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>> yes, thats exactly right. and look how long it has been since he left office, which was 1981. we are getting near four decades he spent as an ex-president. that is also unusual about him in history. and everything we see in the ex-presidents after jimmy carter has been very much influenced by what he did. he is the one who founded, for instance, the carter center to carry out his values. thats something that virtually every other president has done since then. >> im interested -- as an histor...

Director of the american beverage institute. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> thanks for being here. you called the ntsbs proposal ludicrous. why? >> it is ludicrous. it is so ludicrous in fact even mothers against drunk driving isnt supporting it. the fact is this recommendation targets moderate social drinkers and it fails to target the hard core high bac repeat offenders who cause the vast majority of alcohol related fatalities. if we want to solve the drunk driving problem in this countr...

>> guess what so when you think about enforcement and whether or not an officer wants to get involved in that when it is highly speculative and somebody is going to sue them and say you pulled me over, you infringed my rights. you were racial profiling and didnt like the way i was driving there was a whole host of problems here. good luck with the officers even trying to put this report together. let alone presenting it to the prosecutors for punishment and filing of the case. thats why its no s...

Whats going to happen to you really nothing? because legally speaking, a conviction wouldnt be upheld because they havent even defined a standard. >> make any cases. >> you can be pulled over for reckless driving though. a cop sees you swerving. >> bill: yeah, if do you something, sure. if you go 8 miles per hour or something like that, look, here is the deal. and this is the truth. by legalizing marijuana or any other substance, you add to the drunk driving problem. you compound it. but, with d...