the dea set up our own service service agents with prostitutes. all that with the growing flu epidemic. one year since the "costa concordia" and because it's friday, twiggy, the water skiing squirrel. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for friday, january 11th, 2013. >>> good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. vice president biden continues to hold meetings as the head of administration's gun control task force. thursday, biden met with gun rights advocates, including the national rifle association as well as gun retailer it's and representatives from the entertainment industry. while participants described the meetings as open and frank, the nra had harsh words for the vice president afterwards. >> the administration was able to check the box and say they'd talked to the representative of firearms owners and the groups that support the second amendment, and now they were going to try to proceed with what they wanted to do. >> as those meetings were taking place, another school shoot. this one in a rural count any in c

the dea set up our own secret service agents with prostitutes. >>> all that, plus, the growing flu epidemic, one year after the costa concordia accident, and the return of the water skiing squirrel. >>> good morning. vice president biden continues to hold meetings as the head of the administration's gun control traffic force. biden met with gun control advocates as well as retailers. while participants described the meetings as open and frank, the nra had harsh words for the president afterwards. >> the administration was able to check the box and say they'd talked to the representatives of firearms owners and the groups that support the second amendment. now they were going to try to proceed with what they wanted to do. >> as those meetings were taking place, another school shooting. this one at a high school in rural california. one student was wounded and a 16-year-old suspect was taken into custody. >>> back in washington later today, biden meets with members of the video game industry. he'll present his recommendations to the president on tuesday. >>> this terrible flu season continues

the justice department report says the dea agents should not face criminal charges. 2 dozen secret service employees and other members have been implicated in the scandal. >>> jonathan ma la cue is supposed to be sentenced today. a plea deal he agreed to requires he serve 25 years in prison. his lawyers want a judge to review that deal. government doctors recently diagnosed their client as schizophrenic. >>> an unfortunate first for the district this morning where city police are investigating the first homicide of 2013. police tell us a man was stabbed in the 2800 block of alabama avenue southeast right off nay letter road. police are still looking for the person responsible. >>> in maryland, people are waking up in the hospital after being hit by a car. it happened during rush hour. two victims are teenagers, the other two adults. the driver of the car stayed on the scene and waited for paramedics to arrive. two of the victims' injuries are described as life-threatening. police have not released any names or information on charges. >>> but we all know rg3's road to recovery will take tim

a new justice department report says that the dea agent in colombia are arranged to hire a prostitute for secret service agent to give him a massage. this all happened just before president obama's visit last year. the report says the secret service agent and a prostitute did have a sexual encounter. the dea says it is reviewing the report. >> in the wake of the connecticut school shooting, after suzanne somers is weighing in on what may have caused the gunman to snap. she told huff pospost live that his diet may have electrified his brain. she said, i'm looking at what is the diet of that guy. she writes about natural holistic lifestyles. >> charges are pending against the man suspected of triggering a fatal fire in a new york city apartment building. witnesses say he started the fire in a hallway after getting into an argument with the woman. she and the child are safe. the person who was killed was a tenant who was trying to escape from the upper floor. >> cook county prosecutors are hoping a judge will grant their request to exhume the body of the chicago lottery winner today. thi

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fightivia's efforts to drug-trafficking without the assistance of the dea or other u.s. authorities may be having some of that impact, although it is controversial. has the u.s. seen these reports and what does the u.s. think about the efforts to deal with illegal trafficking and coca growing and distribution outside of a merit type relationship. >> we have longstanding concerns about the situation in bolivia. i do agree that they have made some progress in 2010 and 2011. there is much to do if the state department -- there is more to do. the state department spokeswoman speaking there. maybe things have gotten better managed and have become more efficient. this is benefiting drug- traffickers, who are not able to see higher yields for not just traditional usage but also for the export. that is also a significant concern. >> there will be some crossover. bolivia is bigger than texas and california combined in terms of land mass. it is impossible to have a perfect system. the other alice in wonderland aspect is that less than 1% of u.s. cocaine originates from bolivia. a d

