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>> thank you, rachel. great to be here. im with you, i cant believe its only 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 legalize it? >> you know, we had to weigh a number of factor...

Advocate the legalized marijuana. billions of dollars are on the line. big celebrity money. big weed money. this is initiative that is being pushed and pushed and pushed i think without regard to public health. but, on the issue of state vs. federal authority here, it is currently federal law, as john said, to prohibit recreational use of marijuana, possession, or distribution. if you want to change the law, change the law. so demonizing jeff sessions as some of these people are doing today, the...

Marijuana. billions of dollars are on the line. big celebrity money. big weed money. this is initiative that is being pushed and pushed and pushed i think without regard to public health. but, on the issue of state vs. federal authority here, it is currently federal law, as john said, to prohibit recreational use of marijuana, possession, or distribution. if you want to change the law, change the law. so demonizing jeff sessions as some of these people are doing today, these growers they want to...

>> sessions is not leaving it up to the states now. he wants the federal government involved. >> yes. and he might prevail because you have a more right-leaning supreme court on this issue and may rule that the federal government takes precedent but this is hypocrisy. president clinton campaigned that he would not prioritize this issue and now republicans have crowed for years about the 10th amendment and states rights. this goes against it. >> marijuana is legal for recreational use in californ...

The supreme court case decide this one of two ways, just allowing new jersey, or it could be widespread to really give the rights to the states to have sports betting. heather: the best indian where? >> a 10th amendment issue and whether or not federal law is applicable, for new jersey they want to be one of the most limited states to be offering this because what is available. >> speaking of making things available, marijuana law going into effect. >> california started this year. >> recreation...

He said, 9/11 may have happened because the u.s. turned away from god, by promoting things like same-sex marriage. he said muslim americans shouldnt serve in congress. he said that keith ellison, a muslim american, should not be allowed to use the koran to swear to the constitution. he said that obama wasnt born in the u.s. what he calls homosexual conduct, which is actually gay andle lesles lesles lesles lesl expressing love for each other, that should be illegal. and he compared homosexuality ...

Constitutional amendments after the 10th amendment would eliminate many problems of the way the u.s. government is structured. one of those amendments would be the 13th amendment which abolished slavery, the 14th amendment which gave women the right to vote. what does it say to you that the people of alabama may possibly elect someone like that? and may possibly. the polls are really close. what does that say to you? >> well, its very concerning to me. we would hope that in the year 2017 that we...

Refuse eliminate interesting amendments after the 10th amendment, is that an appropriate position for a guy are who wants to become a senator? >> i think we see very clearly the combination of the wheel of stupidity and the will to dominate on the other. thats what white supremacist and male supremacy come together. you get persons who want to go back to a white supremacy, male supremacy civilization. we know 13th and 14th amendment had to do with abolishing saver and surveys. he wants to live i...

With in 2017 where someone has been accused by a number of women, at least one 14-year-old, that someone says america was great during slavery, wants to get rid of the amendments after the 10th amendment, that were actually considering in america having this person serve as a united states senator? >> the world is shocked. im shocked. and maybe we shouldnt be because we elected donald trump president after the statements hes made both about women, african-americans, muslims. we as america need t...

Get rid of the amendments of the 10th amendment, that were actually considering in america having this person serve as a united states senator? >> the world is shocked. im shocked. and maybe we shouldnt be because we elected donald trump president after the statements hes made both about women, african-americans, muslims. we as america need to reexamine ourselves and look at the people who have elected particularly for the senate, the presidency, congress. i would hope that we have a different r...