host: joining us is chris walsh. he is here to talk about attorney general jeff sessions' decision to reverse a federal obama air of marijuana enforcement policy and how it can impact the marijuana industry. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: talk about the recreational marijuana industry now that we have had states legalizing it. how big is it? guest: this is a multibillion dollar industry. several billion dollars a year are in retail sales from the recreational site. it has surpassed the medical marijuana industry, where you have 30 states legalized. it has stormed onto the scene. industry in the states that legalized it. host: a market watch piece called it a 50 bali are -- a $50 billion industry. how many jobs are created in the states voting to legalize marijuana? guest: you have over 200,000 jobs in general. number is set to double or triple, just like retail sales in the coming years as off.ornia's markets takes there is a lot of growth on the horizon. host: back to the market watc

host: joining us is chris walsh.is here to talk about attorney general jeff sessions' decision to reverse a federal obama air of marijuana enforcement policy and how it can impact the marijuana industry. thank you for joining us. guest: thank you for having me. host: talk about the recreational marijuana industry now that we have had states legalizing it. how big is it? guest: this is a multibillion dollar industry. several billion dollars a year are in retail sales from the recreational site.

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shoutout to chris walsh, our sergeant major's wife who is the head of family readiness group, does amazingverything. also, having a great support system no matter where you are. i had amazing friends like the botinso, and miss ellie's, they were just amazing in terms of, kirschners, all amazing friends who really were there for us. and the rays. yeah, i know. ainsley: everyone who supports military families they thank you. we thank you. that is so sweet. she held both of your hands. i know. he thought of you the whole time. as a parent you think about them constantly. >> all the time. ainsley: thank you, god bless you and your family. >> appreciate it. thank you so much. ainsley: dianne feinstein opens up about why she released that fusion gps testimony. listen. >> because i don't make an excuse but i had a bad cold, maybe that slowed down my mental facility as little bit. ainsley: well, she had a bad cold. we'll be talking about that this morning. >>> plus how is this okay? okay tore robert de niro attacking the president? it is pretty harsh. listen to this. >> this [bleep] idiot is the p

walsh is live in kabul with more. what's the situation on the ground? >> reporter: chris city waking up every morning with a new sense of dread since that ambulance car bomb caused 100 of those particular deaths. this spate of bloodshed in what used to be the secure sanctuary of afghanistan's kabul, causing president trump to make a tweak of u.s. policy. he no longer thinks talks are a good idea, backed up by the afghan government who says the recent violence have caused red lines. that's according to a spokesperson for the president. a bit of a reality check. peace talks were never about to happen, but were a key plank of the u.s. military strategy, the idea you suppress the taliban enough and they decide they want a political settlement. that was far off. the taliban more extreme than ever and competing for the low point of extremism with isis who has a foothold here as well. we may hear about the afghan strategy potentially in the state of the union speech tonight. we may hear what front line soldiers will do. calls for greater transparency about how well this war is g

walsh just got to kabul and he has more. thank you for being there. be safe. what do you know? >> chrisin the 17th year of this war how america is again bracing itself for increased involvement and thousands more troops on their way. they're going to be on the front lines training afghan soldiers and at the same time, too, donald trump after the recent carnage here in kabul say now is not the time to talk to the f l taliban. the afghan government is saying that the violence here recently means the taliban have, quote, crossed red lines and they must have peace imposed upon them on the battlefield. bit of a reality check here. there was never really an imminent peace talk prospect. the hope was that the taliban can be beaten into some sort of negotiated strategy. we are into a dangerous phase here with the capital never really seemed quite so insecure and of course the u.s. strategy at times reliant on not that much information getting out. they have recently classified that an afghan request a number of afghan soldiers and police who get killed here, that was a key way of measuring succ