the justice department report says the dea agents shouldn't face criminal charges. two dozen secret service employees and military service members have been implicated in the scandal. >>> some american parents will be able to complete their adoptions of russian children. only the adoptions already approved by a court will be allowed to go through. a court order often comes late in the process which means many families will likely lose their chances to bring a russian child home. they banned adoptions to the u.s. in retaliation for american sanctions for human rights abuses. >>> 6:17 now. a cold case is solved after an indiana boy is found almost 20 years after he disappeared. 5-year-old richard landers was taken during a custody battle between his parent and paternal grandparent. charges against the grandparents were dismissed after the case went cold. it turns out he was living under a different name but the same social security number in a small minnesota town. he is now married and expecting his first child. the family is trying to set up a reunion. no word on whe

the case has been referred to the dea. >>> louisiana governor bobby jindal has declared a state of emergency after a severe weather system rolled across the state. security cameras at an industrial plant caught a glimpse of a tornado that tore through plaquemines parish and destroyed a roof. but the real damage has come from flooding. much of the state has been soaked by a slow-moving storm system. >>> good morning. >> winter storm warnings, advisories. >> everything. >> yes. it is a pretty decent storm out west. we'll see another several inches of snow from billings, montana right down into salt lake city. perhaps another 6 to 10 inches of snow in that area. the rain yesterday that fell across louisiana is now going to move through indiana and ohio. also michigan, too. that's your trouble spot for today. but really out west you can see the snow. it doesn't look all that impressive but it is going to accumulate as it just sits and falls right across portions of montana. right down into wyoming. into salt lake city and moving through colorado as well. seattle is finally going to see some suns

the report says the dea agents should not face criminal charges. >> we know it's going to get warm over the weekend, or at least we're hoping it is. but before that, doug tells us there's something else coming our way that we need, right, doug? 'll. >> that's for sure. something we haven't needed in a couple of weeks. actually the umbrellas may actually be needed. we need to see the rain. i think we'll see a little bit during the day tomorrow. but in the next couple of days, could be a lot of rain in the forecast. lying temperatures today, just gorgeous. 57 with abundant sunshine. today was a beautiful day. 59 in fredericksburg, 52 for a high in gaithersburg, 54 in leesburg. just a beautiful afternoon. friday, however, i don't think will be anything near what we saw out there. expect cooler temperatures and rain to begin to make its way in here. i show you when the best chances for rain are. plus just how warm will this weekend be? >> thanks, doug. tomorrow we expect to learn more about the new boeing 787 dream liner. and also the safety concerns of the federal government. a special saf

and so the last i heard was, i think it was president clinton who, um, who said the dea was asking to release this fungus into the rain forest. president clinton said no at the time. the last i heard in 2007 was that they're still looking into ways of using this fungus as an eradication method. it sounds kind of iffy to me, releasing a fungus into a rain forest. but, yeah, i think that's kind of an interesting way of seeing how these privileges are afforded to some powerful, you know, factors and not to others. i just wanted to throw that in. >> i would just add real quick, well, first, on the fungus thing. one of the great experts in this town, jeremy, who is sitting in the office who's done a lot of research on in this issue -- perhaps we can talk later, jeremy -- but on the question of the u.s. embassy. the u.s. embassy's own web site used to have, used to recommend to travelers landing in la paz to have coca tea. it's a that-brainer -- no-brainer. it's about 13,000 feet high, right? and the airport which is a plateau above the city is even higher. so your oxygen content at that al

