. >>> california could become the second state to set the minimum age for tobacco purchases at 21. that is one of several changes lawmakers approved. >>> and we're live in simi valley. the country prepares to say a final farewell to nancy reagan. then, words no child should here. >> i got a call yesterday that my cancer came back in my bone marrow. >> the positive attitude this high school student is keeping after a life threatening diagnosis. >>> a family fitness center these little guys? they represent blood cells. and if you have afib - an irregular heartbeat that may put you at five times greater risk of stroke - they can pool together in the heart, forming a clot that can break free, and travel upstream to the brain where it can block blood flow and cause a stroke. but if you have afib that's not caused by a heart valve problem, pradaxa can help stop clots from forming. pradaxa was even proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke, in a clinical trial - without the need for regular blood tests. and, in the rare event of an emergency, pradaxa is the only oral bloo

. >>> california could become the second state to set the minimum age for tobacco purchases at 21. that is one of several changes lawmakers approved. >>> and we're live in simi valley. the country prepares to say a final farewell to nancy reagan. then, words no child should here. >> i got a call yesterday that my cancer came back in my bone marrow. >> the positive attitude this high school student is keeping after a life threatening diagnosis. >>> a family fitness center >>> here is a live look through san rafael. traffic is heavy because of the rain and the commute. most of the area is under a flash flood watch lasting until the end of the weekend. live doppler 7 is tracking the storm and spencer christian will join us with an update in just five minutes. >>> california can soon become the second state in the nation to get the minimum age to purchase cigarettes at age 21 instead of the current, 18 that is a part of a series of bills. >> reporter: one key measure raises the smoking age from 18 to 21. health department numbers show 16% of the high school seniors smoke tobacco. the s

meantime, california lawmakers have approved a bill that would raise the tobacco purchase age to 21. the national association of pediatrics has advocated for raising the smoking age nationally to 21 for decades. 90% of regular smokers first tried a cigarette before the age of 19. >>> it turns out, your job really could be killing you. here is why. a recent study by the american heart association shows certain professions where is down more than others. at the top? sales positions. 60% of the sales -- 68 of -- 68% of sales employees had her conditions. police and firefighters came in next. 90% of them were considered overweight or obese. make some changes to those >>> there is a lot going on. problems with water bills lately. >> one-man's bill was nearly $6500. he says his water has been off for years. our investigation may have him closer to a resolution. >>> usually, when two people -- child abuse. >> but miraculously, lived to tell about it. we sit down with a driver who was hit head-on by a wrong way >>> water bills to the tune of hundreds and even thousands of dollars. our ongoin

yesterday state lawmakers approved a bill that would raise the tobacco purchasing age to 21 state-wide. it now heads to the governor's desk. >>> back to our weather, great for skiing and snowboarding but slow to get there. expect interstate 80 to be down to one lane in each direction through the sierra tonight. here's a look at what you can expect. a shot from donor summit. you can see that long line of traffic. it's friday. good for skiing conditions, and of course one of the final few weekend of skiing perhaps. chains are required on both 80 and 50 right now. winds are strong. but as nbc's reporter found out once people made it to the slopes, the slow ride up was worth it. >> reporter: snow moved across the sierra landscape by gusts of wind. it fell almost constantly at higher elevations, 72 feet at the base of the mountain at boreal ski resort. it impacted visibility but not enough to deter anyone from seeing. this man tells us this is his first time snowboarding. >> i wasn't too bad. i thought a lot more scary a lot more falls broken bone or something by now but it's been good. >>

unexpected development, the state assembly passed pending state legislation to increase the tobacco purchase8 221. it was unexpected because tobacco measures have frequently died in the state assembly that this is a wonderful step forward and the state senate will take up again this week. we don't know what the governor is going to do. i hope you will sign it. this is the kind of law where potential preempted by the state can be a really good thing. we are monitoring this carefully. we don't know what is going to happen exactly and when it comes to state legislation it isn't over till it's over to so, i like to move forward. i with this legislation and if the state passes legislation we will evaluate whether our legislation is complementary or conflicting and then if we need to suspended or amended we will certainly do what is needed but for now i think it's important to move forward with this trendsetting legislation and i want to thank you colleagues for your support. >> bt. colleagues can we take this item same house, same call can we take that without objection? without objection the mot

