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Specific details just yet. today the governor of illinois expected to sign a bill legalizing recreational marijuana. the measure of our residents to buy and possess up to 1 ounce of pot and 5 homegrown plants for personal use. the law would go into effect january 1st. illinois would be the 11th state in the nation to legalize it. use amazon? might enjoy this. amazon prime day will be two days this year. the annual sale kicks off at midnight on july 15th and lasts 48 hours. prime numbers will have access to more than 1 million deals which will likely include alexa devices, amazon fired tablets ...

>> reporter: you know, it is really important to talk about how unusual it is. it is march of 2019 and we have a democratic presidential candidate who is campaigning in mississippi. that is really unusual. i was counting the number of states that she has travelled to so far this year. when she heads to alabama today, that is her 11th state. that goes to show how extensively she is traveling. she is not just focussing on the handful of early states that most presidential candidates you would expect to see travel to at this early stage in the campaign. i think particularly the southern swing tha...

Now. bill mcgurn is a columnist and editorial board member for "the wall street journal" and has served as the chief speechwriter for president george w. bush. judy miller is a pulitzer prize-winning journalist. both are fox news contributor's. think of her joining me. i will start with you. let's go to colorado being the 11th state to pledge its electoral votes, if it looks like whomever is winning all of the popular. how would that change things? >> well, look, let's start with the fact that it's not going to change. it either takes constitutional amendment or enough states to do this. so fa...

It's as though you're running a runner and you're practicing for a -- instead of the mile." the electoral college, he says, "i would rather have the popular vote because to me it's much easier." well, last week, colorado became the 11th state to place its electoral votes to the candidate who wins the national popular vote. however, that change would only be able to take effect if enough states to reach 270 electoral votes sign on right now. the standard about 181. >> harris: that's really interesting. garrett tenney, thank you. i will take that into the conversation now. meanwhile -- and i wil...

Wildfire. flames quickly spread across the dry land in tucson of last year, torching 45,000 acres. the agent pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor violation. he was given fire years probation and ordered to pay $220,000 in restitution. new jersey one step closer to legalizing recreational marijuana. committees from the state senate and assembly passed a bill that would legalize the possession and personal use of up to one ounce of pot for people at least 21 years old. it would add a 12% industry tax. new jersey would be the 11t 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana. nasa celebrating a succes...