commenting on the fact 13 other states have moved in this direction, senator leno has said, quote, in fact, the experience of these other states when treating drug possession as a health issue has resulted in better public safety outcomes which can result in safer communities. george, why don't we start with you. you've dedicated post of your adult life to fighting crime and trying to make communities safer as the elected district attorney of san francisco, you've committed yourself to that, and yet you've broken away from the position held by, i believe, every other elected district attorney in california to support marar district attorney in califoia to support senator leno's direction. why is that? >> i want to thank marty for being here. even though we disagree, i think it was really important to have the point of view of the 57 other elected d.a.'s in the state. i think it's important to understand in our dialogue so marty, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> marty is someone i respect a great deal and he has been involved in public safety for a number of years and doing v

i asked senator leno how do you think they say happy chanukkah in italian? and he said mozel tough and i am glad to be here and i am proud to be an italian american and it's been an important part of my identity. i believe i have the soul in my heart. [applause] . so there you are. and i remember my grandfather saying when he came over on the boat he was told the streets of america were paved with gold and found out there were no streets and he had to do the paving, and i think the strongest part of our culture is "the family". we may have our dysfunctions but our families never dessert us and my family didn't know much with the lgbt issue so when i came out of the closet i thought they would be so upset i would lose them. wouldn't happen. once my son had a sign that said "i love my gay son that never calls" and that is it and i want to welcome the counsel general and his partner and actually we share a vice, and it's called napoli. i think i can say it right. (. [speaking foreign language] . we don't want you to do that but want to work out programs to shar

but i just don't see senator leno's legislation fostering any different. now, if you're talking ultimately decriminalization, because i think this is where this is headed, then that's a different story. >> marty, let me just ask you, has your organization put together any information that would counter claims that decriminalization in this manner has been successful in these other states that have moved in that direction? >> we have not. we have not done any white papers on that issue. >> wendy, can you respond to marty's last argument? he's in effect saying if you come into the criminal justice system with a drug possession charge as a felony, you probably won't end up with a felony conviction if you're willing to seek treatment and very unlikely you would go to prison. you agree with that? >> i think it depends on which county you're in. i think san francisco is the only county in the state that currently has a prop 36 court that is still actively working because the state has defunded all the prop 36 courts in efforts across the state. so i think this p

leno is the king. it is well known that kimmel idleizes letterman. if you're going to shoot for somebody, why not go after the number one funny guy in late night. it's creating a little buzz, but, also, i like kimmel's act. i didn't watch him that much when he was on later. i watched him the past week and i was very impressed. >> you were sleeping. you were very impressed. >> i'm an old person. >> think he's a young, fresh face that could be seriously competitive for abc in this time slot. remember, what was it, t2002 whn abc caused an uproar to make plans to lure letterman to abc and replace ted koppel. not as much ankest even in the news business of "nightline" being pushed back to the middle of the night. why do you think that is? >> i would say it was a different universe back then. it was a different tv universe. not quite as technologically advance. the universe wasn't as balkanized as it is now. anybody who wants to see "nightline" and doesn't want to stay up that late to watch it can watch it on their computers the next day. it wasn't the sam

and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much. welcome to "the tonight show." nice to have you all here. thank you, thank you, thank you. well, folks, they are calling this the worst flu season in years. i just realized that after i shook hands with everybody in the audience. [ laughter ] here are the signs you may have the flu. this is what it said in the news today. you look weak, you look tired, you feel aches, you feel pain. you can't move, it's like you are playing for the lakers. [ audience oohs ] you know what i'm saying? >> rickey: aw! >> jay: you know what i'm saying? tough love, it's tough love. it's going to help them win. [ laughter ] >> rickey: that's right! that's right. >> jay: in fact, this flu season is so bad, hometown buffet has had to hire extra workers just to clean the sneeze guard. [ light laughter ] ♪ that's how bad it is. this flu season is so bad,

here we go. >> welcome, everyone, to the 2012 justice summit, i'm mark leno and so wish key be with you today but i'm attending to my legislative duties in sacramento. council, i thank you for your interest in criminal justice and all your energies and efforts on its behalf. we know this is an issue that is of great importance to the state of california and to the nation. of course we have the opportunity to yet again lead the way here in california. we're offering a bill this year, s.b.-1506 which would redefine the crime of simple possession of a drug from felony to misdemeanor. there are 13 other states, and the federal government which already do this and in the 13 other states, we have the data that shows that we get better results, better outcomes, meaning safer communities, and surprisingly the states include not only the large eastern states of pennsylvania and new york, but also states like mississippi, south carolina, west virginia, wyoming, iowa, all of which use this mid deem charge rather than felony. and what we find in these 13 other states is that there are higher rates

and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: hi, everybody! thank you! welcome to "the tonight show," folks! it's not official. it's not official. but it looks like the four-month hockey strike may be over. [ cheers and applause ] of course, if it's not over and you still want to see a team score only once every 16 shots, you can go watch the lakers. so it will work out okay. [ cheers ] >> rickey: yeah! >> jay: man! sounds like there's trouble in

looks like the 62-year-old leno will keep the spot past 2014. host of the show since carson left in 1992. made sense they would move fallon into the leno spot, for the younger demo. and starting tomorrow, jimmy kimmel is switching time slots here at abc with "nightline." kimmel will be on earlier. looked like that was the match up brewing. those who like jay leno he is going to be there past 2014. interesting. the late night wars continue. >> continue. >> exactly. >>> arnold schwarzenegger, he has certainly been in the news for a long time. but now he has his own personal tank. that's right. he took it for a spin recently. apparently he had it quite some time. this is the original tank that he drove when he was in the austrian army, when he was 18 years old. that's the terminator. yes, going over a car. because he is having fun doing that. i guess. >> driving to the maid's house? maid's house? what is he doing? >> or hiding from maria. hiding from maria. >> protection from maria. smart you got that car. and speaking of women -- >> you would need

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and now, jay leno! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television captions by vitac www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jay: thank you very much! thank you! thank you! thank you! welcome to "the tonight show." wow! [ cheers and applause ] thank you! very kind! you sound like you all got your flu shots. listen to this. according to the cdc over 128 million flu vaccines have