tobacco products. if the governor signs the bills california would become the second state in the nation to ban teens from purchasing tobacco. joining me is professor joy appalonio from uc center of tobacco control research and education. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> what effect would raising the tobacco age from 18 to 21 have on teen smoking rates? >> we know because it's been studied in other areas that increasing the minimum age of legal access for tobacco from 18 to 21 reduces teen smoking rates by over 50% in areas where it's been studied. >> why is that? >> 18-year-olds spend a lot of time with 15-year-olds and 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds, they're all in high school. 21-year-olds are working or in college, they don't have much exposure to teens. first of all, there's the obvious effect of the ban, that 18 and 19-year-olds can no longer purchase cigarettes. 15, 16, 17-year-olds can't borrow or use tobacco that's been purchased by 18-year-olds. >> why would those in their 20s be less likely to pick up smoking? >> psychologically, people mature as they age. one of the changes that happe

if approved, california would become the second state after hawaii to raise the tobacco purchase age to 21. nbc bay area analyst joins us now. larry, this is six bills. they cover more than just the age limit. give a run down of what would change if the governor signs. >> yeah. comprehensive. that's a good way to start out. a comprehensive package. the bills would address several issues. it bans smoking in all schools. period. smoke-free areas in all bars, place rooms, warehouse, hotel lobbies. the ability of cities, various ordinances, to raise tobacco taxes on their own without state permission. and the age to purchase the products. including e cigarettes for anyone under 21 years comprehensive. >> those are major changes. some are saying the bills don't go far enough. they don't address the cost issues. >> yeah. these bills, of course, attempt to increase the difficulty of purchases and smoking, of course. they leave out the important lever for change the four letter wo word "cost." california is 87 cent tax ranks 34th among the nation. take a look at the spread between the top st

this makes san francisco secondest city in the country after new york to raise the tobacco purchasingage. healdsburg had a similar law but stopped after tobacco industry threat and he lawsuit but supervisor weiner says san francisco has a history of taking on major industries in the name of public health. he says raising the age saves lives and reduce health care cost. >> half dozen bay area newspapers will soon become just two pucks. 4 east day papers will become the east bay times silicon valley d peninsula san may take 0county times and mercury news is the mercury news. changes take effect april fifth. >>> some of yosemite best known lapped mark are no more. the names have changed as the result of an expensive trademark battle. our sister station in fresno has the story station in fresno has the story. >> slowing fall and rushing river may still be the same but a lot changed in yosemite in the past 24 hours. subsidiary of arrow mark took control as the new concession nair. >> to me it's pretty amazing to think that from yesterday to today we have got a major operation that includes

instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing tobacco products and e cigarettes to the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his co-sponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city if not as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the tobacco free coalition i want to thank them they're not just here in san francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the health department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only pay attention it the science and data it is going on but that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by long-term smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and heart disease we do

unexpected development, the state assembly passed pending state legislation to increase the tobacco purchase8 221. it was unexpected because tobacco measures have frequently died in the state assembly that this is a wonderful step forward and the state senate will take up again this week. we don't know what the governor is going to do. i hope you will sign it. this is the kind of law where potential preempted by the state can be a really good thing. we are monitoring this carefully. we don't know what is going to happen exactly and when it comes to state legislation it isn't over till it's over to so, i like to move forward. i with this legislation and if the state passes legislation we will evaluate whether our legislation is complementary or conflicting and then if we need to suspended or amended we will certainly do what is needed but for now i think it's important to move forward with this trendsetting legislation and i want to thank you colleagues for your support. >> bt. colleagues can we take this item same house, same call can we take that without objection? without objection the mot

this makes san francisco the second largest city in the country to raise the tobacco purchasing age. new york has a similar law in place. retailers who sell tobacco products will be given a one year grace period before they'll be penalized for selling to people under 21. >>> the latest between apple and the fbi squaring off in capitol hill in a battle over the issue of encryption and balancing american's rights to privacy. apple says they won't unlock the iphone of a san bernardino shooter. the supreme court will have to decide this. or there has to be legislation passed by lawmakers. that's the only two ways this will be resolved. members of congress are hearing both sides of the case now. the director of the fbi laid out his argument. he says he understands how sensitive the issue of privacy and security is. but they owe it to the families of the 14 killed in san bernardino to fully investigate this crime. apple's top lawyer however said no. apple, if its forced to create a tool to break into the locked iphones that tool will eventually fall into the wrong hands and that would put e

