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To be 100% correct. >> an understatement to be sure. upon hearing ambassador rice senator john mccain replied. >> she read talking points that we are now beginning to believe came from the white house which were absolutely false. we now know that the director -- that the cia station chief on the ground september a message not slash not spontaneous demonstration. >> mr. obama supporters would you have believe the whole thing is cooked up by right-wing people that despise the president. that, of c...

Them, they cant hear you. what happened? >> in my head set, i could hear real well. but the tower was having trouble hearing what i was saying because of the amount of wind. at the time another pilot that was ahead of me was able to understand better what i was saying, and he was able to relay to the tower. he relayed that i had had a bird strike, that the wind shield was missing and that i had sustained some head injuries. so they of course called the fire trucks and notified ems to have people...

Expected to get rich with a little more than $184 million in tax revenue from weed sales over the next 18 months alone. >> remember this, colorado has an aggressive tax on weed. subject to the states 2.9% sales tax. plus an additional 10% sales tax. and a 15% excise tax for marijuana retailers. >> and youve got other states peekinging over the border saying really, all that money flowing in, hm -- >> cnns anna cabrera has more. >> reporter: christi and victorer its been about six weeks since rec...

Anna, just learning how much money colorado expects to bring in from the legal recreational sale of marijuana. >> were talking lots of money, christine. about six weeks since it became legal to sell it for recreational use here in colorado. to say business is going strong is and understatement. the state released new tax revenue projections for selling marijuana and it beat expectations by tens of millions of dollars. now leaders here at the state capitol get to decide how to spend it. >> report...

Ambassadors to the u.n., rick, thank you so much to joining us. >> sure. >> fast moving is probably an understatement. where are we now with the ukraine? >> well, look, no one should be surprised that the ukraine yap people feel duped by president yanukovych. they saw him and they were fearful of him and skeptical. but he told them in plain terms that he wanted to move the country away from communism and towards the eu. he said he would sign pact agreements and everything seemed to be moving tow...

The state of colorado is not only high son products, talking about nearly $190 million in tax revenue. colorado has an aggressive tax on weed, subject to the 2.9% sales tax. an additional 10% sales tax. and 15% excise tax for retailers. this week, first revenue projections are in. other states are taking notice. cnns ana cabrera has the numbers, shes in denver. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. remember, it has been about six weeks since pot became legal to sell for recreational us...

>> no. >> i know. the understatement of the century. >> never happens. >> i want you to listen to what president obama said earlier about this. >> i taught constitutional law for 10 years. i take the constitution very seriously. the biggest problem that were facing right now has to do with george bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through congress at all. and thats what i intend to reverse when im president of the united states of america. >> except hes...

Groves droves. one of the biggest reasons moving there tax incentives great state to work in. not very union friendly. unions havent been friendly in those areas like they have been in troy detroit there was a big movement by volkswagen to unionize recently and it failed overnight. >> it failed to unionize. >> it did. it failed because workers didnt want it. management was open to it. >> management was very open to it. it thats an understatement. >> this is the one plant that the uaw felt they c...

Pulled him out of there. a lot of road closures in this area. the federal government is closed today. so that has cut down on a lot of the traffic. thats a fortunate thing. the unfortunate thing is you have a very slippery surface here on the roads. a lot of slush. a lot of ice. and here come the state police over here. i am not sure if this is still an active rescue, carol. >> well let you go because your shot is freezing on the air. some irony there. but please be careful, brian todd. please s...

Wakes up in the morning and decides what the law is going to be. that is an understatement. thats not the way its supposed to work. >> hear that? all those laws that were passed and signed by president obama, it turns out they dont exist. it was all in his head. and if thats not unhinged enough for you, then just listen to mr. limbaugh. >> what do we do to stop somebody as lawless, some president as lawless as this? what do we do? nobody knows. nobody knows what to do. nobody knows how to stop h...