Canter and former governors jim hodges of South Carolina and george allen of virginia hosted by college of william mary, this is about an hour and 15 minutes i. Thank you very much and we onhave an incredibly talented group of people to give you hopefully some real perspective you havent considered before on topic today, let me introduce them one by one, first the president , madame president of the National State legislatures representing illinois, senator troy hutchison. [applause] United States senator and former governor of the Common Wealth of virginia george allen. [cheers and applause] [music] the former governor of South Carolina jim hodges. [applause] former majority leader of the u. S. House of representatives eric canter. [cheers and applause] and finally a former Senior Adviser and deputy chief ofch staff in the white house for george w. Bush, the amazing karl rove. [applause]. I want to have you alllo exploe what it is at the federal level, what is at the state level that
Press. Thats how dictators get started. Caught on tape. Chilling new video emerges showing what appears to be the fatal attack on kim jonguns halfbrother. This morning, investigators hoping that video could lead to more arrests, as the manhunt for more suspects intensifies. And breaking her silence. Angelina jolie opening up for the first time about her highprofile split from brad pitt. What shes saying about the bra breakup, their family and how shes coping. Today, february 20th, 2017. From nbc, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthr guthrie. Welcome to today on this president s day. Keeping the seats warm for them until they get back. Looks like it went well. It was a lot of fun. A crowd in the plaza. With plenty to talk about, too. Our top story, the dangerous storms that are rolling across texas overnight. Mr. Roker is here with more on that. We have thunderstorm warnings right now. The same line that caused big problems in san antonio. Weve already got so many people, at
never call. or you try to apply for a loan as i did to go to college, to try to better yourself, and they say, nah. reporter: for years he tried to get his record expunged on his own even writing to the governor asking for a pardon. for the last three years and seven months, i ve been without incident. reporter: of more than 2,000 marijuana offenders federally sentenced in 2018, roughly 84% were people of color, and black people are nearly four times more likely than whites to be arrested for possession. 19 states have legalized cannabis for recreational use. 16 are expunging past records. written into illinois s law restorative justice measures including automatic expungement for low-level marijuana arrest records. you can t normalize and legalize the consumption and sale of a product for whom the prohibition of the exact same thing has destroyed whole communities. reporter: tori hutchison, senior adviser to the governor of cannabis control, co-sponsored the bill. we re ta