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Do have a right to make the case if we feel this is endangering, immigrant communities will not talk to law enforcement. that will create danger and we will do that. similarly, nonprofits that detain people, have a right to check on them and making sure they are not in dangerous environments. >> you have local law enforcement agencies accepting federal grants to help enforce these laws or to house illegals that are detained. then they are not doing it. thats a real problem. thats not just a 10th...

>> i think, yeah. i think hes on very solid ground. i support comprehensive immigration reform but in this case, the constitution is very clear. the supreme court has been very clear. california has been trying to block state and local officials and businesses by the way, from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. i think sessions is on very solid ground here. >> i dont think theyre trying to block anybody. the counterargument is an interesting one because remember barack obama when ...

>>john: is that att can win? >> i think, yeah. i think hes on very solid ground. i support comprehensive immigration reform but in this case, the constitution is very clear. the supreme court has been very clear. california has been trying to block state and local officials and businesses by the way, from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. i think sessions is on very solid ground here. >> i dont think theyre trying to block anybody. the counterargument is an interesting one becaus...

Many times, its not immigration law that california is passing, its public safety law affording to the 10th amendment. the 10th amendment is 28 words long and basically says anything not reserved by the feds gets to the states. you dont get to that analysis because clearly immigration is left entirely to the federal government. thats the battle were on. its not trying to invalidate everything california has done. the attorney general i met with after remarks here with law enforcement leaders pri...

It, no? >> anderson, dont confuse what arizona did with what california does. arizona actually tried to enact immigration statutes that would require law enforcement authorities locally to do immigration work. and the federal government stepped in and said, wait a minute, thats for the federal government to decide how it should be done. in california, were deciding how to do public safety, whether its on the streets or in our jails. were not trying to do immigration work. and so therefore there ...

On the governor to a certain extent, a little bit personal as well. the governors been outspoken critic of the administration. i think this is that. i actually can see the merit in some of the arguments regarding sanctuary cities. im conflicted as someone whos very much behind the states rights idea, the 10th amendment. i also get the reality of federal law and as part of that you have to adhere to what federal law says. for example, sb 54 that prohibits state and local officials from sharing in...

Have a psychological exam before you been buy a firearm. dont give me a constitutional argument. it very clearly lays out that the state has the right to regulate what is sold to whom and how they can actually carry it. we need to be a much better job there. >> many states and localities do that. and many with the toughest laws have the worst crime. >> they need to be done at the federal level. you cant do it at the state and local level. indianas 30 minutes away. thats a ridiculous argument. th...

Have a psychological exam before you been buy a firearm. dont give me a constitutional argument. it very clearly lays out that the state has the right to regulate what is sold to whom and how they can actually carry it. we need to be a much better job there. >> many states and localities do that. and many with the toughest laws have the worst crime. >> they need to be done at the federal level. you cant do it at the state and local level. indianas 30 minutes away. thats a ridiculous argument. th...

I have been the authority of an amendment thats been put into the law that restricts the department of justice from making sure that they dont supercede state law when the states have legalized medical marijuana and so what we need to do is make sure that that amendment continues to be part of the law and, but what sessions has done is trying to take it back a step and trying to undermine that position to leave it up to the u.s. attorneys, can supercede state law? we dont want that to happen at ...

States. mayor, really appreciate you being here. thank you for your time. >> thank you, rachel. great to be here and cant believe its four days into the new year. >> yeah. feels like a number of years under the belt already in 2018. let me ask you about your role in crafting the obama era guidelines in the first place. what was the thinking within the obama era in the justice department about how to manage the fact that marijuanas still illegal under federal law and states had taken steps to leg...