mr. rogers. >> thank you, mr. chairman. general, welcome to the committee. your request for the department is $27.7 billion. that's a slight 1% increase over fiscal '14 enacted. understanding the difficult budgetary constraints under which you are operating, particularly the rapidly escalating cost within our federal prison system, we look forward to hearing from you about the impacts of that flat funding level to the operational capabilities of our men and women on the front lines in those prisons. where these dedicated federal law enforcement and intelligence officers are concerned, as members of this committee, we have a responsibility to make sure we are tying funding results. candidly, i'm concerned by a number of proposals and misplaced priorities. which undermine the integrity of the request. first, and probably most importantly, your budget proposes to absorb some $937 million in mandatory pay and retirement increases, foreign operation expenses and gsa rent, with unspecific amorphous, qu

mr. rogers. >> well, mr. attorney regime, i'd like to give you an a-plus too. >> would the gentlelady yield if? >> >> of course. >> we were hollering as that being the place where the pills were coming from, and we asked the attorney general in the modest way to investigate and see if they could put a stop to it, and we kept referring to browrd county, and you want me to spell it? well. i got a note from the attorney general six or eight months later after they had gone in there and cleaned up the necessary, and he is describes what they had done there down there, and rather than handwritten notes at the end saying, ps, i learned how to spell. >> thank you. mr. attorney general, i want to give you an a-plus too following up on an issue i referenced beforement adds i mentioned, there's an estimated 400,000 rape cases sitting in police department eve rooms that have gone untested. with the cost starting at $500 and others higher, many communities, months, if not years, and in some cases, decades behind on testi

back in the day, i know my grandmother and mrs. rogers, and all of those folks would meet about public housing. whether for rehabilitation or anything going on. the residents determined how they wanted their developments develop. or who they wanted to work in their development. and now it's just a lot difference. now i hope we have a strong process of open communication and feedback and working together. because there is a lot to do. and i know there some time limitation here, in terms of a 18-month time limit to get onboard with rad. but we have to be sure that we onboard in the residents, and include them in the process. it can't be come to city hall, we have to be in the community, and know the folks in the neighborhood communicating about the residents. yeah, it's a lot. and we got a lot of work to do. and i want to thank everyone for coming out here. and hopefully we can continue this discussion. because there is so many more things to talk about. and thanks again. >> there was a question i wanted to ask for the housing authority. i

mr. rogers? >> mr. attorney general, i want to talk to you about prescription drug abuse. our favorite subject. we have real changes in the war, if you will, in the last few days. when the fda, after ten years of pushing by the dea and attorney general and me and others, finally upscheduled vicodan and loratabs from schedule three to schedule 2 which is significant because a schedule ii drug requires a written prescription, can't be called in and there is no automatic refill, harsher penalties and trafficking and so forth. so it was a big-time victory for the fight against prescription drug abuse. the ... escription drug abuse, by the center for disease control calls a national epidemic, and which you recently said is an urgent public health crisis. with which i agree with you. but the day after fda rescheduled -- upscheduled these hydrocodone drugs, like oxycontin, the next day, inexplicab inexplicably, fda voted -- the fda director allowed the sale of zohydro, a new, extremely poetent, ten times oxycontin's strength, is to be released with no abuse deterrent characterist

mr. rogers? >> mr. secretary, let me ask you about marijuana. washington state and colorado have legalized recreational use of marijuana. but it remains illegal in most states, and certainly under federal law. nevertheless department of justice told the governors that it will not challenge their legalization laws, and has told federal prosecutors to de-emphasize marijuana prosecutions. in addition, and what i want to ask you about, the treasury department's financial crimes enforcement network issued new rules that give banks a green light to do business with mare juan shops, illegal shops. the combination of this guidance should allow both medical and recreational marijuana related businesses to make full use of banking services, and institutions. even though dealing with an illegal operation. dea administrator recently told a congressional hearing that cash is the driving force for these drug trafficking organizations, and dea has already seen signs, they say, that gangs are attempting to exploit the new banking rules. the issuance of a green

