The extremists will remain extreme and come back to haunt you. An old activist once told me, dont invest in those that carry mess, not if you really have a message. The tea party is going to remind some republicans of that. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. The clintons are in the ring. Lets play hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews in washington. Lets start with the best fight in the country, the clintons versus karl rove. Rove started this battle row yal over hillarys health, this brain injury hes mixing it up about. The clintons are hitting back with a combination of punches, the defense of the former secretary of state is 100 , that rove is dealing with some kind of sickness himself, or,
according to bill, the republican operatives charges are so inconsistent as to be laughable. Well, the question now looms up there in the air, is this nasty stupid politics or nasty effective politics . Did rove hurt himself, which really doesnt matter in the big world, or did he hurt himself but also hurt Hillary Clinton in the act . This matters. If hillarys forced to play defense on health, will this rob her of a clean, upbeat future campaign, forcing her to play rear guard tie her to the past, putting the focus on what shes been through, not where she wants to take us . Again, we can agree, rove is nasty, but is he nasty stupid or nasty smart . Is he playing the bad guy knowing it will help the republican nominee, perhaps jeb bush be the good guy . Will he take the low road so his eventual candidate can zip up the high road . This much is plausible. Karl rove has done it all before, and now hes doing it again. And somewhere this week, the campaign for 2016 began, and on
karl roves time table. Steve mcmahons a democratic strategist and wayne slater is Senior Writer at the Dallas Morning News and coauthor of the book about karl rove, bushs brain. Karl rove reportedly said this about Hillary Clintons health scare, 30 days in the hospital and when she reappears, shes wearing glasses that are only for people who have traumatic brain injury . We need to know whats up with that. Well, rove tried to clarify those comments yesterday on fox. Lets watch him in action. I didnt say she had brain damage. She had a Serious Health episode. We dont know what the doctor said about, you know, what does she have to be concerned about. We dont know shes hidden a lot. Shes hidden a lot of this. Today bill clinton was asked about roves attack. Heres how the former president responded. First of all, i got to give him credit, you know, that embodies that old saying that consistency is the hobgoblin of
little minds. First he said she faked her concussion, and now they say shes auditioning for a part on the walking dead. She works out every week. She is strong. Shes doing great. As far as i can tell, shes in better shape than i am. She certainly seems to have more stamina now, and theres nothing to it. Do you think this is their way of inserting her age or her physical capabilities into the 2016 debate . I dont know, but if it is, you cant be too upset about it. Its just the beginning. Theyll get better and better at it. Im still waiting for them to admit theres nothing to white water. Good point there. Let me go to wayne on this. Youve watched this guy karl rove. Is he nasty stupid or nasty smart . Because hes nasty, the question is, does this work as it gets into the bloodstream . In fact, its everywhere now. Its probably going to be the story of the week in american politics because of the way the clintons have reacted already. Look, its absolutely worked. Its absolutely worked, its part of the conversation. You fly by, you drop something, you foul the water, you move on and its part of the conversation. If you look at everything karl has done or been associated with or allies have been associated with, from questions about ann richards actuality in 1994, to the attack on john mccain by that socalled military group in 2000 raising questions about his mental acuity, to some obama court races where karls client found the opponent was under questions about his sexual orientation, if you look at every one of these cases, its the same pattern. You smear somebody, you fly away. In those cases, karl was able to basically say what we call in texas the mark of rove. You saw it happened, but you didnt see karl and gave himself some deniability. In this case, its just interesting he was out there,
