juul. what concerns me about this hearing is once again this committee is a using its oversight authority to bring in another private company and question them about their business, this is an important topic because of legislation pending in congress i would like to emphasize i hope we will refocus on providing oversight of government. we are the government oversight committee, not the business oversight committee. this is an interesting experience. a senator testifying over today's and numerous panels. examining juul's role in youth nicotine epidemic. i'm interested to hear from juul in the topic of this hearing and hope this discussion will be respectful and seek facts to inform public policy decisions. the company was started in a stanford ornament is going to be valued at $30 billion and represent 70% of electronic cigarette market. juul insisted its product was never designed for usage, and will have the opportunity to present their case, steps they have taken to prevent youth usage.

followers to praise juul. juul multiplied its reach by the use of hash tags which began on-line gathering places for teenagers. under intense regulatory pressure, juul halted its own social media postings in november 2018. however, this was a hollow gesture. it didn't matter much and the reason was that viral peer-to-peer promotion amongst teens assured a massive visibility of their products on an ongoing basis. for example, after juul quit its own postings last november, community posts and #juul by kids surged, tripled and now there's 540,000 posts and millions of views of that youthful material. juul leadership claims we were completely surprised by the youth usage of the product. co-founder brags we're the most educated company, the most diligent, the most well-researched. they are, indeed a data-driven company. they know their market, to whom their products are distributed and the identity of their customers. the new york times interviewed a former juul manager who disclosed that juul knew that their prod

when juul removes some of its other flavors from stores, i saw the majority might juul using patientswhich switch to mint. nevertheless, children are still gaining access to other flavored juul pods. even though they are now sold online. if the products are available-for-sale somewhere, children will get their hands on them. we must eliminate child friendly flavors from all tobacco products. we urge congress to pass legislation immediately to prohibit flavors. including mint and menthol from tobacco products. this repairman, members of the subcommittee, juul is a fatally flawed product. a recent shows that 15 to 17 -year-olds are 16 times more likely to report juul use than 25 to 34 -year-olds. even though juul claims is products are only attended for adults. when so much of the product ends up in the hands of children, it's time we declare it a failed product. the american academy of pediatrics believed that juul is a public health threat that must be removed from the market as soon as possible. juul and products like it, are eroding the progress we have made in reducing teen tobacco

he ever say juul was safe? caleb: yes. >> did he call juul totally safe more than once? caleb: yes. >> what impact did those totally safe comments have on your classmates, some of whom may have already started vaping? caleb: my classmates who were already vaping, it was a sigh of relief because now they could do so without concern. host: anna edney, how did juul manage to get in the schools in the first place to make these presentations? guest: the report from the house subcommittee that looked into this showed juul was giving funds to a lot of the schools, $10,000, and some with even more of a summer camp type thing and to go in for one day they were given money to gain access to the students. host: when congress heard about the young people or at least the ones we heard from, what was the reaction from legislators? guest: there was a lot of outrage because one of the things missing from that presentation is any of the risk that could be involved with juul. these are not completely safe or totally safe product

is tomorrow when we have the founder of juul before us. at 2:00 p.m. in the very same room, i ask any unanimous consent to answer the following items. the statement from doctor bonnie of stanford university, a statement of doctor brian, a letter, president of teachers and teens of vaping and a letter from doctor francis of university of california irvine. hearing no objection it is ordered, we are adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> c-span "washington journal", live every day with news and policy issues that impact you, coming up saturday morning, professor and author of the millionaire, the life of david carr. he will be on to talk about the history of russian influence and a mark in politics. in university professor cassondra alexander discusses the history of the first advocate arriving 400 years ago in 1619. watch c-span "washington journal", live as seven eastern on saturday morning, joined the discussion. ♪ >> starting now is book tv on c-span2 . . . >>> god is grea

don't use juul.ith nicotine. don't use the product. you're not our target consumer? and kevin burns even went on to say making money is not his number one priority right now. it's getting through that fda process. you're skeptical. he thinks he can convince the health officials and company they're a net good for health. >> i can see why he's being criticized and heavily attacked. you gave him a lot of time to tell his story and he didn't shy away from anything. i applaud that, especially during this time. >> no, absolutely. by the way, juul is going to help pay convenience stores to install that age verification technology. >> yes. they're trying to do something. >> they're trying to make a difference. >> yes. . >>> good morning. it is 8:25. >>> multiple families displaced in contra could say sa county after a grass mire near marsh creek road. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> and crews in napa county investigating a late night house fire the aa vacant home. now a suspect is under arr