mr. roger's neighborhood. you will never see this go anywhere. fnc will be mocked for covering this store, benghazi, the doj. >> bob. let it all out. >> let me start out by saying darrell issa is a failed chairman. >> why do you think -- >> can i finish what i'm saying? would you let me finish what i'm saying? >> i said both sides do it. >> no. listen, let me just put it this way. issa has held hearing after hearing after hearing and all they have got is lois learner may be doing this. they have nothing back at the white house. the implication of course is goes back to the white house. it's also b.s. they can't prove that. the number of flooding of tea party applications of enormous that year and there weren't that many progressive groups being put in there. >> so bob, that is the new talking point, you get to say all the liberal groups are targeted too but now presented with sworn testimony from irs employees, you can say i didn't really mean that? >> this isn't too outlandish, bob. lois learner when she worked for the scc, has a history of this

mr. rogers. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank the gentleman for yielding. mr. chairman, i rise today in support of the 2015 military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bill. i'm very happy to be on the floor with this bill today, mr. chairman, both because it kicks off the 2015 appropriations cycle at a very early date. in fact, we know that this is the earliest in the year that our committee has presented a bill to the floor at least since 1974, the date of the budget -- present budget act and perhaps even more so beyond that. we just don't have the records for that. so nevertheless, it's a very early date, and because it does the important work of providing funding for our military, infrastructure and for the care of our veterans. this bill provides $7 is.5 $71.5 billion to meet those needs. it provides $6.5 billion for military construction projects, family housing, medical units, education, training facilities. this will help make -- make sure that the men and women of our armed forces have the quality of life that they deserve during their se

mr. rogers handled it.er that report and all of the media attention, particularly from the pro public series, clarence aaron did become one of the lucky few to get an obama presidential era pardon. he got a pardon after 21 years, so for whatever reason, the whole time president obama has been president has really seemed he didn't want to recommend that people get out of president prison. that this particular part of the criminal justice system be used. and maybe that is the reason so few people have been pardoned. the office of the pardon attorney since george w. bush has been president has been helmed by somebody who goes to great lengths to make sure nobody gets released that president obama recommends be released. there was something called the fair sentencing act which made it mandatory you didn't get more time in prison because of crack cocaine. that bill got the mandatory sentence. when prabz signed the sentencing act in 2010 it didn't help anybody who had already been put in jail under the old guidel

. >> mr. roger williams. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'd like to thank the prime minister and, indeed, the whole house for paying the tributes to the five men who recently died in afghanistan. in particular i pay tribute to lance corporal alber thomas who worked for me in westminster. he was an outstanding young man who was so well liked and held in such high regard by everyone who knew him and worked with them. the loss of bears particularly held on his family and friends who grew up with them. i'm sure the prime minister would want to join me in praising all our reservists who face all the risks that are armed forces experience. and sometimes tragically paid the ultimate price. >> here, here. >> my friend is right to pay tribute to lance corporal oliver thomas. it is a reminder the sacrifices that we have born in afghanistan. this looks as if it was a tragic accident but will get to the bottom of what happened but he's right to mention how our reservists in all three forces serve alongside the regular colleagues and take all of the ri

mr. rogers and your batty aunt silvia.ternal caped crusader has come in to save you. you are nothing special. >> the message to the senior class, you are not special. the teacher who gave it expanding on his message in a new book "you are not special and other encouragements." joining me now is the writer. good to see you. >> thank you. >> and so this was so popular, went so viral that you thought it would be good to write a book because clearly people like me wanted to hear of your message. this wasn't a put down to students. you were letting them off the hook. explain. >> if a kid gets the idea that he's special or matters more than somebody else, every move becomes laden with significance and they become phobic about failure. they become reluctant to take chances. learning suffers, so i was trying to relieve them of the burden of specialness. i pointed out too it was the teasing beginning of the speech. >> i listened to the whole 12 minutes of the thing on youtube. when you -- since you are the father of four and you ar

mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding me this time. i'm pleased to again rise in upport of this bill, h.r. 4152 , a bill that i did introduce and that the house originally passed almost a month ago. to provide loan guarantees for ukraine. the bill has now come back to us from the senate and as has been said with additional authorizations for security and democracy assistance, it also sends, i think, a clear message that the united states will not tolerate the russian incursion into ukraine. human rights abuses or corruption by opposing -- imposing sanctions, visa bans and asset freezes. as we all know, ukraine is facing an extraordinarily difficult economic situation. the international monetary fund has now said they will step in with a financing package but the united states and our partners must also help during this time of need. by giving the administration the ability to provide loan guarantees from funds already appropriated, this bill will provide some stability for ukraine throughout this tumultuous time. this is a critical bil

