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new york. the smoking bans did not hurt businesses. when everybody knew the rules, all the restaurants shifted over. this allows a more sophisticated way of dealing with the socialized costs so will we can share them more easily. if you create rules that everyone can follow, they will all do the right thing. otherwise, people will cherry pick and profit accordingly. i personally think each state will have to find their own way of going on this path. it is worth putting this in a document. ask mike bloomberg if this is good or bad. thee're talking about impact of sodas, that was worth the risk politically to get that conversation going. there are many other states. fantastic improvement in some of the major urban areas like philadelphia. when you look at this places, they are simple things done well. real food, social infrastructure, michigan has its 4x4 tool. it ought to be about second opinions. it is not about the doctors not being good. only 10% of americans get second opinions for medical care. we have seen that roughly a third of

the mayor bloomberg keeps making his way into the media spotlight first he banned smoking in new york city public parks then he tried to ban large sugary drinks now he's focused on passing gun control and he's spending his own money to do it he reportedly plans to spend twelve million dollars on ads aimed at putting pressure on u.s. citizens to pass gun control measures the move has some asking is he taking it too far i do not think we should ban most things i do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom and that is for example if you're drinking we should let you drive because you'll kill somebody else if you. are carrying a gun we should let you want an airplane. are to correspond on a saucy a turk and joins us now to discuss the mayor's power and how people over there in your city feel about it. so i know you've covered of bloomberg for the last twelve years analysis say is taking it to far even threatening threatening democracy how do you see it. well there's a you know i mean threatening democracy is really a strong term to use but i really think it depends

contra costa county taking its ban on smoking to a new level. supervisors will introduce an ordnance that would ban electronic cigarettes. it would require businesses that sell electronic cigarettes to have a tobacco retailers license. discussion starts at 9:00 at board chambers. >>> and tonight, palo alto will consider a ban on smoking at three local parks. the ban would affect the plazas in downtown. and sarah wallace park on california avenue. >>> it's 4:38. we're keeping the eyes on the skies. and today, it's going to be sprinkling out there. >> feeling great on a tuesday. temperatures this morning in the 50s. a couple 40s out there. we're headed towards the upper 60s, low 70s, with rain on the way. so, getting closer to spring. and that officially arrived tomorrow at 4:19. 49 in livermore to start the day. let's talk about the rain. area of low pressure moves to the north. like the tail end to the bay area. by noon today, mostly-cloudy conditions. at 5:00 p.m., start to get more activity. the peninsula getting nice and slick. so, wet roadway

the proposed legislation is the latest crackdown by bloomberg who successfully banned smoking in newd has since taken on not just the sugary drinks, but salt, trans fat and even baby formula. so, mary, the mayor would say, look, sometimes the people need to be led, even though some people call him a nanny mayor for it. what do you think? >> yeah, well, where is the evidence that this is going to lead to better health outcomes and why do we need government hiding products from us? what's next? is he going to hide the beer? is he going to hide the big macs and mcdonald's? look, it's much better to empower consumers than to try to nudge them in the right direction which he seems to be trying. >> paul: he would say he has public proof. in the campaign against cigarettes and trans fats and that new york outcomes are better and sometimes the public needs to be led in the right direction and sometimes yanked. >> i think the mayor needs to be reminded of the concept of a free society. he's acting like a joe stalin. >> joe stalin, don't you think that's a tad-- >> well, if bloomberg -- (laugh

smoking. >>> and contra costa county take its ban on smoking to a new level. the supervisors discussing a proposal to ban electronic cigarettes. this would require businesses that sell electronic cigarettes to have a tobacco retailers license. discussion of this item starts at 9:00 this morning at the board chambers. >>> in fremont, police are looking for a suspect who stole tens of thousands of dollars worth of copper wire. the suspect broke into a pg&e yard on boyce road sunday morning. he apparently used a stolen forklift to smash through the fence. is suspect used that forklift to place 5,600 pounds of wire on the flat bed of a truck. police are looking for a 1995 ford f-350 or 450 truck. an open, black flat bed. >>> 6:18 right now. time to say good morning once again. tell us about our tuesday forecast. >> last tuesday, last day of winter. >> spring tomorrow, right? >> going to spring into spring. at 4:19 a.m. tomorrow is the equinox. we're going to see the day and night of equal length. after that, we transition into summer. days get longer than the night

