. >> if you -- dominica, obviously we're not economic experts, and dominica did use a calculation based on the cost of each e-cigarette and some evaluation. can we say it is an absolute number? without the office of economic analysis, we're doing our best judgment to provide an evaluation where the office of economic analysis lacked to do so. >> i don't have any objection. >> estimate. >> an it says on here estimate. >> looking at it, it does make sense because per product electric cigarettes are more expensive. is that how you ka imto that conclusion? >> -- came to that conclusion? >> the prort provided the estimated number of electronic users in the city and looking at the packet -- >> this is great. i was no way questioning the data. i was saying clarify as an annual number. that is all. >> i'm okay with that. >> do we have any members of the public who would like to comment on item five? seeing none, public comment is closed. do we have a motion? economying commissioner laguana. >> quick question. the attorney in me in here is wondering, should is an optional request. it is like --

. >> thank you for your work on this, dominica. and updating it to include our recommendations from last time. >> did we -- i'm sorry, did we call for public comment? >> we did call for public comment. do we have a motion? do we have the motion out there? >> i move to adopt this resolution. >> with the changes. >> with the amendment of putting per year. >> i second. >> roll call vote please. >> yes. motion by commissioner zouzounis to adopt the resolution as written with changes as direct bid commissioner dwight, seconded by commissioner yee-riley. roll call vote. commissioner adams. >> yes. >> commissioner -- >> is it too late to interject? >> while we are doing -- we are already doing the vote. >> fine. >> a commissioner dwight? >> yes. >> a commissioner laguaan a? >> yes. >> a commissioner ortiz? >> commissioner riley. >> commissioner zouzounis? >> motion passes 6-0 with one absent. item six, approval of draft meeting minutes, action item. >> has everybody read over the minutes from june 10 meeting? do we have any comments? if n

. >> he's obviously an icon on the mount rushmore of boston athletes but he is the guy in then dominica republic. he's more famous than any. >> doctors had to remove his gallbladder and part of his intestine. he'll be treated now at massachusetts generahospital, not clear how long he'll be there. a suspect in the shooting is now in custody. >>> this ortiz shooting on theh s of a rough two weeks for the dominican republic. >> the island's tourism iisdusty taking a big hit and confirmed a fourth american death in the dominican hotels in just the last twos. month >> leon harris joins us from the newsroom now with that story. leon? >> reporter: jim and doreen, this bad pr for the dr all started with the death of a prince georges county couple. nathaniel and cynthia day. they died of respiratory failure two weeks ago. now their bodies were supposed to return home to maryland over the weekend and we've reached out to their lawyey'for miss das family but not able to confirm if that transfer has actually happened. it's going to take more than a month for toxicology results to come back fromhe d

she is the 8th erican to die atn a dominica resort in the past year. half of the victims fell violently ill after drinking from their room's mini bar. >> i truly believe in some way shape or form the dominican republic is responsible for my mother's deatbi >> the f is assisting dominican authorities with toxicology t examines for american victims. that could take up to a month. their dealts have not been connected. >> notre dame will the first mass since a fire devastated the 850-year-old building. today's service will be small. about 20 people. chapel be held inside a rhat was not damaged in the fire. safety reasons, worshippers are still being asked to wear hard hats. today's mass will be broadcast live and lead by the arch bishop of paris. more than 850 million euro have been pledged to help with the roof that was destroyed. >> check this out in china. you can see the minute the bridge collapsed taking a couple of vehicles with it. one man was rescued by a securityuard that was nearby. authorities are still searching for other potential victims. the

>> it was dominica. >> i got it. i understand. help me just was this again new person questions like i am trying to understand how all of these pieces come together. was this is result of an office conversation? >> merchant meetings with supervisors and conversations at the commission. >> first, it was in september of 2018, the commission made a motion directing department of public health and the office of economic and work force development in relation to the flavored tobacco ban about creating mitigation measures, of which some are outlined here. creating the valuation buy back, helping businesses transition into the they don't want to close their business but putting together some meaning full transition support to other products, other things businesses can do up to and including cannabis was one of the items mentioned. this comes from -- this is initiated from this. then conversations with the merchants and supervisors and supervisor walton said give me specifics on what to do for mitigation measures. i think for the commiss

