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Forbes magazine's 2016 list of billionaires features 1,810 billionaires around the world, down 16 from last year

Forbes magazine's 2016 list of billionaires features 1,810 billionaires around the world, down 16 from last year. Those billionaires have a total net worth of almost $6.5 trillion. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is the richest for the third year in a row with $75 billion. Forbes assistant managing editor of wealth Luisa Kroll joins "CBS This Morning” to reveal the list.

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The CBS News Battleground Tracker in Iowa finds the Democrats are in a much tighter race than the Republicans

The CBS News Battleground Tracker in Iowa finds the Democrats are in a much tighter race than the Republicans. Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by just one point, 47 to 46 percent. But in New Hampshire, the senator from neighboring Vermont holds a 19-point lead. Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBS News political director John Dickerson joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the state of the Democratic race.

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Bloomberg rips FDA for teen vaping epidemic

The fight against teen vaping and flavored e-cigarettes just got a $160 million boost from Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg Philanthropies revealed Tuesday morning that it's funding a new program aimed at ending the epidemic of vaping, following a new study that found flavor was the reason most young adults said they started using e-cigarettes. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids will coordinate the push. In their first TV interview, Bloomberg and the president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Matthew Myers, discuss the FDA's role in regulating e-cigarettes, why they are targeting flavored e-cigarette first and how they plan to use the $160 million.

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