now legal in what 17 states and i speak to you from providence rhode island where up and down interstate 95 there is a billboard war going on between the just over the state line and massachusetts weed stores and no government seems to be resisting this because everyone needs the tax money do you foresee a backlash against legal weed. it's all going to depend on what the federal government does like we say when you're traveling over interstate borders that it does become sort of an issue because you know if it's legal in one state not like on another then you run into interstate commerce but if it's really going to have to come down to uniformity across the states when we find a solution i think like you said states are so willing to accept it because because they're seeing huge profit rises in medical marijuana so it's really going to be interesting to see what the federal government decides and how this issue develops over time and at the moment we retailers have a real problem because the banks don't want to do business with them sarah papen tonio levon papen tonio rafferty thank you as

cannabis is now legal in what 17 states i speak to you from providence rhode island where up and down interstate 95 there is a billboard war going on between the just over the state line and massachusetts we need stores and no government seems to be resisting this because everyone needs the tax money do you foresee a backlash against legal weed. it's all going to depend on what the federal government does like we say when you're traveling over interstate borders that it does become sort of an issue because you know if it's legal in one state not legal another then you run into interstate commerce the issue but it's really going to have to come down to uniformity across the states when we find a solution and i think like you said states are so willing to accept it because because they're seeing huge profit rises in medical marijuana so it's really going to be interesting to see what the federal government decides and how this issue develops over time and at the moment these weed retailers have a real problem because the banks don't want to do business with them sarah papen tonio levon papen tonio ra

now legal in what 17 states and i speak to you from providence rhode island where up and down interstate 95 there is a billboard war going on between the just over the state line and massachusetts weed stores and no government seems to be resisting this because everyone needs the tax money do you foresee a backlash against legal weed. it's all going to depend on what the federal government does like we see when you're traveling over interstate borders it does become sort of an issue because you know if it's legal in one state not legal another then you run into interstate commerce issues but it's really going to have to come down to uniformity across the states when we find a solution and i think like you said states are so willing to accept it because because they're seeing huge profit rises in medical marijuana so it's really going to see it be interesting to see what the federal government decides and how this issue develops over time. and at the moment these we retailers have a real problem because the banks don't want to do business with them. has been in the midst of this and riots th

laundry list of projects along our shoreline that not only houses a big portion of our population, interstate 95, metro north, an amtrak line. if you spent a little upfront we could prevent the next disaster from taking out critical infrastructure, from displacing many of our citizens. the last round of brick funding, there was $500 million available and 3.6 billion worth of projects. so you've made an announcement that $1 billion is going to be allocated. that's in your current authority. do you envision adding onto that number in the budget request that you're going to make? how did you arrive at the number $1 billion? it seems like even that is probably not a big enough investments to be able to provide the return that we know is available if we put money upfront rather than the back end. >> the underlying is the following, that if we can spend a dollar on prevention, we will save much more on the cost of recovery. and what we decided in reaching that $1 billion amount was, it's a very significant increase. it's a doubling of the prior allocation of resources is how much can we increase that

list of projects along our shoreline that not only houses a big portion of our population, but interstate 95, the metro-north and amtrak line. if you spent a little bit of money up front, we can present -- prevent the next disaster from displacing many of our citizens. the last round of brick funding, there was $500 million available but $3.6 billion for the project . you made an announcement that $1 billion is going to be allocated, that is in your current authority. do you envision adding onto that number in the budget request that you are going to make? how did you arrive at the number $1 billion? it seems like even that is not a big enough investment to be able to provide the return that we know is available if we put money up front rather than at the backend. sec. mayorkas: the underlying premise of the brick funding is the following. if we can spend a dollar on prevention, we will save much more on the cost of recovery. what we decided in reaching the $1 billion amount was it is a very significant increase. it is doubling of the prior allocation of resources. how much can we increase t