what if it were legal? >> here it's safe. >> john: what if drugs were legal? one country tried that. >> i think it is working. >> john: not america. here politicians keep passing more rules. >> every day i look over my shoulder what am i going to find illegal tomorrow. >> you have no idea what i'm up against. >> you say if you followed me around you would find three felonys. >> that is actually an understatement. >> in america these days it is like everything is illegal. >> john: what is more american than opening a lemonade stand? >> would you like lemonade? who is first. thank you so much. for years kids have set up stands like this but today watch out. the mr. issues may bust you.isb -- the police may bust you. b >> i was like really scared. i didn't know what was going tk happen. lemonade in oureut front yard for three days and the third day the policeey decided to shut us down.n. >> john: their mom heard the police yelling. >> i could hear them from inside my house yelling at them, girls you have to shut yo the lemonade stand down.emonade >> john: made me

not decriminalize but actually legalize marijuana and tax it. what's the latest on that in do you think it stands a better chance of passing this year because it is a general election year it will be higher voter turnout. more people who you know might not be political junkies will hit to the polls and and perhaps push this thing over the edge i mean do you think that's where it's totally is definitely better and you know the you know california voted on this two years ago it won among people under the age of forty which is a lot of people under the age of forty don't come out in off year elections and so you know it could be on the ballot in november in california it's almost certainly going to be on the ballot in colorado and washington state so we could have three states voting on legalization in what could be a high turnout you know race and the polling you know is pretty good it's certainly not a guarantee and it's going to a lot of forces that are going to try to stop it but you know even if it doesn't win this year it's going to win this

i have seen legal bills.now how big they get. $50 million is so obscene, i don't know what the law firms are doing. it's bad enough what fannie and freddie did and the executives cooked the books and now it's happening again with the enormous legal fees. there is no bidding and we are -- >> there is a saying that they are going to limit the fees. that's all they are saying. but fannie and freddie still have that unlimited pipeline into the u.s. treasury, where they can get unlimited dollars to rescue themselves. they collapsed into the arms of the u.s. taxpayers in 2008. and taxpayers are footing the legal costs for executives going forward. i'll say again and again, the indemnification clauses in these corporate contracts quickly say that you get to get your legal fees covered if you act in the best interest of your company and the scope of your authorities. securities and accounting fraud -- >> they are accused have had cooking the books so they can pay themselves more with taxpayer money and they got scpaw

no medallions, you are not legal. they now cost million dollars. >> very expensive. >> so expensive that only big companies can afford them. so these drivers are not entrepreneurs, they are employees. >> it's because of the medallion. >> the purpose of these licenses is to keep outsiders out the purpose of a license so they can charge higher prices. >> john: one of the few remaining places you can start a taxi business is washington, d.c. >> it's the last bastion of free entrepreneurs in america. >> john: this lobbyist wants to end that freedom. >> you have to regulate. >> john: he wants to bring the medallion rules to the washington, d.c. he wants to cut the taxi cars in half. >> there is too many taxicabs. >> they don't think so. >> they like be allowed to work but the lobbyists convinced the d.c. councilman to sponsor his bill. >> we want to professionalize our taxicab system? >> we wanted want to make sure the customer has a good riding experience. >> john: that sounds good but regulations are in the books subject

i would tell them to make sure that the legal education is a quality legal education. it is the first of to have a monopoly, so you can control the lawyers, and make sure they are acting in an ethical way. i think there was a third part of the question, what would i tell them not to do. by the way, before i get to that, in vietnam, i recently met with the president of their bar association, similar to the american bar. in most countries, they have a government bar association that is part of the government, in effect. then they just have an non-club federated are. the person was a 70-year-old viet cong that was the chair. one of the most interesting conversations i ever had. someone who did not told anyanger, -- not hold any anger, but wanted information and help from america. the american bar association has one of the best legal libraries in the world. coaching and has said -- has built a law school that has no books. we're working with those countries to provide them with legal materials because they have been asking. they also ask for lawyers to help them with thei

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it would be on a basis of by the private legal community. a quick amendment to my colleagues to insure that as we move forward with a one-year pilot program, we have a plan to evaluate the impact of this program so we can think about if this program has the impact we hope it will have. i will read some amendments i would like the committee to consider adopting after public comment. after commencement, a work plan for evaluation shall be developed and all parties involved in the program will be required to participate in the evaluation. i want to thank the folks that helped us get this through as well as individuals from stanford university and other academic institutions interested in looking at what the impact would be in san francisco. it further states that the evaluation will be submitted to the board of supervisors within six months of the completion of the pilot program and it would include an analysis of data, the impact of the program on demand for services, considering the need for the program as it relates to access to justice. and