so smoking is a very big deal. at the new york city baning, which we got a lot of grief about, i will say. i got a lot of one-fingered ways as i would describe them when i marched by bars on st. patrick's day, for example. today, marched by a bar in st. patrick's day, and everybody seems to love you. and because of what new york did, i think it's fair to say most cities in america, all of western europe, virtually all of latin america have now gone smoke-free. >> sir, i know you reject the "nanny" label. you consider yourself a health advocate. you heard in the piece that introduced you, there is something of a backlash to the oversized soda ban, or restriction. do you think that it's possible that your actions when it comes to oversized sodas, sugary drinks, have created a backlash that could end up ultimately hurting your cause? you see what's going on in mississippi, for example. >> oh, no, anything but -- jake, anything but the beverage companies can see that there's a train coming at them down the tunnel. it's not the light at the end

new police officers be non-smokers. but two years ago, the city quietly dropped the smoking ban. boyd is the city's chief of police. >> we realized that at best we may save 5% on our insurance premium. but now we're having a problem with trying to recruit and hire highly-qualified candidates, and we're competing against agencies that do not have that policy. >> did dropping the policy dramatically change that? were you able to find qualified people? >> i would have to say unequivocally yes. >> officer juan mayato believes that the city ultimately learned that those smokers more often than not made pretty good cops. >> i mean, what does smoking have to do with the way you perform your job out here? there's a lot of people that smoke that are well qualified for this job, and it doesn't affect them. and, you know, they couldn't hire them. >> that was the problem cnn faced. and after 13 years of a ban on hiring smokers, it rescinded the policy. even so, lewis maltby says it's gonna be near impossible to marshal support for smokers. >> smoking has become more than a health issue. smok

what's the point of being mayor of a city like new york, he's been big on gun control, big on smoking bans, he wants new yorkers to be fitter and healthier. what is wrong with that? >> nothing. he's right about it. >> do you believe he's wrong about this? >> i do. my belief is with food-related issues, which are different, which are more complicated because unlike smoking which you can stop and continue existing, you have to interact with food at least three times a day. so sometimes the easy yes/no that we're all drawn to particularly as catholics doesn't always work out in the end of the day with food related issues. and sometimes i think the better answer on food issues is to expand access to quality food, to not just say no, but to make sure people have a choice to get something. so for example -- >> i disagree with you. i think particularly on issues like smoking, drinking, guzzling sodas too big for them, eating 16 big macs a day, whatever it may be, the reality is we all need a bit of nannying about that. people on diets is a form of nanny estate. >> in a way i hope i'm wrong. i hop

. >>> new york city mayor michael bloomberg is fails for his ban on smoking and large sugary drinks but new campaign is being questioned as the meanest public service announcement ever. bloomberg's teen pregnancy prevention campaign shows a crying kid with the caption "i'm twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen." ouch. >> if you got a few extra bucks lamborghini has this $3.9 million carbon fiber super car. the front of the car is actually a giant wing. it basically will hold the car aerodynamically to the road as it reaches 220 miles per hour. and lamborghini is making three of the cars named the no-no. >>> but if the car of your dream outside of your reach, how about the job of your dreams? tours of australia is running the best jobs campaign. there have already been 30,000 applicants who have each uploaded a video. >>> coming up, another hit and run. bad news for the new york yankees. and proof that the bible is still pretty popular. >>> plus, harrison ford gets ready to take on ron burgundy. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. uisine salad additi