it may be a gem of an idea when it comes to profit, but what do ju juul e-cigs mean >>> back to school season may mean it's time to have "the talk." not that talk, but a conversation about college costs and who pays >>> and if you've had your eye on that little red corvette, we have a sneak preview >>> this is "on the money. now becky quick. >> we begin with vaping. e-cigarettes which are advertised as a way to curb smoking are also popular among teenagers. nearly 21% of teenagers vaped last year. and it's being called an epidemic for the first time, juul labs is allowing our cameras into the factory. >> this is where the injection of the e-liquid takes placement. >> reporter: juul labs runs a production lab day and night filling some of the 60 million pods it sells every month. kevin burns has opened his doors to us, aware of the firestorm his product category has ignited among families if we did this tour today with a parent of a teen who had been using or addicted, how would you defend all this? >> first of all, i'd tell them i'm sorry that their child's using the product. it's not

in addition, juul was named in documents by the u.s. food and drug administration as it investigates whether e-cigarettes can trigger seizures. joining us to discuss, the co-author of that scoop, our bloomberg news health care policy reporter and a reporter who covers juul. what exactly is the fda investigating? anna: they have gotten reports from people that this has happened to who say they have had seizures and that juul was one of the e-cigarettes that some of these people putting reports in used. they said recently, the fda, that there have been 127 reports of seizures possibly linked to e-cigarettes. what they have not said is what devices were used in this, and what we found out is that to start this investigation, the reports they were looking at were linked to the juul devices. emily: obviously, this is coming at an interesting time. we've got not just the fda investigating, but also the ftc reportedly investigating. what does this mean for juul? anna: this is the latest in a series of scrutiny of this company. the cdc just cam

>> juul. >> juul? >> yeah. cigarettes are obsolete. >> reporter: ammirata believes his year and a half long juul habit caused his injury. doctors told cbs news it's possible vaping may have contributed to it. but health authorities are now investigating other kinds of severe lung illness associated with vaping. 94 possible cases in 14 states. it's not clear which product or substance the individuals used. you first started hearing about these cases how long ago? >> oh, all within the last month. >> reporter: dr. emily chapman is chief medical officer at children's minnesota hospital. >> so essentially you're seeing a pattern? >> a pattern that's different from what we've seen before, yes. >> on the chest x-ray the whole thing looks abnormal equally throughout the entire lung. >> reporter: a normal lung in cross-section view looks like this. now look at the cross-section view of a patient in hawaii whose doctor says he has the same type of acute lung injury. dr. chapman says it can be critical. >> basically sayi

they're using juul almost as a generic word. they say juul but mean any e-cigarettes.gas station these days there are lots of brands. the fda didn't even start regulating this until 2016. there are very few rules in place. it is long overdue for someone to step in and set standards. take some products off the shelf. maybe let others stay. >> interesting they said as young as eighth grade. i was surprised to hear that. >> 1 in 20 middle schoolers use e-cigarettes each month. we also asked the students if they knew any adults who had used an e-cigarettes to quit smoking. they couldn't name any. but the teachers could. so there is a divide here. they see the problem among their peer group. some of the teachers are aware, yeah, they have a family member who quit traditional cigarettes with an e-cigarettes. >> they say if they have the detection devices in the bathroom they'll find other ways and the same w the i.d. ver if i kapgs in tver -- verification in the stores but i have to think if it gets harder and harder to juul they'll do it less. >> yes, it should work. >> we

juuling. >> i've seen kids juul in class. >> kids are, going to bathroom, smoking in stalls. >> next thing you know, you're hooked and you can't stop. >> with flavors like mint and fruit, and packaging that looks more like that of a sleek tech gadget than a tobacco product, juuls have become a must have accessory among kids as young as 12. but the potential dangers are real. just one of those pods containing roughly the same amount of nicotine as a pack of cigarettes. some kids say they smoke up to a pod a day. >> you can't assume that it's safe. you have to balance risk >> kevin vernes apologized to parents of addicted teens. >> i tell them that i'm sorry that their child is using the product. it's not intended for them. >> in a statement to abc news, the company said they are monitoring reports of hospitalization, adding, we stopped the sale of non-tobacco and non-menthol flavored juul pods to our traditional retail store partners last year, enhanced our online, strengthened our retailer comply anse and shut down our facebook and instagram accounts. we have never marketed to youth

prosecutors compare juul to dope dealers, and take the company to court. and, blazing a trail across a soccer field. a woman is making history in a men's match. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from washington. >> o'donnell: good evening. this is our western edition. we're going to begin tonight with breaking news right now that we've been following out of philadelphia. a gunman opened fire on police late today and it was six officers were shot. now witnesses report hearing hundreds of shots in the temple university's health and sciences building which was locked down. this drew a massive police response. jericka duncan is at the scene with the latest. >> reporter: norah, the police commissioner just held a news conference, calling this a volatile situation. police were called to the scene about two blocks away because they were serving a narcotics warrant, and the police commissioner described police officers and people inside of the house apparently exchange through windows and then shots being fired at police office

