our real-life spider-man takes us to colorado, where ironman comes to life helping a woman stand tall despite a devastating difficulty, kosta grammatis is an engineer designing a bion yik eye. he takes us to maryland to meet a young man who designed a test to predict panser. i'm cara santa maria: that's the team, now let do some science. >> we are back here at the meeting plates having coffee. you guys have incredible stories. i'm interested to hear about this exosuit. >> it was invented 1500 years ago. i am sure we are due for an upgrade. it might be it. check out the robot. you are seeing it on its own, where it's tested. but there on a person. i got to meet the test pilots putting the suits through the paces and some amazing people. let's take a look. . >> hi. >> i have a dream happening. >> these kids from a summer camp near aspen colorado are about to give amanda box tell a life-changing gift. a gift that will help her do something she has not been able to do since she was paralyzed in a skiing accident 21 years ago. >> i want to invite the kids to just rip into it. >> it's a bio

used to be. >> reporter: the klepingers moved to colorado from georgia where marijuana is allowed where using it >> i feel horrible that a child's zip code determines their ability to get medicine that could potentially save their lives. >> and this medicine you think it can. >> absolutely i think it can. >> reporter: legislators in 12 states are considering proposals the allow a version of charlotte's web to be produced or sold legally. the extract has a very low dose of thc, the chemical in marijuana that gives people a high. parents believe other chemicals in the extract reduce the seizures. but there is no scientific study to prove the effectiveness and safety of charlotte's web to treat epilepsy. >> we have real reason to be concerned. >> reporter: dr. amy brooks-kayal is first vice president of the american epilepsy society. she worries that parents are sailing into uncharted waters. >> we do know from basic science studies that the marijuana derivative can completely stop learning and memory. and right now i don't know the benefits, i don't know the likelihood of how it's going to help, a

used to be. >> come on, let's go. >> reporter: the klepingers moved to colorado where recreational and medical marijuana is allowed from georgia where any use of marijuana is illegal. >> i feel horrible that a child's zip code is what determines their ability to get medicine they could that could potentially save their lives. >> reporter: and this medicine you think can. >> absolutely, i think it can. >> reporter: legislators in 12 states are considering proposals to allow a version of charlotte's web to be produced or sold legally. the extract has a very low dose of t.h.c., the chemical in marijuana that gives people a high. parents believe other chemicals in the extract reduce the seizures. but there is no scientific study to prove the effectiveness and safety of charlotte's web to treat epilepsy. >> we have real reason to be concerned. >> reporter: dr. amy brooks- kayal is first vice president of the american epilepsy society. she worries that parents are sailing into uncharted waters. >> we do know from basic science studies that marijuana derivatives can completely stop the cellular mechanisms of learning and memo

to extremes. >> reporter: a year after washington and colorado said yes to recreational pot, more than half of states are considering legalizing marijuana for medical or recreational useatching washington and colorado. >> i like the two states to show us how it's going to work. >> reporter: john hickenlooper warned of unintentional consequences, encouraging kids to smoke. one of six kids who tries marijuana will become addicted to it. hickenlooper asks for $45 million for youth use prevention and $40 million for substance abuse treatment. costs could be covered by revenue generated by sales. hickenlooper expects to collect $144 million from the sales of marijuana in the coming year. >> advertising and legitimacy, how many people can get stoned and have a great nation? dangers competitive. we need to stay alert if not 24 hours a day, more than some of the pot heads might be able to put together. >> new york times poll show 51% of americans believe marijuana should be legal. >>> today is one of the days you need to call your airline before heading to the airport. another blast of winter weather is wreaking havoc across the country. carriers have cancelled more than 2,00

back admiring our accomplishment while the world, the nation and states like colorado and washington have passed us by. it's time to legalize and time to tax. time to regulate marijuana for adults in california. >> so exactly how much money are other states losing by not following colorado's model? joining me is nathanty vert, a pro pot lobbyist, described as the don draper of pot. does he look as good in a suit? you judge. a state like california netted up to $105 million in 2012 on taxes from medicinal marijuana alone, which is already legal. are they missing out on a big opportunity to legalize recreational marijuana and benefit from potentially hundreds and millions of dollars more? >> without a doubt. you know, this is an incredibly popular product. right now it's being largely sold in an underground market where it is going to cartels and other criminal enterprises when it could be going to legitimate tax paying businesses creating legal jobs and really putting that money back into our community. >> let's talk more about that. in colorado, that money is going to schools, big chunk of it. specific earmark for