new prominence on this issue? >> no, not at all. he's been pushing various issues. some of sem them success. he gave a billion to john hopkins. the smoking ban extended the life expectancy of new yorkers. it's measurable over the last decade. it sort of works. what's funny about the sequence you just showed, new yorkers weigh online all the time and we put up with it and we don't like it. we grumble and complain. >> he's not part of the soup guy? >> no, he's not. chris: you've got be against it -- >> i am. i'm against exporting it elsewhere. [laughter] >> i really think it's interesting that he's become the democrats good plutocrat. he is government by the wealthy. he's taking it around the nation. when democrats remember they're supposed to be against this kind of project you're going to see an interesting come to jesus moment. chris: happy easter to you. is there a republican to lead a cars ma to try to beat hillary . chris: welcome back. hillary clinton gives every indication now that she's going to run for president. and she'll have enormous appeal especially among women, especially monk older women. she could be leading a movement. here

decision to overturn the soda ban artie's honest join me earlier from new york and i asked her how this is different than new york city successful banning of trans fats and smoking in restaurants. definitely this is something that is affecting new yorkers affecting really the rest of the united states too so how this is different is a good question for the judge that overruled the two to be asked to basically i think but you know when it comes to trans fat obviously people understand that it's bad for them when it comes to smoking in restaurants even smokers i'm sure would admit that it's better that this is not allowed and this particular case because so many people are addicted to the soda and i think it's because the ban itself it sounds very simple let's impose a ban on any drink that's over sixteen ounces large but it was very complicated in terms of exactly what this would imply basically there were regulations included in what was proposing saying that if a certain drink for example if you get a sweetened coffee you know sometimes they taste like they have twenty sugars in them basically that would be banned but in certain cases if a certain drink has ove

smoke is reduced, more people will consider quitting. >> if the next generation isn't healthy, there's no future for our country. >> a new law banning cigarette sales from kiosks and outlawing smoking in public places will take effect from the first of june. next year, it will extend to restaurants and bars. spirits are also being taxed by an extra 30% and drinking in public places is now illegal. but some are defiant. >> drink who drink will continue to drink. >> bars like this are having to pass on the extra cost of the alcohol taxes to their customers, raising prices here and the fact that parliament is now debating whether to raise the minimum drinking age from 18 to 21 could push teenagers like this to seek chooper alcohol, homemade alcohol. it's made in garages and kitchens, and togethering with more professionally made fake products, accounts for 40% of all vodka sales. it also accounted for 12,000 eaths in 2011. >> none of these measures will work, as doesn't reduce people's need for alcohol, a need that has increased since 2008 when the economic crisis began. so if a person doesn't have access to legal alcohol, they'll get it from th

. >> if you ban things, i'm sure there are fewer smokers because there are fewer places to smoke. we asked a friend who does smoke. and said listen, if it were banned completely in new york, and you can't smoke anywhere, what would happen. and she said, i would quit. i thought she would quit the job. but she said no, i would quit smoking, i have to because i need my job. >> the mayor is going to appeal that. so he has another shot at it we'll see what happens. speaking of drinking, it's booze-day tuesday. we have these drinks. >> what is hudson common, you guys? >> it's a liquor. >> no. >> it's a restaurant, and this has been sponsored by them or inspired by them, which is an inside joke. >> it's got a lot of -- a blend of liquors, vodka, champagne -- anyway. >> thank god i don't like this stuff. can you imagine if i liked even more stuff? >> you like enough stuff. >> i like enough stuff. >> so "the view" made an announcement, a couple of announcements yesterday, one that elizabeth hasselbeck is staying. there has been a lot of press that she was leaving. >> i'm really glad, i happen to know elizabeth really well and happen to adore her. she is one of the best peopl

new contract. >>> the council committee is recommending the city to ban smoking in all parks less than five acrest would cover 32 of the 28 parks. >>> time now 4:54, a public meeting will consider drastic changes and a proposal will ban bicycle and horse races at curry village. swimming pools at the hotel will also be torn out and on the hers set river, it would end and would come after demanding the popular park be put to worked with their setting. >>> it looks good on northbound 101 and 280 getting to the downtown areas and it looks very good on northbound 101, bay bridge toll plaza is light, westbound and we did tell you it was caught on redwood city road and he did travel going the wrong way in the fast lane and fortunately that driver is now in police custody, 4:55 let's go to steve. >>> temperatures in minnesota. >> some low clouds, patchy clouds, if you get a breeze, now to north santa rosa fso, we have a pretty good breeze than will cut right through if you get that northwest winds. patchy low clouds, a northwest wind, a wee bit warmer but not too much. tomorrow looks warmer as we get mor

