders. i think we tap into a vein of consciousness of passion or people realize that marijuana prohibition has been a colossal failure. just like alcohol prohibition britt coloradoan elite if you take it off the street and to the behind the counter, it will be harde

tonight voters in maryland, maine and washington state could make it legal in nine states. and they would be the first to legalize gay marriage by popular vote. minnesota voters meanwhile will be deciding to pass an amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman. 31 states seen here in red have similar amendments already on the books. california's was ruled unconstitutional and that case is still tied up in court. >>> coming up next, a look at the interesting things on the ballots across our country. earthquakes on the east coast can travel a lot farther than the experts first thought. we have a new report on last year's quake coming up next. >>> and in maryland, it is question number 4 on the ballot. >>> republican vice presidential candidate paul ryan just arriving in richmond and one more stop in the old dominion which could be a huge deciding factor, according to some scenarios on this election night. he just came from ohio. he is in rich monday and as weapon, the old dominion, a big battleground state in the fact that they are still -- the polls are still

we played against reuben mays, my tennessee team played against reuben mays and that washington state team. mark griffin was quarterbacking. they came to knoxville and we outlasted them that night. >> gus: so, sc will get the ball at the 35. with 1:52 to go. down 62-45. matt barkley, 29 of 48, 412 yards passing, 4 touchdowns, 2 interceptions. and matt barkley complete to marqise lee as kiko alonso flinfling s him to the turf. barkley. hit and caught, agholor. and they give him the catch at the 36. >> charles: see the good concentration in that. there's the tip. and how about agholor seeing it and catching it for a first down. >> gus: a 21-yard gain. and a time-out called by the ducks. >> referee: time-out, oregon. time-out number three. 30-second time-out. >> gus: so, where do the trojans go from here is the big question as you take a look at their upcoming schedule. >> charles: in a sense they cede control of the pac-12 south with this loss. but they can wrench it back by winning against arizona state and at ucla. i think ucla if they win tonight goes into the driver's seat, they're

in washington state the vote means anyone over 21 may legally possess an ounce of marijuana starting december 6th. >> this is the beginning of taking apart prohibition one state at a time. that's how they did it 80 years ago against alcohol and that's how we're going to do it now against marijuana. >> the voters may have spoken but federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug. supporters now plan to push for the federal government to end marijuana prohibition across the nation. >>> world leaders are welcoming president obama's win and they're hoping the re-election will help the global economy and end the violence in the middle east. monica villamizar reports from london. >> reporter: the news spread instantly across the globe. the u.s. president barack obama won another four years in office. the victory gave world markets a temporary boost. >> ladies and gentlemen -- the mood of confidence this morning really all around the world. >> reporter: russia welcomed the news. china's leaders say they're optimistic a second obama term will give both a time to improve their relationshi