patrick kennedy's anti-marijuana project. out that david frum who is in bed with patrick kennedy on this spent years saying anybody against the iraq war was unpatriotic and unamerican. here is what gets me, the fact he is referred to as a conservative. >> i think that is happening less and less. he is considered a conservative when the new yorker is trying to write about libertarians. it is mostly a level of confusion. he is floating in a special new place transitioning from one zone to another. >> i think he should be called a statist. >> you and me both, brother. until we change everybody's vocabulary. >> he always -- it is mike bloomburg. he thinks the government should take responsibility and run people's lives. >> he had a quote about this project saying basically if you do it and smoke pot and you have no bad side affects, maybe it is still working worse on you than you thought, and that maybe you have already gotten so much from this world and you may as well sacrifice something. jay i want to get to that. just because

patrick kennedy leading a group called project sam or smart approaches to marijuana, but kennedy whose himself is already drawing a fair amount criticism for his cause. he joins me live on the set in washington, d.c., let's start there with some of the criticism. it could not have come as a surprise to you. >> no, but a good cause like this needs to galvanize attention because it's already in 18 states. it's going even further and before we know it we'll wake up one day and we're going have another tobacco industry. it's going to be called the marijuana industry and we already know what big tobacco did to our kids. sdwroe camel targeting kids. we know who the alcohol liquor has done. they target children and may market to people who are alcoholics, frankly, and they flood the market and make it accessible. i don't think we need a new legalized drug. michael bloomberg taking oxycontin off the shelves in new york city and we have an enormous epidemic of abuse and then the thought to introduce a new legalized drug to me doesn't make sense. >> how is your personal experience with substan

good afternoon commissioners my name is patrick kennedy and i'm the project sponsor. i'm pleased to be here today, the first qualified student project in san francisco. i've been involved in berkeley and have built 5 hundred units plus in berkeley. the project in the upper left-hand side of the scene was from a downtown project since world war ii. in 2007 i sold the portfolio of the buildings and decided to develop housing and specifically student housing in san francisco. i did quite a bit of research about the market in san francisco and with the help of the san francisco housing action coalition was able to learn that there about 65 thousand full-time students in san francisco of which only 11 thousand have sponsors in student housing and that

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good afternoon commissioners my name is patrick kennedy and i'm the project sponsor. i'm pleased to be here today, the first qualified student project in san francisco. i've been involved in berkeley and have built 5 hundred units plus in berkeley. the project in the upper left-hand side of the scene was from a downtown project since world war ii. in 2007 i sold the portfolio of the buildings and decided to develop housing and specifically student housing in san francisco. i did quite a bit of research about the market in san francisco and with the help of the san francisco housing action coalition was able to learn that there about 65 thousand full-time students in san francisco of which only 11 thousand have sponsors in student housing and that leaves 56 thousand student that don't have the principle. the project at 1321 mission will have a hundred and 60 units of which 120 a micro parents and other suits they can accommodate up to 5 hundred students. we have been working on small unit design in the last 5 years and we've adopted the design method loosen of the gold

patrick kennedy -- and also david frum is a conservative.the glitz and glamour the majority of people on board are health care professionals. we're not saying reefer madness-type arguments. we also know for example the iq study they cited, you can't even put that on the same level as the usfd study. the new zealand study followed people for 38 years of their life. it was an entire village that were recruited for what scientists call a longitudinal study. >> jennifer: very interesting. >> it's not reefer madness, but it is something new. >> jennifer: i appreciate you coming on, it is a little surprising. kevin sabet of smart approaches to marijuana. coming up the best of the rest, a couple of tidbits we want you to know about before you start the weekend, including the entertainment lineup for monk's inauguration. even the smallest things became difficult. i finally understood what serious joint pain is like. i talked to my rheumatologist and he prescribed enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, and stop joint damage. because enbrel,