the ground that's what we do. we do not have roving bans and dea agents ever where. he hill, and there's not many much them. they do a great job, but you need to use the locals, and their exper tease and resources to be able to accomplish anything in terms of dealing with the drug control act in priorities of getting organized crime as the main target. i think this is why we also need leadership at the federal level. we'll have experiments and data perhaps, depending on how the feds treat what happens to washington and colorado, but we'll have taxes in place; right? washington, of course, has its executing tax 25%. commentators said that's too high. we're going to see illegal activity. bottom line is law enforcement will deal with the same kinds of organizations they are now. the experience in colorado in that regard is e los treetive. there's the medical marijuana industry, thousands of dispensaries now in the state, and the analysis showed as is publicly released in 2009 that well over half of all the folks involved in the dispensaries at that time have prior crimin

get the dea wanted not to give a pension because he must have been creating trouble, the was the sheriff would not have shot and. therefore it was his fault and he should not get a pension. he guessed every way to help them. finally as the civil rights commission. find out what was going on. they ended up being able to get in the pension. and i met his family. i told him the story. they said they knew he was paralyzed, of course. they never told them how this happens to him. there were like, oh, my goodness. and so i think that when i was interested in, what i am still interested is there has to be some way to have a voice for people with they can go somewhere. >> have there been efforts over the years, particularly by congress. >> ronald reagan tried to do that. he came into office, and it was all is amazing to me, reagan has become one of our most beloved presidents. people forget some of the stuff that happened. and he wanted to change the direction of civil-rights. he wanted to make sure that the civil rights laws that were passed or not enforce the way they were supposed to be enfor

in 2006 -- it has always had a tip on its shoulder with respect to the fbi in particular, the dea, andther agencies that get their director confirmed by the senate, so in 2006 they prevailed on congress to change their structure to allow their director to be confirmed. since then, they have not had a director confirmed. the nra and other organizations have blocked any nomination as a result of that. host: we can get into that in this segment of the washington journal, focusing on the atf. calls are open -- phone lines are open for your calls. george's waiting from ohio on our independent line. good morning. caller: good morning. this is about control. i've understand there's a product called ssar-15 that enables a semi-automatic gun to converted to an automatic operation, like a machine gun. why would atf approve such a device for public? guest: you are getting into some technicalities of the atf's regulatory power. one of the things they constantly face is the issue of the second amendment and there's only so much they can do if congress does not allow them to ban a particular product

with this lead yes a lot of the students that that there is a responsibility that the dea be contributing to what we've seen play out on the street no one the latter wasn't and. you think that let me know we asked the question read the leaflet the. advance of the vote to contact the alliance party and ask them to change their mind it's very difficult to tell the child not to hit somebody when you may may be in their community their leaders are using violence to keep control and but that politicians and maybe aren't using violence but they're using violence it's all they're using with our own help oh we've come having returned to northern ireland the time being wasted now in agreement that the peace process here needs to evolve. must go in seeking so with the political level there were many things needed now is a solution that works at a grassroots level here amongst the community who got things to be harder to followings so. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world when peace envoy lakhdar brahimi has told the un syria is being destroyed and we have to warn you yo

you can go on the dea website and see how they have to register to import coca life and register for the production of a controlled substance. so i went into that history to basically find out that coca-cola has been getting access to coca leaf for the past century. for this all comes together today and what we would get into is the coca became prohibited around the world through one of three treaties that now dictates the international drug policy in the first one is the 1961 convention on narcotic drugs and that was the treaty that today still says bolivia is supposed to eradicate their wild coca bushes we have to stop the chewing of coca, something that's been going on in south america for thousands of years. the coca-cola company had a role in negotiations of the treaty. i went to the national archives and what you see a lot in this book is illustrations of the pictures i took in the archives of the documents. instead of writing all the words out, i found boxes and boxes of documents and the personal files with the of narcotics and took photographs of them and then illustrated the

