>> this is piers morgan live, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. bad news, america, colorado is running out of pot already. the new legal rocky mountain high, is such a success they're running out of the stuff. both sides battle it out tonight in a soaking hot debate. and speaking of pot, baby, it's cold outside. very, very cold. temperatures fumbling across the country. minnesota, the windchill taking temperatures down to 60 below, and record lows in places like chicago too. cold enough to freeze your skin in under five minutes. what you need to know about the polar vortex, life and death battle. the family praying for a miracle

for jahi mcmath who has been declared brain dead. dreams of a better life on school, and the reporter who's been so touched by this story, he's been helping them personally. i want to begin with our big story, which is the big pot lack in colorado. an expert in the area is editor for the cannabis post. >> thank you very much. >> this must be a great week for you, season the it? this is like the combination of a lifetime's work. >> you know, as a journalist, it's been a phenomenal week, this story is the one that keeps giving, we've been waiting for january first to witness it firsthand and be inside the newsroom and be all around the city with all the pot shops opening up, and lines of hundreds of people, people waiting 3, 4, 5 hours, it's a

great story, we're thrilled to be covering it. >> we believe an estimated $1 million in marijuana was sold on january 1st alone in colorado. any sense of where we are after one week? >> things are certainly moving forward, as you mentioned some, shops are reporting very low inventory. other shops are certainly raising their per gram amount that they're charging, we're seeing some of the shops double their prices for out of state visitors. >> the latest poll january 3rd to the 5th, says that 55% of americans are in favor of legalizing marijuana, 44% against. in terms of the age breakup, the younger generation, 18 to 34, 67% in favor, 34 to 4944%. and it starts to fall off.

no real surprise there, i except that the momentum clearly is behind legalizing this drug in america. how long do you think before states like california will be right now here, follow the lead of places like colorado? >> well, i think we're going to start seeing some ballot initiatives in 2016, and we're going to have a much clearer idea of what that picture looks like, we're certainly hearing things about massachusetts, oregon, illinois, the tide is certainly moving forward, and, you know, for the pro marijuana movement, this is certainly what they call progress. >> thank you very much this is the tipping point for pot in america. we've been debating this for a long time. joining me now, a founder of drug policy alliance welcome to you.

a stellar panel of experts. let me start with you, howard samuels, is this a force for good or continued concern as america moves toward legalizing marijuana? >> it's disastrous. we're looking at mass production of marijuana. and that's sort of the issue, we're going to be producing it at a mass level, addiction rates are going to rise. one out of six people are addicted. i was addicted to marijuana, now, i was addicted for years, that took me to heroin, okay? i love how people are so happy about this, about now everyone can get loaded for, you know, legally. i just think that what we're looking at is a real issue, and there is a disconnect about america.

i think that it's not about reefer madness, like it was years ago, how you took one hit of pot and you ended up murdering a family, which is kid cue house, you don't die from marijuana, yet it is not safe and it is not harmless. >> i remember doing a whole show about this. there's no evidence that anyone has overdosed on marijuana. with the exception of younger minds, there could be a possible risk of some kind of damage, once you get to your mid-20s and over, no scientific evidence at all of not even damaging you, but being any kind of gateway drug either. and he said, frankly, we're going to be legalizing cigarettes, which is a clear link to cancer or alcohol as we do, what is the difference? >> well, i'll tell you, i'm on the front lines, i deal with addiction daily in the trenches, i deal with marijuana addicts who have memory issues, they

can't regulate their feelings and emotions. they have panic attacks, anxiety attacks. emotionally it is a disaster, it destroys people's lives. we have to have an understanding here. >> how many lives do you think it destroys? >> thousands. >> the percentage of people that take it, compared to tobacco and alcohol. let me turn to neil franklin. obviously a pretty damning verdict -- from your experience of law enforcement, what do you make of this? >> the front lines that i've been on are ones of law enforcement obviously, and from -- let me put it this way, you've seen the numbers of people standing in lines, i believe you showed it, piers, hundreds of people standing in line in colorado, i've seen not one child in line, not one. that means the kids aren't