mr. rogers who is the chairman of the appropriations committee, republican member of congress, that the republican version of the budget offered by mr. ryan was quote, draconian. draconian because of the impact it has on important investments that have historically helped make our economy grow. make us a world leader. make sure that we can keep our competitive edge in a global economy. so the republican budget coming out of the budget committee devastated those important investments. f course they didn't close one single special interest tax loophole for the purpose of reducing the deficit, but they decided to cut deeply into investments in our kids' education. everything from early education to k through 12 through college ed. they want to charge students. make no secret about it, they want to charge college students higher interest rates, and at the same time protecting special interest tax breaks. so what we have here in the republican study group amendment is simply a doubling down on what the chairman of the republican appropriations committee already called draconian. the interesting thing t

mr. rogers, for whatever time he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. rogers: i thank the chairman for yielding me this time. madam speaker, in the commonwealth of kentucky we have dozens of historic sites and landmarks that demonstrate our nation's proud history to thousands of visitors every year. i am pleased that one of these sites is the mill springs battlefield which sits in my home county of pulaski and my birth home county of wayne, kentucky. the bill we have before us would give the national park service three years to complete a study on including this historic battlefield into the national park system. the battle of mill springs is a source of great pride and nterest to my constituents especially. in late 1861, con federate forces had -- confederate forces had advanced into kentucky on its southern border and on january 19, 1862, they lost an attack on the union army camp that was stationed at logan's crossroads, later to be called mill springs. after a heavy night of mar

mr. rogers for any opening statement that he might like to make. >> chairman, thank you for yielding. having marked up our first two bills, in full committee before we broke, that's the earliest since 1974, the adoption of the present budget act. so we are well under way with the fiscal '15 process and mr. secretary we're pleased to have you with us this morning to discuss the president's budget for treasury. like the chairman, i have some very significant concerns. about the request. we worked on this committee in a very bipartisan, nonpartisan way for the most part, to construct bills that comply with the budget control act, and the ryan murray agreement the administration's request for treasury seemingly cast these statutory budget caps has cast them aside as merely suggestions. we obviously understand that it's more difficult to operate in these constrained budget environments, but, these challenging times calls for leadership and tough choices. not a $480 million gimmick that the congress has patently and repeatedly refused and rejected on a bipartisan basis. it's sort of like de

mr. rogers. >> comedy show. another guy lived above them but in the same house of the apartment i believe. no? there's market news to get to. >> i was in college in the '70s. i missed a lot of -- i missed knight rider. >> if you were in colorado -- back when it was illegal. >> i was in the world. college kids don't sit around watching that. we were out every note ight. >>> the s&p suffered its worst three-day losing streak. joining us now from ft. lauderdale is richard steinberg, president and chief investment officer of steinberg global asset management in florida. we see some rotation, rich, out of these momentum and tech stocks and the utilities. we start wondering whether there's more to it, even some of the cyclicals didn't do so well. do you think this is indicating anything about the overall economy or it's a refreshing pause here? >> i think the economy is pretty decent, joe. i think earnings are going to be okay going into early reporting, starting this week. this is where kind of investors need a gut c

mr. rogers, is screen right. he was his chief of staff.the benghazi stuff for a while. mike morell used to be the deputy director of the c.i.a. he's in the middle. he gave testimony last week that was favorable to, among other people, hillary clinton, who by the way, screen left, is pretty much the gate keeper for her. they all work together now in a place called beacon global strategies. isn't that cozy? >> and it comes into question why the talking points were what they were, were they changed and why weren't they accurate, right? so the questions are there. brian, the answers, you seem to try to get some today from mike rogers. >> steve had a source and we've also read a lot of speculation and said how candid could mike morell be, being that he did play a role in changing the talking points and it did work out better for the state department headed by hillary clinton, could he have an agenda? the fact that he got a job with hillary clinton's main operator, is there a nexus there? so i asked rogers how he feels about his chief investigat

mr. sanchez is moved in and amiri rogers is the new senior serious policy and will continue to over see legislation work and mr. star is taking over the legislation fairs so we have more changes in the department that concludes my report. >> thank you. >> commissioners item 10 review of past events at the board of supervisors. there was no board of appeals hearing in the prehistoric >> aaron star at the land use committee scott wiener's ordinance was heard adding in-law units in the castro district that was heard on march 6 and was approved with modifications. the planning commission modifications included establishing a monitoring process that allows the department to require about the rental rates and the affordability of those units and scott wiener has a caveat that the individual property owners the information would be produced in aggregate form there was additional things using the term accessory you units instead of the in-law units the in-law units act candle stick park act accessory units and to remove the seven hundred and 50 square feet issue and supervisor kim expressed her approval wi