mean tomb, the dea is pushing for tighter restrictions on the nation's most widely used drug, the painller vicodin. they're hoping the fda will put them in a different category, which could make them harder to get and abuse. in new york,an anacoyman, fox news. >>> pathology reports shows the former nfl player junior seau had a degenerative brain disease. they studied his brain at the request of the family and doctors found abnormalities with linked to cte, that is said to cause major memory loss and dementia in a number of football players. >>> gary mcgrady, all i heard you say was that it's going to get better. >> hard to believe. >> that's right. >> and temperature, not so much. >> okay. >> and we're talking about the warm-up coming our way for the weekend and all things considered and let's show you that, too. 55 down there in fredericksburg and this is two great days. i'm jealous. you were in the mid-60s yesterday and we were stuck in the 40s and lower 50s. it's two good days down south. culpeper, 54; monasses pox; we're 52 in town and notice to the north and west, hagerstown, 44;

security, which is more than the combined budgets of the fbi, marshals service, the secret service, the deae atf -- all of these other federal law- enforcement agencies. their total budgets for only $14 billion. we are spending a huge amount on border security already. your sense of what the president is saying on the other hand that he doesn't want to have this kind of certification, that he has already secured or wants to secure the borders in his first term. >> let's just remember [indiscernible] the border enforcement benchmark that we discussed in 2006 the border has seen a buildup of enforcement. today, we have 400 miles of fencing and place, double the border patrol agents on the ground which is up to 22,000. we have deployed the national guard. as you say, we have spent billions of dollars. it seems it is never going to be enough for some people. it seems the border enforcement will always be a political tool either to oppose citizenship, especially destroy the process on immigration reform. we believe it will be unworkable. who knows who will be affected by this process? governor p

meantime, the dea is now pushing for tighter restricts on the nation's most widely used drug, the painkillervicodin. they are hoping the fda would put these drugs in a different category which would make them harder to get and use. >>> the fluout break has caused many schools across the country to take extra precautions to protect its students. for one school in ohio that means using a high-powered sprayer to distribute a mist of disinfectant. one person can now disinfect the school in less than one hour compared to four hours without using it. >>> coming up next the caps are back on the ice getting ready for the start of the regular season. find out what happened at extra yesterday that proved they are ready no matter what. >>> we'll tell you what one popular radio staying is doing today to show its support for rg iii as he recovers from knee surgery. fox 5 morning news will be back in a moment.  droid dna augmentation initiated. vision expanding to a 5-inch 1080p hd display and camera. touch acquiring nfc. hearing evolving with beats audio. wireless charging activated. i

according to the dea, drugstore robberies are up, a whopping 79% between 2006 and 2010. >> in light of the epidemic problem we're having in this country with the abuse of prescription meds, and the demand, it's not something we're not paying attention to. >> reporter: tells me, he could see the benefits of these bait bottles, much like bait municipal, or dye packs used by banks which has led to a decrease in bank robberies. heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the community of galt in sacramento county turned out this evening to honor a police officer killed in the line of duty. a candlelight vigil was held for officer kevin tan. he was shot to death yesterday. federal officers say he was highly respected. was a k-9 officer and was not married. he was 35 years old. there is a twist in this case. police say the man who shot officer tan and particular his own life wasn't the burglary suspect the officer was searching for. the gunman has been identified as humphrey gascone. the officer was talking to him, when gascone pulled out a gun and shot him. moments later, he shot himself. >>>

that is more than the $14 billion that funds the fbi, the dea, the secret service, the atf, and the u.s. marshals service. this is an historic reversal. in 1986 when this all began, ins comprised less than 25% of the spending of the other underlined enforcement agencies. if you look at page 22 of your engineering manual, you will see a graph that clearly shows this flip and what historic change has taken place over this period of time. border enforcement is by far the largest share of spending. it is the largest spending for everything in the immigration system, all of the other immigration functions. among other things, it has made possible the doubling of the border patrol in the last 8 years from 10,819 to 21,370. even though its growth is enormous, the growth of i.c.e. is also substantial. that growth has been 87% since 2005 from a number of $3.10 billion until $5.10 billion. those are the big framing points that i hope paint the picture of what it is we are doing in this report. that we go to the pillars i will say some things about and turn it to my colleagues. the first of the pi

