- and begged for jay leno. he came from new york to malibu and they did for jay leno -- and begged for jay leno. he is a good comic, but when he finally got the show, letterman said, why don't you announce you are going to be the permanent host of "the tonight show"? helen said absolutely not. we do not need him anymore. tavis: i saw the movie. >> you saw kathy bates. that was understated. tavis: sadly, my time is up, and i have not begun to scratch the surface on all you will find on this smemoir. you will be entertained. you will find stuff you did not know, a lot of good trivia. i think you may want to check it out. good to have you. >> an honor to be here. tavis: until next time, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with that is next time. -- a conversation with white henry on his new film, "beasts of the southern wild." that is next time. we will see you then. we will see you then. >> every

commenting on the fact 13 other states have moved in this direction, senator leno has said, quote, in fact, the experience of these other states when treating drug possession as a health issue has resulted in better public safety outcomes which can result in safer communities. george, why don't we start with you. you've dedicated post of your adult life to fighting crime and trying to make communities safer as the elected district attorney of san francisco, you've committed yourself to that, and yet you've broken away from the position held by, i believe, every other elected district attorney in california to support marar district attorney in califoia to support senator leno's direction. why is that? >> i want to thank marty for being here. even though we disagree, i think it was really important to have the point of view of the 57 other elected d.a.'s in the state. i think it's important to understand in our dialogue so marty, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> marty is someone i respect a great deal and he has been involved in public safety for a number of years and doing v

but i just don't see senator leno's legislation fostering any different. now, if you're talking ultimately decriminalization, because i think this is where this is headed, then that's a different story. >> marty, let me just ask you, has your organization put together any information that would counter claims that decriminalization in this manner has been successful in these other states that have moved in that direction? >> we have not. we have not done any white papers on that issue. >> wendy, can you respond to marty's last argument? he's in effect saying if you come into the criminal justice system with a drug possession charge as a felony, you probably won't end up with a felony conviction if you're willing to seek treatment and very unlikely you would go to prison. you agree with that? >> i think it depends on which county you're in. i think san francisco is the only county in the state that currently has a prop 36 court that is still actively working because the state has defunded all the prop 36 courts in efforts across the state. so i think this p

but i just don't see senator leno's legislation fostering any different. now, if you're talking ultimately decriminalization, because i think this is where this is headed, then that's a different story. >> marty, let me just ask you, has your organization put together any information that would counter claims that decriminalization in this manner has been successful in these other states that have moved in that direction? >> we have not. we have not done any white papers on that issue. >> wendy, can you respond to marty's last argument? he's in effect saying if you come into the criminal justice system

but i just don't see senator leno's legislation

but i just don't see senator leno's legislation fostering any different. now, if you're talking ultimately decriminalization, because i think this is where this is headed, then that's a different story. >> marty, let me just ask you, has your organization put together any information that

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so i think this provides senator leno's bill really does the right thing and tries to move in a direction that's not contingent to how much money is available within one jurisdiction or not and actually frees up $64 million of general fund at the state level that could be reinvested into services. i know when you look at realignment, for example, here in san francisco, a 1/3 of our plan, a third of our dollars for realignment has been invested in substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment and housing but we've made that choice. i think if you compare us, though, to many other jurisdictions, we have a collaborative court continuum that is unmatched in other parts of the state. so i think to say they wood, it's not happening. and if you look at other jurisdictions throughout the state, you'll find heavy incarceration rates and not used. in fact the prosecutor is not using those programs. we're very fortunate in our district attorney. he is very visionary, and i just commend him for his stepping out there and taking this position which i support, also, in terms of we have got to focu

criminals are watching those shows every weekend. >> how did leno change? yes. >> changed in terms of bringing on new talent which is that spot which is johnny carson, jack parr, steve allen. he has not broken in the 27 years on the air has not broken one major act. >> bill: it is a different time now and the ratings pressure is so intense. >> jay is number one and jay can do whatever he wants. bon jovi riding in the president that is pretty school. joe biden has to ride up with the guy who sang who let the dogs out. >> if you can tell me ten minutes is going to destroy your own career i'm not buying that. i'm saying to jay leno what was done for you. he used to come on the show. i got him on the merv griffin show several times. people want to see somebody new and you have talent people and all that kind of stuff. pick out the people that you like. when johnny carson was the host we didn't know him. he was the high ex-alted vatican leader when jay leno took over it was one of us and we said okay, our guy is in, yeah. and it would be like bill clinton gettin

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