buying marijuana from these facilities. millions of dollars are not going into the hands of criminal gangs and organizations and the cartel who are operating in colorado. we're keeping that money from them, when they get that money, when they get the millions of dollars, what can they do with it? they buy guns, they use the guns to manage their business, it creates dangerous neighborhoods and dangerous environments for our kids. something else, as we eliminate the opportunity for these drug dealers to operate on the street corner selling marijuana, you know what, they no longer hire children to work their business. they no longer hire children to walk to schools and sit in classrooms and sell marijuana to kids. kids have less opportunity to buy marijuana now. >> okay, let me bring in mitch rosenthal. you mentored howard samuels years and years ago. and helped him with his own

addiction issues. very polarizing views about this, tell me this i'm a father of three sons 13, 16 and 20 they're all going to be exposed to tobacco, drugs of some sort, alcohol and so on. what is the best argument a parent can use of a child of teenaged years that marijuana is more dangerous to them than alcohol or tobacco. >> i don't know that marijuana is more dangerous, it is very dangerous, though and we have now only 8 or 9% of the american public who use marijuana, 52% of the public drinks 22% smokes. and the consequences, the health and social consequences are tremendous. we're going to see. we've already seen increases in colorado. teens in colorado have a

marijuana use rate, 50% more than the rest of the country. we're going to see a significant increase in the fallout from legalization in colorado and in washington state. this is not benign. you look at houses all over american, 60 to 70% of the kids that are there whose lives have become so out of control, that they have to be in a residential setting are there because of marijuana use, it's a serious problem. >> let me turn to ethan, i'm not an expert. someone at the sharpened of this, 60, or 70% of people in the houses that he has, in terms of residency for addicts and so on are going to be marijuana related. >> the fact that 10% of all people who drink alcohol become alcoholics.

what's really going on here is a transformation of what was an illegal industry. organized criminals in the u.s. and mexico and elsewhere billions and billions of dollars. even if it wasn't a problem for most of them. we're moving to another world where this is going to be legally regulated. there will be problems with misuse and abuse. we need to stop treating this as a criminal issue. there's overwhelming evidence that it has generated vast harms, crime, violence. there's not something of marijuana that makes people turn to a life of crime. much as i respect the work howard and mitch do with treating drug addicts, these are becoming arguments of the past. how do we regulate marijuana as a legal product. >> are you happy with the steps colorado implied. you have to be 21 years or older.

people from outside of colorado can buy a quarter ounce. can you share an ounce with a friend. are you happy with that criteria? >> governor hickenlooperer opposed this, he's in favor of doing this in a responsible way. washington state is going to open up in a few months. there's going to be an initiative on the ballot in oregon, possibly one in alaska, we'll see about california. the idea is, how do we legally regulate marijuana. >> no question it should not be a criminal issue. >> thank you. >> it should not be a criminal issue. >> we have a consensus.

>> absolutely, i agree with you. >> people are getting arrested, having their jobs taken away. >> you don't legalize it and mass produce it. just like the alcohol industry and tobacco. >> would you then outlaw alcohol and tobacco? >> too late. >> too late? >> why would i add a third industry that is a dangerous industry that gets your children and my children even more exposure. >> how are you adding a third industry. >> we are. >> you're transforming from an illegal industry to a legal industry. >> marijuana -- >> howard you're transforming it from an illegal industry. you empower criminals. wait a second, into a legal -- >> the idea of -- >> because -- >> the reality is, colorado will get its hands on tax revenues, the money in colorado is going to school construction. >> as we said right now, there are millions of dollars being

raised to create acres and acres of marijuana to be mass produced. and -- >> there are millions of dollars being raised to create illegal things -- >> why would you create a drug for my children to eat and smoke -- >> no drug is being created. >> let me just say, i know this debate, it always does raise temperatures. there is one other massive issue, which we haven't addressed yet, which is a tweet came in from ben & jerrys saying we are hearing reports of stores selling out of ben & jerry's in colorado, what's up with that. that's a joke you'll only understand if you're down with the kids. i want to turn to another big story the absolutely freezing temperatures. people from coast to coast staying in tonight to stay warm,

my cnn colleagues are shivering in chicago. i'm here in los angeles, it's a balmy 60 degrees tonight. no issues here, let me go to you, it looks unbelievably cold. tell me what it feels like. >> put did this way, we don't need any ben & jerry's ice cream here, maybe some hot chocolate. when you're hot you're uncomfortable, when you're cold, it actually hurting. my face hurts right now. this is a deep dish pizza, hard as a rock. it's ugly out here. be happy where you are. >> you can barely talk. >> i want to turn to stephanie, it's even worse where you are. it was 12 below zero this afternoon, morning windchills were 60 below in minnesota.