this comes as san francisco is the second-largest city in the country to raise the tobacco purchasing who sell tobacco products will be given a one- year grace period before they are penalized for selling to people under 21. >>> apple and the fbi squared off on capitol hill yesterday over the battle on encryption versus american security and privacy. the fbi wants apple to unlock the iphone of one of the san bernardino terrorist shooters. it can went -- it can only end in one of two ways. either the supreme court or legislation passed by the lawmakers. the fbi director says he understands how sensitive the issue of privacy and security is. but, he says we owe it to the families of the 14 killed in the san bernardino terrorist attacks to fully investigate the crime. apple's top lawyer argued their side. he said that if apple is forced to create a tool to break into locked iphones, it eventually can and will fall into the wrong hands and that could put everybody's information at risk. >>> if you shop at whole foods, listen up. the grocery store chain is recalling blue cheese because it

instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing tobaccoducts and e cigarettes to the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his co-sponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city if not as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the tobacco free coalition i want to thank them they're not just here in san francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the health department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only pay attention it the science and data it is going on that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by long-term smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and heart disease we do our bes

popular gun range on the verge of being shut down the fight over the castro valley gun range + purchasing tobacco and san francisco might become a little more difficult for someone to tell you why and the cleanup continues to move homeless encampment off the streets of san francisco. >>pam m: they said they have now identified the man who was swept out to sea from the beach in half moon bay yesterday afternoon that call triggered a mass of air search and more to the aircraft invoked the continued into late monday evening and around 11:00 p.m. the wire family contacted authorities then found his chief and the beach parking lot the also searched the coastline here on tuesday there is a very popular spot which beachgoers and surfers piece of tear for decades in said the ocean can be treacherous new tonight in san francisco you now have to be 21 or older in order to buy tobacco. >>pam m: there will be given one year there were some rain in our forecast letter on this week that another day of of whether. >>reporter: it is in pretty nice for but it's been really dry and now we're going to switch out of

unexpected development, the state assembly passed pending state legislation to increase the tobacco purchase8 221. it was unexpected because tobacco measures have frequently died in the state assembly that this is a wonderful step forward and the state senate will take up again this week. we don't know what the governor is going to do. i hope you will sign it. this is the kind of law where potential preempted by the state can be a really good thing. we are monitoring this carefully. we don't know what is going to happen exactly and when it comes to state legislation it isn't over till it's over to so, i like to move forward. i with this legislation and if the state passes legislation we will evaluate whether our legislation is complementary or conflicting and then if we need to suspended or amended we will certainly do what is needed but for now i think it's important to move forward with this trendsetting legislation and i want to thank you colleagues for your support. >> bt. colleagues can we take this item same house, same call can we take that without objection? without objection the mot

unexpected development, the state assembly passed pending state legislation to increase the tobacco purchase8 221. it was unexpected because tobacco measures have frequently died in the state assembly that this is a wonderful step forward and the state senate will take up again this week. we don't know what the governor is going to do. i hope you will sign it. this is the kind of law where potential preempted by the state can be a really good thing. we are monitoring this carefully. we don't know what is going to happen exactly and when it comes to state legislation it isn't over till it's over to so, i like to move forward. i with this legislation and if the state passes legislation we will evaluate whether our legislation is complementary or conflicting and then if we need to suspended or amended we will certainly do what is needed but for now i think it's important to move forward with this trendsetting legislation and i want to thank you colleagues for your support. >> bt. colleagues can we take this item same house, same call can we take that without objection? without objection the mot

and a bill to raise the statewide tobacco purchase age to 21 failed in the state legislature due to intense lobbying payroll by the tobacco industry. this legislation is modeled on the state legislation. it isn't lead takes the existing restriction of banning the sale of tobacco to people under 18 8-year-old, 19-year-old, a 20-year-old good use of the same enforcement structure. it would be easy to add minister, easy to enforce. i want to note, we have received multiple letters now from the tobacco industry threatening to sue us, making a claim that we dispute that this law is somehow reacted by state law. to be clear, are lost did not in any way interfere with or undermine state law. it is very complement 3 to the state law. in fact, makes this a lot easier to enforce because we know there are 16 and 17-year-olds can easily pass for 18 they cannot pass for 21. so we disagree with the industry's position, and i will note san francisco and this is where we are different than those bird which understandably is a smaller city was reticent to be engaged in pitched litigation with a multibillion

unexpected development, the state assembly passed pending state legislation to increase the tobacco purchaseause tobacco measures have frequently died in the state assembly that this is a wonderful step forward and the state senate will take up again this week. we don't know what the governor is going to do. i hope you will sign it. this is the kind of law where potential preempted by the state can be a really good thing. we are monitoring this carefully. we don't know what is going to happen exactly and when it comes to state legislation it isn't over till it's over to so, i like to move forward. i with this legislation and if the state passes legislation we will evaluate whether our legislation is complementary or conflicting and then if we need to suspended or amended we will certainly do what is needed but for now i think it's important to move forward with this trendsetting legislation and i want to thank you colleagues for your support. >> bt. colleagues can we take this item same house, same call can we take that without objection? without objection the motion passes. e ordinance is f