out front, the guy who dropped the bomb. Yeah, he did it himself. Lets go to steve mcmahon. My theory is, he could be like a kamikaze pilot in world war ii, he could blow up the ship, blow himself up, who cares, who cares if hes known as an s. O. B. . Hes already known as an s. O. B. , but in this case hes the guy who dropped the bomb and did it with impunity. Thats right. You can blow yourself up but it doesnt matter if you take out your opponent, and hes very, very good at this. Wayne didnt mention, perhaps, the greater slander of all, which was taking john kerry, somebody who was a decorated vietnam war hero and turning him into a swift boat captains version of, you know, a lying, cheating, scoundrel. Its outrageous what he does. Its subliminal advertising. You know, this is what gets the right wing machine going. Its the same thing that the president deals with with this birther crowd. Theres no justification for it. This health thing is really attacking the persons well being or being itself. I remember the old movie anatomy of a murder, dont think of a blue cow, well, youre going to if somebody says think of a blue cow. Even the liberals and pro hillary people are going, well, is there something there . Your thoughts. Thats exactly how it works, chris. Wayne said it best, you drop it into the water and then pretty soon its there. Karl rove goes away. If you think about karl roves objective here, number one, he wants to remain relevant after wasting 300 million last year and getting nothing in 2012. I like how you sneak in your own points in there. But number two, he gains you know, hes punching up and the president at this point, president clinton, is punching down, so karl rove has gotten exactly what he wants. Heres nick coal wallace, appears regularly on morning joe, she said on morning joe, she doesnt think he raised the
issue of Hillary Clintons health by accident. That seems to be clear. Karl didnt just stumble into this line of questioning about Hillary Clintons health. Hes one of the most prepared and deliberate speakers. I think injecting questions about her Health Crisis from a few years ago is something that karl thinks is fair game. She knows what shes talking about. Interesting phrase there, by the way, fair game. Thats an interesting history right there. Anyway, this point, why does rove allegedly smear his opponents this way . Because it works. Consider the clinton brain damage story. Right now the press is slamming rove for this vicious, outlandish comment, but they are also talking about clintons Health Problems as saeblgt of state, disrupting the story she wants to tell about her time in foggy bottom in her forthcoming memoir. Back to you, wayne. This changing of the cosmos, shifting it around to hillary wants to tell a great story, its going to have so much color in it, we can just tell, her family history, her mom passing
away, and all the countries shes been to. I would like to know what its like to be in all those countries, and she could tell us, yet the first question at every book stop will be, what, whats the health beat story here . They are going to ask it. Theyve been primed now by karl rove to ask the question. Yeah, no question about it. Look, one of the things, the interesting thing that bill clinton said was not simply the tone was a light one, fairly light one saying, i dont know, shes in great shape. It was also to say the hobgoblin of little minds, to point out that no matter what the right was saying, this was his argument, they are going to say its hillarys fault, whether its a fake deal about benghazi, must be hillarys fault. Whether its something real, brain damage, must be something wrong with hillary. Whether its some schoolgirls are kidnapped in nigeria, where was hillary on the beat . Everything is going to be run
through the o limb pick of Hillary Clinton between now and then and what bill clinton is doing is sort of reminding people that no matter what you see out there, they are going to make it all about hillary. Exactly. Remember teddy roosevelt, she said, if you dont have something good to say about something, come sit next to me. Steve mcmahon, the people who hate hillary will believe it all, even the contradictions that she was faking it and she was sick. Why not . Why not believe them both . Theres Something Else going on here, chris, which is she exits as secretary of state one of the most popular people in america, certainly, one of the most popular political figures in america, and this is a way to inject a partisanship into the view of Hillary Clinton that doesnt exist right now. When you have a 68 favorable or 70 favorable, there are a lot of independents and republicans that think well of you, this is trying to get the clinton wars going again to par tannize the electorate so clintons
favorables going into the election are 50 , 48 , instead of 70 accou . Theres always a counterpunch that works, why have a fight if he sucker punches you . Anyway, thats what this is. Anyway, thats a schoolyard phrase from the 50s, actually. Politico reports, two sources close to the clintons describe both former president bill clinton and secretary of state furious over roves attacks and reflect a growing level of anger and a desire to push back instead of letting the fight play out elsewhere. At first the spokesman for Hillary Clinton said this, please assure dr. Rove shes 100 . Later, a tougher response came from a clinton spokesperson. Karl rove is still all over the map and continuing to get the facts wrong, but he doesnt care because all he wants to do is inject the issue into an echo chamber and hes succeeding. Its flagrant and thinly veiled,
