r.j. reynolds was the founder of the r.j. reynolds tobacco company and he turned that into one of the top 100 or so corporations in america by the early 20th century created his -- catherine a pretty progressive way for shaping society, so the two of them together, because of their great fortune, because of their commitment to the city and because they employed some of people had a tremendous amount of power and influence in winston-salem. 1850reynolds was born in when slavery still existed and his father was the largest slaveholder in patrick county and his father ran a tobacco plantation and a tobacco manufacturing and was also an entrepreneur and investor. r.j. reynolds grew up in a world andlavery and inequality the world in which his family capreally the most powerful part of southern virginia. did not fight in the civil war for the confederacy like his older brother. he stayed home and helped his else in theveryone aftermath of the civil war during reconstruction, some of the people who had been owned by the reynolds fam

r.j. reynolds with r.j. reynolds -- so, with r.j. 1918,ds' death in mourned deeply.er children mourned deeply. and at this point she had moved into the reynalda house and was running the estate. and there are a lot of ways that ine reynoldskather having her own company, as it were, and being much more powerful than many of the male storeowners and company owners in the rest of winston. 'o even before r.j. reynolds death and even for his illness was comingkatherine into her own as managing the estate, creating ancillary businesses with an, she continued her investments along the way. she had bought premium stock in the r.j. reynolds company, so she was wealthy in her own right, independent of what she and her children would inherit from r.j. reynolds. happensnteresting thing at this time, and that is that even though she was technically on the board at r.j. reynolds, she was closed out of all conversations after that. and there is correspondence that, when you read between the lines, you can see that the male leadership at r.j. reynolds has not wantr out and does her

r.j. reynolds, when they got corporate legitimacy, to nextel. getting further and further away from this idea. when authenticity becomes marketable, nascar starts to think about this. in our current promotional literature, the first time they ever did this in 70 years. there's no way around it, nascar's roots are soaked to the tip in moonshine. they don't have to be ashamed of , even though we have people like this around the track. racers, the owners -- the owner of nascar himself, very deeply soaked in the world of moonshine. bill francis, whose family still owns nascar, this is the most valuable sports family in the world but they don't feature in the same way. i watch mark cuban being interviewed. why is this guy have such an enormous profile but this family is enormously wealthy because of nascar. they originally raced for, barb money from and sought guidance -- borrowedners money from and sought guidance from moonshiners. what nascar ran into in the early 2000's was this very hard and difficult negotiating space. and note keep our fans all

r.j. reynolds, and then nextel. you go from rj reynolds, when i got corporate legitimacy to nextel.ting further away from this idea. when authenticity becomes marketable, nascar starts to think about this. in their current promotional literature, the first time they ever did this in 70 years. there is no way around it, getting further away from this nascar's roots are soaked in the very tips of moonshine. so there is something cool about this right now, even though we have people like this around the track. mechanics, racers, the owner of nascar himself, or all very deeply soaked in the world of moonshine. bill francis, whose family still owns nascar, this is the most valuable sports family in the world, but they do not feature in the same way. i watched mark cuban being interviewed. and i said, why does he have such an enormous profile? this family is enormously wealthy because of nascar. they originally raced for, borrowed money from and sought guidance from moonshiners. what nascar ran into in the early 2000 because of people like this was this very hard and difficult negotiating

r.j. reynolds vapor company is calling back all used vibe power units. if you use them listener. the batteries in these units can apparently malfunction causing them to overheat. possibly catch fire. so far no injuries have been reported. the company is urging people to stop using the product and contact them for a full refund. >> and united nations security council british -- only drop for one month but she is a veteran of the british foreign office and as a of fresh air to observers. this morning the investor forcefully and eloquently laid up the case against assad and his patron, russia. >> the syrian regime supporters are responsible for the greatest violations of international humanitarian law in modern history. they have used indiscriminate weapons notably barrel bombs against civilians and they have deliberately targeted medical facility and schools as well as personnel and civilian objects. it is defied the security council and it is broken international laws. >> the investor also pointedly blamed russia for she says was quote - shameful deceit, denial and disinformation

r.j. reynolds came here, and chewing tobacco before they started cutting cigarettes. and reynolds came here, that was part of it. and from there, he could see the potential for that. >> r.j. reynolds tobacco company company. >> that whole area was turned into this fabulous facility. the school of medicine trained doctors. >> from tobacco to health. >> the biggest employer, -- when did the change happen? >> it happened in the 80s and 90s. who and started growing here. and before that downtown was dead. at night, lots of people live downtown in winston-salem. there a lot of businesses, lots of reasons to be down here all the time. >> why did it turn around? what was the catalyst for that? >> catalyst was let's do something with them rather than turn them down. it had a great deal to do with the growth of this. >> is this old winston? the city is a hyphenated city. tell me about the relationship between winston-salem. >> it started as salem. they came here from pennsylvania in the 1750s and found a community here, salem, old salem, as a church controlled town. in the 184

r.j. reynolds, altria or philip morris, some of the biggest tobacco companies, were behind this research and p.r., they would be as skeptical as i am. one more examples. corporations and wealthy donors flooding cash into efforts to influence the american public and american political officials. in addition to funding bogus research, we know that tobacco companies have poured millions of dollars into nonprofit dark money organizations, which in turn spend millions of dollars to influence elections, never disclosing who they are, where the money's coming from. dark money makes it nearly impossible to find the true sources behind the attack ads and political campaigns these organizations fund, but sometimes, thanks to the news media and transparency organizations, the donors are revealed. in 2013, the center for public integrity reported that the tobacco giant reynolds america, incorporated, funded several dark money groups during the 2012 election cycle, including conservative activist, grover norquist's americans for tax reform, the koch brothers' americans for prosperity, a conservative poli