new contract. >>> the council committee is recommending the city to ban smoking in all parks less than five acrest would cover 32 of the 28 parks. >>> time now 4:54, a public meeting will consider drastic changes and a proposal will ban bicycle and horse races at curry village. swimming pools at the hotel will also be torn out and on the hers set river, it would end and would come after demanding the popular park be put to worked with their setting. >>> it looks good on northbound 101 and 280 getting to the downtown areas and it looks very good on northbound 101, bay bridge toll plaza is light, westbound and we did tell you it was caught on redwood city road and he did travel going the wrong way in the fast lane and fortunately that driver is now in police custody, 4:55 let's go to steve. >>> temperatures in minnesota. >> some low clouds, patchy clouds, if you get a breeze, now to north santa rosa fso, we have a pretty good breeze than will cut right through if you get that northwest winds. patchy low clouds, a northwest wind, a wee bit warmer but not too much. tomorrow looks warmer as we get mor

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banned smoking in bars and restaurants, something that was extremely unpopular at the time. >> today, very popular. >> yesterday, mayor bloomberg talked about the comparison of what he is doing now. >> after newhich we got a lot of grief about. i got a lot of one-fingered waves when i would march by bars on st. patrick's day, for example. today, march by a bar on st. patrick's day, and everybody seems to love you. and because of what new york did, i think it's fair to say, most cities in america, all of western europe, virtually all of latin america, have gone smoke free. >> he does have a point there. >> i'm probably the wrong person to talk to this about. my mother died of lung cancer after 50 years of smoking. i am probably not objective. are you making money on something that kills people, putting out for teenagers, and it could possibly kill them, as it did my mother. i'm for what he is doing. i have no problem with hiding -- he is not saying you can't sell it every adult knows cigarettes are for sale. but you don't have to put it out for everybody. >> you said something very important there. teenagers could act on the impulse to buy. a lot of what we do in stores is a reaction to an imp

crusade against tobacco he has already had smoking banned in restaurants and parks during his tenure after these bans smoking decreased in the city according to the new york city health department and whether the city council will move forward with these bills remains a burning question. well today is the international day for the elimination of racial discrimination it's a day we'll look back on the country's dark history of race relations and look at the issues as as it stands today on the surface it looks like we've come a long way after all we have a black first family but to what extent does racism still exists if you look at who is locked up in our prisons and the poverty rate in the us it appears to still be quite a problem listen to this professor of african-american studies at georgetown university which you see no was young black and latino families and it released a bit just the growth of the you probably raise as i see it in d.c. the poverty rates. nonlocal. so how far have we really come when it comes to race in the united states to discuss i'm joined by our two producers because you know that i and rachel kearns yes welcome to the both

smoking ban to three small urban parks. they include parks in downtown area and a park in the business district. our media park, the "san jose mercury news" says the city has received complaints about high level of smoking at those areas. if smoking is banned at the three parks it could pave the way for an ordinance to include all of palo alto parks. >> a gay slur made at a famous nightclub when the singer went on a rant. as abc7 news reports more than half the audience walked out and the nightclub pulled the club on her show. ♪ there is one thing >> in the 80's, she built a reputation as alternative folk singer who became a born again christian. she was on the stage in san francisco and she develop add new reputation in just minutes. >> i attended. >> james was among the 200 patrons who watched the sing are launch into an antigay rant. >> when they stop proposition 8 and priests are forced at gunpoint to marry gay people, that will lead to the downfall of civilization and jesus will return. >> employees were stunned. the marketing director got a call at home about what she was saying. >> hypocrisy of the bible, talking about the rapture