they are afraid of what she has achieved and has to offer. That was a mixed bag of a sickness and all over the board. Im not sure what the clarity was in that second statement. I like the first one. Whats the smart response, wayne, to this kind of karl rove attack, is there one that works . Well, there are two things. You go after him directly. I think they are right about it. I think you do it with a tone that is somewhat lighter. If you become too, too dark in your response, it looks like youre trying to hide something. Make it clear theres nothing wrong with her. Ultimately, Hillary Clinton has to do this herself. If shes in, if she becomes the nominee, and she shows herself to be physical, very physically fit, showing up here and there, moving like she did as secretary of state from one place to another, she demonstrates that this is a lie, but remember what karl and his good friend used to quote saying, he who does the thing that your opponent wont
do has the advantage. Yeah. Unfortunately, thats true. Hey, steve, what do you think of this . Do you think theres a smart way . How would you advise the president and former first lady, former first lady and former secretary of state how to handle it . Normally when a crazy person says something crazy, the best thing to do is take a rational response and ignore it. Here, it was said in a way and was on page six in new york city right away, so im sure they were infuriated, and the clintons have a reputation for going after their enemies hard and pummelling them and sort of punching them first, shooting them second, strangling them third to make sure they are dead and i think thats what youre seeing here. The First Response i think the clintons thought was tepid, then it was a little stronger, then the big dog came out himself and got a few licks in. I think they are feeling better today than they were a couple days ago, but its in the water and its going to be talked about, for sure. I like the israeli response, ten for one, make them pay for it, make them wish they never did it, were never born if they do it. Thats tough with karl rove, who likes getting hurt. Hes a strange one. Anyway, i think hes the kamikaze and im not knocking previous kamikazes, just him. They are patriotic people, hes a killer dog. Thank you, wayne slater, as always for your expertise. Coming up, how jon stewart is heading a fight against the right. He reminds me of the book by al franken when he was a comedian, lies and lying liars who tell them. Also a crack in the solid republican wall of resistance to the hike in the minimum wage. Why some leading republicans say its time for a raise. And the mom whose daughters life may have been saved by medical marijuana. Thats a story a lot of people were thinking about and what shes doing to change the laws around the country so that other children can be helped. Finally, let me finish tonight with the power of snl and now Comedy Central. Dont get in their target zone ever. And this is hardball, the place for politics. [ girl ] my mom, she makes underwater fans
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out Rush Limbaugh for trashing the twitter hash tag bring back our girls, which brought attention to the 300 kidnapped schoolgirls in nigeria, and hes taken on karl rove for drumming up conspiracy theories about Hillary Clintons health, implying she has a brain injury. On the 30th of december she goes in and turns out to have had a blood clot, they wont say where. Unanswered questions, an attempted coverup, my god, its brainghazi when did you start caring so much about the Brain Fitness of those who have to hold the oval office . Perhaps i assume it was right after your boss fell and banged his head after losing the battle with a pretzel. Well, cleay, stewarts sick of the below the belt style politics played by the far right and its showing. Joe, editor of the national mem
poe, and michelle bernard. Joe, start with this, i watch jon stewart a lot, and i think something new is happening. I think hes really damn serious about this slighting, hating if you will, below the belt tactics, going on Hillary Clinton maybe on nothing, going after people like Michelle Obama, who have a true sentiment of sympathy for those girls scared to death over there somewhere in nigeria, and perhaps helping to drum up International Action on it. And whats the point of that i think ill let him speak. I think jon stewarts really ticked. Well, youd have to imagine, chris, that hes been doing this basically for well over a decade. He would get sick of the deef solution of political discourse in the hands of people like karl rove and Rush Limbaugh. You listen to a Rush Limbaugh mock the first lady for trying to help kidnapped girls in
nigeria, what could be the possible motive for him to behave that way . So, yes, i thought stewarts reaction was totally appropriate. With rove, you know, the thing about karl rove is people forget, this guy is a vintage watergate vintage, nixon dirty trickster. He was investigated by the watergate prosecutors in 1972, 73, for his work with donald segretti, who went to prison, as you recall, in watergate. He escaped at that time, he was quite young, but this is what hes done his entire life, and you can well imagine somebody like jon stewart watching karl rove year after year, people believe hes responsible for smearing john mccain, people believe hes responsible for smearing john kerry, going after people much more distinguished and decent than he is, and, you know, why not get sick of that at some point, you know . I certainly am. Im with you on that, but i think the fair game is so wide
