Iran president said armed forces admitting their mistake is a good first step and that all involved in the accident will be punished renault denies reports of a possible split with nissan and france finance minister calls the rumors malicious welcome to the show. One of the main stories moving markets overnight, chinas yuan strengthened to the highest level after the Treasury Department removed the label of the country as a currency manipulator. Steven mnuchin said the country made moves they first attached the label when they accused them of using the yuan to get an unfair trade voontage the first rise in export since july signaling a recovery in demand following a preliminary trade agreement. Imports rose while the countrys trade surplus increased. An on annual basis Interest Rates rose 0. 5 . Chinese vice premier liu he a arrived in washington. Reporter two days ahead of the signing of the phase one trade deal in washington, d. C. The news has to did with china trade numbers for dec
White house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. Were joined by andrew who covers healthcare for cq roll call. Tell us why and age vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. It was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just the yearoveryear increases in the number of teenagers reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing fees of years. When that is another significant increase over last year. Another was this in in a relatd but sort of distinct issue that we saw starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge. Weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to elicit thc vaping which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues we deal with in the u. S. Tremont and the Administration Starts the new year with an announcem
In a place with a mysterious name, the emerald triangle. At its heart, the infamous humboldt county, with thousands of illegal pot farms. We are the center of Marijuana Production right now. In the United States . Yes, the United States. But thanks to a new law, things are changes. Proposition 64 has passed in california. Lemonis as of new years day, any adult can buy pot here without a prescription, and the black market is starting to go legit. Im marcus lemonis. This summer, i traveled to l. A. Were ending prohibition and were mainstreaming pot. And the desert. Did the vote passing increase the odds of you becoming a billionaire some day . Absolutely. Now ive come to where it all began and where the money is pouring in. So all the real estate you work on is for the Marijuana Industry . Yeah. Its going to be a huge market. Californias now the largest Legal Marijuana market in the world. Will the feds step in and try to stop it, or is it time for me to invest . My journey began on the
In congress and at the white house on the issue of vaping and underage use of ecigarettes. We are joined by andrew, who covers health care for cq roll call. Tell us why underage vaping became a bigger issue in 2019. Andrew i think it was a combination of factors that really drove this to the front of the policy debate this year. One was just a year over year increases in the number of teens who are reporting ecigarette use. Thats been increasing for several years, but 2019, we saw another significant increase over last year. Another was interrelated, but sort of distinct issue that we saw, starting over the summer with vaping related illnesses that were beginning to emerge, that weve now seen thousands injured and dozens dead from this. Thats related to illicit thc vaping, which is distinct from the problem of ecigarette use. But the urgency of those illnesses i think really prompted policymakers to want to respond more broadly to the vaping issues were dealing with in the u. S. Host a
Institutes of health in bethesda, maryland is dr. Francis collins, National Institutes of health director. To be with glad you, and great to have a chance to chat at the beginning of a new decade. Steve joining us with the question is Kimberly Leonard, who covers Health Policy issues for the washington examiner, and Health Reporter Jayne Odonnell of usa today. I want to begin because this june marks the 20th anniversary of decoding the genes that make up the human body. Two decades later, where are we . Dr. Collins where do i begin . It has been taking that own insight into our human instruction book and beginning to figure out how to read it, written in this strange language with just four letters in the alphabet, and how to apply that to some basic lessons about how life works and how we can use that information to advance medical care. If you look at the place where genomics has become central to biomedical research, you cannot find a place where that is not the case. Everyone is us