and a bill to raise the statewide tobacco purchase age to 21 failed in the state legislature due to intense lobbying payroll by the tobacco industry. this legislation is modeled on the state legislation. it isn't lead takes the existing restriction of banning the sale of tobacco to people under 18 8-year-old, 19-year-old, a 20-year-old good use of the same enforcement structure. it would be easy to add minister, easy to enforce. i want to note, we have received multiple letters now from the tobacco industry threatening to sue us, making a claim that we dispute that this law is somehow reacted by state law. to be clear, are lost did not in any way interfere with or undermine state law. it is very complement 3 to the state law. in fact, makes this a lot easier to enforce because we know there are 16 and 17-year-olds can easily pass for 18 they cannot pass for 21. so we disagree with the industry's position, and i will note san francisco and this is where we are different than those bird which understandably is a smaller city was reticent to be engaged in pitched litigation with a multibillion

and a bill to raise the statewide tobacco purchase age to 21 failed in the state legislature due to intense lobbying payroll by the tobacco industry. this legislation is modeled on the state legislation. it isn't lead takes the existing restriction of banning the sale of tobacco to people under 18 8-year-old, 19-year-old, a 20-year-old good use of the same enforcement structure. it would be easy to add minister, easy to enforce. i want to note, we have received multiple letters now from the tobacco industry threatening to sue us, making a claim that we dispute that this law is somehow reacted by state law. to be clear, are lost did not in any way interfere with or undermine state law. it is very complement 3 to the state law. in fact, makes this a lot easier to enforce because we know there are 16 and 17-year-olds can easily pass for 18 they cannot pass for 21. so we disagree with the industry's position, and i will note san francisco and this is where we are different than those bird which understandably is a smaller city was reticent to be engaged in pitched litigation with a multibillion

tobacco as well. state lawmakers have approved a bill to raise the purchasing age to 21 across california. the bill heads to the governor's desk. >>> the joe's crab shack restaurant chain is apologizing over what appears to be a photo of a lynching using at their restaurant. a minnesota couple took the photo embedded in a table in minnesota. the picture from the late 1800 shows a large group of white people watching a public execution of at least one black person. the caption reads all i said was that i didn't like the gumbo. >> i felt sick and confused and it was just sickening. it was disgusting. >> the manager says he never knew the photo existed. the chain has issued an apology and promptly removed the photo. >>> just shy of 7:40. we have much more ahead. the warriors look to get even against the team that's responsible for one of their six losses this season. not before a well known little girl steals the show from her dad yet again. take a live look outside . aorae >>> welcome back. we're taking a live look outside. the arena was rocking again as the warriors look to stay undefeated.

california has voted to raise to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21. governor jerry brown still has to sign the measure. the measures would also restrict electronic cigarettes, not regulated by the federal government. officials are trying to figure out how to apply $30 million from the state in michigan. residents drank from contaminated water for nearly to death years. global news 24 hours a day, our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. thanks. the government is targeting gdp 7% this year. to --ning us, our correspondent kevin rudd, the former australian prime minister two times over. really 26 to and the 28th as well? he was also the president of the asia policy institute and all caps of other places. welcome and thank you for joining us. i know you are a china expert. guest: systems of the world are being judged as not capable of delivering what the vast middle class want of their governments. when you have a vast group of the middle of the political system no longer satisfied by mainstream political parties, you will see

starting june 1st, you to purchase tobacco. across the majority of the country, the age is 18. francisco is joining 100 u.s. cities in raising the minimum age to buy cigarette, e cigarettes and any other products. >>> the department of transportation says there's a ban for any domestic or foreign airline flying to, from, or within the united states and the ban will go into effect next month. >>> look out world, one of the stars of baywatch is back for a new movie. >> this will never go away. tommy mcfly has more. he has his speedo close at hand. good morning, tommy. >> you don't know that about me. we have a lot of baywatch news coming out. there's been questions forever if david hasselhoff will be back. a new face time video with the hoff. >> i don't know if the world >> are you ready? >> i was born ready. >> there ain't no bay without the hoff. bay watch world, get ready. >> you know he is going to be involved, but his character is already the rock role. we are not sure what he will be doing when it comes out in 2016, but you have to believe it will be hofftastic. >> as solid

