the netherlands adheres to a 1961 u.n. convention which banned countries from growing or transporting large quantities of drugs for sale. that's 11th the dutch in an uneasy position. where dealers like jason can sell marijuana but his dealers can't grow it. >> i tell them which qualities i want ant what varieties i want. >> where do they get it? >> they get it on the black market. they talk to growers. all that is illegal. maybe it's better that i don't know. >> amsterdam mayor rarely talks to american media. but he sat down with "america tonight" to talk about this. >> you can use it and the coffee shops can sell it to the users in small amounts. but we have what we call a back door problem. it is still forbidden to transport it in huge amounts. this is what we call tolerate, and that is because many people think that international rules regulations forebid us. that is a disadvantage of our system that we have learned to live with. >> living with it means policing tolerate amsterdam's coffee shops but crack down on mariju

the netherlands adheres to a 1961 u.n. convention which banned countries from growing or transporting large quantities of drugs for sale. that leaves the netherlands in an uneasy position. the he can sell it but it its employees can't legally grow it. >> i tell them what kinds iwant and they get it. >> where do they get it? >> they get it on the black market. they talk to growers. all that ask illegal. maybe it's better that i don't know. >> amsterdam mayor rarely talks to media. but he sat down with al jazeera america to talk about this. >> you can use it and the coffee shops can sell it to the users in small amounts. but we have what we call a back door problem. it is still forbidden to transport it in huge amounts. this is what we call tolerate, and that is because many people think that international rules and regulations foash forbit us. that is a disadvantage of our system that we have learned to live with. >> living with it means policing tolerate amsterdam's coffee shops but crack down on marijuana farms. in januar

in the netherlands, it's been this way since the '70s. >> describe how you do what you do. what is the law. what do you sell here? >> there's a difference. it's not legal. it's tolerated. and as a coffee shop you get a licence or permission so sell cannabis. >> we asked ron to show us his stash. >> the people behind the bar are dealers. >> yes. >> each business is restricted to having 500 grams on the premises and customers are limited to buying d 5 grams each. >> this is roughly 5 gram. >> how many joints can you make about it. >> personally, three out of a gram. >> the netherlands once tolerated the sale of six times what they do. in 1996 they reduced it. in colorado residents can buy more than five times what is allowed in the methamphetamine. >> we asked the mayor whether he felt comfortable with that. >> it was those concerns in amsterdam that fuelled with those of us in opposition. i spent time as a young professional. i had a chance to see and know about their implementation of their marijuana laws. >> mayor hancock who opposed legalizing marijuana says changes may h

chairman of dark the state also met with the minister for affairs of the kingdom of the netherlands. as it is not a bike us in the show must go cry of metal and is one of cars extends key eu partners economic scientific and

the business of pot in the netherlands. could the pioneer in the >> start with one issue education... gun control... the gap between rich and poor... job creation... climate change... tax policy... the economy... iran... healthcare... ad guests on all sides of the debate. >> this is a right we should all have... >> it's just the way it is... >> there's something seriously wrong... >> there's been acrimony... >> the conservative ideal... >> it's an urgent need... and a host willing to ask the tough questions >> how do you explain it to yourself? and you'll get... the inside story ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> it's been a month since colorado's recreation marijuana law took effect. that's few doze in licences, consumers have descended to colorado to get high legally. >> lori jaip gee har travelled to the netherlands to see what we can learn about recreational pot use, they have had that for nearly 30 years. >> in amsterdam there's plenty of places to purchase pot. >> it's ea

the business of pot in the netherlands. could the pioneer in the >> it's been a month since colorado's recreation marijuana law took effect. that's few doze in licences, consumers have descended to colorado to get high legally. >> lori jaip gee har travelled to the netherlands to see what we can learn about recreational pot use, they have had that for nearly 30 years. >> in amsterdam there's plenty of places to purchase pot. >> it's easy and open. everyone is so welcoming. they are so normal here. it's comfortable. >> with the 17th century building, lining the canals, the capital city is a magnet for millions of visitors, many drawn by the easy access to marijuana. >> there's about 200 coffee shops like this throughout amster dam. even though it says coffee shop, it's where people buy marijuana. >> we provide people with cannabis and hashish in their spare time. >> jason owns one of the most famous coffee shops in the count rip. you way have seep it -- seen it featured in "ocean 12." why do people come here? >> we sell hash

