tommy chong of "cheech and chong" fame announces he had cancer. i spoke with him earlier this evening. we were going to talk about the legalization method, but he told me this. tommy, good to see you. we brought you in to talk about this new york state lessening the laws for possession in public. but you have an announcement to make. what is it? >> my announcement is i was diagnosed with prostate cancer about a month ago. and i'm going to start treating it with cannibus oil or hemp oil or pot oil. and the reason i'm treating it with hemp oil is i looked at a video just recently called "run from the cure" by rick simpson. and it documents the whole -- how he cured his melanoma cancer by using hemp oil. >> you believe that -- you think that you got prostate cancer in prison after, you know, the paraphernalia and the internet company selling the bong, this was 2003. you think you got it in prison. why? >> that's my feeling. because i was totally healthy when i went in jail and i hadn't smoked pot before i went in jail and while i was in jail, i was c

just take away the penalties. >> tommy chong. thank you so much.ing candid about prostate cancer and telling our viewers. we wish you the very best, okay? >> thank you. and i want to come back when i'm cured and let you know how it went, okay? >> yes. we will have you back. >> thank you. >> i love tommy chong. >> already and horrific attacks against women. splashed with acid that leaves them scarred for life and now these attacks are becoming more common. ♪ i wish my patients could see what i see. ♪ that over time, having high cholesterol plus diabetes... or family history of early heart disease... can put them at increased risk for plaque buildup. and they'd see that it's more important to get their cholesterol where their doctor wants. and why for these patients, when diet and exercise alone aren't enough, i prescribe crestor. adding crestor lowers bad cholesterol by up to 52%. and is also proven to slow plaque buildup. [ female announcer ] crestor is not right for everyone. like people with liver disease... or women who are nursing, pregnant, or

chong he would not be charged before they placed him back into a holding cell.en forgot he was there. mr. chong remained locked in the holding cell for five days with no access to food, water or a toilet. he said he heard voices and yelled for help, but no one heard him. after 48 hours he started hallucinating and as survived drank his own urine. at some point during this neglect, he broke his glasses and attempt to kill himself. it goes without saying that this incident is extremely unacceptable. i look forward to hearing what steps the dea is takeing to address each incident discussed and to ensure nothing similar happens in the future. i hope these events are anomalies in the dea's record and not what's to come. mr. scott. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm pleased to join us in the nation's drug enforcement agency wand i want to thank director leonard for years of dedicated service and for appearing before us today. i'm also mindful that there are thousands of dedicated dea employees who enforce our drug laws and directives every day, many of whom put their liv

was that more on that now let's cross to john young chong he's an assistant professor of political science at the national list of singapore thank you for joining us here and i take firstly china and russia's economic ties are developing rapidly with both expanding their national currencies as opposed to the dollar how important do you think that is in times of global economic instability. i think what the two countries are doing is probably to act as a hedge against any instability in the u.s. dollar which is perfectly understandable given the fact that you know the u.s. economy seems. the recovery seems slightly shaky but i think even then there is it's not possible i think that the two countries have a clean break from the u.s. dollar in part because the chinese yuan as you know is not for me floating and part of its value is sort of. tied with us to now try to has expressed concern over a u.s. plan to sift most of its warships to the pacific region by twenty twenty does beijing have grounds to be worried. if i remember correctly the first statement

. >>> tommy chong from the marijuana loving chinc and chong is battling prostate cancer. he was diagnosed last month but been suffering with symptoms for eight years. he quit smoking marijuana about a year ago. >>> resent bear sitings around maryland prompted the department of natural resources to issue a few warnings. they're keeping trash locked in a container. >>> the plants and the grasses are getting a much needed drink bob says the sun's coming back out though. stick around for the update on your forecast. sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering so, i'm walking down the street, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering and i found myself in the middle of this parade honoring america's troops. which is actually quite fitting because geico has been serving the military for over 75 years. aawh no, look, i know this is about the troops and not about me. right, but i don't look like that. who can i write a letter to about this? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or mor

mcguirk was married to another woman at the time he has since divorced and he and chong have marriedbut the e-mails raise concerns about his character. jake tapper will have much more on the racy e-mails coming up on gma. >>> live doppler showing a lot of sunshine right now, nothing is going on as far as any rain to worry about. we have a big heatwave coming at ya, tomorrow. for today, the cold front coming through quietly, breezes cool temperatures. 50s now through 7:00, low 70s inland by noon, mid 60s around the bay, if you are outside -- upper 70s by 4:00, inland low 70s around the bay and upper 50s at the coast we'll drop five degrees during the evening you may want to take a coat upper 60s to low 70s inland by 7:00, low 60s around the bay mid 50s at the coast. saturday through monday, weekend in view, notice how big the jump is mid 80s hraepbd tomorrow to low to mid 90s sunday and monday mid 70s around the bay tomorrow, low to mid 80s low 60s at the coast tomorrow, breezy once again, calmer and warmer near 70 sunday and monday >>> good morning. couple problem spots this morning.

