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>> and not able to apply for student loans and get a job anymore. and disproportionately they are colored and african-americans and latinos. so were taking a look at this right now. we have 5% of the and i think we should be looking at it right now and its a moral matter and were going to leave it there. and were going to revisit this in the elections to come. thanks to both of you for being with us. jane and tim. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. and were determined to bring you into ...

Believe it or not, some progressives think that legalizing marijuana, win or lose, it will attract more young people, more democrats, and progressive independents to the polls. take a look at this new poll. only 41% of americans say that pot should be legal. 52% say no. but when you ask young voterses, 18 to 29-year-olds, guess what, the yes response jumps up to 58% with only 39% against. so is this really smart politics for the democrat? jay hampshire and you guessed t. the ballot initiative to

At a democrat i like her up there. >> you like it. because shes bad for the republicans? >> it shows the extreme part of the party where i think america is more in the center. >> does that warm the cockles of your heart when you see that? >> she said start selling her hand, coke, pepsi. she could make a lot of money from corporate sponsors if she pulled that. its an interesting way to get her message out. >> you think she did that deliberately. >> she knows. >> she plays the media. this was a ra...

To block the effort? could it actually backfire politically? >> we did a survey here in california for no on proposition 19 and wa we found is when you take a look at people who will vote no on marijuana legal lie zags, no matter what, the number was 44%. the people who will vote yes is only 19%. so i think that they have a pretty significant hill to climb and i think there are many more people out there that will realize that legalizing marijuana in the united states, theyve tried it in mexico....

Election. >> no doubt there will be a lawsuit challenging it. lets take a look at some of the other stories on my radar. in his speech today to this disabled american veterans, president obama warned that we have not seen the end of americas sacrifice in iraq but also pointed out by the end of this month, more than 90,000 u.s. troops will come home. listen. >> i made it clear that by august 31st, 2010, americas combat mission in iraq would end. that is exactly what we are doing. >> hes on sche...

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