john boehner has taken many trips down to the border.ic number 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. it's easy to think that all money managers are pretty much the same. but while some push high commis

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

"the boston globe" reports former republican speaker of the house john boehner has morphed from marijuanahobe to weed adviser. the company cultivates, processes, and dispenses marijuana in 11 states. boehner used to oppose the legalization of mann, but now he says american people's attituded have changed dramatically, and so has his. >>> "fortune" reports tesla is blaming the driver in a fatal tesla crash last month. the autopilot system was engaged when walter huang's suv slammed into a divider in san francisco. his family has hired a law firm to explore legal options. tesla had provided many warnings for huang to put his hands on the wheel and he wasn't paying attention to the road. >> mariah carey has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. the pop singer said she was first diagnosed in 2001 but department want to believe it. she said she lived in denial and isolation and in constant fear someone would expose her. carey said she recently sought treatment and is now in therapy and taking medication. >>> and florida's "sun sentinel" reports on a cruise ship smashing into a dock in honduras

has 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

he didn't want the job, john boehner begged him to do it. boehner told me he gave him guilt, saying god wants him to do it. he didn't want to do it because of his family and because frankly it's odd to think that the person who is second in line to be president is in a job that's in a political dead end. but when you look at white house aspirations, it kind of is, and he realized that. so do it for a short time. and go home. it is not a usual thing for somebody to voluntarily give up power. but he has been an unusual man in this position from the day he took the gavel. >> we'll continue the conversation as we go forward today. we should note speaker ryan will be a guest on "the lead" at 4:00 p.m. eastern. >>> when we come back, what in other days would be the top story. the president of the united states on twitter, telling the russians and the syrians, the missiles are on the way. ♪ come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away. ♪ ♪ come fly with me, let's fly, let's fly away. ♪ you wouldn't accept from any one else. why accept it from your al

republicans -- 61% nationwide of republicans, voters across the country wanted somebody besides john boehner as speaker. so as some of our members heard from constituents saying vote for anybody but boehner and said, i would 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

with nancy posey and john boehner of the outer polls never thing to note is the purple. this is the overlap between state legislators. it's not the case that there are no moderate legislators available to run. nearly 30% are at least as conservative as john tanner. nearly 20% or as least as liberal as lynn olympia snowe. the problem is that there are no moderates were available to run. here's the ideological distribution of the runners. the state legislator who ran from office. 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 th

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

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

you spoke to former speaker john boehner. what changed his mind?rmer speaker, and he really said his opinions have changed as the american public's opinions have changed. the public opinion is strongly in favor of marijuana legalization. cannabisericans think should be legal, according to a gallup poll in november. that includes the majority of republicans and democrats. that is why he said, i used to be staunchly against this, and it is time for politicians to listen to what their andtituents are saying, slowly things will evolve in that direction. joe: john boehner is known for looking cigarettes, liking wine, but said he has never tried marijuana? jenny: both of them said they have not tried it, they say the do not plan to do so. they support the industry for other reasons. they were particularly drawn to the medical benefits, they mentioned veterans. medical marijuana has been talked about as one of the use cases for veterans with ptsd and anxiety, but neither has plans to try it. joe: what specifically is boehner going to be doing in his new c

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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

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

. >> 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,

former house speaker john boehner who once said he was opposed to decriminalizing marijuana joined the board of a cannabis company and supports removing regulations on pot as a way to help veteran s with ptsd and fight the opioid crisis. >>> more and more american universities are going to the dogs and cats too. a growing number of colleges are changing rules and offering students dorms that allow pets. the schools say a rising number of students are asking to bring pets and they are letting them, to ease the transition from leaving home. >>> a wild day on the diamond at coors field as the colorado rockies faced the san diego padres. take a look. it was the thirst inning. luiz threw behind arenado. the batter charged the mound and the benches cleared as both teams brawled on the field. five players were ejected as a result of all that. >>> when we come back, hoop dreams come true. the nba rookie making a dream come through after a decade of determination. way into the bayl get a break from the rain... and take me out to the ball game... through the air? the unconventional idea a bay ar

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.

. >> former house speaker john boehner is joining the board of advisers for a marijuana company called acreage holdings. it is one of the largest multistate marijuana corporation in the country. >> boehner, a republican, went on the record nine years ago saying he was opposed to legalizing pot, but now he says his attitude towards it has changed, like that of many americans out there. >> trevor: it's funny how going from congress to selling drugs is somehow more respectable. 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,

