And were live this morning awaiting the start on the forum from the center for strategic and international studies. Live coverage should start in a moment. Thank you all for we really appreciate you joining us. Thats better. Thank you all for coming today. Really appreciate you joining us here today. Thanks for coming out this morning. I think weve got a really exciting morning of discussion. First of all, breeief introductions, im Whit Saumweber director of the stephenson ocean security project. And from my point of view, there is no better representation of that nexus than the issue of Climate Change and how its impacting our oceans and what that means for our broader world. A few weeks ago the ipcc released reports taking deeper dives into the effects Climate Change is having on this world. One focused on the impact on lands, and the ocean and the cry owe sphere. That report is fascinating. Its the current state of the science about what we know, what we understand, the impacts of C
We are back with greg collie of the American Vaping Association, and we will talk about the recent Health Concerns related to vaping and ecigarettes, and greg, good morning. Thank you for having me. And lets start out with who does the American Vaping Association represent . Which company . We dont represent any company, and we are a 501 c nonprofit. I began vaping and became an advocate and we are advocating for sensible regulation for vaping product, and we vive the funding from the small and the mediumsized vaping in the industry, and as well as consumers. When you are talking small and mediumsized, the people who make the cigarettes or the vaping products manufacturers, retailers and concerned consumers. Okay. So what is the intended purpose of ecigarettes . Why do they even exist . Sure. The vaping products exist because in 1986 dr. Michael russell said that smokers smoke for the nicotine, but they die from the tar, and die from the smoke. So until these products came out there wa
Well as consumers. When you say small to medium sized are you talking about people who make e cigarettes . Who are we talking about . A mix of independent manufacturers, distributors, retailers. What is the intended purpose . Why do they even exist . Guest vaping products exist baut dr. Russell wrote smokers smoke for the nicotine but die from the tar. But until these products came out there really was no way to deliver nicotine in an inhaled form that was pleasurable but that you eliminated the smoke. So the purpose of vaping products, why they were invented 14 years ago was to provide adult smokers, ones who have tried to quit but failed to give them nicotine in a much safer way. And weve succeeded. Weve had well over 3 million american smokers make the switch to vaping and everyone virtually all in Public Health including the f. D. A. And the National Academy of sciences agree as long as they make the complete switch and no longer smoke any cigarettes they are significantly benefiti
Oppose anu support or impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. We will keep it simple. If you support the inquiry, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. Tell us why. If you oppose an impeachment inquiry, we want to hear from you at 202 7848001. We want to hear your reasoning. You can always text us your 202 7488003. Once again, things are moving quickly in washington when it comes to this impeachment inquiry that democrats have opened into President Donald Trump. This is a look at the New York Times on what is going on in washington. Democrats moving quickly to escalate their imprisonment inquiry impeachment inquiry. They subpoenaed mike pompeo on friday. Once again, we want to know from you whether you support or oppose this impeachment inquiry. We have a call already from washington. The caller imposes opposes the inquiry. Why do you oppose an impeachment inquiry . Caller im actually in california. I oppose it because i dont understand biden is on film saying what he did i
News for the country. Democrats and republicans have come to an agreement and the government will remain open. We will have avoided a shutdown. Hours ago, congress came together on an 11th hour deal, passing a short term spending bill. Good evening. Im amber lee. The agreement avoids a shutdown for now, but could put Kevin Mccarthys House Speaker ship in jeopardy. Fox news senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram has the latest from washington, d. C. A Government Shutdown averted a coalition of democrats and republicans in both the house and Senate Voting to avoid a shutdown. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy leaned on democrat cats to get this done. Im sure every bet you had was government was going to shut down. I dont know how many times youre going to count us out, but if theres one thing you should start, understand ing. Not just that ill never give up, but im a type of conservative that wants to get things done. After the house passed the bill, the pressure turned to the Senate