state senator richard pan says it's a proven strategy that will reduce smoking especially among those under 18. >> so we are in the lower half in the country in terms of our tobacco tax. we have not raised it for over a decade. >> california ranks 32nd by the way in the country with the tobacco tax of just 87 cents. compare that to new york, the highest in the nation at $4.35. >>> u.s. officials are condemning an attack on america's's ambassador to south korea. diplomat mark lippert held his face trying to stop the bleeding after the attacker slashed him with a knife in seoul. the political protestor was quickly arrested. and authorities say the suspect shouted in opposition of the joint military exercises the u.s. began with south korea this week. >>> a man who survived the boston marathon bombing testified today against the suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. he walked slowly into the courtroom on prosthetic legs. he was there watching his wife run when the bombs went off. bowman remembers seeing the brothers before the explosion. yesterday tsarnaev's lawyers say he admitted to the attack. >

on top of it, i am also today, introducing a resolution to support senate bill, 277 by senator richard pan, and which will eliminate the personal belief exemption from california vaccination requirements. and i know that we have all

on top of it, i am also today, introducing a resolution to support senate bill, 277 by senator richard pan, and which will eliminate the personal belief exemption from california vaccination requirements. and i know that we have all been following in the news the really troubling spike in measles, and we need to make sure that our children are vaccinated, and this is not just about individual choice, this is about public health and this is about making sure that every child, and every person who goes to anywhere to a school, to a playground to any public place is not exposed and especially since even those of us who are vaccinated and it is not 100 percent, it is 95 percent and this is a very, very important issue and i give senator pan credit for pursuing this and taking a science based approach to vaccine policy in california and then finally colleagues, today i am introducing interim zoning controls that will apply to the corona and the corbit heights neighborhood to help to slow down and take a deep breath with respect to a troubling trend of demolishing or effectively demolishing, sma

state senator richard pan says it's a proven strategy to reduce smoking especially among those under the age of 18. >> so we are in the lower half in the country in terms of our tobacco tax. we have not raised it for over a decade. >> california ranks 32nd in the country with a tobacco tax of just 87 cents compared to new york, the highest in the nation at $4.35. >>> it's 6 minutes after 5:00. a rare medical procedure is happening in the bay area. details on how tragedy is giving six people new hope for a healthy life. >>> plus, old debris washing up on a santa cruz coastline. it's not coming from the bay area. where experts say it's coming from. >> the coast is clear. rain is in the forecast. i'll have the weather details still straight ahead. >> a brand-new accident lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man. wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry! get the troy-bilt® trimmer and edger now $89 at lowe's. >>> good morning. time check. it's 9 minutes after the hour of 5:00 on this fifth day of the month of march

richard pan. i'm a state senator representing district six in sacramento. i really have made extraordinary efforts to be sure that our children are safe. >> narrator: and there are similar plans in other states. >> what do you want the board to do? >> to make sure everybody gets vaccinated. >> have you talked to your pediatrician? >> narrator: but vaccine watchdogs like barbara loe fisher oppose such legislative attempts to limit parental choice, turning again to the internet. >> the battle lines are clearly drawn. now americans have a choice to make. will we stand up and fight to protect our freedom to make voluntary decisions about which vaccines we buy and use, or will we permit liability-free drug companies and government health officials to take that freedom from us? >> madame chair and members of the committee, thank you. >> narrator: jennifer margulis has also joined the fight, testifying against a new oregon bill to ban personal belief exemptions. >> for me this is a debate about freedom and parental choice. oregon should be educating parents about

richard engel. how does the u.s. expect this to pan out and how do they not fore see these sticking points coming?t. it could be an agreement in principle that allows more negotiations to continue to june prachlts so an agreement to meet again to find more agreements. we will know in the coming hours if it's more detailed than that. israel however, and several countries across the middle east are watching this very closely the israeli government the new prime minister netanyahu, do not believe that what is going on in switzerland is the right thing. they think it is dangerous. they think it rewards iran. and what we're seeing now is an unusual dynamic where israel which has long been the pariah of the middle east, is finding common cause with arab states with egypt, with saudi arabia with jordan all coming down with a very similar line to israel's that iran should not be given the reward of the organization, that it shouldn't be allowed to have a continued program with restraints because the belief is by both arabs and israelis that it will encourage iran to not only go forward with its nuclear pr

richard: we are not in italy. we are in nine european countries. we have no plans to enter the italian market. neither through an existing operator nor in anything else. you have 4 big panerators. you have a few significant operators but not pan-european. telecom italia is among them. we're open-minded people. we do believe that one day we will have a single market in europe. and that will foster the creation of pan-european players. i think orange will be one of them because we are today. telecom italia will probably have to answer the question what do they want to be in europe? only in italy or part of a global alliance. it is something we will have to see in the future. caroline: which countries do you want to build in? mr. richard: we want to be a top player in spain. caroline: more acquisitions in spain? mr. richard: no, today with the acquisition we are creating a very exciting company with a very competitive convergence offer. we are in france. we are in poland with orange polska. we're in belgium, romania and slovakia. those are the main markets where we want to grow and want to be convergent. we believe that in europe the future is about convergence. caroline:

while sir richard branson admits he considered scrapping virgin galactic's program after the crash of spaceship two last year. he says his teams convinced him to stick with the panstomers into space. and a dutch company just named 100 finalists for a one-way trip to colonize mars. >> we won't just be visiting planets, we'll be staying. >> the pull of the final frontier as strong as ever leading astronaut terry virts to take time out of his preps to tweet this. >> so it's not the starship enterprise, but amazing stuff happening right now. this is the point of view of the astronauts doing the space walk. you can see here on his wrist he's got a list of tasks that he needs to get done. this is one of the clips that they used to make sure they stay tethered to the space station, getting everything done they need to get those parking spaces ready for you, alex. >> i cannot believe they're setting up parking spaces in space. that is just a phenomenal thing to comprehend. thank you very much. >>> some new concerns today over the radicalization of western young people who might ultimately find their way to join isis. there's some new surveillance video of those three br