verbers, colorado, a state that was a republican stronghold is too tough -- too tough of a term to usereliable republican. >> it was reliable, and it mirrored what was going on in the nation. that's what colorado is. it's a bellwether of bellwethers to say -- to use a cliche. in the 1970s, you had very liberal senators, tim worth, gary hart representing that state. it was part of that movement away from watergate. in the 1980s, got very conservative with bill armstrong, hank brown, and those kinds -- >> rising evangelicals, james dobson, focus on the family, out of colorado springs, evangelical movement taking root there. >> right. and as you noted, nobody saw the change coming towards -- back towards the democratic base. but it was there. it was always there. it was people who were tired of, you know, coloradoans are very independent. very independent-minded. they're not reliably democratic or republican. they sort of go to the middle. that's where you can always find the middle. >> it always strikes me that, are they going to the middle or is it a reactive electorate? when one party

the tyrants to syrian president bashar al asad making babies right policy we struck the news to strike us colorado room. so we are one or two in women's hoops it is snowing. the idf attack targets in syria entire tree. those targets was syrian elements. that helps any allow. slick elaborate it. in attacks on our forces. no policy is very clear. the issue to us. he also told them. as much as we can handle the transfer of homes at sea and land. time to time we all recall it. to carry out aggressive operations. as we have just done. in order to ensure the time. this deceptive policy is the reason israel's security is kept the security of its citizens has kept mum on why israel tomorrow is the most stable and place in relation to the middle east. which is undergoing massive tomorrow i went through. alright so the blood. he is talking to the syrian on the tiny facilitate minutes he had pulled this kind of artillery fast race was in a timely action to mumbai from a type a guy is rightly forces between people so it is mocking the fact that i along israel's northern borders in less than two weeks. and for

and i'm happy now to be joined by dawn, who is in atlanta, and aaron and hunter who together are joining us from colorado. welcome to all of you. and aaron, i would like to begin with you, if i can, please. i just wanted to get a feel from you as to how the treatment is going. that the initial -- the initial fact sounds incredible. has it lasted? >> it has. it's actually improved over time, and from the very first dose we saw huge changes in our son, from decreased seizures to increased relaxation and happiness. it's been nothing but a miracle for us and a lot of people use that term kind of loosely. but for him, it's been absolutely fantastic, and he started -- he was having 24 minutes a week of seizures. and he's down under four minutes now. so it's been absolutely life-changing. not only for him, but for our entire family. >> aaron, would you be able to sit with him like you are right now? i can see you holding his hand. he's just so cute. i was going to tell you, from one mom to another dad. would you be able to sit with him right now and have this interview with me if you didn't have this charlotte'

to use. one thing they know for sure is marijuana has a series -- serious affect on the brains of young people. if you're going to move to colorado and you have a 14-year-old boy who says they say it is legal and how can it be that much different than beer ? turns out a lot different, especially on a kid's brain. a lot of moving parts to this issue. very interesting who is on the side of legalizing. demographically, the younger you are the more likely you are to say it is a good idea. gallup poll says 58% in click a was a and is a good idea. libertarians say this is personal responsibility and personal freedom, why should we restrict access to it? a huge conversation of the country is just now starting to have. colorado is the place where if you want to look and see what is going on, that is the place to look and see it. runningrry smith together a special for cnbc. last night it aired. it will re-air again tonight at 8:00 eastern time. erewhon and america. issue.ighs in on the a social cost? no more stop in cops in neighborhoods. guest: it is very interesting. a lot of the people we talked to said decriminalization is a very goo

when we come back, another remarkable story as we go to colorado. stay with us♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. we turn now to colorado, where a trial is set to begin today has john attention to the state's ongoing debate about its use of the death penalty. the case involves a prison inmate named edward montour was accused of beating a prison guard named eric autobee to death in 2002. he pled guilty to the murder and was convicted. the state supreme court threw out his death sentence in 2007 because it was imposed by judge and not a jury as is required. now the case is back in court. this time, the killer is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, and the victim's father who wanted to seek the ultimate punishment and the original trial is that a change of heart. >> during a meeting with prosecutors, bob autobee asked them to spare the life of his son's killer, but to no avail. in a surprising move, that not only decided to pursue another death sentence, they have succeed