future legal fights with these executives. think it would be cheaper not to pay the legal fees and fight with them in court instead of doing the covering the legal battles for them. >> greta: i wish every single viewer would write every member of congress and demand that the legal bills at a minimum be put on line. let's see what these lawyers are charging. i've seen legal bills, $50 million is so obscene. i don't know what the law firms are doing. it's bad enough for fannie mae and freddie mac that the executives cooked the books now it's happening again with enormous legal fees. no bidding out for it. it's absolutely absurd. >> guest: they say they are going to limit the fees. i tell you something, you remember fannie mae and freddie mac have an unlimited pipeline into the u.s. treasury to rescue them. if they collapse into the arms of the u.s. taxpayers back in 2008 and taxpayers are footing the legal costs for the executives going forward. the indemnification clause, says that you get your legal fees if you act in the best

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it's not even all the way legal. i mean, it's legal in our county. >> montgomery: johnson used to bust local pot growers; now, he's working with them. >> 'morning. >> good morning. >> montgomery: matt cohen is one of the new breed of growers in the county. >> how's everything going? >> busy, busy, busy. >> montgomery: for years, he says he's tried to run his medical marijuana operation like a legitimate business. so, when the county announced a new program to license pot growers, he was one of the first to sign up. >> right here, you can see it says "mendocino county sheriff" on it. it's upside down, though. >> montgomery: these zip ties mark the plant as legal. cohen paid $50 for each of the ties, $1,500 to join the program, and $500 for every inspection. in return, cohen gets to grow a lot more plants than otherwise allowed-- up to 99 of them, which can generate several hundred thousand dollars a year in income for his farm co-op. and he gets to do all this without any fears of getting busted by the sheriff. >> and

everyone knows that in the legal program, it is buddy and buddy.if you're going against certain entities and certain persons, you will never -- the word is never -- get representation in the bay area. you have to get it outside the body that work -- buddy network. i think a lot of people don't want to admit that the problem exists among lawyers like any fraternity of professionals. they will always scratch each other's back and you're going to help each other as much as you can. we are going to be honest and help the poor, etc. you might as well include the whistle-blowers' because that is the fastest way to clean up government. thank you. president chiu: are there any other members of the public that wish to speak on this item? i think public comment is over. >> [inaudible] supervisor farrell: thanks, supervisor kim. thanks to president chiu for bringing this forward. first of all, it is great to see so many lenders of the local bar here. -- member os ths of the local br here. it is great to see you, such an influence on my legal education. it is

no medallions, you are not legal. but they now cost million dollars. >> very expensive. >> so expensive that only big companies can afford them. so these drivers are not entrepreneurs, they are employees. >> it's because of the medallion. >> the purpose of these licenses is to keep outsiders out the purpose of a license so they can charge higher prices. >> john: one of the few remaining places you can start a taxi business is washington, d.c. >> it's the last bastion of free entrepreneurs in america. >> john: this lobbyist wants to end that freedom. >> you have to regulate. >> john: he wants to bring the medallion rules to the washington, d.c. he wants to cut the taxi cars in half. >> there is too many taxicabs. >> they don't think so. >> they like be allowed to work but the lobbyists convinced the d.c. councilman to sponsor his bill. >> we want to professionalize our taxicab system? >> we wanted want to make sure the customer has a good riding experience. >> john: that sounds good but regulations are in the books sub

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is this really legal levining this? it's not a u.s. domestic context. it's not very often invoked here, more and more beginning to be, but certainly, globally, you know, they are really difficult to contest. >> guest: yes, and one, i could absolutely see the dynamic, and the way that feeling compelled to move into different areas and again, i want to emphasize in many, many ways, i see this as a remarkably positive advance, something we have to be extremely happy about and proud of, and in my discussion, i only want to also raise some small capitals, and yet, it -- on the question of what might change now, seems this is always evolving and the way the rights captured imagination, it's also the case that we see movements focused on other things, and this is why the arab spring fascinates me and i wanted to address them in the book, but seeing these movements as being primarily human rights movements, but they were not. the arab spring movement had a human rights element, but it was also a movement about democracy and framed in those terms. the movement i

a good majority of those folks probably didn't have legal documents? absolutely. your program would allow for that movement, and between folks, and this is so critical when we're talking about seasonal fruit and vegetable production and weather-related instances coming in, so we need to have that mobility. >> in the statement that maureen torrey of new york submitted to us, and i have it in the record, she's the owner of torrey farms, a 12th generation farm. took 1,000 acres of fresh market vegetable production out of production and instead planted corn and wheat because they were unsure of how they would get their labor commitment. what did that mean? that meant their payroll for 1,000 acres of onions of $2.5 was replaced by payroll for 1,000 acres of corn for $70,000 per year covering two employees. how that benefits the employee, i do not understand. >> congressman, for the record, we do have last year, 400,000 , only 3,503 farm jobs were certified h2a. >> i don't want you to state under oath exactly what it is. would you say it is fair to suggest that over hal

