john boehner has taken many trips down to the border.ber 4, a new study shows eating pizza on a regular basis develops stronger bone health. researchers found if you are female eating pizza and lasagna, the on thing it leads to is adopting a stupid cat. on the plus side, because of the study, everybody knows why paul ryan is retiring. he's getting a job selling pizza to old men in washington. wraps my pepperoni? this is not good for socialism. topic number 5. finally back to connecticut where a man was awested for robbing a bank. and he says he did it to impress taylor swift. 26-year-old bruce rally robbed a bank and the teller was not surprised. she knew he was trouble when he walked in. but the bad blood, he led the police on a high-speed chase. and when they surrounded him he threw the money over taylor's fence and he said look what you made me do. if only he would fall in love with jennifer lopez. we'll be right back. stay here. mom? dad? hi! i had a very minor fender bender tonight in an unreasonably narrow fast food drive thru lane

vote for anybody but john boehner if someone else formally announced. but no one has formally announced so i'm not going to throw my vote away. and that would satisfy their constituents. thomas and jim's points were, if you announce, then they'll hear from all of those thousands of constituents saying hey, you said, if somebody announced and now a republican has announced, so, keep your promise and vote for somebody besides boehner. and the thinking of tom and jim you as if we do that and announce, then that would make those guys so uncomfortable that had been promising to vote for anybody but boehner -- if somebody announces, that we would get to the 29 that we have been stuck on for weeks now. i gave it some thought overnight. and next morning, there was a conference call scheduled with all nine of us. and i said give me a chance to think about it. and what occurred to me is what i told the other eight members who had agreed to vote for somebody besides the current speaker, john boehner. look, guys, i gave this a lot of thought. if i'm the only one th

his predecessor john boehner stepped out in 2015. his post congress life has seemed kind of awesome actually. from what we foe about it it's mostly been him golfing and giving occasional interviews about how relieved he is not to be in congress anymore. he aspen out dispatches from his rv on the open road. he wears shorts when he drivers. kind of a low profile retirement for the last republican speaker of the house who quit. but today turned out to be a awkward day for everybody in the beltway media to sayway i wonder what john boehner is up to. what happened to the last house speaker today ended up awkward for everybody to suddenly start wondering about john boehner again, because early this morning hours before anybody knew that paul ryan was going to announce that he too was leaving, john boehner announced very early on twitter today that he was joining the board of a weed company, like a marijuana company. john boehner former republican speaker of the house chose this morning to come out of the closet as a brand-new proponent of

. >> ryan was drafted in 2016 after conservatives forced out john boehner. as recently as january, a 48-year-old ryan insisted he was staying put. he says the predicament has nothing do with his choice, but ryan is the 24th house republican to retire this term, a record. and gop operatives worry that more will follow his lead as polls show the party could lose control of the house in november. >> there's a lot of weariness and exhaustion, frankly. >> pennsylvania's charlie dent announced his retirement last year. >> who do you think will be next? >> oh, boy. hopefully we won't have to have that conversation until after the election. first you have to hold the majority before you determine whether or not you'll have a speaker. >> kevin mccarthy and steve scalise are already vying for ryan's job. >> i have more thoughts on this. i don't think this is the right time to get into that. aisle share those thoughts later. >> house members say they understood ryan's desire to be with his family. still many of them were stunned. they assumed his desire to tackle welfa

joe: quickly, how are people in the industry feeling about boehner's boehner's name and status, particularlyr side? jenny: everything you said about him makes this a big watershed moment for the industry. peoplere other names -- long associated with cannabis -- snoop dogg, willie nelson, cheech and chong -- this is a much different game. boehner is a long-standing establishment political guy, and for him to do this is a big deal. julia: boehner thinks jeff sessions is playing politics. who would have thought it. joe: coming up, what you need to know for tomorrow's trading day. this is bloomberg. ♪ scarlet: "what'd you miss?" turnaround thursday, because stocks recovered from yesterday's decline. date rose after the president -- presidentafter the softened his rhetoric on trade deals. jp morgan earnings before the bell tomorrow. joe: i will look at data consumer sentiment tomorrow. julia: vice president pence will be attending a summit of the americas in lima, peru tomorrow. scarlet: the president is no longer attending. he has to deal with syria. julia: that is all for "what'd you miss?" hav

