smoking rates have fallen dramatically since the days of the marlborough man. nearly half of adults smoked in 1965, while today only 18% puff away. despite the encouraging numbers, 42 million americans can't kick the habit. their addiction makes smoking the leading cause of preventable death with $42 million in direct medical costs. other stores are trying to prevent trying to move beyond the role of traditional pharmacies and becoming healthcare providers. cvs has clinics with nurses and doctors on staff, administering flu shots. the company's president said that is hing a product that leads to health issues is extremely inconsistent. >> every day we're helping millions of patients manage conditions like high blood pressure and high cholesterol and diabetes, and all of these conditions are made worse by smoking. tobacco products have noplace in a setting where healthcare is delivered. >> reporter: cvs is not the first retailer to stop selling cigarettes. target did it 20 years ago. there are laws in some cities that prohibit sales in pharmacies. you can't smok

(laughter) i can't believe they kicked their own children out of marlborough company.ump off the tobacco dragon won't be easy. they get hooked early china. this is their pacifier. by the way, speaking of china. china. the folks, back in december i shared my outrage that the moon-- america's moon-- had allowed a chinese rover, the jade rabbit, to land on its surface even though the moon's clearly not over us yet. why else would it keep looking through our windows at night? (laughter) but human, we have a problem. >> china's moon rover has apparently broken down on the lunar surface. officials say something has gone wrong with the jade rabbit's mechanical controls. they believe it was caused by the "complicated lunar surface environment." >> the rover has to go into hibernation mode when it gets exceptionally cold and a glitch isn't letting do it that. >> stephen: tonight a rare double wag of my finger to china. (two gongs) (laughter) folks, not just for invading our moon with their rover, but for trying to make me care about it! (laughter) because-- and this is true-- c

the victims were all in their 30s and found in an apartment complex at marlborough pike and capitol heightspat collins with the story. >> reporter: it has been years since there has been a triple murder and twun that happened last weekend has been getting the full attention of the police. >> it is not just unusual for prince george's kocounty, but anywhere. >> reporter: you can imagine the impact that this bloodshed has on people who live in the build buildi building. this woman talked only if we agreed not the use her name or oshow her face. >> we are all in shock, because this is most of us are very quiet. we don't have any problem back here. and so something like that to happen was really shocking. >> reporter: the three victims 38-year-old ortez olah, and 33-year-old weldon mason and 30-year-old stacy white both worked at sam's club in laurel. and weldon mason had been named associate of the month at sam's, and phis picture was posted rigt inside of the front door. and stacy had been reported friday and sheldon reported missing saturday. and the scene at the apartment in capitol heights

shooting in prince george's county, and the victims all in their 30s were found in an apartment on marlborough and pike. pat collins has the story. >> wendy, what brought these three people together? and who wanted them all dead? more now on this triple killing in capital heights. >> reporter: today, we learned more about the victims in that triple murder in capital heights. 38-year-old ortez ola who worked as a chef, and 33-year-old aldon mason and 33-year-old stacy white, both worked at sam's club in laurel, and in fact, weldon mason was just named associate of the month at sam's. his picture is posted right inside of the front door. all three found shot to death in the apartment, and all three dead for at least 24 hours. today i talked to la toya canon, a good friend and hairstylist for ortez, and she described him as a good person. >> always a joyful person. >> reporter: and for him to die this way? >> he had been doing good. he had been going to school to cook, and it hurt my heart. >> reporter: it has been years since there has been a triple murder in prince george's county, and investig

in marlborough, i'm tracee wilkins for news4. >>> and it is sentencing day. >> yes, that is right, the police officer who shot and killed a man has his fate set behind bars. >> reporter: the family of the young man killed by a sheriff's deputy are ready to talk about whether justice was really served. >> the next time you catch a ride on amtrak here at union station, there could be something different about the ride. i'm adam tuss, and i will explain coming up. >>> and it is a musical reunion for the ages. >> they came in and we went crazy. >> not just the beatles, but the fans. stay with us for a special tribute to the british band half a century after they stormed the u.s. shores. >>> now the breaking news, a firefighter is badly nurt a fire in d.c. scott macfarlane with the details just in to the live desk. >> this is a fire that is still burning in d.c. it is at a trash disposal road on s-street, and back of the building has collapsed and one firefighter has suffered minor injuries, and other than that, nobody else has been hurt, we are told, but again, this fire is still burning o

a live look right now at upper marlborough, maryland, where within the hour president obama will talkwinter weary again. right now, more snow, more ice, more stress for millions of americans. we're live on the ground with spring less than a month away, hopefully. and team usa is on the rise. the men's bobsled team breaks a 62-year drought, while an american teenage sensation gets one final chance to medal. we're also live in sochi for you today. >>> and one for the records, voters in south carolina could lose something they have not done since 1872. elect an african-american to a statewide office. we'll run down the candidates. all that in just a moment. but let's get right to white house correspondent kristen welker, who is standing by for us, again, as president obama gets ready to speak there in maryland. he's going to speak in about 20 minutes, we're told. the theme here, kristen, is fuel efficiency. what kind of proposals can we expect to hear from president obama? >> well, craig, good morning. first, a little bit of context. you recall in his state of the union address, presiden