minus 50, skin can freeze in less than five minutes. how is your skin doing? >> you can see i look a little bit. i've been told i look like kenny from south park, i look like a ninja. the main part is it's so cold i'm trying to protect every little hair i can. it's so painfully cold, it's about negative 15, it feels more like negative 40 because of the wind here. this bottle of water we put out, and in less than a half hour, frozen. just shows you how fast this -- it was completely liquid in the truck, and really hard here. we've been out here pretty much throughout the day, and we've watched steam come off the river, something i didn't know could happen, because the water is warmer than the air. just frigidly cold, so bad that the governor of minnesota went ahead and had the public schools close today. the vast majority will also be closed tomorrow, piers.

>> i think we better wrap up, because apparently you look like you're literally about to freeze to death, i'm going to make an executive decision to release you before i'm accused of cruelty. good luck to everyone out there. it looks incredibly cold. we'll have more ahead on the polar vortex that's causing the cold temperatures. a family's desperate battle to save a 13-year-old who's been declared brain dead. the family refuses to believe it after she grabs her mother's hand. t to dinner. that's it? i mean, he picks up the tab every time, which is great...what? he's using you. he probably has a citi thankyou card and gets 2x the points at restaurants. so he's just racking up points with me. some people... ugh! no, i've got it. the citi thankyou preferred card. now earn 2x the points on dining out and entertainment, with no annual fee.to apply, go to citi.com/thankyoucards

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13-year-old jahi mcmath is no longer inside a hospital. she was released sunday night, her family members won't reveal where she is right now. she was declared brain dead after a surgery to remove her tonsils and adenoids. welcome to both of you, my incredible sympathies to you and your family, on what is a

gut-wrenchingly emotional case. everyone's hearts go out to you as a family. where are you now as a family. you have jahi back with you, are you able to say where she is? >> we're not able to disclose where she is, as a family, we are definitely relieved that she's no longer at children's hospital. but we're all emotionally drained and i think everyone is on the verge of having a nervous breakdown, this has been an incredible roller coaster ride of emotions, i'm trying to keep together -- i keep seeing her picture to the right of me and this is really tough, because it really felt like a hostage situation they kept my niece hostage. we had to do a covert operation in the middle of the night to get her out of there, go to federal court and get documents signed to make this possible. >> why do you believe so strongly as a family there is

hope when the hospital went through the normal process of getting two physicians to declare she's brain dead. >> we believe that as long as her heart is still pumping, she's still alive. when a child is born, they don't check to see if the child is breathing, because there's no way to, what they check for is a heartbeat, they put something on the mother's stomach and listen for a heartbeat. >> are you seeing any signs of evidence that she's alive? >> absolutely. she can move her head and neck, and my attorney here, he's been in there to witness it, we've had dr. burn to be in to witness it as well. she's alive and well and she can

come back too. >> this is an incredibly complicated case. so many possible precedents can be created here, what is the legal situation. the coroner has handed by jahi's body with the presumption that he believes she is dead. the family now has her back do they have complete legal rights over her body now? >> the coroner on one hand says she's dead. the reason why the coroner says she's dead is not based on an independent investigation. it's because the hospital told the coroner she's dead the hospital sets this whole thing in motion. they're the ones that keep insisting she's dead, that's what they want out of this situation. i'm not saying they were intending to kill her, now they're invested in that. and so if something else were to change, they would look foolish. >> do you want from a legal point of view to have more physicians examine her to

determine whether they agree with the original verdict that she is brain dead? >> no, we wanted to have her mother make a choice as to whether or not her daughter would stay on or come off a vent. >> should that always be a family's choice? >> yes. >> you feel that strongly about it? >> absolutely. it's the mother that brought the child into the world. she should be the one to decide whether her child continues to live there or not. not someone else. >> the hospital said this. >> our hearts go out to the family as they grieve for this sad situation. we wish them closure and piece. how long could this go on for? >> could we be here in a year, two years, five years, ten years? you hear stories of people being on some form of life support for two decades, how long will you as a family persevere? >> right now we're taking it one day at a time. we're happy she is where she is right now, that we were able to remove her safely from children's hospital.