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

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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

i wonder could be buying up all that candy mark john boehner really has changed. [laughter] he just wants a candy now that he is high. jamie, do they have actually candy in alaska? >> a lot of it is no candy you have heard of. not a lot to do. you know what is right necco? necco waivers were made in 1847 and you know it was invented in 1848? flavor. [laughter] they just missed it. the only reason to have a necco wafer is it's the perfect thing to hand out in hollowing if you want your house to be vandalized. they are disgusting and i'm happy to see them go. greg: this might be a generational thing. tyrus, you're my age. tyrus: no, i'm not. [laughter] greg: would you do necco's in your hollowing heyday the night no, greg, we didn't celebrate hollowing in my house and people in masks around my house got shot. it wasn't a good thing to put them have gone and go knocking doors. didn't -- it wasn't really got to college and was like that is hollowing? greg: no wonder i killed for ghost. tyrus: i had the plan because -- whatever but if they would just stop being so swee

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

>> john boehner was here. >> guess we know what craig is doing this weekend.hummus. >> they are my chocolate chip blondies. >> did you know? >> i have a thing with chick peas. >> i got it. >> this is the easiest thing you're going to do all day. we're going to throw all this into the blender. maple syrup and coconut flour again. if you don't like almond butter, you can use peanut butter. i love using that, too. we're going to grind it up. we don't have much time. now, i want to mention about this batter. it's actually vegan. there's nothing raw in it. you can eat it straight up as dessert hummus. it's great with a spoon. it's amazing. yep. throw this -- >> you're speaking my language. more chocolate chips. >> we're going to pour that into our pan right over here. a little bit of coconut oil, not too much. >> that blondie is something special. >> craig's already half-baked. that's it. 350, 25 to 30 minutes. >> great recipes. when you say gluten-free. >> these are also gluten-free, too. >> you have to eat it. get involved. we're proud of you. >> thank you. find

john boehner has a new gig and it's generating a lot of buzz.aturer known for his love of red wine and camel cigarettes. he told a voter in 2011 he was unalterably oopposed to legalization. now he says his thinking has eeevolved. he joined a cannibis company that operates in 11 states. the former speaker says i'm convinced descheduling the drug is needed. and before we go tonight we have eremindersers if you missed the show on your tv, download the msnbc app on any apple device. racing isn't the only thing on my mind. and with godaddy, i'm making my ideas real. when i created my businesses, i needed a way to showcase it. ♪ with godaddy you can get a website to sell online. and it will look good. i made my own way. now it's time to make yours. get started at godaddy.com ♪ everything is working, working just like it should ♪ >>> the last thing before we go tonight isn't about the current speaker of the house but the guy who has the job before him. john boehner has a new gig and it's generating a lot of buzz. a creaturer known for his love of red w

john boehner has been known to enjoy his cigs and booze. he is a scotch drinker and perpetually tan. he's a great guy. i like him. now he's changed his thinking, don't you know, on pot. we call it cannabis. makes us feel better to call it cannabis. >> in 2011 he said i am on an altar boy opposed to the legislation of marijuana -- now he tweets out, he joined cannabis distributor. >> laura: how much money as the making of pot? wrecking the minds of young people. >> i think the former speaker is finally seeing green, not only marijuana but those benjamin's. >> laura: we have enough problems. we don't need more kids. once your adults, it's fine. but kids are going to do it. i am adamantly. i know it's not the cool thing to be but i'm not wild about it. >> terrible effects and he claims it's going to help veterans. the two oh, yeah. no, no, no. just be honest. if you want to make a lot of money on pot, just say it's better than going around the country speaking at 10,000 bucks a pop. they are going to pay me a huge amount of money to sit on the

you might recognize -- there's a younger john boehner, dennis , who goes on to become speaker of the house. so all the leadership in the republican party was behind the document. we've seen the strength of congress has waxed and waned. so congress, for a long time, is -- was a very powerful body, probably more dominant than the president. over the years, they may be ceded power to the president or strengthened the power of the leadership. so your average congressman has much less power. speaker albert was speaker when lots of changes went through in congress. they strengthened the rules committee. they did away with seniority rule. that put a lot of power in the speakership. albert didn't use it, but we think of speakers today, they use those powers that came through when albert was speaker. while we are in the carl albert center, we are bipartisan, focused on history, focused on telling stories, focused on teaching. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to norman, oklahoma to learn about its which history -- rich history. learn about norman and other stops on our tour, at c-spa

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john boehner, yeah, the orange guy. rd 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 flies

. >> also, john boehner the former speaker of the house joins a major cannabis company. >>> 257 peoplellowing the crash of a military plane in algeria. soldiers, families and some refugees are on board when the plane crashed today shortly after taking off from an airbase south of the capital. the defense ministry says 247 victims were passengers and the other 10 were crew. there's no word on what caused the crash but witnesses said they saw flames coming from one of the wings of the plane just before it went down. >>> classes are canceled for a second week in classrooms across oklahoma as the statewide teacher walkout over public school funding continues. teachers are demanding more money for public education and until the legislature meets their demand, $50 million in funding, they say the protests will continue. >> we are going to keep going and pushing and we are going to -- the good guys win in the end. >> meeting teachers' demands could be a challenge. lawmakers have already approved $450 million but educators are pushing for another $50 million. also, last month, the governor of

