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>> there can no longer be any doubt that the heavy smoking of cigarettes is a serious health hazard. >> but that day in 1964, when the surgeon general made his announcement, everything changed. >> when science finally came into the field to say, uh, you know, not only is it probably not good for you, but it's probably going to kill you, um, that did begin to change the narrative. >> cigarette consumption took a nose dive. big tobacco stood to lose billions. >> smoke which goes into the body. >> and it wasn't enough to deny the reports' findings. the tobacco companies wanted to survive, they ha...

Doubt that the heavy smoking of cigarettes is a serious health hazard. >> but that day in 1964, when the surgeon general made his announcement, everything changed. >> when science finally came into the field to say, uh, you know, not only is it probably not good for you, but it's probably going to kill you, um, that did begin to change the narrative. >> cigarette consumption took a nose dive. big tobacco stood to lose billions. >> smoke which goes into the body. >> and it wasn't enough to deny the reports' findings. the tobacco companies wanted to survive, they had to stay cool. and to do that...

we are going to ask some of the smartest people in washington to explain what is going on tonight. john king, jessica yellin. first, i want to go straight to is that they're trying to win over some of the undecides of some of the no votes amongst the conservatives in their party. what they were discussing at one point was trying to tweak the bill in order to win over conservatives who are unhappy that the bill didn't go far enough, piers. and what they were talking about doing is making the second debt ceiling vote that is part of this bill, making that increase contingent upon congr...

>> tonight the white house the right and the left and the clock. countdown to crisis. >> we are simply four days away from one of the worst financial catastrophes that could face this country. >> this is "piers morgan tonight". good evening, we start with break news. it's been an extraordinary couple of hours on capitol hill. speaker john boehner's debt plan remains stalled in the house without sufficient support from his own caucus to get the bill passed. he couldn't even put it to a vote tonight. meanwhile, this country moves closer and closer to an almost unthinkable national de...

For every man, woman and child in that state. good news in houston chronicle -- employers in the area added more than 10,000 jobs in january, dropping the city's jobless rate to 8.5%. "usa today" -- cigarette taxes continue to be a gold rush for states. utah and new mexico have already raised their cigarette tax and a half dozen other states also considering new increases. research shows for every 10% increase, cigarette consumption drops by 3% to 4% among adults and double that number among youth. let's go down to washington and check in with chief political correspondent with politico ...