e-cigarette companies are targeting youth. >> reporter: in a statement, juul labs says the lawsuit is without merit and will work with lawmakers to reduce the trend in youth use. our target is adults we have never marketed to youth. >> we are trying to say, let's regulate these products, not ban them >> reporter: philip fuhrman blames flavored e-cigarettes for enticing him to start juuling at 14 >> i know a lot of my friends who can't break the nicotine addiction. i know it took me a long time to quit juuling >> reporter: the lawsuit coming on the heels of a new study that found vaping just once, even when it doesn't contain nicotine or thc, can damage blood vessels. this as health departments investigate over 120 cases of vaping related lung disease, though it's still not clear what's causing the illnesses a product marketed as a solution to one public health problem now facing more problems of its own. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, new york >> it's a dangerously hot night for several states 51 million under heat alerts in the southwest, southern plains and parts of the northeast out w

like juul insinuated.rn they are selling something to kids that the teenagers do not know all of the risks and assume they are doing something that is -- a lot of them do not know they are using e-cigarettes. i have talked to him and other teenagers who have used these products or tried them before and they have no idea of what the actual consequences may be down the road. host: one of those italy's pressing outrage was -- expressing outrage was dick durbin. 2018 then 2017 and number of american teenagers using any tobacco product increased by nearly 40%. this was the largest single year increase in youth tobacco use ever. all of our significant use-earned gains to reduce of tobacco products are being reversed because of e-cigarettes like juul any accompanying kid friendly flavors. all of the full-page advertisements decrying children, you see them in the --l, roll call, political politico, washington post, new york times, wall street journal, this is a new tactic, that is exactly what big tobacco did. whe

but they don't control what juul does and has no ability to take control unless juul says please comen. >> i still think philip morris wants that this is an extraordinary move. >> this would be, by the way, just take the combined market caps, it's a $100 billion deal at least, to put it in perspective, it's the largest deal certainly taking place this deal if it actually gets to the finish line. i would love to get some color on -- i don't think i can step off right now, who's involved or what but we'll see, hopefully we'll get a little more color. i did make a couple of calls this morning and got zippo back. nobody calls back. >> well, this matters. there haven't been a lot of deals of late, david i started to think maybe we're out of the deal phase of this market because people are frozen because of the tariffs >> people are surprised, i think, to say the least. >> i'm shocked i thought that altria was frankly doing so much better than philip morris, why does altria have to go with philip morris altria was doing so many things right. i don't recommend tobacco stocks but i think howa

's stake in juul, they paid about $12 million.hen it comes to the heat not burn product, it is the exclusive distributor in the u.s.. they are both vapor noncombustible products. they do target separate niches. juul tends to be a younger adult, some even minors unfortunately. the other product, because it uses finely ground tobacco as opposed to flavored nicotine, it targets an older demographic, which really looks to the old-fashioned tobacco, almost like a pipe experience, as opposed to the nicotine hit. taylor: i think broadly speaking, talk to me about regulatory environment as it comes to how people think about e-cigs. i have heard on one hand that it is a gateway drug. others are wondering if the fda thinks it is more of a replacement. some of the regulatory pressure that you see? anna: i think it does have a place in this debate. there has been this balancing act that the government has been trying to keep up with. maybe e-cigarettes can help people quit. they are seeing teens use them more and more. nicotineas said that ca

can still get them online or from copycat pods, adaptable to juul devices. and increasingly, hospitals are admitting teens with serious lung damage from vaping unregulated off-the-street cartridges that could contain just about anything. more than 20 young people across three states have required treatment. have you seen this issue increase in the last couple of years? >> oh, absolutely. i see patients on a daily basis who are vaping. >> reporter: many businesses here like this store behind me require their patrons to be 21 or older and yet it's estimated that nationwide, more than 3 million high school students and 575,000 middle school students are using e-cigarettes. norah? >> incredible numbers. dean reynolds, thank you. >>> coming up, what we just learned about the u.s. women's soccer team and its battle for equal pay. when you humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due time he will exalt you. hi, i'm joel osteen. i'm excited about being with you every week. i hope you'll tune in. you'll be inspired, you'll be encouraged. i'm looking forward t