now. Anythings fair game, a persons health, sticking it to them fair game is the reference to valerie plain, is it not . Im familiar with the phrase. Another another patriot who that guy smeared. This is what were talking about. Yeah. Let me ask you, michelle, about this, i never know your politics, so explain. Jon stewart, im going to talk about this at the end of the show, i think hes more powerful than a dick durbin, steny hoyer, he can reach an 11 00 audience of the people who care about politics, young people many of them, not all young people, and its right there. You go to bed at night knowing what he thinks. He doesnt like these people. Jon stewart, there are few people like jon stewart, im going to throw chris rock into that same vein of people who talk about politics in a way where they are not only giving us the sentiments of the entire country, but in their comedy, they are able to display and show us just how important the issues are of the day. So when jon stewart goes in and he gives the soliloquy last night about the girls in nigeria and how brave they are and shows how asinine it was for Rush Limbaugh to make fun of the hash tag, particularly in this era of i guess we call it social media activism, look what social media did for the arab spring, in tunisia and libya. It is asinine. He is expressing the sentiments of the country and doing it in a very powerful way. Lets look at rush and how he got this started. Lets look at Rush Limbaugh in this one. Heres the thing about hash tag activism, it cannot force a crazy person to do something, but it can shame a less crazy person into not doing nothing. While apparently driving a medium crazy person crazier. Apparently, theres a twitter what do you call them, handle. Its mrs. Obama looking sad. Is that not pathetic . What the hell message does that send . It is just unbelievable and the sad thing here, its a lowinformation crowd thats puddling around out there on twitters going to think were actually doing something. At least shes trying, mr. Limbaugh, what are you doing . At least mrs. Obama cares. At least they are trying to get them back. Stewart said we have a choice now between those expressing solidarity with the kidnapped girls and people like rush. Watch this. So, thats our choice, malala or rush, the quivering rage heap, who is apparently desperately trying to extinguish any remaining molecule of humanity that might still reside in the chernobylesque cleanup site that was his soul. Who should we choose . I dont know, why dont we tweet our votes to rush. This is beyond comedy. It is beyond comedy and its serious. Again, i go back to the fact, one Facebook Page in egypt led to many believe led to what we saw in tahrir square. If it was not for this hash tag, we dont know what would have happened, the Nigerian Government was saying the girls were not abducted, people werent intervening, Michelle Obama doesnt have a drone. She cant put boots on the ground, she cant strike to find these girls. Whos going to win, is stewart going to win this battle taking down rove and limbaugh . Hes the only guy i know that can puncture these pomposities. Dont you think hes won already . Theres satire that is just funny, and then theres satire that really gets to the heart of something, and what this gets to the heart of is the attempt of people like rush to make everyone as cynical as they are, and jon stewart has really nailed that and said, you cannot you cant be in the middle on this, youre on one side or the other. When you look at a guy as ugly as that, behaving that way about
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chat. Besides, you do not launch a Twitter Campaign to rescue kidnapped daughters, you send in liam nissan. Thats from the movie taken. Next up, nevadas republican governor Brian Sandoval is campaigning for his second term this year, but if hes serious about his reelection, he should probably start spell checking his campaigns literature. Last week he sent out this fundraising letter, which misspelled the name of his home state with an e instead of an a. Wheres auto check here . Auto correct, when you need it . Finally, another republican fundraising letter, this one from the National Association for gun rights, which recently sent out on behalf of senator rand paul, and the mailing caught the attention of buzz feed due to a quote of president obama, the outside of the envelope says this, in the coming weeks, ill use whatever
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itself on the issue of raising the minimum wage. After months of being slammed by the president for blocking an increase in the minimum wage in 7. 25 to 10. 10 an hour, republicans are finally feeling the heat. In fact, some of the partys biggest names are joining with democrats and a few are calling out members of their own party as hypocrites. I think we ought to raise it, because frankly, our party is all about more jobs and better pay, and i think communicating that is important to us. Lets not make this argument that, you know, were for the blue collar guy, but were against any minimum wage increase ever. It just makes no sense. For all the republicans that come on and talk about were for the blue collar worker, were for the working person, theres things we should be for, one is reasonable increases from time to time in the minimum wage. But republicans in congress, those with the vote led by Speaker John Boehner are digging in for a fight. When it comes to the federal minimum wage, listen, i used to be an employee, when you raise the cost of something, you get
