walgreen's is bigger. so the question is what will walgreen's do? they issued a statement saying we've been thinking about this, too, quite frankly, for a long time, and they said in the statement that they put out that in the very least it will require them to consider the location of tobacco products on their shelves in their stores. it could be at the very least be a retail game changer. >> is this potentially a death nail for that very or will it look to find distribution hubs elsewhere in the country. >> reporter: great question. the tobacco company has not made a comment, and there is a reason for that. this won't amount to a hill of beans for them. for them they've moved on from north america a long time ago. this is not their market any more. they take what they can get here, but to grow their business, which is what you have to do in any business environment, to grow their business they're looking to latin america, asia, africa, parts of the world that are still developing, and where smoking unlike here in the united states, not frowned upo

you can still buy cigarettes at walgreen's. liz: i would only say about this it is a free market world, cvs decide we want to look more like health-care versus drug store company. go for it. >> makes perfect sense. liz: we got word from charles plosser that the federal reserve should not stop but rather speed up the planned taper of its bond purchasing program before the jobless rate hit 6.5%. plosser is in the minority of policy-makers opposed to the 17-month-old bond buying program which was supposed to stimulate the economy and the markets. the markets had a great run up which they have been doing quantitative easing but the markets today we do have read indices at the moment, kind of a flat picture today. reaction to put today's market picture into perspective we get to the floor show at the dow tries to hang on to the green at the stock exchange cme group and nynex, john porche tina, interesting to see a hawkish mr. plosser say go for it at a time when it could arguably be blamed although i wouldn't say so for the recent s

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>> walgreens -- is walgreens picking up cvs's loss here? a little bit. >> marginal. >> i want to know the market cap of cvs and how much they lose of the market cap from this. what percent is worth -- you should read this. i should have read the other one. we are now -- >> cultural story. >> we're now just days away -- that's a good point there. we're just days away from the start of the winter olympics. you can see the countdown in the wall right there. in advance of the games, at&t becoming the first major advertiser to protest russia's anti-gay law. in a blog post, the company saying, quote, russia's law is harmful to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, and families, and it's harmful to a diverse society. at&t is a major winter olympics advertiser and a longtime sponsor of the united states olympic committee. >> does this put pressure on all the other olympic advertisers to say we're going to make a stand? and does this become the story of the next two weeks beyond the sports? >> let me ask you, andrew, first. i'm trying

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: walgreens issued a statement saying it continues to evaluate cigarette sales. cvs's decision was years in the making. former ceo thomas ryan talked about dropping tobacco in 2008. but his retail competitors like dollar stores have become bigger sellers of cigarettes, the move now may make more financial sense. >> when you think today about the fact that people used to smoke in airplanes, or that they used to smoke in restaurants, maybe this is the kind of decision that will change our industry in the future and people will look back and think about it in a very different way. >> reporter: social media about other products like e cigarettes, cvs says it doesn't sell them and may revisit the issue depending on what the fda determines about them. when it comes to sugary soft drink and alcohol, it says unlike cigarettes those can be consumed in moderation. bertha coombs, "nightly business report." >> of course a lot of investors will be watching this closely because tobacco stocks are big defensive plays and they tend to pay rich dividends. joining us to talk about

is it walgreens, is it cvs, which do you think?ld have said eckerd's but walgreens. >> but, the answer is kind of depend how you count it. but first let's take a look at impact of this first of all on cvs caremark. what is the hit boeing to be from taking cigarettes off the store shelves? it is $2 billion. take a look at it. that breaks down to 17 cents a share in terms of earnings although this year they say earnings will only be impacted by six to 9 cents a share because only obviously part of the year. they say there will be no effect on 2014 profit guidance. announcement made by it ceo of cvs caremark. listen to what he had to say. >> it is the right time and the right decision to remove cigarettes and tobacco products from our store shelves. positioning us for a growing role in the health care delivery system. >> now the answer to your quiz in terms of cvs versus walgreens, who's bigger? if you count numbers of stores, put the numbers up there, numbers of stores it is walgreens, 8500 stores. almost 8600 to 7600 for cvs caremar