courts about the legality of these drone strikes and of various additional legal questions that they raise. that time i suspect is coming quite close given the pressure in the u.s. right now. coming up next hour here on our t.v. pakistan's foreign minister tells r.t. that drone strikes are actually counterproductive to the war on terror here's a preview. region has some serious problems but into terrorism and pakistan has always maintained that it is important to have collaborative joint efforts to be able to rid this region rather than. sort of unitary approaches. in how we want to rid the streets and in our view. not only completely illegal and under fire and have north resolution to be used within the domains of international law but even more importantly there counterproductive to your objective of getting this region rid of militancy and terrorism and extremism because if one strike leads to getting you target number one or target number three today you're creating five more targets with ten more targets in the militancy that it breeds in the. for doing that it gives to the mili

the debate was about the status of the rights and legal discourse when the rights were good idea and whether they were and the critical legal position was one that became known as the critique of rights so they had a number of criticisms and concerns about the rights both which had to do with the worries about the way they shape the political consciousness away that they effected the political movements and the response from people became the rebel captivate critical was quite powerful and particularly civil rights from the dispossessed or subordinated groups in very small terms. i found that debate fascinating and i think it was never really dissolved. both sides make that point about the status of the rights when the rights would be useful as opposed to potentially counterproductive both the cost and benefits of right and so one thing that came clear to me was the general conception that rights are just good things. more rights would be better, we should extend the rights to more situations, more people, more contexts and the critical legal studies critique made some severely poll

during the time that same-sex marriage was legal in california 18,000 gay and lesbian couples were wed. those marriages were exempted from proposition 8 and they're not affected by today's ruling. a controversy over contraception is now an issue in the presidential campaign. last month, the obama administration said the new health care law requires religious hospitals, colleges, and other institutions to include contraceptive coverage in their insurance plans. today a komen senior vice president, karen handel, resigned saying that she strongly supported the funding cutoff. in the campaign for the last month, the obama administration said the new health care law requires religious hospitals, colleges, and other institutions to include contraceptive coverage in their insurance plans. that set off a firestorm among many catholics. today, the white house said it's looking for a compromise but wyatt andrews found there isn't a lot of middle ground. >> reporter: for the students at catholic university in washington, there's no escaping the conflict over contraception. their church says contr

we know we will be heard from from our experts on a legal side. a lot of them can really add up here this gentleman again had heard about a situation where someone had already racked up $40,000 with of legal fees. became an issue. we are not talking about what it costs to fix up which in itself would be excess of, but also the legal component. your word of mouth and the people you know will really help. and, of course, to our media folks, people will read your articles and understand that they can really do a lot to protect their businesses early on. >> i just want to add one comment about getting our association involved. we put together a really great training. we have a panel available to you. it is only going to cost you $35 for a 30-minute conversation, and that might be the best $35 you have already spent to avoid something that will be happening in the future. that is just part of the collaborative process with supervisor chu's office, and i am very grateful to her. there is a panel of lawyers that have all attended training and know-how to

in the year 1677, to help stem the tide of this rampant dishonesty, the english parliament passed a legaltute. it was called "an act for the prevention of frauds and perjuries." it required that certain classes of contracts had to be in writing to be enforceable. today, every state in the united states has what's called a statute of frauds, modeled after the original english statute. >> it's a statute that specifies that some contracts have to be in writing before the court will enforce them. and one area that the courts are very concerned with is a contract in which one person agrees to pay a debt for another person. and the court feels that those contracts do need to be written because the person who's made this promise is getting nothing out of it. >> another category that falls within the statute of frauds requiring a writing is the contract for the sale of real property or where there is an interest in land involved. 'cause real property would be land or anything permanently affixed thereto. another e that's involv with thawould be- another category, that is, of contracts falling wit

barriers stand in their way to make intervention easier and having those legal barriers and political barriers in place is one way of making it easier to hold power to account rather than allowing for the last restrained and unaccountable exercise of power by the permanent five members of the security council or by any other large major military power so i do think the responsibility to protect and along the lines that you said in relation to what happened in libya were a mandate for civilian protection gave enormous scope for the nato powers to effectively mount a campaign of regime change and i should also add to mean a very similar thing happened at the same time in ivory coast in cote d'ivoire where a mandate a u.n. mandate for civilian protection effectively allowed un peacekeepers who were stationed there to overthrow an incumbent to overthrow the incumbent government so it's a much it's a much wider field of what's actually happening and i do think it has significant and important consequences i mean in the past perhaps while great powers can still intervene in the affairs of s

