understatement there. they see tariffs as bad policy and as disastrous politics. here s a few notes from my inbox this morning, all from seasoned republicans. quote, hill rs are flabbergasted, is how one assessed the move. when rs lose, the safe pa seat, panic will become epidemic. another said, pa-18 loss is coming. pa-18 is a western pennsylvania house seat up for a special election next tuesday. now, the president carried that districtly district by 20 points in 2016. it s now exhibit a in this latest test of how the president s chaotic style is in the view of his own party s leaders turning an already difficult midterm year into a potentially disastrous midterm year. it s important to note establishment republicans have been wrong about the president before, many times. those who support his nationalist insintincts are hap with talk of tariffs. as we wait for the final details
medical marijuana amendment in november. now we re in conflict with federal law, as many other states are. the obama administration kind of chose not to districtly enforce those federal marijuana laws. my question to you is with jeff sessions over at the department of justice and his ag, what s going to be the trump administration s position on marijuana legalization where it s in state/federal conflict like this? nanthanks. there s two distinct issues medical marijuana and recreational marijuana. medical mayrijuana, i said before, the president understands the pain and suffering that many people go through who are facing especially terminal diseases and the comfort that some of these drugs, including medical marijuana, can bring to them. that s one congress through a rider in 2011, looking for a little help, put in an appropriations bill saying the department of justice wouldn t wouldn t be funded to go after those folks.
one player facing a year-long suspension for repeated marijuana use. a rookie got a five game suspension for taking freebies in college. another player suspended four games for fighting with his own body guard. the episode highlighting the scourge of domestic violence. one study showing one in four women are victims. i was totally taken aback when i heard about the penalty and how how weak it was. reporter: with some believing the nfl is out of touch an opportunity for the nfl to speak districtly to women and to families and they fumbled the ball. reporter: the league still has questions to answer. ryan smith, abc news, new york. topping our health headlines this morning, a brand new study connecting breast cancer risk to birth control pills. a leading cancer journal reports that women aged 20 to 49 on the pill appear to have a 50% higher risk for breast cancer. women taking moderate to high doses of oral contraceptions, contraceptives seem to face the biggest cancer risk
without hearing their stories and giving them a legitimate chance for a claim for protection. it is clear that part of what s going on here is a timing issue. as the president is asking for these fund, many of these funds are not so much, some of these for housing and protection, but a lot is it is to speed the process, with the white house saying we are going to expect they re going to be sent back. how does a more deliberative or a faster process actually impact the likely outcomes? bell there s a way to do this, first the impact has been on the border. and so there s a lot of this funding going towards the border, but they are presenting themselves at the border. it s not a security concern. they re not dodging the officials, they re running to them. toward them, exactly. so you know, what we ve been saying, put more money in the adjudication of the cases, which has been a long underfunded, judges and the court system, immigration, officers and attorneys for the children bec
to get their act together may be related to u.s. policy. he writes, trade relations with the region gave unprecedented power to u.s. corporations such as monsanto, which is on the brink of creating monopoly for seeds, the net results has been the devastation of economies particularly agriculture. in nations where we have actsively intervened is where these young people are facing violence, dissolved states, and the problems that are leading them here. sure, classic example, all the policies of this country in respect to salvador, depressed so many people for so many years. the migration into this country is massive, right? we re not talking about the third largest latino group in the country. right here nearby in long island, they just edged out puerto rican, it is the largest group. salvador is fleeing in large part, districtly directly due to these policies. nicaragua is not