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Welcome to alJazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. Palestinian backlash in the west bank, overnight, palestinian supporters clashing with Israeli Forces during a rally in ramallah. Six more killed during israeli air strikes this morning, killing 40 people including women and children. Nick schiffron joins us from southern israel. Put into context what the situation is right now. All i have to do is point at one thing to show you the situation, that plume of gray smoke, that was a huge israeli air strike into gaza about a minute ago and that is whats happening on the ground, situati...

Hello, im ray suarez. Americans attitudes about marijuana have changed a lot since the worst days of the drug war. Theyve come to think of the drug as more benign and less dangerous than cocaine, heroin or methamphetamine, but the federal government still classifies marijuana as a narcotic that can lend its users, sellers in jail. Now two states have legalized marijuana for medical and Recreational Use. How can state law, revenue collection, Law Enforcement, be made to mesh with the federal code. Another win for weed. A spot on novembers ballot to determine if marijuana could be used for medic...

And if you're a law and order conservative, you know that studies show a drop in incarceration rates can mean a drop in overall crime rates too. these arguments are the reason you are hearing this kind of talk on the right from top republicans. >> i've long believed that there needed to be reform of our criminal justice system. some of these people are in there under what i'll call flimsy reasons. >> mass incarceration tears families apart and deprives children of their fathers and mothers. >> an innocent mistake is not supposed to be criminal but zealous prosecutor can make even the most inno...

thanks to you for tuning in. we start with two major developments in the case of sandra bland. the woman found dead in her texas cell last week. according to the associated press, the sheriff says bland told the jail when she was booked that she had tried to commit suicide before and "the wall street journal" reports the district attorney says he is investigating whether the trooper who arrested her broke any laws. that trooper was put on desk duty. after investigators reviewed this dash cam video and determined that proper procedures weren't followed. and late today, bland's family ...

In pierce county which includes ta tacoma, prosecutor mark linquist said he was dismissing four dozen cases of possession of marijuana. he said the people have spoken through this initiative, and as a practical matter, i don't think you can sell a simple marijuana case to a jury after this initiative passed. in an interview with "the seattle times," the king county prosecutor said i think when the people voted to change the policy, they weren't focused on when the effective date of the new policy would be. they spoke loudly and clearly that we should not treat small amounts of marijuana as an ...