brian sweitzer is the former governor of montana who fought to keep medical marijuana legal while in office. he joins us now. so, medical marijuana is legal in your state, which probably a lot of people don't realize. what was your experience with it in montana? >> well, we passed it by initiative. nearly 70% of montana voted for it in 2004, but since the bush administration was still enforcing federal law, very few people were willing to tread in that territory. so, there were probably only a few hundred medical marijuana cards that were issued. after obama was elected, the holder attorney general office issued what was called the ogden memo, and this was a fellow who worked there, effectively telling us states -- and i think there was 15 of us at the time who had medical marijuana -- that if your providers followed your state law, they were going to be hands off. and so, we states that had medical marijuana saw a marked increase in the number of consumers and producers. we had about 30,000 people in montana that were card-carrying medical marijuana users -- >> reputable business pe

. >> peter sweitzer argues that contrary to popular belief, big money interests do not control politicians. he says it's the politicians who extort money from corporations and other wealthy groups. noting that members of congress often introduce legislation for no other reason than to get donations from groups that will be impacted by it. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for that warm introduction. i got involved in the young americans organization. with an interest in national security affairs and i ran across an important information today, the cia developed a new covert operation to undermine al qaeda. i don't know if you have read this. it's a plan that's going basically destroy the recruiting, that's going to disrupt the racings and it's going bankrupt the organization. it's actually a very simple plan. you see the cia is going to hire the obama white house to design the al qaeda web site. [laughter] i don't need to tell this audience that washington, dc and the entire country has changed over the last four years. but we don't have to simply cite our belief and our ph

washington he is the executive director of the ron paul institute and in tel aviv we cross to your home sweitzer he's the director of the terrorism project at the institute for national security studies of tel aviv university or a gentleman crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage you daniel if i go to you first in washington very simple question what is al qaeda today because not too long ago we were told that you know on its last legs it's you know small groups but nothing to be too concerned with and now you can pick up a newspaper or not read about al qaeda it's tempting to view it as a kind of a manual goldstein you know from one thousand nine hundred four that is everywhere and anywhere you know it's and it's harder to not feel that way look in syria groups that have been affiliated with al qaeda are benefiting from u.s. support and saudi support a great allies saudi arabia and the next door in iraq is this the so called al qaeda has made a comeback and is now you know threatening on board province so it is a good question what what is a

washington he is the executive director of the ron paul institute and in tel aviv we cross to your home sweitzer he's the director of the terrorism project at the institute for national security studies of tel aviv university all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it daniel if i go to you first in washington very simple question what is al qaeda today because not too long ago we were told that you know on its last legs it's you know small groups but nothing to be too concerned with and now you can pick up a newspaper or not read about al qaeda. it's tempting to view al qaeda as a kind of a manual goldstein you know from one thousand nine hundred four that is everywhere and anywhere you know it's and it's harder to not feel that way look in in syria groups that have been affiliated with al qaeda are benefiting from u.s. support and saudis support a great allies saudi arabia and the next story in iraq is this the so so-called al-qaeda has made a comeback and is now you know threatening on bob province so it is a good questi

something about general slights or -- general sweitzer. that was a sitting member of congress who has a husband and a son, he said, i quote, he apologized for his delay, saying he had masturbated three times after the meeting with a congressman, who had just said, wow, she is hot. wow. so the graduating students from the academy in environments that are good, putting them into a military where they have colonels, he was a colonel at the time, who are allowed to say this in a government e-mail, but not only that, they let him become a general and put him up for promotion. not only did they put him up, but the senate confirmed him for two stars. when you ask whether or not there is a problem with the command climate, where problem with the current command, my answer is, yes. i saw this firsthand at kings point, and now i am reading about it in the "washington post." that does not engender -- engender trust or say to the victims to come forward. what this says is that people who do this, they are going to be protected and we can't do that. we