in fact, the netherlands is the part-time work champion of europe. and has essentially the world, they work on average about 29 hours a week. and so dutch parents are able to really share in the joy of parenting. i don't want to say burden but the joy the parenting in which both moms and dads take sequel responsibility. the mom works four days, the dad works four days and they have oma contributing one of the days usually and so the child often just goes to day-care twice a week. and that is a great balance. >> by oma you are talking about their grandparent you bring up there is less depression amongst dutch parents than other places. one of the things that dutch parents, big benefit is that they have subsidies from the state. >> yes. a lot of subsidies. i was actually quite surprised for having a kid we are given a lot of help financially from the government. the government has also created an infrastructure to support the parents. they understand that having a family is really hard. and balancing it all having a work life, balker so they have imple

from where the netherlands the netherlands yes. you have lots of guns we do have lots of guns how many do you typically in stock we've got some more point fifteen hundred two thousand one hundred goes up and down but fifteen hundred a small number for us and how many do something here oh gosh i'd have to look at the numbers but you're probably looking at seven date that house and. the like that one right there that's definitely pointed towards a lady a lady would buy that farm and that would be her a r fifteen we're husband might on that one right there or something one of their plastic is like a real gun oh yeah most definitely yes i know it looks like a toy gun you know it's there and in the plastic this america well that is just the furniture meaning those are just the excess arrays that you put on a plain black gun like it to make it to doll it up like that and how much it's like a how much the gun like that. dressed up like that one is i have a look at the price tag it is probably about four hundred dollars with a scope there'

is not a bike us in the show michael kind netherlands is one of kazakhstan ski eu partners economic scientific and technological aspects of bilateral cooperation they take on a new meaning for context and in the light of the task set by the president not survive. it is a new address to the during the meeting custom job or to cry if she has visions of context and not only to enter parliament in relations in particular context and parliamentary deputies will strive to develop for the multilateral contacts with the framework of of the osce parliamentary assembly the intelligence ministry of foreign affairs your life and the diesel also had a chance to meet with his colleague. the main topic of the meeting with the preparation for the upcoming visit of causes and head of state today topics relating to bilateral cooperation interaction in the political sphere in for the development of trade costs through humanitarian partnerships were also discussed both parties know that the power and potential of the two countries in the resolution of recently she's within the frameworks a multilateral

the netherlands and interestingly today that continuing their dominance with another one two three this time in the five hundred meters and there were a victory for they were twins who actually secured medals so the dutch keeping it in the family that had the one of the twins gone gold and the other one won bronze no surprises i would say dutch dominance in the speedskating now norway has historically dominated the winter games are they continuing that trend this year well no i have one more medals in winter olympic history than any other country and they took the lead of the course of the weekend they were on top of the medals table and as we told right now they are still very much there will thereabouts i think pretty much in third place at the moment just behind the netherlands and canada let me tell you one interesting story of norwegian ole unappealing doll and he won the biathlon ten k. sprint event on saturday to make him the joint record holder for the most amount of winter olympic medals in history ironically or perhaps not so surprisingly alongside another two norwegian now th

the proper paying amount of royalties into the subsidiary in the netherlands? on thing that is very interesting and that raised eyebrows, is that if you look at the subsidiary that is electing itig chunk of the profits, employs less than 1/10 of one percent of the world -- of the company's worldwide workforce. this little subsidiary in holland is seven times as profitable as apple, the most sizable company in the world. the transactions are legal, the question is about the degree and the prices that are used in these transactions. >> what is being done to stem this sort of action? unionht now, the european and the g 20 is working on a big project called base erosion, which is the erosion of the tax base in different countries. they're going to come out with guidance sometime later this year to stem some of these transactions. >> jesse, good to talk to you. jesse drucker. up next, "the pulse," coming up in about eight minutes. >> mark, what have we got coming up? deal thise a big morning. we will hear from jonathan ferro about the implications for the eurozone a