don't just look at the base fares. >> good advice. >>> form speaker john boehner is switching sides inannounced he is joining the board of acreage holding a multistate cannabis business. he says his thinking on cannabis has evolved and he will work to get marijuana removed from the list of schedule 1 drugs. including heroin there. he says he was unaltably opposed to legal gas station? 2001. we are four months into legalized recreation alcannabis and there are numerous financial issues for dan bus dealers to deal with. joining me is sonia. . cannabis companies have really minimal access to aiken banking and financial services. what can can they do what's keeping them from banking. >> it's not that they don't want to bank. banks don't want to bank with enemy. a recent study done called the business of cannabis only 368 financial institutions were actually banking with cannabis. again it was aanonymous. there is 12,000 financial institutions and credit unions available in the united states. that's like less than 4%. so what's holding them back? the banks to the pot industry is they don't

john boehner resigned in frustration as speaker.ryan in part is resigning in frustration as speaker. is the house gop so divided can anybody bring the caucus together? you have a conservative faction. >> bill: paul ryan spoke with the president. how do you think the relationship was? it was rocky in the beginning but they found a way to work together. >> they found certain issues where they could work together. i have seen too many news conferences where reporters say what about stormy daniel or mueller. paul ryan didn't want to talk about it. you can't reform the budget without medicare and medicaid. they were at odds. in the back of his mind may had he might have had to give up the gavel anyway. he was a reluctant speaker. >> bill: tough to be speaker in the leader of the republican party. do you find that to be the case or the normal course of action for politics in washington >> republicans are consistently frustrated that they can't accomplish what they want to accomplish. several reasons for this. the filibuster in the senate

i want to bring in the former spokesman for john boehner back with me. michael, how do you see this? is the president worried about the post office or is this one shot across the bow? >> there's no question that the post office's service model is not sustainable as a business in the 20th century. but amazon is not part of that problem. the postal service has been clear they make money opts business for amazon. had two things for now. this is a president who utterly impervious to new facts, he thinks amazon is costing them money, you can not change his mind. this is a president who's willing to use the tools of the office, the tools of the government to go after those he perceives as his enemies. >> that's an interesting point. i want to talk about another story, which is amazon being in the crosshairs of the president. scott pruitt is not, somehow, right? this has been every day on this show we have covered pruitt headlines coming out and the epa pushback on this about a former secret service agent who is serving as his he chief of security. it has clash

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>> well, john boehner did it.ssure within the republican party and his conference. i know this family. i absolutely believe paul ryan when he says that the family factor was his priority and the biggest aspect of this decision. you have to ask yourself, you know, i'm sacrificing the time with my family for what? to work with trump? to corral this conference that includes people who don't want to work with him and make his life impossible, like the folks in the freedom caucus? but also, you know, i was so happy -- i had such high expectations when paul ryan became speaker, and today i was relieved. i was relieved for him because, you know, i hate that paul ryan who's been in congress for 20 years, who began his career as a jack kemp republican, offering solutions and bipartisan ways, that paul ryan who could go in and do a town hall about immigration, who could talk about justice reform, who talked about poverty. this was a guy who could bridge gaps, who could do so much. who could go figuratively and literally whe

you were elected and a special election in 2015 to fill the seat vacated by john boehner. obviously an election year. do you think it will be difficult to move forward legislation you want to get done? rep. davidson: i think it is a good thing for us. really paul ryan and i both have our current jobs because of speaker boehner's resignation. of got to know the current speaker pretty well in that time come but also -- in that time, but also been in touch with the former speaker. it is a thankless job, a pretty brutal schedule. , it is, this district great to have the speaker of the house as our member of congress. but then a lot of folks would say it will be nice to have a regular member that can be in more stuff in the district. that is a challenge even for people in the district. the speaker's job is truly a national job. people were happy to have a president's from their district, and even that is a challenge for a speaker, much less a family life. i think you will be very successful in whatever else he does next. i look forward to seeing what he does. host: obviously th

it's like a windowpane by the wind is like light black and these large silver pains that -- >> john boehneran's need for more that suit on the four of the house that i haven't tried it with paul yet but john boehner said you're for bid. it is a violation of house rules to wear that suit. >> that's what of the reasons what i think the book "unified" is so important, so hoeffel is because so often, we are like icebergs. knowing trey gowdy publicly is to know just the tip of the iceberg. a lot of it has to do with the prosecutorial skills and abilities, being cross-examined by trey gowdy is not a pleasant experience, and we seemed that. watching him on court tv in murder trial. >> you see that. but watching him with a bipartisan group of members, congress members, sitting at a table and laughing into your stomach hurts. it's a very different experience. i wanted want people to undersd appreciate the rest of trey gowdy by reading "unified." >> again it really opens up both of you and the friendship together is so much fun to go through, but trey, there's a page in the book what you're talking a

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