right now we're going to take it one day at a time. >> are you working on the theory that miracles happen? absolutely. i will say this. getting her out of children's hospital was a miracle. that was a miracle. the fact that we had deadline after deadline after deadline pressure situations where they were right there about to pull the plug, and every time they put an obstacle in our way, we were able to overcome it, that alone is a miracle. the fact that i found christopher dolan in the middle of the night, called him on his personal cell phone number, he had no idea who i was, no idea about the story, but he was willing to help. >> everyone in america knows about jahi, which must seem extraordinary for you as a family. what kind of girl is she? >> jahi is a very sweet girl. she was very shy and she smiled all the time.

and i can still see her smile and i'm still praying that one day i'll be able to see her smile again. she was everybody's -- she is everybody's favorite. and she just had one of those personalities, you gravitated toward her and it's really tough that we aren't able to communicate with her. we can communicate with her in spirit, but we'd love to have an opportunity to hear a voice. >> you've been raising money, more than $50,000 so far. this was to help with all the costs of moving here and obviously the ongoing medical costs. more than 1300 people donated in ten days, you must be amazed by the reaction to this. >> absolutely, when i typed up those e-mails and sent them out to the press, i never thought anyone would look at them. we're talking about a 13-year-old girl who had her whole life ahead of her, how can

you not get in touch with the story. it's kind of hard not to. >> i wish you and your family all the best for this. our hearts go out to you. we hope for some kind of happy resolution for you. >> we want to thank you, it was really your show that helped connect us with the people who are now helping her. news is always put down. in this case, we think it's possible. >> we think it's very difficult. we're going to discuss the legal side of it with some legal experts. from her father's point of view, i totally understood where her mother was coming from, you would try anything and everything if that was your child. you have to believe in miracles. and i think it is a mother's right to do that. and not some hospital's right to say no for pulling the plug. i'm glad to be helpful. i hope we continue to be helpful. >> thank you. >> jahi's situation is a nightmare for her. who should decide what happens to her next? when we come back, we'll talk with jeffrey toobin.

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you heard in the uncle of jahi mcmath. she's been declared brain dead following a tonsillectomy. joining me now is arthur kaplan.

welcome to both of you. we've been discussing this before, has anything changed in your opinion of this case, since we last talked about it. >> nothing's changed medically, the chance of her recovering, becoming conscious in anyway showing life is not there, the brain death diagnosis has been confirmed, independent experts. i know the family wishes for a miracle here. and one has to empathize as you were doing with their plight, the fact that she's out of oakland children's, if anything, it may be more difficult to keep her heart beating on machines. >> has anybody to your knowledge recovered after being declared brain dead? >> i checked this, there have been a couple instances where people were misdiagnosed as brain dead in situations like drowning where it's hard to be sure if it's a young child if they are truly brain dead, in

situations where we know someone's gone without oxygen, no one is ever recovered from brain death, the appropriate tests were all done here a number of times, sadly no, no one has ever come back. >> it's an incredibly difficult case, isn't it? ethically, legally, morally, and just from a human perspective, what do you make of it? >> piers, i think from a human perspective it's heartbreaking and difficult. but from all those other perspectives, legally, medically, ethically, i don't think it's a difficult case. unfortunately this child is dead, we draw this distinction between brain death and death, there is no distinction. and for frankly these lawyers to be preying on the heartbreak of these families and giving them false hope, i think that's the tragedy here. because this is not a controversy. brain death has been the

standard since the 1970s. it's not like this is some new innovation. >> what about the issue of family consent, because my understanding is, in new jersey, it may be the only place in america that has this. there is a right of consent that exists for a family in this position to go against the advice of the physicians to turn off life support. so it does exist in new jersey. if they were in new jersey, they could do this legally, why does it not exist elsewhere? >> because there is -- and frankly, i don't know much about the new jersey law. but when you have a situation when a child is dead, the responsibility is for the hospital and the parents to come to terms and understand that, but there is no remedy here, there is no way for the parents to say that they want to keep a child alive, who is already dead? >> the new jersey statute by the