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his cousin patrick kennedy son of edward kennedy served in congress for 16 years but also had drug and alcohol problems. he has know been clean since 2009. with us are christopher kennedy lawford who wrote the book recover to live and patrick kennedy who wrote the introduction to that book. all right mr. lawford first you. what made you stop. 17 years is a long time of intoxication. >> yes it is. i tried for 10 years. i tried everything humanly possible to overcome this illness and i did it at 30. it took that long. i had desire. i had resources and it still took me that long. >> bill: why did it take you so long? your father was an alcoholic, i guess he was addicted. >> he died of alcoholism affix i can't. >> bill: cirrhosis? >> why did it take you so long to get off the stuff? >> it's that difficult a thing. evidence shows the earlier you intervene in someone's life the better chance of changing trajectory. it's important that parents intervene early in their parent's life if there is a genetic predisposition. >> bill: can you think back on a time where you said, look, i don't want t

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kennedy cousins christopher kennedy lawford and patrick kennedy have lived the cruel world of addictionhristopher kennedy lawford talks openly. he joins us with his cousin, patrick, to talk about the book. this is a misspoke here, chris, this is your book you wrote. >> right, patrick did the forward. >> i want to talk about it. good morning. what a pleasure to have you here today. >> thank you. >> especially on a subject that a whole lot of people can relate to. >> right. >> that's my first question. why write this book? >> i watch a lot of television, i see a lot of people out there selling things that maybe aren't that credible. and this is a disease that affects a lot of people. and it's not just for addicts this book. it's for anybody on the continuum. if you think you might have a problem with alcohol, drugs, sex, food, tobacco, gambling, this book is for you. it's got the best information on the planet today available about this illness. i talked to 150 of the smartest people in the world about the disease of addiction. and again, you know, co- dependency for people who are thinki

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two kennedys, former congressman patrick kennedy and his cousin christopher lautner kennedy join us toction and guns. this is "hardball," the place for politics. eisenhower, if you will. for politics. look what mommy is having. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. >>> inform 1933 franklin delano roosevelt was sworn in as president for the first of his four terms and with these words he delivered an inaugural address that's been called the most important american speech of the 20th century. >> let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. >> of that voice rings true. anyway, f dsmth r's first inall ral has the last to be healed in march. the 20th amendment ratified in the january of '33 moved all subsequent inaugurals to january so it would be colder and we'll be right back. [ nyquil bottle ] you know i relieve coughs, sneezing, fevers... [ tylenol bottle ] me too! and nasal congestion. [ tissue box ] h

two men have a lot to say on both of those issues, patrick kennedy and christopher kennedy. two kennedys, i can't think of two better people to ask about this debate, and your reaction to the interview i had with alex jones. what did you feel? >> it was disheartening, i think. just to see the anger there and also, you know, he kept talking about the second amendment. the second amendment, thomas jefferson said it should be revisited every 20 years to see if it's still appropriate. i mean, this is -- this is something that was written a long time ago. and he probably doesn't even know what the real intent of the second amendment was. so for him to quote this and just the absolute vitriol of it is really disheartening. >> i was just disturbed. disturbed as a human being that this is what our civil discourse has come to. what makes our country so great is that we're about passing power peacefully, not violently. in my last year as a member of congress, i would say perhaps half of the members of congress had to live wearing bullet proof vests and had armed guards. >> really? >>

decision by success tear of state clinton and state department undersecretary of management, patrick kennedyin the operations center that night, not to send a fest or foreign emergency support team, which the state department's own website describes as the government's only interagency on call short notice team poised to respond to terrorist incidents. as a result, the fbi could not enter the complex for 24 days at which point most evidence was gone. >> secretary clinton will be asked in particular why more securitifuls not provided after the june 6th bombing attack, and why ambassador stevens left part of the security team behind in tripoli, why the secrecy? lou? lou: jennifer, thank you. jennifer griffin, fox news national cor responsibility. exit polls show benjamin netanyahu winning the third term as prime minister of israel tonight. this, as the united states is providing a gift to egypt and muslim brotherhood member, president of e jupt, morsi. four f [laughter] 16 fighter jets left the country for egypt today part of a foreign aid package including 200 abe brame's tanks, and urged urg