to get them to continuously come back for life. >> a spokesman for juul said we have never marketedth. we have no higher priority than to prevent youth usage of our product. that priority wasn't clear when they were introduced in 2015 as a somehow safer alternative to real cigarettes. while juul last year stopped store sales of its fruity flavor nicotine pods popular with kids, you can still get them online or from copy cat pods adaptable to juul devices and increasingly hospitals are admitting teens with serious lung damage from vaping unregulated off the street cartridges that could contain anything. more than 20 young people across three states have required treatment. >> have you seen this issue increase in the last couple of years? >> absolutely. i see patients on a daily basis that are vaping. >> many businesses like this one behind me require their patrons will be 21 or older and yet nationwide it's estimated that more than 3 million high school students and 570,000 middle school students are using e-cigarettes. dean reynold, cbs news, chicago. >> coming up on cbs this mornin

how does that compare to altria's stake in juul?hat is your take in terms of the overlap and the future growth of both of these markets? ken: those are good questions. altria stake in juul, they paid about when it comes to the heat $12.8 billion. not burn product, it is the exclusive market distributor in the u.s.. a lot of people have been wondering -- what is the commonality? they are both vapor noncombustible products. that said, they do target separate niches. juul tends to be a younger adult, some even minors unfortunately, as the fda would point out. the other product, because it uses finely ground tobacco as opposed to flavored liquid nicotine, it targets an older looks toic who really the old-fashioned tobacco, almost like a pipe experience, as opposed to a nicotine hit. i think that is the key difference between those two products. taylor: i think broadly speaking, talk to me about regulatory environment as it comes to how people think about e-cigs. i have heard on one hand that it is a gateway drug. others are wondering if

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he claims his lung collapse due to damage from the toxic chemicals in juul pods. he said he vaped one juul pod every two days and wants to share his stories on what he believes are the dangers of the product. eight last month eight teens in wisconsin were hospitalized with severe lung damage because of vaping. there was extreme coughing, fatigue and shortness of breathe. parts of the country are working on legislation to curb the use of e-cigarettes by youth. two months ago the san francisco board of supervisors voted to ban the sales of e-cigarettes until there is more review by the fda. several states have raised the age of buying tobacco to 21. a federal mandate is getting support from juul and other tobacco companies as well. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, pete. >>> it's 6:06. an oakland safeway that got caught selling alcohol to miners will not be allowed to sell alcohol for two months. they were caught selling to minors three times over the last three years. a 60-day suspension will be followed bay three-year pro

-- surrounding juul.s from cigarette companies. morris is trying to -- they see an opportunity to prevent the cannibalization of their market share, but you're also taking on a lot of risk. the news today is another reminder of the issues that juul faces. jonathan: everything you point out -- alix: everything you point out is valid, but does it matter? when your international sales is going down, when altria struggling for growth, you do not have a choice. brooke: you have to hunt the growth where you can find it and that is why you're seeing them pursue the merger despite all the rest. if anyone -- despite the risk. if anyone has experience with regulation, it is the tobacco company. you are facing a number of hurdles. the ftc is also looking into juul's marketing, and they have significant sway. remember the joe camel ads that rj reynolds had to pull because they were believed to market too much to children? juul is under similar scrutiny for tailoring its market campaigns too much. david: is there any

maker, juul, and coming up the stand she's taking against juul. >>> and packing quite a punch. what was found in crates of bananas headi

>> juul. >> reporter: juul. >> yeah, cigarettes are just obsolete. >> reporter: ammirata believes hisr and a half juul habit may have caused his lung injury. doctors told cbs news believe it's possible vaping may have contributed to it. but now experts are investigating other kinds of severe lun it's not clear which product or substance the individuals used. you first started hearing about these cases how long ago? >> oh, all within the last month. >> reporter: dr. emily chapman is chief medical officer at children's minnesota hospital. so essentially you're seeing a pattern? >> a pattern that's different from what we've seen before, yes. the chest x-ray shows the whole thing looks abnormal equally through the entire lung. >> reporter: a normal lung looks like this. now look at a cross section of a patient in hawaii whose doctor says he has the same type of acute lung injury. dr. chapman says it can be critical. you're basically saying that over a week's time, their lungs are failing. >> they go from healthy adolescents to really in a life- threatening situation. >> reporter: juul dec

the fcc is looking to whether juul engaged in deceptive marketing.e. >> the pressure is ratcheting up on e cigarette and vaping manufacturers, particularly juul. bloomberg is now reporting citing anonymous sources that the ftc is looking to whether that company, juul is targeting kids. the e-cigarette manufacturers are under fire because they use flavors like cotton candy and bubble gum. the u.s. secretary of health and human services says there's an epidemic of vaping with 50% increase in high schoolers and middle schoolers using the product. >> we're going to use every tool we have to prevent this epidemic continuing. we'll stop vaping for youths. >> and juul wrote an op-ed saying their market is for one billion of those already hooked on nicotine. juul does not use flavors that are not in traditional cigarettes. >> dana: thanks, mike. a huge plume of smoke and ash billowing out of a volcano in stromboli in the mediterranean. people are in their boots reporting it. no injuries. alex trebek has finished chemotherapy and back at work and getting read