a million people have used a colorado-based website to scan images from home looking for clues to the fate of flight 370. >> when you see the families and the uncertainty you would like to help if you could. >> a plane this big missing this long with so few leads is unprecedented. officers believe this will be the most expensive aviation investigation. ever. >> president obama plans to meet with organizations working to pass bipartisan mission to see congress meeting with congressional hispanic caucus to overhaul the system. >> there is a good picture of a man holding up people at a.t.m.'s throughout the bay area taken yesterday morning at an a.t.m. in daly city. officers say the man said he was armed and forced her to withdraw $900 from the account. he has committed similar robbery ies in fremont and wednesday in pleasant hill. less call any of the police departments if you recognize him. >> attention bart riders a safety feature is coming to the smartphone and riders can use a new app to report crimes, suspicious activities or safety hards available on bart website. riders can uploa

to save us. >> and layery from colorado. little chance of reaching raopl room temperaturet us know what you think. you can go to our facebook page, links to everything on loudobbs.com. >> well president spent much of his first day in europe trying to multiply, subtract and divide, in the hague for two day long nuclear security summit. he spent much of his time trying to build support for fur further sanctions against russia. the group becomes now the g 7. subtracting russia from the group it joined 15 years ago, president obama did meet with china's positive, in advance of the summit, and kerry met with his russian counterpart, lavrov to talk about russia's take over of crimea. >> chancellor merkel we're told is talking tough to mr. putin, u.k. prime minister, david cameron seems to be standing with mr. obama and miss merkel, and putin a aggression has seemingly enter nizeed the west's interest what was slowly becoming a deflateed alliance. that has neither a strategy, capacity, assets or will to put an end to mr. put uni co

dollars when your client is sitting next to you alive. >> as far as the half a million dollars point. let me just say that the notice here in colorado forces us to put the cart before the horse, the notice mandates that you have to specify a dollar a amount of damages. no one is saying that roy has actual damages of $500,000. the mandate says we have to state an amount. >> could it be that you're just looking for somebody else to pay all these medical bills? and by the way, is mr. ortiz a u.s. citizen? is he here legally in there country? >> that has no bearing on anything with this case. what the fact of the matter is -- >> i think our viewers would like to know that, is he in this country legally or not? is he a u.s. citizen? >> that has no bearing on this and it certainly doesn't prevent him from asserting any personal claims. that's irrelevant to the matter of him. >> you told me earlier in the commercial break that he is undocumented and that he is not here legally in this country. in looking at all the details of this case, it's an important point. mr. ortiz and mr. first, thank you for your time today. >>> the white house still coming

i don't know if opening it up to recreational use is going to drive the price higher or lower that might be something to 4r50b89 in the washington and colorado >> one of the best parts there was a ton of the information on recreational cannabis in washington and colorado and colorado has been dealing with that balancing act trying to tax it enough inform generate revenue but not so much that it drives people into the black market. >> thank you. >> thank you, ms. rogers a comment? commissioner hillis >> i'm going to recommend and approve the report with the following recommendations add a finding if the dr finding about the neighborhood already been sefrd by mc d. this may get us where we have mc d beyond the six hundred foot limit and recommendations two on allowing mc d in more zoning district we need to study that more. on second floor i had permit and encourage mc d on second floor. i agree with removing the thousand foot buffer to 6 hundred around schools. and i'll accept all that remains >> second. the only other issue is t 5 hundred foot so the recommendations is to continue with the cu where 0 to address clustering and continue the cu

to put together. >> governor brown said on "meet the press" dehe did not think california should follow in the footsteps of colorado and washington which have legalized the recreational use of mayor wan a. the governor said what we have in the state right now is very close to what exists in colorado and washington. a recent poll found 58% of americans support legalizing the rec raisal use of marijuana. pot advocate are confident recreational use will eventually get here, regardless of what the governor says. >> people shouldn't go to jail or, you know, whatever -- or suffer illegal consequences because it's a very common thing. jerry's spoke a few, i'm sure, back in his day. >> opponents argue that pot is a gateway drug to other more dangerous street drugs but pot advocates say that's not true and argue marijuana is less dangerous and destructive than alcohol. there are voter initiatives in the works in three other states for legalization of the recreational use of marijuana. live in san francisco. monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> facebook getting into private security? how the social network is going to keep its employees safe. >>> we'll show you another winter stor

