want marijuana to be legalized, 61% of americans say it should be legalized. that s a lot of folks who potentially might vote on this issue in 2018. any concern in the white house about this? you know, the support for legalization is particularly strong among millenials. but the white house is happy to be able to say they re getting things done. the first year was not the most productive. and, you know, all this recent policy stuff in the past week that you pointed out makes this actually a week where they did get a lot done through executive order, which seems to be their favorite method. getting something done, it s a states rights issue, and they campaigned on letting states have control of things. are they not going to shoot themselves in the foot with that? as someone who is in the briefing room, i can tell you any time you bring up something where they seem to have broken a promise or there seems to be a downside, they steamroll right
like a partisan issue and more like a states rights issue. maybe. i think the commission put the states in a terrible position. one, it caused a bunch of legal problems for them because again they can t enforce their own laws about how you maintain certain privacy aspects of the voter rolls, notwithstanding the fact that in some ways they re public. two, it created a political problem for them. voters do not understand why some politician in kansas is asking for their social security number. they know that the voter rolls can be inspected, but this feels funny. it feels invasive. all the military members that are suddenly getting identified as military members and having their addresses, and so to put that on these states is putting them in an untenable position. no, i know, and i just could hear the white house saying it s not just some politician in white house, it s kris kobach. that is what they would say. myrna, thank you so much. we ll stay on it and see what happens. 44 are
student. the parties have until wednesday to submit letters to the court expressing their views on how the case should proceed now that the trump administration has rescinded the obama administration s directive to schools telling them they must allow transgender students to use the restrooms and locker room facilities of their choosing. the white house says the issue should be left to the states. it s a states rights issue. that s entirely what he believes. if a state wants to pass a law or rule or organization wants to do something in compliance with a state rule that s their right. but it shouldn t be the federal government getting in the way of this. shannon: supreme court is set to hear the case march 28th. bill: another fox news alert. iraqi forces said to be making gains in the battle to drive isis out of mosul in northern iraq. the troops are backed by u.s. forces and moved into the city s western half taking full control of the airport. there is a lot of fighting to go h
it s a states rights issue. but they want to know where the president stands on this. ahe is very synthetic to tha and this is up to states and districts how they want to accommodate that and not be preskiptive to washington, zeke. you mentioned that this order was enjoined, it s been levied on the travel ban why are you relying on that same, relying on the court for one but not the other. there s no way you can read title nine from 1972, anybody, and say that that was even contemplated back then. there s nobody that is possibly suggesting that the law passed in 1972 did that. number two, there was zero
good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. white house press secretary sean spicer just wrapped up his press briefing where he spoke more in-depth about president trump s decision to withdraw federal protection for transgender students. cnn s sara murray is at the white house for us. sara, spicer was pressed on whether this decision was in any way a civil rights issue. reporter: that s right, jake. it s a question that the white house press secretary repeatedly dodged. he was asked if this issue allowing transgender students to choose whichever bathroom they feel most comfortable in is a civil rights issue. he repeatedly refused to answer that question saying it s a states rights issue. he was also asked what the president s personal belief is on this. remember the president said caitlyn jenner would be free to use whichever bathroom in trump tower. spicer said the president has been clear on that but he did not elaborate on what that means. and, sara, earlie