juul important to note issued the following statement in we may.en cooperating with his office and have taken the most aggressive actions of anybody in the industry to combat usage. for more on concerns about vaping products, i want to bring in a professor from the north carolina school of medicine. he published a study earlier this month which finds vaping may not be safer than smoking cigarettes. also in washington, d.c., we have our health care policy reporter. there are a lot of competing dynamics. you have lawsuits from the attorney general of north carolina, corporate potential deals being made between big tobacco and e-cigarettes. you have new science coming out on this topic weekly. what do you expect to happen with this lawsuit? how impactful could it be? anna: i think it is interesting that the attorney general filed this lawsuit while at the same time the food and drug administration is looking at a lot of these issues he has raised, particularly the flavors that are out there that kids are able to get a hold of in stores, even though it

these flashy ads that depict younger adults using juul. meanwhile attorneys general in illinois, washington d.c., and four other states have launched probes investigating juul's popularity. the company maintains it fully cooperates and is transparent with any government agency. >>> i'm anne makovec at the live news desk and we're getting word that a 14-year-old has been apprehended in paloalto accused of making threats. he was planning on shooting up the high school. those comments made anonymous on the police department's instagram page last night so they immediately started an investigation. went to the student's home. they found no weapons but he was apprehended for a mental health valuation. and the palo alto p.d. says they may still file charges. >>> gunfire struck two men. neighbors say it happened about 2:30 yesterday afternoon at 61st and lowell streets. the owner of a nearby business who did not want to be seen on camera says he knew it was serious when he saw a teenage girl approaching his shop pail and shaking. >> she just ran i

--mint --juul mango is the flavor.can get the hands on it as long as it's manufactured and sold. you cannot buy a mango flavored cigarette. that is what these e-cigarette manufacturers need to do. sell only mint and tobacco flavor. emily: is the fda doing enough? >> no. they have the right intention. they care about this. the commissioner has declared it an epidemic. they have the right orientation but they need to do more. they need to band these flavors. they need to get preapproval on these products before they can hit the shelves. ony need to set a standard how much nicotine -- one of the companies i sued yesterday, the amount of nicotine in their pod is twice what ajuul pod is. the amount of nicotine is outrageous. the teenage brain is highly susceptible to addiction. the fda should ban these products when they are not targeted to adults. it, iadult wants to buy have no problem. that is their right and if it helps them get off cigarettes that's fine. what is happening is, the children are the ones buying these. yo

. >>> the e-cigarette company juul is being sued. a man had a massive stroke and blames it on e-cigarettes. he became addicted to juul during his senior year of high school. e-cigarettes led to a stroke in 2017 and he had three brain surgeries, a company spokesman said juul is intended for adult cigarettes and they do not want minors to try their product. >>> lyft is pulling their e bikes from streets. two bikes burst into flames. and it appears of the started from the batteries. no one was injured and the company is investigating. lyft is not ruling out vandalism. >>> california will have more firefighters resources to battle wildfires. the governor will higher. the governor says 33 of the 35 projects should be finished before the end of the year. the goal is to remove the fuel that could make it easier for wildfires to spread in or near 200 communities that are fire prone. >>> right now we treat about 250,000 acres annually. and we're trying to up that, double it really in the next several years. >> along with the increased staffin

. >> katie: do we need more government regulation on juul and other e-cigarettes?probably going to say don't target kids with emotional flavors. >> dana: they already did this this. >> jesse: i act like 18 because i skipped smoking cigarettes and i went straight to juul and then i kicked it. greg is right, it's much better than actual tobacco. that stuff will kill you. it's not good for you. they don't think it's great for you. but as studies will show probably in ten years, couldn't be that good for your lungs. >> katie: the cdc is looking into it, working with a number of local health departments. the fda is also investigating, 127 reports of seizures after vaping. when big companies selling these products that people under 18 can buy, oftentimes as we know washington, d.c., comes knocking on the door. do you think they are going to be holding hearings about some of these things? >> juan: of course. juul has already backed off the flavored smoke, especially for kids. they say it's like candy. it's fun. juul no longer sells those but other people have come into th