target of two percent new developments in the trial proceedings which involve great britain in the netherlands on one side and i spend on the up and the financial times accords the case financial services compensation scheme and central bank of the netherlands are demanding that ice was because insurance fund compensates the clusters of those countries which incurred losses due to the collapse of icebergs bank system in two thousand and eight the merits of the claim is more than nine billion us dollars and is equivalent to two thirds of gdp of iceland. due to the refusal from the government of iceland to compensate those losses the government of great britain and the netherlands were forced to compensate the deposit is themselves british bank barclays is planning two a of twelve thousand of its employees well at the same time preparing bonuses in the amount of two point three million british pounds to its top managers. bbc reports the total amount of bonuses to be paid to barclays for the year two thousand and thirteen will be ten percent higher than the previous year i was conducting trials o

in france in germany austria austria you know and specially in the netherlands what they've tried to do is realize that a lot of the language at the unit in the past which was sometimes very anti sematic you know very racist you know they realize that times of change and people have cheated views of those issues and so they can actually get respectability using that language in using those those phrases so what they're trying to do is try to become focus their arguments and make that much more about muslims have to make their arguments much more about just immigrants generally and played on existing worries that people have to use to gain more respectability and to get more political power across across western europe here all the kink in it what do you think about that because if you look at the national front let's say in france you don't hear any more homophobic remarks coming out that they like the state of israel they've changed quite a bit they've changed with the electorate but they still have very strong nationalists and some people say still ultra nationalist views so or are

the first medals of soft cheek twenty four tina being handed out with norway and the netherlands making the most of day one. equipment failure could have ruined the dreams of olympic gold for some german biathletes already if their russian opponents hadn't put a rivalry aside to help them out. scenes of street violence in golf in bosnia herzegovina protesters clashed with police and set government buildings ablaze all amid soaring unemployment economic stagnation and corruption. plus a suicide bombing reportedly carried out by a british citizen in syria sparking fresh fears that hundreds of western volunteers could pose a threat when they return home from the frontline. it's all the international live from moscow i'm rule re sushi welcome to the program today well we'd like to say that we are your lympics headquarters there the true headquarters is down south in sochi exactly where the international is kevin oven is right now in the thick of the air lympics nice to see it kev how's it going down there. nice to see you see you really think of it do you want a course of the winter olympic

the railways in the netherlands and also to do demand forecasting and to optimize the schedules for the trains which means that we can get no extra benefit from that existing capacity that makes much better use of the infrastructure and they can reduce costs the netherlands is actually saving tens of millions of euro. this is interesting. to place the following list of books except the recall petition that makes going to see was set at an all depends on what teams complete in that last run around corners however the compacted elements doesn't come at the expense and friends the woolworths would think it was a political position the other. the friendliness and the collaboration between the teams of the film along with the remaining patients but people side of life helping develop software from other teams. this last bit of something that that once the masses can be given to another team to get out of trouble saying and really has been fantastic with hostile when it's complete cost pressures create his own strong runs from the korean war and sharon need to feel put them into contact w

joining us live paul good to see you tonight so the netherlands team the latest to celebrate what do you have. yes well the netherlands are a prolific speedskating nation and they have plenty to cheer after day one of the sochi twenty fourteen winter olympics they secured a one two three in the men's five thousand meters spend kramer successfully defended the title he won in vancouver four years ago while his teammates blockhouse and enjoyed it bugs completed the podium however there was disappointment for a russian birthday boy even scope of who could only finish seventh on his thirty first birthday well that success for the netherlands puts them in second place in the medal standings at the moment they are behind norway norway have won more medals in a limb pick winter olympic history than any other country they currently top the table with two golds to their name well the owner of the first gold of the twenty fourteen winter olympics went to american sage kotsenburg who won gold in the men's snowboard slopestyle earlier on saturday morning and there was disappointment for russian

railways in the netherlands and also to do demand forecasting and to optimize the schedules for the trains which means that we can get those extra benefit from that existing capacity that makes much better use of the infrastructure and it can reduce costs the netherlands is actually saving tens of millions of euro. this is interesting. least this one has to report except the recall petition that makes going to see was set at an all depends on what teams complete and could last run around corners. however the competitive elements doesn't come at the expense and friends. the woolworths would think it was a political position the other the friendliness and the collaboration between the themes of the film along with the remaining patients but the plus side of life helping keep up software from other teams. this last bit of something that that one team has is being given to another team to get out of trouble side and really has been fantastic with hostile when it's complete course the pressure is free on strong runs from the korean war and sharon need to feel put them into context the pr

