in the us the undisputed champion of supermarket sold hot dogs has always been oscar meyer and america is another one with. a brand of the kraft foods group a giant of a food industry. so far no surprises. but what's less known is that at the time and until two thousand and seven kraft was owned by philip morris the world's second largest tobacco company a lobby which went as far as lies and manipulation to defend its own interests notably in the big tobacco lawsuits of the one nine hundred ninety s. do you believe nicotine is not addictive i believe nicotine is not addictive yes i believe. cigarettes questioning proven scientific facts the strategy worked perfectly for years with tobacco so philip morris used it again to save oscar meyer's hotdogs. and. he joined her stand how the multinational manipulated science to defend its investments in cured meats you know we. headed to northern california. in. san francisco. this university library holds what are commonly known as the tobacco documents millions of internal tobacco industry documents. and. our guide stanton glantz has spent his

we have 55 trains in service. >> alexis, thank you. >>> check out oscar meyer's latest gadget.e. not just any drone, a weiner drone. it's designed to carry and deliver a single hot dog at a time. the drone is part of the weiner mobile fleet, which is traveling around the u.s. this summer to deliver hot dogs to people everywhere. >> that's fun and delicious. >>> happening today, ford will begin rolling out the expansion of its bike share program in five bay area cities. this is video from ford's go bike facebook page. this morning's launch will kick off a build out of stations in san francisco, oakland, san jose, berkley, and emeryville. ford also expects to have 3,500 go bikes deployed by labor day and 7,000 next according to the examiner, the deployment in san francisco could be delayed. funding for the expansion because of conflicts between ford go bike and local mom and pop bike rental companies. >>> starting this weekend, a big change for san francisco home owners. those trees in the streets here, no longer your problem. the responsibility of maintaining those trees now goe

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the north of the united states is home to andrew milk housekeeper and the company of hot dog king oscar meyer who we came across in the preston martin case americans and. the scientist worked for this company for thirty years. he now teaches at the university. but he doesn't hide his proximity to the american meat lobby. presented with our eye a r.c. challenge documents he acknowledges everything. almost. so did the needs industry paid you for this i received some compensation for my time as well as the others how much i am likely to say. i don't know thousands tens of thousands of dollars mama small amounts. can we have an idea you know. this running not right seems to be a very big thing for industry looking for a substitute. has been attempted. and was a total failure. something as chemically simple as nitrite. and as unique as nitrate having a substitute has not been possible to anyone's ability but if there is more risk of getting cancer don't you think it's important to try to find a solution now where we disagree because i do not believe that that risk is is true if there is no risk at

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. >> and this fourth of july hats off to new heights, oscar meyer heading weiner drone to it fleets of weiner mobiles, said to be the first unmanned, hotdog caring aircraft. designed to deliver hotdogs to remote locations. so, don't say i never told you anything important. jim? >> can you imagine being hit in the head with a hotdog? i mean, from how many feet up in the air, jill? not a way i want to celebrate my fourth every july. >> no, definitely not. catsup, mustard, it could get ugly. >> the onions, ugh. check in with you tomorrow, jill. appreciate it. >> the white house warning syria against using chemical weapons on it own citizens. press secretary sean spicer announced news last night, he said there is, quote, potential evidence that syria is preparing a chemical attack. the us blamed the has add regime for april chemical attack on syria civilians. trump order missiles in retaliation for that. >> in meantime the president's travel ban gets victory, the supreme court allowing most of the ban to be enforced while it prepares to hear the case in october. the white house called the

. >> and on a light note, oscar meyer is expanding its wiener fleet adding the wiener cycle and the wroener they will try the new hot dog with no artificial preservatives or nitrates in their meal >> which big tech company is going to partner with them >> you never know. >> sounds like they are doing fine with their own. >> thanks, kell. >> the job market is near full employment, but retail jobs are disappearing at a fast clip. we'll discuss whether that's a red flag for just retail or for the work force and harry potter turns 20 today we'll take a look at the eye popping number that the transhas culled in. that's next on "closing bell." >>> hitting the road and fueling up for less. the companies positioned t >>> welcome back kind of a mixed bag on wall street today the dow did close up 15 points to 21,409 s&p up less than 'point to 2439 and the russell up is.5 points nasdaq down 18 today about, a quarter percent drop there 6247 now, is the popularity of online shopping continues to grow, a crisis over displaced retail workers could be brewing nbc's chuck todd outlined what he said could be

you are all right, thanks for joining us in new york, check this out, this is known as the oscar meyer hotdog shaped delivery drone will get its public debut july 4th in arkansas, good fly 15 minutes carrying one hotdog. we cover it all. the cyberattack, the hacker getting a wide range of companies, 64 countries leads to computers being locked and data held for ransom. all over that story too. congressman kevin brady joins us later this hour pushing tax reform. i'm going to ask him can he get full-scale reform or just a cut in some taxes? the second hour of "varney and company" you are watching. ♪ looking from a fresh perspective can make all the difference. it can provide what we call an unlock: a realization that often reveals a better path forward. at wells fargo, it's our expertise in finding this kind of insight that has lead us to become one of the largest investment and wealth management firms in the country. discover how we can help find your unlock. stuart: the question is what is leading the rally, it is up again today. the prospects of dodd-frank reform are getting better, m