. >>> con to costa county taking smoking ban to a whole new level.n ordinance that would ban electronic cigarettes. it would require businesses that sell the electronic cigarettes to have a tobacco retailers license. discussion starts at 9:00 a.m. in board chambers. >>> tonight, palo alto will consider a ban on smoking in three local parks. it would affect the plazas downtown and sara wallace park. >>> the ordinance would ban plastic bags at retail shops and charge a 10 cent fee for people who request a paper bag. restaurants and nonprofits will be exempt. >>> it is time to look at the new haven unified school district. the city is considering renaming alvarado middle school after two filipino labor leaders. some say the change will reflect the community. one in five students at that school is filipino. >> alvarado reflects the history of the entire city and not just group. >>> coming up, a major video of a close encounter with a pair of whales. very close off the california coast. [ wind howling ] [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water cras

new york. in a little over ten years he has banned smoking in bars and restaurants, added calorie counts to fast told chefs the kind of oil they can fry. he's also cut the amount of salt in our bag of chips. i go to jersey to get mine. canceled our big gulp order. now he's turning down the volume on our ipods. yes, the city is developing a hearing loss prevention campaign aimed at young people. it will cost $250,000. it will warn that listening to music at a high volume for an extended period of time will increase hearing loss. researchers at john hopkins say one in five people older than 12 had hearing loss severe enough to hinder communication. >>> a first peek at the, quote, epic conclusion to the hangover movie series. the trailer for "the hangover: part 3" makes its debut online. the film hits theaters on memorial day. for now here are the takes. >> someone needs to burn this place to the ground. >> i like that. >> my name's allen, and i bought a giraffe! my life is great! >> i can see only that much it would already be better than the second one that i'm trying to forget from bangkok. >>>

i have to say the quality of life in new york is much better since he has banned smoking in bars andtaurants. >> yeah. i generally support the mayor. i think he made the wrong move on the beverage thing. and unfortunately he's sort of becoming an exemplar of people who are worried about the endless nanny state. last week beverages didn't work. this week we're going to ban advertising and may be a legal basis but it's never going to end. beef is going to be next. we're going to reduce the size of our hamburgers next month. >> i think we need to let people live their lives. let them alone. stop the entire wrens and the busy bodies trying to decide how to run everybody's lives. i don't think that many kids are really being drawn into smoking just because you can see, you know, a pack of parliament lights behind the counter. i don't think that's the issue here. >> moving on to the pot meat kettle department. blackberry has claimed the apple iphone is, quote, old and dusty. john? >> well, hold on. okay. i blew the dust off my iphone. good point. the fundamental technology has not been upd

well, the mayor's team is always quick to remind us that when he introduced his ban on smoking in bars and restaurants in newty, it was wildly unpopular. people were furious about it. i'm sure there's a bunch of great "new york post" headlines in the archives. but people came around on that and it's been adopted by cities all around the world. many are now thrilled that they can walk into a restaurant in new york city and don't have to choke their way to the bar in order to order a drink. and many bartenders are happy about it for the health benefits. so he'll probably be end up seeing a pioneer. >> they've never said anything about free refills. you can go back as many times as you want. was mayor bloomberg right to ban big sodas in the city? tweet your though thoughts @thomasaroberts and find me on facebook. >>> we're down to the big event at the vatican. moments away from the cardinals as they head into the sistine chapel. right now, there is no clear front-runner, but a lot of buzz about a north american runoff. the u.s. versus canada. we're going to be back with much more from our panel, live from rome,

new york county. he said it's too arbitrary. look at the smoking ban. there is no smoking in a restaurant, amen.oking, also smoking when i smoke it affects other people not just me. soda it's only affecting me. here the rules were you can buy the drinks in the big supermarket but you can't by them in a movie theater. it's going to cost the customers more and make the guys that are selling this stuff lose money. judge is like, it's too all over the place. what is next? >> shep: everybody in new york has changed the way serving things. changed prices and men guidelines. mercedes this is ready to go. our company cafeteria, wendy's is preparing for it? >> shame on the judge for playing politics over people. the mayor's heart was in the right place. it's protecting all of us in making poor choices. in you want 32 ounces you will have to buy a couple glasses of soda. >> shep: it's stupid. i could get a 50 ounce diet coke. blue sugar is worse than the white sugar. >> but you are in great shape. you make right choices. that is why obesity is an all time high. all you have to do is walk around and see. >

