this renaissance man threw lavish parties, was a biochemist for philip morris, and dealt in high-priced real estate. initially, beverly says she was drawn to his talents and his passion, and eventually he started to lighten up when they were together. >> one thing that was a bond in our relationship outside of the caring, it was that we laughed a lot. we just had fun. >> and so it went for many years. while roger and beverly ultimately divorced their spouses, they continued living apart, but they loved to travel. annual ski vacations, trips to europe, sometimes with her three children. beverly's daughter katie, now a lawyer, says over time roger became part of the family. >> he loved her, and we came to love him. he was a very enthusiastic, very passionate person with a great deal of love to give. >> i can see your face. >> did you regard it as a relationship that would culminate in marriage? >> no, no, not in the beginning, not later. roger was difficult sometimes, but, you know, i could always tell him to go home. >> you liked having a certain degree of autonomy? >> oh, absolutely. >>

philip morris had been a chamber member for many years. what donahue wanted was for that executive to give more money to the chamber and this letter and many other letters and calls and meetings convinced fillmore's to give the chamber a lot of money. they decided to engage in a campaign for a proposed tax, federal tax on cigarettes that was meant to discourage smoking, and in doing so the chamber was going to keep tobacco companies and funding of this advocacy secret. they went out and lobbied, they went out and put up surveys, they fought the tax without ever mentioning the morris handicap never passed, the chamber was out there saying this is a real threat to business, that congress would dare pass this tax, business cannot stand for a tax on tobacco, this cannot stand and the tax impasse so that was the very beginning of this business model that you conceive how powerful it is to be able to take money from a company that rocked and harmful to society, does not want to and really can't lobby effectively because of member of congress hea

several leading companies, including british american to be owowe philip morris, imperial tobacco andopo all filed lawsuits in london a verdict is expect ed in january, they also appeared to the european court of justice in lexus up boring l. the to be owe companies were not immediately available for comment but pro-smoking lobby groups say the changes will have little effect. >> it's basically medical pornography. some images are quite gruesome to say the least. with know the health risks, we know what we are doing, we know our brands, i have been smoking the same grand pwra*pd for 30 years, for most of my smoking life i mike smoak it because i enjoy it. this is a man who smokes mar marlboro cigarettes. >> reporter: people used to be encourage today smoke at breck aft. after sports. and even in the shower. today most countries have banned television tobacco ads replacing them with hard-hitting health warp says. >> every 15 cigarettes you smoke will cause a mutation. >> reporter: smoking is believed to cost the british economy around $20 billion a year in produced productivity and tre

and lost in the courts, until they started winning and divulging all the internal documents of philip morris and r.j. reynolds, which showed two things: one, that they knew from the get go that tobacco smoke caused serious ailments like lung cancer; and two, that they were deliberately marketing to young kids because they knew if they could hook them at 12 years age, they got them for life. >> reporter: over the years, nader's critics have said the reforms and regulations he has advocated for have enriched trial lawyers and driven up business costs. what do you say to critics who would look back over these 50 years, these cases which you celebrate, and say, "you know what, mr. nader, you have a point, but it's also turned us, the united states, into a much more litigious society"? >> just the opposite. that's insurance company propaganda. the center for state courts and studies by law professors at the university of wisconsin show, that we do not file more civil lawsuits per capita than western countries, and stunningly, that we file fewer civil suits per capita today than we did in the 1840

several leading companies, including philip morris and others all filed lawsuits here at the high court, a verdict a expected in january. they also appealed to the european justice in luxemburg, claiming they were violating freedom of expression. but they are more likely to be defeated in the u.k. and other european courts. >> this is a man who smokes mar bureau cigarettes. in the past tobacco companies advertised freely. today most countries have banned television tobacco ads, replacing them with hard-hitting health warnings. every 15 cigarettes you smoke will cause a mutation. >> reporter: smoking is believed to cost the european economy around $20 billion a year. much more than that $14 billion they make from taxing the industry. with turkey and canada also likely to introduce plane packaging, tobacco companies continue to feel the squeeze. neave barker, al jazeera, london. >>> crawford moody is a senior fellow at the university of sterling in scotland, he says the warnings may not stop smokers from lighting up, but they could stop non-smokers from starting. >> it's quite difficult t

"in the early '90s, i was hired by philip morris to suppress information that cigarettes are addictive." [ laughter and applause ] >> seth: why would you do that? >> that corporate shill. >> seth: it's a corporate shill. [ light laughter ] [ audience aws ] little boy. "i go to improv shows and shout out, 'dildo.'" [ laughter and applause ] not a helpful suggestion. >> also, unoriginal, dog. >> seth: it's not original. yeah, a lot of people have yelled out, "dildo" at improv shows. >> funny word though. >> seth: funny word. >> all right. aww! that's all i can say about this dog is "aww, what could he have done?" "i listened to adele's new album and felt nothing." [ laughter ] >> seth: how? >> bad dog! >> seth: how is that possible? what could he have done? i am currently catfishing eleven prisoners on death row, and they all think i am their fiance. [ laughter and applause ] god. >> creepy. >> seth: bad dog. >> yeah, bad dog. who's the next pooch taking the walk of extreme shame? i love a golden retriever. "my mom asked me how to join facebook and i told her it was $12.99 a month." [ la

this would be like philip morris putting a ban on smoking in their offices.ve to do this all across the country. easy, but they have a government that understands, if they don't do something, they have a problem that will not let them survive. tom: i don't want to get into politics, but i do want to get into the politics of the will of the american people. suggestord, do you there is a shift going on in a broad spectrum of america, turning away from politics, and just saying fix it? >> absolutely. we can see that by some of the possible candidates running for office. going to be trusting outsiders because they are fed up with the political system because it has been stymied. they want action. for me, it is all about the people. the more you bring the people into the picture and let them know that they are the ones at stake, whether it is employment, health, or what have you, then i think the people will speak up. that is why mayors are so important. they represent the people. tom: i believe you write the paycheck for tom keene, but i believe, building to buil