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walgreens is the country's biggest, and they said they too have been looking at this as a possibilityoing forward. so we'll have to see, probably the fact that cvs has done this will put pressure on walgreens to do this as well, but we'll see. >> how is the reaction from washington. >> reporter: immediate reaction shun from the commander in chief. here is his reaction . . . healthcare of course is central to his administration. and we heard from michelle obama, who tweeted very quickly, now, she says, we can all breathe a little easier, del. >>> the united nations issuing a report sharply critical of the vatican, demanding that the vatican act now to remove clergy known to be child abusers. the vatican says the report is distorted. >> reporter: the report is a devastating critique of the vatican. it says it is still not willing to recognize the scale of the problem for take responsibility for it. its a cueses of policies l amounting to a coverup the report lists many failings and has many recommendations. the church is still moving guilty abusers from parish to parish to avoid prosecu

i think it will put pressure on walgreens to decide whether they are going to -- going to follow suit. i think there is an interesting question that comes from when you substitute judgment for your consumers judgment, where do you go after you have started down that slippery slope? >> do you stop selling candy? soda? like some people do not like that they sell condoms or lottery tickets and i wonder if they have thought through the implications of this decision. e-cigaretteswhen become more dominant? it is a big step. >> cvs may be willing to leave it all behind. they generate about 70% of their sales through prescription drugs. leon cooperman has the right prescription. outlook.s own recordis on track for profits after years of crisis. what is driving the recovery? we will tell you, coming up. and it started with high school is 200 the 1970s, now it feet of snow and ice sculptures. this year they salute statues that depict winter sport landmarks from around the world. just think, that stuff is all made of snow. ♪ money," onlunch bloomberg television. we are also steaming i'm -- strea

>> cvs and walgreens have beene e ying to reinvent what it means to be a drugstore. becoming a part of peoples daily health needs. the board seems to feel that is was a strong way to reinforce that healthy living brand. i think it will put pressure on walgreens to decide whether thed are going to folloe goit. i think there is an interesting question that comes from when you substitute judgment tir your consumers judgment, where do you go after have started down that slippery slope? >> do you stop sel dng candy? soda? li s ople do not likenot li that they sell condomsher lottery tickets and i wonder if they have thought through the implications othis decision. what happens when e-cigarettes become more dominant? it is a big step. >> cvs may be willing to leave it all behind. they generate about 70% of their sales through prescrs thons thon drugs. leon cooperman hle the right prescription. he has his own outlook. toyota is on track for recordd profits after years of crisis. what is driving the recovery? we will tellou, coming up. and it started with high school kids in

walgreen's admitted in a statement today, quote, spent some time vaulting its tobacco sales and balancinghose sales with customers' ongoing health needs. for cvs the decision to stop selling tobacco may boost the company's image and could end up being a smart business move. mary snow has more. >> reporter: cvs's plan to snuff out cigarette and tobacco sales at its nationwide stores definitely brought attention and the nation's number two drug chain is ready. >> when we asked ourselves where we expect to be in the future as a healthcare company it became clear that removing tobacco products from our stores is the right thing to do. >> reporter: the move was widely applauded. even president obama weighed in, saying quote, cvs sets a powerful example and today's decision will advance my administration's efforts to reduce tobacco-related deaths, cancer and heart disease as well as bring down healthcare costs. it's good pr, but the question is is it good business? the company says it will lost $2 billion a year. a fraction to sales in 2012. >> tobacco sales in the u.s. are declining, and on to

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senate democrats are pressuring walgreens and rite aid to stop selling cigarettes. it follows a surprising move from cvs, which will phase out tobacco sales by october 1st. former u.s. surgeon general dr. david satcher believes eventually, major chains will join the anti tobacco movement. "i think anything that businesses can do voluntarily to prevent the spread of this epidemic, i think they should do it. so i am very pleased with what cvs has done and i do believe that other retailers will step up to the plate and join them." so far, competitors including rite aid and walgreens have promised to evaluate customer demand. federal officials says tanks containing chemicals that spilled into the waterways and drinking supplies of west viriginia residents-- were not necessarily in complaince with standards ahead of the leaks. a house transporation and infrastructure committee held a hearing into the spill yesterday. the chemicals that spilled were considered non- hazardous and are not regulated under federal law. but residents have complained of a black licorice smell a