giuliani ten years ago, a lot of people thought the smoking ban went too far. a lot of new yorkers seem to like it. maybe they'll like the soft drink thing and realize, this is good for me, i'm healthier now. their weight will go down and their health will get better. go ahead, jerry. >> it's easy to go after cigarettes, tobacco, gambling and drinking. that's the low-hanging fruit. but eventually they want to worm their way into every nook and cranny of your english muffin light. i'm a smoker. when your first reaction is to cough and shoot your eyeballs across the room, it's probably not good for you. i pay a premium on my life insurance for that. i'm going to die sooner than i should. i save the system money. it's my right to smoke a legal fda-approved product. it's my right to drink soda and eat fatty foods. it's my right to gamble. it's my right. it's my life. if we start to take away the individual's ownership of their own lives, what does the government think they have the right to regulate? >> you guys are paranoid. this is consumer protectionism. that's all this is.

smoking. the proposal would also ban selling tobacco products at a discount. there would also be tougher penalties.. >> "what we're trying to do is continue the record reduction in smoking. in newcity we brought smoking among teenagers down from 18-percent to 8- percent, but the bad news is for the last three years it's sort of stagnated at that level. and smoking is going to kill these kids." >> a bill is expected to be introduced to the city council wednesday. bloomberg's latest health initiative comes a week after a judge invalidated his ban on sugary drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces. take a look at this--from diamond encrusted head lights to gold stitching in the seats , this car is worth 3-point-4 million dollars, the lycan will be the first manufactured arabian sports car and only seven cars will be available for purchase. the carmaker says the lycan is going to be in full production from the united arab emirates by the end of 2014.and they expect it to sell in a blink of an eye. it's one of the fastest cars in the world traveling up to a maximum speed of 245 miles per hour. it also has the first holographic display with interactive motion inside-- making it the

new crusade. he wants people to stop listening to loud music in their headphones. i didn't see the movie, wasn't that the plot of "footloose"? actually over the past few shows, bloomberg has banned smoking in public, transfats and sodas larger than 16 ounces in the city of new york. now he wants people to stop listening to loud music. maybe i'm wrong but the last time i checked, mike bloomberg is only a mayor. my headphones are named by a doctor named dre. [ applause ] i don't recall asking for a second opinion. mayor bloomberg must throw the worst parties ever. how long before he just starts showing up on street corners and whacking the hot dogs out of people's hands. [ laughter ] here's an adorable picture. kate middleton, the lady they hired to be the next queen of england, visited a fire and rescue station in northern england this weekend. she met this little guy, who gave her a one-fingered salute. you know, when you greet the future queen, you're supposed to pick your nose with your pinky in the air. the boy is currently serving a life sentence at the tower of london. have you been following the unusual vacation plans of dennis rodman? dennis rodman was in north korea last week wh

news. >> 5:42. in palo alto, a city council committee could take a step tonight toward expanding the city's smoking bano three of the city small urban parks including in the downtown area and a park in the california avenue business district. our media partner, the "san jose mercury news" reports the city has received numerous complaints of the high legal of smoking at those three areas. if no smoking restrictions at the three parks are approved it could pave the way for an ordinance for all parks. >> and a folk singer went on a hue rant an a show using antigay slur in the midst of giving hero lidgous beliefs about gay people. half the audience walked out and the managers at the restaurant pulled the plug on her performance. >> hypocrisy of the bible, talking about the rapture is coming. the end of days are here. she said god hates. she said you can re-tweet that. encouraged the audience. >> my reaction was, turn on the lights, town off the microphone and get her off the stage. this cannot happen anywhere especially in this day and age most assuredly in san francisco. ♪ there's one thing >> her show at

