for too long marijuana possession has been used as a weapon against underserved community. whenever you look at the challenge that we face with crime in our society, it is the wrong signal, 30 days before the election. the pardons are about marijuana. expunging criminal records for people out of jail. no one is left serving time in federal prison solely for marijuana possession right now. but this is also about much more than marijuana. as some critics did seed on old tropes that stigmatize, sean hannitiy attacking as a hail mary jane. and you just heard that from a republican governor, mr. hutchinson, linking personal marijuana use to what he sees as general crime in society. that is actually the whole point, though. marijuana is no longer a crime at all in much of our society across 19 states here. some liberal. some less so. and the scare tactics about pot as a dangerous drug on par with heroin or crack have truly lost their punch in today s society. you know we re div
political violence. with philadelphia s independence hall as a backdrop and flanked by two marines he frames the critical midterm elections as a choice between democracy and extremism. this morning the white house is pushing back on criticism that the president s speech was political. officials saying it was, quote, entirely about democracy. let s go straight to the white house, cnn s jeremy diamond is there. how do they feel about how it went, jeremy? reporter: john, biden s message last night was unmistakable democracy is under assault and president trump and his allies are the ones assaulting it. last night s rare prime time address wasn t just a warning about donald trump and trumpism, it was also a very clear call to action, call to action for voters to act and make their voices heard in the midterm elections. equality and democracy are under assault. we do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise. reporter: president biden issuing an urgent call to americans an
Implications and then the domestic, political side of it here in america. For that we have two people who know. Former white house mideast adviser, ambassador mark ginsburg. For the politics of it all, dana millbank. First to you, ambassador. American aid to egypt is about 1. 5 billion a year, but 1. 3 billion of that goes immediately back into American Private corporations defense contractors for egypt to buy weapons. Just cutting off aid to egypt isnt exactly the answer because that would have a negative impact on america. Toure, theres so much naval gazing going on with this Foreign Policy issue it seems were getting totally lost in the weeds here. The fact of the matter is that the egyptian generals do not need this 1. 3 billion or 1. 5 billion. Whatever is left in the pipeline for the rest of this fiscal year is about 300 million. The saudis and others have said they will step in and fill the gap in. Let me tell you, its just a matter of time before Vladimir Putin says to the egyp
Favorite journalist, who has a law degree. My first question, though, is what did bob mueller teach trump about our republic this year . As part of this report i want to begin with a quick tour of key moments that turned the probe from aides to federal probe en12k3wr0i67b8g9 under siege from day one, Michael Flynn is out. Flynn they say had lied to the president and Vice President. General flynns resignation is not the end of the story. It is merely the beginning. Moments ago sessions held a press Conference Announcing he is recusing himself from any investigation involving the trump campaign. President trump has fired james comey as director of the fbi. Ive just heard from a former fbi official describe this as shocking, as insane and question whether it could amount to obstruction. Did President Trump pressure comey to drop his investigation into former National Security adviser Michael Flynn . I hope you can let this go. Now, those are his exact words, is that correct . Correct. I w
Probe. And my panel will explore what mueller taught trump this year and why hes not done for 2018. Two of our favorite lawyers and our favorite journalist with a law degree. First question, what did bob mueller teach trump about your republic this year . Quick tour of the key moments that turned probe from aides to federal probe encroaching on the west wing itself. Under siege from day one, Michael Flynn is out. Flynn lied to president and Vice President. Flynns resignation not end of the story but beginning. Sessions held press Conference Announcing recusing himself. President trump has fired james comey as director of the fbi. Former fbi official described as shocking, insane and questions whether it could amount to obstruction. It President Trump pressure comey to drop investigation into Michael Flynn . I hope you can let this go. Exact words . Correct. I was going to fire regardless. This russia thing is madeup story. Legislative agenda of republicans derailed by president and dri