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I don't get hung up with the criminalization and playing word games here. i think you need to be smart in how you penalize people for breaking the law when it comes to small amounts of drugs. >> have you ever smoked pot? >> no. >> never? >> never. >> that was rick perry talking pot with abby huntsman in an interview that will air later today on "the cycle." he looks towards the end of his tenure with a possible look at 2016 once again. the governor happens to be visiting iowa this week. meanwhile texas politics in the news once again because of the junior senator now in florida. ted cruz creat...

Senior citizen on the team, craig and it is a great honor. she would have taken the gold medal over the honor but they handled themselves with class. a spent a lot of time this week with the women's hockey team we're not supposed to cheerlead as journalists but you really wanted them -- they don't have a pro league. this is everything and they didn't get what they wanted. >> how could you not cheer for them? >> a lot of buzz around today's women's slalom competition. >> reporter: this is a spoiler alert. she is now the youngest woman to win the slalom in the olympics ever at 18 years old. firs...

The hands of business. he feels washington and government is the problem. >> a predictable response. >> he left at door very much open for another run in 2016. i even asked him if he's concerned about his image in 2012, the oops moment among other things if that's going to identify him or if that's going to change the perception of the american people. he'll not worried at all -- >> really? >> if you look at the state of texas, they have experienced a great amount of job growth over the last few years. led the nation created 1.7 million jobs, a third of the nation, he has a lot to do of in ter...

Absolutely electric. ted ligety put down an amazing first run in the giant slalom yesterday, and then he was more cautious on his second run, but it didn't matter because he had built up such a huge lead. and the giant slalom is ted ligety's signature event. it is the event where he really carves the snow like an artist. and he did so yesterday. and ted ligety is a really kind of calm, laidback guy. as i say, he's always working at about 98.6. you know, he never gets real overly excited or really overly down. and yesterday when he came off the hill and i got a chance to speak to him, he's, lik...

>> women's medium and two smalls. >> thanks. >> they run a little small. >> three mediums. >> the silver jacket only goes to medalists. if you're walking around and won a medal you get a silver jacket or go to that store and buy one for several hundred dollars. >> very exclusive group. >> everyone around here i'm the only serious journalist, everyone is looking at "sports illustrated" so we need to talk about sports. their heads are buried. >> i would put that up while i'm talking, me producing from here. go ahead. >> there we go. >> we have news here from sochi, ted ligety, the great american...