smoke is reduced, more people will consider quitting. >> if the next generation is not healthy, there is no future for our country. >> a new law banning cigarettes sales from kiosks will take effect on the first of june. next year, it will extend to restaurants and bars. spirits are being taxed by an extra 30% and drinking in public places is not illegal. some are defined. >> those who drink will continue to drink. >> bars like this are having to pass on the extra cost of the alcohol taxes to their customers, raising prices. the fact that parliament is debating whether to raise the minimum drinking age could force teenagers to see cheaper alcohol, homemade alcohol. it is made in garages and kitchens. also accounted for 12,000 deaths in 2011. >> none of these measures will work. it does not reduce people's need for alcohol. and the debt has increased since 2008 when the economic crisis began. if a person does not have access to legal alcohol, they will get it from the illegal or the blade sector. >> the crackdown on counterfeit alcohol and cigarettes is an ongoing battle. all parts of the president's plan to clean up russia and keep th

new pope as the world waits for white smoke from within. we're live in rome, and at the vatican this morning. >>> then a ban on large sugary drinks goes flat. now new york city's mayor set to fight a court ruling that stops his controversial law. >>> we have some outrageous video to show you. a toddler apparently putting his mouth to a bong. but that is only the beginning. we have the shocking details surrounding this story coming up. >>> and up and up and up. the dow set yet another record. does this mean it's time to sell? >>> it's tuesday, march 12th. and "starting point" begins right now. >>> welcome, everybody. our starting point this morning is the conclave day one. 115 cardinals from around the world just finished celebrating a mass for the election of a new pope. a memorable event when cardinal angelo sodano, the dean of the college of cardinals, paid tribute to the former pope. here's what he said. >> translator: such an interior attitude is ours today as we wish to offer ourselves to christ, to the father who is in heaven, to thank him for the loving assistance that he always reserves for the holy church. and in particular, for th

new york city than smoking. if you remember we put a smoking ban in, nobody thought that was going to work. today all of latin america, all of western europe, and almost every big city in america and most of the states are smoke free. this is another thing. obesity is going to kill more people this year in the world than starvation. we have to do something about it. >> what about sodium linked deaths in new york city, 23,000? >> you look at the packaged goods manufacturers are now advertising low sewodium and th reduced the sodium in their products. everybody is better off. >> where is the line? would you ban the salt shaker? >> we're not banning anything. we're trying to urge them to tell the public -- our job is to educate. it's the public's job to decide when they look on the grocery shelf or have the lever on a soda machine which thing to take, which product is in their interest. all we're trying to do is educate and then hopefully if they understand they would be better off with one product or another, they'll make the intelligent choice. >> you could do ads for education as the execut

new york has led an aggressive fight against smoking and became one of the first cities to ban it in drop in smoking rates, but it's not convincing retailers. the new york state association of convenience stores says the notion of forcing licensed, tax collecting, law-abiding retailers to hide their tobacco inventory is patently absurd. at the skyline deli, where a pack of cigarettes can cost almost $14 because of high taxes, muhammad akandi worries about the bottom line. >> people might walk by, not see cigarettes, just keep going to the next store. you got to remember, every block has a deli around here. >> reporter: others grumble about bloomberg's regulations on the heels of last week's ruling by a judge to invalidate the city's rule to ban large sugary drinks, now in the appeals process. with all the talk about spoonfuls of sugar, cartoons have depicted bloomberg as mary poppens. he was asked about it. >> i take that as a great badge of honor. i can't think anything i'd like than save lives. didn't you learn as a kid, we're on this earth together, we should be trying to help eac

new york city. this instead is what he's preoccupied with. he outlawed -- just take a quick look -- smoking in public places. he bannedtransfats in restaurants. he started a campaign against salt. he banned sodas, especially those that are too big or sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces. and let me just show you, look what we found in dunkin doughnuts as a result of the mayor's -- what would you call it? -- his diversion. this is a flyer explaining what the new new york city regulations mean for you. new york city regulations, due to those regulations starng march 12th, this restaurant will no longer be allowed to offer large orer sizes of certain beverages. refer to the back of this sheet to find out what these changes mean for you. turning the page, what is changing? you will have to add your own sugar to large and extra large beverages, medium, large -- this is from dunkin doughnuts, some of the nicest people in the country. this is what they've got to contend with and their customers have to contend with in new york city. oh, by the way, he wants to ban styrofoam, to starting a campaign as well against -- are you r