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Tax-exempt status if they oppose same-sex marriage? >> yes. >> would you take either of those actions in the face of possible retaliation? >> yes. >> is decriminalizing opioids part of the solution? >> yes, it is. [laughs] >> martha: obviously you're balancing a lot of thoughts and i think is go to is to just say yes and then think about it. what is my answer? how will i elaborate? >> you can almost see his numbers drop one point every time he says "yes." tax exemption for churches? goodbye. legalized everyone? yes. >> martha: a lot of those yeses do not appear to be resonating, it's quite fai...

They have put forward an idea of decriminalizing opioids, that it would essentially eliminate some of the stigma tied to that, people who might be too afraid to come forward and based on your smile, i think you oppose that, why? >> it's an old idea that's circling around. the reason we have the f.d.a. that evaluates drugs, so some are not safe. we have to have a structure built around them so people understand and able to interact with their doctors taking a drug that has a specific niche use for it and opioids are a great gift to us in terms of the ability to use and to address pain when we n...

Organizing philosophy, and are these things you really would implement as president, or are you simply trying to drive the conversation out to things we don't pay as much attention to? >> as you suggested, i'm still introducing myself to the american people. i think the most effective way to introduce myself is to give people a sense of what i would do as president. there are problems affecting americans in ways big and small. and if we have a solution that we think will help, like decriminalizing opioids to try to get more americans access to treatment instead of sending them to prison cells,...