. >> of course, governor sweitzer he is running as anti-obama supposedly.extent that he runs anti-obama he may be running anti-secretary clinton. >> the degree to which her stewardship of the state department is part of what she runs on, you know, i think that will be challenged. but, probably more in the general election, if she gets the nomination then i think in a primary race. >> what about the fact that karen mentions the state department, sam, is that all the things that happened in the world that, i mean, actually a lot of war issues and i suppose defense department issues but to some extent also state department issues. is she going to have to answer all those, things going in iraq right now? >> yeah. i think so. and, you know, we saw this in the democratic primary in 2008, that she ran very strongly on foreign policy experience. she had sort of been in the midst of all these things when she was first lady. now president obama challenged that so, you know especially when you look at some of the attacks and bid up that are mentioned in this report, y

that's a win sectors said about its cafe -- that's what inspectors said about its cafe on sweitzer lane wellbeing cafe was closed due to mice infestation and mice damaged and contaminated food was ordered discarded. a november inspection also cited a mice unifyingation. there infestation. there was mice damaged walls. in a statement washington suburban sanitary commission says the wellbeing cafe is contracted by wssc to run our cafeteria and we certainly regret the circumstances that led to the closing and corrections have now been made. on bonifant street in silver spring inspectors closed thai derm citing live roaches, roach excrement and dead roaches throughout the kitchen walls and inside of their large white refrigerator. officials also cited thai derm for not staffing anyone certified in food safety and improper food holding temperatures like canned crab meat at 56 degrees instead of the required 41. a worker said the manager was not in and declined our request to check for improvements. in the district inspectors closed 7-eleven on connecticut avenue northwest citing 10 violation

hillary clinton's support is broad, but it's very shallow, and i think if you look at a guy like brian sweitzerer governor of montana, he's someone who is a pop ewe list and capturing some of that left-wing energy while on the other hand having a cultural profile that is different from the clintons who went from arkansas to wind up in new york, part of this global circle, very close to wall street. i think democrats want something different, and i think that's the liability for hillary clinton. >> stand by. i have to go. just one answer, please. >> what is the biggest threat for hillary clinton, benghazi, bill clinton or president obama? >> bill clinton. >> paul? >> which is a bigger threat for the denver broncos, wes welker or peyton manning? that's crazy. those two presidents, one current and one former are huge assets. >> are you going to answer the question? >> a silly question. >> no such thing as a silly question. which one do you think is a bigger threat, benghazi, bill clinton or barack obama. >> it's not a threat. >> first of all, clinton and obama are assets. it's a stilly question. >

hillary clinton's support is broad, but it's very shallow, and i think if you look at a guy like brian sweitzerformer governor of montana, he's someone who is a pop ewe list and capturing some of that left-wing energy while on the other hand having a cultural profile that is different from the clintons who went from arkansas to wind up in new york, part of this global circle, very close to wall street. i think democrats want something different, and i think that's the liability for hillary clinton. >> stand by. i have to go. just one answer, please. >> what is the biggest threat for hillary clinton, benghazi, bill clinton or president obama? >> bill clinton. >> paul? >> which is a bigger threat for the denver broncos, wes welker or peyton manning? that's crazy. those two presidents, one current and one former are huge assets. >> are you going to answer the question? >> a silly question. >> no such thing as a silly question. which one do you think is a bigger threat, benghazi, bill clinton or barack obama. >> it's not a threat. >> first of all, clinton and obama are assets. it's a stilly questio

mean for other potential candidates on the democratic side, joe biden, former governor of montana sweitzer to clear the beach early on, sending a message, you know, this is going to be a heavy lift for you guys if you want to do it. whereas hillary's playing -- go ahead. >> we can't say that no one else is going to run. somebody may monopoly you could also mention howard dean in this respect. but the fact is that 70% of democrats, somewhere around 70% of democrats are for hillary and strongly for hillary. i see this among my own students. young people want her, they want a woman president. i think her position in the party is very strong. and also democrats want 16 years of a democratic president. because there's so much at stake. the supreme court, environmental protection, economic growth and economic justice, equal rights, all those things are on the line. and hillary has a big lead against every other republican candidate. chris christie was running a little bit of a race against her, but he's in a lot of trouble now and suddenly eight points behind in the polling. >> how can hillary s