mr. rogers and your batty aunts sylvia, no matter how often you're maternal caped crusader swooped in toended. now it's the subject of his brand-new book that has done so well, welcome, david. >> thank you very much. >> so give us the circumstances that led to your commencement speech at the high school. >> i was sitting at my desk and one of my students walked in and said, will you be willing to give the commencement speech this year? and i said, i just did it a few years ago. she said please? i said okay. so my daughter had a soccer tournament in new jersey that weekends and so i mulled as i drove and she did homework and the next morning i got up and out it came. >> how are you going to make that speech different than the one you gave a couple years earlier? >> i thought about the event. i thought about to whom i would be speaking. i realized that everyone is dressed the same in this ceremonial costume, which eliminates individuality. each kid crosses the stage in alphabetical order. everybody gets the same diploma. they're on a level playing field. what does all that say? it says tha

mr. chair, the mayor's position on the bradford bill, i did ask roger kim in the mayor's office and my understanding is that they are not actively promoting a support position, but i'm not sure what that means, but at least that was communicated to me, that they are not promoting our supporting it according to what they told me. >> thank you. miss hale. >> regulatory update. focusing on the activities at the california public utilities commission around the green tariff proceeding, where pg&e has proposed to implement a program allowing customers -- electric customers to choose to join tariff programs that relies on a greener resource portfolio. the administrative law judge recently asked pg&e to sponsor a witness to answer questions about the community renewables program aspectful their green tariff offering. this is where -- this is the part of the program that would allow customers to subscribe to a specific project in their community; that is less than 3 megawatts in size as opposed to the original offering to subscribe to a portfolio of resources. this is an aspect of the program that pg&e was

mr. ambassador, with mike rogers. he's the chairman of the house intelligence committee. 5 of the nato allies, the treaty basically which says you attack one nato ally, whether it's poland or estonia or latvia, romania, any of those countries you mentioned, you're in effect attacking all of the nato allies including the united states. to me it's like incomprehensible that russia, under putin, would do something like that, knowing what the response would be. but listen to what mike rogers told me. >> we're not dealing with somebody who has the same rational thought process that we may have thought even two years ago. i think all the indicators led putin to believe he could be more bold, he can be more aggressive. there's just not a lot that nato and the u.s. can do. again, you want to push this, you don't want to push it too far. i think this is a good step by the administration to show that we will back our nato countries. >> i know those nato allies like poland and the other countries, they're nervous, but do you really believe, mr. ambassador, that putin would order rus

. >> chairman rogers also asking mr. morell c the attack was characterized as a random protest when witnesses report e this wareportedthere was no demt night. >> i believe what my analysts said. i believed it to be a terrorist attack. you see, we never saw the two things that was mutually exclusive. >> reare learning the ceo employees who were in benghazi as that attack unfolded are angry that the ceo's inspector general's office never conducted an investigation into what happen that night. adam housely getting reaction of someone on the ground the night of the attack and adam, pretty upset, savannah. >> there's a lot of people upset, getting information in, you might imagine, fast and furious, that the only people on the ground in benghazi but other parts of libya and back in d.c. operativey to the information and they're upset with a number of things being said. according to morell's testimony, he's basically ignoring the men on the ground that night and what they saw and felt. also, he want to know, the quote was this

and so i think it may well not be helpful for mr putin's regime roger you kind of touched on this before but i want to ask you point blank do you think ukraine will default. i thought it very difficult to see how. so. she called me in the current situation . this way if i were a blank think twice the. time now for a very quick break but stick around because when we return we're bringing you more from my interview with roger bootle then in save big deal edward harrison and i are discussing the death of retail scary stuff but as we had to break here are a look at some eric was the numbers of the bell. the way the banks work in america if they make loans that will never get paid back they keep their fees and then when their loans are due and they're not being paid back it could be a car loan it could be a student loan it could be a mortgage they simply swap the bad loan with the federal reserve bank to put does bad loans on their balance sheet in exchange for fresh treasury bills fresh money. actually ten times more the bad loan it's called you know reserve banking the fractional reserve ba

