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Controversy. but the racially tinged thriller was a fan favorite in theaters. >> sink into the floor. >> reporter: the box office hit is up against "the disaster artist," "the greatest showman," i, tonya" and "lady bird." for television, it is all about the ladies of "big little lies," the hbo series up for six awards, the most of any television program, including best tv movie or limited series. >> in addition to being a great show, it is also really on point with the conversation in hollywood right now. >> reporter: in fact, expect sexual harassment and sexual assault in the entertainment in...

In america has survived for quite a long time with exposure to a much more dangerous drug. i've had friends drink themselves to death as very young people. and there seems to be no ability to recognize how dangerous alcohol is, where we think that marijuana is the end of the world. >> and i don't think we even think that. i just think that it has become part of the culture that we have now embedded this idea that marijuana is a pathway to more illicit drug use. and so, you know, it's a stepping off point. so now we are incarcerating people at a staggering rate. since 1971, there have been 40 m...

Adviser to the undersecretary of state for global affairs and christian, why yemen now, why is al-qaeda seeing an opportunity there? >> well, jenna, you have this expanded threat, because yemen with a -- is a location that's actually easier as a stepping off point than some other places where we've become familiar with al-qaeda as operating havens. you have easier access to the horn of africa and the persian gulf and the ability to move beyond there. most americans only heard of al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula last december when one of its operatives almost took down a northwest airlines fli...