maker, juul, and coming up the stand she's taking against juul. >>> and packing quite a punch. what was found in crates of bananas heading to safeway stores. >>> mike is going to get us to the commute in just a bit, but first we want to start with temperatures with kari hall this morning. >> we are starting to warm things up, especially in the valleys. we will feel that as the coast now sees fog. there's low visibility right there at the golden gate bridge. let's check out the high temperatures. we will reach in the mid-90s today. low 90s in santa rosa. today, livermore up to 94. mike, you are tracking a grass fire. >> yeah, as well as the live shot. there was fog at the golden gate bridge, and meanwhile a clear view of the roadways. green sensors almost all the way appeared the bay. at the bay bridge, the crowd starts to build as they open the cash lanes over the next couple of minutes. the little fire at castro street and the richmond san rafael bridge. there's a little haze in the air, and that's enough to show you humidity in the air. >>> new for you this morning, bart's id

the 22-year-old says he became addicted to juul during his senior year in high school.igarettes led to a stroke in 2017 and that resulted in three separate brain surgeries. a company spokesperson said that juul is intended to be a alternative for adult smokers and they don't want you to try the product. >>> two electric bikes burst into flames in san francisco and appeared to have started from the bike's batteries. they are suspending the program to investigate and live is not ruling out vandalism. let's look at the weather outside. i know there is a warm-up coming, but it is still wind and cool. >>> i enjoyed the jerry garcia analogy at the beginning of the show. >> i didn't go to a concert in eighth grade. >> my favorite song is the wheel because if thunder doesn't get you, the lightning will. >> there we go, good stuff. >>> a cool down today with warmer temperatures and mike doesn't listen, that will be on the weekend. there are hints that next weekend could be unseasonably cool. it could be cool after yesterday's warm-up. to the use and to the north, it wasn't a big

the lawsuit against juul. >>> and before we go, a live look outside. look at that. the moon, the trans-america pyramid on the left hand side. a little hard to tell. 61 in san francisco. 4:41. we'll be right back. . >>> ford is recalling 100,000 vehicles. and diane king hall has this morning's money watch report. >>> ford is recalling more than 100,000 mid sized cars to fix a seat belt problem. the belts may have lost strength from a heat buildup and might not hold people in a crash. the recall covers ford fusions and lincoln mkzs made in 2015. it knows of one injury from the problem. >>> the faa banned some apple laptops from airplanes. the faa is concerned the lithium batteries may catch fire. earlier this summer, apple recalled them sold between 2015 and 2017. if the problem is fixed, the laptops are okay to take on board. >>> that's the money watch report, for more, head to cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> new warnings this morning suggest a potential link between teen vaping and severe lung disease. a lawsuit in illinois against san francisco-based juul claims at least 22

. >> ahead, the lawsuit against juul that claimed the product caused a stroke. >>> the feds make a keyerest rates. oh thaphenomenal!, that's unfair. that's so unfair. c'mon jay-bo. let's go. let's go. woahh! try my $4.99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo. only at jack in the box. ♪ try my $4.99 barbeque bacon double cheeseburger combo. . >>> the federal resolve lowered a key interest rate by a quarter%. the u.s. economy is solid but the cut is neededded to balance threats to the u.s. economy. including the trade committees -- dispute with china. the manufacturing economy, is more or less not growing much. we hope to help that with the rate cut. >> after the announcement president trump blasted the fed chair: e fed chair: that sent shares lower. the dow was down, the nasdaq lost 98 points. still all three averages are on the plus side for the month. >>> housing and urban development ben carson is in baltimore. his visit comes as president trump defends his negative comments about baltimore. he pinned the blame on elena cummings. he himself struggled with the conditions he had to relea

visit att.com/accessnow, to learn more. . >>> san francisco based juul is speaking out on the growing number of breathing illness cases for people who vape. >> why the ceo is worried. >> reporter: as the number of cases of lung illness among people who vape continues to grow, the head of the most popular e-cigarette company calls the report worrisome. >> worrisome for us. >> reporter: in his first broadcast interview, the ceo kevin burns tells cbs this morning the company is in contact with the cdc. >> if there was any indication there was an adverse health condition related to our product, we would take very swift action. >> reporter: the cdc is looking into nearly 200 possible cases of severe lung disease that may be tied to the use of e-cigarettes. the cases are reported in at least 22 states. >> vaping is promoted as a safer alternative when in reality, it's not. >> reporter: 20-year-old alex mitchell of utah used to vape daily. he developed acute respiratory sdroen last month and ended up at life support. . >> 25% diminished lung capacity now. it's crazy how fast it escalated. >>