less of it. And we know from increases in the minimum wage in the past, that hundreds of thousands of lowincome americans have lost their jobs. And so the very people the president purports to help are the ones that are going to get hurt by this. Well, Speaker Boehner wont shy away from this issue either, he wont told the weekly, ill commit suicide before i vote on a clean minimum wage bill. Well, thats laying down the line. Switch or fight . Kathleen parker is the, i think, hottest columnist in the country right now, and john thooerry is a political strategist. Do you have the fastest rising column in the country right now . I think its risen, but i like the comment. Youre brilliant, amazingly prolific and reach everyone with your thinking. Now that ive set you up, should the republicans buckle or fight, switch or fight . I think they are not going to. They are not going to buckle. John boehners not going to put this up for a vote, not going to put minimum wage up for a vote, for a couple of reasons, number one, they are not hearing from their constituents this is an issue they care about. They are hearing more about health care and jobs, i know its redundant, but thats the case. That was snarky for me to do. I closed my eyes. Im used to much worse. Go ahead. This is not what their constituents are saying they care most about, and, you know its not a budding issue on the republican side. Is a voting issue on the dem side . Will democrats come out and vote because they think the Republican Party is a 1 party . Well, democrats arent really serious about this either, by the way. Look what harry reid said. He didnt want any amendments to the bill, just let it die. Susan collins practically begged him to make a deal to get compromise and some democrats dont want the 10. 10 minimum wage either, they wanted something lower, but harry reid they want on record the republicans would not vote for this. Let me ask your party,
because you worked in the Speakers Office like i did. Why is the Republican Party, why does the boehner persona we just saw, the one that just showed up there, why does he say ill kill myself before this. Thats strong language, even for a pall. He said it as part of a clean minimum wage, and what he means by that, if youre going to put pro business tax cuts, maybe hell vote for it. That tape was from 96 . A long time ago. I think more recently than that. The republicans represent the Small Business wing of the party, wing of the country. Who pay low wages. Well, they are not mitt romney wing that pays the higher wages, so the Small Business guys are saying dont do this to us, and they are not going to do it. Let me get to the numbers. Republican party, 53 of your party, rank and file people who vote republican are for this, raise the minimum wage to 10. 10. 90 of democrats, no surprise there, but look at the red there. Kathleen, is that true, do you
think its a good number . I think it is. Most people are employees, republicans or democrats. Boehner said he was an employee. He is an employee. He works for the government. They know this is not going to create jobs. If i were advising republicans, i would say you should have passed a minimum wage increase two years ago, preempted this conversation. Its not going to create jobs, its probably going to cost jobs at the lower end of the spectrum, thats what they are saying and thats true. I would say forget it, go ahead and raise the minimum wage, figure out some way to come up with i know these does cost jobs at the bottom, but more money is going into the hands of people working for a living, wage earners, and it pushes up the ladder. No, it pushes up everybodys pay. In terms of dollars, more dollars are going to go to the hands of people who need it and are living and spending 99 of what they bring in every week, its good for the economy. What boehner and mcconnell say, cbo says this will cost 1 million jobs and this is what
they pound on, this is in a jobless recovery, barack obama has been antijobs with obamacare and this is what they want to focus on. You have another job killer, unless you include job creation. Because we have a huge problem in the country of economic inequality. Well, the bigger problem this is not going to solve it, but it looks good and feels solid. Goes from 7 to 10. If you tap the minimum wage at 10. 10 in new york, makes employers feel theyve done the right thing, but doesnt help in new york. As i mentioned, president obama continues to hammer republicans on this issue. Since the state of the union address, hes been unrelenting. Take a look. Today, the federal minimum wage is worth about 20 less than it was when Ronald Reagan first stood here, so join the rest of the country, say yes. Give america a raise. [ cheers and applause ] this is not about politics. This is about common sense. Its about business sense. Nobody who works full time