more than a million people have used a colorado-based satellite system to scan images from home looking for clues to the fate of flight 370. >> i think when you see those families and the uncertainty they're dealing with, you'd like to help in some small way if you could. >> reporter: a plane this big missing for this long and with so few leads, it's unprecedented. experts believe that this will end up being the most expensive aviation investigation ever. john and marci. >> all right. kristin, we're six days into the search. there are so many theories out there. are there any theories we can rule out at this point? >> reporter: not with 100% certainty. in fact, you know, this search is only expanding even further into the indian ocean. so it just seems with each passing day, there's still more questions than answers. back to you. >> kristin fisher live in washington. thank you. and abc news is working this story 24/7. we'll have the very latest later on "good morning america." >>> now, the other big story this morning involves another airliner, a very close call as the nose gear on a us

> reporter: california was the first state to legalize medical pot but it has been leapfrogged by washington and colorado that legalized it for recreational use. >> i like those two states to show us how it is going to work. >> reporter: even though it can put billions in the state coffer through taxes and saving money on lawsuit, jerry brown has concerns. >> advertising legitimacy how many people can get stoned and still have a great state or a great nation? the world is pretty dangerous and competitive. i think we need to stay alert if not 24 hours a day, more than some of the potheads might be able to put together. >> reporter: the most likely scenario, a ballot measure. but lawmakers might be able to legalize pot themselves. >> it is somehow we can demonstrate real conviction on this, i know a lot of republicans up in sacramento agree on this, we don't need to go to the voters, we can legislate this. >> reporter: there is increasing public support for legalizing marijuana in a field poll from december. 55% of california voters said yes, only 31% said no. in the news room, ktix5. >> and in that field poll, support is stronger here in the b

us. to we are extending the math virginia, north carolina, colorado and michigan. what ends up happening is, when you sort of expanding the math to new hampshire and on and on and on -- i am not going to rattle off 27 straits -- but think about the effect here. you are on the democratic side you are already behind the a ball in the states that you are dealing with just as a matter of fact. now you have obamacare and the presidents of popularity. not only do you have the map expanding into incumbents that help you raise the money in the senate committee and the at the dnc want to be taking care of. they are not going to sit around and say i am going to handle this myself. they will go to the senate committee and say, hey, are you paying for the subsidy program? are you going to put out the campaign? wait a second, we have the six states. i help you raise them. it ends up becoming this toxicity that spreads, i think, within the democratic hardy that they will not be able to contain. >> you talked about tried to get the hispanic vote from 27% to 37%. can the debt -- ca

to get that under control. we'll see what happens. i mean, so colorado and washington give us the contrast cases. washington does not allow home grow, colorado does. finish and we'll see if the home grow in colorado turns out to be a problem. if it doesn't, i certainly have no objection to it. >> laboratories of democracy, there we go. >> i'll piggyback on home grow. the only reason we didn't have it in the washington initiative was because it didn't poll well. we went with a hard alcohol model. i don't think it can have that much of an impact. we can home grow, we can home brew beer, wine, whatever, we prefer the convenience of a store. i also think that home grow has, the strategy for undermining the black market, and this is the point that the greatest concentration of demand is in urban environments where people live in apartments and they're not going to grow their open marijuana, so you have to have stores available. i just don't think home grow makes that much impact. >> andnd banking, ten seconds. >> i think it's a great idea that treasury's trying to get out of the way. i think most banks

to do that.... >> yeah, it will increase addiction among kids. colorado and washington were the first two states to green light marijuana for recreational use, and now kentucky and arizona, a number of others may be following in their path. but is there a right way or a wrong way to go about this? entrepreneurs promise to capitalize on what is a very lucrative industry. some say that regulation and oversight are mere after thoughts, leaving a public health crisis as one of the unintended consequences. here with us i is the martha stewart of marijuana. and the author of marijuana legalization, what everyone needs to know. mark has written extensively on this topic, and michael gordon, cush tourism, colorado's first marijuana tours. so michelle, you look at the trends and the polls, and it's really true, a lot of people do believe that it's just a when, and not an if. some estimate that the next decade or two, from your perspective, where is this conversation at right now in the u.s.? >> i actually think that it's going to happen much sooner than people realize. i believe that by 2016 we'll see a revenue of $32 billion. and they're looking at colo

