Michael welcome to the daily show im michael kosta. Weve got so much to talk about Summer Vacation is coming up, nikki haley is giving up, and the Supreme Court might face consequences. But dont worry, they wont face any consequences. So lets get into the headlines [cheers and applause] we start tonight with the fundamental battle of the ages. Not the one between good and evil. Evil won that immediately. Im talking about the fight between marijuana and alcohol. Alcohol has had the upper hand for decades, but now it appears that marijuana is pulling ahead. Well, for the first time ever, daily marijuana use is outpacing daily alcohol use. This is according to a new national study. Millions of people in the u. S. Report using Marijuana Daily or nearly every day, according to the National Survey on drug use and health. Those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or neardaily drinkers of alcohol. Michael thats right. Daily pot smokers are beating daily alcohol drinkers in the ra
Michael welcome to the daily show im michael kosta. Weve got so much to talk about Summer Vacation is coming up, nikki haley is giving up, and the Supreme Court might face consequences. But dont worry, they wont face any consequences. So lets get into the headlines [cheers and applause] we start tonight with the fundamental battle of the ages. Not the one between good and evil. Evil won that immediately. Im talking about the fight between marijuana and alcohol. Alcohol has had the upper hand for decades, but now it appears that marijuana is pulling ahead. Well, for the first time ever, daily marijuana use is outpacing daily alcohol use. This is according to a new national study. Millions of people in the u. S. Report using Marijuana Daily or nearly every day, according to the National Survey on drug use and health. Those people now outnumber those who say they are daily or neardaily drinkers of alcohol. Michael thats right. Daily pot smokers are beating daily alcohol drinkers in the ra
Which isnt easy. Our country is a lot bigger and its different and we know that. Thats why we need support for that because it is a daunting you know, experience. Ford foundations already, you know, pledged their support. We need other powerful entities within our own country to think this is an important issue. So certainly that is one of the areas we feel theres a huge gap. The other one is were really hoping American Media can find ways to collaborate. Certainly in the field, thats so important. Jim seemed to feel that freelancers did as a whole, thats all they had is one another so they tended to Work Together in the field. But we really would love to see if we couldnt do more as American Media for colleagues in captivity, if you will. I realize this complex is very competitive here in our country. Its not a simple thing. But thats something i think jim would have liked to have seen. You know, some of the hostages mentioned to us once, this really was a big hostage issue. I mean, c
Make quickly is on the difference between the political and the legal and constitutional questions that were facing. I mean, the political agreement is a political agreement. Its not a constitution, as youve highlighted, there was a fiveyear term for the president. But in afghanistan, the reality is that people are often getting bogged down in whats legal and whats constitutional versus whats politically practical. And i think the latter is much more important to keep in mind in terms of finding solutions. Im going to take that as a comment rather than a question, but thank you for sharing. You want a Quick Response . Quickly. I knew i would face flack for that comment, and i appreciate all the arguments that omar has made and that youve made. But i still think its irresponsible not to raise this point. Its not an issue of its only related to afghanistan, but the idea of trying to recreate a political order based on the rule of law which you know will be violated right off the bat beca
A new report ranks the best and worst countries for the older generation. Turkish president erdogan gave the clearest warning yet that turkey will fight in syria. Al jazeeras Bernard Smith reports on the turkishsyrian border. Reporter turkeys military is just a few hundred meters away from isil fighters. In some places the only thing that separates them are barbed wire. But so far turkey has just watched as Islamic State in iraq and the levant advances across syria. Turkey has been accused of ignoring the foreign fighters crossing the other way. But speaking to the opening session of Turkeys Parliament the president said his government was committed to tackling terrorism. They will not receive any sympathy from us. Their presence is unacceptable. Turkey is not a country that would allow itself to be used in temporary transition. Turkish government knows isil is a threat. Its hesitation about joining the u. S. Led campaign against the terrorist group was in part turkish hostages were be