frank chong , a former san francisco board of education member.d applauded. -- go ahead and applaud. dr. morishita. and patsy kito, director of the samoan community development center. [applause] we want to thank and did knowledge southwest airlines for their sponsorship and providing all of the awards with -- award winners with two round-trip tickets to anywhere southwest airlines flies with an unlimited supply of peanuts. i want to ask -- to presnent the community leadership award, and join me in welcoming dr. emily murase. >> thank you so much. how is everybody doing? a great, a joyous occasion. i have served on the board of education and i am pleased to announce the finalists and the awardee, all engaged in events in education. the criteria is described in the program, i want go through it here. it is important for us to recognize community leaders with a commitment to the educational needs of our community to ensure that the next generation of pacific and asian americans are here to address the concerns. the finalists in the community leaders

marty chong is diagnosed with cancer. ysabel: it is very quiet outside this morning he.he weather looks gorgeous. we will be back in a minute.. >>marty: there's more violence and syria. since tuesday 58 soldiers were killed and more than 200 were wounded in clashes there. the u.s. says it leased 9000 people were killed there since the crisis began. is the >> tommy john, what half of that teach inchon to low -- tommy chong. he is battling cancer. he was diagnosed with prostate cancer about a month ago. >> bad when to start treating it with canada's oil. he said he quit smoking marijuana about a year ago. >>marty: here is amazing foot each with a fight between to politicians. ysabel: with taking a beautiful view -- were looking at a beautiful view >>marty: it is quite to be a hot what about the bay. shattuck will tell us all about it. shot in. jeddah >> >>jackie: >> will be cooler around the bay. we will feel a cooler to admit we. you can see the high pressure building up the coast. i didn't get you can see what is causing this format. the upper 50s along the coast. by abo

>> jon: what is that the script of a cheech and chong movie.you met him did you put the cie bash -- >> he was like many young people. he realized he he with do more. you are his mother said you are so gifted, so talent. slap him on the head and say get yourself together. he lost his father that was one of those moments. he transferred schools went to columbia and thought about how to use his life to the fullest. that was before me. >> jon: interesting. this president, george w. bush went through his times where he was a little bit out there. i really related to that. it's the turn around -- that's the part where i'm -- >> i'm not taking any bait. [ laughter ] >> jon: it's organic. i see what this man sees in you. you did very good. just saying need a little help out there. get out there. >> plant a garden. it's a good way to start. >> jon: that would be very nice. first lady michelle obama. thank you so much for coming. [c[c

byrd said chong says she is a conservatorship and she is a fraud and a con. i need to get my mother back home, and myself. the share of kicked me out of the house. -- the sheriff kicked me out of my house. i want them under arrest and jailed. since march 30th i've been staying at the westin house. and i also pay my social security. i want to go back to 156 albus. i know these people are con artists. thank you. cracks -- >> [unintelligible] some of the graffiti on the bus number is because i wash the bus. i wanted to report the problems. thank you. >> i have been here for about three months. i was a visitor and i was dying when i came here. however, it is not about me. it is about the programs that you are supposed to be having. so far, i have not seen any program for the senior citizens. i have not seen a program for the handicapped. i have not seen anything that would give evidence that you are sincerely wanting to help people who have disabilities, who have needs for programs that would help them to become stabilized citizens, as you call it. there are a lo

according to reports when the two were married to others, mcgurk had an affair with gina chong. they are now married. >>> word leaders in mexico appear to have a plan to help europe's economic problems from spreading to the rest of the world. >> susan mcginnis has more on that and growing tensions between the united states and russia about syria. >> reporter: fireworks lit up the skies in mexico where the g20 summit is being held. they were being set off as word spread that the group will announce today a plan to fight the economic crisis in europe. it calls for government spending to create jobs and growth, something president obama has been pushing for. >> so that the economy grows, the situation stabilizes, confidence returns to the markets. >> reporter: this comes amid concerns that spain may need a bailout as a result of high interest rates on money it borrows. >> they really can't afford to borrow. >> reporter: a separate discussion took place at the summit between president obama and russian president vladimir putin, this one lasted far longer than expected. >> the fact t

first let's get the issue of daniel chong who is the 23-year-old who apparently was forgotten in a holding cell in san diego after a decision was made not to charge him. has anybody been disciplined as a result of this? >> well, thank you for asking about that. that incident, mr. chairman. i'm deeply troubled by the incident. dea is deeply troubled by the innocent. the incident was a mistake. it wasn't malicious and wasn't intentional and during our 39-year history as an agency, we're not aware that anything like that has ever happened and like you the entire agency was shocked by what happened, and no one's more shocked than the agents that were actually in task, that were involved in the incident. immediately upon learning about the incident i ordered a review of our detention policies. we are currently fully cooperating with the office of the ip specter general for department of justice, and they're conducting the investigation, put i felt kpemed to send a management team from a neighboring field division, los angeles, down to review what had happened, and i've personally spoken with al