that seals the dea deal.so after losing to wisconsin in 2000 rose bowl stanford and shaw get pay backar. 20-14 the final. mike was there than 0the field for all the post game reaction. >> well defense wins championship that's what happened tonight as stanford shut down wisconsin on the last drive of the game. of course afterwards i talked with head coach david shaw how does it feel how does it feel. >> feels great. feels great. tv still getting over the things we could have didn't better but you know what the guys played hard. as usual we kept it close and won it at the and. >>reporter: how disit feel to win the rose bowl. >> crazy. it's our goal. to win it it means everything especially being a senior. i love my team mates and coach staff and everybody. thank the fans for come out as well. pretty will you do. >> unbelieve afternoon. great game coming in. hard nose. tough physical team feels good rate now. >> defense shut them did you know. >> amazing. loss of words. fought so hard the second half. gutted it out. 16 round fight going back and forth the entire third quarter. big play w

meantime the dea is pushing for tighter restrictions on the most widely used drug in the nation, the painkiller vicodin. they're hoping the fda will put these drugs in a different category which could make them harder to get and abuse. >>> a pathology report shows former nfl player junior seau had a degenerative brain disease when he shot and killed himself last year. the national institutes of health studied seau's brain at his family's request. doctors found abnormalities consistent with the disease known as cte likely brought on by years of repeated hits to the head. cte is believed to have caused depression, memory loss and dementia in a number of former football players. joining us now to explain more is dr. michael yokelson from national medstar hospital. how do repeated head injuries lead to a disease? >> thank you for having me. so we are very familiar with what happens in concussion on a one time basis, but what we have learned over many years of studying this is that you end up with multiple concussions or multiple brain injuries, you can develop chronic traumatic encephalo

. >> reporter: the dea will work for the next month to raise more buyback money. all of the guns collected today will be destroyed. >>> they now have a face and a name. san francisco police have identified the suspect in a crime that left a little dog dead. tonight detectives are working to track down this man. they say he's the man who robbed a woman last month as she got out of her car. investigators say he also then grabbed her 12-year-old dog named roxie and through the dog into traffic when he only got a few bucks off the woman. roxie died hours later at an animal hospital. if you know about barrett's whereabouts, you're asked to call police. >>> governor brown was in san jose today to sign an agreement for online courses that brings together a silicon valley startup and san jose university. the goal is to help students graduate faster. kris sanchez joins us from san jose state campus. you know online courses are nothing new. what sets this apart here? >> reporter: this one is modeled a little bit differently. if it works, it means that san jose state student

but, you know, how do expect the dea and local drug control task force is to be able to contend with the kind of a problem? and internationally will be affecting both candidate and mexican and other parts of the world. >> what is congress specific value added? >> they could do two things. number one they could definitely clarify as in the case of an opt out that it's possible for states in certain conditions to go their own way, but then it would have to be some national consideration of what these issues are. the other thing is medical marijuana. it's about time we get a pharmaceutical clinical trial. we should have some extension that lets those who are experts in scientific medicine determined with the values are, what the potency should be and so on, what is the medical found to be able to take it to a clinical trial if it has medicinal value and then how do you dispense it probably? should be dispensed to private businesses? should be dispensed to pharmacies and so unlike other medicines. we need congress to look at that issue as a. >> do you think there's a role for congress? >>

paid more to the border patrol than to the dea,atf and the fbi together.o, we have a foundation to stand on. now we have to address family reunification. the young people who we have thrown to the wayside getting education and not being able to use it, being brilliant and not being able to show it. i think america will say enough is enough and we'll work to create jobs for everyone, the unemployed and those who are coming in to the system. i don't think lamar smith, again, a good friend, and other republicans, are going to be able to stand up against the wave of support that will be coming to once and for all resolve this immigration system that's broken and, tam on the, it is not amnesty. we are demanding a duty, an obligation, a responsibility. we are telling them, and they want that. that they have to give in order to get. that's a whole different system from amnesty. >> congresswoman, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >>> the president arrived in las vegas and minutes away from delivering the first public remarks on immigration reform since that

