i said i will not discuss a particular case. and then apply. i waxed philosophic. i am dead set against using marijuana. i don t want young people to use marijuana. it is against the law we have a three year ban. i did not say i am going to change the ban. i said i have to grapple the change in my work force. he may be grappling with two conflicting obligations. he enforces federal law that bans pot. he also has to staff the fbi with a lot of young americans. who, guess what? often try pot and definitely support its legalization. a whopping 69% of millenials support legalizing pot. those numbers drop for older americans. joining me now, ryan grim, washington bureau chief huffington post and author this is your country on drugs. good evening. good evening to you. jim come is a pretty careful lawyer, people may remember,
jim come is a pretty careful lawyer, people may remember, president obama tapped him as a real clear-eyed, nonpartisan director of the fbi which has a ten-year term. he is not in any political danger here. he seemed to walk it back. hinting at the fact that it may be hard to get the best recruits if you have this zero tolerance, three year pot policy. right. kind of funny watching him handle himself at that hearing. being stared down by these old white guys who almost look as if they re trying to, stop time from moving forward. and it seems like he is almost humoring them. look, i don t think anybody should smoke weed ever. and just really trying to give them what he thinks, what he thinks they might need. he said i have to grapple with how i can get the work force i need. if you have marijuana legal in two states and probably legal in
am scan people. we have seen, just in a matter of weeks. over 1.3 americans go to don t fund it.com. heap has one third of one% of the american population going to don t fund it.com. that s a snart. everyone in politics tefrn knows the don t fund it is important. just not as the important as the the re-election of the president. who ran on obama care. ran on his record. the problem they have. not only harry reid is not moving as the a political matter. we have a way to check in with the american people. the election of the incumbent president. to put a face on some points dean was making. we have talked about coming together as a country with horrific stuff we saw happen this week. we talked about mental health and mental health rideasons. jim come, the new fbi director,
republican prosecutor said the first thing he looked at when taking over the fbi was how grave the sequester cuts were. he was going to have how to shut down the fbi for 10, 15 days a year. headquarters, field offices. they have a plan in mraps if there is a terror attack on one of the days god forbid they will call the fbi back in. this is madness. a lot of lip service. we have to fundamental issues. we have to fund our security. look at fbi agents who hit the streets immediately at the navy yard. and actually pay tribute to them so they get paid for their jobs. not just pay lip service. and you have written extensively and in detail about some of the thing that are happening under the sequester. that are hurtful. people aren t aware of. seems to me nothing short of a government shut down would get widespread attention to just how bad that situation is.
that s a snart. everyone in politics tefrn knows the don t fund it is important. just not as the important as the the re-election of the president. who ran on obama care. ran on his record. the problem they have. not only harry reid is not moving as the a political matter. we have a way to check in with the american people. the election of the incumbent president. to put a face on some points dean was making. we have talked about coming together as a country with horrific stuff we saw happen this week. we talked about mental health and mental health reasons. jim come, the new fbi director, republican prosecutor said the first thing he looked at when taking over the fbi was how grave the sequester cuts were. he was going to have how to shut down the fbi for 10, 15 days a year. headquarters, field offices. they have a plan in mraps if