boehner and pelosi are in the center. there's virtually no runners who resemble john tanner or olympia snowe. that overlap has disappeared will look at those who run for congressional office. put differently here's the proportion of moderates, those who resemble snow in tanner, and john boehner and nancy pelosi the state legislative office who ran for congress. to be sure, hardly anyone grants for office. nearly 3% of state legislators resemble pelosi and boehner and .2% of republicans who represent snow. modern state legislators are less likely to run for congress than conservative republicans the difference is striking. the next few slides are show you results for open seats due to the fact that most weight for an open sea. patterns are particularly important for understanding recent changes in polarization. open seats knocked the defeat of incompetence through force of all candidates won an open seats. >> this shows the predicted probability of running for congress across a range of state legislators. the likelihood of

john boehnerer stepped down in 2015. his post congress life has seemed pretty awesome. it's been mostly golfing and giving occasional interviews of how pleased he is to not be in congress. occasionally sent out dispatches from the rv. been a low-profile retirement for the last republican speaker of the house to quit. but then today turned out to be an awkward day to suddenly turn around and say hey, i wonder what john boehner is up to right now? what happened to the last one? tod today ended up being an awkward day. hours before anyone knew paul ryan knew he too was going to be leaving, john boehnerer announced he was joining the board of a marijuana company. former republican speaker of the house chose this morning to come out of the closet as a brand new proponent of legal pot. quote i'm joining the board of acreage holdings because my thinking on cannibis has evolved. we all know him ass a proud cigarettes and red wine guy. this is new. when john boehner shared his evolution, his marijuana evolution in that tweet before 7:00 a.m. this morning, i'm rr sure he didn't t

say good time speaker boehner. we'll be back tomorrow.d two things watching meet the press. in the news you broke some news with a lawyer very close to donald trump out dchs lining a new way to rosenstein. on a lighter note i learned you think john boehner is blunt. >> you like knowing that? we are just going to roll away here. >> roll it up and r

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now people will be like, "what's boehner doing since he left congress?" "i heard he sells weed now." "oh, that's wonderful." it's nice he's finally helping people. now, normally, john boehner pushing kush would be the day's biggest news about a house speaker's career plans, but again, today we don't have time for that. because there's also big news from the current speaker. >> also breaking this morning, house speaker paul ryan will not run for re-election in november. he is the 23rdd republican to announce his retirement. ( applause ) >> this year will be my last one as member of the house. it's been a wild ride, but it's been a journey well worth taking to be able to do my part to strengthening the american idea. >> trevor: ooooh! he sounds like it's his last day at camp. "it's been a wild ride, so many fun memories with my friends, like the time i tried to take away poor children's health care, and swimming by the lake. best summer ever. aah!" yes, paul ryan, top-ranking congressman and guy at the gym who eye bangs himself in the mirror, is stepping do

i'm now a libertarian, but john boehner.u deschedule, it still leaves the question of adult rec to the states. and there's a disparity in view in the country between medical marijuana and full legalization because there are 29 states that have okayed medical and only nine to date that have legalized full rec. >> given that the path right now legally is not fully formed and that there are certain things that are still being debated and decided, you guys are still planning on going public how does that work if some of these issues are not decided at the federal level? >> it may be something like backing into a shell in canada i'm a former head of the criminal division of the united states justice department. >> that's why i'm asking you >> and so that opens up the whole dialogue as it relates to the bankeriing sector that's been the biggest issue for a lot of these companies do you envision anything happening either on the state level, certainly federally that will allow these corporations, this commerce to get a better leg in

boehner. but i hope that people don't have to leigh congress before they wake up to the realities of cacannabis reform. kennedy: i hope he can influence people in power right now to reschedule the drug so we can get benefits for veterans and others. thank you so much. nchts than>>> what should paul ? stick around or hit the bricks. tonight kat is here along with robby soave and rachel campos-duffy. rachel, i will start with you. obviously there are some heated words and a lot of emotion about spiker ryan resigning. so should she leave right now as some house republicans have unanimously and anonymously. >> well, i obviously agree with the congressman. i think that the last thing we need, with all of the vi vit vil going on is another reason for the republicans to be divided. i know you're not a fan of paul ryan. congressman gates likes paul ryan, he's a unifying figure between the factions, the establishment, the sort of middle of the road and the freedom caucus. he does keep them together. th

i welcome john boehner. i think it's inevitable.t's racist the way the law is. >> dana: it does put a lot of people in jail. >> geraldo: a lot of people of color in jail. white kids in college, they get a ticket. a black kid gets a weed boston he's in jail. >> dana: what do you think, brian? you usually wait to be called on. >> greg: not on "fox & friends." >> brian: it's an unofficial study. anyone i know who smokes pot regularly, it wipes out their mission and change their personality. do we have a full screen? i would say that. number two, i want to study colorado. we have a test study. how's it working? are they bringing in more revenue? >> dana: the revenue is not the problem. >> brian: what about the duis that go along with it, the dropout rate. i think it's a phony thing to say. there's a lot of people who need pain medication. >> dana: my fellow traveler on this. >> kimberly: i don't know. now we have parted company. >> dana: i said i am getting there but i still hate it. >> greg: why do you hate pot? >> kimberly: we have no