>>> we're back today, this morning juul under fire again. >> a new study has raised new concerns overcigarettes as the company faces scrutiny over marketing and whether it targets teen users gadi schwartz has been looking into this. gadi, good morning. >> good morning. this new study i prompting a really big question when it comes to juuls, what exactly are the chemicals inside the pods the fda doesn't require the chemicals to be disclosed so researchers are having to reverse engineer this stuff called vape juice to see what's inside this morning a new study from yale cast ago cloud over what chemicals are being inhaled by those smoking juuls. researchers detecting chemicals that could irritate lungs and throats and the attorney general in connecticut is saying he's launching an investigation into the company. >> vaping just doesn't involve a liquid salt based liquid that carries nicotine, it may also carry heavy metals and other pollutants and noxious chemicals, things that are not good for you. >> reporter: the study examining vape clouds and one flavor, creme brulee, irritating air

milwaukee officials urge everyone to stop using e-cigarettes immediately, but the ceo of juul tells cbs news he believes his product is safe. >>> and murder manhunt. how a married couple facing homicide charges pulled off a daring escape. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. i'm wendy gillette in for anne-marie green. florida is under a state of emergency this morning as hurricane dorian is forecast to hit the state as a major category 3 storm. dorian is expected to slam ashore florida's east coast over the labor day weekend. chief meteorologist craig setzer of our miami station wfor is tracking the storm's path. >>> dorian is in the atlantic moving to the north-northwest getting stronger as it goes. it's forecast to intensify through friday and on friday make a turn to the west or west-northwest. how sharp that turn is going to be a big player in terms of where the storm goes. if it's a very sharp turn, south florida under the gun. if it's a slower turn, more gradual, central florida. if it's even a slower turn, north florida could be under

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a cigarette maker juul is introducing a new system to combat sales of e cigarettes to minors. the company is offering more than $100 million in incentives to retailers to install a new electronic age verification system. the system would block a juul purchase until the customers drivers license or other government id has been scanned. it will also limit each purchase to a maximum of one vaporizer and for refill packages. so far juul says a 40,000 businesses have agreed to adopt the system. >>> a bay area woman who has been receiving life saving medical treatment is now facing deportation. after the trumpet menstruation eliminated the medical exemption for immigrants. 24 rare and potentially fatal genetic disease that affects her growth, her heart and more. but thanks to the medical exemption, isabel and her family were able to move to concord when she was seven years old to get treatment at ucsf. about two weeks ago her family was notified by immigration officials that her stay has expired. she has to leave by september i this treatment, she will not survive.>> i will become w

has a 35% stake in juul.ve philip morris that has created a product, a qos device. it doesn't burn tobacco, it heats it up, so there's no smoke or vapor that comes out, gaining in popularity around the globe. a lot of growth opportunities here in the united states. and going back to altria, another avenue too is they recently brought swiss maker of nicotine pouches. not patches. like you mentioned, ashley, you've seen the stock prices down, so why did that happen? the companies called it a merger of equals, but i think investor are starting to realize that's not going to be the case. philip morris will get 59% of altria. just look at that graph over there. if we look at the one-year, both of those companies you can see philip morris has been doing a little better than altria, so some are saying, if anything, altria will weigh down on philip morris' valuation especially when it comes to regulatory hurdles involved with jul and other e-cigarette companies. and since we're talking about vaping, let's look at the

we saw that in the juul hearings about a month ago. congress members were grilling juul for hooking teens on nicotine and there is really no interest in moving adults away from cigarettes to these so i'm looking for members of congress to say if the fda isn't going to do anything and the doj won't stop them there coming together, we should start regulating the products again. so i think that congress could be looking to do things to made market by limiting the types of products that can be sold in the united states. >> and among the concerns, usually they decline because of concerns about pricing and that sort of thing. but in this case people are also asking what exactly the benefit is of philip morris getting altria with everything that stephanie described going on what do you think it is after? >> well, there was some confusion when the companies announced this morning that they were in talks because they described it as a merger of equals but as more details have emerged, we've learned that philip morris would control around 59% of

a teen says the san francisco-based company juul products almost killed him. he says there's something he could never do again. >>> and all new, the battle between the white house and china on tariffs and it may have an impact on shipping here in the bay area. the local port that says the policies are making their outlook look foggy. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning. i'm scott mccrgrew in for marcu washington. >> i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. mike had a traffic problem earlier, now there's another one. >> let's look at the first one. our photographer made his way and got there, on the right side of your screen, you see that white vehicle slanted down here? here's chp and sheriffs, over there, that's the tow truck with the vehicle on the back of the flatbed. it went off the road and into the fencing. this is highway 92, just off the span of the san mateo bridge, still affecting traffic getting on to hayward city streets. two of those three lanes are blocked. that's majority 06of the freewa. there is a slowdown as you approach. your c

usi juul at the age of 16. philip morris which owns a 35% stake in juul calls the lawsuit meritless. >>> time for a look at your weather for this tuesday morning. >>> here we go. good morning. once again we're talking about the risk for storms across the midwest and with that it's going to be severe in nature across, say, nebraska, iowa, missouri and illinois. localized flash flooding, hail and damaging winds is going to be a concern. as we head east, not much in the since of storms but the accuweather real feel upwards of 100, 105 around d.c. and philly. so drink plenty of water and stay cool with the heat building. for accuweather i'm meteorologist chris nallan. >>> coming up, the seventh grade boy who is impressing everyone with his generosity toward people in need. >>> and also ahead, tourists on safari are chased down by this raging rhino. why it was so hard to escape. >>> but first the one clue in the search overnight >>> so we're back with this video of dozens of air mattresses filling the air in denver.