and so i think it may well not be helpful for mr putin's regime roger you kind of touched on this before but i want to ask you point blank do you think ukraine will default. well i should know whether it was very difficult to see how. so it's a call in the current situation. put it this way if i were a bank or think twice. it's time now for a very quick break but stick around because when we return we're bringing you more from my interview with roger bootle and then in today's big deal edward harrison and i are discussing the death of retail scary stuff but as we had to break here are a look at some your close the numbers of the bell. or . please please. please be very hard to take at least. that accurately that hurts me there is no. sleep. at least the solo cello at least to. please. please the of the. her series. now is. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others refuse to notice. places change the world right now. so picture of you no longer from around the globe. brooklyn. and we're back now with more from my interview with roger bootle now in the second half of our conversation

mr. sterling and if he can fall, so can you. >> roger mason, the vice president of the national basketball players association, let it be known how far nba players were willing to go. >> additionally i reached out to other players around the league and made it clear that the players were ready to boycott the games if this type of action was not something that adam silver felt was necessary. we want a timetable from the owners as far as when the vote will happen. we feel confident that with adam silver's urging and we have heard from a lot of owners around the league. we think it is something that can be handled quickly. >> forcing sterling to sell the tale under the constitution of the nba will ire the approval of three quarters of the 30 owners. commissioner silver said he was confident he'd get the votes f. the initial reaction is representative silver will succeed. dallas mavericks owner mark cuban who said yesterday that forcing sterling out of the league could be a slippery slope today tweeted, "i agree 100% with commissioner silver and the actions taken." kr are fr the bulls, we will

mr. speaker, i want to commend chairman rogers for beginning this process in earnest and look forward to consideration of additional appropriations measures at the appropriate time. i urge support for the rule and the underlying legislation. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hastings: i'd like to thank my friend from oklahoma for yielding me the customary 30 minutes for debate. mr. speaker, 4486, the military construction and veterans' affairs appropriations act for iscal year 2015 provides for $165 billion in appropriations for veterans programs. military construction project and other agencies and programs. h.r. 4487, the legislative branch appropriations act for scal year 2015, provides for $3.3 billion for legislative branch activities. this bipartisan effort, and i'd like to underscore that because clearly the parties working on this

chairman rogers, responsible for funding the operations of government and assisting and building our economy and its people. mrspeaker, i believe it's all that and a call to disinvestment, this intudget a call to disinvestment -- this budget is a call to disinvestment in america's growth and success. we have heard a lot of claims about what the republican budget will do for our country. i've heard those claims from previous republican chairmen, frankly, they did not pan out. let me clear the fog away and get down to the raw numbers which reveal the magnitude of the damage the republican budget will inflict. as a matter of fact, with all due respect, i call it a retreat. the chairman's retreat. first the republican budget would repeal the patient protections and other benefits of the affordable care act, leaving millions without health insurance coverage. of course, it keeps the money. it just doesn't give the benefits. it would turn medicaid into a cap grant program and cut its funding by $732 billion over the next decade. that's for seniors who need long-term care, for people with disabilities who need medica

roger, independent line. caller: hello, mr. mandelbaum. my question regards africa.now you're talking about china. africa, where you have over 70% of the continent publishing under 30 -- content population under 30, and the revolution of youth and technology. what is your opinion in terms of how that will affect the global economy in that part of the , and your opinion, just like it happened in china 25 years ago? i feel that in africa there is great opportunity, but the governance, corruption, and how does that- disturb it, in your opinion? host: thank you. guest: well, thanks. the question -- thanks for the question could in the future, the performance of the emerging will beountries extremely important for the performance of the global economy as a whole and for prosperity here at home in the united states, and for that reason, i devote an entire chapter to the major emerging market economies, the so-called ric's -- brazil, russia, india, and china. i do not say anything in that chapter about africa because africa'seven -- economic growth is beginning and starting

mr. speaker, the appropriations committee headed by hal rogers, republican chairman, will not bring appropriationto the floor that will pass on this floor that will implement the ryan budget, notwithstanding the fact that ryan's party controls this house. i predicted that last year and i was right. as a matter of fact, no bills passed this house at the ryan budget numbers last year. none. not one. sadly, i think that's what's going to happen this year. sadly for the american people. sadly for this congress. sadly for our children. mr. speaker, we can do better. we can be real. we ought to do the job that the american people expect us to do. and get this country on a fiscally sustainable path. not with smoke and mirrors but with sincerity and courage. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, if you listened i think to probably the majority of the speeches provided on this house floor, the

