Of the predators and that s why we have so many of them still serving. and i assume you will continue to speak out and eventually the legislation will be introduced, taking power away from commanders. it has been introduced by me and the house and senator gillibrand in the senate and we ll take up the issue this afternoon in the house armed services committee when we take up the national defense authorization act. thank you, congresswoman. appreciate you being with us this morning. my pleasure, carol. ahead in the newsroom, fallout from the jump. miguel s leap at the billboard music awards may have caused one woman brain damage. we ll get into that story, next.
If upheld, the suspensions may be the largest in american sports history. a-rod fans disappointed. i look up to him because he s a player. i really like him. seeing that, it saddens you. not only is the legacy of these baseball giants at stake, more importantly, that of america s past time. i worry about baseball being affected as a game the whole thing and what it s been through in the last 15 years and that s my concern. it was a cnn s pamela brown reporting from new york. coming up in the newsroom, as states look for more tax revenue, some are turning to pot t. highly controversial and still illegal drug may be a way to balance the budget. how much tax is too much? i m the next american success story. working for a company
this is a strong city. these people here, their phenomenal support. they re inspiring us. we re trying to inspire them. it was great to come together as a state to bring joy to everyone. and finally, manager marty brown of the aaa buffalo bisons brought a new twist to how you react when you get tossed from a baseball game. what did he do? he decided to pop a squat. sat down in the middle of the field, took off his helmet. spent about 40-45 seconds continuing to get his point acrossed. this caused the skipper of trouble. he has been fined and suspended three games for this. quite a performance. toddlers everywhere, carol, should be very proud of this pouting performance. i so much prefer when they get in the face of the umpire and spit a little bit. that, who, too. thank you, jeff carter. the next hour of cnn newsroo newsroom, after a break.
Everything we are doing is protecting the consumer and the country. but if we re going to move down this road and public sentiment shows that people do largely support medical marijuana and we even now see a majority support for recreational cannabis, we re going to have to do this in a way that you do any other business. we will yessiate jobs. we will pay that but we don t need to unduly tax these legal businesses. kevin fischer of rocky moun taken remedies, thank you so much for joining us this morning. thank you for your time. first dance bags, lavish spending by the irs all done on your dime. that s next in the the newsroom. lking to a helmet. it grabbed the patient s record before we even picked him up. it found out the doctor we needed was at st. anne s. wiggle your toes. [ driver ] and it got his okay on treatment from miles away. it even pulled strings with the stoplights. my ambulance talks with smoke alarms
New york, l.a., chicago, houston, philadelphia and phoenix. chris lawrence, cnn, the pentagon. up next in the requests newsroom, major league s highest player and mvp reportedly at the centre of a new doping scandal t. bleacher report is next.