new investigations are launched ento whether the e-cigarette maker juul is targeting minors. a minor league pitching prospect shares for the first time his arartbreak after his wife and one-year-old son were murdered this week. late today, the founder of twitter had his own twitter account hacked. tcist tweets were sent to four million followers. and steve hartman on how one letter from a little girl made a big difference. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. >> dickerson: good evening. norah is off tonight. i'm john dickerson. this is our western edition. hurricane dorian reached category 3 intensity today. forecasters consider that a major hurricane. and it will only get worse before it strikes early next week, likely as a category 4. more than 20 million americans could feel the storm's impact. views from space show the hurricane clenching like a fist as it stalks the bahamas. it now appears the storm could stall there for a few days. florida's east coast is bracing for what could be its most powerful storm in 27 years. georgia and the carolinas are also on

he vaped one juul pod every two days. his story is going viral on social media, a lot of folks talking about it but juul tells us "while we do not have any details about this alleged incident we have robust safety monitoring systems in place and will vigilantly monditor for an evidence of safety ish issues as we continue to combat youth usage." >>> families near clear lake have been forced from their homes as another fire continues to burn. clear lake has seen its fair share of wildfires over the years. the latest fire has been burning since yesterday afternoon, they're calling it the golf fire because it's near buckingham country club. at last check 19 acres burned, it's 30% contained. cal fire on the scene of course. the biggest challenge it's in steep terrain and thick, dry brush. >>> we are still talking with investigators about this breaking news story we brought you all morning yesterday on "today in the bay," that fiery south bay crash that shut down lanes of 101 in south san jose for hours. we are still waiting to

these flashy ads depict younger adults using juul. the ftc could seek monetary damage for deputyive ads that target minors. >> showing on videos for teenagers. so it's really targeting to us in my opinion. >> we don't need to target youth to grow our business to be successful and fulfill our mission. >> juul would not comment on this specific investigation but is prepared to fully cooperate. >>> more health headlines right now. plant-based diets are becoming more popular. the trend could lead to deficiencies in an essential nutrient. meat, eggs and dairy are critical to brain health. and a study finds it's never too late to start exercising. to build muscle as highly trained athletes of the same age >>> we are keeping an eye on hurricane dorian this morning as it prepares to bear down on the coast of florida. expectation and preparations. >> plus a crazy puppy napping story that started in san francisco ended here in hayward. we'll have more details about the two men behind bars and the puppy that is still missing. coming up. my exper

juul is intended as an alternative to cigarettes.nd juul does not want minors to try their products. >>> lyft is pulling the e bikes from bay area streets after two electric bikes burst into flames. the fires happened in san francisco. it appeared of the started from the bike's batteries. the company is suspending the e bike program to investigate and it's not ruling out vandalism. >>> at 6:25. a bold but controversial proposal for housing for the homes. the plans to turn a former oakland jail into a homeless shelter. >>> and a month long rally in san francisco outside the offices of immigration. we'll take you there live for the message they are hoping to send to the trump administration. >>> and the central coast, this is surf line.com bringing us this video. looks like a nice calm day out there. you're watching mornings on 2. >>> from ktvu fox 2 news, this is mornings on 2. >>> and we want to take you live to the opening bell this morning. a lot of excited people there because their company is going public. a software company out

san francisco based juul has spent $4 million on prop c. speaker pelosi said we should not back the proposition that is trying to addict our children to cigarettes. >> say no to juul. >> 150 people nationwide have reported vaping-related lung issues. >>> this morning one woman is talking about being too close to a man just shooting shots off that sent people running in san francisco's market street. this was all caught on camera. i want you to take a look at this. as you can see, it's a scary scene right there. this all happened tuesday, and in the chaos, one person was taken to the hospital and the injuries were not from gunfire. that woman that recorded this video said everybody was caught off guard. >> somebody screaming and i assume it was a gun because of the popping sound, and what i caught on my camera was essentially somebody brandishing a gun. >> during our investigation we located the victim who was injured and he was transported to the hospital for life-threatening injuries. >> so far police have not indicated if they have leads