you literally have a cvs looking across the intersection at a walgreen's.gonize your would-be consumers, i don't know. >> it's not just cigarettes if they go in to buy a back of cigarettes, might buy a coke and gummy bears too or substantially more expensive like a subscription. why you would chase away business like that, perhaps the upper moral hand, but seems like a terrible business decision. stuart: okay, we've got 1100 points shaved off the dow industrials this year, i believe it's $1,131 as of right about now. so, it will me are there any stocks that are so beaten down, big names that i would know, so beaten down that you would think of buying them, bargains right now? >> well, there's plenty. and among big names, the big names, you know, people talk about at the dinner table. the one i think has the most upside potential right now is general motors. general motors recently shed its government ownership. you're looking at a car market that's been depressed for years. the average age of a car on american roads is pushing 12 years now and that's not th

meanwhile, walgreens their competitor, every corner has a cvs, the other corner, walgreens. up 3%.ite-aid, up 2.5%. people realize it's a profit center. a lot of money, and not you buy your cigarettes no longer an cvs but walgreens, but everything else. your kanldy bar, toothpaste, doritos. >> you can't find drugs in the drugstore. they have two floors now. you have to go downstairs to find your medicated wipes. that's wrong when you have issues. >> they made a decision to go to more medical care in cvs. bringi ing doctors in, doing mo shots. maybe it's a little disingenuous to have cigarettes sold. >> what about e-cigarettes? >> they're fine. that's chair choice. you're the one who is a free marketer. >> that's true. >> it's a little inconsistent with their message. >> what about smoked meat, smoked salmon. is that next? >> i hadn't thought of that. yikes. this is one thing i thought of today. >> oh, good. >> president obama praised the cvs statement in a decision. they let them know, they got the pat on the back from the white house. but i just wonder, is this president obama now

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switch to walgreens today where you could save with copays as low as zero dollars on select medicarehe corner of happy and healthy. >>> time to check "the pulse" stories you'll be talking about today. we begin more on our top story. the nfl may soon have its first openly gay player. missouri defensive lineman michael sam tells espn he's an openly proud gay man. >> the story dominated social media overnight. missouri's official school twitter page sent this message -- we support tigers of all stripes at mizzou. proud of you. @mikesamfootball. >> tiki barber tweeted it's time for the nfl to show its colors. >>> and next, the olympian who is becoming known for her faces. >> this picture quickly going viral. it shows u.s. figure skater there, ashley wagner, reacting to her score during the team's short program competition. she's obviously not so pleased with the judges' scores. >> other pictures popping up online showing her animated expressions from the past. this one was taken during the u.s. figure skating championships in nebraska. a big finish with a fist pump. >> this one showing a

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walgreen and rite aid traded up sharply as a result.hey're giving up $2 billion in revenue without question, not to mention i never go into gain reed and cvs and never buy one thing. oh by the way i need toothpaste. i might as well get some bum on the way out. cigarettes made my breath smell. >> topol breath freshener. >> don't forget the ring ding. melissa: they're giving up huge revenue stream. i would think as shareholder i would not like this? >> they definitely are in the short run and airlines lost some travelers when smoking wasn't allowed and it was regulation. northwest was early though it wasn't a regulation when they banned it. they lost some travelers that liked to smoke. when you buy instant winning games, go to places like otb, like sketchy people playing it. want to buy some expensive product. doesn't put you in shopping mood. health care store, you drop $100 at duane reade. melissa: i do all the time. >> cigarette buyers, maybe having them out of the store helps sell other products because it looks like a healthy place t

now he's suing walgreens saying he was fired because of his religion, fired for refusing to take partmething that would be sinful and repugnant to his sincerely held religious beliefs. what kind of immoral behavior is the walgreens store -- selling plan "b" known as the morning after bill. phillip hall did not refuse to sell emergency birth control, here's what else he did according to his own lawsuit. last summer after the fda ordered that plan "b" be made available over the counter on drugstore shelves, phillip hall decided to purchase the store's entire lot of the drugs himself and disposed of all six boxes of the pills. he claims the boxes were mislabeled and personally purchased and disposed of them. that's a claim the courts will presumably sort out. what no one disputes is he's a pharmacist who opposes birth control on religious grounds who chose to buy and trash an entire shipment of emergency birth control rather than see it on store shelves. now phillip hall is set to become the next martyr for the religious right, forces a persecution everywhere they look. we'll explain how