. >> patrick kennedy, on the radical rant. >> i was disturbed. >> disturbed as a human being this is what our civil discourse has come to. >> i go toe to toe with this gun advocate. >> you are deliberately lying and deliberately twisting it. i want to revisit the best and the worst of the interviews, tonight, i am in favor a ban on semi-automatic assault weapons and high capacity magazines, i want to require prifrt dealers to run background checks on all at gun shows. and i think these are reasonable steps to stop the tide of gun violence. not everybody agrees, several want me deported for my views. one of those behind the petition, alex jones. >> thanks for having me. >> why do you want to deport me? >> we did it as a way to bring attention to the fact that we have all of the froerners, and the chinese government, political power out of a power of a gun, he is the only one who had the guns, we pointed out this is globalism, the megabanks that brag they take over, brag that they have going to get our guns as well. they have taken everybody but the swiss and the american people. when

the decision by secretary of state clinton and state department under-secretary of management patrick kennedye operation center that night. not to send a foreign emergency support team, which the state department own web site describes as the government only interagency on-call short notice team poised to respond to terrorists ips dents. as a result, the f.b.i. could not enter the complex for 24 days after which point most evidence was gone. secretary clinton will be asked why more security wasn't provided at the benghazi mission after the june 6 bombing and why ambassador chris stevens left behind some of his security detail in tripoli. why the reck secrecy? >> bret: we'll cover it tomorrow. thank you. the pentagon says the al-qaeda affiliate in north africa is at the top of the list for suspects for algerian terrorist attack. three americans were killed. seven others escaped. the overall death toll there believed to be around 80. the task of identifying some of the bodies continues. algerian government official says authorities are still looking for five missing foreign workers. the u.s. af

. >> reporter: carrie kennedy had ambien in her system, so did her cousin congressman patrick kennedy when he crashed into a concrete barrier in 2006. after mixing alcohol and ambien, a woman in texas said she had no memory of running over a mom and her two young girls. >>> in illinois, 12 hour after taking ambien, a driver crashed into a construction site, killing one and injuring three others. doctors stress the new fda requirement should serve as a wake-up call for patients. >> people should kind of, if they take these medications, should kind of know in their own mind what the effect is and how long it affects. >> reporter: and understand just how serious the effects can be. jay gray, news4. >>> coming up tonight, new details. >>> a human trafficking ring busted in rockville tonight how it worked and the sentence for the man accused of running it. >> and why metro riders can expect delays in the future. we'll tell you about the transit agency as plan, coming up. >>> coming up in sports, we'll hear from the surgeon who performed rg3's original knee surgery. that surgeon just happen

but i remember when patrick kennedy was for years trying to get parity. on the other issues, i think this issue of large magazine of bullets will be an interesting one for the congress to approach, but one the house of representatives, i just don't believe we're going to find the votes to make legislation that i think should happen, like the magazines world, for example. we've seen that minds have been changed in the country, the polls i just showed you, because -- you don't watch that news conference and not be moved, and not think what a common-sense approach they have to want to find common ground, but i guess when you realize that congress didn't get anything done as one of their own was shot, of course, gabby giffords, you wonder how much progress can be made. it sounds like you're pessimistic about what could be accomplished. >> i was talking to one of the republican women this morning. i asked her, you know, what's going on on your side, she says, i don't think we lose a single vote. i know that at least on the democratic side there will be some wh

chris james thompson, director and investigator patrick kennedy now retired, thank you. >> thank youyear-old boy with a pretty big message, the video is going viral, it's the kid president, robby novak will join us. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. >>> welcome back to "starting point." i'm clps cls minding your business. u.s. stocks are on the verge of record highs. stock futures down this morning after a mixed pause yesterday we'll call it but records are within sight. the s&p 500 has more than doubled since early 2009. why? corporate earnings fed stimulus, investors are coming back. will the jobs come back? the government reports its monthly jobs tally tomorrow. economists predict 180,000 jobs were added and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%. >>> ben bernanke sitting down with oprah, not really. this is a spoof but listen a schiff report spoof on oprah's interview with armstrong with t

he is the first member of the kennedy family to serve in congress since patrick kennedy of rhode island retired back in 2011. >>> this year's freshman class helps make the 113th congress the most diverse in history. new members include as we just reported there, kennedy was the first openly bisexual member, a former army helicopter pilot who is also a double amputee, a record number of women, a record number of minorities, congress's first buddhist member along with a couple of entertainers and a novelist as well. let's bring in one of those new members, a newly sworn in from oklahoma's 2nd district, a small businessman, we should note. not an entertainer. good to see you, congressman. congratulations. >> thank you. thank you for having me on. >> how has your life changed in the last 48 hours? >> you know, it's something we've been working towards this whole time and so this is just another step in our life. something we've been expecting so i don't know if it's really changed. we're just excited to go to work. >> why did you run and what do you hope to work on? >> you know, the simple

