i think it s up to the states, yeah. i m a states person. up to the states. i m a states person. it should be up to the states. absolutely. this was the position of presidential candidate donald trump. today his attorney general jeff sessions rescinded the obama era guidance about pot giving states leeway to produce it sorry, to prosecute it in their own way. the attorney general s instructions pave the way for federal pot prosecutions in states where it s declared legal. what does this mean for the 29 states where marijuana is legal under local law for either recreational or medical purposes? what happens to the people in those states who under state law legally sell it or use it? do states have the means to protect the citizens now that the attorney general made the decision at the federal level? joining us is jenny durkin, mayor of seattle, washington, and former u.s. attorney who helped craft the obama ra policy on marijuana in the
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states, absolutely. i m a states person. it should be up to the states. absolutely. this was the position of presidential candidate donald trump. today his attorney general jeff sessions rescinded the obama era guidance about pot giving states leeway to produce it sorry, to prosecute it in their own way. the attorney general s instructions pave the way for more federal pot prosecution in states where it has been declared legal. what does this mean for the 29 states where marijuana is legal under local law for either recreational or medical purposes? what happens to the people in those states who, under state law, legally sell it or legally use it? do states have the means to protect their own it is accepts from prosecution now that the attorney general has made this decision a t the federal level? joining us is jenny durkin, mayor of seattle, washington, and former u.s. attorney who helped craft the obama era policy on marijuana in the states. mayor durkin, really appreciate you be
seattle s the place that can really lead the nation on these issues. we re seeing that now at the cop23 conference in germany, governor jerry brown is out there with al gore and mike bloomberg basically a shadow delegation which we ll talk about next hour. how confident are you about this blue wave going across the nation and the possibility that will give democrats a majority in the senate and the house and victories in gubernatorial and mayoral races? i think we ll see a blue wave at the local level and national level and i think that it s going to be grassroots up because people really are engaged right now. i was just talking to our congressional delegation. i think they feel really good about the chances of winning back both the house and the senate, but as importantly we re going to get the state houses. we just turned it to blue here in washington state. we re going to make progress on things and i think once we start improving people s lives, that s what s going to change t
ouidada senor trump because the dems are back. i will destroy all of this. saturday night live poking fun at the old guard of the democratic party. might have some democrats wondering actually if the party is ready for new blood at the national level and where the newly leaders will come from. jenny durkin won the seattle mayoral election on tuesday, the first female mayor in the city in over 90 years. mayor-elect congratulations. let me ask you about the snl skach. twas close to the march? i think we re ready to be the progressive anti-trump to the west. i heard voters not only do we have to stand up to trump but really if we want to look for progress on the issues that we all care about, whether it s climate change, wage disparity, race and social justice it will come from the states and the cities and we really believe