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in one, the two joked about giving chong access to classified meetings. "can i hide in your briefcase and bring a sophisticated recording device," she asks. mcgurk, who's served five u.s. ambassadors to iraq, was already facing formal opposition from senate republicans who felt he botched sensitive security talks with the iraqis, forcing the u.s. to withdraw all armed forces from the country last year. the 39-year-old also faced questions about whether he had the experience to head america's largest embassy. with a $4 billion budget and reportedly more than 16,000 personnel in one of the world's most volatile regions. but as recently as sunday, the white house wouldn't budge. senior adviser david plouffe. >> we've made this nomination and we think he would ably serve as ambassador. >> chhon, now married to mcgurk, resigned from the "wall street journal" last week. mcgurk issued his own withdrawal letter, saying "the depiction of our relationship has been both surreal and devastating," and that "it is in the best interests of the country and our life toget

tommy chong, we brought him in to talk about the new york law as it comes to the possession of marijuanahe possibility should marijuana be legalized or regulated. and then he dropped a bomb shell and announced on cnn that he has prostate cancer. take a license. >> it is almost ironic that i have made a living smocking pot and the time that i had to quit smoking spot, i get cancer and now i'm going cure it with it. >> he believes he -- he went to jail for a while because of drug paraphernalia in 2003. it was a sting. he was not selling drugs. he believes in that jail, he believes he got cancer because it was built on a toxic waste dump. we will hear more about that. >> so medicinal marijuana might help him? i can't say i have heard that before. >> he is going use oil. hemp and cannabus oil. $110 billion a year cash crop. 17 million pounds grown just in the united states. $3,000 a pound. it's an industry that is a $50 billion industry. that is the crop. the money people spend on it is $110 billion a year. there is a growing -- there are people saying -- >> that's the amount spent as a narc

we talked about getting older, how he uses twitter and facebook, and since we had a cheech and chongheme going on yesterday and this weekend, i asked him if he had ever smoked pot. >> just the whole idea, i didn't even know i was going to turn 50. it just happened one day. i just turned 50. it just was -- i was asleep. i woke up. >> and you were 50. >> oh, my god, i'm 50. >> and you look good. >> seniors using the internet. more than half of americans over the age of 65 use the internet, they're online, on facebook, do you do all that stuff? >> @louieanderson. able to be myself, on facebook @louieanderson. you know, the whole thing about it i'm a little behind like i don't always get the tweeting thing right. like sometimes i'll say i'm at whole foods and people will say, so what. well, i'm hungry. you know, i used to smoke mar juanna. people always want me -- they will say, louie, you want to smoke marijuana. i go, listen, i don't need another reason to be hungry. all right? i do not need it. it never was one of my favorite things, i have to be honest with you. it's a lot of work. >

chong remained in the holdings of five days with no access to food, water or a toilet. he said he heard voices and yelled for help but no one heard him. after 48 hours he started hallucinating and drank his own urine. at some point he broke his glasses in an attempt to kill himself. it goes without saying that this is extremely unacceptable and a look forward to hearing what steps the dea is taking to address each of the incidents discussed and to ensure nothing similar happens in the future. i hope these events are anomalies in the dea's record and not an indication of things to come and i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott. >> join you in convening this oversight hearing on the drug enforcement agency and thank director leonhart for years of dedicated service and for appearing before us today. also mindful that there are thousands of dedicated at the 11 employees who directs us every day many of whom are putting their lives on the line to do so. and a responsibility directing their efforts to assure their dedication is put to the most effective and produc

one person who thinks it is a good idea is tommy chong. you know him as cheech's buddy., as he says. but it's just about feeling good. it's about making money here. could weed help produce more green to help out our burnout economy? we're talking about it tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. we are going to go there when it comes to this conversation about pot. >>> plus, little people with big problems over snow white's dwarfs. we're talking to matt and amy roloff from the hit tlc show "little people, big world." that's tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. don't miss that. we're going to talk about health now. but i have to tell you, elizabeth cohen is here. elizabeth, we're not going to say who it is. but a hollywood star makes an announcement on our air tonight at 10:00 p.m. regarding i won't say his or her, their health tonight. >> wow. >> yeah. has a health issue. and it's going to be interesting. >> i will be watching. >> all right. so listen, the last thing you expect to hear after a big surgery is to find out something went wrong during your procedure. and as you saw, i'm sit