the report says patrick kennedy one of secretary of state hillary clinton's top aides told investigators the severe threat environment was well known. >> the system was, in fact, flashing red. in issue libya and benghazi particularly. >> the report concludes that the military commander for africa had no idea of the depth and breath of the cia operation. the defense department would be called upon to evacuate two dozen americans on short notice. >> i am concerned that the department of defense did not have assets available that could come to the rescue in a timely fashion. >> and the report found no direct evidence secretary clinton turned down security or funding requests. >> so that it stopped, as far as we can see, at the mid level managers. >> over the weekend, in an interview with meet the press, the president seemed to play down the security and intelligence failures saying they were, quote: huge problems and sloppiness adding that his administration is accepting the 29 recommendations of the state department review released in mid december. bret? >> bret: continue to follow it cath

getting this into our heads is a worthy go and i give christopher lawford and patrick kennedy a lot of credit for devoting themselves now to getting it in our heads. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "the ed show" with ed schultz starts right now. >>> good evening, americans, and welcome to "the ed show" from new york. a dangerous side to the gun debate rears its ugly head. and the hoax at notre dame that has america talking. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> do you think the president just doesn't have the guts to admit it, is not a believer in the second amendment. >> fdr had a bit of this king kong complex also. >> the republican resistance to the president is exploding. tyranny. hitler. stalin. and this. >> i consider it a form of child abuse. >> the righties are off the rails. i'll break down the rabid reaction to the president with eugene robinson and caryn finney. >> too many in this country have been silent too long. those 20 beautiful children who lost their lives in newtown are no longer able to speak for themselves. >> plus, the vice preside

mayor antonio villaraigosa is our guest as is patrick kennedy who is leading an effort against the legalization of marijuana. until then, keep it here for the latest updates and meanwhile have a great sunday for the rest of the weekend. right here on msnbc, the place for politics. [ snoring ] ♪ [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] zzzquil™ sleep-aid. [ snoring ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] it's not for colds. it's not for pain. it's just for sleep. [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] because sleep is a beautiful thing™. [ birds chirping ] zzzquil™. the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil®. ♪

recover to live: kick any habit manage any addiction," christopher kennedy lawford chris, and patrick kennedyning, sirs. >> hi, you only had one here unfortunately. >> stephanie: which one? >> christopher kennedy lawford. >> stephanie: that's okay. one kennedy is enough. >> oh, you are so sweet. >> stephanie: ethel kennedy got me addicted to banana gram while i was visiting. >> oh, she loves her banana gram. i told the story of her breaking my thumb when i was about 13 jeers old. i sort of said it endearingly, but she didn't take it that way. >> stephanie: i was afraid she would break one of mine for making words that were too small in banana gram. any way, tell us about the book. >> i saw this guy come on selling addiction recovery programs. and i thought i do a lot of advocacy of this issues and i can talk to the smartest people on the planet and talk about what addiction is and what it isn't. and put that in a book so they would have good science about how to assess an addiction, and what to do about it. it's a book that i think should empower people to really look at their behavior and if

christopher kennedy lawford and patrick kennedy calling in. >> stephanie: we're all kennedyed up tomorrowover the weekend. >> did i. >> stephanie: 58 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> stephanie: hello! hour number three current tv land. jacki schechner, i was just there in the current news center on friday doing governor granholm's show. >> you were? >> stephanie: i forgot to leave. >> bund cake, i apologize. >> has to be the tunnel of fudge bunt cake. >> i noticed my desk was shinier. did you do some housekeeping while you were here? >> i don't really have a desk. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: what do you have there? >> i share a table with like seven other people. >> aww! >> at various times throughout the day. >> stephanie: you're so little. i picture you having a perch like a canary. >> stop it. >> stephanie: i'll leave you some millet next time i'm there. sparrow-like jacki schechner in the current news center. >> good morning, everybody. a new report out today from the migration policy institute says the obama administration spent $18 b

