many states have and are moving ahead with their own laws legalizing marijuana, and that worries patrick kennedy, former democratic congressman from rhode island, and son of the late ted kennedy. the district of columbia and 18 states have now legalized marijuana in varying degrees for medicinal use or recreational use or by decriminalizing the possession of the drug in small amounts of the state list. alaska, california, colorado, d.c., hawaii, maine, massachusetts, minnesota, mississippi, montana, nebraska, new york, nevada, new york, vermont, oregon, washington. in december of last year, president obama was asked what he thought of the november 2012 ref ren da in the states of colorado and washington wherein voted he is of the majority voted yes on the legalization of recreational marijuana. obama said there were, quote- unquote, bigger fish to fry. he also said this. >> it does not make sense from a prioritization point of view for us to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that under state law that's legal. >> the president drug czar talks tougher on states righ

. >> developer patrick kennedy is responding to the booming population of young single professionalse houses under one raofr. originally designed for six condos this houses 23 microunits each roughly the size of two parking spots. with competitive rents for the area starting at around $1,600 a month, they say that is a bargain. this woman having her own place after years of roommates enough space for all they are things and one item she's always wanted. >> i've never had any moan washer and driver in the unit before, so that was exciting. >> san francisco just approved 375 microunits as small as 220 square feet, including the bathroom and closet. take a look at this graphic, 13 could fit on a tennis court. these tiny units aren't for everyone and the trend is know the without controversy. in seattle, for instance one neighborhood group is calling for a moratorium on microhousing saying the influx of renters is only making the crowding problem worse and there is less housing available for families. in new york, mayor michael bloomberg is aggressively promoting the concept and boston j

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kennedys. they've had a mixed bag of people running for office. patrick was okay for a while. problems and quit. joe kennedy was popular in cambridge for year the. a lot of candidates ran for office. caroline didn't work out as a candidate. she didn't want to do it really. all the kennedy people. pierre salinger, o'donnell, teddy sorensen. all lost. there's no magic in these connections i don't think. >> there's no magic in the connections. think about it for a second. they get to come up to the plate and take a swing. some of them hit a ball and get elected. >> so it is a merit system. >> they get an advantage to the plate. no one is going to hold the bat for them and let them hit the ball. i'm never going to defend george w. bush policy wise but he got elected governor of texas twice. you can't be a dumb man to do that. >> he's a good politician. >> very good politician. jeb bush is actually probably a better politician but he'll never be president because his brother screwed it up. >> look, i mean, you know, first thing in politics is name i.d. >> absolutely. >> quite frank

kennedy has the most warmth and wit. i remember a celebration of st. patrick's day and jackie was ut of town so rose kennedy presided, was the hostess wore a gorgeous gown very sparkly green and so forth. kennedy came over to the pool of reporters at the state dinner and i said, it's a great day for the irish, mr. president. and he said what are you doing here? and i remember on air force one we asked kennedy, what will happen if the airport -- if the plane crashes? he said i know one thing. your name will be just a footnote. those are the kind of stories. >> john, what's your favorite interview? it was after i was practicing journalism i was invited to the kennedy library to interview the first president bush on a book he had written. really, it's a collection of his letters. and we were supposed to be through in an hour and after about 45 minutes the producer came and asked if he could pass me a note and i passed it to him and he nodded and it went on literally for another hour. twice during the interview as he read letters he had written, one to the parents o

. >> host: linda bilmes is the harvard kennedy school's daniel patrick moynihan senior lecturer in public policy. she serves on the labor department's labor advisory committee on veterans, and employment outreach and training. and she also sits on the council on foreign relations. she's the co-author of the book "the $3 trillion war: the true cows of the iraq conflict." we're looking at the cost of the iraq war and the afghanistan war. ms. bilmes and her group who did the financial legacy of iraq and afghanistan, this is a harvard kennedy school report, put the cost estimates at between $4-$6 trillion over the next decades. let's look at the cost to date for iraq and afghanistan veteran care. we can see here the va medical care, $24 billion. disability benefits, $35 billion. social security disability insurance hits a $4 billion price tag. and then we see va-related services coming in at over 70 billion, total spent to date $134 billion. linda bilmes, you also put the medical benefits for the next 40 years $836 billion. relate this to wars. we had another veteran call in talking about his