served honorably as house chaplain since may 25, 2011, when he was then appointed by speaker john boehner, in consultation with democratic leader nancy pelosi. whereas father conroy had been reappointed and approved by the house of representatives on three separate occasions, most recently january 3, 2017. ereas on april 16, 2018, the nation's first jesuit and only the second catholic chaplain of the united states house of representatives, submitted his resignation before the full house. whereas this resignation was forced by paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives, and members of the house republican conference. whereas, the speaker's team said, quote, the decision to remove the chaplain was his, speaker ryan's, end quote. whereas the lack of notification of his forced resignation or adequate resignation provide bide speaker paul d. ryan is not reflected of the integrity of the house of representatives. whereas on november 6, 2017, during debate on the g.o.p. tax scam, the chaplain led in opening prayer asking god to bless congress can and for congress to quote, guarantee t

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. >> we recently learned john boehner joined the board of directors of acreage holdings at the cannabis investment company and said his views on marijuana have changed. >> it's time for the federal government to take another look at this. and i think scheduling this drug, allowing for the research would be helpful to the american people. >> boehner was known for taking a hard line against marijuana. do you think other hard liners in the federal government are ready to change and adopt what seems to be a growing trend nationwide >> absolutely. look medical cannabis has about 90% public support and adult legalization has 64% public support and so what you're seeing now is people from both sides of the aisle coming out and standing up for what they believe is right and are able to evolve on their position i wish john boehner had an evolution when he was in office and could have done something about it, but even coming out now, i mean, this is a bold thing. he's actually on the board of a company that is violating federal law. that is a bold thing and you also had just in the last few days,

reporter: when you retire will you come out with marijuana like boehner? [laughter] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> earlier today the senate held a confirmation hearing for secretary of state nominee mike pompeo. mr. pompeo currently serves as director of the cia. he testified before the senate foreign relations committee. you can watch the event tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. friday morning, california democratic congresswoman barbara lee will talk about potential u.s. action against syria. also, georgia republican congressman buddy carter will join us to talk about congress's role in stemming the opioid crisis. watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern, friday morning. join the discussion. talkedy president trump trade policy with governors and lawmakers from agricultural states. b

reporter: when you retire will with marijuana like boehner? [laughter] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ms. pelosi: good morning, everyone. welcome back. sorry. welcome back, as i said. over the break, our country observed the 50th anniversary of the assassination of reverend martin luther king jr. today in the capitol we will have an observance under the leadership of the speaker which i'm honored to participate in. i'm reminded in the course of the debate on the tax bill and on the budget and now the so-called balanced budget amendment, god never intended or any group of people to live superfluous while others live in poverty. that seems to be a course that middle %, tax the class to the tune of 86 million people in the lifetime of the bill which increases the national debt by over $2 trillion. that $2 trillion is the engineering of their undoing of medicare, medicaid and social secu

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when did john boehner come around on pot?he got more interested in the industrial and business uses of hemp towards the end of his speakership and i think it's been a natural learning process along those lines, and he's already pretty mellow with merlot. i guess even more mellow in his new role. >> you know what? michael steele -- maybe we should end it there. jake? unless you want to tell viewers and listeners the title of your unwritten book? >> i don't want to but add one thing. disagree slightly. i don't think there's anybody in the house that thinks this is a good thing for republicans going into the midterm to have the speaker cut ties and announce his retirement 220 days before election day. i don't think anyone thinks it's a good narrative. michael is doing a good job trying to convince us it is. i want to reflect the other side of the coin up here on the hill. people don't believe it's a good sign necessarily. >> leave it there. michael steele, thank you, jake sherman, big thanks to you as well. >>> new pressure on t

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former house speaker john boehner is now in favor of legalizing marijuana. he says he wants to see federally funded research on the medical benefits and allow the department of veterans affairs to offer marijuana as a possible treatment option for chronic pain and ptsd. he has joined the advisory board of acreage holdings, a multi state cannabis company. >>> the sierra getting hit with its last major snowstorm. it started last night. several inches expected to fall from this storm. right now, chains are required on parts of highway 50 and interstate 80. temperatures are expected to keep dropping today. something a lot of people say caught them off guard. >> just their spring break. so it was kind of the only time -- last time to come. and with the snow ten days ago, we thought there might be more. then the rain took it away. >> the skies are expected to clear tomorrow. it is expected to be warmer on saturday. but then another storm is expected to move in on sunday. >>> it is 4:26. she was a popular north bay high school student that went on to become an inst