folks in colorado are used to tumble weed, but they say they have never seen anything like it. : how do you get rid of tumble weed? bill: colorado had a drought. martha: let us know how you get rid of tumble weeds. martha: a federal appeals court uphold the tion laws in the country. it sparked a filibuster by the candidate for governor wendy davis. what does this ruling mean? >> reporter: it means the state of texas can go forward with implementing all of that abortion law that was passed hereby last summer, not parts of it. it band -- it bands abortions ar 20 weeks of facility. it requires abortion clinics to upgrade their clinics to surgical procedures and it demand that doctors have admitting procedures at nearby hospitals. critics claimed it jeopardizes women's health because 20 abeergs clinics have been forced to close. but the district coast appeal overturned the ruling saying the law can be implemented to its full extent. you may say this is a win for the pro life side. but it's likely this ruling will be challenged. there is talk this could make its way up to the u.s. su

to open, where else? colorado. nelson garcia shows us how the organizers got the club off the ground. >> at 8200 feet in the mountains above boulder. >> we wanted to fill in something that was missing. >> you'll find a building that may soon be. the highest place in america. after a 14 month legal journey. >> it's been rough. i mean, they were writing the laws as we were developing this. >> cheryl and david will soon open club med. >> these are the blueprints we had drawn up by local architect. >> the only legal sanctioned cannabis club in the country. >> went to the town, we went to the marshall. we went to jeff, our attorney. he talked with the d.a. and we basically got everybody's approval. >> this is history. >> having our attorney, had marijuana to the colorado clean air indoor act, that was really key. >> by doing that, they are following rules that rough hint any smoking inside businesses. by following the guidelines of private clubs, like the vfw where people can smoke inside. >> because you don't have too many employees and beca

. >> you know what's interesting is politically it used to be, when democrats won statewide in coloradonot be from the denver area, and recently, the denver area, you can now win with a denver base, so there is this sort of automatic disconnect, even with some of the lawmakers. governor hickenlooper said it was a good thing. how is he -- what has he done to sort of address this perception that there is an urban-rural divide that is punishing rural colorado? >> well, definitely, governor hickenlooper, he took a hit in the polls after passing the gun control laws and also granted a temporary reprieve for death row inmate out here in colorado. but he's really -- last september, colorado went through widespread floods in the rural counties, some of the counties that voted to secede from the state, and the governor secured millions of dollars in federal funds as well as state funds, has really been out in front of this in helping rural communities rebuild in the wake of these natural disasters. the state also endured widespread wildfires last year. and the governor's really, you know, pushed

us to get through to d.c. to fix these. fell, saralee, we drove that stretch of road and counted well over a dozen potholes just between colorado and oglethorpe. we have reported them to ddot which promises to fill potholes within three business days after receiving a complaint. in fact, they were starting this morning on that stretch. if you have a pothole that is driving you crazy, just send us an e-mail by going to tellwusa9.com. include a cross street and a photo if you can safely do >>> today a frederickburg, virginia first grader has a chance at survival. he survived several bouts with cancer that started when he was nine months old but the treatment compromised his immune system and a virus has left him near death. they were first cold the new annualty viral drug wasn't ready to be released but the company reach add deal with the fda to provide the -- reached a deal with the fda to provide the drug under the compassionate use policy. >>> white house advisory says traffic on the federal health care website jumped 40% after president obama's appearance on funnyordie pore com. president obama appeared on between two ferns t

to talk about youth. >> reporter: and launching today across the state, the commercials use humor to warn stoner stoners about something that is no laughing matter. miguel almaguer, nbc news, denver, colorado. >>> he's a fugitive living outside of the country, and up next, we are live in austin and as secrets leaker edwin >>> oscar pistorius vomited in a south african courtroom after he heard detalils of his girlfriend's autsy report. >> he says that he shot her and killed her by mistake last year. and now the latest on why the judge ordered a media blackout. >> reporter: hi, from south africa, where the rain is pouring down. and oscar pistorius is as emotional as we have seen him so far in the trial. as he was listening to the graphic testimony this morning from the pathologist who examined reeva steenkamp's body, he threw up in the courtroom, and created such a scene that the judge had to stop the trial to make sure that oscar was okay. the judge has ordered a media blackout, and no audio feed or video feed which we usually get from the pathologist out of respect are from are reeva steenkamp's family, because it is incredibly graphic about the condition of the body post death in the auto

