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On the governor to a certain extent, a little bit personal as well. the governor's been outspoken critic of the administration. i think this is that. i actually can see the merit in some of the arguments regarding sanctuary cities. i'm conflicted as someone who's very much behind the state's rights idea, the 10th amendment. i also get the reality of federal law and as part of that you have to adhere to what federal law says. for example, sb 54 that prohibits state and local officials from sharing information with immigration authorities, that's problematic. that's -- that's like, look, if you ...

Have a psychological exam before you been buy a firearm. don't give me a constitutional argument. it very clearly lays out that the state has the right to regulate what is sold to whom and how they can actually carry it. we need to be a much better job there. >> many states and localities do that. and many with the toughest laws have the worst crime. >> they need to be done at the federal level. you can't do it at the state and local level. indiana's 30 minutes away. that's a ridiculous argument. this has to happen at the federal level. >> do you want to get into the 10th amendment? there's go...

Have a psychological exam before you been buy a firearm. don't give me a constitutional argument. it very clearly lays out that the state has the right to regulate what is sold to whom and how they can actually carry it. we need to be a much better job there. >> many states and localities do that. and many with the toughest laws have the worst crime. >> they need to be done at the federal level. you can't do it at the state and local level. indiana's 30 minutes away. that's a ridiculous argument. this has to happen at the federal level. >> do you want to get into the 10th amendment? there's go...

I have been the authority of an amendment that's been put into the law that restricts the department of justice from making sure that they don't supercede state law when the states have legalized medical marijuana and so what we need to do is make sure that that amendment continues to be part of the law and, but what sessions has done is trying to take it back a step and trying to undermine that position to leave it up to the u.s. attorneys, can supercede state law? we don't want that to happen at all. we believe supposedly in the 10th amendment to the constitution. so does the president, by t...

States. mayor, really appreciate you being here. thank you for your time. >> thank you, rachel. great to be here and can't believe it's 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 marijuana's still illegal under federal law and states had taken steps to legalize it? >> you know, we had to weigh a number of factors and i think looking at what the depart...