we recently spoke with tripp keber, c.e.o. of dixie elixirs, a company that makes marijuana- infused products. >> tom: tripp keber is the owner of dixie elixirs. he joins us from denver, colorado. tripp, do you consider yourself in the drug business? >> i absolutely do not. we have been in the business for the last three years of making medicine for patients here in the state of colorado. by that, we certainly don't consider ourselves drug-makers. >> tom: considering you sell not marijuana specifically, but elixirs derived from marijuana, where do you get your raw materials? >> we have a 50,000 scare foot cultivation facility in denver. and that cultivation facility feeds our manufacturing facility, here in denver, colorado as well. and we control is called from seed to sale. >> tom: seed, you grow it, and you derive the compounds from it to make your elixirs and sodas and other products? >> we take the raw plant material and have a can canabus oil, and we in fuse it to nine different delivery systems, what we call product lin

we have more of our recent conversation with tripp keber, c.e.o. of medical marijuana products maker dixie elixirs. >> you are looking at a $300 million in denver going to in excess of $600 million, this is about taxes, this is about jobs. the state of colorado we paid into a state coffers as an industry over $50 million in taxes, licenses and fees. we employ as an industry directly over 10,000 people in the state. and so there are not many states that can afford to turn a blind eye to that. so i certainly believe in the state of new jersey and potentially even connecticut certainly with the experiences of the superstorm sandy that they going to look long and hard at these markets, at these vertical markets to potentially den bit. >> tom: does legallization of the drug itself, however, hurt your elixir business. in other words, f people can consume marijuana directly through smoking it, that there is less of a demand, perhaps, for the elixir, the soda products and other ointments that you sell? >> i see the infused products manufacturing business r

. >> tripp keber, thank you for joining me.story. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> we've got some news here. the president, president obama just talking with this middle class family in northern virginia. part of the push to preserve the middle class tax cut. here he is around the table in the washington area today. if the president and congress cannot reach a deal, tax rates for the middle class and everyone else goes up the first of the year. meanwhile, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell today prevented a simple majority vote to give the president the power to raise the u.s. debt ceiling. president obama pushed for the power trance fosform as part of white house plan they unveiled a week ago. fiscal cliff, 26 days away. christine romans explains how going over the cliff could affect you and your family. >> reporter: brooke, here's what the sequester could mean for domestic programs. fewer women and children with assistance and child care aid. cuts to education nearly 100,000 head start spots at risk. more than 25