according to the dea, drugstore robberies are up, a whopping 79% between 2006 and 2010. >> in light of the epidemic problem we're having in this country with the abuse of prescription meds, and the demand, it's not something we're not paying attention to. >> reporter: tells me, he could see the benefits of these bait bottles, much like bait municipal, or dye packs used by banks which has led to a decrease in bank robberies. heather holmes, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> the community of galt in sacramento county turned out this evening to honor a police officer killed in the line of duty. a candlelight vigil was held for officer kevin tan. he was shot to death yesterday. federal officers say he was highly respected. was a k-9 officer and was not married. he was 35 years old. there is a twist in this case. police say the man who shot officer tan and particular his own life wasn't the burglary suspect the officer was searching for. the gunman has been identified as humphrey gascone. the officer was talking to him, when gascone pulled out a gun and shot him. moments later, he shot himself. >>>

immigrants crossing the border -- when you spend 24% for more border enforcement than we do for the fbi, the dea, the atf, and other federal law enforcement agencies, at some point we have to acknowledge -- and we have deported more people than any time before. est to acknowledge that the time is now for a balanced approach that keeps families together, that addresses the other points that i mentioned as well. >> can the coalition of blacks, latinos, and other communities sustain the obama campaign? are we looking at a true shift in the rhetorical landscape? >> i will let the pundits -- i will punt that one. i do not want to talk about the campaigns as much. i will say this quickly. i think what we saw was a seminal shift in the electorate. and if the republicans don't go to the center, they continue to be dominated by the far right, you're going see them lose more and more. -- you didn't mention young people at the end of the question, young people, blacks, asians, latinos, women. at some point it does not look good for them. i prefer focusing on this immigration issue, if i could

we used to butt heads with the a -- dea. now it is no longer a priority, we do not but heads with them. the biggest thing has been with the international intelligence agencies, national security agency. the willingness to sit down and exchange of information, understanding that we collect and different authorities. the cia and nsa collected overseas under looser authorities because they're not affecting united states citizens. we have the responsibility of doing the intelligence gathering in the united states, understanding is american citizens we are attempting to protect. we have to do it under the constitution and applicable statutes. the sharing of that information and working together has gone light years since september 11. having been through a number of battles over the years, the focus on the mission trump's just about everything else. what is difficult is coming up with an organizational structure to address cyber in all of its manifestations. fraud schemes are now on the internet. the dissemination of child pornogr

the justice department report says that the dea agents shouldn't face criminal charges. military service members have been implicated in that scandal. >>> we're following a developing story now. the cdc will announce today that the flu continues to spread across the country. 41 states, including maryland and virginia, have reported widespread flu activity. lot of doctors' offices, pardon me sis and clinics are running t of flu shots. there are still shots out there, but it may take a little work it find them. >> we're hearing that the vaccines out there, might take searching, particularly for infants, but we're encouraging families to do what they can to get it for their children. >> the archdiocese of washington asking anyone who feels sick to avoid shaking hands who taking communion. individual pastors will decide this weekend whether to suspend communion. >>> we have a warning for women who take ambien to sleep. you may want to cut back on dosage. the fda is ordering the maker of the sleep aid to cut the dosages in half for women. their bodies process the drug more slo

and now, the dea is looking into it all. > reporter: they are one of the greatest teams in sports, he was on track to become the best in baseball. so the yankees signed alex rodriguez, known as a-rod, to a ten-year contract worth $275 million. the biggest in history. >> numbers were just mind-boggling. people thought his career is set. this guy is going to walk into cooperstown some day as the greatest of all time. >> reporter: the yankees paid a-rod $30 million last year alone. that's more than $238,000 per game, $234,000 per hit, and each home run, a whopping $1.6 million. his prowess on the field, often overshadowed by his prowess off. those blue eyes, charming the likes of cameron diaz, kate hudson, even madonna, as red sox fans gleefully mocked. but now it all could be falling apart. rodriguez is facing new accusations of using performance enhancing drugs. major league baseball is investigating. and sources tell espn, the yankees want a-rod out. >> his production has been flagrantly diminishing. >> reporter: rodriguez lo