way doesn't challenge brain death, it simply says a hospital can try to accommodate the acceptance and that's what we're seeing in this case, the family won't accept, it tries to allow for reasonable accommodation in other instances, sometimes you want to wait for the family to come. there's no challenge legally medically or ethically to brain death. >> what about -- let me challenge you, on a human level. if that's your young child, i believe whether it was right for reaction, some reaction to what's being said in a room, i would be doing absolutely everything in my power to try to make a miracle happen. why should we be stopping this family from being in that position? >> you know, i'll answer this this way.

it's precisely because parents are never going to proceed, what parent would give up. what relative who loved their family members who give up? it's physicians who have to make the call when death comes. you need that independent arbiter to say, the heart has stopped, or the brain has totally ceased to function, that's death. that's what they're expert at, that's what the legislatures give them the ability to do. if we left it up to you and me grieving over our families, who's going to say give up? >> there's another case in texas which is fascinating on a different level. she's been in hospital since the 26th of november after collapsing a home from a suspected pulmonary embolism, there's been no result of an autopsy yet, i have to clarify. she and her husband are both paramedics, they did not want to be resuscitated in the case of brain death, it turned out she was pregnant, and the hospital is keeping her alive. it's an opposite situation to

the one that jahi is in. they're keeping her alive for the sake of the life of the unborn child. where do you sit with that? >> for me, the texas legislature has no business intruding into this tragedy, these are two people, the deceased, apparently deceased woman and her husband, very well informed about resuscitation, they don't want to continue with a nonviable fetus, what we are seeing is, the legislature playing politics, i would say, coming forward and saying, you're going to parent no matter what, we're not going to respect your choice. we're not going to respect your liberty, we're not going to let you decide whether or not you want this to continue, we are will and that seems to me to be flat out wrong. >> if you scratch beneath the surface in so many of these. certainly the terry schiavo case, what you see is the ugly head of abortion politics. because the pro life anti-abortion movement has been

struggling to define life in a broad, broad possible way. a fetus is alive. people who's brain dead are alive. people who can't possibly recover are alive. that's what this texas law is about, it's an attempt to bring abortion politics into these horrible personal situations. a 14-week fetus can't possibly survive, but this family is being tortured because of the texas legislature. >> another very complicated case, thank you very much indeed for joining me. >> when we come back, the american dream coming to life, two vietnamese governors fighting the mean streets of the ivy league. reporters are also joining me. so i can reach ally bank 24/7, but there are no branches? 24/7. i'm sorry, i'm just really reluctant to try new things. really? what's wrong with trying new things? look! mommy's new vacuum!

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a story that got national attention when billy baker tweeted how he became a mentor to two brothers. billy baker and how they were connected. welcome to all of you. billy, i'm going to start with you. i like many were moved by your tweets about this, which were the end of the journey, really, when young george was offered a place at yale. we also know that his older brother got into u mass. why did this story touch a nerve with you.

>> areas that have high crime, high poverty, and i met these boys, they were -- they weren't waiting for someone to help them, they were doing it on their own. i wrote about them two years ago, i read about their troubled past. >> tell me about the background. >> well, they -- their parents immigrated from vietnam, their father fought alongside the u.s. in vietnam, he was a prisoner of war for five years. they made their way to america they had an idea in their head that the streets were paved with gold and opportunity and i don't think that's what they found here, there was -- there wasn't always a sad story, but there was some troubles, their father eventually committed suicide about three years before i met the boys. and they had some issues with

their mother, some language issues which are interesting. and then they met a wonderful mentor, emmitt, they were always good students, they started to really excel at the top school in boston, when i discovered them, it was the beginning of what i would describe as the happy ending. i first read about them. many people, emmitt, a man named vin who's a mentor to them. >> when i read your tweets, it was like an outpouring of emotion, unusual for a reporter, they became very attached. let me start with you, you had been offered a place at yale, but brilliantly, you haven't made your mind up yet, because you still fancy harvard? >> yes. >> you're playing with them, the two most eminent colleges in america. >> i don't want to toy with them. >> what do you feel about what's happened to you and your brother?

