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Marijuana. rob: key vote as begin debating plan. live from union city, new jersey with the details, hey, carrey. >> rob and jillian good morning to both of you, hearings are scheduled to take place today at the state house and if lawmakers reach agreement new jersey would become the 11th state to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes, here is what would happen today, lawmakers will be meeting to hammer out details, this is after months of negotiations, legislation would legalize possessio...

>> bill: tis the season. texas becoming the 11th state to call for a constitutional convention to limit federal government power. the 11 states would need to become 34 because thats the number needed to amend the constitution. were on that live in d.c. how would this work? >> bill, the legislatures in 34 states would have to pass a resolution calling for a convention of the states. those resolutions called applications would be delivered to congress which would then set a time and place for a st...

Payday. instead they threw in the towel and in doing so they violated the 11th commandant, thal should not tuck its tail and run. heather: i forgot about that one. rob: assault weapons are not protected under the second amendment according to a federal appeals court. judges ruling 10 to 4 keeping marylands weapon ban including high capacity magazines in place, the national rifle association is considering an appeal on this. new hampshire has just made it easier for people to carry a concealed lo...

Democrats may advance the bill to the senate floor before the thanksgiving break according to politico.com. but without support from senate republicans, the bill would fall short of the 60-vote super majority needed to break a gop filibuster. unfortunately for work workers -- excuse me. fortunately for workers the states arent simply waiting for congress to act. tuesday new jersey became the fifth state to add a minimum wage to its constitution after voters approved a ballot measure that increas...

>> this story may have only come out of california. first a legislator passing the bill that would raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour making it one of the highest rates in the country. it will happen gradually over the next year. if you are an illegal immigrants in california you get your own drivers license now. california the 11th state to apply for licenses. a new social media development is underway. twitter, have you heard of it? it has officially taken the first step toward a public d...

In california you get your own drivers license now. thats the big ruling to come out of california last night. california the 11th state to allow for illegal immigrants to allow for licenses. >> a senate panel approved legislation to assign a journalist to protect reporters and news media have having to rae veal confidential sources. under the measure a covered journalist is an employee an independent contractor or agent of an entity that disseminates the news or information. the change comes af...

Standard bearer who is running for that nomination for their party and gets it, this holds that nominee back. they cannot win national elections this way. >> kate, i want to turn to the abortion debate again now. last week, texas became the 1th state to ban most abortions after 20 weeks. just hours after that, two republicans state reps introduced a bill that would restrict abortion at the sound of a fetal heartbeat which i understand can come at about six weeks. what is the motivation here? why...

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Freddy, who talks about seeing her for the first time in the hospital. how he was overcome with emotion and how different she looks from when he last saw her. he said she used to be a pudgy gone, shes lost a lot of weight and shes traumatized after this ordeal. he says she is still in the hospital and will remain there for a while. john? >> thanks, zoraida, the emotion must simply be overwhelming. your other top stories, still no solution this morning to the problem of what to do with the rema...

Introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. a suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action. the first state is about to become the 11th state to approve marriage equality. before you secretly google that, we are talking about delaware. today, delaware state senate voted 12-9 to approve the same-sex marriage bill. this afternoon, the governor signed it into law. it goes into effect july 1st. last week, rhode island became the tenth state to allow same sex unions. up next...