talk about addiction with patrick kennedy and christopher kennedy lawford and the former university of texas track coach, bev kearney will join to us talk about her lawsuit against the school. tuesday, january 8th. "starting point" begins right now. welcome back, everybody. "starting point," a crimson tidal wave fair to call it. alabama crushed alabama, 42-14 was the score at the end of it all. won the bcs national championship. the game was pretty much over, kind of not long after it started. alabama scored the first three times, and led 28-0 by halftime. the tide has won two straight national titles, three of the last four titles. carlos diaz in miami for thus morning. good morning, carlos. >> that's right, soledad. coming into the national championship game, a battle between two storied programs. notre dame taking on alabama. a battle in the trenches. a great defense versus great offense. and the offense won. alabama cut right through notre dame's defense to score 35 unanswered points this thing over at halftime. the jokes were flying. basically saying that notre d e dame's marching

was a decision by secretary of state clinton, and state department undersecretary of management patrick kennedy not to send a team or mobilize the counterterrorism community group or csg. these are composed of experts on terrorism across government agencies and make recommendations to the deputies who assist the president's cabinet in formulating a response to crises involving terrorism. there was an attempt from the outset it seems by officials at the state department and elsewhere to downplay this as a terrorist attack against americans and it's not clear why, because these teams, and the fast team of marines from rota, spain were not sent to benghazi. as a result the f.b.i. could not enter the benghazi consulate for 24 days. that prevented them from doing crucial work on the ground in benghazi that would have helped them get to the bottom of who was responsible for this attack. >> reporter: what remaining questions do you have about the conclusions of the accountability review board, that is a committee headed by admiral mike mullen and former ambassador thomas pickering about mistakes made

. >>> coming up next, patrick kennedy and his [ female announcer ] pillsbury crescents on their own arescent dough...and presto! tuesday night just became crescent pizza pocket-tastic pillsbury crescents. let the making begin here's a better idea. pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits in just 15 minutes the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands biscuits let the making begin. >>> we're back now at 8:39 with an eye-opening look at addiction. nearly 18 million americans suffer from alcoholism or related problems and over 38 million, over the age of just 12 years old, have used drugs illegally in the past year. in fact, prescription drug abuse now causes more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined. sadly, just one in ten with an addiction ever receive treatment. christopher kennedy knows the struggles of this all too well, has been in recovery for more than 20 years and is author of the new book "recover to live" and he joins us with his cousin, patrick kennedy. good morning. >> good morning. >> i guess you have the essential credentials to tal

. >> the other folks it would end up being if duval patrick picks somebody, it's vicki kennedy.fe of the late ted kennedy as well as somebody like michael dukak dukakis, the former massachusetts governor. right now, there doesn't seem to be an overwhelming favorite. duval patrick is the one who will end up picking this person and also duval patrick is incredibly close to the white house and he probably won't pick anyone that doesn't have the blessing from the man who sits in the oval office, president obama. >> makes sense there. mark, thank you very much. see you tomorrow. >> thanks, tamron. >> thanks, mark. >>> hospitals around the country are struggling to keep up with a deadly flu outbreak that's flooding emergency rooms. this year's strain is unusually strong and seems to be hitting the peak. at this time, listen to this, last week the flu killed 18 people. yesterday, 18 deaths were reported in just one state, massachusetts. boston's mayor declared a public health emergency and according to the cdc 41 states are now reporting widespread flu activity and since october, more

then in august, the kennedys' baby patrick died a day and a half after he was born prematurely.ime mimi was getting serious with tony fahnestock, a college student she'd been dating since the beginning of the year. all of it meant her relationship with president kennedy was changing. >> i think everything, the dynamics, everything had changed. i had my relationship with tony and i was seeing tony and so maybe the president was sort of letting me go in a way. >> reporter: three weeks after the death of the kennedy baby, mimi and tony got engaged. and soon after, mimi says she and the president stopped being sexual partners. the last time she saw him was at the carlyle hotel in new york on november 15th. she says he gave her $300 as a wedding gift and promised to call when he returned from texas. seven days later, he was dead. >> president kennedy was assassinated today in a burst of gunfire in downtown dallas. >> reporter: mimi was with her fiance when they heard the news. >> i could hardly breathe. i was so, so -- in so much pain. here was tony who i was going to marry who i lov