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you also saw john boehner citing that sort of story in his recent turnaround on marijuana, the former speaker of the house, republican speaker of the house who used to be an opponent of marijuana legalization. you know, he cited a story like that of his friend or acquaint abs who used medical marijuana and was like, you know, i had a big turnaround on this. think you can attribute that as another reason this has been expanding. >> here is the tweet from the former speaker, john boehner. republican of ohio. when you look at the number of people in our state and federal penitentiaries there for small amounts of cannibis, you begin to scratch your head. we have literally filled up our jails with people who are nonviolent and, frankly, do not belong there, he writes. there is a little bit of pushback on his statement, though, about how many people are actually in jail, in prison over marijuana use. can you clarify the facts for us? >> so this is a common -- sort of a common trope, especially when people get into this. we throw all the -- our prisons are filled with nonviolent drug users.

pot used to be rebellious. >> yeah, now crusty old republicans like john boehner are into it. over, man. >> stephen: so you're not excited about legalization? >> no way! it's boring. the last time i bought weed, it was in a store, in a strip mall. >> stephen: where did you used to buy it? >> behind a store in a strip mall. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> which is why we're here to announce: cheech and chong are no longer doing stoner comedy. >> stephen: what? you're quitting comedy? >> no way, man. we're just moving on to edgier territory-- stuff that's still illegal. ( laughter ) >> yeah, now we're into unpasteurized dairy products. >> stephen: wow, really? >> check this (bleep) out, man. ( laughter ) >> this french camembert was only aged one month-- i call it "the devil's velveeta." ( laughter ) >> stephen: wow, i gotta say. i like the way you say that. that looks amazing. but how'd you get this all through customs? >> good question. have you heard of that football team: the green bay packers? ( laughter ) >> stephen: oh, i see-- you use those big fake cheese heads to smuggle

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say good time speaker boehner. we'll be back tomorrow. good evening. >> i lrned two things watching meet the press. in the news you broke some news with a lawyer very close to donald trump out dchs lining a new way to rosenstein. on a lighter note i learned you think john boehner is blunt. >> you like knowing that? we are just going to roll away here. >> roll it up and roll away here. >> yes. >>> bob mueller has been probing whether or not anyone broke the law. tonight the feds are probing something else, whether michael cohen broke the law to suppress the access hollywood tape to elect trump. >> the tape is back. reports that the feds who stormed into michael cohen's office were not just looking for business records or information on the payments to women like stormy daniels. they were looking for a crime that was widely believed including inside trump land to be the greatest threat to the trump campaign ever. >> yeah. that's her with the gold. i have to use some tick tacks in case i start kissing her. i'm automatically atraktd to beauti

john boehner, yeah, the orange guy.ard of acreage holdings which is the -- one of the largest cannabis companies in the world. which is an interesting move. because nine years ago, boehner said he was unalterably opposed to the legalization of marijuana. but after some soul searching, a large financial incentive, and several very deep bong hits, he chilled out and totally changed his mind on this one. [ cheers and applause ] congratulations, john. meanwhile, in local stoner news, here in the state of california, we legalized recreational marijuana beginning of the year. so far it has generated 13% less tax revenue than they expected. so this morning our governor, jerry brown, declared a state of emergency. and extended coachella for two days. [ cheers and applause ] it's going to go through wednesday now. here's something for those of you who are engaged, maybe looking to spice up the wedding reception. this is new. it's a thing in china. it's called the flying veil. it's called that because, well, it's a veil that flie

john boehner dated in late 2015. that's how we got paul ryan.speaks to the fact that it's very difficult to control the faction-ridden house of representatives g.o.p. caucus. you've got the freedom caucus. you've got the tuesday group. you've got a bunch people. you don't have a huge majority, and it's tough to get to get 218 votes. >> bret: eli. >> you look at the election of trump and to this date, you are saying that's the ark of the transformation of the republican party. paul ryan is an emblem of a republican party that was against deficits, was for lower taxes, was certainly, there's always a popular appeal but it's not the same kind of populist as trump. now the g.o.p. is really trump's party. that's a significant thing when we take a step back. >> bret: let's listen to the speaker and the majority and minority leader on upcoming months what could come. >> i want to be clear. i'm not done yet. i intend to finish the year. >> if he is willing to reach across the aisle, he will find democrats willing and eager to work with him. i say to spe