we look longed at some prisons in the netherlands and they were wonderful but there's such a giant gap between their wonderful prisons and our terrible prisons. >> stephen: i think all the prisons in the netherlands actually get to smoke pot. (laughter) so people have a wonderful time while they're in there. >> ( translated ): yeah, we had a great time there, too. (laughter and applause) >> stephen: are you afraid of being thrown back in jail? >> ( translated ): no. i mean, we just offered. if you want to throw us back in jail, go ahead. you should talk to vladimir putin. >> stephen: i'll give him a call. you want me to put a good word in for you? all right, how many members of pussy riot are there? >> ( translated ): it's a big secret. we can't tell you, but you need to find people in masks to learn more about pussy riot. >> stephen: can anyone be in pussy riots. >> ( translated ): of course. even you. >> stephen: what? >> ( translated ): even you. >> stephen: i could be in pussy riot? (cheers and applause) would i know? (laughter) >> ( translated ): we could even come up with an hono

as a sudden i was out of silver bronze also went to the netherlands an interesting way to die that continuing the film ends with another one c3 the sun in the five hundred meat is on the big three awful round they were twins to actually secure but also the dutch keeping it in the family there that they'd be out one of the twins won gold in the other one one from sight no surprises i would say dutch dominance by and the speed skating. nano is historically dominated the winter games are on a continuing that trend this year. well no i have won more medals in winter and in the history that any of the country and they took the lead of the course the weekend they were out on top of the medals table in a sweet old right now they are still very much that will then reply was i thinking much of that place of mine just behind of the netherlands and canada let me tell you one interesting story of norwegian only on the field all in. he won the by affluent and k sprint events are on site today. to make in the joint record holder for the modest amounts of windsor olympic medals bought in history. ironically

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the netherlands took the bronze. in the women's 1500 meter short track, china successfully defended her gold medal ahead of south korea. bronze went to italy. >> to soccer now, here are the results of round 21 right now. no big surprises with powerhouse munich doing short work of clybourn in front of the home crowd of 70,000. won 4-0. dortmund try to keep up the pace when they wiped out frankfurt. they turn the tables on hamburg. then they drew. oppenheimer shook off their erratic form by deflating struggling stuttgart. on friday, mines boosted their hopes for a place in the europa league. they won 2-0. coach after for the a slow start. his side could -- took control in the second half. stifled. chances were slacked time, some defending allowed them to make it 2-0. challengen course to for the europa league. hanover remains the team with the worst record in their league. in ast a few minutes left much-anticipated match. we will have a report on that in later shows. two games on sunday to look forward to. let's take a

(laughter) which is it, is it holland s the netherlands, the low country, is it belgium's canada? who knows, that is why i just call it what it, hitler's left turn lane. i, i will be amsterdammed if i ever let anything remotely dutch into my life again. no, i'm done with it, i'm done. i'm taking this off. (laughter) no! no more! yes, yes. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: yes, they're comfortable and they're stylish and they're practical and available to anyone with two logs and a chisel. but not on my tootsies, not any more. but i will admit, i will admit one thing in your favor, you have, you have given the world some lovely tulips. (laughter) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: and i'll give you one hint where you can put your two lips. now folks i've always said revenge is best served cold on razor sharp blades. you can help our speed skaters fight back against dutch arrogance by making a donation to colbert nation.com, in return will you get this blade in the usa t-shirt. it's soft. it's stylish and it's just as aerodynamic as team usa's uniforms. remember, that's blade in the

netherlands officials release this video to remind people that arm is there for a purpose. luckily in this particular area they are now going to put a tunnel so that oit eait's easie people to cross. >> which is ridiculous. >>> the same thing happened in this particular video. we're looking at dash cam, there's a bmw sitting on some train tracks and the bmw doesn't seem concerned about it. yes, there is a truck stopped in front of the bmw, but now the arms are blocking this car. the driver doesn't seem panicked about this, does inch forward, inch forward, the arm is blocking the car from getting completely off the tracks and there's a truck parked there, so this guy starts honking the horn. the truck moves. but the guy in the bmw still blocked by this arm. watch what the guy from the car with the dash cam does. walks over to the arm, lifting it up, saying come on, dude, get through. >> oh! >> wow. >> and just in time! this is an impatient person trying to get wherever he's going, doesn't want to wait for the train. >>> when you are at the drag strip torque, power, and grip,