november. polls in the nation s most populous state suggest residents are about evenly split on this issue. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us live from our d.c. bureau. i tweetedabout this and the range of comments regarding this which a some assume because california was the first to legalize medicinal marijuana it would be a natural decision to move forwardhere. reporter: it may be for a lot of people in california, it may not be. it doesn t seem to havefo attracts, r example, the kind of money from big donorers that pass marijuana initiatives in california there s a wait and see attitude from some big supporters around the cntry. but the supporters in california include the naacp there, number of black law enforcement organizes who say that this would they oppose the current laws because they disproportionately affect african-americans who are out or proportion, arrested and jailed for marijuana offense. what supporters say is, look, 400,000 people in califor
legally use marijuana now, many more illegally use it. let s sell it, les regulate the sale, and let s tax it. one study says it could generate as much as $1. 5 billion in tax revenue for california. but the opponents include all of the former administrators of the drug enforce mants administrati the current drug czar. they say it wod lead to more impaired drivers more people showing up at work smoking marijuana and the amount of tax money would be dwarfed by the cost to society and criminal justice costs and health care costs, and they say it s a bad idea. the poll there s are about evenly split. and we ll see how it goes. but it will be closely watched around the cntry because it would be the first law of its kind in the nation. there s a 1:30 eastern ictim news, police officers, judges, prosecutors, supporting proposition 19 will hole their
because of what predent bush did. i know that isn t very popular, or political correct, but i think, i s remember going to the speech he made to the joint session of congress and if i can summarize it he put america on offense. the analysis of the speec is we he been on defense for years. they have take an wrong signal from that. they take a sickal we won t respond like signal like we won t respond like with the cole. so boy, we responded. we responded in afghanistan. we responded in iraq. whatever els you think of it. i ink we put them on defense. i think they never expected that i think bin laden in a million years never expected that response from america, because he had been used to a defensive, almost apologetic america. which unfortunatelyai we re becoming again, which really concerns me. mike: it should concern all of us. mayor, one thi about leadership no one doubts is you offered it to this city and to this cntry at a time. didn t have a choice. mike: when it was nee
jerry brown is a time machine of failure. why does meg want to be governor of california? why would anyone want to be governor of california? because men won t spend $140 million of their money to get it. california is so expensive. it s about getting a message out against e entrenched public employees union. i believe it. i live there. we have to leave it there. we ll see what happens. we ll watch in california and around the cntry. thanks to everybody. in the right direction? at oppenheimerfunds, our fund managers perspective on the numbers helps uncover opportunities no matter which way the markets are mong. ask your advisor about oppenheimerfunds. prospectus with complete fund information. read it carefully and carefully consider fund investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses before investing. mutual funds are subject to market risk and volatility. shares may lose or gain value. oppenheimerfunds. the right way to invest. [ dog barking ] [ sniffing ] [ male anuncer
you have him following the rules. he said i need to see your driver s license and the middle man who purchased the gun for him for the illegal alienad the legal driver s license presumably from texas it looked real to him. ent it through the system and came up okay. he s in trouble and apparent leap the middle man who was in the cntry illegally and had the driver s license, the valid drivervalid driver s license. that guy is not charged what is the matter of the picture. the other illegal, he is charged with possession of a fire arm by a prohibited peeprsonnd he was departed july 8th. usually that doesn t happen. at least we report that was the end result but paul copeland going to jail. he followed the rules and