here's john boehner, who now has no governmental influence, specifically, on whether the federal lawsarijuana change, and yet he's saying his thinking has evolved it will be interesting to see whether his colleagues think the same thing but on this issue of financing, i recently met a marijuana mogul who's carrying around easily six figures in cash on a regular basis. he says, i do a legal business i got into it where it's legalized and yet i'm forced to essentially do criminal activity in order to get my money into the system >> he's got to launder the money in some ways, yeah there's a big story about it going through the casinos. >> the federal government that does not recognize it as a legal activity still wants him to pay his income taxes on the profits he makes >> yes, or else you get al caponed. >> i'm sure he counts every single dollar and would report that income. >> i saw that interview as well and what was interesting was to see him talk about the spending levels of federal government at the moment and it's got to burn john boehner that the tea party made his life hell and

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and former gold and house speaker john boehner has joined the board of directors of acreage holdings, medical marijuana company. on wednesday, boehner tweeted -- "i'm joining the board of #acreageholdings because my thinking on cannabis has evolved. i'm convinced de-scheduling the drug is needed so we can do research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities." during his 24 years in congress, ohio commerce member john boehner championed laws that saw millions of people arrested on marijuana charges, a highly disproportionate number of them people of color. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. confirmation hearings begin today for mike pompeo, the cia director tapped by president trump to become the next secretary of state. last year, the senate confirmed pompeo to head the cia by a vote of 66 to 32, but the vote is expected to be far closer this

and former gold and house speaker john boehner has joined the board of directors of acreage holdings, medical marijuana company. on wednesday, boehner tweeted -- "i'm joining the board of #acreageholdings because my thinking on cannabis has evolved. i'm convinced de-scheduling the drug is needed so we can do research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities." during his 24 years in congress, ohio commerce member john boehner championed laws that saw millions of people arrested on marijuana charges, a highly disproportionate number of them people of color. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. confirmation hearings begin today for mike pompeo, the cia director tapped by president trump to become the next secretary of state. last year, the senate confirmed pompeo to head the cia by a vote of 66 to 32, but the vote is expected to be far closer this

. >> former house speaker john boehner joined a cannibis company. medical marijuana and how it impacts the opioid epidemic, that's next whether it's a big thing, small thing, or something unexpected, pnc will be right there when you need us. because when it comes to your finances, if you focus on today, tomorrow has a way of working itself out. you know what's not awesome? gig-speed internet. if you focus on today, when only certain people can get it. let's fix that. let's give this guy gig- really? and these kids, and these guys, him, ah. oh hello. that lady, these houses! yes, yes and yes. and don't forget about them. uh huh, sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. >>> former house speaker john boehner joined us earlier this morning, he has joined the board of a medical marijuana company take a listen to what he said. >> congress, over the last couple years has pretty much stopped any real enforcement of a federally funded institutions cannot touch this, can't do researc

said he told ryan that god told boehner that ryan has to do it. i mean, that's the kind of pressure that ryan needed in order to say, fine. i will take on the role of house speaker. he just didn't want it because as you've been talking about with our colleagues this morning, he is a policy wonk. he had a job that he loved that fills that desire which was the house ways and means chair. he was in charge of the tax writing committee. so there's that and the other thing that you mentioned and it bears underscoring, paul ryan was one of the last, if not the last major republican to reluctantly get onboard with donald trump. he never campaigned with trump when he was -- when trump was running and wisconsin was a key state. wisconsin ended up being a pivotal state that helped elect donald trump and put him in the white house. wisconsin, of course, being paul ryan's home state, and it wasn't until after that that ryan again, reluctantly got onboard. both of those factors and going back to the idea that ryan never wanted to be speaker, part of the reason

boehner has joined the board of advisers for acreage holdings. they grow and sell marijuana in 11 states. the former congress mane and speaker of the house already sits on the board of tobacco maker reynolds american, a company that could have a whole new business opportunity if for example marijuana was legalized nationwide. big tobacco, big weed. it all goes together doesn't it? joining me now, byron york, chief political correspondent for the washington examiner and a fox business correspondent. let's start with the politics of the day. devin nunes, the head of the intelligence committee says they're viewingtheir viewing, if the document, if you will, beginning of the fbi investigation, that viewing met his standards for unredacted and full disclosure. your thoughts. >> well, it was pulling teeth to get it. it was more than pulling teeth to get it. this whole story of what's called the electronic communication that was used by the fbi, it was the document that was created to formally open the trump-russia investigation in july of 2016. the hou