Marijuana derived products is illegal under federal law. Theyre subject to antiMoney Laundering laws such as the Money Laundering control act. The last several years many states used Ballot Initiatives or referendums that legalized marijuana in some form whether for recreational or medical use. Currently there are 11 states plus the district of colombia where it is legal to buy and consume Recreational Marijuana and medical marijuana as well. And there are 22 states plus d. C. That have approved medical marijuana totaling 33 states in all that have some form of Legal Marijuana. The senators introduced Bipartisan Legislation that attempts to ease difficulties resulting from the legal status and more lenient state laws. I spoke many times with senator gardiner on this bill and appreciate the hard work that each senator has done on this legislation. And i look forward to hearing from each of you very soon. Our second panel of witnesses will highlight challenges that institutions face in b
Along with joe, willy, and me we have the White House Reporter from the Associated Press jonathan lameir. This time topping 50,000 new cases in a single day for the first time yesterday. That comes just a week after topping 40,000 for the first time. Among the states with the highest number of new cases, california, texas, arizona, North Carolina, and georgia all reported record daily totals. Were going to be showing you in just a minute polls from these states. Many of these states just a few months ago considered to be safe states for donald trump and no longer. You will also see senate races of republican incumbents getting thrashed in the polls. The reason why, well, there is so many reasons why. But they continue to stand next to donald trump and support him even as he keeps talking about a virus magically going away while theyre having spikes in their own states. President trump claims increased testing for the surge but data shows that cases are also rising in places where testi
Or saturday and then the work begins. The Supreme Court pick, a confirmation would reshape the american legal system. This fight will reshape the final six weeks of a president ial election. The president cam pans in ohio. Joe biden in wisconsin. The president thinks a court fight is to his advantage making it a Campaign Issue helped in 2016 but the democrats believe a high court with three trump justices with the votes to unmake obamacare and undermine roe v. Wade, democrats think the issue works in their favor. The first test is whether the president and leader mcconnell can win the votes. It would take four republicans to block that and there are two already. Biden making this case in the appeal for two more to step up. My appeal to those few senate republicans, the handful who really will decide what happens. Please, follow your conscience. Dont vote to confirm anyone nominated under the circumstances President Trump and senator mcconnell have created. Dont go there. Uphold your co
Made the scomplist why, but for our first 45 minutes, wed like to get your thoughts on your member of congress and if they represent you. You may decide to look at this in economic terms of how much you make, but you also may decide to talk about if your member represents your beliefs, your values or what have you. Heres how you can make your thoughts known on our lines. 2025853880 for democrats. 20205853881 for republicans. 2025853882 for independents. You can make your thoughts nown on social media, too. cspanwj is how you tweet us. On facebook, about 40 people so far posting. U can send us email too at journal cspan. Org. This could take a lot of dvent things, depending on what you want to bring to the table. Economically, you may want to make your thoughts known as well, especial until light of a recent posting that was on the newspaper roll call here in washington, d. C. They decided to profile the top 50 richest members of congress. On the phone to talk about the list is one of t
Week. We cant let that happen. Hopefully george is looking down right now and saying, it is a great thing that is happening for our country, theres a great day for him, it is a great day for everybody. It is a great day for everybody. This is a great, great day in terms of equality. It is really what our constitution requires and it is what our country is all about. Joining me now is my coanchor for the next two hours, katy tur. Not surprised that the president is ecstatic about getting that betterthanexpected number. We are going to go right into this and lets go back to the unexpectedly positive job numbers out today, showing in may the u. S. Economy added 2. 5 million jobs. Additionally the Unemployment Rate fell down to 13. 3 . Look, thats extremely high but the fact it fell is a big deal, surprising when you see the weektoweek numbers because tens of millions still remain out of work. Obviously the president celebrated this news with a press conference this morning before departin