the fact is, these people's legal fees. want to cover legal fees like this. >> i don't like the fred yefanny fools anymore. but you have to honor contracts and unless they breached the contract. >> no, we don't. >> unless you show they breached it. what does bug me. there are people on this panel who defended paying the aig bonus. don't say no, we didn't. liz lizz you didn't. i was going to give you a shout out. you were tough on aig as. >> why shouldn't we pay the legal fees. i can't figure it out, do you? >> pay contractly obligated legal fees. look at what the president did with the gm bond holders. >> he violated the law. you know, the president. >> two wrongs don't make it right and get the government out of fred yefanny business and liquidate the government should be out of it. >> look at what happens when american airlines go bankrupt. share horaleds and people working there pay the price. that should happen to fanny and freddie. >> how is that relevant. >> you think they should be liquidated. >> canada has a higher

those of legal and illegal status maintain landscapes and harvest crops. we know solutions have lingered on the horizon much like a cloud bank producing lightning and thunder and wind, but no rain. it's time that we work together to break this drought. i salute you, mr. chairman, and other members who demonstrated courage in the 21st century solutions in the guest worker program. legal service reform and vouchers and transferring to usda are ideas that warrant immediate consideration. these proposals and others, though must not compete with, but be complimented by mandatory e-verify in my view. opponents have shouted in this stadium for too long. it is time we leave the grandstands and suit up on the field of play with the goal of solving the labor problems in american agriculture. agriculture is not alone in this arena, but i suggest we could provide the laboratory. mr. chairman, your hearing shows this progress. a new bill indicates interest. let's embrace this opportunity by considering a multitude of ideas. i suggested to the senate sub committee count

you need a legal work document that empowers you and in california, we have a minimum wage. we pay overtime for agricultural work. and if you're really concerned about the plight of those who are living in the shadows and they're undocumented, give them a legal document. it was interesting last year, last summer, as we were going over my son's graduation at cal poly and we came by a peachtree. every single one at lunch break had their phones out and they were texting and calling on the phone and talking to people. the people we have working in the fields today aren't somebody that's just stuck back in the shadows. given a legal documentation so they can come out of the shadows as far as being a workforce. there should be no reason that anyone should be taken advantage of. >> mr. wicker? >> no, we do not support a program that would allow exploitation. >> how are they empowered? what in your program allows them not to be exploited? let me put it that way. >> they come through orientation and they make many, many different worker rights groups. we have a collective bargaining

have all legalize same-sex marriage. the washington state senate just passed legislation legalizing gay marriage last week. now the bill is in the states, house of representatives and gay marriage is expected to become legal in the state of washington sometime soon. that will make seven states in d.c.--and d.c. that allow same-sex marriage. we will have more coming up and a look back at the proposition 8 and the legal analysis on both sides of the fight. >>pam: an arrest is made in the shooting of a federal agent gunned down in front of his own home. police say the suspect of piedmont was arrested after a traffic stop in union city. the victim was transported to the medical center. the status of his condition is not been released. >>reporter: the shots rang out just before 6:00 a.m. on this usually quiet north corner. witnesses say it happened in the victim's try way and you can still see evidence markers on the ground. one area resident that did not want to appear on camera heard and saw part of the violent confrontatio

provide a legal work force. a program that works is critical if our nation intends to secure the viability of our farms. especially those that grow fresh fruits and vegetables. in previous testimony, i described the most onerous problems with h 2-a. the program is flawed and costly. it is too expensive and cumbersome. most farmers lack confidence that the federal government running the program will meet the obligations on time. my prior testimony, i also recognized practical solutions that agriculture employers agree to give farmers and farm workers that the program can work and treat all parties fairly. the solutions include a rational wage rate linked to the highest of fsla or state minimum wage, plus 10% to 15%. binding mediation and arbitration of worker grievances and avoid lawsuits. allow farmers and workers to share the benefits of the program to share the fixed costs. stream line the process that discourage participation. allow access to the program to encourage wider participation and provide easy to un

international legality and that. outside the international legality as you say bringing in or supporting the opposition here i wrote a story. just earlier today the british prime minister cameron had said all options are on the table to help get to the opposition we had a guest on from jordan just just an hour or so ago saying that he coming in from neighboring lebanon and turkey so when it comes to the idea of can foreign intervention take place it might seem to some that foreign intervention is already taking place and if i may just move on for a moment here the gulf cooperation council is planning to recognize the free syrian army as the syrian people's only legitimate representative what do you think might be the implications of this move if it happens one to me and my first thought on these photos do you think. i think it's going to be difficult to do that nevertheless i think what we are seeing now is that there are two different narratives on the table that there is the western narrative there is the narrative