to subsume. host: representative diana degette of colorado joining us, talking about the hobby lobby conestoga case. i wanted to ask you about the announcement concerning the affordable care act, the delay for those signing up. guest: it is a very small, but reasonable delay. if somebody went online, try to sign up, and for some reason that information did not get transferred to the insurance company or there was a computer glitch, those folks would have a small grace. -- small grace period especially given some of the problems they have had with the exchanges. host: the washington post said it would create a large loophole and a new category of people signing up for insurance. does that present a problem in your mind? guest: i don't think it will be that large. folks will have to prove that they tried to sign up for the deadline and i think they will be able to work them through quickly. host: do you think 6 million people will be achieved by the deadline? guest: it is hard for me to say. we do not have the final numbers. in my own state of colorado, we have seen a huge uptick in people signing up

to get that under control. we will see what happens in colorado and washington give us contrast situations. we will see if the homegrown turns out to be a problem and if it doesn't i certainly have no objection to it. >> i will piggyback on homegrown. the reason they didn't have home grow in washington is because it didn't poll well. i don't think it's going to have that much of an impact. we can home grow, we can homebrew beer and wine and we prefer the store. i don't think home grow has any affect on the market and i think home grow as a strategy for undermining the black market and this is the point the greatest concentration of demand is an urban environment where they are going to grow their own marijuana so you have to have the stores available. i don't think it will make that much impact. >> 10 seconds. >> it's a great idea that treasury is trying to get in the way. i think most banks won't accept it. all you need is some credit union and it will not be an all cash business and that's a good thing. >> we have a credit union going forward and i agree with mark it would take ever the pr

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to look at the imagery independently. an interesting development with the latest breaking new s comes from a company right here in colorado. >> the fruitless search prompted many questions. twitter using 70 qs. we want to put them to our panelist. here are the questions and let's take them one at a time. the question i asked earlier. how about using drones to inspect the indian ocean? >> makes sense. a longer time to get down to the altitude that you need. it gives a much greater option. >> here's the question now to peter. how long before images from repositioned high def satellites are available? >> i don't know that. it takes at least 24 to 36 hours. >> you don't? >> agree. it's a couple of days. >> it could be a while. >> why are transponders able to be disabled t? >> everything on a plane is redid you not ant. there there is a fear that there may be an electrical short circuit and something that you may have to be disabled for. this will cause the industry and the professionals to rethink that whole approach. >> keep the transponders on. you can turn them off and you shouldn't be allowed to turn them off in a cockpit. >> you turn them off on the ground. >> that's different. there

offering medical cannabis services in washington and colorado are now transitioning into the adult use market. >> is that something that you would toou were involved in the medical marijuana industry. >> sure, i would. we are committed to being legally compliant with whatever regulations are in place. it is our belief that most americans could benefit from using cannabis. we welcome the opportunity to serve more rather than less. >> harborside health care. could you describe the business, and how many employees, how many customers. >> we have 7000 square-foot campus. addition to providing to enter 50 different types of candidates -- cannabis, we offer a full-service care clinic. which includes things like chiropractic, acupuncture, nutritional counseling, therapeutic yoga and other holistic healing techniques. we have over 100 employees. an hour.rage wages $43 all of them have health care. all of them have a wonderful retirement package. >> you mentioned lab testing. i wonder if you could describe your role there and what role it plays in the decriminalized and legitimate marijuana industry. harborsidet opened in 2006, i contacted

it should be delivered to us more or less free if not completely free. >> colorado analyst steve maxwell says most americans have no idea the value of the water coming out of their taps each and every day. investment funds literally buying water worth nearly $6 billion, invested in the overall water industry but a sector gaining interest as investors betting on water becoming the new oil. >> tremendous opportunities because there is no substitute. >> mark robert, has an annual $700 million in water transactions. >> water is probably one of the more neglected asset classes that we've come across in our professional careers. >> it's hard to imagine water as a commodity being bought and sold like gold but here is how it works. water right holders. these are farmers, municipalities and industrial interests. certain areas in the western united states allow those rights to be traded with interested buyers. usually in one-on-one transactions. and that's where private investors come in. they snatch up water rights in dry states with the highest water needs. mostly districts in california, texas,