>> we've come a long way from poverty, single parent. it's exciting to me to be accepted to an ivy league college as well as for my brother to attend the college already. and it's amazing to be on the right path. >> do you feel, we heard the sad story about your father taking his life, and your mom with problems on mental issues. you've been living on food stamps as a family. it's an extraordinary story that you two boys have defied all the problems that have been laid at your feet. do you feel, johnny, that you are now living, perhaps, the american dream your parents wanted to lead when they came here? >> i don't know if i can call it the american dream, but we're getting closer to that, i suppose, because i've still yet to graduate from college, although we've been given many

privileges of being able to be educated. and we're well on our way. >> what's appealing about these boys, is that they've been so mod evident about what they've done for themselves. and -- >> let me bring in -- >> you've been the great mentor here, the daughter boasts some pretty starry other ex-alumni, tell me about that. >> we spoke before. and donnie walhberg is my heart. i've known him since he was probably 10 years old. >> all the new kids on the block? >> they're now the old kids on the block. >> new kids on the block? what made these boys special enough to be able to make this miraculous achievement? which is what many people see it as? >> i don't think they call

themselves special, they made excellent use -- just like the new kids and mark did, opportunities. but they did have opportunities. honest opportunities. they deserve to have a safe place they could go. food they can eat. people moved obstacles out of the way, they prove what young people from violent crime, hotspot poverty neighborhoods can do if they are given a chance. >> when you look at the streets you grew up on, pretty tough streets. i covered your neighborhood. it's a hard place to grow up, a lot of people -- i spoke to mark wahlberg and donnie walhberg, get into crime. how do you avoid that? what is your advice to other kids in the area, neighborhoods like that around america, for avoiding the pitfalls of crime

and violence and so on. >> find hobbies to do, find carrying adults who can support you when you need it, if you can't find it at home, you can certainly look to youth collaboratives or places for youth to go. it's very important to have someone who can mentor you, and support you. >> george, what do you think? >> i definitely agree. well, of course, to avoid being involved in games, and the violence that goes on. you have to put your head down, walk the streets. when someone tries to rob you or provoke you, just try your best not to retaliate and keep your head down and we're very fortunate to have a place where we can hang out and feel safe even in a neighborhood like dorchester. >> do you have time for fun, you two?

or is it all just nose to the grind stone, work work work. >> they are very capable of being typical teenagers. they come across as -- >> well, we'll find out what you also do apart from working unbelievably hard, we'll come back and find out your plans for college, fun about you, and more messages for the youth of america, how they can be more like you and less about some of the more gang related crime ridden areas. hey linda!

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tonight? >> he definitely did. when i was in elementary school he would check my homework to make sure i was doing well. and of course, i think he would be proud of us because, you know, i saw this photo of him. he is standing right next to the john harvard statue. i think he would be proud. >> but you want to go to yale? >> i remember reading this tweet. it's still there. i urge anyone to read it. what is your address? >> billy under score baker. >> you will understand why it gripped everyone. you have filled as have emmett into the void of not having a father.

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oh, my gosh. >> that was an iowa kid jumping on a frozen trampoline over the weekend. much of the country is frozen solid tonight. chad myers has more. never has the term severe

weather center been more appropriate, chad. how cold is it? >> just for you, piers is the same in fahrenheit as in celsius. that is 72 degrees below zero. and it is warm in new york but don't count on that to last. back out in williamsport, 5. the morning low will be 11. enjoy the warm air while you have it, piers. >> how long is it going to last? >> all the way through until friday. by the weekend it warms up almost to normal. >> thanks, chad. i have a quick e-mail. remind people to set a time on their stove when they let their pets outside in the cold.

a very good advice and take care of all the elderly out there as well. tomorrow, new year, new year, expert advice on turning your life around from chef jamie ol verse, jane paulie and sharon sheppard. tonight, everyone. the deep freeze gets deeper, and you'll be feeling it even if you're some place warm right now. he says he's confident he was forced out of the nfl because he stood up for marriage equality. the always outspoken chris kluwe's first interview since leaving the nfl. we begin tonight with cold that can kill in minutes. a freeze for big parts of the country.