was a guess with brian lam, and i called him up and roger ailes was instrumental in starting fox news and cnbc and rush limbaughs a career, and i asked mr. ailes.kellogg about the specialist firm that was front running the tape, and of course he blew off my question, but then five years later, the sec live veried something close to $250 million worth of fines on the specialist firms for front running the tape. so i was wonder if if you could address the questions of conservatives projecting -- i think the country will be surprised to know that our nation is run by cocaine snorting frat boys. it's really a crime if liars poker isn't turn into a major motion picture. i just saw "the wolf of wall street" and i think "liar poke we're be better. >> host: we have a lot of caller, let's leave it there. can i one in run particular direct -- >> host: anywhere are youon. >> guest: i hemmed hollywood listen to what he said. it would be great. i don't wouldn't to get trouble over that. the thing that -- one worry have for the story i just told, it's clearly caused an uproar. more of an uproar than anything i have ever written in my life. only thing

if you have mike allen, chief of staff with chairman rogers and suddenly out of nowhere, the former f.b.i. guy, mrtuation. could his chief of staff been saying, there is nothing here, just an unfortunate situation of events because in his connection outside. why is chairman rogers now into it? has he suddenly realized there is a different angle to this than maybe someone might have been blocking? >> i hope those are questions they're going to ask later today because the chief of staff does decide a lot of the stuff ha goes on in the congressman's offers. what's interesting is the chief of station for libya was not called into washington until yesterday. you would have thought that guy would have been called a very long time ago. also what's interesting is mike morell also works for cbs. he's a consultant. lara logan, as you will recall, was fired or suspended from "60 minutes" for simply interviewing somebody who told a story that was not accurate. >> interesting. >> mike morell is a consultant and analyst at cbs and it looks like he lied to congress. >> yeah. >> it looks like cbs has got a crazy

expert roger dixon challenged the prosecution's evidence about reeva steenkamp's movements as she was shot. the bbc is in pretoria. i asked about developments so far in court today. >> reporter: well, mrixon is still continuing with that testimony, talking specifically about those bullet holes and the trajectories. and also the marks that were made on the door by that cricket bat. that continues. also, more importantly, the judge has also started today's proceedings by giving the performance asked by the state for a -- until the 5th of may to the 17th. but she has also urged the council to take with them the court records with them when they go on holiday to go through them. she says that time cannot be wasted. in terms of how far it has been going. she says the court's time cannot be wasted any longer. >> what about the evidence from the forensic expert? >> reporter: well, the forensic expert is trying to basically undo the damage that has been done by the -- the state, the state's case. so what we've heard is also what he's basically challenging the information that we've heard from the state ballistic expert about the number of shots that hit reeva steenkamp and how they may have d

mr. secretary, good to see you, sir. a few issues. i wasn't going to bring this up but chairman rogers brought it up and i think it got me thinking, obviously. it's your responsibility to enforce federal law. my understanding is it hasn't changed that marijuana is illegal under federal law. yet i understand now your department is doing these guidelines or guidance, giving guidance to banks as to how to deal with something that is illegal under federal law. are those guidelines going to at least have a very clear statement that marijuana is illegal under federal law? >> our guidelines in no way change federal law. the department of justice -- >> is there going to be -- my question is this, sir. i apologize. in those guidelines, is there a statement stating that, hey, folks, this is illegal under federal law? which is the federal law, correct? >> we are in no way telling people things illegal under federal law are legal. the exact language i have to go back and look. >> it would be interesting to note in fact since your responsibility is to enforce federal law and you're giving guideline

with brian lamb and i called him up and roger ailes of course was unsure mental and starting "fox news" and cnbc and rush limbaugh's career and all that and i asked mr. ailes about the specialist firms that was fronting the tape. of course he lieu off my question but then five years later the ftc levied something close to 200 $80 million worth of fines on the specialist firms for front running the tape. i was wondering if you could address the questions of conservatconservat ives projecting -- i think the country would be surprised another nation is run by cocaine snorting frat boys. it's really a crime if myers coker isn't turned into a major movie. >> host: shone we have a lot of callers on the line. let's leave it there. thank you. >> guest: so, can i run in one particular direction with this? it would be great if it could be made into movie a movie but i don't have control of that. the thing that, the one worried that i have for the story i just told is that it has clearly caused an uproar. more of an uproar than anything i've written in my life. it reminds me of closely in a sphere with money ball which disrupted the world of baseball. you have