the case has been turned over to the dea. >>> james holmes is expected to face arraignment today butare asking for a delay. a judge decided yesterday that holmes can be tried on all 166 criminal counts against him. holmes attorney say it is not ready to enter a plea. >>> russia says the agreement that allows americans to adopt russian children will stay in effect until 2014. president vad mir putin signed a bill banning the adoptions. it was supposed to take effect this year. yesterday the kremlin said no more adoptions will be allowed but adoptions already cleared before the ban can go through. >>> the first official portrait of kate dutchess of cambridge was revealed. the portrait was painted by paul elmsly. >>> in the past hour, the government announced it is ordering a thorough reveal of the dream liner 787. >> we're considered about the safety of this aircraft. but we're concerned about these incidents and we'll conduct the review until we're completely satisfied. >> we will look for the root causes of recent events and do everything we can to ensure these events don't happen ag

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this will be a tough time for the dea and the justice department. we have to have a debate about what happens in terms of crime. the bottom line is there is a sense this will make violent crime go down. i hope that is true. but i am not convinced because until these externalities' are addressed, we will not know and we know a lot of the people already in the medical marijuana business, and there are a law- abiding people that, except they do not follow federal law, those industries have, as we have seen, a lot of folks who are bad guys. >> can i ask two questions that might sound paranoid? suppose there are local officials that insisted that dispensaries, what ever they are called, in setting up these things, under federal law, and along the same lines, this shows i am a paranoid libertarian, suppose these dispensaries, the gentle and enterprises under state law -- legitimate enterprises under state line, put their money with a dabank. but the treasury say you are in violation of 15 federal laws? but if you buy the next countrywide, we will make it

. >> reporter: there will also be federal agents from the fbi, atf, dea and homeland security on duty during the super bowl. like winning the big game itself, keeping the peace during the super bowl will also be a team effort. in new orleans, paul murphy for cbs 5. >>> new orleans' first responders are also preparing for super bowl sunday. ems crews have been training for a year to handle about anything that they come up against. they have what's called a surge bus that can treat up to 18 patients at a time. they will carry special computers that can translate dozens of languages all useful equipment in a city used to hosting mardi gras. >> it's challenging. these are big crowds. everybody is out to have a good time. but we're used to it. we deal with it every year. >> yeah. new orleans' emts will get help from neighboring cities like baton rouge. >>> 49ers fans are preparing to train. this little fella is flexing for his camera in his finest 49ers clothes. and shelley flying the team colors on her balcony. we want to see your pictures. send them to news@kpix.com or upload them to cbs

and so the dea took over this project because they wanted to develop this fund is as a way to eradicate coca. i find that one little story is just really a marvel because i think it encapsulates the whole relationship that is going on here. we have this plans that indigenous people are denied access to. a lot of cultural value to people. there are denied access. but yeah of multinational corporations that are granted special privileged access so that they can use the same leaf to make billions and billions of dollars, and that is what they did. they start this experiments of the the can make more, and it does not go so well. the u.s. government takes it over and transforms that same project into a way to eradicate coca back in the amazon. and so the last i heard to my think it was president clinton who said -- the da was asking to released this fungus into the rain forest. president clinton said no. the last heard in 2007 was that they're looking into ways of using this fungus as an eradication methods. sounds kind of fd to me, releasing a fungus into a rain forest. but, yes. i think th