impact that legalization will have in colorado and washington in terms of the transportation of marijuana from one state to another. are we going to see increased use among youth? we have been engaged with governors offices in both colorado and watching 10 as well as the health departments in colorado and washington to basically see how they are going to implement regulatory schemes to ensure they are doing everything possible to mitigate the public safety and public health impact of legalization efforts. >> so you have weighed in. your office has help to try to educate the country on this particular subject. do you anticipate that there might be eight bigger or higher response, a larger response or weighted response toward what we see going on around the country? >> i think what we have generally tried to do with our exists in resources that we have within our drug-free communities and other resources to how do we continue to highlight prevention efforts particularly as it relates to things like alcohol and marijuana and a drug-free communities have been important resources that we have had to heighten the prevents and -- or offensive messaging th

. >> well move now to colorado where the recreation use of marijuana is legal and growing danger operatege frequent pot users drive under the influence 17 times a month. authorities are now turning to creative new weapons to keep them off the road and spot them when they are driving high. here's of clayton san del. >> as colorado grapple with an exploding marijuana industry that it now legal, police here are now redoubling the fight against something that will a little be illegal. driving while stoned. >> we teach them to look at certain things and it is kind of elimination process. >>reporter: colonel republican and democrat 0wants to taken 300 officers to spot tell tale symptom of marijuana impairment including buddy tremor bobble balance and big give away the eyes. >> i'll just check your pupil okay. >>reporter: the dilated pupil now showing up in a new state ad campaign. in this one a pot user instalking the tv but gets distracted by the munchies. fv ads are phone but researchers say the problem is serious. columbia university studied thousands of fatal car crash ins 6 states. over a

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colorado. >> marijuana is still legal illn federal law, you have to use special federal weed that's grown at the university of mississippi which is comparatively very, very weak. so we like to think that washington and colorado's laws will dean b deepen our understaf what's going on but it probably won't happen. >> let's head to washington, d.c. yoinjoie chen standing by. >> good evening john. tonight on our program a game of risk, with the mastermind of the mean. meet ben huh. he lives off the thinking, carpe deum. an aha moment that left him with the notion he has something to contribute. that's that. cat pictures all over the web. also a lot of people making some pretty funny but dumb mistakes. a product he says is just part of the business. >> business is very simple. you want to make one dollar of profit because if you lose a dollar, if you are unprofitable every single day, there is an expiration date. if you are profitable every day, you will never run out. >> on "america tonight." we'll see you then. >> joie, thank you very much. the up and coming artists at the whitney. marp peoplpop

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colorado. but not only that, what is the message that that sends our youth nationally in terms of what it means to use marijuana. we have been engaged following on the department of justice criteria with both colorado and washington as well as with our federal partners to monitor both the public safety and public health impact that legalization will have in colorado and washington in terms of the transportation of marijuana from one state to another. are we going to see increased pref lance in use among our youth. we've been engaged with governors oofss and health department to see how they are going to implement regular tri schemes to ensure that they are doing everything possible to mitigate the safety and public health aspects. >> you've weighed in and your office has helped try to educate the country on this particular subject. and do you anticipate that there might be a more -- i bigger or higher response, a larger response, waiting response to what's we see going on around the country? >> again, i think what we generally try to do with our existing resources wf both within the drug free communit

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we think that it falls out of the sky, and it should be delivered to us more or less free if not completely free. >> colorado water analyst receive maxwell says most americans have no clue about the value of the water that comes out of their tap each and every day. he points to a dozen u.s. companies and investment funds literally buying water worth a combined $6 billion, just a fraction of $500 billion in the overall water industry but a sector gaining interest as investors bet on water becoming the new oil. >> the scenario has tremendous challenges but tremendous opportunities because there is no substitute. >> mark is a partner at water asset management, a new york city investment firm with an annual $700 million in water transactions. >> water is probably one of the more neglected asset classes that we've come across in our professional careers. >> it's hard to imagine water as a commodity bought and sold like gold, but here's how it works. every year state and local authorities divide the available water supply among what are called water right holders. these are farmers, municipalities, and industrial

