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Federal level, banks are not comfortable in jeopardizing their federal insurance. were treated like every other business except when it comes to financial matters, and then were still treated as a criminal function. >> with big issues like banking that still need to be sorted out, states like colorado and washington are taking the lead on setting policy while other states and the federal government sit back and watch very closely to see how their implementation works. >> i really think all eyes ...

We are treated like every other business except when it comes to financial matters and then were still treated as a criminal function. >> with big issues like banking that still need to be sorted out, states like colorado and washington are taking the lead on setting policy while other states and the federal government sit back and watch very closely to see how their implementation works. >> i really think all eyes of the world are on our state focusing on how this is going to happen. >> as more...

Jenna: right now some major concerns about a top al qaeda commander this man is psalm sames cousin. he is based in syria and may be setting up camp to train and recruit new followers. chief intelligence corresondent catherine herridge is live in washington this story. so catherine, what more do we know about this operative. >> reporter: this operative is very open and public and has a twitter account with more than 14,000 followers. he tweeted information about key meetings between al qaeda seni...

University board of trustees in my view are the ones who are responsible for setting policy. >> theres also this centuries-old law in south carolina, apparently, that i was not aware of until i started to read this story that requires college students to learn the declaration of independence and constitution as well as several state senators say that thats not happening there. can you speak to that? >> well, craig, heres the problem with that. we have to assume at some point that our public scho...

80 to 90% of the illegal drugs that come into america come from or through mexico and the people that are carrying them are increasingly young people. now remember, the dream act goes up to 35. were just talking about young people here. but were seeing that the numbers of those arrested have gone a multiple of ten times over the last year and a half or so and in mexico the multiples 800 to 900 a year in mexico arrested. so we have a problem here. these people would be legalized with those as wel...

Well. thats my point. i think its important we stop, look at the facts, and take it a deep breath and analyze what is going on here. were setting policy for the destiny of america. >> lets talk about that. another fellow republican congressman called your comments, and im quoting him now, irresponsible and rephencible. can you see how they think that, they take issue with your language? someone that may even agree with your policy proposals but take issue with your language. >> and, you know, i ...

Going on here. were setting policy for the destiny of america. >> lets talk about that. because another fellow republican congressman, raul called your comments and im quoting irresponsible and reprehensible. can you see how they think that, they take issue with your language? >> and, you know, i would suspect none of those people you referenced their quote ever saw the video of what i did, nor read through the full transcript of what i said. instead, they are reacting to what a reporter said to...

Dave agema introduced this anti-guy marriage resolution himself personally to the whole republican national committee. and it passed. it passed unanimously. the social conservatives won. social conservatives win in the republican party, pretty much always. they win inside the republican party itself when it comes to setting policy for the party and they win outside the party. they win in the states wherever republicans hold power. since then passed election, when republicans lost the white house...

And it passed. it passed unanimously. the social conservatives won. social conservatives win in the republican party, pretty much always. they win inside the republican party itself when it comes to setting policy for the party and they win outside the party. they win in the states wherever republicans hold power. since this past election, when republicans lost the white house, and lost ground in the house, and lost ground in the senate, they have used the power that theyve still got in the stat...

Look, hes yesterdays news. hes not the candidate anymore. he himself has acknowledged there were a bunch of mistakes made by his campaign. hes not the one setting policy. hes not the one setting the tone for the republican party now. i think what we should talk about is what the rnc did today. they appointed some very no nonsense pragmatic people including our colleague ari fleischer from cnn and also sally bradshaw among them to take a hard, harsh honest look at everything we did wrong. it was ...