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the dea wouldn't comment on whether bosch or biogensis was being investigated. major league baseball reiterated, there was no place in the game for banned substances. but clearly for america's pastime, the issue is far from in the past. you know, it is unclear, what, if anything, is being done to locate tony bosch, if there really is any interest on the part of the drug enforcement administration in talking to bosch. as i said in the piece, not talking about what, if any, investigation into bosch or his company is going on. soledad. >> john zarrella, thank you. coming up, we'll speak with dan shaughnessy of "the boston globe" about this. >>> and business news. >> research in motion unveils the new blackberry 10. this is not it. but r.i.m. shares up 2% in the premarket. we'll tell you about the blackberry 10 smartphone wars. you're watching "starting point." twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks fo

that's more money than the fbi, the dea, and the atf combined.s a negative -- negative immigration flow between the united states and mexico. so i think that's going to be a key sticking point. a lot of immigration advocates believe that this could be a pitfall for republicans to continue to say, oh, the border's not secure yet. the border's not secure yet. and that pathway to citizenship will actually never be a reality. so that is -- that is a big problem. >> i remember the arguments during 2012. some lawmakers wanted to put a fence, you know, around the entire country, right? that wasn't possible. others want more armed security along the border. and we have that now. what's the answer? >> well, what they've done in this new -- with this proposal, this bipartisan agreement, is they've formed a commission of border state governors. a commission that would certify that the border is secure. i think there's logic to that. carol, you know, the people on the ground are the ones that best can tell -- are we talking about border security to the point

we spend more money on border enforcement than we do for the fbi, the dea and the atf.put together. we've got to put more money and expediting these cases. you hit it right on the head. thank you for that. you can't be waiting -- it's got to be -- it's impossible. >> another poll i'm going to put a poll up here that shows that 31% of latino and spanish votes would be more likely to vote republican if the gop took the lead on immigration reform. now, do you think it's purely politics that has brought some republicans around? or you have folks like a senator rubio right now who is really taken the lead for republicans who has a family story and a history and can certainly relate in a lot of ways to these issues in such a personal way that he's taking the lead? what do you think it is? a change of heart politically or just a change of heart? >> we are too close to i think a consensus to bring partisan politics into this. >> good point. >> i don't want to talk about anybody's motivations. i will say this. it does have to be a pathway to citizenship. it has to be comprehensi

immigrants crossing the border -- when you spend 20% more for border enforcement than we do for the fbi, the dea, the atf, and other federal law enforcement agencies, at some point we have to acknowledge -- and we have been courted more people than any time before -- we have to acknowledge that the time is now for a balanced approach. >> can the coalition of blacks, latinos, and other communities sustain the obama campaign? are we looking at a true shift in the rhetorical landscape? >> i will point that for a second. i do not want to talk about campaigns. i will just say this quickly. i think what we saw was a seminal shift in the electorate and if the republicans do not go to the center and continue to be dominated by the far right, you will see them lose more and more market share. you did not mention young people. the questioner did not. young people, blacks, latinos, asians, women. it does not look good for them. i prefer focusing on the immigration issue. >> what role do the congressional caucuses of color, such as the congressional -- the hispanic caucus, the asian- american, caucus, and t

guest: the reason is the law enforcement agencies, like the dea, feel they would have a difficult time enforcing the law between marijuana, which is actually smoked, and hemp, a similar plant, but is used for making clothing and materials and that kind of thing. the reason i believe congress has not passed this is because law-enforcement has said they are not able to enforce the law to make sure illegal uses of growing a drug versus growing plant for clothing manufacturer is not something they would able to enforce. asked to be addressed before you have a log place like the caller is referring to. host: bradford, pennsylvania, frank is on the republican line. caller: good morning, senator. i would like to say that we do not have an honest tax system. i like simpson-bowles, but it does not go far enough. i think everything should be ordinary income. and then allow your deductions per family and a 10% or a cap and everything else is taxed on 3 or 4 different bases. i get all kinds of capital gains. i get royalties from foreign oil companies in the united states. they are here because the