tougher restrictions for smoking in school donees, and a proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco. this week, the city of san francisco raised the minimum from 189 to 21. >> republican presidential candidates gather for the debate tonight and we could see a rematch between donald trump and megyn kelly. >> there will also be one less candidate on the stage. here is the fall out from super tuesday. >> with donald trump high poll numbers materializing to vote and a commanding lead in the delegate count, republicans working to stop the man on track to lead the going. >> today, mitt romney will make the case against the frontrunner , trump tweeting two time failed candidate mitt romney is telling republicans how to get elected. >> four-years ago the two men stood side-by-side. >> it is my honor, real honor, and privilege, to endorse mitt romney. >> with ben carson the only republican hinting at leaving the race ted cruz is encouraging the supporters of others to abandon their number one choice. >> if you have been supporting another candidate, we welcome you. >> ted cruz arguing he alo

instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing tobacco products and e cigarettes to the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his co-sponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city if not as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the tobacco free coalition i want to thank them they're not just here in san francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the health department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only pay attention it the science and data it is going on but that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by long-term smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and heart disease we do

instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing tobacco products and e cigarettes to the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his co-sponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city if not as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the tobacco free coalition i want to thank them they're not just here in san francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the health department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only pay attention it the science and data it is going on but that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by long-term smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and heart disease we do

tobacco. >> the bill changes the age to purchase from 18 to 21. >> proponents can begin collecting signatures for a sweeping initiative, among other things, the secretary of state has now approved effort, the proposal seeks to eliminate the state law requiring a child be vaccinateed to attend public school and day care and bans chlorine from being added to water and prohibits genetically engineered plants and animals. backers have six months to collect 350,000 signatures to get the initiative on the ballot. >> $9.3 billion is the amount of tourism spending. this was announced today and a record 24.6 million people visited last year, supporting tens of thousands of jobs in tourism. >> tourism has over 91,000 jobs associated with it. with hospitality and hotels. our city continues to be attracted to the work to plan for the future. >> tomorrow we'll get to see if a march miracle paid off. the department of water resources is going to conduct a snow survey. from april 1 there was no snow on the ground. governor brown was there and announced water cuts across california. this is video that found

tobacco. >> the bill changes the age to purchase from 18 to 21. >> proponents can begin collecting signatures for a sweeping initiative, among other things, the secretary of state has now approved effort, the proposal seeks to eliminate the state law requiring a child be vaccinateed to attend public school and day care and bans chlorine from being added to water and prohibits genetically engineered plants and animals. backers have six months to collect 350,000 signatures to get the initiative on the ballot. >> $9.3 billion is the amount of tourism spending. this was announced today and a record 24.6 million people visited last year, supporting tens of thousands of jobs in tourism. >> tourism has over 91,000 jobs associated with it. with hospitality and hotels. our city continues to be attracted to the work to plan for the future. >> tomorrow we'll get to see if a march miracle paid off. the department of water resources is going to conduct a snow survey. from april 1 there was no snow on the ground. governor brown was there and announced water cuts across california. this is video that found

tobacco factory. a philanthropist purchased his services and immediately sold it to napoleon's first wife for $50. so he lost $200 on the deal in order to free this man. a napoleon said he immediately started rescuing people from slavery. napoleon knew slavery, but sydney howard gay did not. come to an understanding of the evil of the system. which he did. sensitive a very constitution. he was ill quite frequently. his father wanted him to become a lawyer and take over his legal practice, so he sent them to harvard university when he was 15 years old. he became very ill and had dropped out. his father expected that he would go back to harvard, but he refused. he did not want to go back. he wanted to be a businessman. he borrowed money from his father and went to st. louis, missouri where he squandered the money. thinking that a man who said, hey, let's go to st. louis and started trading business. between st. louis and new orleans. they went out to new orleans. on the way, down to new orleans, he observed, i think he was influenced by the slave owners who were on the voyage because he wrote a lett

instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing tobaccoo the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his co-sponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city if not as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the tobacco free coalition i want to thank them they're not just here in san francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the health department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only pay attention it the science and data it is going on but that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by long-term smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and heart disease we do our best to educate the pub

