national geographic phillip morris talks about his recent article, "sentenced to death." watch on "washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern be sure to join the discussion. >> the space x crew dragon endeavors successfully launched from kennedy space center in florida. it is headed to the international space station for a six month science lesson. up, a look at this morning's conference. right now we are waiting to seize the prevalves open and the chill begin. >> stage one engine chill has started. >> and there is the callout. to chill the engines for flight. that is right, john. in side 6:40. rp1 rocket grade kerosene is filled in the second stage. we're accept accepting about 30 more second force the first stage to be completely filled with the rp1 and refined kerosene. liquid oxygen will continue to flow through up to the final minutes before. >> confirmation we have 100. six min machines to go until instantaneous launch window today. next milestone will be dragon to transition to figure for terminal count this time terminal count will be on internal power no longe

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national geographic phillip morris talks about his recent article, "sentenced to death." watch on "washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern be sure to join the discussion. >> the space x crew dragon endeavors successfully launched from kennedy space center in florida.

. >> reporter: in a statement, the parent company of phillip morris says "science and evidence does notrt such a ban." >> her lungs had collapsed. >> reporter: sixfootah the poet lost her mom to smoking menthols. she takes on tobacco executivesg menthols. she takes on in this spoken word poem. >> "how you can say that tobacco doesn't kill?" if we can at least save one person, or get one person to put a cigarette down, for me, that would mean the world. >> reporter: now, the f.d.a.'s decision does not immediately ban menthol cigarettes or flavored cigars. in fact, it's a process that could take years, and, norah, the tobacco companies are expected to fight it. >> o'donnell: all right, ben tracy, thank you. well, tonight, there's rare bipartisan support in congress to change the way that the military handles cases of sexual assault, by removing commanders and putting independent investigators in charge. we've reported extensively on this, and cbs' david martin looks at a shocking case thato shows why so many want this change. >> reporter: staff sergeant randal scott hughes is a serial rap

phillip morris and harley davidson all raised guidance here johnson and johnson came out this morningusiness conditions is what we want to hear about. and generally we're goating the positive commentary we anticipated. lot of comments. ceo of dover cited improving demand conditions. that is the magic word we need to hear about improving conditions in general i think scott kirby at united had the quote of the day leisure demand more than 100%. that's a great quote he was on this morning lockheed martin talked about new and better normal. the out nation ceo had great comments auto nation. we're getting the positive spin, the positive body language we were anticipating. i have not heard a single ceo come out and say we're not giving guidance because we don't have any certainty that is very good news nobody wants to hear that and so far nobody has been hearing it the other is the highest cost. prok procter & gamble hiking price for baby care and feminine care. already did to offset higher commodity costs. other cases maybe they are just eating it. the bottom line is they are able to do it

don't miss an exclusive interview with the ceo of phillip morris today on closing bell that will be theith citi ceo jane fraser since she took over the top spot at the bank in february andrew. >> thanks. >>> meantime, we have a big bidding battle underway this morning for rail operator kansas city southern. canadian national is offering $30 billion in cash and stock, kansas city southern it's $325 per share. kansas city southern had already agreed to be taken over by canadian pacific railway canadian national offer includes $200 per share in cash compared to $90 for the canadian pacific bid. don't get confused with all of this you don't want to miss an interview with the c of canadian national. >>> still to come this morning, we're going to talk about the down side of soaring housing prices higher property taxes for homeowners we'll tell you which states are getting hit the hardest. >>> rob portman, how would he pay for a u.s. infrastructure bill president biden is willing to compromise we'll see what rob portman is hearing. stay tuned, you're watching "squawk box" on cnbc just over a y

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