to war. >> police in colorado are working to recognise drivers that are too high to drive. >> hi everyone, good to have you with us. welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. >> they are the two most powerful men in the world. thursday they tried to broker a diplomatic solution in ukraine. president obama and russian president vladimir putin spoke by phone for an hour. president obama urged him to hold direct talks with ukraine. their conversation comes as the u.s. and europe line up new sanctions and crimea lawmakers vote to break aafrom ukraine. we have the latest from mike viqueira at the white house. >> a third call in the last week between president obama and his russian counterpart vladimir putin. no visible or public sign that progress is being made in the diplomatic standoff. the call lost an hour on thursday. a read-out from the white house distilled it to one paragraph - the president calling for talks between the russian and ukrainian officials and the world community to look for the may 25th elections in ukraine as legitimate. we heard about the russian officials refusing to deal with the ukra

use as medical marijuana. what is the status that defines it in california versus what is going on in colorado and washington? >> in california, in order toally purchase or consume cannabis, you have to have a written recommendation from a >> we have made that distinction. is the industry homogeneous? you to do so. in colorado, as of the most recent general election, any adult is allowed to purchase cannabis for any purpose whatsoever. >> we have made that >> sure, i would. we are committed to being legally compliant with whatever regulations are in place. it is our belief that most americans could benefit from using cannabis. we welcome the opportunity to serve more rather than less. >> harborside health care. could you describe the business, and how many employees, how many customers. >> we have 7000 square-foot campus. in addition to providing to 250 different types of cannabis, we offer a full-service care clinic. which includes things like chiropractic, acupuncture, nutritional counseling, therapeutic yoga and other holistic healing techniques. we have over 100 employees. their average wage is $43 an hour. all of them have health car

to get that under control. we'll see what happens. so colorado and washington gave us the contrast cases. washington does not allow home grow, colorado does, and we'll see if the home grow in colorado turns out to be a problem. if it doesn't, i certainly have no objection to it. >> laboratories of democracy. >> can i piggyback on home grow? the reason we didn't have home grow in washington is because it didn't poll well. we can home grow, we can home brew beer or wine. we preefer the convenience of a store. i don't think home grow has any impact on the market. i also think home grow has a strategy for undermining the black market misses the point is the greatest concentration of demand is in an urban market where people live in an apartment and they aren't going to grow their own. i don't think home grow makes that much sense. >> i think it is a great idea the treasury is trying to get out of the way. i think most banks won't accept the bait, but most banks don't have to accept the bait. somebody will play. this will not be an aall cash business, and that's a good thing. >> we have that in

to use it. state's joined budget committee is planning to brief lawmakers about their options tomorrow. right now, i'm joined by one of those lawmakers, republican state senator david balmer out of coloradogood morning to you, sir. >> good morning, chuck. >> now, i know you were somebody who was opposed to the original amendment for the recreational use but said once it was passed it was your duty to uphold the law. that's what the referendum did. let me ask you. your first reaction to those january revenue figures and what it did for the state budgets. >> thank you, chuck. the numbers are still a he question mark. the governor's projections will be that we are going to have somewhere around $130 million and so when you take the first $40 million for school construction, the rest of it is up for grabs. and i think that a lot of legislators are looking at the law enforcement requests as being the most serious requests. the law enforcement is dealing with a number of new property-related crimes. you have to remember that these marijuana businesses are all cash businesses. >> right. >> they do not have bank accounts. the banks are not allowed to offer them banking services. so, these mariju

to using satellites. the search area is roughly the size of colorado. and it will be difficult to have an aerial survey in a short period of time. if there's clear weather, and you have overhead satellite imagery, it can be an easy thing to find. one of the things that i find interesting. two of the things is the australians have dispatched four of their p3 orion's, which is roughly 23% of the fleet. says to me there's an intention on there part to have several hours in a row of surveillance in the area, for whatever purposes - probably to track the items. earlier the prime minister, in his carefully worded statement, mentioned that these were identified somehow. it says to me a couple of things were going on - they are fairly large objects, whatever they were, and the resist lugs of the satellites -- resolution of the satellites used is it could be used to identify an object. that means we are talking about not necessarily commercial satellite for earth monitoring, but something of a military nature. the name of the satellite - what is interesting... >>