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toricans will be allowed purchase cuban alcohol and tobacco products while abroad.hese changes come ahead of president obama's scheduled trip to cuba. manager whoy oversaw flint, michigan during the switch of its water source says in hindsight, he realizes he should have done more to challenge experts to say the city's water problems were harmless. before atestifying congressional hearing saying he was grossly misled by state and federal experts to never told him lead was leaching into the cities water supply. president obama celebrating st. patrick's day a little early, welcoming the irish rime minister to the white house. it may be the last time the irish premise or makes the trip. his party lost the majority in last month's elections and he's trying to persuade rivals to back him for another term. investigating a berlin car blasts that killed a driver as a targeted homicide. they say there's no indication of terrorism. the 43-year-old man who died was tourkish citizen with ties drug rings and other organized crime. the station wagon exploded in a residential dist

americans will be allowed to purchase cuban alcohol and tobacco products.her news, prime minister justin trudeau is expecting to announce canada will run for a temporary receipt -- temporary seat on the united nations council. the prime mister will be in new york for meetings with the secretary general. though miss our exclusive interview as bloomberg news editor-in-chief john nichols late sits down with the canadian a.m. newister at 9 york time. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists and more than 150 news euros around the world. commodity markets closing in new york. let's look at today's biggest movers starting with copper -- erasing much of its loss today. metal prices advanced too much with copper prices settling at $223. crude dropping for a second day as iran boosted crude export. settling at just over $36 a barrel. pressure in intense the solar industry. cory johnson joins us for a look at the solar landscape. how does it look? stocks have been under tremendous pressure because big changes in the industry and changes in the marke

. >>> california is just one step away from raising the legal age to purchase and use tobacco products1. the state senate approved the bill today, all that's left now is the governor's signature. so far he hasn't indicated if he will sign it. supporters of the 21-year-old limit say it will reduce the number of young people hooked on smoking. the bill would allow regulate -- would also regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products expand smoke- free areas and allow higher taxes on cigarettes. >>> in three months, terminally ill patients living in california will be legally allowed to end their lives. during a special session today, state lawmakers paved the way for physician-assisted suicide to begin june 9. the law passed last year after britney menard's widely publicized case. she's the brain cancer patient who moved to oregon to leave -- legally end her life. supporters say the law allows the terminally ill to avoid a slow and painful death. >>> apple sent out invites today for a product launch later this month. the invites say simply, let us loop you in. insiders think apple wi

instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing tobacco products and e cigarettes to the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his co-sponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city ifnot as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the tobacco free coalition i want to thank them they're not just here in san francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the health department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only pay attention it the science and data it is going on but that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by long-term smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and heart disease we do

instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing tobacco products and e cigarettes to the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his co-sponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city if not as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the tobacco free coalition i want to thank them they're not just here in san francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the health department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only pay attention it the science and data it is going on but that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by long-term smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and heart disease we do

by ages 21, ours prohibits purchase of tobacco and so we will have to look at how to make sure that the ordinance reflects what has been passed at the state level chl >> thank you very much. >> sure. >> would it be possible then to get a follow up on that at our next meeting in terms of the clarification? and providing that the governor is on the bill. >> the governor has 12 days to sign the legislation and there is no indication and we just had a call with the director of the healthcare services and there is no indication by them, whether he will or won't sign it. and so we will up date you as soon as we know. >> thank you. >> any further questions? >> no that is it. >> questions from -- and i did want to note that the department has been certainly doing a lot of work and particularly, i think passing the number of the surveys, should be commended because those are really key and they were of concern as to whether or not knowing state surveyors and licensing that they would not find and are very complex and new building, with the new technology. that they would not have been even mo ev

instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing tobaccoroducts and e cigarettes to the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his co-sponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city if not as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the tobacco free coalition i want to thank them they're not just here in san francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the health department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only pay attention it the science and data it is going on but that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by long-term smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and heart disease we do o

instead of leadership the sponsoring the legislation that will raise the minimum angle for anyone purchasing tobaccod e cigarettes to the average 24 and that will take effect on july 1st of this year i know that supervisor wiener along with his co-sponsors supervisor mar and supervisor cowen and supervisor farrell and ultimately the entire board had a adopted this and this i know that the supervisors with working closely with our duty 0 who has been documenting why it is showing so important to continue our efforts as a city if not as a state to continue be rooiktd the access to cigarettes particularly at journeying or younger ages that is advocated by the groups like the tobacco free coalition i want to thank them they're not just here in san francisco but the entire region and all over the country working with the health department making sure that supervisor wiener and not only pay attention it the science and data it is going on but that we do our best to end the suffering that is brought by by long-term smoking that obviously is the cause of cancer and asthma and heart disease we do our best to