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Type of thing, and you had to kind of switch gears and still be in your profession to do what you've been called to do. >> understood. you had a job to do. that's precisely what you did. but, charles, if you had the president in front of you and especially listening to his entire message to really all of us what would you have said to him? >> i would say, mr. president, i thank you for the words of encouragement that you have given this city this state, this nation and to the world, reminding us about god's amazing grace, how it is unfailing and it continues to be with us and bring us together...

Of the sacrifice and all of the money that we've put forward is not in vain. what we want to be able to do is as we have a smaller, tighter presence at a base inside afghanistan, that we also, though, have the resolve to go out and do what's necessary. i think if we show that leadership, we can get others to follow and that's exactly what needs to happen. >> okay. i want to talk about this. switch gears. the senate intelligence committee, they released a report about the e.i.t.s that are used by the c.i.a. officials. okay? this is drawing a lot of reaction, strong reaction from the internation...

>> eric, we're going on switch gears. memorial day kikting ocking off summer season. ♪

That can be a potent political message. you're going to see more real americans, regular americans, come forward and say, you know, my life was saved by the affordable care act, because i had insurance, i went and got early detection of my cancer, and therefore my life was safed. when they say that in television ads and saying that the republican has voted essentially against a program that saved that poor woman's life, then you'll see the shoe possibly on the other foot. in some other states where things are a little closer and there might be some political advantage strangely after all these...

Along very rapidly. >> pete, let's switch gears for a second on another issue. the obama administration has just issued new rules that are intended to ease the concerns of banks who want to deal with businesses that legally sell marijuana. what can you tell us about that? >> the banks have been reluctant to do this. the same federal government that regulates banks also says marijuana is against the law. so the banks haven't wanted to touch it, the marijuana dealers have been cash businesses. that provides quite an opportunity for thieves. so what the obama administration did today is both trea...