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Columbia issued a stern warning writing, if you decide to move forward tomorrow with the legalization of marijuana in the district you will be doing so in knowing and willful violation of the law. >> we would encourage the congress to not be so concerned about overturning what seven out of ten voters said should be the law in the district of columbia. >> reporter: adam ettinger organized the legalization effort. do you think there will be a backlash to any of this? >> there will be a huge backlash if congress manages to overturn the initiative. there will be protests in the streets. our city c...

Secret service agent, thank you so much for being with us. the police commissioner asked these cops not to do it. the pair bill deblasio met with union officials to try to ease the tensions last week. nevertheless once again, here we are at a funeral, officers turn their back on the mayor. were you surprised? >> no i wasn't. if part i don't think we will see too many more acts of mass disrespect or disobedience whatever you want to call it. there aren't that many occasions where thousands of cops get together like this. so i think it was an opportunity they didn't want to pass up. few want to ...

Violence. they're engaged in civil acts of disobedience, which is unlawful. but oftentimes, those records get expunged and dismissed, because they'll go before the court, and to the extent that there is no violence and nobody suffered as a result, those cases will go away. but if you engage in other acts of violence, victor, no matter where you are, whether it's california, whether it's new york, whether it's minneapolis, whether it's portland, oregon, whether it's around the country, the government has an interest in holding you accountable, because now you're affecting other people. and of c...

>> while cardenas uses street to get around jail rules, erica haywood's disobedience is anything but covert. when managing haywood went from difficult to dangerous, jail officials mandated new precautions to prevent further violence. >> it came down that after that assault that happened with me and erica, they now need to have the sert team her to recreation and bring her right back just in case she tries to assault somebody else. >> now she is only allowed to leave her cell under heavy security. haywood's assault on officer lara came after haywood claimed to be having an affair with a male of...

>> first of all, your premise for comfort. he's not in comfort now. second, i don't think it would have had the same impact. we know when whistleblowers blow the whistle, they're put in jail and disciplined. he is in the context of americans who engage in civil disobedien disobedience. this idea that obama said yes today, there was more heat than light, i disagree with the president on that. snowden did something valuable and we're going to make some changes hopefully because of what snowden did. he's not a traitor, michael. i think you're being too rhetorical. >> michael, last word. >> he did...