i'm morgan ratford, history is next. >> hi, you are in the stream. ecigarettes is a billion dollar industry. how safe are they? >>> the producer is here and bringing in all of the live feed ball parks throughout the show. we are getting a live discussion on this. people are surprised it is unregulated and available to the kids. >> yes, the only a community surprises me. we are starting the show asking whether it is harmful, and that is a major point of contention. they are less harmful because of no tabacco but more because we nont know what they are made of. they are feeling weird and giving me headaches. also a question of whether or not they are a gateway to marijuana or regular smoking. good questions, don't miss that the vapors deliver life saving chemicals. the same regulations for natural tabacco should be in place for the ecigarettes. >> well the sales doubled in the past year to an a billion and a half dollars and for many the exploding popularity is a major cause of concern. ecigarettes are blamed for 161% increase in calls to poison contro

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and thank you for watching i'm morgan ratford, remember for news you can head over to aljazeera.com, or follow us on twitter at a.j.a.m. stay tuned. >> we like cirque lar economy because we feel the circular economy is a different economic what we're seeing is that the economy is starting to bump up against its limits. we have 3 billion middle class consumers in the next two decades. we've seen a century of price declines so actually what's the option? what we're doing is we're being more efficient with that linear economy. we're using less. being careful with the resources we have. but we're still going to run out at some stage. that's a huge issue for the global economy. a circular economy looks at from the outset, designing systems, designing products so you can recover materials so it is aligning business innovation with the design of products, materials and components which, through that business model innovation, allow those products to go back so that the materials can be recovered and thus create a restorative economy that can thrive in the long term and it globally. >> first

morgan ratford is here with that story and other news making headlines today? >> here is in new york, three suspects have been brought up on charges all linked to his alleged drug overdose. they have all pleaded not guilty, but police searched their apartment and found roughly 300 bags of heroine, that's not to mention the cocaine and unidentified pills. police are now investigating whether they supplied drugs to hoffman who was found dead in his bathroom. then over in florida, 25 years ago, she completely vanished. it was one of the most famous missing person cases florida has ever seen. the university junior went out for her morning power walk, and was never heard from again. now detectives have a suspect and that serial killer he was a pizza delivery man, which is right where he took those morning walks. a texas teen who killed four people in a drunk driving accident. saying the team's wealthy apartment shielded him. at just 16, he had volume and three times the legal limit of alcohol, right there in his system, with seven passengers in the back of his truck

morgan ratford has that story and other news from around america. >> that's right. in florida police have found the body of a man who has been missing for worker weeks now. the body was found in a building and police have identified it as that of 23-year-old florida state university student. he was last seen leaving a bar on february 2nd, and this is just after watching the super bowl with his friends. authorities so far do not expect foul play. and then in tennessee a man stands trial accused of trying to kill someone with a pipe bomb. it kims his father-in-law instantly, and then his wife's mother died later. his bail was set at $1 million. >> more than 600 flights were canceled today as winter storms flew all the across the northeast, and so far it's been a hard winter for travelers. more than 75,000 flights have been canceled and that's just since december 1st, and that's the most since 1987. in fort maine, a boat load of rock salt is now stuck in port. it was headed for new jersey since a string of winter storms has left the state low on salt. but a 1920 law pr

morgan ratford is leer now with a look at other stories making headlines.d to see you. >> you as well. that's right. in montgomery alabama a gay man is launching a federal lawsuit after his husband was killed in a car crash. alabama doesn't recognize the marriage, which was performed many massachusets, so paul says he is suing backer husband he is not recognized as the surviving spouse, and what's more, he said the hospital staff refused to speak to him, and his husband's death certificate says he is unmarried. talk about your worst nightmare. imagine finally getting the courage to go sky diving and then your parachute malfunctions. that's what 16-year-old mckenzie says happened to her. which us caused her to fall 3,000 feet to the ground. the texas narrative says she was sky diving causing her to pan zych then blackout. she doesn't even remember hitting the ground. now she has damage to her spleen, shoulder, wrist, and her teeth, but she is expected to fully recover. authorities are say that the snow may have saved two people's lives. a couple was driving

morgan ratford, al jazeera america. >>> let's go deeper with this.s is now a fellow at the new america foundation. doug, thanks for being with us tonight. >> good evening, jonathan. >> okay. so how much of a threat do you think al qaeda, its core, still poses to the united states? >> well, i think what we have heard over the last year or two that al qaeda corps is severely degraded and simply we have killed too many of them through drone strikes and chasing them down and cut off their financing. al qaeda corps is much weaker. >> is terrorism a major issue? >> the core is weaker but now it seems the per periphery is getting stronger. >> how does the united states handle these different groups especially with isil and others that are warring inside syria? >> well, i think the united states is going to have to look at each of these small franchises as we call them differently. some of them in the middle of africa. they are concerned about local events and they just want to transform their little area. others, including alnusra and isil may well have des