First time in the history of our country, it is now legal to smoke pot for Recreational Purposes in a state and we are there for the pot party. Good morning, welcome to early start. Im Christine Romans in for john berman this thursday morning. I bet you never thought youd say that, live at a pot party. Good morning to you, im zoraida sambolin, 5 00 a. M. In the east here. Tension has quickly turned to deadly violence in egypt. This morning, tanks and armored personnel carriers are guarding the president ial palace, this is in cairo. It was there last night that supporters and owe points of president Mohamed Morsi clashed. They hurled rocks and molotov cocktails at each other. At least five people were killed, hundreds injured. The root of the violence is what many believe is morsis grab for power. Ian lee joins us this morning. Whats happening right now. Reporter we have the elite Republican Guard, the people tasked with protecting the president. They are putting up barbed wire and road blocks, diverting traffic and people away and trying to keep the two sides, the promorsi and the antimorsi protesters away from each other. Last flight we saw thousands of promorsi supporters camp outside of the president ial palace, that is after they went there and removed, by force, the antimorsi protesters. But now we have a small protests are planned for today against morsi and their plan to defe descend, again, on the president ial palace. A direct constitution has been approved and egyptians are scheduled to vote on it next week. Is there something in this proposal that has protesters so angry . Reporter well, a lot of protesters are angry at the quickness that this draft constitution was first put forward. It was really rushed through. In a 48hour time period we saw that. That was in response to president morsis constitutional decrees. He said once a constitution is approved, the powers that he took, he would no longer have those. They were eager to rush through the constitutional draft but a lot of the people here, moderates, liberals, christians, say that they dont protect the right of the minorities or of the people and they benefit the islamists in particular, it says its vague on religious minorities and also vague on the role of women in the state. Lets talk a little bit more about what is in there. Many demonstrators are calling morsi a dictator as weve been talking about. The draft constitution contains term limits for the president. Do they think morsi sin sis inse there. Reporter thats not something were hearing too much of. There are people that are concerned that this is a move to consolidate the power of the Muslim Brotherhood in egypt. A lot of people are upset, especially talking to constitutional experts, that said that this draft constitution and their belief isnt one that is set to serve egypt and serve the egyptian people, that its vague in a lot of places and doesnt have defined rights as you see in other constitutions. All right. Ian lee, live in cairo for us this morning. Be safe. Thank you. And potentially worrying new developments this morning in syria as well. Increasing the fear that Bashar Al Assads embattled regime may be preparing to use chemical weapons against its opponents. Nbc news reports that syrias military loaded the component chemical for the deadly nerve gas cerron into bombs that could be used in fighter jets. They reported that Syrian Forces started combining chemical that could be used to make that gas for weapons. Here at home, big news in the state of washington. Its the first state in the nation to legalize the Recreational Use of marijuana. Voters approved a Ballot Initiative last month making it legal for adults to possess up to an ounce of marijuana. The new law took effect at midnight and people marked the occasion with a pot party at Seattle Space needle overnight. Its not a blanket license to smoke pot anywhere anytime. Cnns Miguel Marquez has been up all night, live in seattle for us. So its not illegal to smoke marijuana but the whole Distribution Network of marijuana and the distribution and sale of marijuana is still illegal. Theres a big asterisk here for recreational pot users. Reporter for now it is. In the next year or so that will be taken care of, as this law takes effect. But today was the first big step in what people here are calling a revolution. That pot, less than an ounce is now legal to possess and use. I messed up my entire life because i got high reporter anything less than an ounce no longer illegal in Washington State. Its amazing. Im not a cell anymore. I cant go to jail for small amounts of marijuana, you know. Im free to be free. Reporter several dozen hard core smokers showed up here to the base of the space needle, the symbol of the city and state to light up at the stroke of midnight. While the new law does not allow smoking in public places, Seattle Police and Police Departments across the state are turning a blind eye tonight, allowing celebrations to light up. This is what you assume the stores will look like. Or something along these lines . Yes. Our stores are going to have the feel of a fine cigar shop. Reporter once a high profile at microsoft, this man is now preparing to open as many as two dozen highend marijuana shots in washington and colorado. Yesterday hell be called a drug dealer within today an entrepreneur. Our target market is baby boomers. Folks who maybe tried it in college, maybe they didnt inhale but now its actually safe to inhale. Reporter hes already working on packaging and attractive displays for future clients. The state liquor control board has a year to regulate and license the growing, processing and retailing of marijuana here. All of it taxable at a very high 25 . Were looking at the potential of bringing in more than 500 million each year in new tax revenue. Reporter the big question still, what will the federal government do . Pot is still illegal federally. Today a legal toakup revolution burning here in colorado. The only things the feds are saying at this point is that marijuana is still illegal federally. Think of it this way in Washington State, it will be treated like booze, basically, hard liquor. You have to be 21. You can get busted for dui, cant drink it in public, those sorts of things. All those rules are yet to be written, in a year or so youll have pot stores all over this state. Back to you. A number of big employers like boeing and costco ban their employees from smoking marge math. There are other companies that have to do drug testing. Will this new law change anything for employers . Can workers still get fired for testing positive . Reporter the simple answer is no, you can still get fired. You cant smoke pot and go to work. It doesnt change anything with regard to employers who have those rules in place. Even with universities here, the university of washington here is saying that pot will still not be allowed on campus. There will be limits to this thing. Its going to take a long time for people to get used to just how legal and open it is here. What about the 2k6789dui law is that going to work . Reporter almost exactly the same as the dui law for drinking. If you refuse a blood test, the license will be taken right there. If you allow a blood test, theyll figure out if you have enough active thc, the part of the marijuana that causes you to get high. If theres enough of that in your blood, youll be over the limit and you will be charged and lose your license, same as when youre drinking. Miguel, how does washingtons pot law differ from colorado . Reporter biggest difference is, you can grow it in colorado. You cannot grow it here. Once this thing is completely implemented it will only be licensed growers that will be able to grow pot. Licensed processors will be able to process it and licensed retailers that will be able to sell it. Zoraida . Miguel marquez, thanks so much. I was looking at some of the public polling in washington and the majority of women didnt think it should be legal. The majority of men by a larger margin thought it should be. People have different views on it. We were talking about this and i said my mommy mode kicks in. I have a 14yearold that could be facing laws that arent as strict as they used to be. I have to digest all of this. John mcafee could face deportation to belize. Guatemalan officials took him into custody yesterday, accusing him of entering their country illegally. Mcafee is wanted for questioning in belize in connection with a murder. He says he is innocent. He has maintained that from the beginning. He went into hiding a couple weeks ago because he feared persecution by police. The suspect accused of shoving a man to his death is now facing a murder charge. Naeem davis was arraigned last night. Police say naeem, whos homeless, pushed ki suk han on to the tracks. They say he watched the train strike and kill han before fleeing the scene. Witnesses helped police track him down. The university of colorado releasing nearly 4,000 emails that were sent or received by james holmes. They reveal he may have had a romantic relationship with a graduate student. And kmgh reports holmes begans fantasizing about killing a lot of people. That was nearly six weeks before the shootings. 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