should be raising their family in poverty. Right . If youre working, if youre responsible, you should be able to pay the rent, pay the bills. Get fired up, get organized, make your voices heard, and rest assured, im going to keep working with you and leader nancy pelosi and other members of congress who are here today to raise wages for hard working americans. Its the right thing to do. You know, they are very important, always make it a diverse audience behind the president , but that diverse audience goes immediately, when you say raise the minimum wage, its a fire cracker response. They dont have to be told to do it. Explain to me when 90 of your political party, rank and file, thats regular people, are for this. Why wouldnt the democrats be pushing it and why wouldnt the republicans be afraid turnout by the democrats . If the democrats were serious about this, theyd work out a deal. That could be a big thing anything, they dont want to do anything. They want this as an issue,
which is why they only bring this up in election year. They could have done this in 2007, 2008, when president obamas first term. They didnt do that. They only do it when its a political issue. In other words, to do the right thing, they have to pay up your party. To do the right thing, your party needs to be paid. They want an issue. Youre saying your party will vote for something they dont believe in if they get paid for it. If they can get something that will create jobs and help the economy grow, theyll do it, but this will not do it by itself. Dont you like to get a raise . Id love to get a raise. Talk to my boss. They want a raise, too, just like you. Everybody wants a raise. Thank you, kathleen, ive made my point. Up next, were going to talk to a mother who fought to save her daughters life. This is serious business, and what shes doing now to help other children across the country. Medical marijuana, its a real argument, youre going to hear it here in a minute. This is hardball, place for politics. Orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once its earned, usaa Auto Insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. Because it offers a superior level of protection. And because usaas commitment to serve current and former military members and their families is without equal. Begin your legacy. Get an Auto Insurance quote. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. Im jeff and i have copd. Im lisa and i have copd, but i dont want my breathing problems to get in the way of hosting my book club. Thats why i asked my doctor about breo. Oncedaily breo ellipta helps increase airflow from the lungs for a full 24 hours. And breo helps reduce symptom flareups that last several days and require oral steroids, antibiotics, or hospital stay. Breo is not for asthma. Breo contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. It is not known if this risk is increased in copd. Breo wont replace rescue inhalers for sudden copd symptoms and should not be used more than once a day. Breo may increase your risk of pneumonia, thrush, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. Tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high Blood Pressure before taking breo. Ask your doctor about breo for copd. First prescription free at mybreo. Com theres one big state republican governor who looks to be heading towards a big reelection victory this november and could make him a contender for president in 2016. Lets check the hardball scoreboard. According to a new quinnipiac poll, Ohio Governor john kasich has a 15point lead over his democratic challenger. Kasich 50, fitzgerald 35. Kasich has attacked to the middle by expanding medicare under the Affordable Care act, and well be right back. Revolutionizing an industry can be a tough act to follow,
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epilepsy, suffering up to 50 seizures a day. Now charlotte is 99 seizure free. According to her parents, they say Marijuana Oil. Marijuana acceptance is spreading. Its legal for Recreational Use and medical use in two states, colorado and washington state, and approved for medical use in 20 more states. Stories like charlottes could increase its acceptance. Page figy is cofounder of realm of caring, along with the Stanley Brothers of colorado, who dispense and cultivate the Marijuana Oil, thats named for pages daughter. Page does political advocacy and support for families with severely epileptic children. Waynes 17yearold daughter has suffered from unrelenting seizures since she was 9 months old and is now part of a Clinical Study of the Marijuana Oil treatment. Thank you so much, caring parents both. Let me ask page about this. What is it how did you get to the realization that Marijuana Oil of this particular strain would work so wondrously, almos. Almost miraculously. There is research out there that its an anticonvulsant. Its published, researched, Peer Reviewed and when you have a child with this syndrome, you know its not going to be treatable by traditional medicine. So youre already looking into every Different Research category to stop the seizures. So i had just done some research, my husband urged me to do it. We lived in a legal, medical cannabis state, and there wasnt a strain at that time. No one really knew what it was or how to breathe a plant that way. The Stanley Brothers are responsible for doing that breeding. They didnt know it was going to be for epilepsy. And we just kind of fortuitously met. I tested is and made this medicine into an oil with joel stanley, the brothers, and it