. ♪ investigation of three unexplained american deaths at a dominica resort.couple claims they became violently ill once they arrived. kaylynn knull and her boyfriend tom schwander are suing the owners of the grand bahia principe resort. they believe they were exposed to pesticides in the air-conditioning system. >> it's too coincidental with the symptoms that we had for me to even begin to stay quiet about it. >> meanwhile, autopsy reports are in for the three americans who died at the resort. all three had fluid in their lungs. rosa flores with more from the dominican republic. >> reporter: dave, christine. there are new developments into the mysterious deaths of the three americans who died in the dominican republic. this is according to the attorney general's office who released preliminary autopsy results. according to the ag, miranda shop westernrner. the maryland couple had internal bleeding of the pancreas and fluid in the lungs. all is dependent on toxicology reports. official cause of death has not been determined yet. the ag mentions medications tha

rom the dominica republic and is regarded as a national hero there.he 43-year-old helped the red sox win three world series titles and retired in 2016. >>> 6:48. the author who tweeted a photo of a black metro employeeoneatig the train is now suing her publisher. laas month n tines tweeted this photo saying people aren't allowed to eat on metro. it's true. you aren't allowed to eat or drink on metro. that's a policy. social media backlash against tines caused her california publisher to drop the publication of her released as set to be this tuesday. tines apologized and deleted the twet, but she said the incident caused her reputation to be, quote, permanently ruined. her publisher is not commenting on the more than $13 million lawsuit tines filed. n> today the price george's county council will hold a meeting to does governor hogan's planes to add toll plan to i-270 and 295. the idea is to reduce traffic, but many are concerned about the mpact on homeowners. the potential issues and the impact the work might have on the environment will be discussed

minist t of tourismay had a news conference for the first time talking to the n meras here in the dominica in that news conference he said that this island is safe, that tourists don't have to be concerned and that they can still be coming here without any kind of concn. in this news conference, the president of the biggest hotel associat the doinicio rn eperlic es also in present. she made some comments in english. she also said this island is very safe, that there's nothing to be concerned, and the main takeaway of th news conference was that they both said that, itain, that the main thing that we have to wa here for this investigation to be finished. the president of this organization as i said also made some comments during the news conference and this is what she had to say in english. let's listen. >> as it is minister said before,ca dominirepublic is still a very safe nation. over 2.7 million americans come every year to the dominican republic. we have all been working embassy and with the all throughout this process to make sure that everything is clarified and an answer to this ev

overnight to send an airambulance mobilise very quickly overnight to send an air ambulance down to dominicaed and it is a strange situation that someone would walk up to him, pretty much point—blank, and shoot him in the back. it's a very curious, curious situation down there right now. the response from there right now. the response from the red sox was remarkable and from boston hospital, dialling into dominican hospitals, giving medical advice as he was in hospital, we understand. for people who do not know david ortiz and do not understand the red sox and their releva nce understand the red sox and their relevance in boston, how huge a figure he is, red sox is boston, it is family? he spent 14 years in boston, part three world series championships, the first they had had, in 2004, in 86 years. a huge pa rt of had, in 2004, in 86 years. a huge part of ringing that altogether, especially in 2013, when boston went through the boston marathon bombings, he was a huge figure, and providing comfort to the city, and kind of being there for survivors, for first responders, and healing the city i

david ortiz flown by the red sox to mass general overnight after being shot in the dominica >>> it'sral overnight after being shot in the dominican republic the superstar recovering police searching for clues behind his attack and his former team taking a moment to honor him for last night's game. >> he is a superhero without a cape he'll be okay. >>> plus, you snooze, you gain how sleeping with the tv or lights on could lead to putting on the pounds. what you need to know before you hit the sheets. >>> and secret savings we take you inside the app promising to save you money on your next vacation rental. >> we only saved $9 here, we'll see if we can do better. >> and are they really worth it we'll put them to the test today is tuesday, june 11th, 2019 ♪ >> from kansas to new york city. >> hello, houston, texas woo! >> hi to my mom in hartley, iowa. >> we're from san antonio, texas, bright celebrating our 50th birthday from rockland, colorado. >> mom turns 90 today. woo! >>> welcome back to "today." nice to have you with us on a tuesday morning. i think we can hold off the sprinkles