conservative leaders and activists kicking off in watching to be. you ve got names like congressman paul ryan, senator marco rubio. all of them expected. and then sunday it is the start, yes, of march madness. schools will find out if they ve been selected to compete in the tournament, so get ready to fill out lots of those brackets come monday morning. also on sunday, of course, it is st. patrick s day. right here. always have a problem with the last one. i am obviously attired for it a week early. and as i mentioned, in two days new york s controversial sugary ban takes effect. it is a move meant to combat obesity and urge new yorkers to live healthy lifestyles. it s hard to understand what s allowed under the new rule. cnn s mary snow has more. reporter: brianna, it s complicated. latte s won t change because they have milk. coffee with sugar, that s a different story.
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times so we can enjoy the good ones. it comes from the love that binds us. that s what makes a family. now, with the next fou hours we ll he has plenty of testimony how damaging having gay parents is by kids. not once have ian confronted who realized independently i was raised by a gay couple. you know why? because the sexual orientation of my parents have had zero effect on the content of my character. thank you very much. now to the best, most under covered storied of week, new york city s ban on smoking in public parks. for more we go to amy holmes. she is co-host of the radio show america s morning news and former cnn political contradicter and eric cunningham. he s our favorite sattirist. good to see you both here. great to be here. thank you. what do you think? this new york smoking city ban.
manufacturers claim they can help people quit. a lot of people say they have helped them. the food and drug administration is warning five companies they cannot make those claims without clinical evidence and f.d.a. approval. the companies are said to have 15 days to respond. getting a tattoo is protected by the constitution. that s the ruling from a federal appeals court. that struck down a city ban on tattoo parlors in her mows is a beach, california, about 20 miles south and west of los angeles. city leaders argue the shops bring in the kind of clients who like to commit crimes. wow. and their operations threaten public health. you go, hermosa. courts across the country have upheld similar bands in other cities. first by a federal aappeals courts overturns the bans in the nine states affected by the ninth circuit ruling.