it puts pressure on walgreens. i also think there is an interesting question that comes from when you substitute judgment for your consumer judgment, where do you go after you started down that? >> he stop selling candy and soda. >> there are people they'd that -- people that do not like that they sell condoms. you cigarettesen become more dominant, which are much healthier? do they go back in the business or stay out of the business? it is a big step. >> cbs changed the symbol on their twitter handle to the no smoking sign. they're going to use it to as ae bigger and use it platform. >> they are. the question is how much money will they lose? they quoted a figure of $2 billion. >> direct sales? >> exactly. if i walk into cbs to buy a tobacco product, i will also pick up a gatorade and i see a people magazine and i did not think about. i honestly think when you walk into the store to buy tobacco products, a lot of people walk out with a number of other products they did not intend to buy. >> people go to walgreens

now he's suing walgreens saying they fired him because of his religion.ed for refusing to take part in something that would be sinful if oiz religious believes. kind of immoral behavior is the walgreens store accused of trying to draft him into? selling and dispensing plan b, the emergency birth control known as the morning after pill. the phillip hall did not just refuse to sell emergency birth control. here's what else he did. last summer after the fda ordered that plan b be made available over the counter on store shelves p he decided to purchase the entire lot of drugs himself and disposed of all six boxes of the pills. he claims the boxes were mislabeled and that's why he disposed of them. that's a claim the courts will presumably sort out. what month one disputes is he's a pharmacist who opposes birth control who trashed an entire shipment rather than see it on store shelves. now he's set to become the next martyr and forces of persian cushion. we'll explain how his case rels to arizona's republican governor jan brewer and the big decision the whole

to head toconvenient walgreens, but she plan to shop more often at cvs. she is a former smoker who knows how hard it is to quit. making cigarettes harder to buy can only help. >> they're going to lose a lot of money. $2 million. wow. did for them. >> walgreens and rite aid issued statements think that they will continue to provide items that are in the best interests of their customers. the white house waited and obama praised cvs. will have a this profoundly positive impact on the health of our country. reporting live in the newsroom. fortunately for us, we can still buy ice cream. >> the pictures we have seen earlier are beautiful. >> let's take a to the screen and we will talk about it. when she said that, she was out of power. that is the amount of ice in frederick. winds are starting to guess that now. there's not much ice on the trees and branches. they may come down and there will be power disruption. that has to have an effect. they will not melt tonight. otherwise, the closer you get to the washington metro area, it is not as noticeable. at the n

>> walgreens is all about wellness. that is one of their key mottos.s long as that is the case, it is hard to take them seriously if you have tobacco and other things in the store that go against that. they will likely come to the same conclusion. they have thought about this as well. they just were not first. cvs was first. the 50th anniversary this year of the surgeon general's warning about the harm that cigarettes can cause. the landmark reports that basically launch the anti-smoking movement here in the united states. is cvs's action the beginning of a similar movement? i think in general, just more of a continuation of the concept. obviously, a lot of states have moved against having pharmacy have cigarettes. there has been a push within the industry to come up with drugs to help with cessation. they are just joining what has been in place. it cements them as one of the key players that are looking to improve our health outcomes. thing your director of cia of the si group. thank you for joining us. up, the debt ceiling deadline looms in washingto

that is dig at walgreen's motto. stuart: i have a quote from the letter.om the democratic senators to -- >> rite aid and walgreens. stuart:, we're right to urge you as a company committed to health and wellness of its customers to follow cvs caremark's plan to stop selling tobacco products and promote cessation efforts in all stores. pretty soon you can't buy cigarettes but you can buy weed. >> i can't recall in recent memory, or anytime seeing congress in such concerted effort in one industry to remove tobacco products. yes, tobacco is at at root of all sorts of cancers and i'llness that is cause death. this for the first time, we're seeing a band of democrat senators you know what, pull tobacco from your store shelves. that might be unprecedented. stuart: it has done cvs a lot of good. the stock price is up when they announced it. it went down initially but now is back. >> drugstores turn into mini clinics and get your heart checked and others as well, will be difficult to look to the side and see tobacco products. i think that is what is going on. stuar

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