miraculous stopped her 1,200 monthly seizures. She has about one or two now, and shes 2 1 2 years into this. Youre in colorado, where its legal. Should people move to colorado where they have this situation with their child. Im serious . Is this what you have to do . People we have medical refugees, so were welcoming the patients to move here. But in the meantime, im going back to those states to change legislation thats unacceptable, that they have to move. These kids dont travel, they dont go on their makeawish trips. These are endoflife situations and its unfortunate they would even have to consider moving for Medicine Within our own country. June, warren, i know people are epileptic and they have it under control with medicine. How are these cases different where they have these severe incidents of seizures . Well, i think it should be made clear that uncontrolled seizures and toxic side effects from the existing therapies are a reality for far too many
people with epilepsy. Approximately one third of people with lepsy, which has about a 1 population incidence, you know, 1 in 30 across their lives will have epilepsy, you know, are living with uncontrolled seizures. So the Epilepsy Foundation aggressively advocates on behalf of patients and families and works to advance research and new therapies in a time frame that matters. Paige, what do you make of that story we told of what happened in jersey . What do you think about it . Is that still happening, where people are not able to get through the bureaucracy, the red tape, to save their kid . Oh, yeah, sabinas parents are friends of mine. They post daily about the loss of their daughter on facebook. And that was a working system. New jersey was up and running, legal state. Look at wisconsin. Wisconsin, theres a mother who fought to have that bill passed, it was signed, and her daughter died on mothers day, waiting for medicine. And so this is actually a
reality. This medicine has no potential for abuse. That were discussing here, its so low in thc to be considered hemp. So it doesnt create a high . Theres no in common parlance. Its not about getting high. Nonpsychoactive. Its about avoiding a problem. And back to you, warren, what should people do who are learning, as i am, about this turn were making in the road here toward better access to this kind of medical marijuana . They should join paige and the circle of care and the Epilepsy Foundation in advocating that the Obama Administration make cbd and marijuana something other than a schedule one drug, like heroin, lsd, or method. You know, these preparations do not cause a high and there is substantial evidence that they could be beneficial as a therapy. We need to do the clinical
trials to know that and we need to get rid of the roadblocks that prevent us from getting the answers we need about the potential benefit from this new therapy, which is working, it seems, for paiges daughter and for silvie. Other families should have the right to try it. The word marijuana jumps out at people as recreational to most people, and paige, how do you sell them on the fact its marijuana . I dont even use the marijuana word, the m word, its obvious to me, its one child, one anecdotal story, we have hundreds of patients, its a medicine, its working. Its a known anticonvulsant. Its just, we cant study this as a substance. Needs to be changed. And while theyre considering reschedule it, they could do an emergency Passionate Care situation. Well have you back on later. This is a story we can help you tell. Paige figi and warren lambert, thank you so much. Great parents. Well be right back after this. And heres what you get after a full day of chasing that cute little poodle from down the street. Mm hmm delicious milos kitchen chicken meatballs. They look homemade, which he likes almost as much as making new friends yes, ill call her. Aww, ladies man. Milos kitchen. Made in the usa with chicken or beef as the number one ingredient. The best treats come from the kitchen. Tigers, both of you. Tigers . Dont be modest. I see how youve been investing. Setting long term goals. Diversifying. Dip you got our attention. We did . Of course. Youre type e well, i have been researching retirement strategies. Well thats what type e s do. Welcome home. Taking control of your retirement . E trade gives you the tools and resources to get it right. Are you type e . Is all ready the brand ofstate the year. D Berkshire Hathaway home services. Good to know. And well be here at lifelock doing our thing you do your shop from anywhere thing, offering protection that simple credit score monitoring cant. Get lifelock protection and live life free. When folks think about wthey think salmon and energy. But the energy bp produces up here creates Something Else as well
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