To commemorate the 18th anniversary of september 11th. Its somber and beautiful driving into the city this morning. A reminder of what the city has gone through. And a reminder to remember what happened. Never forget. Well said. Welcome back to early start. Im dave briggs. Im christine romans. Its thursday, september 12th. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. The white house taking a step to curb the vaping epidemic. The Trump Administration looking to ban flavored ecigarettes with specifics expected in coming weeks. Teens are smoking less tobacco, doing less drugs and drinking less alcohol but vaping is a concern. Federal Health Officials find a quarter, 28 of all High School Students use ecigarettes. Staggering number, nearly doubled from 2017 to 2018. Vaping has become a big business, as i understand it. A giant business in a short period of time. But e cant allow people to get sick. And we cant have our youth be so affected. We simply have to remove the attractive items from the marketplace. Theres been 6 deaths and 450 illnesses across the country. One of those is adam. He vaped nicotine and marijuana and the habit nearly killed him. Now, doctors say he has lungs like a 70yearold. I had the shivers and i couldnt control it. I would randomly convulge. I knew it wasnt a stroke. It felt like that because i couldnt control myself. This week, the fda warned juul against marketing his product as a safe alternative to smoking. More, now, from elizabeth cohen. Reporter the white house is calling for a ban on nearly all flavored ecigarettes. These are the flavors that have started this epidemic among young people. Candylike flavors, sweet flavors. Fruity flavors, mint. That started kids vaping. And the white house says they want to stop this. Some important notes here. Companies can sell tobaccoflavored ecigarettes. Some have found that the tobaccoflavored ecigarettes helped them quit regular cigarettes. They say its been useful. After the ban is in effect, companies such as juul, can apply to the fda to start selling the flavored ecigarettes again. Some are concerned about this. Antismoking advocates say they hope the Trump Administration makes it clear that the answer to the applications will with no. Dave . Christine . Elizabeth, thanks. On tap, tonight, debate number three for the democrats. And this time around, its a onenight event. Heres the ten candidates who qualified. For many of them, it could be the final opportunity to break through. And well see joe biden and Elizabeth Warren, sidebyside on the same stage. Jeff zeleny is already in houston. Reporter dave and christine, the third president ial debate is tonight in houston. There were two debate nights in atlanta. Also in detroit, two nights. Here in houston, ten democrats qualified for this debate. It will mean for the first time, joe biden and Elizabeth Warren are on stage together. They are the two leading candidates at the moment. Bernie sanders, as well, in the thick of this race. There are seven other candidates who are trying to make their case theres time for them to jump into this race were going to see a lot of contrast between joe biden and Elizabeth Warren. Theres two lanes, a progressive lane and a pragmatic lane. Joe biden trying to make the argument of electability, that hes the strongest to take on trump. But theres a sign that Elizabeth Warren has been rising throughout the summer. The Biden Campaign has been telegraphing that he is going to raise questions about senator warrens plans. Look for medical for all to be front and center in this debate. Also look for the other candidates to have their say, as well. Cory booker, amy klobuchar, and mayor buttigieg, showing he is a toptier candidate. Dont forget the rest of the candidates. Theyre trying to make their case, as well. Thanks. Supreme court clearing the way for the Trump Administration to restrict Asylum Seekers at the mexico border. The rule limits Central Americans to claim asylum if they have not sought protection from another country on their way to the u. S. The move essentially bars people traveling through mexico from claiming asylum. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg decented. President trump seems to be nominating mike pompeo for a second full time job, replacing john bolton as security adviser. The top diplomat has given the president a list of others to replace bolten. Henry kissinger was nixons National Security adviser when he was appointed to secretary of state in 1973. The House Committee votes to find the parameters of its impeachment investigation into president trump. The resolution is expected to lay out the ground rules for potential impeachment hearings. Its a procedural vote but it does represent a step forward for the impeachment investigation. 134 democrats are calling for an inquiry. Speaker nancy pelosi is not quite there yet. But a fellow democrat thinks he knows what shes up to. Theres an old adage, that if you boil a frog, it will jump out. But if you put it in lukewarm water and turn up the heat, it will swim around until it gets cooked. And my sense the speaker is cooking the president. Democratic aides say the goal is to recommend articles of impeachment by the end of the year. President trump renewed his attack on the Federal Reserve on wednesday. Thats not necessarily new or news. But this time, a twist. The president of the United States calling the fed boneheads and demanding sub zero Interest Rates, in a booming economy. You would put your money in the bank and would have to pay to keep it there. Im surrounded by experts on the economy. As i come new to the story, sub zero Interest Rates and booming economy. Are those complete lly antithreatal to one another . If the economy was strong, why would the Federal Reserve need to take emergencystyle steps to boost growth . During the 2008 crisis, the worst since the great depression, the fed only went to zero. It didnt go to negative rates at that point. You have to wonder if just suggesting this is going to spook households and Business Owners who associate sharp rate cuts with economic crisis, you know, not booms. How does it work out for others . Japan and europe . This is not a sign of strength when youre talking about sub zero rates. Its a sign of weakness. Exactly. Critics say the negative rate experiments have been a failure. Growth is weak. Inflation is soft. And the banking stocks, the companies have just really been struggling. Theres been research to show that bank profits have been weaker because of negative rates. These policies act as attacks on the banks. If banks are struggling, it wont help anybody. Theres a rate play, that lots 06 money moves around the world looking for the highest Interest Rates to park. If youre negative, what happens to the flows of money in the u. S. . Thats right. It would be a headwind. Right now, money is coming into the United States because we have positive rates, unlike what weve seen in europe and in japan. And if that gap narrowed by the u. S. Going closer to zero, or even going negative, that would be a headwind. What about Senior Citizens and those living on saves . The seniors would be hammered on this. You have money in the bank and in cds, you earn a little bit of interest. If the fed went to negative, you wouldnt earn anything. Banks would get hit and savers would be penalized, as well. The president is talk about restructuring at all of americas debt. There is something to be said, about thinking about a longer bond. And maybe thats something they will do. The idea of demanding negative rates. 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